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hi guys am learning linux n there's something that i have realized. i installed a windows virtual machine in my linux pc. i came to realize that i can't access the usb devices on the virtual machine. pliz help....

Hello.After quite sometimes using 'Vista' as OS on my PC,recently I decided to swap to Ubuntu 9.04 (the latest stable version).I've downloaded the iso. folder of Ubuntu (desktop-i386) from their official site,since it was the suitable version for my PC.I've burned it to a CD-R accordingly to the instruction on …

I have an HP DV9000 notebook with Vista, and created a Knoppix 6.1 live Linux Flashcard. I can boot it up and select Linux, but the 'wirless' switch will not activate, even so physically it is in the on position. It almost looks like there is a software( HP Wireless …

i try to remove[COLOR="Red"] application places system[/COLOR] on tool bar but i can't bring it back. i want to know the way bring it back again. please :sad:

Is it me or is it easier to configure a home network in XP than to setup a wireless adapter in Debian??? I've read through various online resources about iwconfig, ifconfig, linux_wan, orinoco but I still don't get it. And more importantly I couldn't get it to work! Is Ubuntu …

I have windows XP installed and recently i have installed, in a partition, Linux OS. Now i have uninstalled the linux OS and removed the partition but when i open my computer, a list appears asking me what OS would i want to work with, Windows or Linux... How can …

I downloaded a backtrack ISO and burned it to DVD. When I boot my computer from it, I cannot get it to work with the wireless device in my laptop... I have an acer aspire 5000 series with a broadcom 802.11g network adapter... Anyways to make it run more smoothly …

Hi, I am trying to HTTP Auth protect a directory in my cgi-bin directory. I have a .htaccess file: [CODE]AuthUserFile /var/www/cgi-bin/secure/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName "uTutorial Console" AuthType Basic <Limit GET POST> require user valid-user </Limit> [/CODE] When I put this .htaccess file in an ordinary directory e.g. /var/www/html/site/secure/.htaccess it works …

Heya, I've had enough of windows and I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 8.10 desktop i386 version. The installation and everything works fine, but when I remove the cd (as asked to) and reboot the computer I get the message "Grub error 22".. I've been using ubuntu before but never seen …

I've hit a bit of a block and need some help. I have already set up my httpd.conf file to enable Virtual Hosts. I also set up httpd-vhosts.conf with a bunch of vitual hosts. I've been using them and they work fine (this is on my dev machine, not a …

[b]Hi, I am the newest member in your site. I want to learn everything here. My first question here is that where i should start from in Linux. What version i must install on my computer. Where i can get the tutorials. etc.. Waiting for your suggestions. Tahir[/b]

I've been testing a few PHP scripts on an Apache server with Apache 2.2, the latest version, and a PHPMyadmin. Currently I'm running MediaWiki and a PHPbb board, with testing content. I want to prevent access from the outside world, how would I do this?? Currently typing my IP address …

I have got a weird problem with text terminals. When I am switching to text terminals 1-6 with key-combinations [B]Ctrl+Alt+F1[/B], [B]Ctrl+Alt+F2[/B] ... [B]Ctrl+Alt+F6[/B], I am getting on my screen only white blinking vertical lines. I have added a photo attachment here. I think, that this is a matter of graphics, …

I have installed RHEL5.0 Server (Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5). I am trying to connect Nokia series40 Mobile using DKE-2 Cable. When I connect Mobile on one of the USB Port, Server gets hanged. The entries in the log/messages are as follows [QUOTE]Apr 9 18:08:43 FAPC08010038-803 kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB …

hi, i just "yum install jdk*.i386" and installation was complete without any error. however, i tried to #javac helloworld " and javac is not found in the $PATH. i tried to locate it and didn't find it. would anyone shed some light on where the "yum install" installed my jdk …

Hi, How do give a permission to a user to read and write all the subdirectories and sub files in a folder? Code below gives permission on project_1 folder only. I need files and directories stored in project_1 as well. Thanks [code] sudo chmod 777 userme /var/www/project_1/ sudo chown -hR …

Having hardly used macs in my life, I am now borrowing an old iMac 3G (OS 10.2.8 I think) to temporarily host some php files. I have downloaded the latest version of MAMP to get the job done and done the whole unzipping/moving to apps folder thing. My problem comes …

Hi all, I have been trying to compile some c++ using GNU make. This involves linking with a third party library and it is this that seems to have caused the problem. The error message tells me that there are undefined references in my program to one of my own …

firstly it used to ask password to authenticate the drive. But i have made to remember password and auto authenticate the drive. Then it do so. Now i want it to ask password for authentication at every time it mount the drive. How can i change it?

i have ubuntu 8.10 . how can share any folder from a drive such that every person in lan network computer can see that. (in xp we can just share in one right click) but how can we share in ubuntu. please would you guide me from begining.

Well i got fedora 8 distro and want to install it on fedora 7 ,Well at the first place is there any room for that ? well if it is then how can we do it ?

Hi, I ve been given an assigenment in which I have to create a process, open a file and read it by that process, then that process the data to the another process (2nd process) through function pipe (), which capitalizes all the letters. The 2nd process then sends the …

Hi, I have ubuntu 8 and want to set a crone job. When ubuntu starts, i login as; username: ubuntu password: ubuntu I open terminal an type these: [code] root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# crontab -e */10 * * * * /var/www/project/index.php [/code] (to run index.php every 10 seconds) and save it and wait. …

Where are the system-wide configuration files for ssh held? And what information is held in the directory .ssh for an individual user?

