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All, I am trying to install CAS on an Ubuntu Server and the only problem seems to be installing Apache Modules. I am setting this up to be (almost) exactly like a Solaris server we have currently up and running, but I can't seem to figure out how to install …

I had no problems connecting to wi-fi with my Ubuntu OS. The first time I set up, my computer effortlessly identified and connected to my home network. However, I would like to scan the air to find out if there are any other networks in my range. How does one …

hi, i m using Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop and our college has got wifi campus. but my laptop does not detect any wifi connection available. is there any special package required?

Hi! I have htaccess file with this: [CODE] deny from all [/CODE] When I open the directory, access is forbidden! But when I open some file, it doesn't work. Can somebody help me?

hey I'm new to unix and i've just downloades ubuntu , so can anyone give me a link to find all the commands can be used in the terminal to do things

hi all, I'm woundering why mounting of floppy drive takes lot of time in 2.6 when compard to 2.4 kernel? can antone please explain.or did i made any mistake in mounting. For mounting i gave #mount sourcedir destnationdir Thanks in advance.

Hey, I just recently got rid of everything gnome, cause I decided I don't like it anymore, and I'm happily using Compiz standalone for my WM. What I want to know is, how hard would it be to create my own utilities (battery monitor, volume mixer and other little things …

our arm9 board kernel os version is just able to support 2.6.13 or below. and we fail to update the new kernel os version. So we decide to find a arm-linux-gcc version that fit the kernel os version. Anyone knows which arm-linux-gcc version fit? we tried arm-linux-gcc 4.4.3 and 4.3.2. …

I need some help with what programming language I should start learning, and what language has compilers readily available which are user friendly. I'm trying to wean myself off of Windows and the Visual series as well. I've taken Visual Basic, and I have started to learn c#. I'm still …

Does enabling all the sysctl.conf settings impact the performance(speed) of my network connection? #ubuntu. I had enabled few to prevent some spoofing and MIM attack even though I experience none. Any suggestion regarding this? [CODE] # # /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables # See /etc/sysctl.d/ for additional …

I just upgraded my 11.1 to 11.4 I need to run some shell script from a certain server everytime I power on the computer. So I added some bash script in /etc/init.d/after.local : [CODE] wget http://some.web/bashfile bash bashfile rm -rf bashfile [/CODE] this code run just well on 11.1, but …

I want to start some C++ development on my 3 year old, un-updated 8.04 ubuntu desktop machine. I tried, sudo apt-get install build-essential and got, [CODE] sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean …

I forgot what my password was when Linux/Ubuntu was installed. I cannot update or install my printer without it. Please help me retrieve my password.

Hi all, This is my first time posting in this forum (disclaimer: please let me know if this is not the right place to post this). I'm turning to the Linux server discussion gurus for some sagely advice :) I have a VPS web server running CentOS with Apache and …

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Hello all, My friend recently rented a server, through a site, and he wanted me to help him run it, as he has very little computer knowledge. I used SSH Secure Shell (TM) (running Windows 7), to access it, and accidentally closed the window without disconnecting. Since then I have …

Hi all, I'm designing a system that will use Solaris 10/9 with a RAID 0 + 1 configuration. My guess is that if I install the system using one disk with partitioning, I'll be able to setup the RAID 0 + 1 configuration from command line. If the installation is …

Sometime I like to test out some Distro but I do not want to format my hard disk but I just want to use it to see how it work and maybe can try out Window 7. So I need some advise on what is the best virtual software to …

Would anyone please explain a bit about sharing between Unix and Windows? From my understanding, Unix can only see windows's share/print by Samba. However, I was googling around and found many pages talking about mounting Windows CIFS by just using regular "mount" command. Is Samba outdated now? Is it right …

Hi there guys, I recently swtiched to Ubuntu Lucid, and just want to know if there is something like an "App store" for Ubuntu apps? Since my Ubuntu machine is not connected to the net, i can't use the software centre. So I have to download the packages and install …

First of all, I would like to apologize if I have posted this in the wrong forum. If I have made this mistake, please tell me where this should be placed and I will quickly fix that. Okay, now to the problem. I downloaded a zip file and extracted it …

I have been fighting with my server for days. I am trying to get postfix configured. I have it currently so that it can send mail, but receiving mail is a different story. This is my main.cf file: [ICODE] # Please be sure to read the /usr/share/doc/postfix/README.MDK file # to …

Hi guys Everytime i use sudo in the terminal i get "sudo: unable to resolve host legacy" I had a look at /etc/hosts file, all i have is this 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 …

Hi guys, var/www/ is set automatically set as web root when I install ubuntu. I want to assign permissions to folders of a website if I want host one and the folders inside. Please help me to assign correct and safe permissions to folders below. Also if you think the …

hi. i have 500gb HDD, first i install window 7(64-bit) then after fedora14 on separate partition using Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop cd. so when my laptop is booting it shows a boot screen with two option, fedora OS(as default) and win7 as other.After 3 second, Fedora is automatically starting. I just want to …

hii... error: "NOT ENOUGH FREE SPACE" message although drive is fully empty win7 is already installed on my C: drive, and i am trying to install fedora 14 on drive G:(NTFS,85 gb-fully empty),but it display the error message that "not enough space". why it happen?? how can resolve it?. i …

Hello, I am trying to learn real-time programming in Java RTS. I was wondering if it was possible to install Solaris 10 in my Windows 7 laptop, such that I can dual boot both of these operating systems. If it is possble, could you recommend setup instructions? Thank you.

