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Hello everyone--first post here and looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship! Now for the good stuff--I have a Satellite 6100 Pro (Linux Ubuntu 6.06.1 and Windows XP dual boot) 768 M Ram - 40 Gig hd -- Pent D processor. When I am on the road (truck …

I am new to linux and I just installed ubuntu on my hp dv6000t laptop. I try to download the nvidia-glx but when I try to install it with the command "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable" command it returns the following: Error: unable to load nvidia kernel driver! Be sure to have …

Hello everyone. I decided to try out XAMPP ( [url]http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp[/url] ), which contains a pre configured distribution of Apache 2.2.3. My intention is to use it for some local testing of a web application that uses Perl scripts. I got Apache running easily enough and it runs the sample Perl …

Okay, I am extrememly new to all of this, but I need some serious help! My sister accidently bumped the plug to my computer out of the socket, causing my computer to powerdown, of course. This isn't the first improper powerdown, but for some reason, my desktop won't load anymore. …

Iam a linux newbie who feels the need to famalirize myself with the linux environment. For some reason, I think the headache of installing linux is worth it. maybe not right now because Iam experience a lot a problem just getting started. I just recently install fedora core 5 on …

Hey im new to linux, and i need help with what type of gentoo to get for an intel pentium 4. is it supported? Also is it possible to put slax on an ipod? Thanks, M

Ok, feel free to move this to the networking forum Basically I have a debian etch server up and running and have installed samba but the bad news is my meddling has deleted the smb.conf file. Can anyone give me one suitable for the following setup no security - full …

Hi... had a problem boggling the mind over the past few days and I'm about ready to pull my hair out, so I figured I would offer it up here to see if anyone had suggestions... The Scenario: Base server is running CentOS 3 with 4 different VMware machines configured …

Hi, I have a Linux box running Apache 2.0.52. I can go to http://192.168.0.70 (the IP address of the linux box), and display the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Test Page. However, when I try to go to http://192.168.0.70/~starfish/index.html, it returns a 403 Forbidden error. The index.html file currently resides within …

i have downloaded PCLinuxOs and ChubbyPuppy recently. i was wondering how you would burn the iso as bootable cd. do you need to extract the contents of the file and burn it or just burn the iso file as bootable cd

Alright, so I am trying to make an iso image of a playstation disc, so I can use it more effectively on my emulator, but everything I try, whether it be [inlinecode]cat /dev/cdrom < /home/firesburnsmup/PSX/disc1.iso[/inlinecode] or [inlinecode]dd if=/dev/cdrom of=$HOME/PSX/disc1.iso[/inlinecode] whatever I do, it will tell me that [inlinecode]/dev/cdrom: Input/Output error[/inlinecode] …

Hi, can anyone please please help? I have downloaded a Torrent file and I can't get it to install! Is a daa file. I have a few files in the actual folder but I just need someone to run through it with me, any help would be greatly appreciated as …

Hi, I finally got redhat 9.0 installed in vmware 4 on Windows XP (I had some trouble as in a post below). Everything is fine, --I installed all the packages I wanted; the internet is fine, --except that I can not get vmware tools installed in redhat, and because of …

so im not a complete newb with linux. In the past I have set up slackware and had to actually configure some devices and Guis by hand sort of thing but I have a problem... I have and AMD 64 X2 processor so I wanted to utilize 64 bit processing …

I am currently running Ubuntu 6.10 (I hope that's the right number for Edgy Eft), and I had installed a Radeon x1650xt lately, and I am wondering if they're any drivers written for this operating system, and this video card. If so, how would I go about installing them, seeing …

hey all, I've never been in this forum before; but then I've only just got into using my Linux PC. I'm using Mandrake with mostly KDE sessions, and I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to do something that seems simple... I have only got old(er) web browsers …

