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Copying files in cmd

sirlink99 — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:27:06 +0000

I am wondering how to copy files in cmd, but it isn't that simple. I know how to copy normally, but I would like to combine multiple items(Which I also know how to do). My problem comes in when I try to organize the files into folders

My file structure looks like this

MainFolder
    -Output
    -Images
    -Files

and I would like to combine an image and a a file and put it into the output.

If I try

copy /b Images/img.png+Files/file.zip Output/out.png

It does not work, and gives me a "The syntax of the command is incorrect"

If I try putting quotes around each of the directories in the above statement it says the file is not found. Is there any way accomplish this task without all the files being in the same folder?

Thanks for the help.

Broken connector in 1TB external drive

Violet_82 — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:37:29 +0000

Hi,
I am afraid somebody somehow broke the usb connector of my Lacie 1TB hard drive (Starck), so I can't connect it ot the laptop anymore. I have removed it from the case and noticed that the plug is actually gone completely and the filaments that used to connect it to the circuit board are broken. Now, I don't have a soldering iron or anything like that, I would just like to be able to access my data in the HD, what should I do?
This is the HD I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/LaCie-Starck-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B002SGATQE

SAMBA File Servers - Access Denied

AHarrisGsy — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:16 +0000

I was struggling to find a good place to put this one, should it go in the Linux forums, should it go in the Windows forums? Anyway, networking seemed like as good a place as any so here goes:

I'm currently setting up a SAMBA file server which I am planning to use for backups. The problem is, the moment I try and restrict access to a folder it locks me out completely, I shall post my smbd.conf file to show you what I mean:

[global]

    workgroup = WORKGROUP
    security = user

[PublicFiles]

    comment = Public File Shares
    path = /home/FileShares/Public
    browsable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = no
    writeable = yes
    create mask = 0755

[Alexander]

    comment = File Shares for Alexander
    path = /home/FileShares/Alexander
    browsable = yes
    valid users = alexander
    guest ok = no
    read only = no
    writeable = yes
    create mask = 0755

I can connect to the PublicFiles share and view content in the folder, however if I try to connect to the share 'Alexander' it won't allow me and gives the error "Access Denied". The same thing happens if I try to modify or add a file to the PublicShares. I have setup a SAMBA user, and the password is correct however I don't know what I am doing wrong.

It is an Ubuntu 12.04 server, trying to connect to it with Windows 7

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Core 2 Duo T5870 and windows xp 32 bit??

nmakes — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:13:55 +0000

I have a compaq 510 notebook PC which has intel core 2 duo t5870 processor (@ 2Ghz, 2MB L2).
The vendor from whom we bought gave us windows xp 32 bit installed in it.
Lately I discovered that it is a 64 bit processor. So, I think I need a 64 bit OS to run it at its top speed. isnt it?
BTW, please tell me if I'm right. core 2 duo T5870 is a 64 bit processor, right?
AND, Is there any way by which I can speed up my notebook without any external config. Eg. overclock or share more video memory etc.?
ALSO, every processor manufacturer claims to have certain technologies. So, is there any such technology in my processor which I can exploit?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!! :D

Specs:
Intel core 2 duo @ 2GHz, 2MB L2 cache
2 GB RAM
No graphics card. Integrated graphics @ 384 MB.

Sata 3 HDD on Sata 1 chipset!

thendrluca — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:32:02 +0000

Hi
I meet a problem
I bought a WD HDD (WD2500AAKX) with SATA3 connection but my motherboard chipset only supports SATA1.
The question is: how to set jumpers and to slow down speed at 1.5 Gbps?
On the HDD is saying that Jumper on Pin 5-6 slow down to 3 Gbps.
When i connect the HDD, the BIOS doesn't see it.
And all over the internet it saying that SATA3 is compatible with SATA1 chipset

thanks in advance :)

help with .bat file creation to copy files over LAN

lordrt — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:44:51 +0000

Hello, anyone can help me create a .bat file, which will need to copy a .fdb file from a shared folder on one computer to another share on another pc over my LAN network? The .bat needs to be scheduled as well, is it best to use the windows 7 task scheduler or any specific code in the bat itself to do this?

PS. The .bat needs to be able to overwrite any existing file with same name...

RAID 5 - How Much Usable Space do I Have

AHarrisGsy — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:15:55 +0000

Hello,

I've finally gotten around to setting up my backup and file server, inside it has a set of hard drives which I've recovered from various computers. The drives are all in good condition, and are sized as:

SDA - 320.1 GB
SDB - 250.1 GB
SDC - 164.7 GB

I am using Ubuntu Server 12.10 Headless as my OS of choice.
So far, on SDA I have a 10GB boot partition and a 10GB swap partition, which leaves a total of 714.9GB of space which I am using in a RAID5 format and mounting as the root partition. From what I gather, RAID5 uses a theoretical 1/3 of the total disk space for parity which means that my available disk space which I can use to store files should be 476.6GB. The problem is, the Ubuntu disk partition manager shows that my remaining usable space is 329.1GB which is a significant drop on what it should be?

