NVIDIA Fixes Linux GPU Driver Security Hole
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTE1Mzk http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140 Quote: Days after it was publicly revealed that a security vulnerability in the NVIDIA...
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I use my computer to charge my phone via USB. Is there any way I can stop Network Manager from seeing it as a wired connection. Not a huge deal, but it gets annoying having the notification keep coming...
View Articlelxterminal default geometry
Hi everybody, Back in the "olden days" (X11R5, X11R6, Motif, etc.) you would configure X apps in a .Xdefaults or .Xresources file and do an xrdb -merge on it to make them take effect. That no longer...
View Articleno sound after upgrade to fc17
Hi guys, after I upgrade my fc14 to 17. not my laptop is not produce any sound at all. Youtube is a must for me everyday:D Let me know if you guys already found a solution for it. below is the dmesg...
View ArticleDrivers Questions.
Hello there, I have been using Fedora 17 for about three days. It took me three days to actually get my PC to work with the right Nvidia Driver. Now, I am a bit confused and have some questions. With...
View ArticleAbout NIC
Hi all, I have an onboard 1G NIC but need 2 NICs for testing Cloud. I found following economic NIC TP-Link TG-3468 PCI-Express Gigabit Network Card http://www.microbarn.com/details.aspx?rid=102333 Is...
View ArticleBeginning to program in C in Linux
Hello everybody! I'm new to the world of Linux and I'm still getting used to things and how linux works. I like it a lot so far, but I have some questions about programming. I'm not a complete...
View ArticleVideo playback problem in Fedora 17
Video playback is slowed down in all video players I've got installed (the defaults + smplayer and vlc) - it plays as if it's running at three-quarter speed although audio is fine. I've tried...
View ArticleLarger font in virtual terminals
Guides posted here do not seem to fit with F17. 1. I gather that I must change /etc/sysconfig/i18n so it reads something other than SYSFONT="True". Evidently the terminus fonts might work. 2. My system...
View ArticlePrinter detection problem in F17...Pls help
There is a unusual problem with the F17 that i am facing. :dis: My printer (HP 1018 LaserJet) printer is detected accidently only sometimes. But when it is detected i can take all prints but if i...
View ArticleA text editor that can safely encrypt and decrypt with GPG
Given that fedora has a broken gedit for this task, is there a simple lightweight editor that can do that? Guess knowing Markdown is out of the question.
View Article[SOLVED] Grub2 Warning: device.map entry `hd1,1' is invalid
Hi, I've just upgraded to F17 from F16 using preupgrade. I've just tried running "sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" and there are a host of warnings: Code: /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: warning:...
View ArticleFC17 (x64) Nvidia - Install of Wine = missing textures in 32bit openGL apps
When I install wine I get mising textures in 32bit opengl apps (i.e native apps) On a 64bit install The installation of mesa-libGL.i686 (32bit package) causes issues (i.e missing graphics, etc) with 32...
View ArticleAdvice please on gfx card change
I currently run an old GeForce FX5200 in this F17 system which I have just installed using basic gfx node on the install. Now tomorrow I will get a new (to me) ATI Radeon HD4350 card to run in this PC....
View ArticleXvBA video accelleration for ATI? Any thoughts on packaging?
Hi, Well I finally got around to upgrading to F17 and was surprised that the Catalyst drivers 12.6 appear to work. So I was wondering about actually making use of some of their features. XvBA which is...
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What video driver Is being loaded?
Video Card: nVidia G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] rev a1 Display: Envision LCD Monitor, Model G19LWk I'm tying to help someone with a Fedora 17 install and they are only getting a few generic display...
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[SOLVED] Horrible graphical artifacts after update yesterday
Hi all, I installed several updates to Fedora 17 x86_64 yesterday, and upon rebooting today, my system is displaying horrendous graphical artifacts, rendering it unusable. I've attached a picture of...
View ArticleFirmware (or lack thereof) causes crashes in Fedora 17 and Rawhide
I am having a problem with a firmware package in Fedora 17, which also affects Rawhide. I have been unable to solve the problem. I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 tuner/video capture card, model 74041...
View ArticleOpening Gnome Shell document search results in Libreoffice
Hi everyone, Gnome 3.4 brought us the ability to see recent documents in the desktop search via gnome shell, but at some point in the last few months, Gnome Documents has become the default program for...
View Articletouchpad not using 10-synaptics.conf
My touchpad is not using my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf. I used this to verify my file is being read. Code: $ synclient -l Parameter settings: LeftEdge = 153 RightEdge...
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