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Hi, I need to load modules to connect to the internet, so I've created a script. Script file is called 'connect.sh' is owned by root and has permissions set to 4755, so it is executed as root, even if run by non-root user (at least I think so). I still …

I can run Fedora on vmware, but I cant do "install vmware tools' So I tried to run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl and this is what I got. please help None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to …

hi am new to linux and i just wanted to know how to send a message from a client workstation to another client workstation working under the same server using Linux.e.g.using net send messages pliz assist MS DOS

I'm trying to install a Python module, called PySndObj. I extracted the sources. It uses [icode]scons[/icode], so I tried to install it with it: [code]alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop/SndObj$ scons pythonmodule=true ALSA=true scons: Reading SConscript files ... Building the Sound Object Library Checking for Realtime IO support... OS is Linux... Checking for C header …

Can someone please help me? Im new to linux and im trying to learn as fast as possible. I have recently installed freespire on my spare pc as an crossover from windows. Ive learned of Wine and I need to know how to install it/where to get the right version …

If I were to install the packages [icode]linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-rt[/icode] and [icode]linux-headers-2.6.22-14-rt[/icode], what would be the downfalls of using a realtime kernal? I'm a musician, and getting JACK set up basically requires a realtime kernal (as does every other music based thing with Linux). However, will I lose any functionality from this? …

I get this error whenever I press "Start" in JACK Control. I need this running to use Rosegarden's sound output/input. How can I get this running?

Hello all, I have am having problems with ssh after a new OS install on a remote server. I am now unable to connect to the remote server via ssh becuase of the following error: [CODE]@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE …

In the top right search bar (for Google), it used to give me good search results, ie: Typing "ubu" would pop up "Ubuntu", "Ubuntu Linux", etc. Now, "ubu" gives me "trippy", "triple mmm", and even "ubuntu lin" gives me "trishakrishnan", and some other weird hints. When I press search, it …

When I'm trying to run a command in PHP, I am getting these warnings: [B]Warning:[/B] exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/panel/public_html/index.php on line 63 Now. I looked in cPanel WHM to be welcomed with a message of: [url]http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6682/qwqweut1.png[/url] So... as you can see Safe Mode is turned …

Hi, to me, specifying hardware for compiling the kernel is the biggest pain and things never seem to go perfectly. Either the boot process is too slow, or sound doesn't work, or something... Is there a script that will determine what to omit or compile based solely on the hardware …

When I plug my wireless mouse, iPod, tablet, guitar processor, etc. into my laptop, they WORK, but they don't show up in [icode]lsusb[/icode]. I just get a blank output. Anyone have any idea as how to fix this?

Hello all If Linux is open source any one can know where the password are stored and if they are encrypted any one can decrypt it using source code. I am only familiar with paragent.com . its an open source project and works well for our company. Thanks in advance …

Hello, I am trying to compile a third-party A/D card driver (proven to work on 2.2.X kernels) on Debian etch 2.6.18-5-486 & 2.6.18-5-686. As directed, I have changed the makefile to point to the correct linux source header files. And get the following compilation errors with 2.6.18-5-686: "puma:/home/kranti/project/mpc555/linux# make cc …

I not a real user of Linux but have used Knoppix live cd ,I burned Puppy to cd boot to it and then made a dvd multisession folling instructions on the link below .,I liked it a lot,still fooling with it from time to time [url]http://www.goosee.com/puppy/multi-puppy.htm[/url]

Hi, I am trying to install an rpm in Fedora 8. I tried installing in both the terminal and the "software installer" app in GUI. But, in both the places, it was giving the same below "Missing Dependency error": [code]error: Failed dependencies: kernel-sourcecode is needed by gds_cisco_vpn_client-2.0-11rhel4.i386[/code] whats this kernel-sourcecode …

Is free bsd a good linux choice? I want to install it but I want to get a few words on what people think of it first. I have been drawn to Linux ever since I started using a linux server and now I want to try an Linux Operating …

Hello, I have one avi file that is damaged. I tried playing with mplayer -idx,but this only plays 1min, then the rest is not played and it stops. Is there any way to play the most rest of the movie, bit like in windows ? Thanks in advance for an …

Hi, Im trying to install the driver for my wireless, have updated the firmware and now need to install the driver. However I get make error: makefile not found at '/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/source' does this mean i need to install my kernel source?? i have my kernel headers installed but can't work …

just recently installed fedora 7... it seems fedora doesn't auto detect wireless configuration. Does any body know how to configure wireless network in fedora ? Thanks a lot...

