Fedora is rpm-based distribution that uses yum for package management. The default distribution of Fedora 17 uses gnome 3.4. Tag usage The Fedora versions on Super User have the version number appended to the tag: fedora-17 fedora-16 fedora-15 et cetera
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Permissions for Partition larger than 2TB Fedora Linux
I've got a machine running Fedora 16 which has 2 internal HDDs. A 500GB which the OS is installed on and a 3TB for data storage.
I created a 3TB ext3 partition using gparted. Fedora mounts the drive ...
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Fedora 17 keeps using fedora 16 kernel
I did run preupgrade to upgrade my Fedora 16(x64) to Fedora 17. And it seemed to work fine. So I got the new gimp 2.8, gcc 4.7.0 and so on. But the system keeps using the old kernel from fc16. Uname ...
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CIFS share mount errors
Trying to mount a network share from a Linksys NAS200 to Fedora 16, as the program I am trying to run won't accept network addresses to save to. I ran it without specifying the IP address of the ...
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How to login as root from the logon screen?
How do I login as root in fedora after the fedora boots?
When signing in by specifying username : root and password : xxxxxxxx fedora says unsuccessful login attempt. This is the same password I ...
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GNU Screen prepending dollar signs to window titles
I recently copied my .screenrc from one computer (Mac OSX 10.4) to another computer (Fedora 16)
Now, on the Fedora computer, there is a $ prepended to all the window titles.
Here is my hardstatus ...
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Fedora 16 don't recognize my wifi adapter
I have installed fedora16 once before and didnt have problems, but second install took me in hours of troubles. Even with installed right drivers, updated kernel and whatever is writen in tutorials in ...
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How can I fix my broken system clock (battery dead)?
I have a very old laptop with a dead battery. So every time I unplug the laptop the system time is reset to 2008.
I installed both Windows 7 and Fedora 16, but every time I boot directly into Fedora ...
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what is sd(exec) process and why its eating all cpu?
i recently installed fedora 16 with XFCE , once in a while a process named "sd(EXEC)" shows up and eat all cpu ( like 100% ) :( unfortunately it cannot be killed even with 'kill -9' ( or maybe it will ...
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Issues with Menu Editor in GNOME 3
I'm currently using Fedora 16 w/ GNOME 3. I've created a new application entry for Xilinx ISE using Alacarte.
Here it is below:
The application itself runs perfectly, however there is an issue with ...
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Connecting Host OS [Windows 7] with Guest OS [Colinux - Fedora 11] What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to keep Windows off the internet and use Fedora as a firewall to Windows internet connectivity. The pc is connected to a router. I have the internet working in Fedora. I need to route ...
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Install NVIDIA Developer Drivers for GTX 630M on Fedora 16
I'm trying to install the developer drivers on my laptop, which has the Core i7-2670QM Sandy Bridge Processor and a GT 630M. Here's the one I bought: ...
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Connecting Apple Wireless Keyboard on Fedora 15
I have an Apple Wireless bluetooth keyboard that I'd like to use with my Laptop running Fedora 15. The Bluetooth GUI tool is being extremely unhelpful.
It simply shows the keyboard in the list of ...
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Does Linux support NTFS file system [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is NTFS on Ubuntu stable?
Does Linux (Fedora + Ubuntu) support NTFS file-system. They are known to support ext file system. I want to have same file system for both the ...
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accessing linux directories from windows [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get access to EXT2, EX3 and EXT4 partitions on Windows 7?
I want to access linux drives from windows. I have ubuntu and fedora installed along with windows. I ...
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How to set permission for run a program which is installed by root permission?
I have installed the MyEclipse 10.1 via root permission and now when I want to run this program by my own user, it says that /opt/MyEclipse/MyEclipse\ 10/ is not writable! How can I solve this ...
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bluetooth headset and fedora
I have been trying very hard to get my Dell bh-200 headset working on F17 beta KDE laptop but I can only pair them.
