Monthly Archives: September 2009

Fedora 11 – Error: “Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)”

To fix this error you will need to edit some of the repo files located in /etc/yum.repos.d/ heres how: su – cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ gedit fedora.repo In here you are going to want to remove the comments ‘#’ from the lines … Continue reading

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Fedora 11 – Surround Sound Setup

To set up your surround sound first open up Terminal, or alternatively Alt+F2 and type the following in either: gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf Now you’re looking for this line, it may be commented out so make sure to remove the ‘;’ in … Continue reading

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Lite-On PA-1900-24 Smoking

The power cable for my Acer Travelmate 5720 started playing up, it started by turning on and off just while I was typing and so I checked it out just in time to catch it smoking. So I quickly removed … Continue reading

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