Laptop fan - Fedora 17 KDE
Hi everyone, I'm a happy user of Fedora 17 KDE. I've recently tuned KDE up to some guides that I found online, and it's running as fast and smooth as ever. However, I've noticed that after a couple of...
View ArticleA silly question about mutter
Can someone please describe the difference between "maximize" and "toggle maximization state" in mutter window manager?
View ArticleMicrosoft Office type software for Fedora 17
Hello all, I am looking for a software application similar to Microsoft Office to be installed in my Fedora 17 machine. Any suggestions? Is OpenOffice or LibreOffice compatible with Fedora? If yes, how...
View ArticleI would like to enlarge my encrypted /home (no LVM).
I'm quite lost here so please if anyone has experience with this and can give somewhat precise instructions it will be much appreciated. This is my setup: http://ompldr.org/vZ29mZQ I would like to...
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[SPIN] non-repo dependencies installed, but missing
Hello spin'ers :) For the spin i'm working on, i'd like to add some rpm's that are not in the repo. My script tools which dont required any dependencies atll, but google-earth and skype require quite a...
View ArticleFedora 18 anaconda feature
Fedora 18 anaconda feature that I had not seen with the Fedora 17 DVD, is the new ability to directly read a Fedora ISO file. If this feature is backported to Fedora 17, then for some of us, we would...
View ArticleAmarok crashes whole system
Hi, I'm on F17 with KDE. On occasion my laptop has just shut itself off while I'm in the middle of something and then reboots immediately. When it comes back up, I check dmesg but there never seems to...
View Article[SOLVED] /etc/resolv.conf non-persistent
Every time I reboot, /etc/resolv.conf is overwritten and requires me to add my DNS IP again. Does anyone know who is responsible for overwriting this and how I can stop it?
View ArticleThinkpad Tap to select and Virtual box
I've installed F18_64 on a x61 laptop for the beta DVD, I selected Mate for the DE and went through the discovery process of WTF and searching FF for the solution which i found. Now I want to enable...
View ArticleFedora 17, MediaTomb, PS3, Firewall
Hi everyone, I am running Fedora 17. Kernel 3.6.9-2.fc17.x86_64. I have installed MediaTomb but I cannot seem to get it to work even after following the instructions in this thread...
View Articlechronyc tracking show unexpected hosts
I'm using chrony on Fedora 17 to sync the time from my network router at 192.168.1.2 The router then itself syncs off some ntp pools. So when I run "chrony -n tracking" I get: Quote: 210 Number of...
View Articlekernel 3.7 failed to boot -- Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to...
Hello, I am trying kernel 3.7 vanilla into fedora 17 i686 When boot, the system shows Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit My f17 is current using nouvea drivers, and when i am looking...
View Articlexl2tp and ipsec working internal, but not external
hi guys, i want to get a vpn based on l2tp and ipsec (using F18 btw, but want to post it here, as it seems a kinda network prob). i got everything working fine, so this scenario here: --------internal...
View ArticleBetter to leave well enough alone?
In other words, sometimes it may just be better to conform than to try to have things your way. Take Gnome for example, Fedora 18 Gnome in this case, and I'm sure several Fedora releases previous. I...
View ArticleBrasero does not recognize my CD/DVD drive
I recently installed Fedora 17. When I tried to burn Gparted Live CD ISO image, I noticed that Brasero does not recognize any of my optical drives:one DVD-RW burner PATA drive one CD-RW burner PATA...
View Articleinstalling bttv tvtuner
i've try install tvtuner get to work, but the tvtime still not found the tuner. The hardware has get recognize by system here the output : Code: # dmesg | grep bttv bttv: driver version 0.9.19 loaded...
View ArticleHow do I install a package while ignoring dependancies?
Hi, I wanted to install a few fairly old packages, and I can't get around the dependencies: the needed package(s) are not in the yum repo, so is there a way to ignore the dependencies (if possible)? TY!
View Articleinstallation error right after setting boot loader
Hi. Sorry for my english... I'm new in using Fedora. I'm trying to install Fedora-17-i386-DVD.iso on my computer. I don't have an optical drive so I'm trying to use a USB 500 GB HDD. The drive is...
View ArticleHow to get the Boot Logo back?
How do you get the boot logo back? After getting the Nvidia drivers installed, for which I followed steps in thread to install them but after that, the F boot logo is gone which i like better than the...
View ArticleBootloader error installing Fedora
I need a dual boot in my computer, Windows 7 and Fedora 17. I first installed Windows 7 and created the partition scheme during Windows install: - Partition 1: is a small partition automatically...
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