Am I looking at this wrong?

Thanks
AHarrisGSY

Wireless networking

saleem.mukhtiar — Sat, 11 May 2013 06:37:09 +0000

Dear Friends ... when in hotel or airport we access the wifi ... no password set to access wifi (WPA, WEP, WPA2).... but when we open our browser for using internet .... a page redirect us and ask for user name and password ... can any one give me just idea how can we do that ...

Access 'localhost' Server Name of my VM from my local machine

soapyillusion — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:58:48 +0000

Hello All I've set up a subdomain on a VM of mine under the name 'test.localhost' on that 'VM'. However when I try to access that VM via the browser on my local machine i get an error when I do test.my_ip_address. (my_ip_address actually being the vm ip!)

Is there anyway I can access this subdomain not paying for a a domain name for it?!?

Thanks!!!

laptop wont boot up

mosesjr17 — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:24:25 +0000

my laptop (hp 630) wont boot up, when i turn it on it just brings a black screen with a cursor blinking in the top left corner. i tried to wait for some hours but nothing happens, i even tried changing the operating system but when it restarts for the final time to finish the installation the same thing happens. what should i do? please help

Unix Programming Environment

Tinnin — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:38:33 +0000

I've been using Linux for about half a year now but I'm definitely not taking full advantage of it as my knowledge regarding it is weak.

I've seen some recommendations for the book "Unix Programming Environment by PIKE ROB KERNIGHAN BRIAN W. (1984)"
but I can't help wondering if such an old book would hold much relevance nowadays.

Is there anyone here who has read it that can give me some insight?

Thanks

resolve.conf kept reseting

OsaMasw — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:41:48 +0000

Hey guys, I have problem in my server dns in resolve.conf keep reseting after upgrade or reboot
what should I do to stop this ?

how to set outlook2007 in windows 32

cmabill — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:27:42 +0000

I have tried many options outlook provided, but it still doesn't work. the error box heep prompting up asking me to verify the pop server, my account, and password, after I confirm it, it come up again. when I cancel it, then the dialing prcoess ended with error sugestion.---that the server refuse to my log in.

pls review the screen shot of my setting here, and give me any suggestion that could make outlook works. I know it is in chinese version but it's very easy to konw if you use outlook 2007.

here is the box keep coming out

thank you if you could help me with this, best.

Bill

No packages in kali linux?

MasterHacker110 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:37:28 +0000

I have been using kali linux for a wile now on my mini laptop. I am a developer and would like to start developing in nasm. The problem is when I try to download nasm I use this command:

apt-get install nasm

It gives an error that there isnt such a package.

I have also tried:

apt-cache policy nasm

It also give that error (I am not sure what the precise error code is as I am posting this from a different computer, but it is basicly that there isnt a package named nasm)

I also tried to install g-edit, it gives the same error. Same with libre office.
How do I fix this?

Need help with GRUB error.

MasterHacker110 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:30:04 +0000

I have Windows 7 in my primary partition and I installed Ubuntu 13.04 in the second partition. I deleted the Ubuntu partition and kept windows 7. Now the next day when I try to start my windows 7 I get an error:

error : no such partition.
grub rescue>

How do I boot my windows 7 then?

Upgrade Adobe reader from 9 to 11

bhallarahul — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:02:11 +0000

Hello every
I have adobe reader 9 and now i want to install adobe reader 11
for the same purpose i run given command

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install acroread

but it gives
Setting up acroread-common (9.5.4-1precise1)
Noe how can done that donot have idea

how to remove OUTLOOK, which can't be found

cmabill — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:38:33 +0000

hello everyone here,

I have deleted the office system, but outlook is still there and could run itself, I am not sure that I deleted office compeletely or not, I deleted it from add/delete of control panel, now I can't find outlook in add/delete control panel, but it still could run.

I tried to delete it by registry at uninstall, but when I open add/delete---add/delete windows subunit, it can still be installed and run.

could someone here delete this outlook completely. thank you.

