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Hi I'm a newbie in linux. I installed Kubuntu 10.10. then tried to install VirtualBox. an error message appeared: g++ is not installed. the OS cannot be connected to the internet. where can I find and download a self-contained package for g++ to be installed on Kubuntu 10.10?

Hi guys, I want to access my virtual domain from another computer on same network by typing [url]www.site1.com[/url] or site1.com without using IP at the beginning of URL. Currently it works this way: [U]Server computer where Apache is running:[/U] [url]www.site1.com[/url] AND site1.com works fine as I want. [U]Another desktop computer …

I have a red hat system that I currently have to websites hosted on. I’m trying to set up a third domainname but every time I touch the files (httpd.conf, hosts, ddclient.conf, VirtualHosts,etc) it resolves to the primary domain name. The third domain keeps pulling up my first domain instead …

Hi All, A few years ago the general rule of thumb for swapping was swap=RAMx2. Now that seems fairly sensible when ram was smaller than it is today. My new rig arrives tomorrow and with 8gig of ram following the rule of thumb above would mean 16Gig of swap space. …

hi everyone im try to find simple way to install apache web server into linux OS, anyone can share here!!THANKS..

hello all i hav a file in which i want to replace '/dev/null &' with " " .i m using :s/'/dev/null &'/" " but it is not replacing the string

Hello, I am having trouble with MySQL on a newly installed Fedora 14. I have found that there are several issues with MySQL on Fedora but none of the issues I have found have exactly fit my situation. To start off, when I installed Fedora, I chose the Web Server …

hi...I am running rhel5.4. I have enable UserDir in apache and get the forbidden error while trying to access [url]http://localhost/~lanor[/url] I have set set permission for user Lanor 711 for home dir "lanor" and 755 for "public_html" Is it that I have to set the above permission for the user …

Hello, I have installed apache server on Ubuntu 9.1 desktop. When I access http://localhost:8888 or http://192.168.1.60:8888, I get message : "It works". Now, I am able to run the apache on the port 8888 using the windows 7 without any problem and I accessed it from outside internet and that …

Good day guys [INDENT]i am planning to install a linux mint into my laptop, and i tried to search a drivers on the net but i coudnt find any, will you guys help me where to get a driver for this unit, or if you can suggest which linux is …

SO I am trying to setup a RewriteRule on my server for caching static objects. the files are in this naming scheme /docroot/css/stylesheet.min.css and I have them printed in the code like /docroot/css/stylesheet.min.123438348.css (the number is example it comes from a get modified function). Note docroot is an example directory …

hi, i have a problem accessing my php files in my browser, i am using apache as my webserver. it used to work properly until i messed up things. now i don;t know what to do. everytime i open my php files which are on /var/www/htm/ it gives me the …

Apache 403 Forbidden Error and this one ugly.. My server is Unmanaged - So I tried hared to fix this but I can't.. Please help me.. If I create any directory [url]http://www.myurl.com/anything[/url] =I got Forbidden error. If I Put any .php file [url]http://www.myurl.com/anything.php[/url] =I got Forbidden ERROR. If I Put …

Dear All, i was wondering if there was another text editor than open office as is not MS office compitable

what is the basic difference between unix and linux,fedora etc

Hi Friends, Here is my Scenario, I have two ISP Connections from different Providers BSNL and Sify. Both are 1MBps. In my Office Now we are using Sify for Only one Machine and BSNL is configured in wifi router. But Often BSNL network is in problem. So we have planned …

Hi, Steps below works fine if I have only one folder(site) in /var/www/http/ but when I add another (folder)site into /var/www/http/ and repeat same steps just by changing the name of the (folder)site, it retrieves the previous site even if I enter the second one. e.g. myhost1.com and myhost2.com display …

Hi, Like everyone, I access my apache server by typing [url]http://localhost[/url] or [url]http://127.0.0.1[/url] but what I want is that I want to access it from outside by typing a domain name like [url]http://my.domain.com[/url] I've added my current IP information for you. This is what I need. I'll be much appreciated …

i have developed a GPS proj. in solaris now i need to invoke this application at the time of operating system start up only. In which location i have to keep this application....

i run command to update all packages... the error came like this [CODE]E: Couldn't find package libmp3lame-dev[/CODE] what i need to do...

Hi everybody, I'm trying to set up a File Server running on Linux but I encountered some strange difficults... The hard disk I want to share is a 320GB I formatted before to install the Operating System (Ubuntu Server 10.10) and I formatted as NTFS because I want to read …

Dear Linux Users I am new to Linux and i want to connect My Bsnl ets Modem to Redhat Linux 5 Server Edition Please Help me

How to kill all running applications using terminal command. we usually kill by command top and got the code of the application.

