Fedora starts to be to a little bit awkward with the new releases together with the Linux kernel becoming fat and piling up new and old errors. There are several issues I have noticed after a clean install and initial…
ffmpeg with aac support in Fedora 12
I have found a pretty helpful article for ffmpeg recompile: //fozzolog.fozzilinymoo.org/tech/2009/11/recompiling-ffmpeg-for-fedora-12-to-add-faac-support.html . However, it looks like the instructions were incomplete.
Major Fedora 11-to Fedora 12 Switch, Acer Aspire 6930G Laptop
Huawei E1550 Install
Please refer to //wiki.lynxworks.eu/misc/e1550#fedora. Install usb_modeswitch: sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch
Googleearth Russian Fonts Fix
A friend of mine had a problem with incorrect display of the Russian fonts with Googleearth installed to the default location at /opt/googleearth.
Skype Fix
Everything you need is: sudo yum install control-center-extra pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 dbus-qt.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 Then install skype in a normal way as I describe here. Tested on HP Compaq CQ71 laptop.
[Solved] No sound in Fedora 12 (hda_generic: no PCM found), HP Compaq CQ71
A friend of mine asked me to install something on his new laptop, I chose Fedora 12 to give a try. The choice was mostly explained with my struggle with the Huawei E1550 pen drive 3g modem but this is…