The Fedora 11 Feature List seems to cover alot of the Ubuntu 9.04 ground. Everyone seems to be on the 20 second boot wagon. The only thing I'm presuming will be a problem is that you don't get a one click MP3 support install as for Ubuntu. So Fedora 11 still requires...
Fedora 10 – Network Interface not coming up
I have a Fedora 10 VM that wasn't bringing it's network interface eth0 up on boot. Even though the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 were correct. The problem: the network service wasn't enabled The fix: run ntsysv or setup ==> services from the...
LedgerSMB Installation on Fedora 10 Notes
Overview Starting from Fedora 10 Live Installed to Harddisk. This is a a record of the chronological steps with all the errors I encountered along the way. As such it is a kind of messy and in a as it happened style. I will flesh these notes out as I have time. Email...
Fedora 10 – VMWare
Just attempted to install Fedora 10 under VMWare Server 1.0.4 on Windows. I chose the default "Other Linux 2.6.x" VM option, leaving the defaults except for configuring the VM's CD to be an iso image of the Fedora Live CD. Man was it slow... I traced the problem to...
Adding a HP PSC1610 for Xsane on Fedora 9
Problem: Cause: Fedora isn't as good as Ubuntu at detecting and installing your devices Resolution: Install libsane-hpaio Done
Fedora 9 – wxPerl error missing file libwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8.so
Just got an error trying to run a wxPerl application on Fedora 9 complaining about missing "libwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8.so" amongst other things. The fix: yum install wxGTK-devel-2.8.7-2.fc9.i386
Fedora 9 – Using the MF332 aka Telstra Turbo Card from www.zte.com.au
There is a whirlpool forum with information on connecting a MF332 using Linux. It shows how to use the /etc/ppp/chap-secret /etc/ppp/peers/* to get it all connected. However on Fedora 9 I used the standard system-config-network option to configure the connection as...
Fedora 9 Nautilus can’t view smb share using default smb:///
Here is an annoying problem with Nautilus smb on Fedora 9 I can connect to a remote share with "smbclient //server/share -U user" However in Nautilus if you hit Go ==> Location... it defaults to "smb:///" if you type smb:///server/share you get nothing but a big fat...
Ubuntu / Fedora 9 Firefox 3 Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer
I run https://jamesmcdonald.id.au with a self signed untrusted certificate because I'm not using it for commerce and the only person who needs to trust it is me! But after installing Fedora 9 on a laptop and trying to connect to my website. I didn't get the normal add...
Can’t find adsl-setup script in Fedora 8
I have just been trying to find the good old adsl-setup command in Fedora 8. No good! system-config-network was a no go either. No option to configure a pppoe connection. pppoe-setup looks like it has replaced adsl-setup. Problem solved move along. Nothing to see...