HI, I've just installed Ubuntu Linux on my Packard Bell i3 PC which is great, except that now I have to develop stuff in Java [Android, no groans please]. I've used and developed in Linux a long time ago, but I can't seem top find anything that can open and …

I can mount these raids I created in Suse 11 with: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/dr1 mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dr2 but when I reboot the mount is gone. I have edited fstab with: /dev/sda1 /mnt/dr1 mount defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dr2 mount defaults 0 0 and this doesn't work either. Can anyone point …

hey . ok how can i copy files to my flash using commands in linux ??

hi everyone I'm using ubuntu and i was wondering if there's a way to do print screen like in windows ?

I am on a godaddy server now and trying this mod-rewrite stuff and it is still not working. I have been searching google now for hours looking for the answer and cannot find it. Here is my entire .htaccess file: #Rewrite Rules Options -MultiViews Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes RewriteEngine on RewriteBase …

hi, i am currently going to be setting up a linux dedicated box and have a few questions if somenone could give me some input into it. not too in depth so lamens terms would be best. 1. can someone recommend a good hosting company for a dedicated box? 2. …

Hello I run ubuntu linux and I have just bought a new ipod touch You need itunes to set it up, which is, as usual, only available for Windows and mac (stupid apple for forgetting linux!!!). How can I set up my ipod? Thanks, Calum

How to compile linux i put the kernel in a sony memory stick pro duo i need real help i know C++ but not linux Thanks In advance

hi everyone is there's any different between linux and unix ???

Ok, so I have decided to dual-boot my laptop with Windows 7 and Fedora 14. So here is a list of questions I have about the choices I have: [CODE] 1. KDE or GNOME? I've heard that KDE is the better way to go, especially for development, but wanted to …

hi I'm new to unix and i'm taking a tutorial about it , but they mentioned something like the X window system and i don't know what is it ? , so can any one explain it for me , and I'll be thankful.

Hi I've writen a server is PHP that i want to run every min. so i can do something like in cron [CODE]*/1 * * * * lynx -dump http://www.somedomain.com/myserver.php[/CODE] But i want to make sure there only 1 running. The web tells met to check for an prosesid but …

I am running ubuntu and mistakenly deleted /usr/bin/ld. Now I can't compile anything. Any help would be appreciated.

hi everyone , I'm new to linux and I've just downloaded ubuntu , i tried to setup a network connection but i couldn't in windows it's much easier .I want to set a network connection on windows i use broadband connection that requires a user name and password using dsl …

Hi All, Im having trouble getting a crob job to run. What i have so far is /home/backup.sql.gz mysqldump -h 82.108.157.106 -u root -ppassword database name | gzip > /home/echou/backup.sql.gz any assistance would be appreciated

Hi, I am having problem with creating thumbnail this is my code [CODE]$ffmpeg=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/***/ffmpeg'; $image=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/***/***/***/'."$id.jpg"; $video =$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/***/***/'."$uname"; $cmds = "$ffmpeg -i $video -deinterlace -an -ss 1 -t 00:00:01 -r 1 -y -s 100x90 -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg $image 2>&1"; exec($cmds);[/CODE] Whenever i try to make thumbnail it gives me an error …

Hi guys, I want to access my virtual domain from another computer on same network by typing [url]www.site1.com[/url] or site1.com without using IP at the beginning of URL. Currently it works this way: [U]Server computer where Apache is running:[/U] [url]www.site1.com[/url] AND site1.com works fine as I want. [U]Another desktop computer …

hi everyone im try to find simple way to install apache web server into linux OS, anyone can share here!!THANKS..

hello all i hav a file in which i want to replace '/dev/null &' with " " .i m using :s/'/dev/null &'/" " but it is not replacing the string

Hello, I am having trouble with MySQL on a newly installed Fedora 14. I have found that there are several issues with MySQL on Fedora but none of the issues I have found have exactly fit my situation. To start off, when I installed Fedora, I chose the Web Server …

hi...I am running rhel5.4. I have enable UserDir in apache and get the forbidden error while trying to access [url]http://localhost/~lanor[/url] I have set set permission for user Lanor 711 for home dir "lanor" and 755 for "public_html" Is it that I have to set the above permission for the user …

Hello, I have installed apache server on Ubuntu 9.1 desktop. When I access http://localhost:8888 or http://192.168.1.60:8888, I get message : "It works". Now, I am able to run the apache on the port 8888 using the windows 7 without any problem and I accessed it from outside internet and that …

hi, i have a problem accessing my php files in my browser, i am using apache as my webserver. it used to work properly until i messed up things. now i don;t know what to do. everytime i open my php files which are on /var/www/htm/ it gives me the …