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Wifi randomly disconnects after some time & Never come back unless system restarted | Fedora 40
I recently purchased a new laptop and I am having a wifi disconnectivity issue in my lonovo machine (ThinkBook 16 G6 ABP with AMD processor). The wifi randomly disconnects after some time and never ...
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LibreCAD cannot access disks or USBs on Fedora
I need to use librecad but I can only see the system drive. It does not allow you to see other partitions, disks or USB. It is the only application that has this problem, all system applications were ...
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i can't get past this error "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."
[Fedora 40] (VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 Kernel version 6.8.10-300.fc40.x86_64) Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
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Fedora 40 didn't install DNF [closed]
I tried installing the Brave browser on Fedora 40, only to find out that DNF wasn't installed. I tried asking Copilot for help, only to find that it recommends that I try to install DNF with DNF. ...
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latest kernels issue, wont lauch
i'm not sure exactly which version, but I think my graphics card has a problem with kernel 6.8 and later. When i want to install arch linux, i should add "nomodeset" to grub so i can install ...
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Computer keep shutting down even with battery available (Gnome/Fedora)
. Hello guys, I have been hacked and since my computer is having weird stuff and keep shutting down even with battery, it seems I have a bad power configuration setup.
I'm using fedora 39 / Gnome 45.3
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"Failed to Mount API filesystems". On copied drive with updated partition UUID's
So I directly cloned the partition layout of my main linux installation.
Which is Fedora 38, using commands as follows.
sgdisk --backup=table /dev/sda
sgdisk --load-backup=table /dev/sdb
I updated ...
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Fedora 39/40 package install mirror failed to connect to 127.0.0.1
I just upgraded from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40 but the problem persist.
When I try to install some package, I get an error saying that it couldn't connect to mirrors server.
I think somehow I've broken ...
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Install unstable fingerprint sensor EgisTec-EH575 Fedora
I recently installed Fedora on my Acer Swift 3 (SF314-511) and everything is working fine, except the fingerprint sensor. It seems there is no stable driver for it, but I managed to find an ...
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How to get Targus Dock120 up and running in Fedora39
I am using a Targus Dock120 docking station, or better said, I would like to use it. Unfortunately, I cannot succeed in making it work.
I tried to access the download page for drivers from Targus, but ...
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How to properly use bluetooth dongle in Fedora 39
I am running Fedora 39 completely updated. Unfortunately, whenever I connect my Apple Magic Mouse via Bluetooth it disconnects after some time. Researching this issue led me to buy a Bluetooth Dongle. ...
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How can I enable suspend to disk (hibernation / S4) on current Fedora Desktop systems with full disk encryption
I thought that it was once possible natively to hibernate computers but my current machine (Dell XPS 13 9300) on Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition) only offers these in the GNOME session menu
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terminal automatically shows user@dhcp instead of user@fedora
my system (fedora 40) automatically shows user@dhcpf196 instead of the usual user@fedora in the terminal whenever I connect to the internet. I think this is my university dhcp server but the machine I'...
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disk0s1 failed to mount for firmware update for WifFi & bluetooth while dual booting MacOS Sonoma and Fedora, following steps of T2Linux
After Installing T2Linux Fedora (https://wiki.t2linux.org/), I did the following:
me@mes-MacBook-Pro ~ % bash ~/Downloads/firmware.sh
Detected macOS
Mounting the EFI partition
Password:
Volume ...
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How to delete additional EFI (EFI NO NAME), for installing Fedora using T2Linux?
I am trying to dual boot Macbook Pro 2019 with Intel & T2 using https://t2linux.org by installing Linux/ Fedora.
Now, the system is NOT booting to live ISO USB.
**me@mes-MacBook-Pro ~ % diskutil ...
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Linux user logs bad encoding (Fedora 39)
. Hello guys, I have this weird formating in my user logs, anyone know where it is coming from ?
Thanks.
G�O`��NMESSAGE=17:19:31.502 › did-navigate-in-page�2�R��� ��\�Ek�D��F���Y$#+y���=��8@9 9�...
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How to automatically install VMs using virt-manager?