Bill

Are both these monitors near enough the same?

mat1998x — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:45:56 +0000

Hello,

I am getting a second monitor to create a dual screen setup. I have the HP w1907v but it is discontinued. I have found this monitor. Will they be near enough the same in quality and resolution ect?

original: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Widescreen-Speakers-1440x900-Resolution-Response/dp/B000W4HJ76

New: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-inch-LED-Monitor-1000/dp/B005GMU9YO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1367263117&sr=8-4&keywords=monitor+1440x900+resolution

Internet Issues

Labdabeta — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:50:21 +0000

Hello. As a Software Engineer I admit a slight lack of knowledge with hardware. I am usually quite good with any hardware that is contained within the case, my issues lie in networking. Usually I fix my own computer problems, but now I have a couple networking problems that I frankly have no idea how to solve. I am wondering if anyone here can solve them:

1) My laptop cannot connect to the internet at all while in windows mode. When I "troubleshoot problems" it says the diagnostic policy service isn't running. I have tried manually starting it, but I cannot seem to get it to start. Oddly enough as long as I boot into Ubuntu I have no trouble whatsoever connecting to the internet. (This repair is non-essential since the only reason I want it is because I play certain games that have not yet been ported to Wine so I need internet on my windows partition to play them)

2) ESSENTIAL - I just moved into a new place, and there is no way for me to get wired internet. Luckily they have wireless. So I went out and bought a wireless N adapter and installed it. It worked fine at my house where I tested it, but now in this apartment I am having issues. Basically I can get a bit of internet after 0.5-1.5 hours of messing around with the tp-link software and the router (which I bought, and is also tp-link). However when I do get internet it always follows this pattern: 11Mbps (as stated by speedtest.net) for about 5-10 minutes, then 0.6 Mbps (again as stated by speedtest.net) for about 10-15 minutes, then nothing. As I am taking an online course during the summer it is obviously unacceptable to have this kind of internet connection. Last time I got my little half-hour of spotty internet by unplugging all the plugs from my adapter and plugging them all back in, but I know there has to be a better way, especially since my laptop has absolutely no trouble with the internet at all. Any suggestions?

Will my 400w PSU run this with an additional DVD player?

mat1998x — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:09:48 +0000

Hello,

I have a spare DVD reader/writer lying round, i was wondering if i could add it to my PC but the power supply is only 400w. Will it overload the PSU?

PC Specs:

2 x Standard case fans
Quiet Xigmatek 400w PCI-E PSU
AMD FX 6100 black edition
8GB ram
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
500GB SATA II
250GB SSD
ATI HD7770
22x dual layer DVD +/- Rew writer
Network card

Is it possible to connect a computer using HTTP Protocol?

rayidi — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:02:54 +0000

I'm looking for a process I don't know weather it will work or not. I want to connect a computer to a website using HTTP Protocol. Is this possible ?

How we can communicate a system having a static IP Address from a HTTP Protocol ? Is there any way to do it ?

Network card blocking half of GPU fan

mat1998x — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:15:36 +0000

Hello,

My network card is blocking half of my GPU fan is this okay?

The GPU is the Radeon 7770 - club edition, There is no other configuration i can have the cards on the motherboard.

How to set a new $PATH in linux?

MasterHacker110 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:11:21 +0000

I downloaded Kali linux, great os if you ask me, but I want to set the PATH to /sbin/
How do I do that, I want to set it permanantly and how do I make my account root so that I can create new files in /etc ... and so forth?

how to delete this malware installed by china telecom

cmabill — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:37:57 +0000

my PC was installed a software which is developed by China telecom, I don't want it at all, and maybe it can scan my PC. but I can't remove or delete it. I try to open my PC in safe mode, and delete it, but it seems that I don't deleted it at all. now no matter in safe or normal mode, I was not allowed to delete it. pls see the picture attached and help me delete it.

this is the software in my control panel

this is the picture when I delete it.

SSH in an SSH Session (or something else)

AHarrisGsy — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:44:16 +0000

Hello Daniweb,

Well... my PDU exploded the other day with a bang and a white flash, took out my entire rack and tripped the main breakers, so since I need to replace this anyway I was thinking of re-designing my home network.

At the moment I have two physical servers running (or at least they where running...), one server is for testing and so it shall have the OS re-installed on it every so often (not going to go down the VM route) and the other is used as a file server, and print server for backup and media streaming.

Now, I'm wanting to connect to these servers from the internet so that I can fetch and upload files as and when they are needed, and so I can remotely test things but I'm not sure how to connect to them. I can happily connect to one of them, by port forwarding on my router to the server but how would I connect to the second one? Is it possible to start an SSH session within an SSH session (My computer on the internet > SSH into Server 1 > SSH into Server 2 on the LAN)?

If I went down the VPN route, would I be able to do the same? Could anyone suggest how I should do this?

Thank you

Change Taskbar / Explorer Skin

IsaacMessi10 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:56:39 +0000

How can I safely change the taskbar / explorer skin without installing any software? I really like the Vista taskbar and I would love to change it. Help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

Modifying tmpfs

toldav — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:25:35 +0000

Anyone knows how to modify tmpfs on centos6 permanently.

Thank you.

Folder perms for specific PHP script.

lukas.vandendijssel — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:29:22 +0000

Hello,

I am sharing my webserver with a few people (it's my server) and I am trying to create some sort of an admin panel for them. It has to be able to change Apache VirtualHosts and reload Apache. Now I can make the config-changing PHP code, but there are 2 Apache-related problems.

