2 comments GTimeLog is a simple and effective time tracking application for GNU/Linux. It is the preferred tool of top FSFE staff. It is not currently available in official Fedora repositories however, so in order to use it you must manually install it using Python.… Read the rest
0 comments The following procedure allows you to run your own webserver on Fedora 16, so that you can develop web scripts and applications and test them locally without an Internet connection. I assume that you’re using Gnome 3. Run the stated commands in a terminal – accessible via alt+F2, enter: gnome-terminal [press enter]
Login as root:
su
Install the Apache webserver:
yum install httpd
Configure Apache to handle requests to your local website:
nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf… Read the rest
3 comments Due to an issue with the packaging of zip functionality within Fedora’s PHP package, the yum package php-zip, which was available for Fedora 15, is not available in Fedora 16. This is actually a “feature”, not a “bug”, but either way, getting zip support in PHP now takes a few extra steps.… Read the rest
0 comments Download and install the following packages in the order shown:
http://dl.atrpms.net/all/libdvdcss2-1.2.11-6.fc16.i686.rpm (Shared libraries for package libdvdcss)
http://dl.atrpms.net/all/libdvdcss-1.2.11-6.fc16.i686.rpm (A portable abstraction library for DVD decryption)
More information about these packages can be found here: http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/f16/libdvdcss/
5 comments Device:
BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
This is the built-in wifi on the Lenovo B570 (and many other laptops).
[UPDATE: As of updates applied on 15.04.12, wifi is again broken (curse you Fedora and your inadequate testing suites!) – I’m currently working on finding a fix ]
[UPDATE: The fix is to connect temporarily using another method (ethernet cable, 3G, or wifi dongle), update your system using yum update, and then reboot.… Read the rest
