Questions tagged [fedora]
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Network-shared hard drive cannot be connected to with Samba
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Hello. I am running Fedora 38 with samba software installed. I successfully setup a local network share of a home folder and it's been working fine for months now. Lately, I've wanted to ...
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Disable auto-focus when program opens in Fedora KDE
I use KDE on Fedora 29. I multi-task across multiple monitors. There are few things more frustrating than a program doing something that opens a new window and the OS changing the active focus to that ...
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How to enable root login on fedora?
I've followed this guide in order to install an instance of forem on digital ocean.
Well, I've succeeded :) But the guide is using a key for login and I'm not able from the core user to access all the ...
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Newly created home in a secondary hard drive keeps unmounting after restart, fstab does not work
I have bought a new hard drive and moved my home there. I have followed this link: https://www.howtogeek.com/442101/how-to-move-your-linux-home-directory-to-another-hard-drive/.
But the new hard drive ...
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Fedora 38 does not find install of Fedora 34
I have a SDD with BTRFS. I have a Fedora 34 (old) install in it. I installed Fedora 38 in a new subvolume. I want to boot the old Fedora, but it is not in the boot menu.
This is an EFI system.
When I ...
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Fedora 37 VirtualBox Error "vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded" and "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)"
(I already tried things from answers in similar questions to this one)
Fedora Linux 37 (Workstation Edition) x86_64, kernel: 6.0.7-301.fc37.x86_64
I installed VirtualBox with sudo dnf install ...
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How to override grub_arg in grubby for non-default grub entries in Fedora 38?
After discovering and working around a bug in grub2-set-password, I am now able to set password protection for grub2 in Fedora 38. While this method asks for a password when trying to edit a grub menu ...
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How to password protect grub boot menu in Fedora 38?
I have been trying to password-protect grub boot menu in Fedora 38. Now, unfortunately, the Fedora guide for GRUB2 is "currently in the process of revision," so I have had to work with other ...
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Unable to update with dnf because of a GPG check FAILED
Since last week I can´t update anything. If I try sudo dnf update, the process starts normally but then I get the following error:
error: Verifying a signature using certificate ...
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Why does NetworkManger pop up nmcheck.org even when i have correctly set up the configuration with uri set on Fedora 35?
I have been facing problem where a default browser window pops up saying nmcheck.gnome.org and then immediately closes. Also the gnome wifi icon at the top right has a question mark on it. I know that ...
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Failing to configure local box as wifi hotspot with nmcli
I am trying to configure my Fedora 38 box to work as an access point (WiFi hotspot) called, say, MyAP.
So I use nmcli like this:
nmcli -p con add type wifi con-name MyAP autoconnect yes ssid MyAp \
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Root user in Fedora 38
I recently switched from Windows to Fedora.
While I don't remember if I set any password for root during installation of Fedora but I created one user. Now, if I try to switch from the user to root ...
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Tor hidden service settings failing to allow tor.service to start on CentOS/Fedora
I am attempting to set up a Tor hidden service on CentOS 7 (with systemd), using the tor package from the EPEL repository.
Previously this was working fine until a few days ago when it stopped ...
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Trying to unzip a file, 'Filename not matched' when the directory exists
While trying to unzip a file named Joomla_3.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip to the directory named joomla I get filename not matched. Why is that?
# unzip -Z Joomla_3.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip /opt/...
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How to run an X11 application (xclock) on podman?
podman says Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0 when I try to run xclock in a container with the command
podman run -ti -e DISPLAY --rm -v
~/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority:Z localhost/...
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Missing text/blank space on Ubuntu web sites using Google Chrome
When visiting ubuntu.com or askubuntu.com, Google Chrome displays blank spaces instead of most of the expected text of the web site. The sites look like this:
I am using Google Chrome 20.0.1132.47 ...
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How to paste a file's path
In windows, I could right click something and copy it's path, not the actual file. Is there a Linux (Fedora) equivalent? This could be something like copying the file's path to clipboard. I googled it,...
