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Fedora 17: post installation

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Thomas Cokelaer

Fedora 16 crashed after an update. Good time for a fresh installation of Fedora 17. The installation process provides most of the basic tools (browser, editor…) but some favorites are missing… Here is what I did for the post installation … Continue reading →

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Fedora 15 : Firefox drag and drop does not work

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

The solution is to install gtk2-engines package: sudo yum install gtk2-engines.i686sudo yum install gtk2-engines.i686

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Fedora 15: firefox bookmarks subfolder icons missing

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

You need first to install dconf-editor if not already done: sudo yum install dconf-editorsudo yum install dconf-editor launch it and go to org->gnome->desktop->interfaceorg->gnome->desktop->interface set menus-have-icons=true.

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How to setup PHP under fedora

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

The following solution to install Apache, MySQL and PHP was checked under Fedora 15 distribution. First, you need to install the relevant packages: su #for root login, enter password when prompted yum install mysql-server service mysqld start mysqladmin -u root … Continue reading →

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Fedora 15: how to enable the “delete” key

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

A “missing” shortcut in Fedora 15 as compared to previous Fedora distributions is the “delete” key: when you wanted to remove a file or a folder, you simply had to press the “delete” key. There is no such keyboard short … Continue reading →

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Fedora 15: post installation

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Once in a while I install a fresh version of Fedora (or ubuntu). Of course, the installation process provides most of the basic tools (browser, editor…) but you miss you favorite ones. Each time, you need to repeat some identical … Continue reading →

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Skype video missing under linux

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

In principle in the options->advanced section you should have a section called video devices If not, then quit Skype, and create this environmental variable export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.soexport LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so Restart Skype and go to options->advanced->video devices that should be available now. Tested … Continue reading →

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Fedora: how to add a sudo user (and avoid password)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

How to add a user in the sudo list If you need to type commands using sudo, you will soon be tired to enter the sudo password again and again. Here are the steps to add a user in the … Continue reading →

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Fedora yum update fails

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Sometimes, when you want to update your Fedora packages with : yum update the process fails with an error message similar to: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free-updates. Please verify its path and try again The first … Continue reading →

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Fedora 14, slow wireless

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

I’ve recently posted a link related to Slow network under Fedora 14 distribution. The solution provided is related to iptables and is still working (on my distribution at least). However, I’ve also noticed that the wireless remains very slow while … Continue reading →

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