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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Which services can be disabled on Fedora 14?
Following is the output of $chkconfig | grep 5:on on my laptop running Fedora 14.
NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
acpid 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on ...
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How do I remove a kernel from Fedora for good?
I am running Fedora 32 and I want to remove the new 5.7 kernel since it is causing some problems.
I have tried:
sudo dnf remove kernel-*5.7.10-201.fc32.x86_64
And it did remove something but the ...
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Running Viber as another user while using "mine" X Server's microphine and speakers
I run Fedora with GNOME and recently installed Viber for linux. It's very good and all is working just fine.
As Viber is not open-source software, I decided to run it as another user to make sure that ...
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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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Does anyone bother to remove rpmkeys?
My Fedora 26 system still has rpmkeys installed from Fedora 25 and RPMFusion for Fedora 25:
$ rpm -qa gpg-pubkey --qf "%{version}-%{release} %{summary}\n"
fdb19c98-56fd6333 gpg(Fedora 25 Primary (25) ...
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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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No /dev/mmcblk0 during boot
I am trying to install CentOS-6 on an eMMC drive. Since the supported 2.6.xx kernel from CentOS-6 doesn't support mmc, I compiled a newer kernel (4.2.6) which has updated mmc drivers. I tried booting ...
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dnf - how to show which mirror url has been chosen?
Below is the part of bash log, the full log can be achieved at https://gist.github.com/limkokhole/f2a423112aa005f10862:
[xiaobai@xiaobai hello]$ dnf --verbose download --source readline
cachedir: /...
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In Fedora, how do I select a proper Norwegian keyboard layout?
I just installed Fedora 19 in VirtualBox using an image from virtualboxes.org.
However, I'm unable to select a proper Norwegian keyboard. When I open the keyboard layout, it shows an US layout. A ...
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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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Reprioritize GNOME 3 search bar results
Is it possible somehow modify results of default search bar in Gnome 3? I'm currently having a little problem with launching calculator app. I always pressed Super and typed "calc" and enter....
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Installing Fedora from USB key
How do I load a Fedora DVD iso onto USB so I can install it from there.
I've tried dd as in here: Fedora instructions but for some reason this didn't work.
Here's what I've tried:
sudo dd if=Fedora-...
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SELinux re-labeling problem while attempting to run OpenVPN
I'm trying to run OpenVPN under Fedora 19 with selinux
(selinux-policy-targeted) in enforcing mode, and I'm running into an AVC
I'm not entirely sure how to handle.
Starting OpenVPN from the command ...
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How to reduce LVM for root partition?
I am trying to reduce the space dedicated to root LVM since I don't really need it and I am having a few doubts. Below is the output for lvdisplay:
# lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Path ...
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Is it possible to copy a driver from Windows to Linux?
I have a Bluetooth adapter, it's working quite good on my Windows 7 (x64). But on my Fedora 24 (x64), it keeps showing me the "Bluetooth is OFF" even when I tried to turn it ON.
I'm trying to solve ...
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DNF: how to I check which package installed a specific package?
example: I can see a package "XYZ" has been installed. I want to find out which package installed XYZ because it's one of its dependencies.
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Nautilus: Open folder in terminal when using tmux
I'm using fedora 25 gnome edition, zsh shell. I can right click, open folder in terminal. I configured gnome terminal to start tmux when it gets opened.
Now if I open folder in terminal, the terminal ...
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How to recover from a boot hang after deleting old swap?
I did a fresh installation of Fedora 20 in the free space of my hard drive after failing to upgrade from the older version. Everything seems to be working fine until I deleted the partition containing ...
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systemd-nspawn OS container is unusable because I can't set the root password
I combined the detailed instructions from the original blog post, and the more up to date instructions from the man page (using dnf instead of yum).
# sudo dnf -y --releasever=24 --installroot=$HOME/...
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Fedora auto suspend
I am using Fedora 13 and for shutting down and rebooting automatically, we have the following commands:
# shutdown -h/-r now
Similarly, if I want to make my system go into suspend mode after ...
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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 network install via PXE boot
How do I install Fedora over the network using PXE boot?
Motivation: The BIOS of target system is simply not able to boot from USB mass storage devices. An alternative motivation is that booting over ...
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terminal transparency, Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem
In Ubuntu Natty and in Fedora 12, I have urxvt (with 256 colours), and use ImageMagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparency (-tr) option on ...
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How to mount lvm partitions with duplicate names
I have replaced my hard drive with an SSD and have installed Fedora on it exactly the same as my HDD. I'm attempting to read the data from the hard drive, but since both of the LVM partitions have ...
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SELinux: allow a process to create any file in a certain directory
I have a script that, when invoked, will cause the contents of dmesg to be written to a file, with the file's name basically being a timestamp. SELinux prevents this. Following the advice of Fedora'...
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What is abrt and the process abrt-action-generate-core-backtrace?
I recently noticed a process I hadn't seen before called abrt-action-generate-core-backtrace that was churning on my laptop. I waited a bit and it never seemed to stop so I killed it.
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How to install nvidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 23?
Fedora 23 tend to freeze with the nouveau display drivers with my Geforce GT240. I already solved this issue on Ubuntu by installing the proprietary drivers with the Driver Manager. Is there something ...