Tech newbie here.
I found myself to be using VMs a lot as of late and I don't think creating VMs through GUI is the most intuitive way, especially when you have to specify different paths to ...
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Keep "dracut-initqueue" from timing out, Fedora Linux
So, recently I've made a switch to Fedora for my main OS (from NixOS), and.. So far it's been good, but one note is.. I kind of have a hefty amount of encryption to ensure my data is safe. It's far ...
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GNOME 44.10: Drag-and-drop breaks Alt + Tab window switching in numerous ways
I am running a pretty fresh install of a Bluefin-based Fedora Silverblue atomic desktop with a GNOME shell using Wayland, and mostly Flatpak applications. (For what it's worth, I recently migrated my ...
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Failed RDP connection - Failed to Start Remote Desktop Session
I have been trying for hours to solve this.
I have enabled RDP on my Fedora 39 through Gnome Settings -> Sharing -> Remote Desktop.
I have tried connecting through Remmina and xfreerdp.
It seems ...
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Wi-Fi connection getting lost after some time (Linux)
I have a laptop (HP ProBook 455 G9) that I connect to a Wi-Fi. I use Fedora 39 with GNOME, NetworkManager and kernel 6.7.7-200.fc39.x86_64. The Wi-Fi chip is RealRek RTL8852BE. I don't think I have ...
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External keyboard connected to laptop running Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition) wont type any text after using Switch User in gnome
When I click on Switch User in gnome the external keyboard no longer works. It doesn't work in the password field, and it doesn't work anywhere else such as on firefox.
The external keyboard is an ...
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Linux VirtualBox - Machine group conflicts with a virtual machine name
Machine group '/Linux/New Group' conflicts with a virtual machine name.
I'm trying to import a virtual machine that my University provided me with. I don't have any groups made in VB, and I have no ...
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How to suspend Fedora 39 after a given delay
recently I started setting up a new Fedora 39 machine and ran into an issue where it would suspend when I boot it (using wake on lan) and then connect to SSH. I think that it doesn't register SSH as ...
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How to exclude sensors from output?
There is a well known issue where certain chips will report temperature readings that are completely bogus (probably because there is no sensor at all connected). They will show in lm_sensors output ...
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rEFInd not showing additional Fedora entries
I have a machine that has Windowd 10, Fedora 38, and Fedora 39 installed. When I installed rEFInd, (and then ran mkrlconf on both Fedora installations) it was able to successfully pick up the Windows ...
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No longer able to make Linux be the default boot option
I have a mini-PC with two SSDs. It came with Windows 11 on one SSD and I added a second one for Linux. I decided to use Fedora with GNOME (I tried to use KDE for a bit because of customisation but it ...
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QtCreator can't use Breeze theme
I am trying to use QtCreator on Fedora (KDE) and it only seems to be able to run on Fusion theme instead of Breeze, which is KDE's default. When I launch the program with the following environment ...
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UEFI Dual boot with two similar Linux OS (e.g. Fedora) on the same hard drive
I want to install 2 Fedora OS on the same hard drive (to strictly segregate my work job from my personal activities). So I did two installations in a row with two similar partitioning schemes, but I ...
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yum/dnf update fails: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: nobara-amdgpu-config
Tried running sudo dnf update
but it gave an output:
Error: Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: nobara-amdgpu-config (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip ...
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Accidentally ran `mkfs.ext4` on my `/boot` partition (fedora 36)
I pulled a total amateur-hour move and ran mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2 on accident the other day while trying to troubleshoot a hosed retropi sdcard. /dev/nvme0n1p2 was my /boot partition on my work ...
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How to properly get nvidia drivers/cuda setup for rtx a6000 workstation
I am having issues setting up nvidia drivers/cuda on a rtx a6000 workstation, if it matters I am running 2 of them in nvlink.
I am on Fedora Workstation 39
I've tried multiple ways of installing the ...
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How to change Gnome (Fedora Linux) main background color?
How to change Gnome (Fedora 39) theme's main grey background color without changing desktop background image/color?