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Linux (Fedora) folders disappear from 'ls -al' and 'nautilus' view, but I can 'cd' into them on the command line when i know the folder name
I am experiencing an issue with Fedora Linux where folders are disappearing from a specific directory, the folders are not shown when viewed with ‘nautilus’ or ‘ls -al’, but if I know the folder name, ...
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On Linux (Fedora), I want to track a PARTICULAR process' I/O to find out if it's hung or is making progress
So... I'm busy trying to clean up two decades of backups an have a particular job that's trying to get a sha1sum on two possibly duplicate files and it appears to be hung... the operative word being &...
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List package maintainer on Fedora?
I need to contact the package maintainers for Crypto++ to inform them of a commit to fix a CVE. Under Debian and Ubuntu, I can apt-cache show libcrypto++ | grep Maintainer to get current and past ...
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device (enp9s0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
On Fedora-38, as root, I tried:
$ nmcli device connect enp9s0
which is 'Wired connection 2' and got the following using:
$ journalctl -b -u NetworkManager
Jul 04 17:20:04 Level10 NetworkManager[1811]:...
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Why don't fedora 38 proxy settings work with Firefox "Use system proxy configuration"?
I have tried on kde, gnome, and cinnamon, and none of them allow Firefox to use the proxy set in system settings (in my case I was attempting to use a socks proxy). Instead of connecting through the ...
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Firewalld blocking IPv6 proxy in Fedora Linux with sing-box Core
I'm facing an issue with Firewalld in Fedora Linux, where it seems to be blocking my IPv6 proxy when using Singbox Core in tun mode. When I stop the Firewalld service, the proxy works fine.
I suspect ...
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Connect to GNOME Online Accounts with commande line
I write a bash script who perform post-installation configuration of my Fedora Workstation.
I would connect my Nextcloud server with GNOME Online Accounts.
Is it possible to make that with command ...
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btrfs, LUKS, swapfile: How to hibernate on swapfile?
I'm using btrfs encrypted by LUKS on fedora 32 silverblue, kernel version 5.7.7 with anaconda installer default setting.
Because fedora installer automatic partition does not add swap partition or ...
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Font size in Flatpak OBS
F37, KDE Plasma, Xorg
When I install OBS from rpmfusion it respects my font settings in KDE. But when it is installed from Flatpak the fonts are small. How to change it?
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Display not specified when trying to open Firefox on a home server
I am a new linux user, and I am currently running ubuntu on my desktop. I installed fedora server on an old laptop of mine. I thought it would be a good project to be able to open firefox on the ...
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Two Fedora installations on the same SSD - can't boot into one
I have two Fedora installations on the same SSD. We’ll refer to them as Fedora A and Fedora B. Fedora A was installed first on a 220 GB partition, and Fedora B was installed afterwards on a 260 GB ...
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Headphone volume extremely loud before adjusting
If i close or suspend my laptop without headphones plugged in, and then plug headphones back in through the audio jack after turning the laptop back on, the volume of the playback will be abnormally ...
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Cannot paste from clipboard in KDE on first try
Ever since I upgraded to Fedora 32 pasting does not work properly in KDE. It copies correctly what I want to be copied, but it will not paste right away. I either have to go to the clipboard applet ...
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vim auto indenting new lines - how to disable this behavior?
So let's say I have the following code:
if (true) {
// do stuff
// do additional stuff
}
I open up vim in PuTTY and right click to paste the above code into vim and it gets pasted like this:
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Pure-FTPD : How to make anonymous/ftp user allowed to rename and delete file?
I have some kind of problem. I'm setting up hobby local ftp server in trusted network. I want to allow anon/ftp user to able to delete and rename file, but after many attempt tinkering with /etc/pure-...
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How to move a directory from home to usr?
I'm really new to linux and this might be a trivial question, but I'm having trouble moving a folder from my home directory to another directory in usr. I'm using this command: sudo mv /home/koba/...
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AMD bios RAID not detected in Fedora 38
I have set up a (pseudo) RAID drive using the BIOS RAID configuration.
