Linux and Unix Forum

I had 2 Linux's on my laptop. But I really needed to start something that required DirectX in it, also, it had to be on Windows. I tried to use VMware and VirtualBox but to no avail, so it had to be real machine, not virtual one. I installed Windows …

so there 3 questions that I'm really confused, anyone familiar with unix want help? 1. Each file system in UNIX has at least one table that identifies file in it, the entries are called i-nodes.where are these inodes resides?(location) 2. What operation would cause the i-nodes of a file, say …

Hey everyone. Long story short i installed Centos web panel. Its amazing so far. This is my second time installing it as i messed something up the first time, first time i was able to change the apache template in each directory itself and it would change. Now i cant...I …

Hello all, my name is Marvin. I am working on obtaining my linux system administrator certificat. I created a file with a few sentences. The only task that I am having problems with is to delete word "and" using the vi last-line mode. I know hot do delet a word …

I'm trying to install CentOS on my Linux Mint desktop through Oracle's VirtualBox. The instalation screen says it's installing to sda1 and that's it's mount points are /boot -> 500 MB, / -> 5.02GB, & 614 MB. Is this safe or is there a chance this is going to mess …

I'm running Linux Mint (Ubuntu) and have recently installed KeePassX to keep track of my passwords. But I can't make it work with Firefox.... I have made an entry with the following information: Title: <title from the webpage> Username: <e-mail used when logging in> URL: <URL pointing to the page …

According to [François Beaufort](https://plus.google.com/+FrancoisBeaufort/posts) who is a French 'Happiness Evangelist' at Google (and no, I didn't make that up), Chromebook users will soon be able to choose what operating system they want. In a publicly shared post from last week, Beaufort states that "in order to support installing and testing …

Hi Everyone, I have a site that keeps asking for the apache server authentication before it gets to the actual login page. How can I eliminate the server authentication pop-up and use the actual login page (which is a form with username and password field) to allow selected user to …

I have an OpenVZ unmanaged VPS. Installed the control panel, LAMP stack, have the DNS and domains on the new nameservers(showing up if you go to the domains) But when i run a pingdom check i have an SOA error. Was reading that it is probably a reverse DNS issue...What …

I wasnt sure where to put this. Its a PHP script but i am running CentOS on a VPS. I have a feeling it could be an encoding problem which is why i put it here. On the website the videos look great, and plays perfect but when i view …

hi, i want to close any internet browser running on linux through terminal. how to do this ? and how to implement in java code?

Hi I like to compile Hyperion in kali linux but it seems command not found? How can I get the path and compile it? /usr/share/windows-binaries/Hyperion-1.0# ls Examples Fasm FasmAES-1.0 license.txt Makefile Obj readme.txt Src root@kali:/usr/share/windows-binaries/Hyperion-1.0# i586-mingw32msvc-g++ Src/Crypter/*.cpp -o hyperion.exe bash: i586-mingw32msvc-g++: command not found I appriciate your help

can unix is a version of linux operating system?? any one please explain it

I have a localhost server running on port 4000 which listens to requests sent to it and executes commands and returns output to client in a json format. I'm actually trying to run docker commands for the gcc compiler image. I have a code in PHP that is working just …

I recently re-installed my Mint system and now vim does not auto indent when writing code and has poor color coding. Does any one know what I need to change and where the config file for that is? Thanks.

Using Ubuntu, I tried to several desktop environments. I tried Unity, Gnome, kDE (?) and now Cinnamon. I liked Cinnamon, I once saw screenshot of someone who has nicely modified it, to make it look very awesome. He had clock in top right corner which seemed on be on background …

Hello fellow coders, I need help, I'm getting this error. vncserver@:1.service - Remote desktop service (VNC) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:1.service; enabled) Active: Failed (Result: resources) since Mon 2015-01-19 23:46:19 CET; 1min 57s ago Process: 557 ExecStart=/sbin/runuser -l root -c /usr/bin/vncserver %i (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 553 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i > …

I have a client who had hired a web developer to help him take his site to the next level. This developer moved 3 of his sites to a server that provides no tech support whatsoever. Now this web developer has sold his company and moved on to another job, …

Hey there! I learned that when I want to open Terminal in one direction that my terminal is at. I can use `nautilus .` for Gnome and `dolphin .` for the glassy DE. But what it does, it starts the program in Terminal and runs GUI. But as soon as …

My vitual machine (drived by CentOS) IP is 192.168.1.114 It can be successfully connected using SecureCRT and FileZila. I try to use Curl to implement file uploading and downloading, curl --ftp-ssl ftp://192.168.1.114 It doesn't work and there is no avaliable information on offical site. Who can tell me how to …

hi , I am using florence virtual keyboard on my ubuntu 14.04 machine . today I read an article which says scrambled virtual keyboards are safer than regular virtual keyboards . is there any scrambled virtual keyboard for ubuntu ? should I be concerned about using florence or onboard ? …

I have a Toshiba Satellite notebook with Windows7 OS. How would I go about it to replace Windows7 with Kubuntu?

