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for no good reason, my serial port v92 hardware modem will not work.i surfed in the morning for a couple of hours then broke off for breakfast then attempted to get back on, but a message came up saying something like "unable to operate device error 8". anyone out there …

Dear all, I can't setup the httpd server document root other from the default. The default setting is DocumentRoot "/var/www/html". However, when I set the default web link to DocumentRoot "/home/webadmin/public_html", the httpd service can't start and display "failed". Can anyone help me? Thanks! Gavin

Hi, I know this isn't related to Linux in general, but I have my webpages on my Windows XP box. I want to upload the files to my linux box. I am unable to upload them using CuteFTP or some other program like that. I have port 21 forwarded in …

First of all I'm a complete newb .. I heard about apache 1 month ago ... I downloaded it and installed it ... and after this I get stucked ... Can someone please help to get a site up ? A tutorial or smt .. explained for a retarted :) …

Hi, So far, I worked with IIS. So I can map network drive and create a virtual directory from the maped drive. Now, I have moved to Apache, but I don't know if Apache can do the same thing. Can anyone tell me? If can, how to do it? Thanks …

Hi, I am running FC4 and my website successfully. I have sort of stumbled onto a different avenue. I finally got my vsftpd to allow users to log into the server as long as their home directory is set to /home/(user), (user) being their login. I have the web page …

i am running SuSe 9.x and i have 2 different wifi cards(d-link dwl650 and a mini pci card that came with the laptop..i think its a broadcom) and i cant get either one of them to work. on the d-link card it has the 2 lights(link and act) the act …

when i installed suse on my laptop, i also installed both kde and gnome. when it boots up it automaticly boots with kde. how can i change it to gnome

Hello everyone, I am reposting this on new Thread. Troy already responded and I would like to follow up on new thread ******************* Originally Posted by cider_or I am able to view localhost page and now I wanted to set up my website on my Apache server. I have a …

i installed fedora core 1 recently but during the setup something went wrong and i messed up the boot config so that all it said was GRUB to try and fix this problem i ran the xp restore cd and that didnt work. I later configed the boot loader right …

OK, I am very new to LINUX. I have actually never used it before. I just set up my computer to dual boot with Redhat 9.0 and winxp. Now in RedHat all I want to do is change the resolution to 1024X768. It keeps telling me that I need to …

I've tried installing versions of Linux on livecds, I've tried Knoppix 3.8.2, Knoppix 3.9, and Slax Kill Bill version 5.0.5. The cds will start to boot Caldera DR DOS, it will find drivers for USB devices and search for hard drives and then freezes. All 3 cds freeze at this …

I am wanting to put Fedora on my laptop that currently runs XP. I want to do a dual boot, thus I need to create a new partition. Here's the problem: In XP, when I go to computer management, it shows that the entire hard drive has only 1 partition. …

Hi, I have Redhat 9.0 OS on my system. It came with CD writer software. I am able to play CD without any issues. But the CD writer software is not working. Is there any that I am missing, or any thing that I have to download on my PC. …

Hi All I am trying to install MOzilla on a tru 64 unix system . This requires the use of 'setld' command . Now thw problem is theat i don't have the root access . Are thge root permissions a must for installation ....???? PLz help Best regards VArun

I need a little help with apache. I have it running and can access the Test Page from the internet. however, i want to go to index.html. When i type in [url]http://ipaddress:port/index.html[/url] the index does come up but when i just type [url]http://ipaddress:port/[/url] i get the test page. How do …

I had fedora core 1 installed in hdb2 and windows xp in hda1.But I then reinstalled windows xp and the Master Boot Record was cancelled so I cannot boot fedora core 1 but I only access windows xp.I tried to install GRUB In hdb2(from cd) but I get an error …

Hello all, I can't write in VFAT ou NTFS partition . I really can do it just as ROOT. HELP. SUSe 9x Thanks in advance!!! Eduardo :?:

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Hi, I'm Having Problem When Copying File/folder. This Message:- "error Copying File Or Folder....cannot Copy Avseq01; Invalid Ms-dos Function", Appears. Anyone To Help Me Rectify This Problem?

Are there any tools for gui based application development in LINUX? Something like VB?

Hi all, Originally i had posted this thread in the wrong forum! (Pretty stupid, huh!) So i will ask the right form today! Dose anyone know any good websites for downloading Linux. Any help would be great! Thanks, Chris (Croft .L)

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(Note: Please be patient with me as I still know next to nothing about Linux) I prefer KDE, but I also like Firefox. Firefox is what got me interested in open-source in the first place. The problem is that Firefox is a GNOME application, and is designed to run in …

I can not seem to access any of my fat32 hdd partitions. My computer is dual boot WindowsXP/Fedora Core 4. Xp sees alll the partions fine, but Fedora Core, nothing. My /mnt directory is empty, and I seem to remember some other Linux distro having an fdisk command which allowed …

I've done a google search for how to install this, and none of the methods seem to work. I've tried installling it the normal way and $ linux32 sh et-linux-2.55.x86.run which didn't work also. Anyone out there get this running on a 64 bit linux OS that can help me? …

I'm currently using phpMyAdmin with Plesk 7.5. Well first of all there's the known problem with the CSS not working, but that's besides the point. My question is actually whether it's possible to access phpMyAdmin directly through some URL instead of first logging into Plesk and then navigating all the …

Once php has been installed on apache server, why I cannot run php program on it, any idea?