I want only my script / all scripts from my VirtualHost to be able to write to a specific directory. So I don't want other people to be able to write a simple PHP script to bypass my config script screw around with Apache config/
I want only my script / all scripts from my VirtualHost to be able to reload Apache (through a shell command). Again, I don't want other scripts to be able to do this.

I know of suPHP, but compiling that is not working, it's just very hard.

Running Apache 2.2 with PHP 5.3 on Debian Squeeze Linux.

-Lukas

syncing routers

ben lopez — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:28:01 +0000

I consider myself a mid to advanced PC user, I 'am thinking of joining the "work at home" community, I want to set up a home office environnment in my redesigned garage, I have 2 desk tops, monitors etc. now here's the question. Should I ,do I, need to employ an additional wireless router?(I'm currently using a high speed carrier with capabilities of multiple users and devices,ie; TV boxset top/dvr,lap top,tablets) I have the exact same brand, unused additional router for my use. now if I connect this additional router to the office PC would I be able to networkmy home PC? I know that the SSID,KEY/Security# would be different, but would I be able to end work and walk away from the office PC and resume on the home computer? or am I simply over thinking this?
any suggestions, advise, so on would be be greatly appreciated.

My server don't save the session

OsaMasw — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:10:30 +0000

Hey there guys, I have a strange problem, I have many linux servers (ubuntu) I have a script installed on them
all servers works fine but one server dont keep login information, everytime I logged in its says hello to server then back to previous page wothout logging in, I've checked many artcles n internet about sessions save path and it was /tmp like ohter servers
I've checked the permession for folder /var/lib/php5 and its writeable
what can I do to solve this problem, no one on this server can login.

win 7 startup

TonyG_cyprus — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:09:41 +0000

On an idle Sunday afternoon, I came accross an article about not showing the animation at the Windows start, and followed the instruction to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> System Configuration ->Boot tab.
I clicked the No GUI Boot box and re-started. True enough no animation, but no quicker, so I decided to restore it, went back and clicked No GUI boot to clear it and re-started again, ok except now I get the message 'Windows is Preparing Your Computer For First Use' At each boot, it does nothing, my desktop and programs all work, it's just annoying, can I get rid of it?

Apache2 on Ubuntu 12.04 Test page refuses to go away

deltascrow — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:51:30 +0000

I just installed Apache on my Ubuntu 12.04 and set it up to run with my domain name. Everything is working perfect, with one qualm. Though my site is up, and when I type mydomain.com/index.html, the index page loads, or suppose I type mydomain.com/directory, the index.html page in that directory loads automatically, I am facing problems with the home page. Yes, when I type mydomain.com the Apache test page loads instead of my actual page. I suspect that the problem might be pertaining to me not setting the correct DirectoryIndex directive, I tried fixing it by going to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, but I don't think I'm placing it in the right place. Any assistance would be appreciated! :)

EDIT: Typing localhost does lead me to my homepage, though.

Computer won't start at first time

vinnitro — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:00:27 +0000

I am recently having these problem with my computer that when I power on my computer it doesn't start at first time.
But it starts when I press the Restart button of CPU.
I don't know what's wrong with my computer.
I have Windows 7 OS, 160GB HDD & 4GB RAM.
My processor is AMD Phenom 9650 Quad Core 2.30 GHz.

I hope anyone here can help me with this problem.

Adobe Flash Player win/xp Download

wfray — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:33:16 +0000

I cannot download adobe flashplayer on my Windows/XP - IE 8.0 system. Adobe's site says my config. is incompatible. It absolutely is not. I've a 3>0 Ghz processor; IE 8.0; 1.00 GB of RAM & 512 MB of graphics memory. Has anyone encountered this and found a work around?

Windows 8 touchpad?

mat1998x — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:19:35 +0000

What do you guys think of using a touchpad for windows 8? How compatible will it be with dual screens? Would you get one? I was looking at this one - http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=580-18139&SMCID=62001217&CAWELAID=1625512354&dgc=SS&cid=41147&lid=1069636&acd=23975883824506427

Thanks

microsoft picture it! photo standard 9

johnp9523 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:49:48 +0000

Hi, when I open microsoft picture it! photo standard 9, The top left hand corner
I click file, open. A box comes up, I select the file, click open and the program
shuts down! The same thing happens if i select get file from camera.
Twice I have uninstalled and reinstalled, not curing the problem. never had this
problem before. windows XP. any suggestions. thanks

Geany blue screen

mferarri — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:04:41 +0000

Hi DaniWeb,

I'm getting a light blue background in the text box.
I don't know why this is happening or how to fix it.(it's usually white)
Please see below for screenshot.

http://imgur.com/UYg9srD

If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.

