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Would you say its time to increase the RAM on this lil machine or is it okay? Could you please explain this output? free -m -s 5 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 496 439 57 0 20 250 -/+ buffers/cache: 167 328 Swap: 511 5 506 Thanks, M

i would like to know how one can be able to **run / start LIGHTSQUID **on my linux server.

hello im hakim from malaysia... i have are problem about sharing file connection... first,i have are computer with window 7 but can't sharing file from linux server [redhat 9]...second,have are problem ip conflict with window 7 and window xp to access linux server...how to reconnection that problem and how to …

Hi, I wanted to get into driver dev. While reading a book on driver dev it was mentioned that it is better to work of a mainline branch from kernel.org instead of a linux patch as they usually change the kernel api? Has anyone had problems do general linux driver …

how can you use the **HISTORY** command in **UNIX** or is there an **Alternative command** to view your previous unix commands.

Below is the ip_options_build() in linux kernel 3.4, line 51 and 52: 51 if (opt->srr) 52 memcpy(iph+opt->srr+iph[opt->srr+1]-4, &daddr, 4); I understand that the two lines say, if source routing option is present, copy the destination address to the end of the option, that suggests that iph[opt->srr+1] is the length of …

I'm not sure if I set this up properly. I want to start Eclipse CDT on my Ubuntu 8.04 install using X11 through VNC. When I try to run eclipse through vnc viewer command line using ./eclipse it hangs for a few seconds then fails. No error message is output …

My crontab states: PATH=/var/www 00 00 * * * php -q /tasks/script1.php */5 * * * * php -q /cycle/script2.php */1 * * * * php -q /tasks/script3.php script 1 doesnt run, but I need to to run every midnight script 2 doesnt run but works fine when executed manually. …

Hi, I am using a Lenovo 3000 N100 and have both Windows XP and Ubuntu 11.10 installed. No sound is comming from the speakers or the headphones. In Windows XP the audio control icon is also not visible. In Ubuntu the audio controls are visible and working but still no …

I am in need of SEO(Search Engine Optimization) tools package for Linux OS mainly Ubuntu 11.10 . If you have a complete package of a SEO please mention it to me. Thanks in advance.

sudo apt-get install build-essential I tried this. No candidate version found for g++. No packages will be installed. Can someone help me? Thanks

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. When I try su command, it asks password.. But when I type password, It says authentication failure.. Why does that happen?? I enter correct password every time.

how could one login to the fedora 15 if he/she has forgot the password of both root and user

Hello. I new to web server and linux, but i'm trying to make one. I'ts done and workink, the only problem is that i can put apache reading the png and css files. it shows my app unformated and with broken links, when i try to open the images it …

i am using ubuntu 11.04, have connected an dongle to it,i am trying to find the comport no to which dongle is connected ,As in windows i get com23,com24 etc .how can i get it in linux ?

I am on dual Boot pc with Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows XP SP3. Hardware Specs: HDD 250GB, RAM 2GB, AMD Athlon X2 How to upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) to ubuntu-12.10-beta2-desktop-i386?

I have this acer laptop with Mandriva 2008 on it that I got for the price of a few beers a few years back. I'd like to use it for simple things (running IDEs, reading PDFs and a few more things), but I can't get into it. it prompts me …

I'M converint all of my videos from iTunes using DRM removal softare. Most of these videos will be played on Linux and or my Samsung Galaxy Tab, my format options are: MPEG-1 NTSC, MPEG-1 PAS, MPEG-1 SECAM, MPEG-2 NTSC, MPEG-2 PAS, & MPEG-2 SECAM, MPG, MP4, & MKV. What should …

Hi Friends, I have heard that it isn't that simple to write a program in linux using c. Lots of commands n stuff.Please simplify what actually I've got to do to run turbo c++ in my linux laptop as I am a beginner.

Hey, all, I installed Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 4500, and I accindentally did a clean install. I'm fed up with Kubuntu and I hate it, and if I try to boot from a Windows 95 CD, it goes straight to GRUB and starts Kubuntu. Does anyone know how I …

I need to view a text file that located somewhere in a file.tar.bz2 file. Anyway I can explor a tar.bz2 file and view a text document there in?

Whose Operating system is best Linux OR Windows????

