Questions tagged [fedora]
Fedora is a Linux distribution with a fast release cycle, maintained by a community and sponsored by Red Hat.
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Terminal wants to install dpkg
When I open the terminal a line Install package 'dpkg' to provide command 'dpkg'? [N/y] appears. Is there a way to track which program is trying to run this command? I am clueless why this appears in ...
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*How to solve “At least 34MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem.”?
Running sudo dnf upgrade in Fedora 30 is presented with At least 34MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem. Error.
I've tired running package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=2 but it doesn't work.
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GRUB2 is unable to detect a fresh Fedora intstallation
I have recently installed Fedora 30 using the default installation process, using a media drive to first try out a live version of the system and then installing to a drive. I have Ubuntu and Windows ...
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GRUB2: Add second set of flags as option for every kernel
I am using Fedora, and GRUB2 is my bootloader. I know how to change the flags in /etc/default/grub just fine, and when I remake my configuration, this is reflected in my boot menu, and updates ...
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Fedora 31 Workstation for Ryzen 3900X - X570 - Radeon RX 5700XT
After multiple attempts I managed to get Fedora Workstation running via nightly builds. Since this is a workstation I'm actually uncomfortable continuing to work on what I'm assuming is a test system.
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dnf : how to install local packages
I just download inkscape with :
sudo dnf download inkscape --resolve
How may I install this package from the downloaded files now ?
The man page does not even include the download command.
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GNOME Shell Extensions plugin for Firefox not working on Fedora 30
I recently upgraded from fedora 29 to fedora 30 using this guide.
However when I tried going on the GNOME Shell Extensions website with the plugin installed on Firefox, I got the error below.
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No IPv6 assigned to USB Ethetnet Interface
My Laptop running Fedora 30 is connected to a Docking Station over UBS. Everything works fine except the Ethernet device that does not receive a IPv6 form DHPCP. The strange thing is, that the ...
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Rebind key within only one application [duplicate]
I am moving from Windows to Fedora, previously I have used Autohotkey and a script found here: https://github.com/Karrandalf/D2SpaceModifier to rebind space to also send Super, then isolate the ...
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After update Fedora doesn't decypher LUKS system while booting
So I have set up a machine with Windows at one disk and Fedora 29 at other one. Both are cyphered - Windows disk with VeraCrypt and Fedora with LUKS - default while installation.
I did update of the ...
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How to set PATH to symlinked directory in bash csh
I have the directory /data/bin and in my home directory is symlink /home/myuser/bin -> /data/bin
I have set PATH into the /home/myuser/bin/
When /home/myuser/bin is the directory, the PATH works fine,...
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Handle command-not-found without PackageKit
I have uninstall PackageKit on Fedora, because I didn't need the bloat & race-conditions with the command-line.
Since then, command-not-found fails with the following:
❯ foo
bash: foo: command ...
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Why does Red Hat promote CentOS? [closed]
I recently read this blog post about the relationship between Fedora, RHEL and CentOS. It is for me easy to understand why an enterprise may chooose RHEL/CentOS instead of Fedora (and why it makes ...
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Audio only plays out right channel
After a recent software update, audio now plays only out of the right channel (the left channel is now silent). I am running Fedora Linux 30, and the only obviously relevant software that changed was ...
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Operation not permitted - libwine.so.1
I run Fedora 30 on my laptop.
Yesterday I tried to install wine using the following commands:
$ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/30/winehq.repo
$ sudo dnf -...
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Why is my machine crashing?
Recently, I've replaced my old desktop (MB, CPU, RAM, chasis; I've kept the old disks) and upgraded to Fedora 29 (it was a fresh install) and now my machine occasionally crashes (sometimes a few days ...
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How do I mount an overlay with dmsetup?
Simple question but I couldn’t find the answer :
I’ve an ext4 filesystem stored inside a squashfs volume (so read‑only) and an existing dm_snapshot_cow file for providing write access.
What’s the ...
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Two display providers have the same name
I'm following this tutorial to make my discrete GPU the primary one.
It requires to create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-gpu.conf like this:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "...
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Why are there missing packages from my distro's groupinstall?
I am running the XFce Desktop and wanted to install MATE.
I found the group name:
yum grouplist | grep -i mate
MATE Desktop
And tried to perform an install but several "group packages" were ...
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WiFi config on Fedora 30
I installed Fedora 30 on a drive in my PC. The install went fine,
but I can't connect to my WiFi.
I am using a Realtek RTL8812AU NIC and the lsusb command sees it.
I have tried all kinds of config ...
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“dnf history undo” fails with “no package @”
When trying to uninstall KDE with dnf history undo, I get the following:
Install libgit2-0.27.8-1.module_f30+2959+693db98d.x86_64 @fedora-modular
Install NetworkManager-libreswan-...
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Bluetooth turned off, even if “switched on”
I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th Gen, running Fedora 30. My problem is that I cannot make bluetooth work. I have tried multiple approaches to solve this issue, but all remain effectless.
Via Settings ...
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“Whoops, something went wrong…” Why can't I play videos on Netflix with FireFox?
Whoops, something went wrong...
Unexpected Error There was an unexpected error. Please reload the page
and try again.
Error Code: F7355
I am running the latest FireFox 69 on Fedora 30 x64. ...
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Why can I play some videos on YouTube but not this one?
This one works great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES7ai6hzuFg
This one does not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe83T9hISoY
I am presented with the following error message:
I am running ...
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Pantum P2502W printer driver for Fedora?
I have a Pantum P2502W black and white laser printer which has Ubuntu drivers available for it:
https://global.pantum.com/global/drive/p2502w/
I have found reference for users getting it to work ...
