Error: Missing Dependency: libc-client.so.2006 is needed by package php-imap To fix it I did: # remove the package that is causing the complaint yum remove php-imap # do the update yum update # install php-imap it will then pull in the correct version of...
Changing Gnomes annoying multi-window file browse behaviour
If you don't like to open a new window (spatial mode) for each sub folder you open. Then the following change stops that behaviour and gives you the "Gnome File Browser" instead of that annoying little window (presentation mode). Open the Gnome File Browser and then...
Fedora 7 – Amavisd Fails to Start
Nov 03 2007 Update - Amavisd again failed to start after an update same error again. This resolved the problem. I just did an yum update to Fedora 7 and rebooted seems that amavisd wasn't starting the complaint was about Compress::Zlib not loading. Long story short...
Compiling xfburn on Fedora 7
Fedora sevens xfce4 package is a steaming pile of incompleteness. Here are very rough steps to getting xfburn going. wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libburn-1/libburn-0.3.2.tar.bz2 wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libisofs-1/libisofs-0.2.4.tar.bz2 do...
Fedora 7 – So far behind Ubuntu it’s being lapped
I run xfce4 on Fedora 7. Where as xubuntu provides a complete "I can do anything GNOME|KDE can do" environment. Fedora 7's install appears to be a nod to marketing i.e. "Oh yes we have xfce4 aswell" Well it bites.... Although I love the redhat config tool structure...
Fedora Kernel Upgrade Causes Desktop Clock to Stick
Lastnight did an update to my computer to kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 and rebooted. Following the reboot my desktop clock in both GNOME and XFCE4 seemed to get stuck and not proceed forward. If I issued the date command from a terminal the time seemed correct. The...
Can’t change Wine Sound Driver from OSS to ALSA using winecfg
I just had an issue where I couldn't use the winecfg app to change my default audio driver. It seemed to be locked onto OSS and my system is ALSA. My setup is wine-0.9.41 and Wine Doors version 0.1 on Fedora 7. I tried using vi to change ~/.wine/user.reg...
Firefox Downloads Change from Nautilus to Thunar for “Open Containing Folder” option Fedora 7
I use XFCE4 and one annoying thing was firefox was opening Nautilus when clicking the Open Containing Folder option in the Firefox Download dialog box The fix: Using a Terminal open nautilus In Nautilus right click on a "folder" object in the window of Nautilus....
Yum – Unhelpful Reply
Yum has a few things needing fixing. For example: I have smolt-0.9.8.3-1.fc7 installed but if I do yum install smolt it replies Nothing to do Logically you would assume that this "Nothing to do" message means "I already have that package installed" but NO. If I do a...
cups-pdf Fedora 7 changing directory pdf is outputted to
While installing cups-pdf using yum install cups-pdf I got this error: cut: write error: Broken pipe Installed: cups-pdf.i386 0:2.4.6-1.fc7 But it didn't seem to effect the install. However the default directory cups-pdf for F7 outputs to is $HOME/Desktop... I hate...