I can pair my headset but cannot connect to it
after pairing when I connect them as ...
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how to change the size of twm's title bar
The default size of title bar of twm which comes with Fedora15 is kind of too big. Could some one please tell me how to set it to some reasonable size in my .twmrc file? Thanks!
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Speed up my fedora 16 startup
i am quite new to Linux, and recently i happily install fedora 16 on my Acer laptop, it was wonderful in the beginning, but now the startup becomes very lagging. i Google it and run the command ...
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windows crashing after installing fedora 16
I have HP dv6 pavilion. I installed fedora 16 in it along with windows. I installed fedora on a separate partition. After installation I booted to windows, but it crashed. It shows a "starting windows ...
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Install any Linux flavor on Macbook Pro early 2011
I am trying since a few months to install a Linux flavor (Fedora would be the best, otherwise XUbuntu or Ubuntu) on my Macbook pro Early 2011. Apparently this is very ifficult due to the fact that the ...
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Garmin USB device on Win7 under Linux KVM
I have a Fedora 16 installation and I'm using the Garmin Forerunner 610 HRM in the virtual machine. The problem is that I need to allow Windows 7 direct access to the USB stick that communicated with ...
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booting issue with eeepc 1201nl
I tried to move my dual boot winxp / ubuntu to winxp / fedora 16.
When fedora finished transferring the image to the the hard drive it complained the bootloader didn't install. I restarted (hindsight ...
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How to make Elo touchscreen working for Linux?
Elo touchscreen model:
Elo TouchSystems, Inc. Elo TouchSystems 2700 IntelliTouch(r)
Problem description:
My problem + others problem with this is that, when i touch-over (mouse-over) the ...
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NTFS-3G: Using user mapping, all files become executable after boot to Windows
I have an NTFS partition shared between Windows 7 and Fedora 15. I added a .NTFS-3G/UserMapping file to map my main user/group in Windows to my main user/group in Linux. This was fine until I booted ...
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How to securely allow a custom daemon to restart a proxy?
I have a custom daemon which manages a blacklist for my proxy (HAProxy). When the blacklist is updated I need to reload haproxy so that it has the most recent proxy. Unfortunately manually reloads of ...
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Repairing Filesystem in Fedora 12
I have installed fedora 12 on my system and now I am having problems repairing the root filesystem. When my system boots up I get this message:
***An error occurred during the file system check.
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I tell fsck to fix USB stick, it says “Leaving file system unchanged.”
So I run fsck, and it reports
FATs differ but appear to be intact. Use which FAT ?
1) Use first FAT
2) Use second FAT
Choosing either one gives a long list of errors like
Cluster 1471730 out of ...
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Executable can't find correct files when called via symbolic link
I made a symbolic link to an executable with
ln -s /usr/bin/mydir/myexec /usr/bin/myexec
When I executed myexec in Bash, it does not load the proper files which are located in the original myexec's ...
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Clean install of Fedora17 and keeping current home directory
HP Mini 210
Fedora 16
Hello,
I have downloaded the recent F17 Beta live CD and would like to install it.
Normally, when I install I always select the following custom partitions:
/boot
/swap
...
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Virtualbox shared folder reading problems from Apache
I have a problem with files on a mounted share inside a Virtualbox machine.
The problem is that even though I can see the content of the files fine enough from the shell, the same files turn out ...
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Gnome 3 fallback mode after bumblebee install
I followed this guide to install bumblebee on Fedora 16, and I did everything in the tutorial.
Bumblebee seems to work as optirun glxgears returns non-vsynced frame rates, but Gnome 3 is in fallback ...
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3D Acceleration/Compiz Failure
I've installed Linux Mint 12 & Fedora 16 in VB 4.1.10 on a Windows 7 Host which has a Intel i3 processor and Intel HD 3000 graphics card.
For both Linux installations I've enabled 3D acceleration ...