[b]Microsoft's Monopoly[/b] At this time, Microsoft owns an operating system monopoly with its line of Windows operating systems. UNIX, however, is an alternate OS mainly used by ... er, computer geeks. It's been out for many years and features a small kernel with all programs built around the kernel. This …

hello ppl im a complete newbie at linux .. the reason im installing linux is because i want a transparent proxy [U]server[/U] with squid ... so .. heres my setup * AMD sempron 2200+ (x86/32 bit i think) * ASUS A7S8X-MX or sth like tha motherboard * 512 MB ram …

hi all, now a days i am facing a severe problem in my website.it is due to my web hosting provider.because now they changed the php as cgi module(I think),so the php_value [B]include_path in .htaccess[/B] file is not working now.Before changing the php as cgi module it worked well.If I …

=> Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS Oh Jeez! I have this essay for English, and it involves a diagram part, which I have completed in Dia. Now, I don't have a working printer at my house, so I would have to email it to myself and print it at school. The …

Hi, I'm super new to this website just want to this real quick. Alright, I'm using knoppix live cd on my computer using it as a save disk. Orginally I had XP Pro SP2. It crashed a week or two ago. I shoved in the knoppix cd and saw my …

Sorry for the bad title of this post, but I have more than just one question... Thanks in advance for any answers to the following questions: [Ubuntu 6.06 LTS] 1) In the terminal, wine notepad.exe and wine regedit.exe work, but others such as wine write.exe or wine sol.exe or wine …

I have made a Image folder in my c:/program files/apache group/apache2.I don't want to put all of my images in the "htdocs" folder. my images come up if i place the image in the "htdocs folder" but will not come up if i place them in the Image folder that …

[B]Intro[/B] I just moved from Linux(ubuntu) to BSD (DesktopBSD/FreeBSD) as you might have read in my blog. So here are some things you might want to know about my install situation that could help you out later. [B]First Scenario: Remove Linux Completely[/B] I installed my DesktopBSD right over my Linux …

For whatever reason, since I have switched over to kde, my win-key doesn't work anymore. I heard that the k-menu should pop-up but mine doesn't do that. I hate using the mouse, so I was wondering if anyone knew a workaround for this. I am running debian etch, with the …

As said above, I am running Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS. My problem is that I cannot find a sound driver for my card. I have posted about this before. Is there a way that I can watch a video without the sound? For example, when my video player opens, it …

Ubuntu Linux (6.06 LTS): I have Firefox installed as well as Epiphany, and Firefox will not open when opening HTML and bookmark files. I try to open an HTML file off of my desktop, and it opens Epiphany, even after changing the default browser to Firefox. Help!

I have a screencam type application for Windows, but none for my Ubuntu Linux system. So, I went to gnome-files and I downloaded xvidcap. They did not have the binaries, so I downloaded the source. I did the whole "./configure" thing, and it worked fine, but now what do I …

Grrr........ my thinkpad is annyoing me again Since i did a kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6 nothing works (in fact like 90% of all 2.6 distros fail on it) Any good (modern) distros that still use 2.4?

I used the debian installer today and loved it what are other peoples opininions?

Okay, just got into linux, and how does one go about doing C++ development in linux? Can one just use 'vi' to edit text, and then call the g++ compiler? Or does Debian come with a c++ environment? I did find a good IDE, Dev-C++ for linux, but it was …

I tried "SLAX." I tried "KNOPPIX." I tried "BCC-LNX." Guess how many of them booted up for me to try? One of them. The BCC-LNX did, but it didnt like my mouse. So, I burned an Ubuntu Live CD (somehow, I think it was my dad, actually). Vwala. It boots …

hi!! i'm new to java and need some help! i installed j2sdk on fedora4.it installed successfully.i could also compile & run 2 programs successfully. but after i restarted the computer and tried compiling using javac it gave me an error... javac:symbol lookup error:/usr/lib/libjc.so.6:undefined symbol : ztvn4java3awtgeo118 i tried it so …

[url]www.zenwalk.org[/url] take a look at this little distro... I started using some time coz it was a small download (I have a limited connection) and it was a full distro... the I fell in love with it.... and last week I went back to linux and i picked zenwalk.... :)

I just got Debian, and I kinda need it to have working wireless internet. I have a pressy r3k, and the wireless adapter is broadcom adapter. I don't care how, I just want it to work.

