Questions tagged [fedora-12]
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Trouble installing visual studio code on fedora 12
Does visual studio code work on fedora 12? Looking for better install directions as I don't understand the directions on https://code.visual.com any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Yum: xz compression not available on Fedora 12
I am currently in the process of updating an old Fedora server, and am currently on Fedora 12. on the last update I forgot to upgrade rpm (see here). Now yum always returns this error: Error: xz ...
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Accidentally erased rpm package, how to recover?
Yesterday I planned to erase all wine related package, first I queried with:
rpm -qa | grep wine
and it showed 6 or 7 packages, then I typed:
rpm -qa | rpm -e
After one or two minutes waiting, I ...
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Fedora 12 update dependency problems with firefox
I'm trying to update my system which is usually a fairly routine thing. However, today, I ran update, it installed everything, and thunderbird segfaulted on launch. Bemused, I downgraded it. It worked,...
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how to install fedora 12 on windows 7 as dual boot
i installed windows 7 successfully. When I installed it, I created 40 gb of unallocated space in the hard disk for the Fedora installation. However, whenever i start the partition editor during the ...
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Why does Fedora save a random seed?
When I shut down Fedora12 I get a statement like this
saving random seed ... [OK]
Why does it save this random seed? What is it used for?
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PHP/cURL/Fedora issues resolving hostname possibly a DNS problem?
I have the following simple test script for cURL/php on a FC12/apache server that has PHP 5.3.2, cURL v7.19.7 (according to phpinfo()):
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://www....
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Enable eth0 by default on Fedora 12
On Fedora 12 eth0 is disconnected (by the NetworkManager) by default until I manually enable it from GNOME. I need to make it connected even if I start my box in runlevel 3 or 4. How?
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How to force Fedora 12 to start to text mode?
I have a problem with my newly installed ATI driver so my Fedora 12 boots to a frozen graphic mode display.
I need to force it to boot to text mode interface to start adjusting my X configuration. ...
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Fedora 12 can see wireless network, but It cannot connect
I installed Fedora 12 on my old desktop, and while Fedora 12 shows wireless networks that it could connect to, everytime I try to connect to that network, the connection fails, I have made sure that ...
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Fedora12 Slow USB 2.0 Write Speed, ehci_hcd module is missing
I am using Fedora 12, the problem I am facing is USB 2.0 write speed. I have a dual boot system with Windows XP and Fedora 12. USB 2.0 write speed in Windows XP is much faster then what I am getting ...
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GRUB2 Boot Configuration
Recently i installed GRUB2, everything is working fine. When my system is started my monitor is showing something like the following
"Minimal BASH-Like line editing is
supported. For the first ...
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Problems in starting mysql server
I'm trying to start the mysql server on fedora 12. service mysqld start gives me an error:
MySQL Daemon failed to start.
Starting MySQL: [FAILED]
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Fedora Boot Progress Bar
Can we customize the boot progress bar in fedora 12? If yes, than how to customize it?
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Backup Linux Root Partition (Fedora 12)
I setup my partition scheme to have an extra partition the size of my / partion. I have a separate home directory partition.
Essentially, I will be doing things that might make my OS unstable so I'd ...