Fedora is a Linux distribution with a fast release cycle, maintained by a community and sponsored by Red Hat.
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Who's consuming my inotify resources?
After a recent upgrade to Fedora 15, I'm finding that a number of tools are failing with errors along the lines of:
tail: inotify resources exhausted
tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to ...
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How can I remove Orphan Packages in Fedora?
I just switched from Ubuntu to Fedora14. In Ubuntu we had the apt-get autoremove thing to remove orphan/unused packages. What is the counterpart in Fedora?
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Create services in Linux (Start up in linux)
I need one process run before log in to system. how to run it like services?(how do I make services in Linux?)
in Ubuntu and Fedora ?
the service is customized tomcat
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What is the Fedora equivalent of the Debian build-essential package?
What is the Fedora equivalent of the Debian build-essential package?
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How do font managers work in Fedora?
I am looking to do some font management on my Fedora system. I have installed both Font Manager and Fontmatrix. My goal was to be able to have more fonts installed than I wanted displayed, and to be ...
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Is there a way to virtually split my monitor (for maximizing windows)
My question is essentially if I can fake the behaviour one gets using usual window managers on linux if one has a dual head setup. That is, if I maximize a window it maximizes only on one part of the ...
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Recovering deleted files on fedora
I accidentally deleted a file from my laptop. I'm using Fedora. Is it possible to recover the file?
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What is Fedora's equivalent of 'apt-get purge'?
In Debian, there's at least two ways to delete a package:
apt-get remove pkgname
apt-get purge pkgname
The first preserves system-wide config files (i.e. those found in "/etc"), while the second ...
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Can I restrict a user to use special programs?
Is it possible to add a user and restrict him to run special programs?
For example after this user logs in, he can only open Firefox to use Internet and no other programs can be run by this user.
For ...
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Why aren't the Fedora GPG keys signed?
Fedora uses GPG-keys for signing RPM packages and ISO checksum files. They list the keys in use (including fingerprints) on a web page. The web page is delivered via https.
For example the checksum ...
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How to add a repository on Fedora?
With one repository I did it like this (as root):
# cd /etc/yum.repos
# wget https://some.repo.example.org/foo/bar/Fedora_14/foo_bar.repo
# grep enabled foo_bar.repo
enabled=1
Is this the ...
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Duplicating a Linux installation (Yum-based)
Given an installation based on Yum (specifically in my case, a Scientific Linux 5.1 x86_64 installation), how would I duplicate the installed programs and utilities to a new machine based on Fedora ...
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wireless is disabled by hardware switch even when not
I have a spartan computer. It has a built-in wireless module that up until recently I've had no issues with. The current problem is this. Everytime I shutdown the computer and it boots back up, I am ...
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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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Logitech MX-510: Some extra buttons not usable
I have a Logitech MX-510, that I've been using for about six years.
The Mouse has several extra buttons, that I'd like to use in Gnome, but I have problems with the button codes, that the mouse ...
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What is the proper sudoers syntax to add a user?
According to the comments in /etc/sudoers (Fedora 13):
## Syntax:
##
## user MACHINE=COMMANDS
##
## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
My two related questions:
What ...
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Fedora 16 strange /tmp permissions: mysqld will not start
I installed mysql on a brand-new Fedora 16 server and it would not start. This is the line from the log file (^G and all):
^G/usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/tmp/ibNPyIlu' (Errcode: ...
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Is there is a PPA-service equivalent in the Fedora world?
For Ubuntu there is this convenient PPA service available where you can get your own package repository.
You can put there source packages which are under an open source license, e.g. development ...
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Are RPMs valid across platforms?
I'm a little confused about RPM's in Red Hat and/or Fedora (and/or other distros?). I can certainly accept that 64-bit RPM's are needed for 64-bit OS'es and 32-bit for 32-bit OS'es but... If I have ...
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Difference between /usr/include/sys and /usr/include/linux?
Well, obviously there is a difference, but I'm curious about the rational behind why some things go under /usr/include/sys and others go under /usr/include/linux, and have the same header file name? ...
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What is Fedora's equivalent of deborphan?
An installed library that has no installed packages depending on it is referred to as orphaned. One of the tools used to determine which libraries are orphaned on a Debian system is named deborphan. ...
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How to limit available virtual memory per process
Occasionally some processes on my GNU/Linux desktop (such as gv and gnash) use up the physical memory and cause thrashing. Since these processes aren't important, I want them to be automatically ...
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difference between Fedora's, openSUSE's, and Mandriva's initscripts?
I'm trying to figure out how the init system works for these distributions, but they seem to use different layouts... How do each of them work?
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iPhone type login screen?
The person that introduced me to Fedora had somehow made his login screen so that instead of typing in a password he used the "connect the dots" password that's popular on phones. Eg
On my ...
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Which shell should I use - tcsh vs bash?
I have been using tcsh for a long time now. But whenever I am searching for something, I often find that the methods specified are bash specific. Even the syntax for the shell scripts is different for ...
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How to find out which package a file belongs to?