Hello all, I have installed rsync from a .tar file, and I am wondering how I would go about finding the following files for further configuration of rsync: 1) rsyncd.conf 2) rsyncd.pid 3) rsyncd.secrets Where are these files located? Does it make it difference if you compile a .tar compared …

Hi everyone, I am a noob at Linux and I have a small problem (I hope its small) the internet on Linux isn't working. I have run that program through sudo and it said it couldn't connect or couldn't find a network. When I open Firefox and try to go …

Blah, I hate build errors. Especially when I seem to have all the right dependencies installed. [code]wxw/mAParentFrame.cpp:950: error: variable or field ‘OnAbout’ declared void wxw/mAParentFrame.cpp:950: error: ‘int mAParentFrame::OnAbout’ is not a static member of ‘class mAParentFrame’ wxw/mAParentFrame.cpp:950: error: ‘wxCommandEvent’ was not declared in this scope wxw/mAParentFrame.cpp:950: error: ‘event’ was not …

My servers are running RedHat ES 3. A while back, (maybe a month or two) when I came in to work in the morning, our main server was not responding at all. Nothing over the network, or on the console. The power light was still on though. Upon trying to …

Does PyObjC ([url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyobjc/[/url]) run on Linux? It says it does, but when I try to run [icode]setup.py[/icode], I get the following error: [code]alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop/pyobjc-1.3.7$ python setup.py ** using pyobjc source-deps py2app for building You're not running on MacOS X, and don't use GNUstep I don't know how to build PyObjC on …

Hello there Right now I have an Ubuntu server machine working as Linux router and having weird issues with it. If I'm working with the machine, such as using samba,http or ssh on it, approximately every minute the connection freezes between the Linux router with Ubuntu and the client computer. …

Hi all, My friend is doing business, for his business he needs to visit number of sites daily. And many times he have to fill long application form or check those forms, it takes lot of time. Is there any software which can help him in filling out all these …

Hello Guys, im new to linux .. i read something about -linux allowing users to open processes from within another running processes and also allows a given processes to specify which programs will run in the new processes. how does it do that ? can you give me a concrete …

When I try to build ChucK (the audio programming language), I get the error: [code]alex@alex-laptop:~$ cd Desktop/chuck-1.2.1.1/ alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop/chuck-1.2.1.1$ cd src alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop/chuck-1.2.1.1/src$ make linux-alsa make -f makefile.alsa make[1]: Entering directory `/home/alex/Desktop/chuck-1.2.1.1/src' g++ -D__LINUX_ALSA__ -c -O3 -D__CK_SNDFILE_NATIVE__ ugen_filter.cpp g++ -D__LINUX_ALSA__ -c -O3 -D__CK_SNDFILE_NATIVE__ ugen_stk.cpp g++ -D__LINUX_ALSA__ -c -O3 -D__CK_SNDFILE_NATIVE__ ugen_xxx.cpp g++ -D__LINUX_ALSA__ …

These applications have recently shown up in my processes list (via top), and I can't kill them. They're taking up a huge load of CPU and are making my fan go crazy. What's up with this?