I've set up a small php file called phpinfo.php the script is below. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "_//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/ xhtml-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/ xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/tml; charset=utf-8" /> <title>First PHP Script</title> </head> <body> <?php phpinfo(); ?> </body> </html> I've already installed both php5 and apache2, …

I just got a new Netgear N router. I didn't use the install CD because there is no computer besider our router and DSL modem. I just plugged it up and at all the Windows computers in the house seem to be able to connect just fine but my Linux …

Hi everyone, I recently installed Ubuntu on an older computer of mine. This is my first time using Linux. For school, I use a program called Putty to connect to their computer to write, compile, and submit programs for my homework. Is there a similar program that would allow me …

I've got an iPod classic and I'M having the worst luck moving it to my Linux. I was hoping to use Clementine or Rockbox to run the ipod but when I try rockbox I'M getting a permission denied error, even though I've added +rwx to the permissions of the devices …

What is meant by "In Linux, the name of a file is not inherent to the file." I don't quite understand

If I am not able to boot my Linux system? What are the Steps to resolve it. hi im new to linux so i need answer for this ...please help me out thanks in advance

I am using fedora. but I don't know my root password. how to I find my root password? If then how to I change my root password?

hai, i am ubuntu user. I want to access my gf pc (os is ubuntu). I know her ip, username and password. but i want to access her pc using without installing any software in her pc. I know that it is possible via ssh command. But ssh is not …

I'M having a bit of a problem with audio books on Linux. I buy my books from audible.com but since they don't support Linux it's just one more thing keeping me from fully leaving Windows. There audio formats are in .aax. Their books play fine in iTunes and on my …

not sure where to post this but the problem is that i cant seem to compiler a program in unix. i am using unix: SunOS unix2.its.albany.edu 5-10 Generic_142900-06 sun4u sparc SUNW, sun-Fire-V440 1-create file emacs hello.cl(l = lower case L) 2.write program in "COOL" class Main { i : IO …

My hard disk has lot of free space. It is not fully allocated for filesystem.Now how can I increase my filesystem storage? Is there any solution?

When I inserting an usb device,I was getting an error notice like "Unable to mount <device name> Unauthorized".

actually, i have just started using Ubuntu these days(though i have knowledge of unix/linux from past 2-3 years but didnot worked practically) .Can you give me best links in your knowldge for commands related to networking? I have read from about 15 links from google.com. But still i want more …

Hi Dear All frined I look to make my career in linux programming( C, PHP ),so please suggest me about scope of this line , study materila, companies whree it is use. Thanks sachin T

I'M trying to find the python3 file that would be the counterpart to the python3.exe in Windows. I want to point Geany to pyton3 rather that 2.7 which it's pointing to now. I don't even know if I found the right directory or not but I've attached a screenshot from …

I'M trying to learn php and I use Mint Linux as my OS. I don't know if php is installed or not. I went to synaptic package manager and input php, I got back a big list of php-xyz packages and I dont' know which one to get. Any suggestions?

Hey Im looking for a easy and fast way to install Apache Tomcat and Axis 2 on a Ubuntu box. I followed a guide but it left my PC a mess (I couldnt get updates correctly) Thank you

Hello im working on a LFS system . everything is ok till chapter 7 in 7 lfs tell me to create a /etc/fstab i create it in lfs system . then tell me to create a grub config i create them too in lfs system but here i dont know …

How to create extended partition in Fedora via terminal.I'm getting this type of notification while trying to create new partition via Gparted partition Editor *"It is not possible to create more than 4 primary paritions If you want more partitions you should first create an extended partition. Such a partition …

Hi All, Anyone did has experience to configure CENTOS DHCP option 242 to integrate with Avaya IP phones with VLANs setting and HTTPS server ? Thanks in million..! Rgs Andrew

how /etc/shadow file is updated in linux even though it is only readble to root???

How to configure DNS Server in RHEL 6. Plz give me a link

I'M trying to work my way through the linux from scratch project and I'M on page http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter08/grub.html I've really messed up my boot up process. I did make a boot disk as descriped in the above link.The computer originally had Debian (CLI only) has the host system from which I …

Guys am new in the field of c++ programming since I finished my college I decided to start programming but their is a step I have reached and am stalk I have made my simple program amd I wanted to put it in GU. Am using Linux Ubuntu and I …

Hi I use linux in my laptop. and I don't like to have a windows on it (any way). My collage website designed with .net and aspx. It has greate features and the site application is something like a desktop application in a browser (greate job). Somehow it's nothing but …

hey everyone well my screen lock doesn't work also ctrl+alt_l doesn't lock it , also after a suspend it doesn't lock even though it's set to do so what can I do to make it work ?? I use ubuntu 12.04

Hi guys, I want to put some subdomain.mydomain.com in another server i understand in current server, in WHM > Edit DNS Zone > mydomain.com > i just need to add A record like subdomain A 222.222.222.222(another server IP) before that, i need to set the another server first, so i …

i got a testing blog that got spammed. So I removed the entire blog. Now weeks later, my errorlog still get thousends of 404's a day. I still want to see 'normal' 404 from other sites on that server. There are no files in that dir but .htaccess: RewiteEngine on …