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Hey, Basically I want to be able to type something like 'editor &' and have an editor of my choice open. Similar to if you type 'emacs &' emacs opens. I was wondering where this information is kept and how to edit it for the desired results. Thank you

Hi, I need Dropshipper module for my site. It should be handle my shipping carrier charges and multiple suppliers products. Anyone can help me on this.

Hey guys, I ve been using elementary (luna) os distribution of linux and I am really satisfied with it .. the only problem that i am facing is when switching between application sounds .. I ll give you an example: Using my headphones to speak on teamspeak and listen to …

Can anybody tell me why VLC not working in fedora 20

when i am trying to use ubuntu try ubuntu option/install then after sometime its showed me that The system is running in low graphics mode your screen graphics card and input device sestting could not be detected corectly .You will need to configrure these yourself . But i cant under …

I just installed linux fedora 16. When i want to view my software packages in the "Add/Remove software" it doesnt show any packages. it give the following error when i click on the "Package Collection" tab: The group list was invalid The group list could not be loaded Refreshing your …

Hi, I'm facing an issue with Apache proxy module.ProxyPass isn't working.Why is that?Please help me.

I work in an institution ... and use ISA Server splitter speeds for users account on server domain "windows server 2008" .... I want to make server as filter porn sites and proxy sites, Before ISA Server ... can any one a show me , teach me? help plz...... look …

I am facing a problem with my terminal (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . I was making some changes in the /bin/bash , but I have keeped a backup of .bashrc in case of something went wrong. Anyway today I have tried to open my Terminal and the following message appeared: There …

Hey, sorry for bothering again. Couple years ago, when Linux was for me even newer world than it is now (not that I know anything practical about Linux) I installed Linux Ubuntu on a DVD. And tried to boot it up on my computer. So booted it up, purple background …

I'm trying to edit a TS-file which I fetched from my VU+ set top box. First I tried to rename it from .ts to .mpeg, then I tried to read it into Avidemux. The first question was if I want to index the file, which I did. After a while …

Hello, I have a USB key on which I do all of my programming. It is formatted as an NTFS drive with 32 gigabytes of space. On this drive I have large C::B projects which contain both windows and linux executables. When I try to run the linux executables it …

Cek this syntax: root@ubuntu:/opt/lampp# ./lampp startmysql XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok. root@ubuntu:/opt/lampp# ./lampp status Version: XAMPP for Linux 1.8.3-3 Apache is running. MySQL is not running. ProFTPD is running. I already start mysql yet it's still unable to run. Why is it?

I am having Acer 5920 (64bit ,intel mobile express 965 chipset family) laptop. I have been using ubuntu 8.04 64bit on it for a while.Even internet browsing makes the temprature of laptop to shoot to above 50C.I have tried configuring it a lot(using pwmconfig , gkrellm ...). But they either …

what the default root password. .

I need to apply some code changes to a source code file I don't have access to. I write code but rely on someone else to test it for me because my old computer has trouble with VMs. Most of the changes are fixing small syntax errors, but I think …

Hey All What is the equivilant of romaing profiles in windows server for Unix/Linux? Or how would i go about storing user accounts in a centralise location on the network so regardless of what machine users log onto on the network, they have the same desktop experiance? Thanks

Is there any tool (not from system ^1) that I could put in RAM disk and on normal disk. Run both and see the outrageous speed? Some kind of tool, which will print me Read/Write in MBs? ^1 - Not from system, because I want to see how independant programs …

I've been lately doing some "research" about Linux. I just plainly sought what can be possibly done with `sudo su`. I came across `apt-get` function. Apparentely this is way Linux works, along with sum' file extension, that, I forgot (.deb?). But thats besides the point. Then I related `apt-get remove` …

Hello; I tried to install Kubuntu 12 04, i have choosen the automatic installation; the latter is supposed to install Kubuntu on the free part of the partition At the end of the installation i had a message saying that the installation has crashed; and much worse my windows partition …

Hi all, So here's some background information on what we are trying to setup. We have two data centers over 40km apart and one of them runs the webserver (over 80 websites) and we use another machine on the other side to keep backups (typical cpanel backups). So I have …

Hello everyone. I will try to explain my question the best way i can, however my lack of knowledge on the subject-which is the reason for this thread- may make things confusing. I am currently working on a project for a class, which requires me to "mess around" with linux …

I am unable to write a text file from a windows PC to a folder in Unix. I am told I have no permission. I can see the unix server from network and browse to the folder but I cannot write to it. The permissions of the folder on the …

is there is a book or a site for advanced linux command line like manage partitions and manage users etc?

Hi, I need to split cart and order according a Manufacturer because I need that each manufacturer has a private shipping price. The customer can buy variuous product from different manufacturer in my shop. Now I need that: 1- every manufacturer has a private shipping price. 2- split the cart …

Hi, I have one Prestashop site. I want my clients login using their facebook and pinterest accounts. It can be possible with any modules?

Hi . I have two partitions that I want to merge into one large disk. partition 1 has systems running on it while partition 2 does not have any. they are as follows: Disk /dev/sda: 107.4 GB, 107374182400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 …

Basically, I need to make a database viewing page and an input pag...‡ The input page must take the First name, Surname, and the age. This should be sent to a script on your server via either a GET or POST, and inserts them into a MySQL database table. This …

is there a virtualbox alternative for old computers?

