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I am trying to install a distro of linux and when I try to boot from any CD, I receive the message invalid disks. I know that the disks are valid. I even tried to boot with Windows XP disk and I got the same message. Please, help, thank you

Hi, I have been given a server which runs Apache2. Its working fine by itself. What I need to do is run another apache server in port (say)8000 is folder /home/myname (in the same machine). From what I know, if I have proper configuration files in my folder we should …

Hey everyone, I'm new to these forums and also new to web hosting but I've got a quick question. I'm using an Actiontec GT701 as my DSL modem and router. I'm running apache2 and I'm using virtualHosts to host three different sites. I can access the sites just fine from …

Hi I recently added Options +Multiviews to my .htaccess file so that URLs on my site would be mydomain.com/features/cars rather than mydomain/features/cars.php It's working fine, but I now wish to redirect bookmarked users and robots that request the old URLs. I've tried Redirect /features/cars.php [URL]http://mydomain.com/features/cars[/URL] but this gives file not …

Heyo My laptop has a webcam and a mic built-in on top. The laptop is XPS M1210 The distro is Kubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic The problem I've had, ever since I bought the laptop and installed beloved Ubuntu, is that while the webcam is not supported, it overheats rapidly while the laptop …

Hi I'm a little new to linux although I had installed mandriva some time ago and knew my way around it (sort of). It happens that I was forced to format my HDD so I tried out Ubuntu and was completely lost. I'm looking for a distribution that can help …

Hi there, I have heard so much about Unix but still know so little. 'Its an operating system that puts me in control' is about as far as i got. What are the potentials? What would i need to do to my windows Xp laptop to run Unix? What kind …

Does renaming the crontab file cause problems with the cron process? About a week ago, I was trying to make an update to the crontab files on all of our district servers. About halfway through, I got this 'brilliant' idea to simply copy the crontab file off of a system …

Since I have updated to feisty, I have had problems with suspend and hibernation. (Actually, I think I have successfully used suspend and hibernation in feisty, it may have been a while). Whenever I select to hibernate or suspend, my screensaver comes on for an instant and then it goes …

Hi everyone After a while I have managed to get my laptop to boot from cd but now i don't know whether to put Ubuntu on it or suse. Its an old laptop with 256 ram hope fully i will upgrade it to 256 within a few months but I …

Hi, I have installed SUSE10.0 over VMware Workstation 6.1. I was stupid enough to allocate only 8GB of space where I installed everything within that space(webmin...Apache2...etc.) and very little space remains back. Now after all when I tried to Install VMware tools it is throwing an error while trying to …

Was on the rocks about which server to choose. Here were the options: [LIST] [*]Dual Xeon 2.8 - 2 gig ram - 2 10k 73 gig SCSI [*]Dual dual core Opteron - 2 gig ram - 2 160 gig SATA [/LIST] The question I had was; Is the performance gain …

iam using suse 10.2 i ve mounted the ntfs partition but wen i try to copy & paste something in that partition i cant do it. error msg stating access denied arises wat to do?

Hey I was wondering if there was anyway, when installing software from the packet manager, how can I choose the installation path directory? Thanks

I was looking around for an mIRC client for linux suse professional, and I couldnt see anything, then on mirc's homepage they had a windows emulator which allows you to run windows programs ([url]http://www.winehq.com[/url]) I downloaded the program but the .rpm wouldn't install with yast for some reason even though …

I am trying to execute a basic hello world cgi script. However I keep getting 500 error. I tried changing the scriptsock setting in my httpd.conf file as well as file permissions and every other suggestion I could find on various postings.... I have reinstalled the OS and started from …

I installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on an old sysem. Just for kicks and giggles, i decided to install with the "minimum graphics system". I like it to a poing, except for the fact that I CAN'T TERMINATE IT! I don't know how! I want to close the session so i can …

Ok, whilst opensuse looked real purdy it just wasn't lean enough for me. So I decided to switch to xbuntu for maximum speed and usability. At the moment it's just great I intend to start gui development with mono and stetic. So this is going to be a thread mainly …

My debian server has about 20 old kernels listed in grub. there taking up loads of space. I dont want to just remove the entries from grub, i want to actually remove all kernels aparat from the most recent one (it works fine). I would usually use synaptic for this …

Has anyone ever chainloaded multiple operating systems with lilo the way you can with grub? I mean added the extra systems later than when PClinuxOS was installed ? I want to install PClinuxOS but I don't want to wreck my chainloaded systems so they can't boot. Will PClinuxOS see all …

After spending the entire morning just getting a live boot of ubuntu to work (my fauly really, the last blank cd i had burned with an error, and i had to configure a flash drive to do it instead), i was finally able to use linux for the first time. …

Yeah I just can't do it. Help! I tried installing eclipse and it just says error. So I tried installing the sdk. And did the rpm file but it just ain't working. There is no javac recognized. What shall I do?

