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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Is there a way to develop upstart scripts on fedora 21?
I'm working on creating upstart scripts for an internal service I'm working on. I realize systemd has triumphed over upstart, but our company already has an investment in upstart and I'm just tacking ...
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No internet connection after uninstalling gnome [Fedora + Openbox]
I removed gnome(running bare openbox)and now lan and wlan both do not work anymore.
I used this to set up my wifi before, but now it does not work anymore and insmod tells that the file already ...
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Change default port for PulseAudio (line out, not headphones)
When I boot, PulseAudio defaults to sending output to Headphones. I'd like it to default to sending output to Line Out. How do I do that?
I can manually change where the output is current sent as ...
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Fedora 21 akmods.service long boot time
I updated from 20 to 21 today and while booting into 21 I noticed the boot time being really long. The result of systemd-analyze blame: http://pastie.org/9794252
systemctl status akmods.service:
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Apache server allow access from the local network
I have installed fedora server, and I cannot seem to get web requests through to it.
I can ping it fine, and apache is functioning fine on the machine as far as I know.
I have the listen on httpd....
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What root directories should I back up? [duplicate]
I intend to start incremental backups of my Fedora 20 system, and would like to know what root directories I should include, and what directories it is useful to exclude. I know there is a lot of ...
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Fedora 21 won't boot anymore; Computer wants me to perform MOK management
I have Fedora 21 installed. Last time it booted, I changed Gnome theme. Then I restarted and now I get following:
If I select to continue boot, computer restarts and I get this window again.
If I ...
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Missing status icons in message/system tray
Some of my apps (such as Insync and Viber) do not show icons in the message tray (GNOME, Fedora 21). I can interact with them trough mouse clicks, but without icons it's difficult to tell if the files ...
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Installing generic-logos and generic-release on Fedora
The guidelines for Fedora remixes suggest to replaces packages fedora-logos, fedora-release, and fedora-release-notes with the generic-* equivalents when making a remix. Most tutorials online focus on ...
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Special custom shortcut
I would like to create a special shortcut that minimize all windows and switch my current desktop to the next one. Could be useful for work.
I'm on Fedora 21 with GNOME.
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No audio codecs on Fedora 21
I've been trying to listen to music in Fedora 21 but unfortunately I cannot.
Here is what I tried:
yum update
yum install gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-...
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How to disable sudo related logging for successful command execution under CentOS/Fedora?
You can disable sudo related log messages via adding something like
Defaults:juser !syslog
to the sudoers file.
That will disable logging to syslog. But under e.g. CentOS/Fedora there is an auditd ...
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Flash plugin up to date but Firefox keeps telling me that I have the old version
According to my browser (Firefox 34.0) the installed version of the Shockwave Flash plugin appears to be 11.2.202.424. This version is considered to be insecure:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/...
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How do I fix a transaction error?
I have Transaction check error between nodejs-0.10.33-1nodesource.fc20.x86_64 and nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.fc20.noarch. Full error at gist:8998690a05100b1f6085
When I run yum list nodejs I get:
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How can I enable wpa_supplicant on boot?
I'm trying to enable wpa_supplicant on boot in Fedora 20. I created /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and am able to connect to my wireless network manually by running
wpa_supplicant -B -i ...
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How do I run my program (and dbus) as a service on a headless server?
I have a Fedora 20 server running headless, which I want to run my service. I'd like it managed by systemd so that it runs whenever the server is powered on.
My service is written in Python, and ...
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How to install MySQL Workbench on Fedora 21
Is there an easy way to install MySQL Workbench on Fedora 21?
I could not find a RPM package and failed at compiling it from source because I am using MariaDB and therefore was unable to install ...
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Yum won't update package
I am trying to update the package minetest from 0.4.9 to 0.4.10, but when I update the whole system, it states that there are no updates available.
If I try to update the package alone, I get the same ...
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screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
If I join with 'screen' to existing sessions, I can get a list of the sessions with C-a " keystroke and switch between them, however I can't find a way to safely leave/detach and keep all the ...
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Are RAID formats compatible across distributions?
I'm planning a NAS/home media server build, probably with a HP Proliant Microserver. It will probably have two HDDs in RAID 1, while the OS while run from a USB drive.
Question is: once I've set up ...
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SELinux Sandbox Usage
What am I doing wrong in the following, from the man file and internet it looks like this is right.
$ echo "hello world" 1> test
$ sandbox -i test cat test
/usr/bin/cat: test: Permission denied
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Use VirtualBox to access site on host from guest? the host and guest is linux
I'm running VirtualBox on a Ubuntu (host), the VM I’m using is fedora (guest). VirtualBox is setup to use the NAT network adapter, and I'm able to get to the internet.
I use Port Forwarding to access ...
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Fedora / RHEL association list?
My Google-fu is failing me!
Does a list exist publicly that identifies which Major (Minor?) versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are spun from which Fedora versions? Does Red Hat even release that ...
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OpenCL Platform Issues [closed]
My current setup at the moment is I have an Nvidia card and an AMD (OpenCl 2.0 compatible) APU.
I'm running Fedora 20.
The aim is to test speed differences between APU vs [CPU+Graphics]. By ...
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Start Application on Start up
I am currently using RHEL 7.0 for our project. I have an embeded application which I want to run on boot up. I have an exe file for the same. I have tried using the systemctl command but it has not ...
