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Fedora “No More Mirrors” error

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  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Type:  yum clean all (Press Enter)
  3. Type: yum check-update (Press Enter)
  4. Now attempt to install the package you were trying to install again.

Install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.04

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  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
  3. Type: gksu apt-get update
  4. Type: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  5. Type: sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
  6. Reboot and at the Login screen,select Gnome 3 as the user interface.

How to change your MAC address in Linux

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  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Type: ifconfig eth0 down
  3. Type: ifconfig eth0 hw ether THISISWHEREYOUENTERNEWMACADDRESS
  4. Type: ifconfig eth0 up

The mac address change is only temporary, until you restart

Hybserv2 “Unable to open SET PATH”

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Getting the Hybserv2 “Unable to open SETPATH” error? Follow the instructions below to repair.

Windows

  1. Right click on My Computer
  2. Left click on Properties
  3. Left click on Advanced System Settings
  4. Left click on Environment Variables.
  5. Enter new system variable with namePATH” and value (The path for your Perl/bin folder).

Linux

  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Typecd include
  3. Press Enter
  4. **Type pico config.**h
  5. Type: # define SETPATH “/home/USER/hybserv/etc/settings.conf
  6. **Save **

Virtual Box ‘Failed, trying without DKMS”

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This means simply, you are missing the dkms package.

Ubuntu

  1. Open a Terminal type: apt-get install dkms
  2. Press Enter
  3. Wait for it to download & install. Try opening Virtual Box Again

Fedora

  1. Open a Terminal type: yum install dkms
  2. Press Enter
  3. Wait for it to download & install. Try opening Virtual Box Again