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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Installing xSwipe
I'm running latest Fedora, and I'm trying to compile xSwipe, but i seem to get an error:
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
i followed the guide here https://github.com/...
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How to customize Shorewall firewall logs
I am using Fedora 13 machine with shorewall installed.
shorewall 4.6.6-RC1
iptables v1.4.7
Below is log format by shorewall:
Oct 23 05:28:17 localhost kernel: shorewall:LAN-LAN:ACCEPT:IN= OUT=lo SRC=...
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systemctl hibernate - crash on execution
systemctl hibernate or anything similar (i.e. suspend and hybrid-sleep) crashes the PC on invocation.
When called, it first correctly executes all scripts in system-sleep and then logs out any non-...
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How to ping two VMs running on different Host.?
I have two physical machine A and B (Fedora 22 everywhere).
VM 'a' is running on host 'A'. VM 'b' is running on host 'B'.
I want to ping VM 'a' from VM 'b' and vice-versa.
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configure: error: Package requirements were not met. But i have already installed those packages in my system
[root@localhost rpm-ostree]# ./configure
checking for library containing rpmsqSetInterruptSafety... no
checking for PKGDEP_GIO_UNIX... yes
checking for PKGDEP_RPMOSTREE... no
configure: error: ...
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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:
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does dos based laptop works fine with linux distro [closed]
Which laptop is most compatible with Linux?
i checked this link but i need to know something else as below:
i need to purchase a laptop which will support linux fully when i will install say fedora ...
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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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Lenovo 3 and setting up wi-fi offline Fedora version 22
Can't seem to get the Wi-Fi to work.
$ lspci | grep -i broadcom
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
$ uname -r
4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64
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how to select a budget laptop for linux say fedora /ubuntu [duplicate]
i need to purchase a laptop which will support linux fully.
my question:->what points should i consider laptop for linux before buying it
say should it come with os /no os/specific os
as i will ...
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Eclipse Mars + Fedora 20 + KDE = black-on-black tooltips
So, I'm using a system with Fedora 20 installed, running a KDE 4.14.7 desktop. (I don't have root access so please no complaints about why I don't just upgrade my distro.)
I have just installed ...
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How to backup and restore to different hardware in Linux? [duplicate]
I am running Fedora 22 on a Dell Laptop. I plan on migrating to a desktop soon which will also run Fedora 22. What is the best way to go about backing up and restoring my laptop configuration to the ...
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Downgrade from Fedora Rawhide to Beta
Currently I running Fedora Rawhide. I don't clearly understand how it happened but I tried update Fedora 22 to beta (Gnome 3.18 is so sweet thing for me).
Is it safe to downgrade to beta version? I ...
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kmod-VirtualBox version mismatch in Fedora 22
I have VirtualBox 5 installed and working in Fedora for some 5-6 weeks with no problems after following this guide.
However after I ran a dnf update yesterday it stopped working.
VirtualBox itself ...
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Fedora 21 texstudio fails with symbol lookup error
I just installed Fedora 21 on a laptop, and among other things I installed Texstudio. While the install seems to work fine in general, I get absolutely no reaction from this single program. I have ...
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Fedora 22 instalation
I have created the live image on my USB. I tried to install the sysem but I could not. I have one hard drive (1 TB). So far I have Windows 7 installed on it. I separated one partition for Fedora ...
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Fedora 23 beta guest won't install VBox Guest Xorg drivers because X server version is a prerelease
I have tried everything I can think of. I've tried RPM Fusion, I've tried using the ISO, but both don't work. I have tried changing the stuff in the .run file, but the md5sum fails. I have tried ...
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Prevent monitors from going to sleep in lock screen on GNOME
I have two monitors running on my Fedora 22 machine, however due to this bug sometimes the second monitor will not wake up after the computer goes to sleep, requiring me to unplug the DisplayPort ...
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Java plugin crashing in Firefox - Fedora 20
I have been wrestling with this for over a day now. I have a Fedora 20 physical system running Firefox 38.0.5. When I go to the java site to verify my version I get an error saying "The Java plugin ...
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How to install package on fedora under live session?
I accidentally uninstalled gnome from my fedora installation and now I got only terminal when I switch my computer on. Moreover, my WiFi card is damaged and I can't get it correctly configured.
But ...
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Cups "add printer" page returns forbidden on web interface
Cups "add printer" page returns forbidden on Web Interface on http://localhost:631/admin
I tried adding my main user to "lp" and restarting, but no change. I also tried setting at the top of the cups....
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Change alt/cmd preference fedora22
How do I switch my Control and Alt keys so that Fedora22 will behave like an OSX keyboard?
I've found references concerning Ubuntu but they don't directly appear to work the same.
Gnome's ...
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Fedora 20 VMware Setup "C Headers" Error?
On Fedora 20, VMware installed without any issues however upon running I was greeted with a prompt asking me to give the path for Kernal Headers (Version: 3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64). I gave the path ...
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Getting file crtime under ext4 file system [duplicate]
I'm trying to display a file is creation time. I've been searching and I found out that under ext4 file systems this is something indeed possible to get and it's stored as crtime.
As you can see in ...
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Building a kernel
I'm trying to build a custom kernel and I try to build it using make command but I get a No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. error. Then I searched for the makefile in the folders ...
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ps finds process, kill doesn't [duplicate]
Specifications
[midas@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 21 13:10:33 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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[midas@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/...
