LibreOffice in Fedora 14

Installing LibreOffice in Fedora 14
This is a short note for myself (also for the search engines).

1. Download LibreOffice tarballs from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/
2. Extract the RPMs and install the RPMs as per instructions here
3. Delete or move libstdc++.so.6 in /opt/libreoffice3.4/ure/lib

The RPMs from LibreOffice install to /opt and it has its own copy of libstdc++.so.6. Unfortunately, this version is unable to link(?) to the GStreamer / FFMPEG libraries. By removing the libstdc++.so.6 file from /opt LibreOffice is forced to use the system libstdc++.so.6. Now, LibreOffice can use video files in Impress with no problem.

I don't know what instabilities this may introduce LibreOffice, use at your own risk.

WiFi on Lenovo Ideapad B450 with Fedora 14

I recently installed Fedora 14 on a Lenovo Ideapad B450 for PDRC and I have had problems with getting the Wi-Fi to work. I am posting this so Google search engines can find it.

The Lenovo Ideapad B450 has an Atheros Gigabit ethernet card and an Atheros AR5001 wifi card. I had installed Fedora 12 on it previously and it worked with no problems. After upgrading it to Fedora 14, the wireless card stopped working. Network Manager in GNOME will have "wireless disabled" and no amount of clicking will enable wifi. After some digging and trial and error I blacklisted the acer-wmi kernel module and wifi was working again.

1. Go to /etc/modprobe.d/
2. Edit blacklist.conf and add the following line: blacklist acer-wmi
3. Reboot!

Globe Tattoo on Fedora 12

How to get Globe Tattoo prepaid wireless working in Fedora 12
updated: added minor details, minor edits

It mostly just worked. By default, Network Manager and Modem Manager are installed. If not, install them first. I also installed the usb_modeswitch utility; but I didn't need it. The USB Modem is detected after about 10 secs.

• Create a new Mobile Broadband connection in Network Manager.
• Network Manager and Modem Manager detects Globe Tattoo as HUAWEI Technology HUAWEI Mobile
• Choose Philippines and Globe Telecom among the mobile broadband providers.
• Accept the default settings and Save.
• Edit the settings

After reading assorted forums and some trial and error, here are the settings in Network Manager that worked for me.

Using the Globe Tattoo Pre-paid SIM card.

• access number: *99#
• username: blank
• password: globe
• APN: http.globe.com.ph

Using my Globe Post-paid SIM card.
I inserted my Globe Post-paid card in the modem and it worked. I made sure that I had set my internet settings to TIME. (Send TIME to 1111 via text message)

• access number: *99#
• username: globe
• password: globe
• APN: internet.globe.com.ph

Other notes

• Markings on the USB Modem declare it as a Huawei E1552 HSDPA USB stick
• lsub shows it is a Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem
• lsub shows the USB ID as 12d1:1001
• The USB modem also shows up as a storage device with drivers and utilities for Windows, Mac OS. I didn't try these out. I usually just unmount this.
• A fancy colored sticker covers the LED indicator. The sticker was easy to remove, just peel slowly.
• The LED flashes green when connecting to 2G network.
• The LED flashes blue when connecting to 3G+ networks
• If the LED is steady the modem has successfully connected to the network.
• Under the SIM slot, there is a microSD card slot. I have yet to try this.
• I have 64-bit Fedora 12 installed on a Lenovo Thinkpad SL400; that's a topic for another post.