dimanche 14 juin 2009
Fedora 11 is now available
To download the new version of fedora, go to this adress :
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora
And have fun
dimanche 17 mai 2009
how do we have to expect from Fedora 11
In this period, I am finding great problems to install easycap video adapter on linux.
I hope that things will be easier soon.
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lundi 27 avril 2009
Start program automatically after GNOME login
If you use the gnome desktop then go to system->preferences->personnel-sessions. The figure below will be displayed. You can activate/desactivate the existing software. You can also add the software you want by specifying the path. You just have to click on "add" button and browse the file system and select the needed file.
Note: On version 2.26, you can find this feature in "system->preferences->startup applications"

lundi 30 mars 2009
Send free SMS with wadja.com
I have wrote a post to tell who to send sms with skype using fedora(http://ilovefedora.blogspot.com/2009/02/send-sms-with-skype-on-fedora.html) . Now, I would like to share my experience with wadja.com.
Wadja is a site that enables free sms sending. I have use it to send sms for Tunisia and France and I found it reliable. Compared to skype, wadja allows free sms sending but with reduced number of characters.
dimanche 29 mars 2009
Planet Fedora
mercredi 4 février 2009
Using the webcam with kernel 2.6.27
After updating you kernel to version 2.6.27, some applications like skype and cheese may crash or not be able to play webcam videos. This is due to the incompatibility between V4L1 and V4L2.
Note that drivers gspca has been integrated in the kernel starting from 2.6.27 and use V4L2 instead of V4L1.
The solution for this problem consists on downloading the compatibily labraries and then to load them before starting the application.
On Fedora, this can be done with the following commands (as root):
For i386
wget http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/libv4l \
/0.5.4/1.fc9/i386/libv4l-0.5.4-1.fc9.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libv4l-0.5.4-1.fc9.i386.rpm
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
For x86_64
wget http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/libv4l \
/0.5.4/1.fc9/x86_64/libv4l-0.5.4-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh libv4l-0.5.4-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
How to change the mac adress in Fedora
Some people may need to change the mac address of their ethernet network cards. This can be easily done with fedora with command line. Just follow the steps below:
1. Log as root on a textual console (ctrl+F2) or through "su -" command in your console
2. Print your network configuration with ifconfig
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8B:6A:7E:9E
inet addr:10.1.128.244 Bcast:10.1.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fedb:7e9e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:79086 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40319 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:72461556 (69.1 MiB) TX bytes:5245562 (5.0 MiB)
Interrupt:17
Here, eth0 is the ethernet interface of your system. The mac address is put in red.
3. Change your mac address using the following syntax
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:18:8B:CA:7E:90
The new value (in green) must be hexadecimal
4. if you have a dhcp server that distributes the adresses automatically, then request a new adress for your eth0 interface
[root@localhost ~]# dhclient eth0
5. Now, your interface is up and have a new mac and IP addresses. This feature may be useful if the network administrator ban you according to the mac adress, for example .........