[Rant] GVFS Hell
It's been a while since I last used my system to rip songs off a CD using the traditional "GNOME Apps" (i.e. Rhythmbox or Sound Juicer). So during the weekend my wife and I bought some disks for the...
View Articlepython error on script
A script I added to blender is throwing this error, Quote: SyntaxError: EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal fake_module: addon missing 'bl_info' gives bad performance!:...
View ArticleThe Future Of Fedora Gets Debated, Again
Quote: Being hotly discussed this weekend within the Fedora development camp is in regards to the future direction of the Linux distribution. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTI0Njg
View ArticleASUS M5A97 LE R2.0: No Version of Fedora Will Install
I've got a new ASUS UFEI motherboard. It's an M5A97 LE R2.0. I've been trying for a solid week to get any version of Fedora installed on it, but nothing seems to work -- Live CDs, Live USBs,...
View ArticleAll personnel. Now hear this!
[Insert an ear splitting blast here from a slightly off-tune bosun's pipe.] It is with mixed feelings that I make the following announcements. First, the bad news. Sadly, we have retired another...
View ArticleDoes anyone know where internal.h wen with kernel 3.7?
Hello. I was building kernel 3.7 for a UML system. I was building using the um arch and got some issues. Code: arch/um/kernel/exec.c: In function ‘flush_thread’: So I googled it and found out that...
View Articledf command shows zero memory for / directory - it boots and works for many...
The df command shows the / directory with zero memory available. The system boots, I can open files etc. mysqld will not start because of too little memory. httpd will start. free -m shows memory...
View ArticleGnome3 not starting with firewall enabled
I have an F17 box set up as a firewall. That all seems to be working fine. But if I try to log into Gnome, I get a cute little picture telling me that something has gone wrong. In the system log, I see...
View ArticleJava Swing Font Display Problem
Hello, I have a java application that originally runs in Windows, and the UI doesn't have any problem in displaying Chinese and Japanese. But now on Fedora, in a JPanel, I can't type Chinese or...
View ArticleHow to update machine without internet access?
If I've got F17 up-to-date on one machine, is it possible to use it to update another machine that has no internet connection? Is there like a yum database or something that can be copied over?
View ArticleInstalling KDE 3.5...er, Trinity Desktop
With the exception of some minor tweakable changes, Trinity desktop is closer to KDE 3.5 than MATE is to Gnome 2.32. Here's how to install Trinity on Fedora: Code: sudo yum install wget cd...
View Articleservices required by the gnome shell?
after disabling a bunch of services to trim start up memory and boot time, I find that dwm, mate, mate with compiz, and openobx all work the same. the gnome shell, however, will not start up. here is a...
View ArticleFedora 17 no network connection. Broadcom 4313
I need help with connecting to my network in fedora 17. My Laptop is lenovo G580 and it has Broadcom 4313 wireless driver. The network shows up sometimes but doesn't allow me to connect. I've tried...
View ArticleFSCK on boot
I am new to Fedora coming from Ubuntu (Debian) Under Ubuntu they had their OS setup to run fsck every X number of mounts. Does Fedora do this? Does it check each mount point? How often? Where is that...
View ArticleApache .htaccess not working
hello everyone, and thank you for your help. I'm new to your forum and I look forward to some good times. I am a novice at apache and am trying to protect my directories. I could use one of those...
View Article[SOLVED] Changing Hostname
I have three 'cloned' systems (F17 Server with Gnome) running in a VirtualBox environment. After cloning each, I changed the hostname file and the network IP address info so they could be run at the...
View ArticleHow to write a shell script ?
Hi Everyone, I am from the performance testing background and working on an application hosted on an app server having the Fedora OS. While load testing, I will need to collect the CPU, Memory and Disk...
View Articlecan't launch gedit after using sudo -i
I have been 'cleaning up' a base system I use for cloning in VirtualBox. Don't recall removing anything 'important' :dis: but must have because now when I issue 'sudo -i' then the password, it gets to...
View ArticleATI 4650 question
I followed the tutorial below and installed the legacy version it didn't work. So then i did a clean reinstall i installed the driver from ati then i completed this tutorial installing the legacy...
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