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I hope this may interst others who have similiar problems! I have a Western Digital 1.5 Terra Hard disk that is formatted in EXT3 for a humax satellite box. ( satellite type boxes tend to be EXT format for larger file handling) It went awol due to power cut whilst …

Hello, I have a Ubuntu 10.04 server running on a VM on Windows XP, and would like to sync the VM's date/time with the XP one. How can I do this? I tried with the date -s command in the console, but after some time the date/time on the VM …

Hello everyone, First of all, i am not a Ubunto, Linux, or any of these OS user. But i tried to dump a Bios ROM using Ubunto platform, but i'am getting this error: ERROR: FlashROM tool not found! then i get this alert: Try: 'sudo apt-get install flashrom' in debian-based …

Hello... I'm new to Linux environment because of Windows.. So I would like to familiar with Linux/Unix environment also.. In this way I need to know something in Linux platform... major thing is still I don't know how many primary partition can be created in Linux platform.. is it same …

Hello everyone, Like i said in some other posts i made before, i'am totally new with Ubuntu, so what i really would like to know is if there is a way i can add some extra content to the ubunto Desktop.iso CD. i have the Ubuntu v 9.04 Desktop i386, …

I'm using a laptop with the Fedora os installed in a 30gb partition......... How can I extend it to my hard disk's full capability(160 gb)................ I don't have root access......... I'm using an account without administration privileges......... Thanks in advance............

How to recover root password when grub is lock

I want to know how many partitions are in my system and I used fdisk (found the command on google). The following came out, and I'm not too sure where it says how many partitions. # fdisk -l WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't …

hello I have just installed ubuntu over my windows partition and I like it but im having minor issues, when I open system monitor and look at the memory usage I see I have 741 mb of memory wtf!?! cause I know I have 2gb installed

Without root password how can we create user account with administrative priveleges?..

How to access the terminal through live cd when the grub is locked?

Hi everybody! Help me please to figure out the comand that I need to use to find a file and open it at same time for example: root@serg-PORTEGE-Z835:~# locate bash_profile /usr/share/doc/adduser/examples/adduser.local.conf.examples/skel/dot.bash_profile and lets say I want to open this file, but I don't want to use cd and go all …

I am trying to get iptables to block multiple ssh attempts, and having only partial success (Ubuntu 10.4 LTS). I've been following recommendations from the [URL="http://www.la-samhna.de/library/brutessh.html"]excellent post by Rainer Wichmann[/URL] and decided the best strategy suited for my system is simply having iptables block multiple attempts at ssh. Thus I …

i have biught a sony VAIO the specs are: Harddics: 500 GB Ram: 2GB CPU: 1.65 GHz will any linux os work on this laptop, at the moment i am runnig windows 7 starter. Maby linux redhat or so.... Thankyou:?:

hello everyone Of late, our company has been getting attacks from someone on the internet and this has led us to being black listed. The administrator thinks its through my machine that the attacker is gaining access. I use ubuntu 10.04.3 on a windows network. How can I tell if …

I heard of Linux many years ago but did pay any attention to it. Only 2 years ago when I was a photographer for an event call MYGOSCON (Malaysian Government Open Source Conference) where I get to know about Open Source and Linux. From than on I was eager to …

hey guys, I'm studying to be a pro C++/Java programmer and are currently working in Ubuntu, is this a suitable choice? Or is there a more suitable linux distro?

can anyone tell how to uninstall ubuntu 11.10 i have it in my laptop and the OS(ubuntu) doesn't load properly. i have win7 also in the same system.

hey this is paulas24 i would love to install a writer software that can detect external cd/dvd/writer drivers on ubuntu 10.04 lts. any help will be highly appreciated

Hello everyone I've done a lot of searching over the internet on ways to retrieve system names and IP's of all devices connected to the same network as my computer. Windows has a way of doing this but don't know if its possible with linux and can't find any reasonable …

Hey guys, I'm new in Linux/Unix and just whant to figure out one simple thing: So lets say I wrote my c program in vi in Linux, and whant it to be on the unix server. When I'm trying to just copy and paste text from vi. It apperas in …

Hi all, I am attempting to install [URL="http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~greg/sshdfilter/"]sshdfilter[/URL] on my ubuntu 10.4 LTS machine. This package is supposed to block ssh-bruteforce attacks. It does that by adding blocking rules to iptables when multiple bad ssh logins are detected, and blocks the ip that initiated them. This package usually relies on …

Hi all, I have one question. I need to remove cent OS completely from my hard disk. I have installed windows 7 also. Total size is 320 GB. For windows 270 and for cent OS 70 GB. How to remove cent OS and allocate that space to windows7?

Hi All, I have inherited a web site which is really a bit beyond me ... there's no option though, I've got to figure it out, so ... The whole site uses Apache/Python/Django/Satchmo. I want to set up a sub-domain which uses a simple Apache/PHP set up. I'm guessing that …

Hi all, I am using Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and I need to get telnet server on my machine to work (connect) to localhost at port 4242. I tried: [ICODE] ~> telnet localhost 4242 Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused [/ICODE] *telnet [B]does[/B] work …

i am looking for intel video grahpics drivers in RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6, i want to use 3d features of Intel q963/q965 / GMA 3000 graphics in linux. i have searched on [url]www.intellinuxgraphics.org/[/url] but could not find way to install them on my pc. I also checked that Xorg …

hi everyone I have been using ubuntu for a while and I have recently switched to ubuntu 11.10 well I can't find the root terminal also su command always gives me authorization failure and I don't know why . So any help?? Thanks in advance