I just got into Debian Linux. I installed etch on my lappy, and I cannot get the sensitivity of the mouse pointer to go up. What file do I need to edit, and how, to put the sensitivity up? I have an ALPS pointer device, on a Compaq pressy r3k. …

Hello and Hapy Thanksgiving! I've recently set up an old Compaq Deskpro 2000 as a web server. I'm running Damn Small Linux and Apache 2.0.54. Everything works perfect except for one small thing—Apache doesn't start with the system. Does anyone know how to setup Apache to startup when the system …

hello, we have a proxy on REDHAT linux Enterprise edition.in this when we browsing from client pc main page of the sites are opened but link sites/pages on that are not getting and we r getting a massage NO DNS contact to administrator . why??????????? pls help i am in …

Is there any drives for radeon-graphics cards for SLES 10? And if there is, where can i find them? or is it any other way to fix the graphics, i can't have the screen resolution higher than 800x600

I have a Dell Dimension 5150 - 1gb RAM, 3ghz ish HT pentium 4, and a radeon x600 video card Ok, ubuntu had a bit of trouble with the video card but otherwise runs great (i edited xorg.conf to say vesa instead of ati) Only problem is I dont have …

So, I recently blanked my computer and installed suse 10.1 on my laptop. I used to have 10.0, sound didn't work. I even have had fedora core 5 and Ubuntu on here... STILL NO SOUND! I'm getting frustrated with this stupid thing... hours upon hours of messing around with this. …

I have a Redhat computer, and am going to install Slackware on another HD, so: Is there an app that can read / run Windows Executables (EXE's)? Such as something called KEXE or GEXE?

I went into Windows and found out that I have a "CS4236/37/38" sound card. I searched Google and found nothing. Can someone give me a link to a sound card driver RPM (I am running Redhat 9)? I also need to know how to install it.

I am using Redhat Linux 9 (old skool), and I have GNOME installed. Is there a way to uninstall GNOME and install KDE instead, and vice versa? I want to just try KDE, but not keep it, until I install Fedora 5 on my new lappy I'm getting in umm... …

I know I've posted like 15 threads so far asking for help... but here's my latest problem: My repositories list is terrible, and keeps giving me hell. Any chance any of you are willing to explain to me where to get a repositories list and how to use it?

Quick! Tell me what Linux would be best for exploring Linux itself, and for programming languages and gaming? I am going to put Linux on my computer, but there are like 3,000 different kinds, and I don't make decisions. What's the recommendation?

[URL]http://mammouth.tuxfamily.org/slackware/desktop.jpg[/URL] I found this pic when I searched "slackware" on google images, seeing as I am looking into installing Slackware 11 over my RedHat 9 Install. In the above picture, is that the default theme for slackware (with the dock and the transparent windows)? It makes it look like Mac …

I'm trying to setup a linux game server to host starcraft games. I'm thinking of using ubuntu or suse, but I'm not sure. Which one should I use out of the 2? Also, I really don't know how to set it up, so some one please help me!!!!!!!!

I had to install the GRUB boot loader to my MBS when I installed Debian 'etch'. This was because the Debian installer couldn't figure out that there was another operating system on the HDD. Now, however, I cannot boot my windows system. I know that GRUB can be modified so …

Hey I am a noob at Linux and I have installed Ubuntu onto my system. I can ping my modem and using the IP address I can ping [URL="http://www.optusnet.com.au"]www.optusnet.com.au[/URL]. How can I set it up so I can browse the net by just typing [URL="http://www.google.com"]www.google.com[/URL]