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I have to: Run the grades program twice, so that it accepts the data in the files t1 and t2 as input for the two respective runs. I ran the grades program, it asked me to enter digits, I have the t1 and t2 files, how do I make the …

how do i mount a hardrive on Ubuntu via terminal?

Hello everybody, I am trying to get four operating systems running on my Laptop: Windows 7, Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris. I am have them on my hard-disk( because I can see them when I boot my computer from GParted CD), but I am not able to boot them. At any point …

Hi, I'm trying to install GCC 4.5.1 on Ubuntu for C++ programming. So far, I've tried a myriad of different commands in Terminal to try to update GCC (the preinstalled version is 4.3.2), but none of them seem to work. When I go to update my packages with Synaptic Package …

Hi, I run Linux Ubuntu 10.04 and I installed Python 2.7 (didn't uninstall Python 2.6 which is Ubuntu 10.04's default). But I realized later on that I didn't have any practical use for keeping 2.7 anymore seeing that I mostly use 2.6 now. How can I remove Python 2.7? I …

I have installed red hat 2.1 but am unable to get online, my broadband modem is pluged in correctly?? help??

I am usng ubuntu 10.04 I have installed on both computers sudo apt-get install ssh I have the problem I want to connect from comp1 to comp2. I crate my rsa. comp1@laptop$ ssh-keygen -b1024 -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/comp1/.ssh/id_rsa): …

Hello, everyone, Next semester, I will be taking a course in Java programming language, and was wondering if anyone knew of a good IDE that runs in the Red Hat/Fedora environment. (Preferably something installed through YUM.) I tried a Google search on this, yet the only thing I seem to …

I was reading the thread "Remote Desktop to Ubuntu from a Windows XP PC", which came close to what I'm trying to do. I have a Linux box that I'm trying to set-up using a remote desktop (using Windows XP) without have into login at the linux box and without …

Hi all, I have a running cron job as below: [CODE] */10 * * * * java -classpath "/shared/smsfiles/camps/jean.jar" emailrpts "71.25.24.45" "sile@lango.com" "password" >>/dev/null [/CODE] I would like to change the parameters "71.25.24.45" "sile@lango.com" "password" to "51.25.24.40" "jimbo@jalango.com" "passwordtwo". Whenever I change on the crontab and save, the application running …

I have a monitor that has two inputs, my windows box is in one and my server(running ubuntu server) is in the other. Currently to control the server I have to use a seperate keyboard that is plugged into it. Is there a program that, when I switch the input …

Hi, I'm using Document Viewer 2.32 (Evince) under Ubuntu 10.10 and my shortcut for the "Rotate Right" option used to be Ctrl + Right. It worked ok since a few days ago, now appears this shortcut is backspace. I've tried to reinstall Evince packages but this doesn't work. Since this …

hi! i'm trying to install adobe cs3 in ubuntu but it really wont work. Me i know the reason why? and what software do i need to make me work in PHP using the OS ubuntu?

i'm not sure if this in the right spot but can someone tell me What is a .torrent file? and how can you open it? thanks

I just updated Ubuntu to Lucid Lynx and also got an OpenOffice update: it's now 3.2. When I started it, the progressbar flashes to 100% in a second or two but to get from there to the actual program takes about two minutes. When I "top", I see that Java …

Hi Guys, I am planning to learn Linux.... I have heard from Many RHCE's that if you will learn Redhat then you will know every Linux Distribution.... Is it true??? My 2nd Question.... I want to practice the Command Line in Linux...You can say want to prepare for RHCT... So …

Hi all, Im investigating something in my job where on 1 paticular date the timestamp function on php on a centos box is 4 days out of date. All others either side of it are correct. What im hoping to find out is where I could find a log on …

.Hi, this is my first C++ forum post. I'm having issues with including the library libcurl [U](found [URL="http://curl.haxx.se"]here[/URL])[/U]. I want to include it in my project so I can start working with it, because a friend of mine showed me just how powerful the library is. These are my specs: …

Does anyone here know of a good C++ compiler for Ubuntu Linux 6.06LTS? Preferably available by means of apt-get or wine. Dev-C++? I couldn't find it for Linux... -- Alex; any help appreciated

So I guess you guys are getting pretty fed up of answering questions about mod_rewrite, but here's another one to add to the pile. So I'm working on a new version of a site that's currently running (Lets call it mysite.com). Any visitor to [url]http://mysite.com/[/url] will be visibly redirected to …

[B]Problem in connecting internet on ubunto 10.04 through idea netsetter.............[/B] Hello I try a lot to connect my netsetter usb modem but it ubuntu 10.04 os not detected as modem..........please help me Thanks in advance

see if the case is 10.0.0.0 just for example how can i find its port number need immediate reply Thanks In Advance

I am going to install Red Hat Fedora Core 2. Any advice?

