Google Chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15

Many have been complaining of their chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15. In my case it was LastPass and Xmarks. The issue is caused by SELinux and the quick fix is to disable SELinux. Here’s how you get it done; Fire up a terminal cd to /etc/selinux/ vi the “config” file. Change “SELINUX=enforcing” to “SELINUX=disabled” Reboot, launch Chrome and your extensions should be working fine.

2011-05-30 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

How to install Google Chrome in Fedora 15

Bring up a terminal Run sudo yum localinstall https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm or sudo yum localinstall https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm for 64bit. Enjoy.

2011-05-27 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Stroke Indicators

My uncle suffered a stroke recently. It ain’t pleasant, I can tell you that. When someone is experiencing a stroke, time becomes their worst enemy. With every passing second, brain cells die and more of their bodily functions start to degrade. The faster one can identify a stroke and react, lesser the damage to the patient. To identify if someone’s having a stroke, do the following; FACE - Ask them to smile....

2011-05-27 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

RPM Fusion for Fedora 15

RPM Fusion for Fedora 15 is not published yet but thanks to Rajaseelan you can now get it. Read the HowTo

2011-05-26 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan

Ubuntu 11.04 blank screen on boot. SOLVED

Try these steps if you are experiencing a blank screen during boot or install of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. LiveCD boots into a blank screen. When you see the boot menu when you boot LiveCD, hit F6 and select the “nomodeset” option. Boots into a blank screen after install. Reboot and keep your finger on the “SHIFT” key till you get the grub menu. Highlight the first entry and replace “quiet splash” with “nomodeset” ....

2011-05-25 · 1 min · Danesh Manoharan