Rsync Encrypted Backups

bsimms86 — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:42:49 +0000

I currently have a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS box serving as a network repository for daily workstation backups for our HQ office. Throughout the day the Win7 workstations use Cobian Backup 11 to backup their user folders to their respective samaba shares on this server. At night this server rsyncs all of the samba folders' contents to an offsite sever in another branch. This setup is working well, with one exception: The backups aren't encrypted. I don't like the idea of having the whole office's unencrypted documents gathered together in one place (technically, two places). Cobian has an option for encrypting the backups, which is great, but rsyncing encrypted files doesn't work so well with rsync's delta algorithm. So, for my purposes, this setup is like 90% there, but not 100% of what I need. My question is: How do others handle this sort of situation? Does anyone store numerous encrypted backups offsite? If so, how do you get them there?
A little more info: the backups represent about 300Gb, but rsync only transfers about 5Gb of delta data per night.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

Need help with sony VAIO Y - series driver error

MasterHacker110 — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:48:02 +0000

I boaght a new laptop with windows 7 starter on. But when I try to adjust the screen brightnes or volume i cant, nothing happens. I have donwloaded and installed all of the drivers on sony's website of my model but it still doesnt work. How can i fix this, is there another driver i need to download for it?

I have the Sony VAIO Y Series VPCYB35AG

Access Database Password Recovery

Shalomd — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:53:59 +0000

Dear Friends,
Help me to break my database password.
Database in .accdb format

samsung 250 gig ssd

Garrett85 — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:21:40 +0000

Just purchased a new Samsung 250 Gig SSD, extern & internal. When I pluged it into my Mint Linux desktop via USB it never showed up or auto mounted. When I tried to run the command 'sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt' it gave me this error, 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type'. I have yet to format and I have no idea what it is out of the box. What can I do here? Thanks.

Atheros AR 5007UG Downloads At Launch And Disrupts Internet Connection.

Techno22 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:23:32 +0000

At start up, even from hibernate, Atheros 5007UG WirelessAdapter 2
downloads and crashes internet connection.
The only way to get my system back is to do a system restore, but the same
thing will happen next time I start up.
Any other programme needs permission to install but not this, although it seems
genuine enough.
I can't find Atheros listed in start up items or in the programme list for this
Windows 7 laptop.
It is called Driver Device Software for USB Device.
I don't use a USB device.
I don't want the download but I can't find a way to stop it.

keyboard gone slow

somjit{} — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:02:03 +0000

from today morning , my keyboard just cant keep up. i type a few words , and then it starts displaying the first letters! quite a trouble this !
i tried google-ing about keyboard becoming slow , but the few forum threads i found suggested a format, but thats not an option for me. is there some way i can turn the keyboard back to normal without drastic steps like a format etc?

grub.cfg

Garrett85 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:13:51 +0000

I just went in to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg and the first thing I seen in the file was this:

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

How am I to make changes if the first thing I see is a comment telling me not to make changes or edit this file.

Clean antivirus from MOBO, Linux mint laptop

manchurianCEO — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:26:28 +0000

Virus in linux machine???? Yes! under the following circumstances:

Please, before anyone jumps in with "impossible, there's no viruses for linux, you are stupid" read the post.

I got a friend's computer to fix, Gateway NV53. Fast forward, put a new HDD but it won't accept any windows installation disk. Vista, XP, 7, nothing. It just ignores them everytime and ends telling me no OS was detected.

I then installed Linux Mint 9 on the computer quiet succesfully. It aknowledged the DVD upon boot right away from the first time I put it in. The owner wants windows back in it, but every time I insert a windows disk it completely passes ignored.

I disconnected the CMOS battery for quite a while, twice, and the problem won't go away.

Reading more lead me to believe a virus is logged in the motherboard and it only attacks windows.

What can I do to clean the mobo from linux?

I downloaded the BIOS from gateway but I can't make it run now that the computer runs with linux.

Help and thank you very much!

Can't Access iPad

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:13:33 +0000

I can not access my iPad due to a message showing up about updating my iCloud. I can see everything (the lock screen) and the message that i get has two buttons and when i click on them, they don't open. I don't know if i make any sense, but how can i get rid of that message so that i can access my ipad.

Macbook air Mountain Lion

cproger — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:19:54 +0000

Hello,

I just bought osx Mountain Lion on my MacBook Air. The apple store guy said that if you buy a software with an apple ID that someone else is using, that person can get it for free. But when I bought my Mountain Lion on my MacBook Air my mother couldn't get for free.

Please Help me

MR Ali

ali.idris.714 — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:30:31 +0000

hi all,

Please i have a HTC T Mobile but ni can't access my region and Market is not available in my Country.

what's gvfs

Garrett85 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:31:57 +0000

What's gvfs and why can't root access it?

