Monthly Archives: February 2009

I did a yum update on my F10 x86-64 box at work today and discovered a minor bug in the packaging: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib64/libmarblewidget.so.4 conflicts between attempted installs of kdeedu-libs-4.1.2-2.fc10.x86_64 and kdeedu-marble-4.2.0-7.fc10.x86_64 A google for this found only one mention on a fedora forum, but it was in […]

F10 update bug: libmarble (kdeedu libs) conflicts on x86-64

Thu February 26, 2009 in Fedora / Linux tagged bugzilla / conflicts / f10 / Fedora / fedora forum / google translation / kde / libmarblewidget / marble / minor bug / packaging / update / yum (updated 5551 days ago)

I was reading Slashdot this morning and ran across a link to a story about the Internet instability last week caused by minor bugs in two routers that propagated across the planet in something like 30 seconds. While the story itself is interesting (a good read if you’re into how […]

The Internet needs no bailout

Sun February 22, 2009 in Open Source / Politics / Security / Software Development tagged bailout / internet instability / open protocols / Open Source / proprietary solutions / renesys / routers / software implementation

I’ve been working with the various incarnations of Red Hat Linux, including Fedora, since before the company went public. In that time I’ve done more than just a few upgrades from one release to another. With each upgrade I learn just a little more about administering my own Linux system. […]

The Everyday Guide to Fedora Upgrades

Wed February 18, 2009 in Fedora / Linux / Personal tagged f10 / Fedora / GIMP / gnome / intel / intel driver / Linux / mysql / MythTV / nfs / nvidia / partition / red hat / sane / ssmtp / X11 / xorg / yum

I’ve been using the SANE backends with the XSane plugin for GIMP for many years now, but because of digital photography I don’t seem to need the scanner much these days. When we got the senior photos for my daughter, however, I needed a way to make a few copies […]

Setting up scanners under Fedora 10

Sun February 15, 2009 in Art and Graphics / Fedora / GIMP / Linux / Scanners tagged epson / Epson Perfection 1260 / Fedora / GIMP / graphics / Linux / rpm / sane / Scanners / xsane (updated 5560 days ago)

If you’re using xrandr on a box with an Intel graphics chip in order to setup your dual displays then you might have noticed that GNOME moves its main panel to the monitor connected to the external VGA port. This happens because the Intel chip says that the external VGA […]

Intel graphics, xrandr and GNOME: the case of the ...

Wed February 11, 2009 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Hardware / Intel Driver / Linux / X11 tagged dual monitors / gnome / intel / kde / laptop / MythTV / projector / vga port / xrandr

I’ve noticed a lot of searches on xrandr in my blog stats and have been wondering what the problem is. Xrandr is a command line tool for enabling or disabling multiple display ports on your system as well as setting display resolution and even rotation. You would use it, for […]

Using xrandr with external display ports

Mon February 09, 2009 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Fedora / General / Hardware / Intel Driver / Linux / X11 tagged acer / aspire / f10 / Fedora / gdm / gnome / intel / intel driver / Linux / MythTV / vga port / Video / xorg / xrandr

I’ve had pretty good luck using RPMFusion (free and non-free) to install various packages for Fedora 10. I was skeptical at first that it would provide all the packages I had been getting from ATrpms for previous Fedora releases. But up till today things have worked out well with RPMFusion. […]

RPMFusion not enough for F10 – still need ATrpms

Sat February 07, 2009 in Fedora / Linux / Video tagged atrpms / dag / f10 / Fedora / rpm / yum

I’ve added some slide presentations, with the help of Slideshare.net, to the Writings section. There is a presentation on using PmWiki for Project Management and a presentation on using WordPress as a CMS. I’ve also added a slide presentation on my book site on GIMP and Linux in Hollywood. Comments, […]