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Chrome and Firefox lose ability to use keyboard on Fedora 38 while other applications can use keyboard
We have a number of Fedora 38 systems where sporadically Chrome and Firefox no longer receive keyboard input. Other applications, like terminal, do not experience this issue. Chrome is not locked as ...
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How to properly fix [sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set]
I've run this:
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/bin/
and after that got this every time when I use sudo:
sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set
I use Fedora 37. Does anybody ...
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How to revert to the last libc without the .annobin.notes section?
I am working with Intel Pin, and after a system upgrade, I realized it does not work with binaries that have the section .annobin.notes which apparently has been introduced by the people at Red Hat (I ...
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Noticable performance drop after upgrade to Fedora 39
I have an older machine. I've had the impression for a while that despite this fact, it is in fact slower than it used to be, and not just slower than a modern machine.
Yesterday I upgraded to Fedora ...
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Initramfs unpacking failed: no cpio magic - How to start my PC?
I have recently installed Fedora 39 and when trying to boot I found this error:
[ 0.533164] Initramfs unpacking failed: no cpio magic
/init: error while loading shared libraries: libsystemd-shared-...
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How to boot my laptop from USB pendrive with Fedora
I have a laptop with Windows 11 installed. I wanted to change the OS to Linux, specifically Fedora. I installed Fedora Media Writer and created a bootable pendrive (Fedora Workstation 38). I changed ...
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Problems installing NVIDIA drivers under Fedora: Black screen and errors after reboot
I just switched to Fedora as my main system and I have some issues while installing nvidia drivers on my pc. Basically, I wanted to install nvidia drivers, because I thought that this was my core ...
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Fedora: Prevening kernel upgrades until kernel-headers is available
First, off, yes I do know that when the kernel is updated and the header files don't change the package doesn't need to be updated.
However, I use VMWare Worktation as a part of my daily workflow, and ...
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Fedora is taking over 8gb ram, is this normal?
I've been using fedora for some time now but I'm completly newbie in linux SO.
For the past mounths my notebook just started to lag when I open chrome, slack and visual studio simultaneously. The ...
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How to update the usb stick with files after burned with 'dd'?
I have a test.iso file not bootable, it is just an image with some files and folders.
I write my usb stick with this test.iso file by using ''dd' command.
dd if=/root/test/test.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=4096
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How to rename btrfs subvolumes on Fedora 38?
I tried to install timeshift, but it cannot find my subvolumes, because they are not named with '@':
sudo btrfs sub list /
ID 256 gen 18303 top level 5 path root
ID 257 gen 18303 top level 5 path home
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Warning popping up: preload-host-spawn-strategy Warning: waitpid override ignores groups
I am currently on Fedora Linux 38. I have installed VSCode and I have seen warning popping up again and again [337 preload-host-spawn-strategy] Warning: waitpid override ignores groups
Even if I open ...
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Unable to access Fedora VM from physical network
I'm running a proxmox host with a virtual network that all of the VMs connect to. I'm also running an opnsense router VM that manages DHCP for the VMs. The WAN port for opnsense is the connection to ...
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VBoxNetFlt does not build on Fedora 38
I have removed and re-installed VirtualBox from my Fedora 38 (6.4.11 kernel), but it still cannot build one of the modules:
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gcc -Wp,-MMD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPR0IdcClient-linux.o.d -nostdinc -...
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Windows 10 does not have enough space, and I want to give it from my Fedora system, but there are some shenanigans with partitions placement
I have some problems with disk space management on my machine. This is what my disk looks like now:
Size
1 GB
279 GB
100 MB
166,51 GB
521 MB
OS/Purpose
GRUB Partition (?)
Fedora
EFI Boot
Windows
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Keyboard working in grub but not in Windows or Fedora 37
I have a Asus FX705DT laptop with dual boot, Fedora 37 and Windows 10, and the following issue:
the keyboard works in grub, all keys, arrows, letters etc.
after I boot in either Linux or Windows the ...
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Network-shared hard drive cannot be connected to with Samba
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Hello. I am running Fedora 38 with samba software installed. I successfully setup a local network share of a home folder and it's been working fine for months now. Lately, I've wanted to ...
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