Hey guys I'm using Linux and I'm having trouble with Open Office. This is the first time it has happened. I try to open a file saved with open office and its coming up with translation stuff like western europe (Applemac) and stuff. What has happened and how can I …

Hello, first of all I'm not a Unix expert at all (otherwise I wasn't asking this question), but I'm having some trouble starting my X-Server ... When I type the following:[iCODE]startx[/iCODE] or [iCODE]X[/iCODE] I get the following error message(s): [CODE] ... No core pointer Fatal server error: Failed to initialize …

In ubuntu if i click the left and mouse buttons at once it middle clicks. Im prone to doing this by accident so i dont want it to happen how to disable?

i modified the thinclient OS PXES cfg file.NOw i want to create bootable disk of pxes.iso file so that i can mount in Virtual box and check whether it wirks properly.i first created a normal ISO using MAgic ISO.when i try to create a bootable disk using the same ISO …

Hi, I am new in Linux Ubuntu and want to learn a bit. I have a question, it might be very simple for you. I have only "root" as a user in my system. 1. I want to create a new user called "user_1" 2. I want to create a …

Guys, need urgent help here from IT Gurus - I'm converting my development environment into a production level server. <Apache 6...- > for actually practical application I know to accomplish this I need to create Virtual Hosts on my web server. The idea of this is to allow the web …

Hi there.. I m developing a user application in Linux fc9..i am using GTK widgets for creating various graphical elements.. Can anyone tell me how do i change label of the button at runtime??? Thanks...

I just finished downloading Ubuntu 8.10 Live-Desktop from the official site...While burning(using Nero 7) i got some errors like sector16xx or sector 2109 is different from the source, but the burn process was successful... Later i booted from CD and selected 'Start ubuntu without any changes to your computer'...after it …

Hi, I use Ubuntu and want to restore a mysql file. How do i do it? It is on my desktop. Thanks

Hi all I am trying to install Flash Player on my laptop with Ubuntu 6.06. I have had trouble installing flash on Ubuntu before but this time I really am struggling. I have tried installing the flashplugin-nonfree, I have tried [TEX]$ cd /tmp $ wget [url]http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz[/url] $ tar -zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz …

Hi, How can use MsAccess database on Linux machine? I use PHP to connect to mdb and work with it. Thanks

Is there a live CD version of Ubuntu 8.10 for PowerPC's out there? Could someone please post a link? I've looked on google and ubuntu.com, and all the releases seem to be for intel processors. I could only find the alternate install CD for PowerPC, which always spits out an …

I did a fresh install of Fedora 10 on my laptop. I'm trying to get my wireless nic connected and not having much luck. The setup looks correct, has an ip, but can't access anything. I'm not sure what I am missing. 1. lspci command returns: 02:01.0 Network Controller(0280): Intel …

I've just installed gcc and then compiled my c program, but it does not seem to work... OS: opensuse11.1 Note: there's no error in the program since i compiled it in fedora but in opensuse there seems to be a problem in installing library!! [B]Need help! Very urgent!![/B]

Hello, I am new to the whole linux system. I am however having a couple of problems. Here it goes...I am using the latest ubuntu distro (intrepid 8.10) and have been trying to watch streaming videos. Some of them show up and others do not. Usually those that work are …

Hi, I'm running Knoppix's backtrack. It has a way of displaying man pages in a browser. you just spacify the browser, e.g. firefox, then the man page is displayed by firefox, instead of the unser-unfriendly text mode. Could someone refresh my memory? Thanks.

Hmm, I was looking at the linux distros and I stumbled across Gos Space, which looks like a nice OS [url]http://www.thinkgos.com/products[/url] What do you think? I'm thinking of downloading it and putting it on vmware for testing.

Hi all A while back I used this to hook up a Ubuntu 7.10 pc to the internet. [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Usb-to-lan-RJ45/dp/B000CCZP88/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235671150&sr=8-3"]Usb to lan RJ45[/URL] I want to do that same thing again but when I did it before, the adapter belonged to work, so went on Amazon but I also found this …

Alrighty, here's the problem: I am installing linux on a sony VAIO that has a:[code]01:00.0 WGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)[/code] I have tried installing the drm module "mach64" (after discovering that this is a mach64 chipset, I think) along with the xf86 …

Hello, everyone. Is there a program on Linux that displays all the processes that are holding a reference (or handle, I know that it is a Windows word) on a specific file? You know, like Process Explorer on Windows. That will be very useful for me. Thanks for your answers.

Hey guys, i recently installed Xubuntu 8.04 on my pc. And have been having issues getting my Belking wireless adaptor to work. I followed an online guide and it now appears that my wireless adaptor is being recognised. However i am unable to "find" and connect to my netowrk... im …

Hi, I am in the final stages of getting a server up and running, prime use will be to Host my 20 odd websites. I am stuck on the DNS bit; I have a static IP 60.123.456.789 I have a Router IP 192.168.1.700 I have setup a static IP within …

How to make PXES thin client OS boot directly using RDP? PXES thin client OS is what i have.what i want is... i want to enter into RDP without going to the basic screen where it shows the Options.also i want my RDP settings set... i tried modifying the isolinux.cfg …

Hi, I have just installed Ubuntu 8. Do i need to install any AntiVirus for it? Or is there any such thing? Thanks

Hi, I just came across this page on the net and it has got some useful info regarding who the real people behind Linux are. How is developing it, how many developers are involved, top developers and their individual contributions, total lines of code, companies that help them etc etc.Thanks... …

hello, I've been using ubuntu from a month or above.My lab instructor has asked me to make my own administrative tools.Please help me how should I began my task,actually I'm having no clue how to start my assignment.I've know core java and C/C++. So please tell me which language should …