I have VLC running on my laptop which does happily plays CDs and movies on the local disk. However I'm not able to play DVDs. In the Preferences under Input & Codecs Settings where default disk device can be set I'm getting 2 question marks in diamond shape and the …

I have done side by side install of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.0.4. I have setup a third partition for all my files I will switch between (i.e documents, music, and video's). How do I setup the third hard drive so that I can open in it the terminal so …

Dear All, How do I display the pathname to the BASH shell of the Linux Terminal? Cheers,

I recently purchased a Linux VPS the following specs. Operating system: CentOS Linux 5.5 Webmin version: 1.520 Kernel and CPU: Linux 2.6.18-028stab070.4 on x86_64 Processor information: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz, 16 cores Real memory: 512 MB total, 361.74 MB used Local disk space: 30 GB total, 3.62 GB …

Hi, I just installed ssl on my apache/centos server. Php works fine over the regular http connection but when I try to reach php files over the https connection for some reason they do not get parsed and delivered directly as text files. Below is the virtualhost section from my …

Im just doin some testing with a local webserver. i have one user: hybrid who can login to the webpage fine and has for a while. But when i added a few users: usa, can with simple passwords using: ubuntu # htpasswd passwd can thats works fine. But I cannot …

hi, i've installed Ubuntu Linux Horay hedghog edition on my computer. it runs perfictally except the sound doesn't work. i've looked all over the forums and found some stuff but none of it worked. anyway, heres my delema, i can't get the sound driver to work, i've tryed ALSA and …

Hi all, Does somebody know how to configure the PATH for the wwwrun apache user? I have two perl version installed (in /usr/bin/ and in /usr/local/bin) and apache continues to use the (/usr/bin version) which is outdated! Many thanks, Sylvain

This script works perfect it forces the trailing slash and hides the .php extension BUT! it does not redirect people going directly to the .php extension. How can I also force people going directly to the file.php to /file/ [CODE] RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1.php [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond …

When I try to access the /var/www/ folder through apache, which is at [url]http://tom-server/[/url] from my Windows Machine, I get this error, even though it was working before with no changes: [code]Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at tom-server Port 80[/code] This …

I have a screwed install of MySql Server on my Machine its a 10.04 64-bit Ubuntu. I can neither Remove it or Install a new one. [CODE]I tried apt-get remove [/CODE]and [CODE]dpkg --purge mysql-server-5.1[/CODE] They both reach [CODE]dpkg --purge mysql-server-5.1[/CODE] and stay stuck there. Can anyone please help me completely …

When I try to start mysql server with [icode]start mysql[/icode], I get this error: [icode]Unable to connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory[/icode] What could I do to fix it? I'm running Ubuntu Server btw.

hi, are there any issues of using a php script that sends via a dedicated linux box to an address from an email address different from the domain on this box? so for example domain is: mydomain.com on dedicated box, someone comes to the site and sends an email to …

I recently upgraded my Ubuntu from 9.10 to 10.04 and now it's messed up my Windows Vista partition. When I try to load Windows it boots to a strange login menu with low resolution. It then takes me to a screen with options like Repair/Fix, Recovery, Complete Recovery... I'll click …

I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 and now firefox will not play videos on youtube. Please help, thanks.

1. [URL="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/TechnicalOverview"]Overview[/URL] 2. [URL="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+specs"]Features[/URL] Waiting for 10.10 :)

When I try to log into mysql with the command [icode]mysql -u root -p[/icode], i enter the password then it gives me the error: [code] ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/sbin/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (20) [/code] I really don't know why it's trying to use '/usr/sbin/mysqld/mysqld.sock' because …

I'm not exactly new to Unix, but this has been irking me since I started. If I use sudo, I can get root powers for one command, however, it asks for my password, not root's. Why is this? This seems to be a very large oversight, or was it intentional?

Hi, I have a Compaq and a gateway computer. I also have 2 network cards. In both computers, I have tried the following distros of linux: Ubuntu 10.4 Xubuntu 10.4 Ubuntu Server 10.4 Puppy Linux 5 Damn Small Linux In all combinations of computers, os, and network card, I have …

Hello, I just installed a new 320GB hard drive into one of my laptops - an Acer Aspire 5920G. I decided to install Linux Mint 8 onto it, downloaded onto a CD burnt from my mac. However when I looked at the "System Monitor" and went to "System" it said …

Do you use [URL="http://google.com"]Google[/URL]'s Chrome Browser? Apparently, a lot of people do. So many, in fact, that it has now [URL="http://www.pcworld.com/article/199961/googles_chrome_passes_safari_in_us_browser_share.html"]passed[/URL] [URL="http://www.apple.com/safari/"]Safari[/URL] in the web browser popularity poll. Is this a big surprise to anyone? The article states that Chrome now has just under ten percent of the market share …

hi guys i just got an ubuntu 10.04 lucida lynx installed on my laptop..id like some links on where i can download free ebooks on linux programming.tnx

I am an it support technician and we recently purchased a dozen Acer vm480g's. When i used my Acronis 9 to image the drive it was successful but when i reboot after completion it errors that it can not find the linux boot kernel. Our image is built on xp …

That is the question. Like you have found everything you need in Linux and do not depend on any OS at all. I have found most of the software equivalent to Microsoft and I can totally switch except for some game which I don't really need. But my all in …

RedHat5 enterprise when i plugged in an USB thumb drive, redhat automatically mounted to /media i did a "umount /media/driveName" and it went away. i tried to mount it again "mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb" i got """mount: /dev/sda already mounted or /mnt/usb busy"""" i am actually not sure if /dev/sda is …

the code: [CODE][/CODE]CREATE TABLE `mysql`.`emp` ( `EmpNo` INT NOT NULL, `EmpName` VARCHAR NOT NULL, `Job` VARCHAR NOT NULL, `Mgr` INT , `Hiredate` DATE NOT NULL, `Sal` INT NOT NULL, `Comm` INT , `DeptNo` INT NOT NULL ) ENGINE = MyISAM; [CODE][/CODE] the error: Error executing SQL commands to create table. …

Hello, I have a server that I have decided to divide into VM's using HyperVM with OpenVZ, so that some friends can play around on the server and that I can have several Linux distros on one server. I am wondering if I should install nothing on the host other …