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View ArticleBoot Loader Passwords on Fedora 18
In section 3.1.2.2.1 of the Fedora 18 Security Guide, it says to use the command: /sbin/grub-md5-crypt to set up GRUB to use a boot loader password, but there is no such command, nor is there a grub2...
View ArticleIbus-1.51-1.FC17
A problem in the above package has been detected and the legend with it says "A known problem has occurred". Should we be concerned ? If so what practical effect is known to happen ? Is it being...
View Articlegkrellm with xfce
Hi all, Since upgrading to Fedora 18 i cant set my gkrellm window on the left hand side without it obscuring my desktop icons. In fedora 17 when i moved it across the desktop icons (home/trash etc)...
View Articlefedora18 vmware 9
I have vmware 9 installed on fedora18 and keeps asking me for linux-headers.( which I have installed). do I have to link it to somewhere with 'ln' command? or is just a bug?
View ArticleLaptop CPU overheating
I've been having this problem with my laptop CPU overheating since around the launch of F18. At the time I was running F17 without any issues but I decided to upgrade to 18 and so I did. Immediately I...
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Accessing Samba from Windows 7
Hello everyone, I am trying to access my home directory from Windows 7 with Fedora 18 but windows fails to see anything when I try to map a network drive. I have samba installed on two other systems...
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Fedora 18 - unable to log in to Gnome
After upgrade from 17 to 18 with fedup I'm no longer able to log in to gnome. The upgrade went without errors except for two texlive packages which, I suppose, is irrelevant. Other desktops (I tested...
View ArticleFedora 18, problem with tor and polipo
Hi I am new in fedora! i installed tor and polipo with this details: Code: [root@ali-lap alireza]# yum info tor; yum info polipo Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages...
View ArticleGnome 3.6: unlock screen and Nautilus
Two nights ago I installed Fedora 18, and after 2 nights, I think that I can live with it. Looking here: http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/g...inst-the-grain I see the escape key can help me out. It...
View Article[SOLVED] Gnome Extentions
I installed a few gnome shell extensions and most seem not to work. Here is what I did: Code: yum install gnome-tweak-tool yum install gnome-shell-extension-common yum install...
View Articlewant to forwarding existing thunderbird instance over network
Some times I have thunderbird running in my main PC in the office but want to view and send mails on my laptop on the network in another room using the same Thunderbird instance that's already going in...
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XFCE no icons in menu
Is it just me or are other people experiencing this too? This is just a little weird! :dis: Everything else seems to work OK. I'm filing a bug report. This stinks. Attached Thumbnails
View ArticleF18/Gnome 3 create launcher
Hi, I use multiple versions of LibreOffice. The current version is activated via "applications" and I have other versions sat under my /home directory. I invoke these programs from the command line....
View ArticleXorg broken after upgrade to Fedora 18?
Hi, I managed to follow these guides in order to upgrade from Fedora 17 to 18 32bit: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/questi...ra-18-possible http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp...
View ArticleYum Error
Just did a fresh install of F18 via netinstall and get the following message. [henry@hewjr ~]$ su Password: [root@hewjr henry]# yum update Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Error:...
View ArticleSamba Error (Centos 6)
This message pops up when trying to use smbclient, the samba share is working just smbclient is not working at all...? Code: params.c:Parameter() - Ignoring badly formed line in configuration file: If...
View ArticleWhich Desktop Environment is Most Common?
I have been looking online for usage statistics of the different DEs to figure out which is on top, but I haven't seen anything, so I figured I would ask here if anyone had anything, and if not then I...
View ArticleLinux and QoS, traffic shaping, and routing questions
Hi all, I've used tc many years ago for traffic shaping, but have mostly forgotten its syntax. Does anyone know of a recent document that describes how I might use the current traffic shaping...
View ArticleSystem Clock races ahead after F18 upgrade
I've had some of the same issues as others with Nvidia drivers and Nouveau and got though those. While doing this I noticed that the system clock was out. So I checked the timezone settings etc. (NZ)...
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