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 | [B]i need help[/B] okay,so i am ready to install fedora on a formatted 120gb hdd everytime i go to install it after the install it well tell me to choose a network card driver (something to do with suttin called GREEN) and my driver is not there i rebooted,reformatted and … |
| | I've successfully setup my NetServer LH3R with Windows2000 but am now looking towards installing Suse 9.1 instead since Suse 9.1 has so many more possibilities built into it. The server specs are (in case these are needed): 2xPentium III 500MHz, 1GB RAM, 6x9GB HDs (currently configured as 2 HDs for … |
 | Hi guys. I recently migrated over to linux from windows only to discover that my Acer SA60 (and its cards, for that matter) aren't supported :(. (SiS Chipsets) I went and bought myself a beautify Nvidia Geforce graphics card, and now I'm looking to buy a new sound card. Just … |
| | i am using ubuntu OS, i just recently installed it. i would like to connect to the net using my internal modem (PCtel HSP modem) but it does not work i cannot hear it dial and connect. i know that there are some hardware not supported by linux is my …  |
| | Hi, I need to connect to a e420R via minicom (with linux) using the Serial port from the sun server. The first thing I really need to know is what cable so I have to use, I made a null modem DB25-DB25 serial cable with the following config, but it … |
| | I have Dell winXP SP2 I got it 2yrs ago everytime I launch I get this error message Fatal Execution Engine error (0x7927e03e) I tried a lot of cleaners need help thank you. |
| | I'm running Compaq Deskpro EN, PIII 866Mhz, 512MB.Win 2000 I successfully installed my scanner-Optipro UT12 software from the manufacturer-but the USB does not connect. Says that it is not connected. Also says I need to run configuration program or utility. Also tried USB mouse and worked intermitantly. Few seconds then … |
| | hi Has anyone used minix operating system before? if yes did you modify the cache buffer to get a good performance? I am new to the minix and dont know really how to measure the perferomance by altering the buffer cache. Any explanation on operation of buffer cache(minix), and how … |
| | Anyone have or know information on a working XF86Config XF86Config-4 File for Sun Enterprise 250 Server . Have tried Sun, Goggle. Openboot. Read Bbs for Debian, Gentoo and freeBSD, so far no go. Loaded freeBSD sparc64... Tex Live CD sparc64 5.6... Gentoo sparc64... Debian sparc64... Tried there configuring setups and … |
| | Hello, I'm a new member and would like to introduce myself to everyone. I'm a retired PC tech. Recently I tried to install an HP USB burner on my T-23. After the software loaded I lost the DVD drive in "my computer". The DVD drive shows up in device manager … |
| | hello :) i'm running amd64 so i thought opendarwin should work on it. it looks like the install cd is booting properly but the problem begins when it comes to selecting the drive for install. i have two drives and both are sata, and it looks like opendarwin completely ignores …  |
| | While installing Ubuntu I accidently did something to the 4th drive in the partition table. I ve lost 10GB (i.e.F:\drive), I cant access them thru my Windoze. And how do I access my D:\ drive? I ve installed Ubuntu on my E:\ drive |
| | Hi there, you may have seen me much more in the Windows side of these boards, I had a series of computer ills that ultimately crashed two hard drives, not the least of which was data corruption... Anyway, on the main one, I had a copy of Windows 98 SE … |
| | I have an R30 thinkpad win 98 pentium 3 1000mhz model with 128 ram. I know I have a trident cyberblade card but does anyone know what model as I need the correct driver? I have tried thier website and it offers no help. |
 | :rolleyes: my dell optiplex gxp1 will not show cd-rw drive along side sony dvd in hardware devices with removable storage. it all started when i installed the sony dvd rom drive. got confusing to me when i had to set jumpers & install the ide cables in the correct order. … |
| | hi. i am developing a small module for the linux 2.6.14 kernel. so far i have been able to create the character devices that will contain any kind of char data i send them. for example, if i type [CODE]echo HELLO WORLD > /dev/vale0[/CODE] and then [code]cat < /dev/vale0[/code] then … |
