The problem is when I go to device manager I do not see the category for Network Adapter. This make it difficult to re-install the driver or roll it back. Can I reinstall the network adapter driver...

I am having an issue where the the option for network adapter is not being displayed in the device manager. I've alway had a network adapter displayed in the task bar and out of a sudden I can not...

Hi all,

I recently move to a new apartment and now I am trying to get my home desktop ( window XP home edition) set up with internet connection. However, I can not find a network adapter for...

good work

Since you're in the PHP forum, I'll say PHP/MySql happens to be a suitable platform for a help desk application.

You could develop a system where user's can register and log in to report...

Iam not sure how to add createrepo to my metadata line.
this is my yum.conf file:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest...

I have FC 5 on my toshiba laptop and need to upgrade the kernel in order to download the driver for my wireless card:

I got this msg when I initially try to execute yum:

[root@localhost ]#...

OK thanks...I'll read read the direction and try this.

This will not require internet connection, right?

sorry I wasn't able to respond fast enough. Iam using a friend's router to execute those cmds and he's really hard to track down so it took a while.

I was able to execute yum Clean all and yum -y...

I was finally able to get access to a router in order to execute those cmds. However, when I executed "yum upgrade kernel" I got this error msg:

[root@localhost ]# yum upgrade kernel
Loading...

is it possible for me to burn the files to a cd and install it on linux or that is pretty much a one way street?

I have the docs for yum, but it seems somewhat unclear to me...when a yum command is issued, the docs say it "downloads" the proper packages etc. Since I am trying to make a wireless system work, I...

My wireless card is atheros AR5212 802.11 abg NIC

after I google my ass off these are the information I have for the drivers that are compatible with wireless card I have in a fedora core 5.
...

I just recently install fedora core 5 on my toshiba satellite A60/65 laptop (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread66350.html#). During installation, I set up DHCP to configure automaticall as...

well, my video memory is 64mb and my ram is 512mb..I'll will try and download a login manager that uses less memory soon as I can get linux to automatically detect and connect to wireless connection...

this absolutely takes care of the freezing problem I was having. My next task is figuring out how to make linux use my wireless LAN.

I think I finally have a solution to the madness.

What I did was login to cmd prompt and executed startx. This is what I got:


xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2450...

someone suggested that it might be a graphic card problem. THis doesn't compute much to me, obviously because iam not very knowledgeble with linux. But what do you guys think about the graphic card...

I reinstalled linux on my laptop. THis time I allocated all the remaining disk space to the root mount point. After installation, it seemed like everything worked fine. I could finally see some...

Thanks for helping me narrow down the problem...I think reinstallation would be the best route to take. KDE may also be another option given during the installation process which will negate having...

the fc 5 installation came with a default login manager which Iam not sure what it is. I do have another option for GNOME/GDM and thats about all the options including the failsafe GNOME . I also...

I was able to login with cmd prompt and successfully enter unix commands into the console without my computer freezing. I its at all related to the login software, how would I go about fixing this...

Iam a linux newbie who feels the need to famalirize myself with the linux environment. For some reason, I think the headache of installing linux is worth it. maybe not right now because Iam...

You are a life saver...HOw can I ever thank you for helping me setup php/mysql/admin/apache. thank to your instructions I was able to successfully setup my system for web development.

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