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hello every one I have a problem that drove me crazy last couple days I know I have to use loop structures but I can't figure out how to put the right pieces together. I'm not asking for a complete answer because I want to learn so please help me …

Hi, I have The mentioned Box and it is working with windows. But I always use my Linux box (a lot of my data are there) and I would like to use it with Linux (Ubuntu Debian). Please help me point where I can fond drivers. Product: LW-UTVFM USB TV …

Hi everyone! I am new to Ubuntu and Linux in general, and as is to be expected from such a disposition, have landed myself in trouble. I installed Ubuntu with WUBI and later created a new .disk file with larger capacity to accommodate the growing needs of my system. The …

Hello, Am a newbie... :>) Hope someone with knowledge of using Javascript with Google Chrome can help me. Below is the testing code which when clicking the onclick button supposed to display another web page and STAY THERE. It works with Internet Explorer but does not work with Google Chrome. …

hi all, I have a Dynabook SS 2010 lappy.I already installed the debian on it. But it seems to be slow. I need a linux version that is something optmized for my laptop.Anyone who is using Dynabook SS 2010 here? Share your ideas. I started with the dsl. But it …

Just found this site - exciting to learn from the experts! I have a long list of business contacts sorted by Accounts. Unfortunately, I clicked the Accounts column while in the Business Contacts view, and all those accounts disappeared from the column. Now all my contacts are ungrouped (over 3,000). …

dear all, I have a centos5.3 cluster. i want to know the versions of these following packages but could not find through -v. Any guidance will be appreciated. The packages are: 1.JMS 2. PBS/Torque 3. Tomcat 4. Database-Postgres 5. Hades. I also would like to know the port my cluster …

Hi, I am planning to take up IBM Certified Administrator for Rational ClearCase UNIX. Please can you provide or point out where I can get manuals for recommended Prerequisite Skills * SCM271: Essentials of Rational ClearCase for UNIX * SCM370: Essentials of Configuration Management with Rational ClearCase * SCM471: Mastering …

hey im new to linux...for a hw assingment im typing a document and im trying to set the margin on the page... i used the :set wrapmargin=1 cmd. would that set the margin for the whole page? is it possible to set margin on each line?

Most reputable (especially commercial) forums have link to peer sites. Why none here? In Australia, I could recommend Overclockers Australia: [url]http://www.overclockers.com.au/[/url] What about other languages & nations? OCAU often links to sites in Europe & East Asia, but rarely offers any full or partial translation of the non-English sites. Most …

Hi, Trying to add a swap file to my server as below: [code] dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile1 bs=1M count=2048 2048+0 records in 2048+0 records out 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 27.4514 seconds, 78.2 MB/s [root@clearab2 /]# mkswap -c /swapfile1 Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2147479 kB [root@clearab2 /]# swapon …

Hi, I have [icode]/var/www/compression/1[/icode] with 2 txt files in it. I want to compress those 2 txt files in same directory. How do I do it with Ubuntu Terminal and PHP script? Thanks

hey guys I'am using linux mint and want to know if there is an option in the adobe reader that can underline or highlight the line i am standing on. to help in reading,thanks.

Hi, I would like to do mass SLES installation in my lab. Each server machine contain 2 DVD driver and one floppy drive. I have SLES 11 dvd, plan to install all the server using autoyast. I tried following way: 1. created a mini boot CD, edited isolinux.cfg file like …

hey friends I have install mysql on my centos linux systam successfully. Here are the steps install rpms 1) MySQL-shared-5.1.42-0.glibc23.i386.rpm 2) MySQL-client-5.1.42-0.glibc23.i386.rpm 3) MySQL-server-5.1.42-0.glibc23.i386.rpm rpm -ivh package name to check if it is install or not rpm -qa | grep -i mysql after installing server if it showing error like …

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hi friends i have install mysql on linux and starting mysqld by command service mysqld start its showing unrecognized service. and socket file also created. what to do

Hi, Can someone please help me install openssl-devel on suse, I have used the following command: yast2 -i openssl-devel But dont have physical access to the server to insert the cd and there are no repos configured. Try to configure a repo and I get an error is there an …

I find on site [url]http://books.freei.me/unix_programming[/url] many books for programming linux

please i need to know how ti install b43-fwcutter on linux ubuntu 9.10

When downloading Google chrome, enter Google.com and type in 'Google Chrome Download', after completing this, select search. After loading is completed, select a link with Google.com as its link (This is found under the link, after information). This will automatically take you to the Chrome website, then you may select …

i cannot wtch the videos in facebook. it asks to install java and gives a site but i could not install it even after i could download the file. thnks.

please help me find a linux driver for epson TM-U325PD...

Please help me ... a NullPointerException appears here's the codes import java.util.Random; public class Dice { Random r =new Random(); int sides; //constructor public Dice(int s){ sides = s; } //roll method depending on sides on top public int roll(){ return r.nextInt(sides-1)+1; } } // end of class public class …

Help me please! I have problem with this code, i get the fault mess at <1>, line 11 syntax error near uexpected token 1, what is the problem. #!/bin/bash typeset -i HITTA=0 typeset -i TELENUMMER=0 typeset -i ACTION=0 echo "<<<<TestNinsse´s telefonregister>>>>" until["$ACTION" = x] do case"$action" in "<1>")read HITTA; grep …

I tried an install of netbsd 5.0 on an acer veriton m261,intel celeron 430/1.8ghz,chipset sis672,ddr2 sdram 512Mb. The dmesg text scrolls to the point where it displays the drive types then gets fuzzy and unclear with vertical green and white lines. What am I doing wrong?

Hi all, I need to install apps in my USB Mandriva 2010. In office I have to install Elite Core's SSCyberoam client which is Windows vista exe. I cannot access net without it so I need wine to install it. All versions of wine at official download fails and also …

Hey!! I'm trying to use the nohup command in background mode (i.e. with the '&' at the end.) When I generally run the program, I use the command: ./xyz "argument 1" arg 2 arg 3 arg 4 > output.txt This works fine. Even when I append nohup to it, i.e. …

Hi, I am a new user of Fedora. I should work with an open source package which works in Linux. Therefore, I installed Fedora 11. At the moment, I must install Apache Ant to continue. However, I am confused! I don’t know how. I appreciate if you tell me the …

Hello friends. I am a new user of Ubuntu 9.04 version and I have to build a system telephonie over Ip by using asterisk. My probleme is the following I Have successly installed GCC, Libnewt, Bison, libpri........ but when I' am trying to install dahdi-linux after depackaging there is an …