Posts Tagged ‘fedora’

Howto: Reinstall Grub using Ubuntu Live CD

In: Fedora| Linux| Ubuntu

11 Mar 2010

I recently installed Fedora 12 on my desktop alongside Ubuntu Karmic and Windows 7, however doing so I overwrite my grub which meant my Ubuntu system was hidden. To fix this is pretty simple..
Insert your Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD
Click “Try Ubuntu without any changes to your computer”
Once loaded click Applications > Accessories > Terminal
sudo fdisk [...]

Howto: Use Xbox Controllers (original, 360, 360 wireless, 360 guitar) with Linux

In: Hardware| Linux| Xbox 360

16 Nov 2009

Great guide by wootah from the ubuntuforums.org of how to get the wireless receiver for PC working under linux, using the Userspace Xbox/Xbox360 USB Gamepad Driver for Linux from grumbel. It works pretty much perfectly, I use it as a remote to control my laptop when it is displayed on my TV.
Supported Controllers

Original Xbox controllers [...]

Fedora – Add User To Sudoers

In: Fedora| Linux

7 Oct 2009

Pretty simple and quick way to add a user to the sudoers list in fedora:
Login as root user:
su
Password: *enter root password here*
Add write permissions to the sudoers file:
chmod +w /etc/sudoers
Add the user (change alex to the user you want to add to sudoers) to sudoers and set no password (so you don’t have to [...]

October – Brains!

In: Fedora| Screenshots

5 Oct 2009

Fedora 11 – Surround Sound Setup

In: Fedora| Linux

22 Sep 2009

To set up your surround sound first open up Terminal, or alternatively Alt+F2 and type the following in either:
gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
Now you’re looking for this line, it may be commented out so make sure to remove the ‘;’ in order for it be seen.
default-sample-channels = 2
You might have a different amount of channels set [...]

Fedora 11 Quick Setup

In: Fedora| Miscellaneous

12 Jun 2009

To install most media codecs check out:
www.dnmouse.org/codecs.html
To enable trackpad/mousepad “tap” on laptops:
synclient TapButton1=1
.RAR file support:
sudo yum -y install unrar
Add drive/partition to mount on start up:
www.dnmouse.org/mountdrive.html
Some useful apps:
su
yum -y install checkgmail
yum -y install nautilus-image-converter
yum -y install songbird


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