Couple of friends and me came to an idea of making our own distribution.Our idea is to make Linux distribution suitable for not so geeky people(eg.older people like your mom or dad,or young people like children in elementray scholl).Thats how we started making Ubuntu Home Edition.Linux distribution based on Ubuntu …

I am trying to run a python app which controls sevomotors. There is no handshaking, just a bit bang from pin 3 of the DB9 straight into a PIC. There is nothing showing on the oscilloscope: it's just flatlining. I do a dmesg grep | tty and get nothing at …

Guys I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 last night and I have been struggling to get it to work. Here are my current misfortunes: 1.) Ubuntu won't use my built in speakers(I can use headphones just fine though.) 2.) Microphone wont work 3.) Wont detect wireless card.(To get around this I …

Hi all, I have bought a domain on GoDaddy called techitproductions.com. At home i have a Linux Ubuntu Server running Apache, php5, ispconfig, courier mail etc... I have forwarded port 80, 25565 (for Minecraft), 8888 (for ispconfig), 22 (for Putty). My question is what ports do i need to portforward …

Guys I just installed Ubuntu 10.4 and it wont detect my wireless networks. Here is my progress so far: 1.) I uninstalled Windows 7 2.) I installed Ubuntu 11.10....but didnt' like the new lay-out. 3.) So I installed Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.10 recognized all wireless networks...no probelm. I just didn't …

Keep getting this message and it's rather annoying, google is no help at all. I keep getting a different ID every single time as well. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Broadcast message from root (Tue Feb 28 08:59:16 2012): FONmon: Apache PID mistmatch -> fpid: 10464 != mpid:

Looking for a good resource to answer a few questions. If someone could point me in the right direction or if you want to give me an idea yourself I appreciate it. Mainly looking for a good free source of info though. Here are the questions I want to answer: …

I am using Fedora Linux on VMware. When I start it up, it doesn't ask for username or password. I tried doing useradd on the terminal and it says I don't have permission. Is it because I didn't install it right, or I have to do something else? Or is …

I use a eeepc and had ubuntu natty 10.** and all worked well but reverted to eeebuntu as not enough memory. I had a Kingston 4GB ext 4 formatted sd memory stick but now eeebuntu says that it can only read ext 3. So do I upgrade (and lose memory) …

Is it possible to develop Win32 C++ applications under a Linux distribution? If it is then how do I do this? I know about Virtual machines, but I'm looking for something that wouldn't require to emulate a whole OS.

Hi there, I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I am currently working with an HPC machine for business use and it is currently running Ubuntu 11.04 (I have yet to update due to software incompatibilities). Anyways, some of the users would prefer to …

Hi everybody, I just set up a LAMP server with cPanel/WHM. I then tried to install WordPress, but I received this error: [ICODE]Input file not specified.[/ICODE] I did a search on Google, but nothing relevant turned up. I then posted on the WordPress forum, and somebody told me it is …

I have two OS in my Dell vostro laptop - Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04. In XP, the wireless is working fine, but in Ubuntu, it is not working. I have checked the wirless driver from System -> Hardware Drivers, it is installed and is in active state. The wired …

I'm running Apache2.2 on Ubuntu 10.04LTS. I can't seem to figure out how to have my password-protected directories show up in a directory listing. I am trying to create an environment where users can see all available directories, but have some of the directories password protected. When I add the …

When i start my laptop fedora ask me from witch os i would like to boot. Here are the options given by the system: Fedora (3.2.6-3.fc16.i686) Fedora Linux, wiht Linux 3.1.0-7,fc16.i686 Fedora Linux, wiht Linux 3.1.0-7,fc16.i686 ( recovery mode ) those are the three options it gives me. how do …

Can Anyone explain about how to establish a connection to a same server with different private/rsa/identity using identity file.

[B]Introduction[/B] A question many Linux newbies ask is how can they install software. Nearly all Windows programs come with a nice installation program that unpacks everything on their hard drive, and then they're good to go. Well, on Linux it's not quite so easy, but it's not exactly hard. [B] …

Okay, so I don't know much about this and maybe that is why the doubt. I am pretty sure there must be some precaution if some one tries to create (can say a virus) like this : [CODE] while(1) { /* creat system call. to create files continuously. Not difficult …

I use this as anti-hotlink protection for images. example.com is the domain which is allowed to hotlink images while all other domains are denied. This code also allows direct requests to image files using a browser's URL bar, but not hotlinking from another site. [code] RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$ …

Hi, I use Ubuntu8. I have a folder in /var/www/Project1. When i try to save a php file into /var/www/Project1/ it generates error(writing permition). This is what i do but doesn't solve my problem: [code] root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# sudo useradd myuser root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# sudo chown myuser /var/www/Project1/ OR root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# sudo chown root /var/www/Project1/ …

Hi, I am using windows XP now i want to switch to Linux. Only bcoz i thought i cud use free software as possible as i can. Currently there are only three things which im using are illegal 1. OS (Windows XP) 2. Photoshop CS2 3. Dreamweaver 8 Im working …

Hey, I could use some advice on what to do, what to read, what to mess around with, so that I could understand the Linux Kernel more. Thank you anyone who responds (unless your name is Salem)

i want to install backtrack 5 r1 i downloaded iso format from their website i load it with oracle vmware (virtual machine in order to install it ) i run install on back track 5 screen after that passing through time selection and keyboard setup i come to partion manger …