Building a specific version of Fedora ?
Hello , I am very new to building the Fedora software. I need to learn how to download the source code version of Fedora 14 and compile it. I will then run the compiled version in a VirtualBox. (Which...
View ArticleNo Internet
Internet not working on my wired connection. this is what I get for the command ifconfig -a lo:flags=73<UP, LOOPBACK,RUNNIING> mtu765536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 225.0.0.0 inet6::1 prefixlen 128...
View ArticleNo wireless connection?
HI, I have a broadcom 43XX12 wireless card in my dell inspiron laptop and I cant find an easy step by step guide to getting it to connect to my home network? I've just installed Fedora 18 I love the...
View ArticleFedora 18 screen blinks 4 or 5x no GDM after update
After the update to kernel 3.7.7 the screen blinks 4 or 5 times and never reaches GDM. I' ve noticed this in the gdm-slave log: Quote: gdm-simple-slave[1489]: WARNING: Failed to give slave programs...
View ArticleKeyboard layout of kdm?
Hallo I've got problems with the kdm in fedora 18. I use english language for the howl system. But I've a swedish keyboard, because did set the kb-layout with system-config-keyboard to swedish. It...
View ArticleWhen will nvidia 310 be released?
I'm waiting for while for the nvidia 310 driver. These should come with significant speed improvements. They are in rpmfusions rawhide. Questions about an eta on the mailing list were unanswered....
View ArticleAutoten vs. Easy Life vs. PostInstallerF
This one is all about what you've used, and your opinions of their functionality. Those opinions are what I'm interested in. However, there are some ground rules here. Speak to the positive. Tell me...
View ArticlePartition a New Disk from a Script
Is there a way to initialize, format and/or partition a new disk entirely from a BASH script? I have looked at fdisk and parted but they seem to want to work interactively. And the new Disks...
View ArticleDual Boot with No Boot
I tried dual booting an Asus dual core i5 processor running windows 7. I started by shrinking the hard drive through windows like it was suggested. I downloaded, burned, and verified the iso image on a...
View ArticleLaptop fans running non stop.
Hi I'm running 17 on a Dell laptop and did an update (Kernel Linux 3.7.6-102.fc17.x86_64) and now my fan is running constantly. The cpu temps are less than 61c which is in the safe range (according to...
View ArticleFedora 18: Fix Broken Grub due to Ubuntu
Hi All, I have Fedora 18 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed side-by-side. Ubuntu recently updated its kernel, so it kicked off a update-grub2. Ubuntu's OS Prober is broken, so Fedora does not show up on...
View Article[BASH]: Downloading video from streamcloud
Heyas I'm trying to write a script to ease the task of downloading videos from streamcloud. Manualy its easy, but requires many steps. Copy title from actual page, view source code, search for "file:"...
View ArticleNetworking DNS fails after update
Here is my network setup, Default router ip:192.168.1.1 Default subnet: 255.255.255.0 DNS Settings: 192.168.1.1,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4 The problem, I just updated my system the other night when i did my...
View ArticleAST 2050 and kickstart
I'm trying to create a kickstart for a headless server that has an Aspeed AST 2050 video chip. It's my understanding that this chip allows for a serial display on either the BMC or via the video...
View ArticleIncreased vbox .vdi size but fedora isn't picking it up
I have been trying to install Oracle 11g on Fedora18 running on Vbox however its reporting that the volume I'm trying to install it on is too small. The orininal volume size was 14gb however after...
View ArticleWireless Issue ASUS K53s
Dear friends, Wifi connection problem came up few days ago, I suppose after kernel update. My notebook doesn't see any WiFi network. I was able to see many WiFi networks below. I'm using Fedora 17...
View ArticleNeed to re-detect everything network-related in F17
I have a 1.5-yr-old computer that had a working, wonderful F17 on it until yesterday. yum update and restarting yesterday caused me 99 problems and Networking is one. I am now running a live CD...
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Life Virtual Disk Image
Ever wanted a local storage container which wont be listed using a partition tool? Have some files which you dont want to be found too easy by a root account? I had written a script, as part of script...
View Article[BASH] PS1 variable and bash prompt
I used to have PS1 set to: PHP Code: PS1='\[\e[0m\][\u@\[\e[1;32m\]\h\[\e[0m\] \W]\$\[\e[0m\] '; This worked fine. However I came across the following code which adds the current git branch to your...
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