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First, run (as root): # system-config-soundcard This will create a /etc/asound.conf file based on your soundcard (mine is the intel-hda card). text/html 2010-03-13T16:37:31-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:arduino?rev=1268516251&do=diff Arduino <http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Linux/Fedora> - check this first Fedora 10/12 * install JRE 6 * install guide * get the bin, install to ~/bin * export java_home: export JAVA_HOME=~/bin/jre1.6.0_17 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH * install: yum install compat-libstdc++-33 compat-libstdc++-296 text/html 2007-10-23T03:15:33-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:audio_cd_extracting?rev=1193123733&do=diff Audio CD Music Extracting Use “Sound Juicer” to extract Audio CDs to flac, ogg, or mp3 formats. To enable mp3, added a new output format profile: Profile Name: CD Quality, MP3 Profile Description: (Variable Bitrate) GStreamer Pipeline: audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lame name=enc mode=1 vbr=4 preset=1001 ! id3v2mux text/html 2007-10-23T03:16:18-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:bluetooth_audio?rev=1193123778&do=diff Bluetooth Audio Trying to get stereo streaming to my bluetooth headphones (motorola ht820) * <http://bluetooth-alsa.sourceforge.net/build.html> fc6, fedora, linux text/html 2007-04-10T03:15:58-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:bluetooth_mouse?rev=1176189358&do=diff Bluetooth Mouse I set my Microsoft Bluetooth Explorer mouse on Fedora Core 6 like this: As root, type: # hidd --server --search then push the reset button on the mouse until the hidd --server pairs with it. You can check the pairing by doing (as user): text/html 2007-10-23T03:17:13-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:codecs?rev=1193123833&do=diff Codec Installation This process will install codecs for audio and video playback * mp3 codec (libmad? and lame?) * faad2 * gstreamer-ugly To Do * rebuild totem to use xine-lib instead of gstreamer (this should fix my lack of video problem) text/html 2010-01-03T01:24:43-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:dvd_ripping?rev=1262499883&do=diff DVD Ripping lxdvdrip $ lxdvdrip -bp=0 -file=/home/tmp/Dazed_and_Confused.vob $ lxdvdrip -tmp=/home/tmp -fv=/home/tmp/film-dvd -lang=en -bp=0 -file=/home/tmp/Layer_Cake.vob vobcopy * extracts to your current directory: $ vobcopy -l fedora, linux text/html 2009-02-19T01:51:45-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:f10?rev=1235026305&do=diff Fedora 10 Setup Guide A nice guide: <http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f10.html> * Setup RPM Fusion repo * Install nvidia driver from RPM Fusion # yum install akmod-nvidia and reboot * Update Dell Firmware - I had to use the following to instead of the update_firmware command: # smbios-rbu-bios-update -u -v --hdr=/usr/share/firmware/dell/bios/system_bios_ven_0x1028_dev_0x01c2_version_a10/bios.hdr --reboot text/html 2018-02-10T16:08:23-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:f25?rev=1518296903&do=diff Fedora 25 Some notes on setting things up. * initial setup: <http://www.tecmint.com/things-to-do-after-fedora-24-workstation-installation/2/> * amd4/ryzen7 - need custom it87 module for temps on asus prime x370 * custom it87 module: <https://github.com/groeck/it87> * systemd/selinux module issue: <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322625> * more notes on selinux modules: <https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/sec-sel-building-policy-module.html> … text/html 2007-10-23T03:13:52-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:fc6?rev=1193123632&do=diff Fedora Core 6 Pages fedora, linux text/html 2007-03-23T13:49:04-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:fglrx?rev=1174672144&do=diff ATI fglrx Drivers ATI Stinks, P-U. I installed Fedora's kmod-fglrx, and Livna's x11-fglrx-drv or something like that. The official ATI drivers won't build, period, and give no useful errors. Did I mention ATI stinks?? How to install ATI drivers on Fedora Core 6 text/html 2007-11-11T05:00:48-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:firefox_plugins?rev=1194775248&do=diff Firefox Plugins firefox plugins and such * Tab Mix Plus - allows tab rows * adblock * adblock filterset g updater * jsview * view soure chart * web developer themes * blue ice fedora, linux text/html 2007-11-10T02:03:27-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:flash_64bit?rev=1194678207&do=diff Flash on Fedora 64bit Fedora 8 Adobe Flash page * get the YUM package, and install it * install “flash-plugin” via Yum * on x86-64, run nspluginscan * restart firefox Fedora Core 6 Firefox 1.5 <http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#flash> I had to edit /usr/bin/firefox, and made the following changes: (commented out the following # parts) text/html 2007-03-22T14:34:38-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:fonts?rev=1174588478&do=diff Fonts We need to install the MS TrueType fonts, and this is how: # wget --referer=http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html \ http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/files/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm # rpm -ihv msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm # /sbin/service xfs restart text/html 2007-06-15T01:29:50-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:gnome-terminal-launcher?rev=1181885390&do=diff Gnome Terminal Launcher This allows you to add an applet to your panel that will launch any of your gnome-terminal profiles (so you can setup profiles to