[kernel] Forum Topics

Hi, Like many of the earlier users I am also facing a problem on my touchpad. I am new to linux. I first tried to use the xinput list and the below result shows no touchpad Virtual core pointer" id=0 [XPointer] Num_buttons is 32 Num_axes is 2 Mode is Relative …

HI, I new to linux device drivers. I am developing HDLC driver. I dont know how to read and write data in memory mapped address. Please help. /*code*/ #define REG_MAP_ADDR 0x50400000 /* Registers */ typedef struct { u16 MOD; u16 STATUS; u16 TBASE; u16 Tx; u16 TxBD; u16 RBASE; u16 …

Hi all I just bought an external 60GB HDD I cant say what brand name as it doesn't have one written on it. I know there are problems unmounting HDD's and then they do not spin down and I am having the same problem. It is in /dev/sdc and the …

hi every one, i am a final year student. I want to make a project related to kernel........, but i am not able to think any new idea related to kernel so please give me some idea related to kernel based project. thanks.

can anyone help i have a 8.2gb usb stick and i like to give it 2 partitions, i have heard that linux can do this if so what is the command, i have ubuntu 9 thanks barry

Hi all, My name is Antiko from Jakarta, Indonesia. I am a new-comer and I have problem in installing Mandriva linux in my new laptop Dell Inspiron 1410. I have installed the Mandriva Spring 2009 successfully, but when reboot it always hangs after this sentence: Starting udev: Loading /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap _ …

Hi everyone, I've recently installed mandrive 2009.1 spring edition in my desktop.It is required that i run low level graphics related C programs( using vga.h header files).For this, it was required that install svgalib and related headers.. All these were done, and i dont have any problems compiling such programs …

when i tried to open sxw documents using open office doc writer it asks for format to open.. please help

Hi, I am new to Linux device driver, i am developing HDLC-ip driver. i dont know how to do memory mapping. Please guide me how to do memory map. Please find an attachment with this for list of registers and memory map table.

Good day! Has anyone tried to install Linux on SiS motherboard chipset.?I hesitate to install linux on my notebook because some says it will break the LINUX OS. Any answer will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.!

Hi, Has anybody got a shell script to see what is filling a mount point? It's my oracle mount point but I can't see anything writing to it when I check using ps -ef | grep *log nothing stands out are there any other commands I can use, it's solaris …

Can someone help me accomplish the following on my unix box? Can someone walk me through step by step for each task? I'm connecting to a machine using UBUNTU with SSH with admin priviledges. 1. Create an account for myself as administrator 2) create one additional regular user account which …

Hi All, I am new to kernel Programming when i started browsing the code i saw that there are so many main function. Please give detailed explanation

Hi All, I am having fedora latest version and vista OSs in my system. Yesterday accidentally i have deleted the boot folder from fedora. After that when i try to restart/start my system it is hanging and showing me 'grub>' terminal. I tried with linux bootable cd but the same …

After shutdown and restart of my Linux Slackware 12 server everything came up the way it should. The reason to shut down the server whas to re-locate the machine. But, at random intervals, eth1 goes down. Syslog and Messages doesn't show anything about it. I know I haven't given eth1 …

I normally use knoppix version 3.9 live cd on various machines I use. I have no problem finding the mount point of ide hard disks usually in /mnt. If I cat the file /etc/fstab sata hard disk is never there. I have experienced similar problems with ubuntu 7.1 even when …

I have the following problem: I have brand new Fedora 10 installed and everything works file except one thing - I cannot mute my speakers when I plug my headphones. It is not just that Linux does not automatically detect that my Headphones are plugged in and mute the speakers …

Hello all! I've been using Linux Ubuntu for 2 days now. Only today I actually realized that I don't have any drivers for any of my Cards build on my Laptop, I've searched in Google but still can't find it. Any help will be well appreciated. P.S.: No sounds, No …

Hey. I got a problem when i boot up my ubuntu server machine. Don't know really how to explain it, but when i boot up its is like the discs don't get enough time to start and the OS tries to load too quick, i dont know. Anyway i get …

Write a program in GCC compiler in which you have to develop the regular expression for Date, means if user enter the wrong date and wrong date format it should show error and should show date relevant the date enter by user. post answer as soon as possible

I have an HP DV9000 notebook with Vista, and created a Knoppix 6.1 live Linux Flashcard. I can boot it up and select Linux, but the 'wirless' switch will not activate, even so physically it is in the on position. It almost looks like there is a software( HP Wireless …

Sairam all Here is a scenario I have two process : Each tries to write something to global memory. For establishing Syncronization mutexes and semaphores can be used.How ever is there any way that a process uses system call to tell to OS (scheduler in particular) to give control to …

I downloaded a backtrack ISO and burned it to DVD. When I boot my computer from it, I cannot get it to work with the wireless device in my laptop... I have an acer aspire 5000 series with a broadcom 802.11g network adapter... Anyways to make it run more smoothly …

I have installed RHEL5.0 Server (Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5). I am trying to connect Nokia series40 Mobile using DKE-2 Cable. When I connect Mobile on one of the USB Port, Server gets hanged. The entries in the log/messages are as follows [QUOTE]Apr 9 18:08:43 FAPC08010038-803 kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB …

I wanna develop a simple OS which is having only note pad in it. The OS should boot itself like Windows and should have a GUI. Please tell where can I find some free sources for this .... and how can i interface my OS into GNU Bootloader..... and how …

my computer does not detect any line in sound. how can i configure it?

I am trying to extract a 67gb tar and I get this error tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

I did a fresh install of Fedora 10 on my laptop. I'm trying to get my wireless nic connected and not having much luck. The setup looks correct, has an ip, but can't access anything. I'm not sure what I am missing. 1. lspci command returns: 02:01.0 Network Controller(0280): Intel …

Hi all A while back I used this to hook up a Ubuntu 7.10 pc to the internet. [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Usb-to-lan-RJ45/dp/B000CCZP88/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235671150&sr=8-3"]Usb to lan RJ45[/URL] I want to do that same thing again but when I did it before, the adapter belonged to work, so went on Amazon but I also found this …

Alrighty, here's the problem: I am installing linux on a sony VAIO that has a:[code]01:00.0 WGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)[/code] I have tried installing the drm module "mach64" (after discovering that this is a mach64 chipset, I think) along with the xf86 …