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Can't start vsftpd on Fedora
I have installed vsftpd on my new Eee pc with Fedora 18:
sudo yum install vsftpd
How is it? :
systemctl is-active vsftpd.service
and got
failed
Then
systemctl status vsftpd.service
got
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Cannot connect to fedora on port 80
I can't access to my local sites on a fedora machine from ubuntu. In firefox I get this error: The connection has timed out
In fedora iptables I added this line:
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp ...
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Fedora 18: Unable to connect to a WLAN network
I'm using Fedora 18 with the LXDE desktop.
I seem to be unable to connect to any WLAN network. The network manager applets seem to accept only WEP but no WPA encryption.
Am I missing something, or ...
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Spotty wireless with Fedora
I have this Toshiba laptop I started poking around trying to find out why it quits out so often and is just so bad. This guy seems to have the same problem with the fact that it works perfect in ...
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Screen content showing for a few seconds before screensaver starts (Fedora 14)
This happens every now and then, I have not pinned down the cause but let me describe the symptoms.
On occasion when I come back to the computer after a few hours the screen is in energy saving mode, ...
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Fedora16, ekiga just works in superuser mode
I've got a fedora16 running and I'd like to use ekiga as a softphone.
Now I'm running into some problems.
Starting ekiga as a normal user gives me
could not register (globally not acceptable)
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How to start a windows partition from the Grub command line?
I have Windows 7 installed on my system. After I installed Windows 7, I installed Fedora on a separate partition so that I could dual boot.
I removed Fedora by deleting the partition it was installed ...
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Linux installation stops working after a few reboots
I'm trying to set up a dualboot Win8/Linux on my HP tablet (touchsmart tm2-1050ez).
However, when I'm finished setting it all up, after a few more reboots, I'm not able to boot to Linux anymore, as I ...
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Fedora 18 Live CD is hanging on boot
When I boot up Fedora 18 (Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso) in a Virtual Machine, I just get this screen:
I've verified the SHA sum, and I've tried starting it up in "basic graphics mode", yet I ...
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Unable to Boot into F17
I was currently running Win8 and F17 as a dual boot on my home desktop with an i5 chip and Asus UEFI BIOS. Unfortunately, while I was in Win8 I accidentally removed the partition that held my F17 OS.
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Debian's ReportBug equivalent on Fedora/Gnome?
When I was using Debian, there was a tool called "ReportBug" - or something like that.
Ironically, the tool itself was probably the buggiest program I have ever used. I was never, ever actually able ...
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Can anyone decipher this kernel stack trace? I think it's hardware, but
May 14 02:40:59 cerberus kernel: [480872.848991] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
May 14 02:40:59 cerberus kernel: [480872.849015] IP: [] ...
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What is the prefered way of updating all software in a Fedora installation?
When I install some system, I usually look for a bulk update method, one that will update my recently-installed software.
For example, in Debian, that would be changing the sources.list to point to ...
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FC16: can't log in via LightDM or GDM (but 'startx' works fine)
I'm running Fedora Core 16 (with all patches applied as of 11 Feb 2013, AFAICT) on a dual-monitor Lenovo workstation, and can't seem to access my desktop via a graphical login manager. My system ...
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Unable to change resolution on Fedora 18 after playing Urban Terror
So I wanted to try out Urban Terror on Fedora 18. I installed it. When I click it, the screen resolution would change to a lower resolution(800x600) to play the game in full screen. Then after I've ...
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Polish chars in gedit (Fedora 18)
I locked my Fedora18 computer (set to Polish). Later I couldn't log in (password was accepted, but I didn't see my desktop). I used pkill -KILL -u tymon command in root mode (Ctrl+Alt+f2).
After ...
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GUI log viewer for logs produced by Apache log4j
I'm looking for a good graphical tool for view and analyze log files (local and remote) that works on Fedora 15.
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Change screen resolution in Fedora 16
I have a Dell Inspiron 1750 installed with Fedora 16. I only have three resolutions to pick from: 1600 x 900, 1024 x 768, and 800 x 600. None of these are satisfactory for me.
How can I get more ...
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Missing “version.h” when installing fglrx
I have downloaded the fglrx driver installer from the ATI drivers page.
when I start the installation, everything goes smoothly until I hit an error message, telling me to check ...
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Fedora: System hangs after upgrade to FC18 (“started gdm”)
I've been upgrading my eee laptop from Fedora 17 to 18. After a reboot the system shows up the boot message
[ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager.
and does not go on any further.
The system is ...
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Fedora 16: run a binary after automatic login?
I want to automatically login as root, and then run an interactive script. I am using Fedora 16.
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How can I disable the user list login screen in Gnome 3 on Fedora 16 or 17?
Our login screen requirements include a warning / disclaimer and a basic login, showing just a username and password field. Sadly, Gnome 3 seems to be ignoring the ...
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Package `varka' not found when installing Marlin of Fedora 17
I'm trying to install the Marlin file browser. I've already installed many required packages but I don't know what to do about this varka error. Here is the output from cmake (the previous step) and ...
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Installing GCC 4.5 on Fedora 16
The default GCC package available in the Fedora 16 repositories is gcc-4.6. I need to install gcc-4.5 on my system.
I downloaded the packages from the kijo repository, but when I try to install them ...
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How do I get Fedora 17 boot media to boot my laptop?