I'm using BIOS based RAID because the target drive is shared between a Windows and Linux dual boot configuration and I can't ...
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Fedora Login Incorrect when installing vm through qemu
I am trying to boot fedora vm on Linux Test Pc from qemu. It actually shows the temporary password for first login. But when I try that password it is saying Login is Incorrect. I don't know why the ...
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Proton VPN is not installing due to CURL error! Why?
I have Fedora 38 and I want to install protonVPN. I followed the guide and downloaded the respective rpm package but when I try to install it or update dnf I receive this error:
[CODE]ProtonVPN Fedora ...
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How to install libc++.so in Fedora
I wanted to use aapt on my C the error code was:
error while loading shared libraries: libc++.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
With some research I found out that libc++....
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Created new Fedora 37 VM with 1 TB but df shows 15 GB
This morning, I created a virtual machine with 1 TB of storage through VMware, I verified on initial install that the 1TB disk was selected and ran the installation, went through the initial ...
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How to route all network traffic from host OS through a VPN running on the guest OS
I have an Ubuntu VM (guest OS) running on Fedora (host OS) through QUEMU/KVM.
On the Ubuntu VM I have a VPN client running. Because of end-point visibility rules I'd be kicked out if I tried ...
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How can I find the UUID for network cards?
It's easy to see them in use on, for example, a modern Fedora Core Server - like on version 30 — in the network configuration scripts found in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory.
Okay, I ...
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Latitude 7390: No intel_backlight directory, can't adjust backlight
I've been searching the 'net for an hour or two now about this problem, but the 9370 apparently uses some weird implementation of i915.
I'm running Fedora 32 and i3, so I'm using Xorg.
Here's what I'...
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How to sort folders first in open dialog window (gtk 3.14 file chooser)
I just upgraded from fedora20 to fedora21 and now the gtk file picker sorts files and folders together. I much prefer the usual and previous behaviour of displaying folders first (and I enabled that ...
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grub mkconfig finds Fedora and updates the config file, but Fedora doesn't appear in GRUB after reboot
I am a bit new to Linux, so please excuse my lack of knowledge and skill. I basically tried to triple boot Windows, Fedora, and Arch. I have two drives in my computer. One of them has Windows ...
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How to start Zoom in background?
I would like Zoom to start in the background (that is, its icon shows up in the system tray, while its window doesn't appear) right after the desktop environment is loaded.
On Windows, it is possible ...
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Linux, SSD, TRIM - Not working? (hdparm, Samsung)
MY SSD is working but TRIM may not be.
I'm running Fedora 36 with BTRFS. I installed a Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB SSD firmware version 5B2QGXA7 as a secondary drive that does not auto mount, as intended. ...
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Linux: Intel WIFI Card stops working after hibernate
I have a Laptop with a Intel WIFI card (Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a)) and Fedora 38 installed (kernel: 6.2.15-300.fc38.x86_64).
Since some months I face the problem that sometimes after ...
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Cannot boot after failed Fedora Dual Boot installation with existing Windows 8
I have a laptop that came with Windows 8 installed on one HDD with two partitions:
C: (where Windows 8 is installed)
D: (where my personal data is)
The OS was installed with a BIOS boot (MBR).
I ...
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How do I configure/secure LAMP stack on Fedora 37 without permissive SELinux confguration?
I've installed all the LAMP components (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) on Fedora 37, but for now I haven't changed my SELinux configuration from enforcing to permissive because I don't know what problems ...
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Making a bootable OSX USB from dmg on Linux
I have 2 machines - a MacBook Pro and a desktop running Fedora, I have a USB drive and a OSX 10.8 dmg. The MacBook won't boot into OSX unfortunately, I'm trying to make a bootable mac usb to recover ...
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VPN changes IP Address/Geo Location successfully however the content blocking applied by my ISP persists only on Fedora Linux distribution
My ISP blocks many different websites. To bypass this I use a VPN service.
The VPN service works perfectly on other Linux distributions that I have tried like Ubuntu and openSUSE however it does not ...