Fedora 18 installing MPEG-4 AAC decoder plugin
Installed Fedora18 on ThinkPad. Videos 3.6.3 is requesting MPEG-4 AAC decoder plugin inorder to play video. Running YUM. What package(s) should I install. Also need MP3 plugin to play podcast. What...
View ArticleThe terminal window in Fedora 18 unwanted resize
I just installed Fedora 18. One issue about it is that when the terminal window lost focus, it will maximized in the background. When hit restoration, the size is different than before, that is...
View ArticleGnome 3 failed to start during live installation from LiveDVD
Dear All, I burned fedora 18 live dvd i386 and am trying to install Fedora 18.While my dvd starts reading the dvd it takes a long time and after all the filesystems are mounted it gives me an error...
View ArticleGPU helping CPU with computing
Hi, I've got some programs doing loads of calculations, for hours at a time. I remember a while back there was some talk about sharing the CPU's load with the graphics processor. Can this be done on...
View ArticleError in PREIN scriptlet when installing gnunet
The error must be related to this package trying to create a user dedicated to gnunet client, but there must be a syntax error, or maybe a useradd in Fedora isn't exactly conforming, so I'm getting:...
View ArticleBoot hangs after grub
Recently installed vbox and updated the kmod for 3.7.3 kernel. Did a reboot, get past grub, the fedora loading logo happens. Then I get a list of lines stating everything is okay, but no errors post....
View ArticleAMD APU Turbo Core does not work properly (increase freq from 2.7ghz into...
I am disappointed by this. I bought a HP-g6 model laptop 2145ss. It has an AMD APU A6-4400M. The CPU should increase freq from 1400 into 1700mhz, and from 1700 into 2700. That's works! However, from...
View ArticleQuestion about nmap output
Good afternoon gentlemen, First hardware facts: hp 630 notebook (intel celeron, 8gb ram, 320gb hard disk), pirelli wlan-modem, netgear n150 hardware firewall router Software facts: Fedora 18 Cinnamon...
View ArticleLooking for candidates ...
... for a new unofficial fedora slamming slogan. Maybe then, when we've gotten it all out of our systems, we can move on again in good heart. They/it probably won't get used anywhere except in this...
View ArticleWhat isSELinux Alert and why is it blocking websites?
Every time I try to fire up firefox on wine I get an SELinux Alert: Quote: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/lspci from using the sys_admin capability. ***** Plugin catchall_boolean (89.3 confidence)...
View ArticleNeed help connecting bluetooth keyboard
Hi Folks, I'd like to connect a "Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard" to a notebook (Lenovio n581) with fedora 18 (kde). Output of the command "hcitool info": BD Address: 7C:1E:52:0A:7E:E9 OUI Company:...
View ArticleError trying to install via BFO
Attempting to install via BFO (boot.fedoraproject.org), I get the following output ... Quote: dracut-initqueue[310]: Warning: Could not boot. dracut-initqueue[310]: Warning: /dev/root does not exist...
View ArticleHow do I 'not' turn off the display after 1 hour?
F17. This is probably a really simple thing. I get that Fedora doesn't want me to do it, but hey, I'm the administrator and I'd like to do what I please with my computer and my electric. Aside from...
View ArticleFedora 18 on VMware Player
I am attempting to install Fedora 18 as a virtual machine managed by VMware Player 5 on a Windows XP or Windows 7 host. I installed previous Fedora releases with no problem, at least for the initial...
View ArticleHardware compatiblity list for fedora 18 x64
¿Does exists any paper about it? I need know if some devices are supported bye fedoras kernel. Thanks. Andrés
View ArticleIssues firewall_nat start up on boot
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to learn and practice about network in Linux, and I've bought the Linux Network - Cookbook (by the way, excellent book). But, I've found a issue (probably my own mistake)...
View ArticleCinnamon questions on F18
I'm running Cinnamon on F18. I have a couple of questions, 1) How do you put a launcher on the panel? I've tried dragging them from the menu to the pane but that doesn't work. There is a add applets...
View ArticleWindows share mounts
I have fedora 17 box that is basically setup as backup file server to a primary windows server. I have notice that box tends respond better to large file transfers if the share is mounted from the...
View ArticleLogin - Hard Keys
Ok. I just upgraded to F18 using FedUp and I notice that if I type my password normally (like how we normally type) it doesn't get keyed in at all.. I don't see them getting entered at all. I have to...
View Articlelibxml2.so.2, needed by libfontconfig.so
Hi, While cross compiling pango-1.20.0 for gtk i am getting the following error Code: gcc-4.6.1-eglibc-2.14/powerpc-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../powerpc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:...
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