How to install AT&T Global Network Client on Fedora 16
First, download the AT&T Global Network Client from ftp://ftp.attglobal.net/pub/custom/ibm_linux/. If you try to install this using rpm -ivh agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 you will get an error similar to: failed to install file: agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 requires libcrypto.so.4 agnclient-1.0-2.0.1.3003.i386 requires libssl.so.4 To solve this error, create a symbolic link for the missing modules by executing commands similar to this as root: ln [...]
Fedora 16 pre/post-installation setup
This is pretty much the same as my post for Fedora 15, but I modified some details to make sure everything is relevant for Fedora 16. I also converted the steps that requires downloading and installing into one executable command, whenever possible. I also added the -y option to the yum commands so we can [...]
How to create custom application launchers in Gnome 3
Back in Gnome 2, we can simply right-clicked on a panel and chose “Create custom launcher” to create custom application launchers. But since the advent of Gnome 3, the panels where we add our frequently-used applications have been replaced with the Dash. Alacarte is a graphical menu editor that lets you edit, add, and delete [...]
How to clear recent documents in Fedora 15 Gnome 3
Truncate the file containing your the desktop bookmarks. "" > ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel Make it immutable. sudo chattr +i ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
Fix for “Aw, Snap!” when loading Twitter on Chrome on Fedora 15 with SELinux enforcing enabled
Good thing I found the fix in the Chromium issues list because I was already tempted to disable SELinux altogether. Daniel Walsh explains: We are trying to control what the chrome-sandbox is allowed to do, since it is setuid. The bug that you are seeing is caused by a file/directory being created in the homedir [...]