In the Debian family of OSes, dpkg --search /bin/ls gives:
coreutils: /bin/ls
That is, the file /bin/ls belongs to the Debian package named coreutils. (see this post if you are interested in a ...
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Does Fedora's firewall use iptables?
Fedora has a Firewall Configuration interface:
Does this use iptables underneath to enforce the rules?
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Man pages for standard C and C++ libraries on Fedora 14
How do I install them? At present, man fopen gives me No manual entry for fopen. I have the compilers installed and have verified that things do build without problems.
Update: This is what I got ...
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How can I improve battery life in Fedora 15?
I am seeing a horrible battery life with Fedora 15 (lovelock) with Gnome Shell 3 on my laptop. I keep the screen brightness, back light pretty low. I still get about 1 hr 50 minutes battery life out ...
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Can I prevent “Disable touchpad while typing” from affecting mouse movements?
When I click my name in the upper right, then click "System Settings", then "Mouse and Touchpad", and then "Disable touchpad while typing" it affects my mouse movements. I have to wait two seconds ...
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Default applications (Gnome 3)
I'm trying to associate a custom application to a file type in Gnome 3 (FC15).
In Gnome 2 one could go in the "Open with" pane of the file properties dialog and add a custom command there. The custom ...
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How to get files downloaded by yum?
I install a software package on Fedora from the terminal using the command like
# yum install live-usb-creator
Now at first it downloads some of the packages from online repository and then ...
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How to access network without NetworkManager?
If I don't have NetworkManager installed on Debian, I edit "/etc/network/interfaces" and then run ifup eth0. I see that things are different in Fedora 14 (the directory and the command aren't ...
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Fedora 17 Freezes on Boot
I have been having issues with Fedora 17 not booting after the latest round of updates. I am able to enter the pass for my disk encryption, the boot logo acts normally but after the animation is ...
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Where is the “About Gnome” dialog in gnome-shell?
I'm used to Gnome 2 in Debian and Fedora. But recently I've been using Gnome 3 and Gnome-shell (3.0.2). Today I noticed I wasn't able to find the About Gnome dialog. It's been helpful in the past ...
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Loading 3rd-Party Drivers before Fedora 14 Installation
My server is equipped with a megaraid controller that cannot be identified by most linux installer. I have to load it's driver before installation can proceed. I know how to do it with CentOS that ...
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Low sound volume on Lenovo T520 under Fedora 16
I'm having trouble hearing anything at all under Fedora 16 on this Lenovo T520. Everything in alsamixer is at 100% (both pulseaudio and card). I installed Windows 7 on the laptop to check if the same ...
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Linux kernel 3.3 power regression
I am using Fedora 16 in my DELL n4110. I recently upgraded the kernel from 3.2 to 3.3. In contradiction to the official claim, my system still drains battery as hell. It only provides 1:30 to 2 hrs of ...
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How to disable Switch User option from Fedora 15
Is there a way to disable the Switch User option from a locked screen on Fedora 15? I've tried this way, but no luck, since gconf-editor has no effect.
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How can I install MS Windows fonts on Fedora 15?
I've just installed Fedora 15 and here is some troubles with fonts. How can I install MS fonts?
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Where can I find the source code for `uptime`?
I am learning Python. Till now I've been doing only basic Python coding. A day ago, I checked python implementation of tree command. Suddenly I thought of creating a Python clone for uptime. I don't ...
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Alternatives to TrueCrypt in compliance with Fedora 15 guidelines
Due to licensing issues TrueCrypt is not included in Fedora 15 (source here). Although not address by Fedora itself there's also concerns regarding the developers identities and related issues (source ...
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How can I make a script in /etc/init.d start at boot?
I think I read something a while back about this, but I can't remember how it's done. Essentially, I have a service in /etc/init.d which I'd like to start automatically at boot time. I remember it ...
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List installed packages in Fedora
I used to use yum to list all installed packages:
yum list installed
Now I need to list top level packages only i.e. if a package is a dependency of another, it should not be shown. GNOME's ...
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Is there an analog of apt-pinning in Fedora?
Apt pinning is a feature that allows to set install priority for a group of packages, determined by a number of attributes, such as package version, repository, distro version, etc.
See man ...
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XFS vs Ext4 vs Others - which file system is stable, reliable, for long run such as 24/7 case
XFS and Ext4 file system which one is really stable and reliable for long run with heavy disk write and read?
the system will be used in a place where 24/7 is in service, and every second there is ...
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Will switching from Gnome to LXDE improve battery life?
I currently have Fedora 14 and the battery life is not so good. I am planning to switch to Fedora 16. Will I get significantly more battery life if I go for the LXDE spin instead of GNOME?
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Disk space on Fedora 12
I'm using Fedora 12 on my laptop. I have 10GB disk space and 2GB of them are free. After 2-3 days uptime the space ends and I must reboot. After rebooting I get 2GB free space back. How can I prevent ...
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Fedora 15 :Twitter on Google Chrome
It's been almost 15 days since I installed Fedora 15 on my laptop. And since day 1, Twitter seems to be having some issue opening up. Whenever I try to load twitter.com, it loads an "Aw Snap" page.
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