Hello all: Somebody, anybody, please please help. I am running the latest version of Fedora and below you will find the contents of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file. My problem is that when I try to view my site from the web I get the "Forbidden / You don't have permission to access …

If you're creating a media server how do you control if the files are pushed out via tcp or udp? Or is that a client thing? I'm currently building a headless Debian media server and I was wonsering how that words. As far as streaming videos in my house either …

So far, every program was either installable by *.deb* file or through *Ubuntu Software Something*. What it did is create a nice file, which I could search up, which had a nice looking icon, and I could drag this icon, onto bar and it would be saved as favorite. I …

On my Xubuntu desktop the mouse cursor gets sometimes stuck in drag mode (hand symbol) and although the mouse cursor moves but the pointer does not. Does anybody has the same problem ? Is there a simple way out of it ? I am wondering if this is a bug …

I'm currently building a headless Debian NFS media server and I'm doing most of my testing on my desktop. My cliant streaming device will by my "WD TV Live' TV streamer because it can read a Linux NFS network, I hate Samba. One of my problems is that the TV …

Whenever i try to install any linux os i got this message: By usb: SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD 4.06-pre7 Copyright (C) 1994-2012 H. Peter Anvin et al By cd/dvd: SYSLINUX 4.05 EDD 0x4f5727e3 Copyright (C) 1994-2011 H. Peter Alvin et al Could not find kernel image: boot/syslinux/whichsys.c32 boot: _ Plz help …

When I delete files on any given file system like hard drives that I have mounted to my system or USB stick I get a directory that usualy named '.Trash-1000'. How does that directory work? Do I need to manually delete the .Trash-1000 directory because it might remain taking up …

Hello fellow coders, I'm Martin and right now i own a Minecraft hosting provider, but i am not that good with Linux CentOS 6.5 Minimal's security... So I'm asking for help with security on Linux CentOS 6.5 Minimal, right now the only think on it, is Minecraft servers. I can't …

I don't know if this is a Linux Mint problem or a Debian problem. I use Mint as a desktop but I just installed a standard no GUI edition of Debian for my media server. I was going to use the Mint file browser Nemo to connect to the Debian …

I've made some research here and there about virtualization of Linux. I will put quite large chunk text beneath, please correct me when wrong: Using Linux Full Virtualization distribution like [this one](http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page), I can use .iso images of both Linux and Windows to start running both machines at exactly same …

I'm Bachaleor Of computer Application (B.C.A) And Gniit 2 years deploma In software engineering Now i want to switch to somthing abstract.Because There is very Rush in Web developement Field. Please tell me what will be best for me Linux red hat certification or switch to "Ethical hacking".I have little …

I need to use the tar command to unpack a .tar.gz file and I need to do it from root but when the files unpack I want them to be owned by a specific user, not the root user. Can someone give me a hand?. I found the man pages …

I was using the Linux Mint Flawless media server to host all my movie rips as .mkv files but I decided to go with a standard no GUI Debian server instead. I set up an NFS server to host my files with the most likely client to be my Western …

Importing a hierarchy of firefox bookmarks in konqueror can be tricky, as konqueror's bookmarks editor doesn't read firefox's sqlite databases where the bookmarks are stored. Konqueror bookmarks are normally stored in a file `~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml` , which is actually a dialect of `xml` named `xbel`. I found very little documentation about …

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a command line text editor with syntax highlighting. I don't have a GUI installed and I don't intend to install one which is why I need a command line one. I usually use nano for my text editing but this doesn't come with …

Hi I wonder if there is any tools for linux that convert .bin dump to .dd or .img dump file? ..

Me personally, I used to have ubuntu before, then I switched to Elementary os(Ubuntu based) as my home os. I am pretty satisfied with it as for normal use on home pc. On my laptop I am using Kali os(Debian) mainly because I am doing Msc in Computer and Cyber …

I want a software that can give a back up of any client computer, from my server is there ? what software? and I want a software that I know any change in client PC OS (or HardWare changes !!!),by each client user I want to see this changes in …

I am trying to get a friend set up to record and edit music using Audacity. The machine is running Ubuntu Zorn. However, when we try to run the software, we get the message that no audio devices were found. I installed both the operating system and the editing software …

Hey guys, I just installed skype on my Kali, and after installation I restarted the computer because it is 64bit, and the installation was multiArch, so I had to fix dependancies, followed this guide [Click Here](https://wiki.debian.org/skype#A64_bits_.2F_amd64). After restart, I can't back on ... all I see is the bootloader EasyBCD …

I'm running Arch Linux with the LXDE DE, if it matters. I want to be able to plug in my HP Deskjet F4480 All-in-One and be able to scan. I tried following instructions on forums by googleing, but came to no sucessful conclusion. I uninstalled all software I installed and …

Hi I am a new user of Linux Ubuntu and download software via the Internet, but I do not know how to help me install it.``

Having been using windows for the worst part of a decade, last night I decided to format my hdd and install Ubuntu 14.04.Having installed the media codecs and various application I can't seem to find the Intel i3 drivers so I can configure my display settings.can someone please enlighten me …

Heya all, I have a VPS with centOs 7 on it, that has a bit of an issue. Whenever i try to access my VPS from a browser using httpS://, it gives me the following error: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to 37.59.111.21:8000. SSL received a …

Hi How can I remove vsftpd on Kali linux? I used all commands but its not work? #apt-get remove vsftpd #sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove vsftpd #sudo apt-get purge vsftpd Any Help please

I have Skype installed on my PC, as i knew using port 80 as default. Then, i changed httpd.config to 8080, but my apache not starting After did a little googling, i have to uncheck 443 on Skype setting. My question: is the apache uses 2 ports? And why?

Is there any way to integrate KeePass 2.25 with Linux (Linux Mint 17/Ubuntu 14.04) so that the application is logged into and launched when the user are logging in to his/her's desktop ? (I think there is such an integration for the Windows version, but I don't know if it …

i am installing centos7 but why i cant log in, but i have a problem..