When installing Fedora 12 on HP Compaq CQ71, it was not intended for using WLAN, however, when it comes for its usage, I found out the NetworkManager does not see any wireless networks (Broadcom card).
Safe Update with Yum
If you decide to make a major update of your system, do make sure to install some core packages first, otherwise just simple “sudo yum update” might lead to a corrupt installation. This is all because, for instance, that when…
Easytag and Gtkpod Lost m4a Support in Fedora 11 (Solved)
After yum upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, easytag and gtkpod do not have access to or recognize tags in m4a files. Cured with:
Fixing broken Downloader for X in Fedora 11
After upgrading to Fedora 11, the Downloader for X, d4x, complains that it cannot load the shared file or library libssl.so.7.
Local Yum Rpm Repository
YUM is the default package manager provided with most RPM distros, especially Fedora and Redhat based distros. It is similar to APT of the Debian based distros. Admittedly, it is not the best package manager in term of performance, I…
Dependencies of ffmpeg
Once in a blue moon I decide to compile ffmeg from sources. Ffmpeg depends on (borrowed from this site): libogg libvorbis libvorbisenc libvorbisfile libamrnb libamrwb libgsm libtheora lame libtheoradec libtheoraenc libxvidcore libx264 libnut liba52 mplayer codecs at /usr/lib/codecs , /usr/local/lib/codecs…