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Fedora 32 installation and post installation

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Thomas Cokelaer

A new laptop ! Great, let’s install a new Linux Fedora version. Insteresting to see that from 4 years ago, the version number has jumped from 23 to 32. 10 version in 4 years. Anyway. This is surely for the … Continue reading →

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format USB key under fedora

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Thomas Cokelaer

I created a bootable USB key and needed to format the key so that others could use it again. Using the format option (see image below) in the KDE file environment, I got this error: This partition cannot be modified … Continue reading →

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fedora aeroplane mode always on

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Thomas Cokelaer

Under Fedora 23, somehow the aeroplane mode went on (plane icon shown in top right corner). I tried to switch it off but could not. After a reboot, the aeroplane is still switch on and there is no way to … Continue reading →

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lost your linux root password ?

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Thomas Cokelaer

Lost your root password ? Under Fedora, at boot time, press e, select the kernel and add 1 (run level), which will let you enter into a shell session, where you can edit the /etc/passwd file to reset the password. … Continue reading →

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yumex-dnf is locked

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Thomas Cokelaer

Under Fedora 23, starting yumex-dnf, I got a message that yumex-dnf was locked. I could not find any lock file in /var/cache/dnf and therefore was stuck. Finally, running yumex-dnf –exityumex-dnf –exit did kill the faulty process and could start yumex-dnf … Continue reading →

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Installing Fedora 23 in dual-boot and post-installation

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Thomas Cokelaer

I’ve just installed Fedora 23 from scratch in dualboot (with an existing windows partition). The installation is better and better and you do not need to create the partition under windows. Just downloaded the iso file from fedora website and … Continue reading →

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Fedora 19 post installation

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Thomas Cokelaer

Another failed upgrade from Fedora… This time while upgrading from release 15 to 16. Although, I followed the instructions from Fedora web site, I ultimately end up (after a reboot) with a grub prompt. Quite dreadful. After a few hours … Continue reading →

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How to mount Sony NWZ walkman under Fedora

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Thomas Cokelaer

I recently bought a mp3/video SONY NWZ walkman (one of B172F or B173F). I plugged in the USB into the computer but it was not detected. It does not appear on the desktop and cannot be seen in a shell … Continue reading →

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Setup a server on your raspberryPi

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Thomas Cokelaer

This is a summary of what I did to setup a server on my raspberry Pi. This is based on previous post on the same topic and this link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Web-Server/ Before starting, make sure that your raspberry software are updated … Continue reading →

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yum update failure: Cannot retrieve repository metadata

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Thomas Cokelaer

Sometimes, using “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 Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free-updates. Please verify … Continue reading →

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