Fedora is a Linux distribution with a fast release cycle, maintained by a community and sponsored by Red Hat.
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How to set clang++ as the c++ compiler?
I'm trying to set clang++ as the system C++ compiler on Fedora 18. I have installed clang and added it to alternatives but it doesn't appear to be working.
[user@localhost ~]$ alternatives --display ...
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How to boot on Fedora 18 (Grub2)
I have Fedora 18 and Windows 7 on my laptop.
I had grub2 bootloader and the default is been set to windows 7.
After I turn on my laptop it just automatically boots into windows 7.
Now I want to set ...
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Gnome3.6.2 - empathy chats do not appear in the notification bar after a while in fedora 18
I am using fedora 18 with Gnome 3.6.2 and I've updated empathy to the latest version (Empathy 3.6.4) yesterday. it works fine at first, but after a while, the notification bar which is at the down ...
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Change window manager in Fedora 18
Fedora 17 would let me choose my window manager on login; now with Fedora 18 not only can I not choose it on login, but I can't find a way to change it anywhere.
Is there a way to easily switch ...
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Autofs home folders from solaris 11
I'm having trouble since 2 days with autofs.
I have a Solaris 11 Server.
There I share the folder /export/home with the following command:
share -o rw -d „Freigabe von /export/home“ /export/home
My ...
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Fedora-GRUB in Mint
I want to install the GRUB2-Layout of Fedora in Mint.
(I'm a new user, so I can't upload images. :( The image is here: http://ryanlerch.fedorapeople.org/Selection_045.png)
Does anybody know, how I ...
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Chromium run from within systemd on Fedora 18 does not start
Target is building a Linux box, using X, to display commercials (there is a movie in background played by mplayer) and applets (like newsticker, delivered as web apps working locally).
I have ...
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How to run Different congestion control algorithms in FEDORA 17 ..?
Earlier versions of Fedora has different loadable kernel modules which includes diffrent congestion control algorithms etc at (/lib/modules/"kernel-name"/kernel/ipv4).These are present in the form of ...
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Install Fedora core 15 on HP Smart Array Controller HDD
I need to install "Fedora Core 15" Linux on to HP Smart Array Controller attached HDD.
Problem is Fedora Core 15 kernel do not has HPSA device driver. I tried to load (my own build) HPSA driver ...
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Samba 3.6 Configuration in Fedora 17
I need help configuring the Samba server so I can connect from a Windows (edit Windows 7) machine to my Fedora. I followed several tutorials because and non of them work for me. Here are two of them:
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Filezilla is not showing hidden files
I am using
Fedora 16 (client end)
CentOS 6 (server end)
I have no command line access to server
FileZilla 3.5.2
I have enabled "Force showing hidden files"
After enabling I have restarted ...
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Does Fedora 16 do automatic system updates?
I typically use KDE except when I have to do some things that are broken in KDE such as starting a new Eclipse workspace, due to some graphic components Eclipse uses upon that action that are present ...
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How can I share files between two Linux machines over LAN?
I am currently running Fedora 18 with Gnome on two computers which are connected to the same router. I have been using Samba to share files between the two, but I know there must be a better way.
On ...
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Own distro, own name? [closed]
There are lots of tools to modify the system of Linux distro.
I would like to start own OS. But I am not good at such programming.
If I take Linux Fedora... I would use this tools and install ...
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Cannot install Fedora 18
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with 2.5GB RAM and 120GB HDD.
I have windows 7 and Ubuntu installed side by side.
I have another 30GB space where I want to install Fedora 18 but when I try to install ...
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Why yum resolve dl.google.com to an IPv6 address?
I installed Google chrome browser on Fedora 18. Now when I try update softwares using yum upgrade, it report the following error and I can't get chrome updated.
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My Google Chrome profile can't open correctly
When i open Google Chrome ( Stable version ) i get dialogue box it say :
"Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you ...
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Brightness control Fedora 18
I'm using Fedora 18 and i've intel GPU, using intel_backlight to control the brightness, Is there any way i can set the brightness keys to work??
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Reinstall XOrg with Yum - Fedora 18
Some how I messed up Xorg and need to reinstall it, with Yum. I can not find any Xorg packages, but it has to be out there right?
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How to mount multiple partitions
Is there a way to mount multiple partitions, or even all partitions, of a disk with a single command in Linux? Is there, perhaps, an option that the mount command accepts that would facilitate this? ...
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How to set open app icon to be the same as in App Launcher in KDE
I am using Fedora 16 with KDE and, for the most part, the icon associated with an app is the same in the open app bar in the bottom of the screen as it is in the Application Launcher in the lower left ...
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Fedora 18 : install input method
I'm using Fedora 18. I choose ibus in input method selector. In ibus, I choose preference to change input method. But I just see english-english method. I cannot choose input method for another ...
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How to list RPM packages installed in order of installation date
I'd like to see a list of software installed in the order of the date they were installed. The order doesn't matter (newest to oldest & vice-versa) as long as they're arranged by date.
I'm mainly ...
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GUI is blurred after yum update in fedora 15
Since last few days i was using fedora 15 without any issue. But after updating fedora 15 using yum update command.
Here is the screen shot
How to fix this issue, is there any missing package ?
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Graphical login of a local user remotely
I'm trying to automate a lab of computers running Fedora 17 (Gnome). I need to write a script that logs out the current local user on the system and logs in as a different user. The systems are ...