Hello, I am new here, and this web site looks great! I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time, I just had a couple questions relating to networking Linux and using a Unix OS called OpenBSD. Is there a best Linux recommended to use for file servers? …

I have been asked to "Analyse & Compare the Key Features of IIS 6.0 & Apache 2.0" I have to present it to my management team and it should not be to "Techie". I have found plenty on IIS but am struggling on Apache 2.0. Any details on Security, Reliability, …

I am new to using linux on my own machines, but i have seen it in use before and i know a small bit as ive been reading up on it quite a lot. I downloaded mandrake linux 10.1 community to put on my computer and i previously made two …

Hi, I have gone through the previous threads on this topic and still have a problem, and that's why I'm posting this. I have a dual bootup system, with windowsxp and Red Hat 9. I have tried to mount the 4 windows partitions on linux by 3 ways and am …

I tried updating Apache so many times but it is giving errors and not compiling GD2, IMAP or cURL at all. [code] EXSLT/index.html:1: parser error : Document is empty ^ EXSLT/index.html:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found ^ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" ^ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" ^ <html …

I have a server, and it has linux installed on it but i have no idea which version... how do i find out ... Thanx

Hi guys, Sorry to make my first post so elaborate, I hope to provide help to others soon... :lol: I'm looking at co-locating a web server, the purpose of which will be to host as many small scale websites as possible. Unfortunetely, I have very little knowledge of webserver hardware …

Hi guys I really need help in downloading Gentoo on a PII. I have the boot from a cd ROM it works fine when booting, but when its finished from just the booting, I get stuck and dont know how to continue the installation. I got the image filr from: …

Hello, I'm pretty new here and plan on making this my new tech support home if I can find what I'm looking for in a reasonable time! (other places just cant help me for some reason!) Well here's the breakdown: I am using linux redhat 8.0 I "love the graphical …

Hi everyone Out of interest what windows managers are people running and why? I use fvwm2 because it is so light and fast but with powerful configuration options that let me set my desktop up to look and act in a way that allows me to work faster and more …

I don't know if this is the right forum for this. Perhaps there should be a "General Linux Help" section? Anyway, I have been a Linux user for over a year, but I've never truly understood how the operating system works. I don't even understand the directory structure. I heard …

I using Knoppix 3.7 on two machines, one with kernel 2.4.27 and the other with 2.6.9. I running freevo on the 2.6.9 box and samba (latest debian version, 3.0.x I think) on the 2.4.27 one. The samba server has two usb 250GB drives (one of the shared as the /tv …

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as the title says i need some help installing the drivers for my mx440 graphics card and soundblaster live 5.1 usb card on mandrake 10.2. So far i have downloaded the linux version of the nvidia driver but i cant get it to install even in root. ( i am …

I'm using RH9 in Dual boot with win XP The boot partition is /dev/hda4 - XP - HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda1, /dev/hda3 are LINUX native /dev/hda2 is Linux Swap partition table Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 64 409657+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 …

I am familiar with the different linux distros (mandrake,gentoo,knoppix,slax etc) but sadly it has been hard for me to use them as my wireless network card has got in the way. Basically I want to know what distro is most wireless friendly and I want a livecd (for now) and …

I have been trying to play DVDs in Linux for a while. I heard that DVD support was disabled because of legal issues, and that there was no legal solution for Linux, so if I wanted to play DVDs, I should use Windows. I have been doing just that, but …

my problem I have to write on a single line a command to launch a script only if the number of users on the system is less than ten. This is what I have so far. grep | who "* < 10 " $Users-on I always get confused about quotes …

I'm a newbie to Linux. I've set up Fedora Core 2 and got Apache working OK. I'm getting the appropriate page on localhost. Now I want to test Apache for a PHP script I've written with KWrite, but I cannot save a file to /var/www/html because I'm told: "The document …

Which linux distro would I need to run with a AMD 64bit processor? I saw they had a distro for it, but it said it was unstable and still in the works. Can I get a distro that is stable, that will just run at 32 bits, with a 64bit …

;) hi, well here is a strange setup that i wanna do on my machine. i would like to setup windows xp, redhat linux 9, xandros debian linux and freebsd 5.0 on my machine. i have a 40 gb harddisk. how should i partition my harddisk and how should i …

I switched to Linux two months ago. It had been years since I had tried it and years ago it was just not user friendly and I didn't have the time to make the transition. Well that has changed, Linux is really nice. If you think 31 flavors of ice …