Hi eveyone. I am trying to read a file using vi editor and sort its content inside the file alphabetically which is only names on CAPITAL LETTERS, second field (JOHN, MIKE, JAYSON and TYLER). The file is smth like this inside: 1:JOHN:Morgan:90:24 2:MIKE:Smith:95:11 3:JAYSON:Ty:99:9 4:TYLER:Edward:89:5 This is my vi script: …

Hi, Anyone can suggest me the best paypal module for prestashop site. Thanks in advance.

Greetings everybody, I have been trying to acquire data from my Sound Blaster audio device through USB using libusb library. Have been trying to implement isochronous communication mode and having an error related to busy device, errno = 16. While I was searching in the web, I see when asound.state …

Hallo, I already install openmeetings (webinar) and I unable to upload file correctly. HTTP: 500 - that's the error. Can anyone help me fix this error? Someone told me that I might be mapping the path incorrectly. This is the path that I have so far: SWFTools Path: /openmeetings/swftools/swftools-0.9.2/ SoX …

Hello, I have to create this folder named "files" in uploadtemp folder: \red5\webapps\openmeetings\uploadtemp\files how? If I currently in : davy@ubuntu:~$ ls core Documents examples.desktop Pictures Templates Desktop Downloads Music how to create that files folder?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 501758 573366271 286432257 5 Extended /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 501760 573366271 286432256 83 Linux Okay, we are building a new data server that has 6 disks - we partitioned the first 4 as a RAID 1 and the …

Greetings everybody, In the web site of Ubuntu, it is indicated that WUBI is not available for Windows 8. I need to useboth of Windows 8 & Ubuntu occasionaly and I would like to ask you if there some way to use Ubuntu with Windows 8 in the same PC. …

Is there any way to upgrade ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 but without using uodate manager. just by using any command in terminal...?

Hello, I am installing openmeetings by following this instruction: [Openmeetings installation](http://neanderslob.com/2013/09/27/how-to-install-open-meetings-on-ubuntu-12-04/) Can anyone help me guess what may cause the error? I have the following error after installing openmeetings: Step 10: Run Openmeetings! -------------------- Openmeetings Error while running installer, please check your installation org.dom4j.DocumentException: languages/languages.xml (No such file or directory) …

[Install-open-meetings](http://neanderslob.com/2013/09/27/how-to-install-open-meetings-on-ubuntu-12-04/) **Step 10 #7** how to find the path of the following: ImageMagick Path? FFMPEG Path? SoX Path? JOD Path? OpenOffice/LibreOffice Path for jodconverter? I try using the locate command (ex locate imagemagick) yet there is bunch of them, I cannot tell which path to use. ---------------- root@ubuntu:~# locate imagemagick …

In my /var/www/ directory I have a lot of sub directories, one is learning/, which is where I place all my web projects that I'm following from different PHP or CSS/HTML books, another called projects/, for actualy projects I might undertake. I currently have port forwarding set up on my …

Howdy, Does Ubuntu have a CLI based install process ? Regards

Hello, I am simply following setup instruction and one of them mention to type in linux: $ mv red52/ /usr/lib ------------------------- davy@ubuntu:~/Desktop/openmeetings$ mv red52/ /usr/lib mv: cannot move `red52/' to `/usr/lib/red52': Permission denied davy@ubuntu:~/Desktop/openmeetings$ -------------------------- Permission denied, what should I do to make it work?

Hello, I have tried to install mysql in linux and it said that I already installed it. Then the problem is I do not know the password to enter it. What should I do? davy@ubuntu:~$ mysql -uroot -p Enter password: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: …

Hello, I am following this instruction: If you are using LibreOffice: $ wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11993667/LibreofficeRed5/red5 The problem is in my VM Machine I am unable to connect to the internet. -------------- davy@ubuntu:~/Desktop/openmeetings$ wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11993667/LibreofficeRed5/red5 --2014-03-29 06:56:26-- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11993667/LibreofficeRed5/red5 Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... failed: Name or service not known. wget: unable to resolve host …

Hi, I have a machine with Windows XP installed on it with the remote access enabled. Is it possible to access /log into it and control the PC from another machine with Fedora 8 on it? Thanks in advance...

Hello, I am trying to install openmeetings and openoffice is required for it: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/InstallationOpenMeetings This is what I type in the terminal: davy@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-headless [sudo] password for davy: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package openoffice.org-headless E: Couldn't …

What do you guys think happened to PearOS. Some say 'apple' took it but I highly doubt that. So who would acquire it? Why do you think they acquired it? What use could you do with it. To me it's just another fork of ubuntu. What would be the commerical …

Hello, I install ubuntu through a Virtual Machine. I know how to open a terminal, now how to open ssh through ubuntu Virtual Machine? Thanks before.

How do I change from Mavericks to Ubuntu without a virtual machine or a CD drive? I dont want it to lag, I want to use it as my OS.

Hi I have windwos source code(first.c) how can I compile it and creating executable file under linux? I run kali linux. I appreciate your help