Honestly I don't have much experience with Linux, but for the past three days all I have been trying to do is get Ubuntu and Kubuntu to at least LOOK decent. I've tested Sabayan and OpenSuse. I mean, I haven't relly gona as far as testing the operating system's functionality …

Hi, Can anyone explain me how to defend from this attack type? CSF firewall installed, Dos-deflate installed, and again lot of apache processes 88.233.53.100 - - [25/Feb/2008:10:15:53 -0600] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 10792 "-" "-" 88.235.13.14 - - [25/Feb/2008:10:15:53 -0600] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 10792 "-" "-" 88.229.215.146 - - …

Today I opened a file with wim, I found that all the blank characters, commas, etc are highlighted as the following image shows, but I don't know what's the matter! I hope some one could help me to solve this problem, thanks!

hello guys how can i install the sources for a recent kernel?

Need some assistance here... I can tar a file and I can gzip the tar'ed file but... when I download the gzipped tarfile and uncompress it on WIN/XP and go to edit an html file, it always prompts asking if I want to convert it to DOS format. Is there …

Hey all!! Taking a break from C++. I have tried to install Solaris 10. It went ok but it seems incapable of producing a consolefrom the start. It has no problem with a text screen. I was able to set up a root and root password. It is not networked. …

Hello friends, I ran the following code on freebsd 5.5 /usr/sbin/named -u bind -g bind -c /etc/namedb/named-lan.conf /usr/sbin/named -u bind -g bind -c /etc/namedb/named-internet.conf I want to run two instances of bind to see my website both on the lan and the internet but here is the problem, I says …

Hey, i am using windows vista atm and was thinking about changing to linux to learn something new and plus ever since i got vista my computer has been running a bit slower than normal, but the only problem is playing games with my mates i usually play call of …

I want to install some kind of virtual box software so I can run Windows from inside Ubuntu. I have heard of a few such software packages, including virtualbox and vmware, and I was wondering if anybody here had any recommendations on what to use. Also, I already have Windows …

Hi I am running openSUSE 10.3 on a Dell laptop. I would like to connect the laptop to a Windows box which has an internet connection. I already have the crossover cable connected to them. Is there a HOWTO or an article someone wrote to do this? I am new …

Hi, Im using fedora 7, i have a problem with back color of program's text such as KDevelop Compilers and ... back color is black and i cant read the texts. i have upload a screenshot of my problem [URL="http://farzad.zafarani.ir/images/fedora.png"]here[/URL] Regards

I've installed Slackware 12.0 to my Acer Aspire 5520, and the sound doesn't work. It recognizes the soundcard, and it appears that the drivers are installed, but I don't get any sound. Where should I check, and what should I look for.

Under XP all works. I made a directory /media/LaCie and tried to mount as: mount -t ntfs /dev/sde /media/LaCie But I get the error mess. "Can't find Superblock". What can have gone wrong?

Hey, I'm looking to dual boot Windows Xp and Linux Ubuntu... I'm totally new to Linux and i want to test it out.... Could someone please link me to a how-to site or explain how to install one then the other... Thanks a lot!

Trying to install Curl 7.15.4 on a Red Hat server with PHP 5.1.2 and Apache 1.3.*. When attempting to ./configure I get the following error message: configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub I'm not a server guru so I'm not sure where to go from here.

Can I add an "Open Terminal Here" or even just an option to open gnome-terminal from the right click menu on the desktop?

I opened Alacarte Menu Editor about 10 minutes ago, and tried to make one of my applications visible by checking the box next to it, and it crashed alacarte, and erased everything from my Applications dropdown box. Now, whenever I try to run Alacarte from System > Preferences > Menu …

I am currently trying to research any companies offering network monitoring services. I am wanting to have online service for monitoring servers, all common network nodes, and such with email/sms sending when there is a problem or failure with anything on the network (with capabilites of both external and internal …

After a systemcrash and a re-install I only can read my XP partition. I forgot what I have to insert in the fstab. My xp partition is mounted as: /dev/hda1 /media/windows vfat rw,iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0 and I can't change ownership of the xp directory. Is there anyone who can help …

Alright, here's the deal. Don't ask me about my reasons for installing Mac OS X on this notebook, or how, please. I just need help with partitions. I have an img file that I would like to use [icode]dd[/icode] onto a partition on my harddrive. However, I have no idea …