Emphasized Text Heremint-desktop ~ # du -sh /home/garrett
du: cannot access `/home/garrett/.gvfs': Permission denied
73G /home/garrett

CCNA information

Cross213 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:17:28 +0000

I would like to know the process or procedure for how one goes about aquiring a CCNA certificate. Also, do you get one certificate at for all 4 CCNA's in the Exploration program or is it 4 individual ones? And how does Pearson VUE come into play? This information would be much appreciated from anyone who's been there or is there.

first steps with PECL

SPeed_FANat1c — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:26:00 +0000

Hello,

as one of the forum members susgested - I need to learn PECL to use.

So I tried today, but not succesfully.

I tried installing random extention, I choose html_parse http://pecl.php.net/package/html_parse\

So as documentattin writes - I run:

pecl install html_parse

in the ubuntu command line. And get error instantly:

 Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /tmp/pear/cache/741d4ebd14ce5988d05f7b5bc85f2e0arest.cacheid in PEAR/REST.php on line 276

Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /tmp/pear/cache/741d4ebd14ce5988d05f7b5bc85f2e0arest.cacheid in /usr/share/php/PEAR/REST.php on line 276
No releases available for package "pecl.php.net/html_parse"
install failed

So I tried to do a google serch, but did not find exacly what I need to fix those errors.

So could someone explain those errors and point me at some direction?

removing mysql

Garrett85 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:40:33 +0000

I've been having a problem with my php, apache, mysql. I can't find the problem so I'M gong to uninstall all of them and re-install them using tasksel. But when I type sudo apt-get remove mysql, it returns the following:

garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get remove mysql
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package mysql

Any ideas?

Yellow triangle on start up each time

Cross213 — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:42:29 +0000

Everytime I boot up my computer, I get the yellow triangle on my LAN connection, which means I can't access the internet, but as soon as I disable the network adapter then re-enable it again, it works. Not sure why it does this but it is, of course, a problem. I'm not using wireless by the way. Any suggestions?

XMarks Bookmarks Not Updating.

Techno22 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:46:33 +0000

I have XMarks bookmarks synced on 2 machines.
One machine keeps up to date perfectly.
XMarks on the other machine does not update.
When I try to sync and update the process just
keeps going on forever or crashes.
It is possibly corrupt and needs to be reinstalled,
but I am not sure how to do that, if that is whats needed.
Everything is intact and up to date on the first machine.

Critical Window Security Update Not Being Accepted By Toshiba Win 7 Laptop.

Techno22 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:54:36 +0000

Toshiba Windows 7 Laptop is not accepting 1 Critical Update after numerous
attempts.
It is update KB2667402 159KB.
Any help would be appreciated.
System is Windows 7 x64.

The Cost of Powering Servers

AHarrisGsy — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:14:21 +0000

Hello,

This is a bit of an unusual question, and I wasn't really sure where I should put it (Geeks Lounge or Hardware) but I decided to stick it here anyway.

I've recovered an old PC, an Acer Aspire Desktop (not sure on the model, but it's certainly a form factor... and is poorly designed for heat dispersion but that's another story), which I am planning on turning into a Folding@Home server for Stanfords medical research project.

The problem is I don't know how much it is going to cost, preferably I would want it to be running for as long as possible but with 18 pence (27 cents) per Kilowatt costs it could get very expensive.

The Power Supply is rated at 19V – 4.74 Amp output and 240V – 1.5 Amp input. Does that mean that it is only consuming 76 Watt/Hours of electricity, or are my calculations wrong?

Thanks, and any help would be appreciated.

Downloading MySQL triggers 404 error?

NardCake — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:34:03 +0000

I was just curious if this is just me or what but it's extremely annoying. I have installed Apache2 and PHP on my Linux Mint 14.1 Cinnamon machine fine, but when I use apt-get install mysql-server (as super user), this happens.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libdbd-mysql-perl libmysqlclient18 mysql-client-5.5 mysql-client-core-5.5
  mysql-common mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
Suggested packages:
  tinyca mailx
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdbd-mysql-perl libmysqlclient18 mysql-client-5.5 mysql-client-core-5.5
  mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.5 mysql-server-core-5.5
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 123 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.5 MB/25.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 89.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main mysql-common all 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.202 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-common all 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main libmysqlclient18 i386 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-client-core-5.5 i386 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-client-5.5 i386 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-server-core-5.5 i386 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-server-5.5 i386 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main mysql-server all 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/libmysqlclient18_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-core-5.5_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-client-5.5_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-server-core-5.5_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-server-5.5_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mysql-5.5/mysql-server_5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.200 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

It's quite annoying, is there a different source I could get it from somehow? Is it just me or is everyone experiencing this issue?

Need help uninstalling openssl with yum

MasterHacker110 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:06:41 +0000

When i try to uninstall openssl i get this error:

Error: Trying to remove "yum", wich is protected

I use the

    yum remove openssl

Command

how do i uninstall openssl then?

Also after i installed it i had to configure some stuff in /etc/pki/CA
I think that i might have installed the wrong kind of openssl. So how do i remove this kind?