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Remote access SSH problem
I have been asked to setup a lab with 1 PC (fedora 18 OS) and 4 SGI (IRIX 6.5 OLD OS).
I am using a switch to connect them to university's network, and I asked tech guys to assign static IPs to them. ...
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In Dolphin file manager Fedora 17, what is the shortcut to create folder?
In Dolphin file manager Fedora 17, what is the shortcut to create the new folder.
E.g. Ctrl + Shift + N creates new folder in Windows 7
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Unable to connect to remote host using ssh
I have recently installed Fedora in my system. But I am facing some problem in ssh login from remote machine.
I am able to login in that system but every time its requires me to login using GUI in ...
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Disable “Priveleged user popup” in fedora 8
Problem Statement :- Automatic Login as "root" in fedora 8. I tried with "/etc/gdm/config..." file . (working in linux)
But in fedora 8 there is a pop up showing " ...
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Can't launch minicom correctly: “Parameter port is private, but is marked public in global config file”
Im not sure if I have this setup right,
I get the following error
Can't launch minicom correctly: "Parameter port is private, but is marked public in global config file"
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Logitech M325 mouse horizontal scrolling
Out of the box, this Logitech M325 mouse works great with one issue: cannot use the scroll wheel for horizontal scrolling. It acts as forward or back in the browsers or does nothing in other windows.
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KDE; each monitor another desktop
Is it possible to configure for example 4 desktops and switch them separately for each monitor?
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Flash disk USB Fedora installation reset counting
I have created a flash disk with pen drive Linux universal USB installer to install Fedora 18 on my system but after booting, a counter starts and then reset and never installation begin.
My system is ...
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Where does rsyslog keep facility local0?
I added to rsyslog.conf a lines
ModLoad imudp
UDPServerRun 514
local0.* /var/log/dlink.log
With tcpdump I can see the packets from dlink somethimes local0 somethimes local1 even local2. Nothing ...
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Installing AMD GPU drivers on Fedora 18
How can I install the AMD graphics drivers on Fedora 18? I downloaded the driver from the amd website. I unpacked the driver and ran the "amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run" ...
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Linus and Fedora [closed]
My friend to me that Linus Torvalds uses fedora to compile the kernel. Why does he prefer fedora over any other distribution (ex. Ubuntu)?
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Change file type association in Fedora/KDE
Can anybody explain how to change file extension associations with applications to open them with in Fedora/KDE ? E.g. my PDFs open with Okular and I would like to change the default to Adobe.
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yum update version issue
I am using fedora 13 (2.6.33 ). Due to some reasons I cannot update the kernel nor can I upgrade fedora itself to 18 due to some legacy software I am using for business purpose. So my question is how ...
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Do I need to install LIRC seperately in Fedora 18?
I just finished installing Fedora 18 and out of the box I noticed that it recognizes my IMON/MCE Remote control. I have had to make some changes to the rc_keymaps/imon_mce file to remap some of the ...
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How to disable Nouveau on Fedora 18?
I want to install the proprietary Nvidia driver. Downloaded it from here. I have the 64-bit one.
However, when I try to install it, I can't because the Nouveau driver is already there. I have spend ...
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Play Video files in fedora
I installed a Fedora 18 and added rpm-fusion repositories for fedora18 and also installed all gstreamer codec such as good,ugly,bad, but i can not play videos with .mkv , .mp4, .wmv , extensions yet.
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How can I install Skype in Fedora 14 64 bits?
I would like to install Skype in Fedora 14 64 bits. However, I encounter this error during the install:
$ yum install skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm
[...]
skype-4.1.0.20-fc16.i586 requires ...
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Adding another linux system to grub 2
As far as I can gather from the fedora website, I need to edit the /etc/grub.d/40_custom script to read:
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
set root=(hd0,5)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux
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How to add NFS options flag to anaconda?
These options work for Kickstart to load the install tree from NFS:
The Fedora Kickstart documentation states
nfs --server=nfsserver.example.com --dir=/tmp/install-tree ...
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Cinnamon + Gnome = Ignored settings?
I recently switched from Gnome to Cinnamon in Fedora 17, and I feel like I did something wrong because it seems as though Cinnamon ignores any Gnome settings, despite being Gnome-based (as far as I ...
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Allowing access to NetBIOS port in Fedora 18?
I've recently installed Fedora 18 on one of the machines in my office, and I've installed Samba so I can browse the file system on my Windows machine.
However, I'm having some trouble opening port ...
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Everything works except Fedora
I'm taking an Operating Systems class online for college. It requires us to have a copy of Fedora 13, provided by our instructor, running on a virtual machine. On my machine, it boots to a message ...
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Httpd : no space left on device
I am using Fedora 17 and over the last few days I am having an issue with my system. Whenever I try to start httpd it shows me:
Error: No space left on device
When I execute systemctl status ...
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Disable repository updating in fedora
Fedora checks all repository for updating when every time i want to install some packages from yum. this is waste of time because i know they are updated!
how could i disable this checking?
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Fedora 17 Grub not finding Windows 8
I had Windows 8 installed, shrunk it and installed Fedora 17 using the free space. It now only boots into Fedora.
I have these two EFI partitions:
/dev/sda2
/EFI
/Boot/bootx64.efi
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