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Applications when minimized do not appear on the panel on Fedora 11

When I try and open a terminal on Fedora and minimize, the window title does not appear on the panel. Any other application like rdesktop as well doesn't appear either.
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How can I modify an existing RPM file for installation on a Fedora 11 system

I have an RPM that we install on our production systems that I would like to modify so that that the OS installer does not have to make any changes to the system after installation. The distro is ...
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WLAN device on Dell Inspiron not detected by Fedora 11

I recently installed Fedora 11 on a Dell Inspiron 14. I think it uses a Dell 802.11b/g Wireless LAN. Windows Vista can detect it but Fedora 11 can't. How can I fix this?
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How to use ati's fglrx drivers on Fedora 11

Has anyone got a clue what is required to make old Fedora 10 ati fglrx drivers from Livna rpm repository on Fedora 11 ? There was once similar pathway when fedora10 was out but ati didnt support ...
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Linux Disk Usage and Disk Size don't agree [Fedora 11]

I'm having an issue on a Xen VM where (running as root) df and baobab agree that 94% of my disk is used (25G out of 28G), but du only counts a fraction of total disk utilization (3.3G). The server ...
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X locks up with Konqueror on comics.com

If I browse to comics.com using Konqueror under KDE on Fedora 11, X will, after a delay, lock up. The mouse will move, but no keyboard input is recognized, and the screen does not react to the mouse ...
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How to print from Linux to a shared USB printer on Win XP?

My co-worker has a Win XP machine with a USB printer that he would like to share and be able to print to it from a Linux machine. He has enabled sharing on the Win XP machine and has installed SAMBA ...
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How can I sync the time on my dual-boot setup with Windows and (Fedora) Linux?

I currently have a dual-boot setup with Windows Vista and Fedora Linux. The time between the two installations have a 6 hour gap. When I try to set the time of one OS to match the other one, the ...
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How do i use ssh to log into my computer?

In the past I've been using putty to ssh into my school's Fedora computers to do HW, but now I recently put Fedora on my computer, and I want make it so that I can ssh to my Fedora computer from my ...
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Setting execute permission on a Fedora 11 (host and guest) shared folder file is not working for me. Is anyone doing this successfully?

I have set up a VirtualBox Fedora 11 (i386) guest on my Fedora 11 (x86_64) host system with shared folders enabled. I mount the shared folder successfully with the recommended "mount -t vboxsf share /...
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Useless nm_dbus_manager_init_bus error messages fill log

My system runs fine, but /var/log/messages repeats this message every few seconds, filling up my log directory: Oct 13 09:10:57 barry NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_manager_init_bus(): Could ...
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From where is the PATH value in Fedora env gets populated?

I would like to know from where is the PATH value in the env of my terminal (Fedora machine) gets populated?
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Not able to connect to a Fedora 11 PC via ssh

What could be the possible solution to solve this problem in my fedora 11 pc which is not allowing any users to connect to it via ssh? But the reverse is possible, i.e. i am able to connect to other ...
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Parallels - Changing screen resolution of Fedora 11 virtual machine?

I have a Fedora 11 vm installed on my osx machine and can't change the screen resolution higher than 1024x768. How can I raise the resolution? I've tried adding additional Modes in xorg.conf and ...
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Why is my connection slow?

I have a Dell Precision T5400 with a Broadcom 1Gb onboard NIC. For some strange reason, when I access machines on our local network, the best I can get is around 125KB/s download speed. My laptop ...
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F11-- skipping specific packages on auto-software-update

I recently upgraded my F9 to F11, which went smoothly and has been great-- with the exception of Amarok (which at v1.4 is an OUTSTANDING music program-- I like it MUCH better then iTunes). F11 ...
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VirtualBox Guest Additions for Fedora 11

I have Fedora 11 on a VirtualBox. I installed the Guest Additions package following these instructions: http://www.toadz.dk/2009/07/installing-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-fedora-11-in-windows/ It ...
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Fedora Dual Monitor - One Workspace Per Monitor

I recently upgraded to Fedora 11 and plugged in a second monitor for my at-home workstation. However, I'd really like to figure out a way to use each monitor as its own workspace that I can move back ...
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How to Login as a root in Fedora Core 11 GUI?

I am working on a legacy system which requires me to login as a root in linux. I used to do it with my FC6. I know sudo, su but It is very comfortable to stay as a root in GUI. Is there any clean ...
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How to resize a Windows Vista partition to use the extra space for dual-booting with Fedora using GRUB?

I just got a new laptop and it came pre-installed with a Windows Vista. But I am a Fedora user. Now, it would be easy for me to just remove Vista and use the entire disk space for Fedora. But the ...
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Increasing Display resolution on Fedora 11

I'm running Fedora 11 on a VirtualBox installed on Windows Vista machine. I'm unable to increase the resolution on the virtual instance, the only available resolution on the Fedora instance are ...
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Why do I get slow network throughput when I have a bad DNS server?

I have Fedora 11 in a Virtual Box VM and because of a bad DNS configuration my network connection in that VM was awfully slow. I fixed it now, but I don't understand what happened and I'm curious ...
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How to make folder sharing work with Parallels and Fedora 11

I have a Parallels installed on my Mac and I have created a Fedora 11 Virtual Machine. Everything works fine, except that the file sharing between my Mac and the VM doesn't work. On Parallels doc, ...
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Changing default media player in Fedora 11?

I've downloaded & installed VLC, and it works fine. However, I can't figure out how to set it to be the default - under Preferences -> Preferred Applications, Multimedia changing the "Multimedia ...