PDU vs outlet strip?

thrillride01 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:28:48 +0000

Hi, I have a small network with 18 servers, 13 desktops, a couple of laptops, media streaming devices, iphones etc... I also have a dozen or so outside the home users connected via a point to multipoint system 24x7. My question is this: I have been running my network without a hitch for almost a year now with run of the mill outlet strips on my racks. I have 6 dedicated 20 amp 120v outlets with their own homeruns back to my main service entrance and I have never seen them run above 11 amps on each circuit. I have a max of 4 strips per circuit and I was told that I should invest in PDU units. So whats the dif, and with my currant setup, do I really need to pay such outrageous prices for something that at the moment I am getting along just fine without? What are the pros and cons to both if there is any difference?

chrome stupid search engines auto changing

SPeed_FANat1c — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:51:18 +0000

Hello,

I got really annoyed today. I was even hitimg my mouse into table. I can't stand those search engines.

Gooogke is best search engine, so why do I ever need those another autoinstalling without asking me? Those no name, like babylon search and so on.

I delete them and they are added again after some time.

How google chrome can let do this if google is best. Or do they think google is not best. I cannot understand.

Also if they don't care maybe there is some people who care and know how to not allow installing those no name search engines?

installing mindnight commander errors

SPeed_FANat1c — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:49:14 +0000

I was foloowing instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo

and came to this:

sudo checkinstall

I run this command and at the end I get errors.

 /bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/libexec/mc/extfs.d'
/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/libexec': No such file or directory
make[5]: *** [install-extfsDATA] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mc-4.8.1.7/src/vfs/extfs/helpers'
make[4]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mc-4.8.1.7/src/vfs/extfs/helpers'
make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mc-4.8.1.7/src/vfs/extfs'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mc-4.8.1.7/src/vfs'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mc-4.8.1.7/src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

So why cannot create directory? As firt I see?

what web developer has to know about linux

SPeed_FANat1c — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:06:05 +0000

Hello,

maybe someone can write most important things what web developer should know about linux? When I am reading linux tutorials, I often find out that I don't need this what I read. At least never needed. So its not fun to read about things which you don't need.

What I have tried/read so far is:

what is the dedault logs directory
how to delete older than X days logs
how to restart apache
how to filter processes running
currently trying out compiling a program (but as I read in Ubuntu tutorial - this is rarely needed in reality, becauseo on Ubuntu most of stuff is already compiled. If not compiled, the progrma might be not stable yet or something like that.)
writing Cron tasks
list of files
current directory
free disk space
htop
find
cat
changing permissions

So what is missing from this list? What should I be familiar with else?

how can 500gb HDD be supported by 32 bit OS

somjit{} — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:42:34 +0000

forgive my ignorance, there must be a really simple answer to this, but im unaware of it, also, tried google-ing for it, but didnt know what to look for exactly, and didnt get much good answers either.

my question is, since 2^32 is around 4Gb, so max usable RAM on 32bit pc is 4GB.

then in what way HDDs with hundreds of GBs are happily supported by the same os...

regards
somjit.

edit: i guess i found my answer here

New graphics card and computer wont boot???

slasham — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:14:24 +0000

Hi,
I recently bought a palit nvidia geforce 620 graphics card and im having trouble getting it to work. I plugged it intothe motherboard and the computer works but the graphics card fan spins realfast and is very loud. When i plug my power cable in however (pcle) the fan slows to a sensible speed and becomes quiet but the computer wont boot.
What am i doing wrong? I am a rookie so please dont expect me to know everything.
thankyou.

Installing windows 8 after using Linux. Ntfs problem

slasham — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:10:25 +0000

Hi,
I have recently been using Linux mint 14 on my computer but after hours of trying to get used to it I have decided to get windows 8. I bought it from a shop, so it's on a disk not downloaded. But when i try to install it, I choose settings, enter the product key. And then I am given two installation options.
The first is upgrade and it gives me this message;
The computer started using the windows installation media. Remove the installation media and restart your computer so that windows starts normally. Then, insert the installation media and restart the upgrade.
The second is custom and gives me the option of drive 0 partition 1 and drive 0 partition 2. No matter which one I choose, it gives me the message;
Windows cannot be installed on this hard disk space. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as ntfs.
Windows cannot be installed on this hard disk space. The partition is of an unrecognized type.
What am I doing wrong? Do I have to convert my hard drive to ntfs format? If so, how?

