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Silly trick to get yum to update installed groups

Posted on 11 November 2011 by isaac

When I upgrade Fedora using yum or PreUpgrade my installed groups don’t really get updated. The packages in those groups get updated and any dependencies get resolved, but packages that have been added to the group in the new version … Continue reading →

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Network interface renamed in Fedora 15

Posted on 21 September 2011 by isaac

I was trying to get non-NetworkManager networking running in Fedora 15, but kept failing. When I tried to start the network daemon it failed and something about eth0 missing got logged. Finally, I looked more closely at my dmesg output … Continue reading →

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No sound with RealTek ALC892

Posted on 10 June 2011 by isaac

Every now and then my computer’s sound dies and my speakers only produce pops and clicks. I have a Biostar TA880GB+ motherboard with a RealTek ALC892 sound chip. I assumed the fault was with the driver and went on a … Continue reading →

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Converting a PNG to a PDF

Posted on 22 January 2010 by isaac

Why I wanted to do this: I got an IRS PDF form from someone. Many of the fields on the form were fillable, but obviously it couldn’t be signed – and the date field also wasn’t fillable. So, I could … Continue reading →

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Image renaming bash script

Posted on 03 April 2009 by isaac

As part of my photo archiving process I like to first change the image file names from their original nonsense names to something based on the date and time. This way, if I upload a low-res image someplace, such as … Continue reading →

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