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firefox bookmarks
by Richard E Miles 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Is it possible to save the firefox bookmarks so that when I do a clean install of FC4 I can reload them? I tried to cp the bookmarks.html file back into the /home/rmiles/.mozilla/firefox/0qem39dn.default directory but it did not restore them from an earlier saving of this file. It would be nice to be able to reset the bookmarks that I had in FC 3 to the FC 4 firefox. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097

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VNC: Which desktop it displays
by Shane Presley 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Hello, I'm running VNC (pre-installed) with FC3. My client/view is on Windows 2000. To configure VNC I modified /etc/sysconfig/vncservers VNCSERVERS="1:root" VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600" And set a password. Then started the service "service vncserver start" Starts up fine, and I can connect with my viewer to port 5901. I'm new to Linux, so I'm confused about what desktop I am seeing. I know with VNC server on a windows server, you get the display that the local mouse/keyboard/monitor sees. There's only one desktop. With FC3, I seem to be getting a new virtual desktop. I guess that would be useful to run X applications. But is there a way to use VNC to display the exact same thing that my locally attached keyboard/mouse/monitor see? So if I change something remotely using VNC, the local monitor also displays my changes. Just as if I was at the console? Thanks Shane

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Installing Python 2.4
by Mariano Draghi 13 Dec '06

13 Dec '06

In http://www.python.org/2.4/rpms.html there are RPM packages for FC3, and a Yum repository provided by python.org (hey! so far FC3 is the only distro with RPMs provided by python.org itself!) I'd like to know if anybody have installed these packages, and if they fit pleasently into FC3. As Fedora uses Python *heavely*, I don't want to break anything. So, it's safe to install this, or I'd be better waiting for an official update? (assuming there are plans for such an update...) TIA, -- Mariano

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GFS and Fedora
by Giulio Sorrentino 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Which could be advantages for home users using that filesystem?

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Changing the Color Coded Filesystem
by General Manager 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hello, Can Anyone tell me how I can change the color files systems. The color blue for the "Directories" is really hard to see. Also is there a way to change the background color? Thanks

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kudzu and modems.
by akonstam＠trinity.edu 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

I can't understand the behavior of kudzu in respect to my serial modem. After initial installation it detects the modem but after that it is ignored. What I mean is I can remove the modem and kudzu ignores the change, or I can remove the modem from the kudzu database and kudzu ignores the change. I can run: kudzu --class MODEM and kudzu will remove all my hardware from its database except the MOUSE but it still ignores the modem. How can I get kudzu to notice that I have changed, removed or added the modem? -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@trinity.edu

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USB WiFi
by Timothy Murphy 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Is anyone using USB WiFi devices with Fedora? I have a Lucent/Orinoco USB Gold Client, I have been looking at the "Linux driver for Lucent/Agere ORiNOCO USB devices" by Øystein Olsen at <http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/>, and have downloaded the Fedora-3 RPM. Unfortunately, I find some of the instructions rather confusing. (1) It says that "The orinoco-usb driver is for now only available from cvs". But I can't find an orinoco-usb CVS. Does this mean the orinoco CVS? In any case, since there is an orinoco-usb rpm. I assume there must be a separate CVS for this application. Is this a misunderstanding? Or if not, where is the orinoco-usb CVS? (2) It says in the introudction In <http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/index.html> "The orinoco-usb driver is for now only available from cvs. I put together this page to simplify the building and installation of the driver. The driver and script to build the driver, are all available from the RPMS directory." I don't understand this; if the driver is only available from cvs then what is the RPM? (3) Later on the same page, it says "April 2005 Thanks to a tip from Martin Visser, the firmware package is no longer necessary. The firmware is hard-coded into the driver instead. In short if you use a driver which is newer that April 4th 2005 or if you use build-source.sh, you can safely ignore all instructions related to the firmware and hotplug." But where exactly does one find a driver newer than April 4th 2005? Any suggestions or advice gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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How convert a .wav file to .mp3 format?
by adserath 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hello, I have my recorded voice(say myVoice.wav) in wave file format. How I convert it to mp3 file.What is/are the package/s for that?. Thanks. Eran. (adserath(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk)

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OT: Power Supplies
by RoboticGolem 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Does everyone here agree that a 500watt power supply is sufficient enough for a dual MP 1800 board with 4 hard disks, DVDrom, cdrw, dvdrw, and plenty of self powered usb hubs? I'm trying to figure out whats up with my computer and my next stop is to call an electrician. -Matt

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DVD Player
by Gregory P. Ennis 29 May '06

29 May '06

I could not find a DVD player as part of the FC3 package. Sorry if I have overlooked an entry. Any recomendations on a DVD player? Greg Ennis

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