Questions tagged [fedora]

Fedora is a Linux distribution with a fast release cycle, maintained by a community and sponsored by Red Hat.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
4 votes
0 answers
435 views

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 ...
Ben Anderson's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
300 views

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 ...
Merlin's user avatar
  • 235
19 votes
2 answers
39k views

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 ...
D.W.'s user avatar
  • 4,051
3 votes
1 answer
6k views

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: ● ...
user95724's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
7k views

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....
Matthew Optional Meehan's user avatar
0 votes
2 answers
2k views

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 ...
Harry Weston's user avatar
  • 1,329
5 votes
2 answers
4k views

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 ...
Savenkov Alexey's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
1k views

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 ...
gcvt's user avatar
  • 131
1 vote
1 answer
444 views

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 ...
Clément's user avatar
  • 602
2 votes
1 answer
261 views

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.
0xmax's user avatar
  • 655
3 votes
1 answer
2k views

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-...
Javittoxs's user avatar
19 votes
2 answers
8k views

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 ...
maxschlepzig's user avatar
  • 57.5k
20 votes
3 answers
13k views

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/...
moooeeeep's user avatar
  • 1,313
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

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: ...
John Hitz's user avatar
7 votes
2 answers
22k views

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 ...
ThisSuitIsBlackNot's user avatar
4 votes
0 answers
690 views

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 ...
FusterCluck's user avatar
7 votes
7 answers
22k views

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 ...
user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
268 views

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 ...
Merlin's user avatar
  • 235
0 votes
1 answer
216 views

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 ...
Mark's user avatar
  • 1,793
2 votes
2 answers
251 views

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 ...
Steve Bennett's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
155 views

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
avery-whitaker's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
389 views

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 ...
Tarek Saied's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
54 views

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 ...
dafydd's user avatar
  • 1,458
2 votes
0 answers
583 views

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 ...
tetris11's user avatar
  • 355
2 votes
1 answer
373 views

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 ...
Sid411's user avatar
  • 123
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

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 ...
J.W.F.'s user avatar
  • 1,248
25 votes
2 answers
28k views

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 ...
Mark's user avatar
  • 1,793
2 votes
1 answer
33 views

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 ...
user92419's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
4k views

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 (...
Marcin's user avatar
  • 33
2 votes
3 answers
3k views

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: ...
JadedTuna's user avatar
  • 123
2 votes
1 answer
796 views

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-...
Motor Ed's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
983 views

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 ...
kamaci's user avatar
  • 153
3 votes
0 answers
239 views

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 ...
user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
383 views

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,...
Borniet's user avatar
  • 221
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

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-...
slick1537's user avatar
  • 141
1 vote
2 answers
279 views

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 ...
Rajeshwar's user avatar
  • 737
2 votes
0 answers
969 views

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 ...
coreno's user avatar
  • 141
2 votes
3 answers
2k views

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!...
Fernando Cesar Esteves's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
4k views

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 ...
somethingSomething's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
4k views

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 ...
Sardathrion - against SE abuse's user avatar
2 votes
3 answers
564 views

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 ...
Microsoft Linux TM's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
657 views

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 ...
somethingSomething's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
4k views

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 ...
Peque's user avatar
  • 3,452
4 votes
2 answers
9k views

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 ...
R Schultz's user avatar
  • 462
2 votes
2 answers
2k views

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 ...
Wilf's user avatar
  • 2,385
6 votes
1 answer
522 views

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 ...
Roflo's user avatar
  • 369
-2 votes
1 answer
602 views

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
Rajeshwar's user avatar
  • 737
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

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 ...
NotFromBrooklyn's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
133 views

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 ...
Limnic's user avatar
  • 121
4 votes
1 answer
4k views

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 ...
yalibaba's user avatar

1
64 65
66
67 68
91