Wednesday, August 24, 2011

How To Fix Bluetooth in Fedora 15

1) Check Bluetooth Service.

systemctl status bluetooth.service

bluetooth.service – Bluetooth Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/bluetooth.service

It shows my bluetooth is inactive (dead).

2) Activate Bluetooth Service.

First priority is to enable the service to be run on every startup, to do this use following command.

systemctl enable bluetooth.service

ln -s ‘/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service’ ‘/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service’
ln -s ‘/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service’ ‘/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service’

Secondly you need to run the service to have bluetooth working on running system.

systemctl start bluetooth.service

Here you go, all bluetooth devices will be visible and can connected to your newly installed/updated Fedora 15.

Monday, August 8, 2011

To add minimize,maximize,close button in Fedora 15 with Gnome 3.

1. Install Configuration Editor
You can skip to step 2 if you have Configuration Editor installed.
Press Super (Windows) key and type Add/Remove and open Add/Remove Software.
Search for gconf-editor and install it. You may need to wait a while if you are using Add/Remove Software for the first time.

2. Use Configuration Editor to change button layout
Launch Configuration Editor.
In the Configuration Editor navigate to desktop>gnome>shell>windows
Find button_layout and enter the following to add Minimize and Maximize buttons:

:minimize,maximize,close
If you want Ubuntu-like control box, enter the following instead:

close,minimize,maximize:
3. Log out and log back in
The changes are not instant. You need to log out and log back in to see the changes.

Hope this helps.