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Is there a way to set an NFS shared directory to my recursivly chared via NFS, that directory including sub directories?

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I'm currently building a headless Debian NFS media server and I'm doing most of my testing on my desktop. My cliant streaming device will by my "WD TV Live' TV streamer because it can read a Linux NFS network, I hate Samba. One of my problems is that the TV …

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I'm using LinuxMint 15. I'm getting the following errors when I tried to install the AMD CATALYS 13.1 Legacy driver. Any ideas what's wrong and what I can do? garrett@garrett-bedroom ~ $ cat /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log Detected a previous installation, /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh Dryrun uninstall succeeded continuing with installation. Check if system has the …

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I'M trying to get my .aax audio book file from my computer to my iPod but am having trouble. I don't use iTunes or Microshaft Window$ so it's a little more complicated. I'M using the Linux OS with Rhythmbox media player. I tried to manually move my .aax files to …

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I'M using the program ByteCopy by PavTube to rip my DVD and BDs into .mkv files. The program can rip with lossless quality. The problem I'M having is that it's ripping each disk of my DVD and BD tv shows as one giant file rather than ripping each episode individually. …

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Below is a program I'M trying to write that will take an 8 digit date and validate whether or not it's a valid date. I'M very new to shell scripting so I really a have no idea what I'M going. Could you take a look and let me know what …

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I've got a guy that has been kind enfough to start teaching me Linux administration and programming. I want's me to write a pseudocode program to take any numberand print it out as a string. I'M woing to attached my pdf version and read below to see his email. I …

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Guys pleas read the following page and don't forget to drop them a really positive email that's given at the bottom of the website. Thanks. Let them know you're willing to buy the product again if necessary to have a native Linux copy of your favorite valve game. Thanks http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/

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garrett@mint-desktop ~ $ c++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=c++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version …

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I have been instructed by my instructor to write a pseudocode date program. The program need to accept a date by looking at the year, then the month, and the day as well as to account for leap year. Please do not hesitate to help me out here, it's a …

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I'M using Mint Linux. Does anyone know where or how I could download a music store plugin for Rhythmbox? Please don't mention Banshee it refuses to sync to my iPod. I don't really like the idea of having to open Banshee just to purchase music. I think Clementine has the …

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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/glibc.html Above is a list of commands from the LFS project. I'M building a script for this page I want to be sure I'M not fraking this up. Please pay special attention to the following: sed & unset - at the top case & esac and the threee cat & …

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I'M working my way through the linux from scratch project and I'M currently stuck on the following page, what does it want me to do? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/adjusting.html Does it just want me to run the commands in the grey box listed below while in the /lib directory? SPECS=`dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name)`/specs $LFS_TGT-gcc …

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lfs@debian:~$ scp output garrett@192.168.1.10:/home/garrett ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.10 port 22: Connection refused lost connection lfs@debian:~$ Why is the above not working? I am wasily able to ssh from on computer to the other, why will scp not work here? output is just a simple text file.

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I see that Rhythembox has been updated along with the new Ubuntu 10.x. Does anyone know if there are any plans to make Rhythembox writable to an iPod? I know about song bird but it doesn't work with my Ubuntu and I hard they were going to stop Linux support …

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In the following program I'M getting an error with the blit function. The error is invalid destination position. background_image_filename = 'sushiplate.jpg' sprite_image_filename = 'fugu.png' [CODE] import pygame from pygame.locals import * from sys import exit from gameobjects import Vectory2 pygame.init() screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480), 0, 32) background = pygame.image.load(sprite_image_filename).convert_alpha() sprite …

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[CODE]background_image_filename = 'sushiplate.jpg' sprite_image_filename = 'fugu.png' # imports import pygame from pygame.locals import * from sys import exit from gameobjects import Vectory2 pygame.init() screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480), 0, 32) background = pygame.image.load(background_image_filename).convert() sprite = pygame.image.load(sprite_image_filename).convert_alpha() clock = pygame.time.Clock() position = Vectory2(100.0, 100.0) speed = 250. heading = Vectory2 while True: …

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I figured out how to play all my iTunes music on my Windows partition through rhythembox but each time I have to pretend I'M going to reset my music directory. When I click on the computer hard drive a password prompt comes up. After tying my password all my songs …

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I'M currently tacking Database Administration at [url]http://www.oreillyschool.com/certificates/[/url] I want to get into the IT community and out of this factory work. Could some more experienced people please take a look at that site and tell me if my certificate or any of them are worth taking, both in terms of …

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I have a computer split between Windows Vista and Ubuntu 9.10. A friend of mine who has the same configuration update his Ubuntu several months back and found that his Windows partition was unable to boot up. In order to restore his sytem he had to run Windows recover through …

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I know there was a problem with one of the recent Ubuntu Linux updates involving Karmic to Lucid that would no longer allow a Windows partition to load. I have not update my Ubuntu since that update release. Does anyone of if it's safe to update yet? Thanks.

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Recently a friend of mine updated his Ubuntu Linux and then his Windows partition failed to boot there after. I read up on it and apparently a lot of people are having the problem and it has something to do with karmic to lucid, or something like that I can't …

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I installed wine on my Ubuntu 9.10 and tried to run the 1998 game Thief. Everything started but the sound started to deteriorate winthin seconds until it was completely gone. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, I noticed in the Wine menu that you can choose the version of Windows …

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I downloaded and unziped the Open Office Debian package to my Ubuntu desktop. Inside the folder there are a lot of .deb file and one sub folder with another .deb inside. That one being by itself I assume that would be the right one so I tried to install it …

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Resolved, I figured it out. I'M getting the following error when I try to install mono on my Ubuntu OS using apturl. [COLOR="Red"] Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic '--hide-main-window' '--non-interactive' '--parent-window-id' '62914563' '--set-selections-file' '/tmp/tmpyUj0VR' as user root. The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact …

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In the following program I don't understand the [COLOR="Green"]staticmethod[/COLOR] or what is has to do with [COLOR="Green"]Critter.total[/COLOR]. From what I can see, total is a class attribute and [COLOR="Green"]Critter.total[/COLOR] is accessed from the [COLOR="Green"]__init__[/COLOR] constructor method. Thanks for any and all replies. [CODE]# Classy Critter # Demonstrates class attributes and …

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Has anyone red "Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0"? I'M having a really hard time with it. From the get go, the book doesn't explain what to do with the code. It instructs me to alter a Draw() function, near the bottom of the code and then later wants me to …

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