Linux and Unix Forum

I follow the instruction from the book i bought which says insert the fedora dvd in the dvd drve, however, it seems like my pc is not booting from dvd drive, instead it just starts windows. Can anyone please tell me specificly how to change boot option to make my …

In the past I've used vsftpd for File transfer. Installing this was quite easy: - yum install vsftpd - go to 'services' and click start. Now it would be up and running. This has always worked for me, but now I'm required to use Tftp as a server. So I …

I had linspire on a hard drive. I partitioned it, formated it, and it boots with "grub loading stage1.5. grub loading, please wait. error 17". How do I repair this?

Hi All, Is there any way to invoke an Window Application (for eg say calc.exe) from a Unix Server. I think we might be needing a Windows X Server running. I am not sure how to invoke an application from the unix server. Any help on this. Regards, Ahamed.

i have heard linux software are freeware and there are million of them out there. Would everyone please share their favorite download sites? I don't find that easy to locate the linux softwares... please share both the sites for downloading package and binary. thanks a lot

hi all, I am new to linux, sometimes i wonder if there is a way to search for the utility command such as useradd or ifconfig. The reason i ask is, in Fedora, there are many command that are hiding in different places. For example, I now know useradd is …

i just setup a linux fedora server at home, and would be able to ssh from another pc within my home network. However, when i tried to telnet to my server outside my home network, it wouldn't be able to reach it. I have my own domain name connecting to …

1. How do I install Fedora OS in a VMware virtual machine? 2. I don't have IIS (win XP home). Do I need it if I'm going to use VMware server (to configure it)? 3. Is there a set of tools that I can install to configure VMware server WITHOUT …

I have a Dell running win XP and have files, etc that I don't want to loose. I heard about VMware Player that allows XP to be run as well as Linux and other OSs simultaneously. I have a need to be able to install RedHat Fedora on this machine …

I have just installed [URL="http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_ionfiles&Itemid=28"]PCLinuxOS [/URL](698 MB) in one of my hardware partition. My Problem is that I am unable to connect to the internet. And I am not able to figure out the reason. So I have decided to post some screen shots, which may explain my problem better. …

I finally made the plunge--I didn't want to mess up anything on my present computer so I bought a new computer (Asus P5GC-MX/1333 mother board) with a Hitachi 160 GB HD and an Optiarc DVD. I've tried to install Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04-- both with no success. I keep getting …

Hi all. Can some one help me with the following answers. I am brushing up for an exam monday and we have to answer one q from a linux environment. I hope this Q comes up as it has done over the last 2 years. thanks in advance T [B]Consider …

I just installed fedora 9 and finally got everything working. I configured my router to assign static ip to this box (i guess i don't have to install ddclient) I have a dyndns.com account and set my dns name to the static ip I mentioned to this box. Could anyone …

Hey peoples, I have a little problem that i cant figure out on my own. Ive been running kubuntu with compiz effects basically all on and enjoy booting into linux every now and then for a little learning experience. Anyways i wanted to trry a new windows manager so i …

could anyone briefly tell the difference among fedora i386 i686, x86_64 and ppc? is ppc for mac only? i386 and i686 for 32 bit and x86_64 is for 64 bit os??? I did a quick search on google and didn't find good source sites, if any please share. thanks very …

hi friends.. i had one problem..my windows xp didnt boot bec of viruses.. now i have installed ubuntu in my laptop.. i want to install windows xp again.. but the cd's setup.exe file doesnt run in ubuntu.. how can i fix the problem? whats the command for running cd in …

I also have this problem (since 7.10), and would hugely appreciate your help. I am using ASUS laptop with 2Gb RAM and 2.0GHz Intel Core2Duo processor. I can't say anything about 7.04, because this is a new laptop, and the first Ubuntu version installed was 7.10. By the way, the …