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SSH freezes after entering password, Fedora
I recently installed Fedora 30 on my new laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad E495).
My problem is: when I try to connect to my server through SSH, is asking me the password. I enter the password and after this ...
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Using xdm on fedora: Login Manager does not start on boot, manually starting does not open the window manager
I'm trying to install a Fedora 30 system from the ground up. I want to use i3 as my Window Manager and xdm as my login manager.
I can start an X server manually with startx, which starts i3. I then ...
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How to move /home to a new partition fedora
I am new on linux, I have windows 10 and Fedora dual booted on my laptop. I finished the space in the /home folder and I am trying to resolve this problem. I allocated a free space on my disk to ...
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Deleted swap that I created
I am running Fedora 29
I was trying some things so I created a swap partition at /var/tmp/swap_file
then I turned on the swap file. This caused me boot errors because it filled up my root directory.
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Make error when building driver on fedora
I am trying to install a open source driver for my WiFi NIC that only has official support for Windows(this is the only linux driver I can find, and has very little support). It is found here. It ...
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How to mount host directory from Centos 7 guest in KVM on Fedora 30 host?
I am attempting to share a directory on my host to a guest.
Host: Fedora 30
Guest: Centos 7
Using Virt-manager I added a filesystem
Type: mount
Driver: Default
Mode: Mapped
Source Path: /KVMshare (...
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Xfce doesn't change decorators and other parts to any other theme than “Adwaita”
After going from release to release of Fedora for a couple years, I noticed a problem recently on my laptop.
When I switch to "Adwaita-Dark" in the "Appearance" menu in Xfce, things change to dark ...
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Fedora Cinnamon, mint-y-dark-aqua: change text color desktop icons
I have switched to mint-y-dark-aqua themes; when I try to change a name of file or folder on the desktop, the color of text switch to a light grey and, over a white background, I'm unable to see fonts....
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Moving away from Scientific Linux
I am running Scientific Linux 7 with xfce in office... it took quite a while to get my environment productive (DevOps, ML Development python/miniconda, ...) and as this is for business not only ...
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What does “Supported ISO: no” mean in Fedora installer?
I just installed Fedora Workstation 30. On boot, I selected "Test this media & start Fedora-Workstation-Live". The screen shows:
/dev/disk/by-label/Fedora-WS-Live-30-1-2: ...
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sudo and su do not work in a newly installed fedora 30
I just installed Fedora 30 and I am trying to get my head around it. I need to install lots of stuff from the command line but when I run sudo the system tells me that the command does not exist. (if ...
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Is this package dependency conflict with liberation-fonts a bug?
Google's google-chrome-stable requires the following dependency:
liberation-fonts 1:2.00.5-3.fc30 updates
Fedora's Wine package requires the following dependency:
liberation-narrow-fonts 1.07.6-1....
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Why can I open .iso files with Engrampa on one computer but not another?
I have Fedora 30 installed on two computers with different packages installed. The major difference is that one is x86_64 and the other is i686.
On the x86_64 system, I can read and extract files ...
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Why is my rpmbuild %{dist} .fc30.fc30 instead of just .fc30?
I have a .spec file:
Name: somefile
Version: 1.0.0
Release: 1%{?dist}
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Which produces an RPM:
somefile-1.0.0-1.fc30.fc30.noarch.rpm
Why is %{dist} applying .fc30 twice? ...
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Cannot execute ld : error 126
I have f30 installed 3 weeks and I keep seeing this error when I try to compile C++ of maybe fortran code.
It is an error connected to ld : error: ld returned 126 exit status
I've tried to look into ...
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Buttonless Elantech Touchpad Issues
Recently, my touchpad has broken a few different ways:
No "area" functionality for Mouse Click Emulation
No click-and-drag with one finger click and another finger drag
libinput has incorrect ...
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fedora 30 question about .desktop file in application
In /usr/share/applications, there are many .desktop files. But after using Fedora 30, all icons there are not showing and I can only use a text editor to edit them.
Anyone know how to show the icons?
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How to get a more complete virtual keyboard in fedora 29
I recently installed fedora 29 on a tablet. The default virtual keyboard lacks many keys, making it difficult to use the terminal.
How can I change it? I tried to use onboard, but it shows erratic ...
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How to install qt5 in Fedora 30
I really have no clue about how to install qt5 in Fedora 30.
I need to use paraview which complains about some missing software:
$ ./paraview
./paraview: /home/jimmy/Scaricati/ParaView-5.7.0-RC2-MPI-...
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Error while installing network simulator
Hi all I'm getting the following error while installing ns2.34 in Fedora.
Please help me fix
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:420: ns] Error 1
Ns make failed
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Using adduser to create a user with group, home directory and gecos as arguments
I want to create a user with adduser command and then set up its password using passwd command.
I want to specify the group, home directory and gecos for the user and then set up the password for the ...
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Help fixing library version mismatch
Now I know Fedora expects the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of libraries to be the same. But I have no idea how to untangle this mess. All things I've tried so far have not worked.
I'm running an x86_64 ...
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How do I set up a hotspot 802.11n with nmcli?
Almost everything is in the title ... I want to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot using only nmcli (no hostapd etc...) I'm doing this to create the hotspot (a small bash script):
#!/bin/sh
VAR_HOTSPOT="TEST"
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How to configure compiz to use metacity/macro window decorations?
When running the MATE-Compiz spin of Fedora, enabling compiz with the System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Simple CompizConfig Settings Manager (simple-ccm package) will enable compiz ...
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Fedora 30 : Laptop won't shutdown/reboot or hibernate
I've installed f30and I've come across this issue : when I power on my laptop and close the lid, the system gets hibernated as I told it to do.
When I open the lid the system is up and running again ...