[B][I][COLOR="blue"]ppl i am about to buy me a new harddisk :) 160 gb :) anyhow i got the windows vista ultimate and the linux enterprise desktop 10 i was wondering which is better ????[/COLOR][/I][/B]

Help, I wanna play a windows game (max payne 2 and half life 2) on opensuse, what should I do to get it to work. I don't know where to start. Do I need wine or crossover linux?:'(

My DNS server has a Firestarter firewall. When the firewall runs, only addresses on the same network as the DNS server can get a response from DNS/FTP/SSH. When I boot without the firewall, anyone can access them - as well as everything else!. This is my first foray into IPTables, …

I'm not sure what forum to put this in, so I put this in the Linux forum because people here would be more knowledgable about duel-booting. I recently discovered I still have IBM DOS 5.0 install diskettes, and I would like to install DOS on my computer. Currently, I have …

Hi, Please how can i empty the /var in my linux email server?

how do i install beryl without being on the internet with sypantec whatever its called?

hello there, i just want to ask what is the difference of having your IDE CD/DVD drive in /dev/sd0 rather than in /dev/hda? my friend and i have the same kernel version and distro (Ubuntu). the only difference is, my hard drive is detected in the file system of /dev/hda …

I took a working name server running bind 9 and fiddled around with the named.conf file. Then, because I wanted to be able to do further work remotely, I created a link /etc/rc2.d/S20ssh pointing to ../init.d/ssh) so it would run sshd when it boots. I copied the sshd_config file from …

Yes, I was wondering how do I set the password for mysql on opensuse? When I was setting it up [url]http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/595.html[/url] it never gave me an option to set the password. It would be useful for security measures. Thanx.

I am going to switch to linux soon. I have a laptop, the system information says:- System type: X86-based PC Processor: x86 family 15 Model 22 stepping 9 intel 2500 Mhz Which one should i choose, the x86_64(I think this one is for 64 bit) or i386 (this one has …

wretched spybot keeps cutting across................oh well. Hello everyone. Im judych Im new here as of today. This is my first attempt to navigate and Im not doing very well at the moment. What I want to do is look at the questions and answers to do with linux removal and …

KDE vs Gnome What is main diference? pro et contra Why KDE? and Why Gnome? What strong and week sides? :mrgreen:

OK, before I start, I am a complete tech idiot. I mean, I can do basic stuff, but nothing fancy. I'm working on installing Linux to my 2 GB 2nd gen iPod nano, but with no luck. IT all goes well until I get this error message from installer "An …

Hi all... I was wondering if someone could suggest a good network analyzer/packet sniffer for my home network. I plan on getting a LAMP going on this network and possible a mail server. I want to study network security and am not sure where to start. Any advice would be …

Currently I am running Windows Vista, with VMWare running Ubuntu 6.06LTS. I have it installed to run some sequencing software, LMMS and RoseGarden to be exact. What are the apt-get commands for them? sudo apt-get install lmms as well as sudo apt-get install rosegarden don't work. Neither does sudo apt-get …

Ok so here is how it goes. I am currently in possesion of my own computer which has Ubuntu 7.04 on it. YAY! I did that yesterday. My little brother would like the same thing but sadly I think his is too old. I inserted the CD that had ubuntu …

I have a VM of Ubuntu running on VMWare. Everything works, wireless, and all, except for the sound. I have a Realtek High Definition Audio card, which came onboard this laptop. Any ideas for drivers or solutions?

It won't UNCRASH or SHUT OFF! It's like... stuck on the desktop, I can enter the machine, but not control it. Ideas? AHAHAH I forgot the Ctrl+Alt+Bksp thingy. I did it and it shut off. Finally after like an hour... Jeez. Let's see how it likes the crash... Okay, works …

I installed Ubuntu, and there was a cursor. Then I went and changed my resolution in the terminal to 1440x900 and now it doesn't show up. My mouse still works, but there is no cursor. It did the same thing for my USB mouse and my traditional mouse. Please help.

You would think someone would've asked this question already, but I am having trouble getting GTKpod to recognize my ipod when I connect it. I know that GTKpod isn't the problem, it my system's mounting procedure. When I plug in my iPod, this goes through my /var/log/messages: (same with dmesg) …

Which is best? Any major differences?

500Mhz processor 128mb sdr ram 20 gig hard drive I need a linux OS to fit on this that is user friendly, I'm doing this up for my friend. He had windows ME on before. Any suggestions. Tried DSL (not user friendly), puppy linux (wouldn't recognised usb internet port). Slax …

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Hi, I'm a recent convert to linux after years of using Windows. If anyone can advise re connecting to the internet using ubuntu then I would be very grateful. Ubuntu doesn't find the modem at all but I've been browsing the help files and forums and thanks to a helpful …

In the past few weeks I've essentially bricked my laptop. XP won't boot any more and in an attempt to sort it i've stuffed the hard drive. I won't go into detail mainly cos i can't be bothered. Anyways, I'm away to go reformat the hard drive but I can't …

There's a new version of MEPISLite out. It is called AntiX. It is based on SimplyMEPIS 6.5 and is designed to work on older boxes with low ram. It comes with fluxbox and doesn't come with kde. It has the MEPIS installer as well as some other MEPIS goodies. It …

I've recently installed Ubuntu on a old computer. It has one 20g hdd that is split in 2 partitions. One partition has Windows 2000 on it and on the other has Ubuntu (7.04) on it. When I start the computer it says that it can't find the OS and that …

I was really recommended Gentoo, but I couldn't get it to install. Is there an easier way to install Gentoo?? What about Ubuntu, can it do as much as Gentoo, or at least Apache and MySQL