auto-connect to a server, and have a specific background color, etc.) Homepage: Gnome Terminal Launcher Current Version: 0.9 text/html 2010-11-23T20:02:28-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:gnomenu?rev=1290560548&do=diff GnoMenu GnoMenu Fedora 12 2.5-2 * [gnomenu-2.5-2.fc12.src.rpm] * [gnomenu-desktop.patch] (new patch) 2.5-1 Original gnomenu.spec and gnomenu_64.patch from openSUSE gnomenu src package * [gnomenu-2.5-1.fc12.src.rpm] * [gnomenu.spec] * [gnomenu_64.patch] * [fix-sh-path.patch] fedora, linux text/html 2007-05-30T13:49:10-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:hdr?rev=1180547350&do=diff High Dynamic Range Imaging * writeup at linux.com * qtpfsgui * fedora package * documentation/tutorials * <http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/resources/pfstools/> * fedora source Recompiled for x86_64 quick notes: to install my rpm with yum, had to set /etc/yum.conf gpgcheck=0 (it is =1 by default). untold dependencies: * OpenEXR * OpenEXR-devel * text/html 2007-08-21T20:51:52-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:ies4linux?rev=1187743912&do=diff IEs4Linux IEs4Linux is a beautiful little script that installs ie6 via wine. You'll need cabextract and wine to get it working. First download the latest file here, then: bash ~$ sudo yum install wine* cabextract bash ~$ tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz bash ~$ cd /ies4linux-latest bash ~$ ./ies4linux text/html 2009-01-21T03:04:43-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:ipv6?rev=1232525083&do=diff Disable ipv6 in Fedora Information from: <http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html#ipv6> Disable the system configuration settings for ipv6 You might not need to do this step. # vi /etc/sysconfig/network Change: NETWORKING_IPV6=yes To: NETWORKING_IPV6=no Disable ipv6 Kernel Modules # vi /etc/modprobe.d/network Add the following 2 lines: (A reboot will be required) alias net-pf-10 off alias ipv6 off text/html 2007-04-27T17:06:17-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:mp3_tagging?rev=1177707977&do=diff MP3 Tagging Install EasyTAG: # yum install easytag fedora, linux text/html 2007-07-15T20:16:28-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:nfs?rev=1184544988&do=diff NFS Mounts You need to setup an nfs server Configuration * add the nfs server's name and ip to /etc/hosts on your client * add the client machine's name and ip to /etc/hosts on your nfs server * enable the nfs and nfslock services to start at boot * start nfs and nfslock text/html 2007-04-21T23:04:07-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:nvidia?rev=1177211047&do=diff Nvidia Pretty easy install. The livna nvidia rpms automatically setup your xorg.conf as well. Boot into runlevel 3 before installing (it makes life easier). Run the following to install. You should be asked to install two packages, the kmod-nvidia and an xorg-drv-nvidia or something package text/html 2007-03-07T18:31:27-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:repos?rev=1173310287&do=diff Extra Fedora Software Repositories Info from <http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc6-tips.php> Both 32 and 64 bits: # rpm -ihv http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/6/i386/RPMS.freshrpms/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm 32 bit version: # rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/livna-release-6-1.noarch.rpm 64 bit version: # rpm -ihv http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/x86_64/livna-release-6-1.noarch.rpm text/html 2007-05-05T01:16:05-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:teamspeak?rev=1178342165&do=diff TeamSpeak * official teamspeak alsa howto - need to try this first * alternate teamspeak howto - hardcore use of oss * teamspeak forum page for alsa/oss setup * alsa teamspeak info, not too useful * dsnoop setup - this might be useful, it allows multiple input devices (similar to dmix) * <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_and_TeamSpeak_on_amd64> * <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_sound_mixer_aka_dmix> fedora, linux text/html 2007-03-15T11:06:37-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:totem-xine?rev=1173971197&do=diff Totem w/ xine engine by default, fedora uses totem built against gstreamer. I dont' like gstreamer all that much, and it doesn't seem to work so well on my x86-64 bit systems. So, here is how to build totem against xine. * first, download the required source files text/html 2009-12-21T20:04:28-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:upgrading?rev=1261443868&do=diff Upgrading Fedora Using PreUpgrade (Anaconda) <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade> * the command is preupgrade Using YUM <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq> fedora, linux text/html 2007-10-23T03:13:09-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:ut2004?rev=1193123589&do=diff Unreal Tournament 2004 I've only tried this on Fedora Core 6 64-bit so far ... * Install unreal from the cd (there is a linux-installer .sh script you can run). I installed to /home/Media/Games/ut2004 * Make sure you have libopenal.so in /usr/lib64 (or /usr/lib for non-64bit systems, or even /usr/local/lib) text/html 2007-07-18T01:00:56-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/linux:fedora:vmware?rev=1184734856&do=diff VMWare Installation Had some issues... needed to copy autoconf.h to config.h in /usr/src/kernels/KERNEL/include/linux * <http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=59513&start=30&tstart=0> * <http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_workstation_fedora_core6> fedora, linux