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What is the BEST option for virtualizing windows on Fedora 16 to run Visual Studio 2010? [closed]
Just what the title says... I qualify "best" as the most functional. Let's pretend for a moment I have unlimited resources to spend on this, buying whatever several hundred dollar solution I can. I've ...
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Fedora 16: Failed to install scion-browser with cabal
It seems like on Fedora 16 cabal isn't able to install scion-browser from hackage because of some incompatibilities with respect to Fedora's shared objects.
When I run cabal install scion-browser I ...
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How to make BusyBox running where my backend operating system can be xyz?
I am trying to setup BusyBox on top of ArchLinux, Fedora or Ubuntu. So that when i telnet i can get something like this following:
But how do i get started? Simply install Busybox on top of my ...
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Spamassassin And Sendmail
Working on final year minor project which involves analyzing spamassassin performance when sendmail is connected to smtp google server. But the problem is where does the spam resides on linux when it ...
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dvi to hdmi isn't working correctly
I have a DVI to HDMI converter for my television. I used to use DVI to VGA and it worked correctly. I switched, and now the television won't display my screen properly. The info:
nvidia with ...
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After Fedora upgrade, system won't boot; what step to take next?
I have a home server running Fedora 12 and decided to upgrade to Fedora 14. I ran through the upgrade process using preupgrade with instructions from here. I ran into an issue withi insufficient ...
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How to include un-included HDD space to fedora 14
I have fedora 14 installed.
I have 320 GB HDD, when I installed fedora, I included only 100 GB to root. Remaining 220 GB is now not usable.
My Question is how can I include the remaining 220 GB to ...
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systemctl After doesn't appear to work
I have a custom service that I need started after mysql comes online. I am attempting to use systemd/systemctl to start the service at boot. I have set After=network.target mysqld.service in my custom ...
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Fedora Linux Disk Usage Analyzer falsely reports root at 100% full
I've got a box setup with Fedora 16 that I'm currently using for a small home server.
I was having some issues with samba sharing when I ran the disk usage analyzer and found that while I have a ...
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Fedora 16 continuously rebooting after install
I just installed Fedora 16 x86 64-bit on my Samsung Laptop (NP300 Series). The installation seemed to have worked fine but after the first reboot, it seems that the OS keeps rebooting repeatedly.
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Fedora 16 seems to need a different auto logon auto start shell script?
Im looking for auto root login shell then when logged in auto start a script. Looks like Fedora 16 use very different approach than other Fedoras.
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auto-execute user-interactive script when logining in runlevel 1 in fedora 16
I am looking to execute a user-interactive shell script once root logged in fedora 16. in another word, I need everything in my system to be automated ( auto root login and auto execute my shell) and ...
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NetworkManager VPN on-demand on Fedora
I'm running Fedora 16/x86_64. How can I have NetworkManager bring up a VPN when a connection is made to one or more arbitrary IP addresses, and wait until the VPN is up before letting the connection ...
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Upgrading Fedora 16 to 17 with crypted LVM
As the title suggests, I want to upgrade Fedora 16 to the Fedora 17 Alpha build, but I am struggling to do so because of my crypted HDD. To avoid the hustle of CD-ROM or USB install, I thought the ...
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Mutt - View All Mail from All Subscribed Folders
I'm running into an issue that I feel should be relatively easy to resolve, however I find myself unable to do so. :)
I currently have mutt set up with my email server and all is well regarding ...
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ext4 converted/mounted as ext2?
Can I conver/mount ext4 as ext2? Because I have pendrive flash disk and I heard that ext2 is better than ext4 but my installator forced me to ext4. Can I do something with it?
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Fedora: “Login Incorrect”
I've just set up a minimal install on my netbook (the default was too resource hungry, so I figured I'd customize the install and learn something about linux at the same time!)
No problems logging in ...
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not able to open files in windows partition from linux on a dual boot system
I have installed dual boot on my laptop, windows XP && Fedora linux. For some unknown reason windows XP is not booting up. Through fedora I'm able to see the windows XP partition and files in ...