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Cannot boot latest kernel update after installing on new system
I recently built my own computer, and I was excited to finally get to the installation of the operating system. I chose Fedora 20 to use as my primary operating system, and I was able to successfully ...
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service vs. systemctl scripts -- which to use
In Fedora we have 'systemctl' and 'service' scripts. It seems that service internally calls systemctl. So what is the correct/right way on Fedora to start or stop services -- via systemctl or service ...
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Yum always lists some packages
Whenever I use yum to install something it lists the same packages like this:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-x86_64 ...
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VirtualBox guest machine as a nginx host
I have VirtualBox 4.3.12 with Fedora 20 and nginx 1.4.7 installed. Machine has Bridged Network interface and pings can be done both ways:
from host machine (Windows 7) using
ping 192.168.0.15 (...
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Fedora: How can I add myself back to sudoers file?
I've accidentally removed myself from sudoers file by doing usermod -G user group without -a, and now I am not in the sudoers group. I've tried doing su - and entering root's password but it says su: ...
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Fedora 20: irqbalance problems in logs, strange behavior
I'm seeing unexplained network behavior, such as sporadic inability to reach
beyond the subnet, passwords rejected for no apparent reason,
and SSH attempts constantly yielding that irksome man-in-the-...
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Which Privileges Should Assign To Create Raw Sockets
I want to run an ICMP command to ping an IP Adress at Java:
InetAddress.getByAddress("XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX".getBytes()).isReachable(1000);
However there is a security restriction that:
Normal users are ...
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Acpid event denied by SELinux, how can I savely allow the event without opening security holes?
I installed Fedora (3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64) on my new Notebook (Lenovo Yoga Pad) and wanted to add this script to trigger whenever I flip over my screen. The script triggered whith the event is ...
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Raid 5 not starting
I had a raid 5 with 3 disks in my old computer, but the motherboard died. I put all the disks in a New computer, but the raid doesn't want the start anymore. When booting the pc, i can see all disks,...
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Removing XFCE on fedora20
I'm trying to remove XFCE from my fedora installation in favor of kde. I tried #yum remove @xfce but I got this...
Running transaction check
ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve:
desktop-...
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setting up a startup login password Fedora 20
Currently when I login I do not have to provide a login password. I simply click on my user name and I get in. I would like to change that. In order to accomplish that I went to settings >> users and ...
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Intermittent, temporary freezing
I just got na SSD for my desktop, and decided I'd install Linux on it, for a change from Windows.
The problem is, I've tried Ubuntu 14.04 and Fedora 20, and on both, in the install environment and ...
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Fedora 20 Gnome upgrade - cannot login anymore
I started to use Fedora with with Gnome 2x. I started to upgrade to gnome 3x when I had some eletric energy problem in my build and my machine turned off. Now I cannot log in any more - meggage "Oh No!...
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Kino error:WARNING: dv1394 kernel module not loaded or failure to read/write /dev/raw1394 on Fedora 20, dvgrab works
I want to import and work with my dv's which are from a SONY DCR-PC101E camcorder, I've installed alot of Video editing software on one of my systems, namely my Fedora 20 running on an old HP with ...
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Different package versions in different repositories
Following the advise on Using Awesome window manager on CentOS 7, I installed the fedora 19 repository so I could get Awesome working on CentOS7. However, when I run yum update, I am getting this ...
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difference between gnu tar and tar package in fedora repositories
man page of tar in fedora (and also man page of tar on die.net) mentions the --acls and --xattrs and --selinux options but they are not mentioned in tar manual in GNU website
Why? do this mean ...
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I installed all screensavers I could find, but none are listed in settings, in Fedora 21 Beta
I installed these:
yum install xscreensaver-base xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-extras-base xscreensaver-gl-base xscreensaver-gl-extras
But there are no screensavers listed in settings:
Anyone ...
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Broadcom: not able to see my wifi
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a computer with a Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY wireless card. After installing the proprietary drivers available from the Ubuntu repositories, I was able to ...
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Dual boot Fedora and Windows 8 gives error: you need to load the kernel first
While there seem to be a lot of questions regarding dual booting Windows and Linux, I did not see one that seemed to cover this problem. That said, I believe a lot of the problems may be fixed in a ...
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Stop fglrx from loading on boot/unload fglrx module without uninstalling it
I have a Fedora 19 install on a laptop, which has Intel integrated graphics & discrete AMD graphics. I have been using the radeon driver, which works for most stuff - though I have recently tried ...
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Is there a way to have Nautilus include mlocate in the results?
When searching for files, I often prefer using locate (because of the speed).
However, I end up opening a terminal just for that purpose and then closing it again. Not a big problem for me, but my ...
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Shortcut to command in terminal [duplicate]
I currently have a command in linux terminal that I run a lot which is
pyclewn ==window=none .....
My question is if there is a way for me to assign a shortcut to this command
I am using Fedora 20
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Unable to mount F2FS partitions
I installed the f2fs-tools package in my Fedora system. I created a f2fs partition using mkfs.f2fs on my sdcard, but now I'm unable to use it.
The system is unable to mount automatically nor manually ...
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Keyboard error in Fedora 20 (virtualbox)
When I press the ALT key it also presses the CTRL key in the guest machine (Fedora 20). This prevents me from typing [ ] { } ~ ... and so forth.
My current workaround is: After I press ALT I press ...
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Fedora 20: Users cannot enter their home directory
Running Fedora 20 on a file server and ran into this strange issue, not sure what I'm doing wrong. The account I made while installing the OS works fine, but every other account I made has this ...