Small Business Internet Filtering

tristanhall — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:33:49 +0000

We are making the switch to iMacs later this year but to improve employee productivity and enforce access policies we need to find a "business class" internet filter for our new iMacs.
I can always configure our network to block the sites but this is primitive as it doesn't filter HTTPS sites.
I'd like to keep the price of this to under the $150 range to allow for either a hardware purchase or a software purchase but not both. The only program I'm aware of is SafeEyes but that charges a yearly fee and we are really only looking to block certain sites or categories of sites.
Thanks for the assistance!

apt-file search glib-2.0 - command not found

SPeed_FANat1c — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:49:30 +0000

Hello,

I have installed auto-apt using instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutoApt

but the problem is I cannot execute it

bash: apt-file: command not found

probably it could be in some directory, but there is not in enviroment variable. So how can I find where it is inslled?

how to add a computer to a domain

windowsserver — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:42:33 +0000

how to join a computer to a domain....i tried using this command in the command propmt------> ( netdom join servere /domain:TeamA.com /userd:TeamA\Team /passwordd:******** )

(server) is the name of the computer i wnt to join to ma domain.

(/domain:TeamA.com) TeamA.com is the name of my domain.

(/userd:TeamA\Team) Team is the user name of my domain ...when i created my domain using DCPROMO..TEAM whats the username i specified.

(/passwordd:******** ) this is the password of my domain

the computer i want to add to my domain is using windows 7.....while my server is running on a vmware as a guet os on that computer i whant to add to my domain.

i newly installd windowserver2008 on vmware bt jst showin a blank desktop

windowsserver — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:52:35 +0000

hi frenz ....after succesfully installing the windowserver 2008 iso on a vmware...installation was successfull, but didnt see any thing like windows start button. is just showing a command prompt and the windows desktop....what can i do from here am jst confuse bcause the desktop is blank...and no way to access like the server manager or any apps or so....an i tried typing dcpromo, thinking maybe it reguires me to create a domain or domain controller b4 it will show the features of the windows.

Router name

Cross213 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:46:46 +0000

Can anyone provide a link or exact name for the following router, I can't seem to find it's specs anywhere:

Net/G Wan 300Mb(N) Wl Dual Band Router. All-in-one—High Speed ADSL2+ Modem (built-in) and WAN Gigabit Ethernet port for cable/fiber.

And yes I've tried copying the entire name in Google, no luck though.

blank screen while loding windows 7 ultimate

ganges — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:16:14 +0000

Hi,
i am getting a blank screen it takes more than 15 minutes to display the desk top

i am using windows 7 ultimate 32 bit

recently i have installed oracle 11g and internet download manager.
help me to solve this problem with out formatting the system.

thanks for your time.

using windowsserver in vm

windowsserver — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:09:04 +0000

hi frenz please i installed vmware workstation 6.5.0 so that i could use it to run windowserver 2008 amd64 (ISO) image
and it prompting this error(windows cannot open the requierd file D:\source\installa.wim. the file may be corrupt or missing. make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. error code:0x80070570 ) this error shows after windows loading file section starts up.......and i have tried defragmenting the disk using the gui and the command prompt command chkdsk /r and chdsk/f......and all so restarted the system....and am running the vm on windows 7 enterprise....thanks for the help thanks.

Cron Jobs using putty

OsaMasw — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:20:21 +0000

Hello guys, I don't know whats wrong I followed every tutorial for adding editing cron jobs
here is what I did.
using putty

sudo crontab -e
1 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/cronjob.php

then save file,
my cronjob.php for testing perposes

$DB_HOST="localhost";
$DB_USER="root";
$DB_PASS="123456";
$DB_NAME="cron";
$connect=mysql_connect("$DB_HOST","$DB_USER","$DB_PASS") or die ("error");
mysql_select_db("$DB_NAME",$connect) or die ("error");
$sql="INSERT INTO `jobs` (
`id` ,
`job`
)
VALUES (
NULL , '3333'
)";
mysql_query($sql);

its supposed to enter "333" value in database every 1 minutes but nothing was entered
is there somthing wrong with my command ?

Disable and unload mouse drivers???

javanoob101 — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:17:05 +0000

Hello everyone!

Another serial mouse question! (I did not want to revive my 1 year old dead thread for this)

I'd love to use my 1988 Logitech ClearCase serial mouse with... well with any Windows OS other than Windows 3.1 (It seems to work fine). This mouse is actually a Logitech C7 serial mouse, it's just a fancy clear case they put on it and when booting into and running pure-dos (Ms DOS 9.10 apparently) I load the program ctmouse (Version 1.9.1). I load this program high (lh ctmouse) and it installes this mouse in "mouse systems mode"-- that's all it does the mouse doesn't work in dos, but it work flawlessly in Windows 3.1 using the Logitech driver that came with 3.1. When I run comtest (comes with ctmouse Version 2.1) on my laptop, the mouse is a "modem" it says however i disconnected the mouse and left the serial cable for it plugged in and comtest still said it was a modem! but the mouse was not attached!!!

So, I'd like to see if I can prevent Windows XP from loading any mouse drivers and get it to load ctmouse instead, and maybe then I can see if the mouse will work...

(Sorry for the long post! I wanted to give every detail i have)

Javanoob101