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Limiting number of simultaneous connections system-wide?
In my dormintory, I've got a not-so-nice networking environment, in which I'm identified only by mac-address of my ethernet card. In said environments, some limits of simultaneous opened connections ...
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Fedora 22 cannot find clear or which commands
I've been using Fedora 22 on my work pc for a number of months now, it works fine updated frequently with multiple kernel updates, up until a one day it's can no longer find the which or clear command....
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Changing specific keys on Apple keyboard under Fedora 22
I'm trying to change some specific keys on my USB Apple keyboard running Fedora 22.
Just spent three days searching for an answer and trying different solutions, I ended up using xmodmap and still ...
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Dogtag CA after installation
After Dogtag 10 installation(step by step by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3eElJAz7lU) when I open Admin (https://localhost.localdomain:8443/ca/agent/ca/) I get following error
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Autostart under random WM?
I'm a long-time DE user, however there are some circumstances under which I prefer to use different tiling-based WMs instead of GNOME or KDE (I use GNOME mostly for last year or so).
I've got Fedora ...
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Linux Fedora: How to open a file with a random application
I downloaded a cross-assembler that as far I can tell, i am supposed to open a .txt file with it and the assembler will create an a.out file somewhere. But Fedora only lets me open .txt files with ...
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fedora "bash: : command not found" for `ps aux | grep dnf`
I have installed fedora 23 and this error happened when i want to use grep in su mode user :
[root@alifed alireza]# ps aux | grep dnf
bash: : command not found...
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enable i915.preliminary_hw_support=1 in fedora
I have a intel skylake cpu and I read this article in Phoronix http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=intel-skl-prelim-support, claiming some issues are present at this moment and the ...
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ODBC connection from a Linux box to MS SQLServer
I need to connect to MS SQLServer from a Linux box using ODBC from a Qt application I am developing.
So far I have installed the ODBC MS SQLServer driver and Kerberos on the Linux box. Using kinit I ...
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Fedora outputs junk to virtual ttys when I switch between them
On my Fedora 22 system, every time I switch between text terminals using Ctrl+Alt+Fx, the system outputs junk to the screen. It is usually something like:
[ 5385.916900] nouveau E [ PIBUS][0000:04:...
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Unable to log into Cockpit server - could not set limit for 'nofile'
I have Cockpit installed on a Fedora 22 VPS that I use for educational purposes. I tried logging into Cockpit from my browser, but I was given a "Permission denied" message, despite using the correct ...
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Fedora 20 stuck in Emergency Mode [duplicate]
My laptop which ran Fedora 20 fine until this morning is now stuck in emergency mode. I have not set a root password and I cannot proceed beyond the initial prompt. Attempting to continue in default ...
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No package found for gnome fallback
OK I installed fedora 22 and it came with gnome 3.16 which to be honest is the ugliest desktop environment I've used In my whole Linux experience.
As an ex kali user, I really adored fallback. But I ...
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Unclaimed network device
I'm working on Fedora 22 and have problems with my Wifi. I noticed that the wireless option in the gnome menu wasn't showing up and 'lshw' shows me
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
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How to set grub command for other distros on Ubuntu
I am currently running Ubuntu and Fedora on the same system. I am using the instance of grub which came with ubuntu to select which one to use when I boot. I need to add rdblacklist=nouveau to the ...
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WLAN not working on Fedora22, Broadcom BCM4352
I've seen this quite a bit on some forums, none of the presented solutions have worked for me.
Here are the outputs for running the following commands in terminal:
$ uname -r
4.1.7-200.fc22.x86_64
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Upgrading Fedora 22 to 23 failed. Now using Fedora 24
I tried upgradinfg Fedora 22 to Fedora 23 using this guide
However things have failed and it seems I am still on Fedora 22. However the system thinks it is running Fedora 24
$ cat /etc/*-release
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Bootrec /fixboot/mbr wont work
Okay I decided to mess around with fedora 22 and dual installed it with my windows 8.1 laptop (has uefi) and for some reason something went wrong with it. After deleting Linux partition and resizing c:...
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Nvidia drivers not working with Fedora 22
I used the net-installer package yesterday to install fedora 22 with the cinnamon desktop. That installer was buggy but I eventually got it to do the install. I then went to install my nvidia ...
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Grub not loading at boot
I just installed Fedora, I had just one partition before it was Windows 10.
When I do grub2-mkconfig it recognize all my partitions including Windows, but at the boot grub is not loading I don't know ...
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Fedora - fonts not recognized by apps despite packages being installed
I've had several font packages installed on my Fedora 20 machine, but for some reason - neither KDE nor Gnome apps notice them. Specifically, these are the Culmus Hebrew fonts (packages culmus-aharoni,...
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How can I keep the title bar showing in Fedora (Cinnamon desktop) when a window is maximized?
I tried Fedora the other day and one thing which really annoyed me is how the title bar on windows disappears when I maximize them. I am using the Cinnamon desktop.
How can I make it so the title bar ...
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Relocation in a docker volume: svirt_sandbox_file_t and texrel_shlib_t
I run a Docker container with a volume that contains a executable and shared library which requires relocation.
I get: error while loading shared libraries: /opt/J9/bin/libj9thr24.so: cannot restore ...
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Fedora 22 - Failed to restart httpd.service: Access denied
I want to start web development and I was trying to install LAMP. I installed Apache using this tutorial but the command they give to start the apache server fails:
systemctl start httpd.service
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