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Logitech MX anywhere 2S mouse: buttons not recognized by xev
I'm using Logitech MX anywhere 2S mouse on Fedora 27, but only the left/right buttons and wheel up/down buttons are recognized by xev. I'm looking for a way to map the three remaining buttons.
I ...
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Fedora /etc/sysctl.conf not loaded upon boot
I am running Fedora 27 with kernel 4.14.5 and have a problem that /etc/sysctl.conf is not being loaded upon boot.
If I run:
sudo sysctl -p
after boot, my settings are loaded and everything works ...
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How can I list weak dependencies with dnf?
For example, if I initiate installation of the Greek language meta-package, I am prompted to install its dependencies and weak dependencies.
$ LC_ALL=C sudo dnf install langpacks-el
[sudo] password ...
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Network file-sharing between Linux and Android
I want to share the contents of my external HDD with my Android phone.
For the last two hours, I've been trying to correctly set up Samba - it was absolutely horrible.
There must be another, simpler ...
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Using VNC without unlocking the lock screen locally
Currently I use VNC to connect to a virtual desktop on my Fedora workstation, which for the most part works fine. But ideally I'd like to connect to my active session on the workstation and access ...
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My laptop cannot adjust brightness
I have a problem adjusting my laptop's brightness. This is a hardware problem but I can solve it with ccsm, but other programs do not work for me, e.g., xgamma, etc.
Now I am running Fedora 15 and ...
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Mouse cursor disappearing after running gnome-settings-daemon in OpenBox
I'm running Openbox 3.5.2 on Fedora 20. For extra comfort (font rendering, tap-to-click, ...), I used to let gnome-settings-daemon run in the background.
Now since upgrading to the F20 beta, my mouse ...
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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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How to remove line wrapping from DNF & YUM commands?
When using dnf and yum on rpm based Linux distros (RHEL/Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, etc) the utility will automatically wrap lines to make it more friendly for the user to read. This is problematic as ...
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How to receive files via bluetooth in Fedora 24?
I've turned bluetooth on, both on Bluetooth Settings and hardware (button) so that Settings dialog box told that the files received via bluetooth will be placed in Downloads. I've paired my Android ...
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SPEC %files attribute and Shell variables
I have a spec file which unpacks a library which is deployed at location which is exported in the shell.
ie
%file
${AXIS2_C}/bin/services/services.xml
This fails with :
error: File not found: ...
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Extending/resizing Fedora Guest-OS root-drive in VirtualBox
I hope you can help me with that:
My VirtualBox Guest-OS (Fedora 19) told me, that there is not enough free disk-space availabe,
so I first increased the .vdi-file by using the Windows-Commandline:
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Apache can't open file that is a symlink
I have a file:
js/jquery.terminal-src.js: symbolic link to ../../repo/js/jquery.terminal-src.js
and when I try to open it with browser using:
http://localhost/projects/jcubic/terminal/test/js/...
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Disable device with libinput
I want to disable a keyboard input device with libinput. Something analogous to:
xinput set-int-prop 1 "Device Enabled" 8 0
which follows the syntax:
--set-int-prop device property format value
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Why isn't my application receiving broadcast packets?
I have written a Qt application that listens for UDP broadcast packets on the network interface p2p1. I have installed the application in Fedora 17 i386 in a VirtualBox VM. For some reason, the ...
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Removing the rescue image from /boot on fedora
I am trying to upgrade my fedora system (21 → 22) using fedup. I removed all old kernels using package-cleanup but fedup still needs 2MB more on /boot.
These are the files in /boot:
-rw-r--r--. 1 ...
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Fedora 26 NFS + Kerberos "Preauthentication failed" (mount lead to no permission)
I'm having a hard time trying to setup nfs + kerberos at Fedora 26.
I've followed this tutorial:
RHEL7: Use Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares | CertDepot
At the moment, pure NFS ...
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How to fix a very broken grub?
I have a very broken Fedora 22 install.
Everything was working absolutely fine until I decided to dual boot F22 and Linux Mint MATE. I had Fedora installed on an SSD, and I installed LM on a ...
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Can't burn DVD -- incompatible format
I have been trying to burn a few ISOs lately with no success and have certainly used this hardware in the past, so I am not sure what's going on. I am using DVD-R media (tried multiple discs) which ...
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FedUp, unable to upgrade to Fedora 20
I am upgrading my Fedora OS to the latest version 20 as the current one is nearing end of life. Fedora introduces a new upgrade method called FedUp that allows user to perform an upgrade over the ...
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Can not use WEBEX in CentOS 6.5 , Fedora 18 and 20
Tried to use WebEx with the following setup:
Machine : intel i5 , x86 architecture
OS : CentOs : 6.5 , Fedora 18 and Fedora 20
Java : jdk 1.7_45 64 bit
Browser : firefox 26 with Java plugin ...
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Systemd starts emacs daemon without XAUTHORITY environment variable after upgrading to Fedora 37
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I am running Emacs daemon as a user service using Systemd, following the documentation in EmacsWiki. I configured it while using Fedora-36, and everything was working as expected. Once I ...
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How to save a file from an initramfs emergency shell?
I can't boot because of some strange error. There is an error report file generated for me, to supposedly submit it along with a bug report, or whatever. So to help me figure out what the problem is, ...