So I just got a new centOS box with PHP 5.1.something but I wanted it on PHP 5.2, initialy running [ICODE]yum update php[/ICODE] returned [CODE]php-pecl-memcache-2.2.6-1.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: php-zend-abi = 20050922 is needed by package php-pecl-memcache-2.2.6-1.el5.x86_64 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: php-zend-abi = 20050922 is needed …

Hi guys, I've setup vsFTPd server and it works fine. However, I need to restrict local users to their own folders. Currently, anyone who loges in vsFTPd server can navigate through all the folders. e.g. User: myuser Directory: /var/www/http/folder-for-myuser In this case, myuser should only see this folder, no other …

hi everyone i'm new to unix/linux . almost know nothing about it , but i wants to learn about it . so how can i get it on my pc . now i use windows xp

Hi, I am using Centos 5.5, my server is continuously showing high cpu and memory utilization. I used top and ps command but couldn't find the which child process or whats happening on server because of which some process utilization going high. Note:- network, ram, disk utilization is normal.

Hi guys, I bought SONY VAIO vpcs13v9e to use as a Linux laptop but I cannot install Fedora 14 or Ubuntu 10.10. I get full black screen. I don't know what to do. My machine has Win 7 64bit on it. Wubi didn't work for 32 and 64 iso files. …

Hi guys, recently I installed ubuntu onto my system and it was running fine until yesterday. I auto installed a few updates and now my wireless is not working at all. The manager is telling me that it is indeed enabled but it just wont work. Anyone have any ideas? …

i have installed mplayer in SUSE linux enterprise server 11. but it does not play video in the foreground.while it is playing(producing sound only), i cant do other tasks and it hung till i have to forcibly shutdown the computer. i think it needs some libraries in order to play …

I am absolutely no experience in Apache -- well, no first hand experience, that is. Where do I start, where do I download? What do I download? I have been trying to get serious about developing my web site. I have Windows XP Home Edition OS and I have not …

How can i relate a source file in a gdb command... Provided that i have two files: test.c test(executable) How?thx for answering

as the title. how to learn vi, bash, and i just cannot open vim. and ... what is ex in vi.

[b]What's Samba? [/b] Samba allows linux computers to share files and printers across a network connection. By using its SMB protocol, your linux box can appear in Windows Network Neighborhood or My Network Places just like any other windows machine. You can share files this way, as well as printers. …

I am new to linux... & not a single software is getting installed..... It is showing error that " E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?" I am not getting hw to overcome this......can any1 tell??

im having trouble installing the torrnet after i download. so i download it, then it says will see indefinetly and uploading, then it has the folder of the thing on my desktop but the files don't work, it's says they are unreadable binary files anyone know what i should do?

whats the use of less & more commands in shell programming??? can anyone help...... I hav read on net but i didnt get how to use it.........

Hi Guys, I have set up a cron job on a Centos server that is supposed to execute a script that looks for SMS messages in a queue and processes them. My crontab file is under [B]/etc/crontab[/B]. The job is supposed to be run after every 5 minutes. The command …

Is there any command to close any already opened file browser using command in linux. I need so. plz help me.

Hello I would like to install Android SDK but I have problem with ./configure I looked for my PATH with echo $PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/bin:/usr/local/bin /usr/bin/make:/usr/bin/install What else should I do to install one package? (I know cd ./name_folder, ls to see my package and after ./configure, make and make install …

Hello everyone, I'm working on a personal project using ubuntu server 10.4 and an old wireless card. (Don't know the manufacturer). I'm trying to make the card visible to other wireless devices like an access point. Anyone know how this is done? I tried using [QUOTE]iwconfig wlan0 mode master[/QUOTE] but …

my problem is that i changed some compiz configurations and i broke my copy/paste(ctrl-c, ctrl-v... basically all the shortcuts that start with ctrl, including Eclipse's ctrl-space). i searched for key-shortcuts, i found a whole lot of them besides the ones i need. does anyone know how can i restore my …

Hi, I have just got my computer back from the shop and to my surprise a 1TB harddrive which is dedicated to the root partition is nearly full. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit and according to the command "du -hc" there is only 157M total in there. But when …

As the title, type M-C-y, can use it, but what if i want to use the argument to recall the nth argument in the previous command...Thanks for answering...

A ignorant question, suppose i type "fc 89" in a terminal, which will take me into a text editor, after i modify the command, how can i exit the editor and execute the command? Thanks for answering...

Hello Anyone knows how I can proceed to setup Firebird 2.5 on my Lucid Lynx? The command apt-get install firebird2.5-superserver is not able to locate the package... :-O

sendmail just sits there when you type it in the command line if you run the command it just sits there doesn't do a thing running newest edition of centos

Hello everyone. I am new to creating make files. I have been able to create simple makefiles for those applications which do not involve database but am unable to create for the ones that do involve database. When I run that make file, it just deletes the .exe file of …

In the help of less in bash, it says tha we can mark a position with m<letter>, then go to the mark with '<letter>. it seems that the m<letter> doesn't work at all, suppose i type ma, while if i type ' , a line "go to mark: " shows …

Hi, I had WinXp and CentOS Linux installed on my pc, but I uninstalled CentOS. Now I want to again install CentOS 5.3. I have 250 GB harddisk. Following are partitions. Fat16 Primary 40 MB.(Comes with Dell pc) NTFS Primary 90 GB NTFS Logical 90 GB Unallocated Logical 57 GB …