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Upgrade from Fedora 17 -> 18 problem

I tried to update Fedora 17 to 18 from within yum using the directions on the fedora web site. When I rebooted I ended up in the CentOS installer screen. I am not sure how that happend but I can't ...
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Need help configuring Fedora client authentication for 389 server with Kerberos

Trying to setup kerberos authentication with 389-ds and having trouble figuring out how the two fit together. Here is my setup: A CentOS 6 VM (centos01) where I setup bind, 389 ds, and kdc services ...
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Is the maximinm value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests still 8?

I've detected some slowness in Firefox 17 under Fedora 18, so I decided to modify some configuration options. So, the question is: Does someone know if the maximum value of ...
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How to edit rpm's HEADER and NAME-VERSION-RELEASE

Is there's a way or a tool that can modify the HEADER and the NAME-VERSION-RELEASE for an existing rpm without installing/rebuilding it?
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RHN Satellite scout won't push

My RHN Satellite (Spacewalk) server is having issues with monitoring. The Spacewalk Monitor Scout will not push out successfully. It always stops with a Request Expired status. I can't seem to find ...
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RHEL how to sync network settings between GUI and configuration files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/?

In RHEL, we can change network settings either using GUI or editing the configuration files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. I would like to know how the network settings (e.g. IP address, ...
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dual booting centos5.5 and fedora

I already have centos5.5 on my system whose hard disk is ~500GB. I have tried to dual boot with fedora 16. while installing fedora 16 I have created a ~250GB and ~4GB partitions for "/" and swap. The ...
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How to make unused dependencies clean with yum? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I remove Orphan Packages in Fedora? I need something equal gentoo's emerge --depclean so how to make unused dependencies clean with yum?
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How to send the email which is sleeping in my queue list?

When i send email it sleep in my queue list. How can i send them out? (Fedora 15 distro). # mailq /var/spool/mqueue (2 requests) -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ...
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How do I check if a distribution is Fedora-based?

The Python M2Crypto library requires a slightly different installation command if the Linux distribution is Fedora-core based (e.g., Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux). Is there a way to check ...
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Can rpm handle an install of another OS into another Logical Volume?

I am trying to install fedora as a domU under a CentOS dom0 using the method outlined in The Book of Xen. I have asked another question regarding a consistent error message of cpio: Bad magic when I ...
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How can I install VLC 1.1.10 or 1.1.9 in CentOS 5.6 or CentOS 6.0?

On the VLC download site there is no CentOS 5.6 or 6.0 downloads rpm's. Which RPM can I use to have VLC 1.1.10? In case it's not available, can I simply use the same Fedora downloads? [root@www ~]# ...
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In my Dell R310 server, i would like to install CentOS, but for RAID1 what special care i need?

I have my Dell R310 server to install CentOS latest version, it has 2 hot plug disk drive, about 250GB of each. - But i need to install RAID1 on it. My question is for RAID1 installation with ...
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What is a Transaction Check Error ? (yum update)

I tried today to replace packages from atomiccorp's repositories with newer packages from the epel/remi repositories and received Transaction Check Errors. I cannot proceed with my update. Install ...
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fedora 14 xen virtual machine does not detect network

I'm trying to create a para-virt Fedora 14 xen vm on a host running CentOS 5.5. The VM appears to initially install correctly (the installer finds eth0 and can access the installation media). But when ...