To get this installed with ‘useraccount’ having the rights to use the fuse system, as root do :# yum install encfs# /usr/sbin/groupadd -r fuse# /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G fuse useraccount
# Restart X11 – to get the groups right
Now, as your regular user account (’useraccount’ from above) :$ encfs ~/.Fieldstone-Secure.encfs ~/Fieldstone-Secure
# If file doesn’t exist [...]

The intel driver seems to have gone a few optimizations too far – so that it hangs the machine in its default state. Here’s what works for me (start with Option “NoAccel” “true”, and work your way up as far as possible without crashing):
# From /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section “Device” Identifier “Videocard0″ Driver “intel”# Option “NoAccel” “true”
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Aim : Use 1 computer for two tasks : a) Desktop for GF to use as a regular linux machine (web browsing, photos, etc)b) Completely independent MythTV set-up, with the output going to the TV.
Also, the set-up has to be turn-key, with both sessions logging in automatically (goodbye gdm).
There’s a lot going on for this [...]

After upgrading to FC9, the previously working serial port channel-changer (bought from IRblaster.info) stopped working. None of the configuration had changed.
In addition to the serial port transmitter, there’s a receiver on the PVR350 card – handled by lirc_i2c
After much searching, an additional option came to light : softcarrier=1.
Here are the relevant parts of a [...]

See : http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/AlsaSharing
Make udev assign the right permissions to the sound devices, but putting the following in /etc/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-extra.rules : # Fix up sound devices for all usersNAME==”snd/*”, MODE=”0666″
In /etc/asound.conf, something along these lines :pcm.card0 { type hw card 0# mmap_emulation true}pcm.dmixer { type dmix [...]