I have been using Ubuntu since Ubuntu 11.10 came out. I was very satisfied with how Ubuntu has evolved over the past few years, but now I would like to try out Fedora 17 since that has been out for a ...
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luksOpen: No key available with this passphrase
I've created a encrypted volume with LUKS at home and was looking to use it at work too. Unfortunately, that's not possible. Whyever, I'm unable to access the encrypted data on any other computer than ...
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SELinux interfering with host/guest file sharing using KVM
I'm running Fedora 17 with KVM and the virtual machine runs okay. I tried to follow this to get access to a file on the host system but SELinux prevents the VM from accessing any files other than ...
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Port Mirroring in Fedora?
I have set up an application that listens constantly to a port for network packets, and I would like to create another one that receives the same network packets ( for use as a test bed). Getting the ...
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How I should load file with setkey -f
I would like to load a text on Fedora. I use this command:
setkey -f "name"
but the file cannot be found. I have the file on my desktop.
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How to enable WIFI on VMWare Fedora 12? (It's detecting and working fine on Windows 7)
I am new to Linux. I have Fedora 12 running on my VMware. I am unable to see any options to enable WIFI connection on Fedora. When I am accessing Internet through WIFI and its working perfectly fine ...
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Fedora 18 No Wireless
Just installed Fedora 18 and I can't get the wireless to work.
What do I have and what have I done?
I have a Broadcom BCM4312 which is supported by the broadcom-wl driver. (link)
lspci | grep ...
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Trying to install fedora 19 beta TC3 (lxde spin) in virtualbox
I am trying to install fedora 19 beta TC3 (lxde spin), iso image from here:
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Beta-TC3/Live/x86_64/
I have virtualbox running in my Lubuntu 13.04 raring ...
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I can not get my Realtek 8723 driver source compiled
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13. WLAN won't work out of box with fedora 18. So I googled around and found this 2 links:
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Firewalld SELinux
Is there any way to better explanation firewall-cmd than the one given in Fedora18 wiki.
I am trying to convert iptables to FirewallD in cmd line without GUI but cannot find a decent example or ...
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Improve the font rendering in Fedora
I was using Ubuntu and recently moved to Fedora 15 with Gnome 3. I am not at all impressed with the subpixel smoothing and fonts in Fedora. How do I improve the readability and quality?
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Is there something like easy ubuntu for Fedora 18 (to install common non-free software)
I have just installed fedora 18 on my laptop. It is my home machine, so I will be using it for multimedia and similar things.
Having come from Linux Mint, I realize thee is a lot of non-free stuff ...
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Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
I have an Apple bluetooth keyboard and want to use it with Fedora 15.
I turn on the bluetooth on the both devices. Click 'Setup new device' via Gnome3's GUI. The computer detects the keyboard but it ...
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How can I get Fedora and Opensuse server edition?
I want to get server edition for Fedora and Opensuse. I've visited their respective sites, but there is no specific server edition in the download section. So how can I get the server edition for ...
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How to associate the Fedora Start menu with the Windows keyboard?
I would like to associate the Start menu with the Windows key on the keyboard?
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Adjust mouse wheel sensitivity in Fedora / Gnome
Short Question
Is there a way to adjust the mouse wheel scroll sensitivity in Fedora 18?
Long Question
I'm running Fedora 18, with the standard Gnome desktop. I use a Logitech M705 mouse with the ...
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How to make RHEL 6 to boot in Text-mode?
I am using RHEL 6.4 on a HP-Z620 Workstation.Whenever this machine starts up, it comes up with Graphics Mode e.g. Splash Screen,Red Hat Logo etc.
But I want my machine to start in Text Mode.
e.g. I ...
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Why is Gnome Shell sending data over my wireless network?
I have been checking which processes under my Fedora Linux 18 are using my upload bandwidth and I occasionally see that Gnome Shell is one of them. Why should it be sending data over my wireless ...
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Installing Fedora on VMWare error: CPU disabled by guest operating system
When I try to install Fedora 16 on VMWare I'm getting the error CPU has been disabled by guest operating system. Any clues?
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Cannot load font true and no console access in Fedora
When I boot Fedora 17 this error appears:
Cannot open font file True
I found this question Cannot open font file True, but the person who faced the problem in that question can access the console. ...
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Can not get a VNC Remote session to Gnome 3.6.2 with Fedora 18
I have installed Fedora 18 with Gnome desktop and installed tigervnc-server. This same setup has worked fine with several other computers with Fedora 17, allowing me to do remote connections with ...
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Fedora 15 Crash after xorg.conf file update
I updated my xorg.conf file looking to set up a dual screen system. Unfortunately, I can't provide you this file because when I went to reboot my system crashed.
The last line I get when I try to ...
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Upgrade MySQL 5.0.88 to 5.1.69
I am upgrading my MySQL installation on a Fedora 10 (and 14) box (in test first.) I have made a system image (it is a VM) and have downloaded MySQL Server Community 5.1.69-1 from the MySQL site.
Once ...
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Turning off gnome's Function key mapping
I recently upgraded to Fedora 18 with gnome. My function keys started to do things like open the cd player (F12) and turn the volume up (F11) and down (F10). I'd like to just pass those though to the ...
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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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Unable to launch Fedora 18 LiveCD using USB device
I just bought a new motherboard which has BIOS and UEFI. I have a previously working LiveCD installed on my usb, created with LiveUSB Creator. I tried using it to boot but got stuck at the grub ...