[code][ 405.681685] wlan0_rename: authenticated [ 405.681688] wlan0_rename: associate with AP 00:18:f8:42:5f:ed [ 405.683255] wlan0_rename: RX ReassocResp from 00:18:f8:42:5f:ed (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4) [ 405.683262] wlan0_rename: associated [ 1500.944687] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -1817657700 ns) [ 1500.948670] Time: hpet clocksource has been installed. [22986.775863] rtc: lost 17 interrupts [22986.860515] rtc: lost …

Hi, I'm running Fedora core 8 on my XP machine using VMWare. Now I have a DVD which I must run on the linux window. When I insert the CD, the only CD recognized by linux is the iso file which is used in the installation of linux. The CD …

I've just installed Slackware version 12.0 on an Acer Aspire 5520. When I boot to Linux, I just get a command line. Why am I not getting a GUI? I selected for X and KDE to be installed during setup, so why do they not work? BTW, I'm a Linux …

Hello, I am using aspell to spell check my work. But my paper (written in LaTeX) has a lot of technical terms and abbreviations that normally wouldn't be found in a dictionary. In fact I might not use some of the words again in other files. Is there some way …

Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Using VLC or Totem, playing a video file hangs my entire system. The audio still plays, and I can still use the mouse, but my keyboard does not work, and I can't kill X. This is annoying, seeing as I could play video files two …

how can i uninstall ubuntu from my Dell-vostro laptop? can anyone tell me the procedures? i've ubuntu installation cd.. but that doesnt has uninstall file.. how can i fix this problem? reply soon plssssssssssssssss..

can anyone please tell me how I can send email with freeBSD? I guess the: mail -s " subject" [email]email@emaildomain.com[/email] is for system internal mail only??? do i need to browse my for example hotmail.com ,,, login and then create the email from there? ..... or if there is a …

A lot of people say that Unix BC is a very good calculator program. However whenever I enter the following commands (after loading the math library -- i.e invoking BC at the command line by typing 'bc -l') I get: e (3 * l(2) ) 7.99999999999999999982 e(0.2*l(32)) 1.99999999999999999998 The first …

Hi all I recently made a small calculator program and I was wondering how would I set the path so when I just enter "calc" then the calculator program would start without me having to enter cd calc ./calc I have googled but the tuorials tell me to direct it …

Hi all hope you are well. I am interested in a quick method (besides cut 'n' paste) of extracting my command history from a putty session (Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 9)) to a windows text file. Any ideas on that? Thanks for your …

[B]The problem:[/B] I made a script that every minute - it restarts a program if it is told to in a mySQL database as well as if the program is not responding. I created it without a problem; it worked in the terminal, PHP and so on. Then why won't …

Okay, so here's the deal. I used to be able to use the application / tool "play" in a console to play mp3 and wav files, but now, I get errors: [code]alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop$ play Tilt.mp3 play soxio: Failed reading `Tilt.mp3': unknown file type `auto' alex@alex-laptop:~/Desktop$ play Tilt.wav play soxio: Failed reading …

I am new to freeBSD, it is weird to me that I can't logout /neither shutdown the system. I have sh and csh,, i man the "logout" and it says csh has logout utility so i change to csh and type logout... however, it keeps telling me it is not …

Hello all, I am wondering how email servers usually treat an email that has no real email domain from which it originated in comparison to an email that has a real email domain such as [email]harry@microsoft.com[/email]. How do email servers treat such emails when they are received. For example, some …

I just recently installed FreeBSD and my system has basically nothing. I add one user which is myself. However I can't do anything with that account since i haven't set permission. My friend told me I need to use sudo command, but which is not available in my machine yet... …

Okay, I am about to pull my hair out. I installed Linux XP and decided that I should stay with windows. Unfortunately, the PC is not booting from the XP CD. I have no idea, now, how to unistall this OS. Does anyone have any ideas? I can't do the …

Hi there everyone, I've just started with Ubuntu 7.10 and KDevelop 3.5.8 (just installed, true greenhorn to Ubuntu) . First, I created this hello-world program: #include <cstdio> int main() { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0;} with gedit, compiling and linking it with g++ -o hello hello.cpp. Running it with ./hello worked …

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 …

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? …

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 …

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?

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, 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 …

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 …

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 …

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__ …

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 …

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