 | More and more, I am believing that Mozilla's FireFox and ThunderBird and more reliable rather than IE and Outlook. But my question still remainds; can you sync your address book and email to a PDA, even on a PDA with mobile Windows??? |
| | Hello forum How can I get my USB external hard drive to mount as non root? I am using diskdrake to mount it (me being the owner) and this drive has a NTFS file system. The only way I can view the contents of this hard drive is to log … |
| | [color=navy][QUOTE][color=navy]Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday will roll out its latest entry into the server market with the first machines to utilize the company's long-awaited Ultra Sparc T1 chip technology. [/color][/QUOTE] [/color] [color=navy] [/color][url="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BEC1035C2-465D-4E73-BE16-4338BA0A6428%7D&siteid=google"][color=navy]http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BEC1035C2-465D-4E73-BE16-4338BA0A6428%7D&siteid=google[/color][/url] [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120600493.html"][color=navy]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR2005120600493.html[/color][/url] |
| | I am running Knoppix in text mode (using command 'Knoppix 2') in my system with 32Mb RAM, celeron 300 Mhz processor. But i m having 2 problems with it:- 1) If i leave it for sometime then it goes in standby mode n doesnt respond if i press keys or … |
| | Hello all, I am have a problem with a laptop and how everytime you put it in its docking station and you give it a little bit of time. The screen will turn black at first glance, however if you watch closely, you can still barely see what is on …  |
| | I have my harddisk with Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2 in dual boot. When i installed Mandrake i tried to create a boot disk but i always receive a error message. After the instalation i try again and receive a new error message, it seems that the boot disk is … |
| | :rolleyes: i recently installed a new sony dvd drive in my dell optiplex gxp1 mid tower. when i loaded the drivers from the software provided w/ the dvd, i booted the system as instructed. i assume my installation of cable & jumpers are correct :?: i removed a cd rom … |
 | I'm running kubuntu 5.04, and I am having lots of trouble setting my scroll wheel to work. specifically, in Konqueror or other web browsers. The mouse is a standard, two button and scroll wheel mouse. the applicable portion of my xorg.conf file follows: [CODE]Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option … |
| | [url="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/article/2005-10-14_a_comparison_of_solaris__linux__and_freebsd_kernels/"]http://www.opensolaris.org/os/article/2005-10-14_a_comparison_of_solaris__linux__and_freebsd_kernels/[/url] [b]Scheduling and Schedulers[/b] The basic unit of scheduling in Solaris is the kthread_t; in FreeBSD, the thread; and in Linux, the task_struct. Solaris represents each process as a proc_t, and each thread within the process has a kthread_t. Linux represents processes (and threads) by task_struct structures. A single-threaded process … |
| | I'm having some serious-sounding trouble using a fat32 partition with linux. here are all (i think) the important stats: Distro: Kubuntu 5.04 fstab: ... /dev/hdb5 /home/../storage FAT32 user,gir=users,chmod=7777 0 0 ... command: mount -t vfat /dev/hdb5 /home/../storage after it is mounted properly, (I'm working on my XP boot right now, … |
| | Hi, i'm trying to detect custom tone with my modem. Any idea how to do that :rolleyes: I'm using slacware |
| | hi all i m having one problem in while writing dvd from command prompt in linux i m having /dev/scd0 as my externel dvd writer command i m using is growisofs -M /dev/scd0=/home/backup but this command is not executing its comming up with problem that its not an iso file … |
 | the title leading to this post is a typo, the title should read: "DMA disabled" someone please correct it, or delete this post. Hi Everytime I start up linux it gives me a message that the dma is disabled, and I cant figure out how to enable it. Hard drive … |
| | I need to able to hide a directory that is already created. More importantly when an ftp user logs in I want them to not be able to see a certian directory. It already has root permissions, any ideas? |
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