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| | Hi everyone. I CAN NOT GET ANY OPERATING SYSTEM TO RUN ON MY OLD COMPUTER, and I suspect it MAY be video-related first of all, here are my current specs: -P3 ~933mhz -256mb RAM -30gb hard drive -CD-RW drive -ATI RAGE PRO 128 ~ 64mb AGP video memory -on-board video …  |
| | Alright, here's the deal. Don't ask me about my reasons for installing Mac OS X on this notebook, or how, please. I just need help with partitions. I have an img file that I would like to use [icode]dd[/icode] onto a partition on my harddrive. However, I have no idea … |
| | These two files i have created in som efolder in home dir 1)hello-1.c 2)Makefile #include <linux/module.h> /* Needed by all modules */ #include <linux/kernel.h> /* Needed for KERN_INFO */ int init_module(void) { printk(KERN_INFO "Hello world 1.\n"); /* * A non 0 return means init_module failed; module can't be loaded. */ … |
| | Hi all, I have the following code : [CODE] section .data ;section declaration MAX_LINHA equ 1000 fich db "calculos.txt",0 ;Nome do ficheiro flagLer dd 00q ; O_RDONLY numFich dd 0 ; guarda o numero do ficheiro nLidos dd 0 num1 dd 0 num2 dd 0 num3 dd 0 operacao dd … |
| | I'm new to AT&T assembly language. I read this from linux source code(kernel 2.4.0 include/asm_i386/string). [code=c] static inline void * __memcpy(void * to, const void * from, size_t n) { int d0, d1, d2; __asm__ __volatile__( "rep ; movsl\n\t" "testb $2,%b4\n\t" "je 1f\n\t" "movsw\n" "1:\ttestb $1,%b4\n\t" "je 2f\n\t" "movsb\n" "2:" …  |
 | Windows user for over 20 years where I used DOS and the command line. Using XP and don't plan on getting Vista. New to Linux. I have an older system that is dual booted with XP and PCLOS. Bought a newer system to devote to Linux. The kernel in PCLOS … |
| | I am using RedHat 9 , but it cannot boot . Can anyone teach me how to solve it ? :cry: It has not any respond at this moment each time. the message is as below: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Freeing unused kernel mamory: 132k freed INIT: … |
| | I just compiled a hello world C program with gcc and ran file on it. I got the following output: $ file test.out test.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.6, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped I expected it to say "GNU/Linux 2.6.20" … |
| | i have an intel HaM data fax modem the chipset number is MD5628D-L-B i cant seem to work it on kernel 2.6 im using fedora core 2 when i compile it i get the following errors [root@ACIDBURN Intel-v92ham-453]# make clean cd coredrv; make clean make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Intel-v92ham-453/Intel-v92ham-453/coredrv' rm -f … |
| | i tried to install redhat linux enterprise edition WS version 5 on the my system with the following configuration Pentium core 2 duo 2.13 Intel D945GCL motherboard 320gb Maxator hard disk (SATA) Liton DVD/WR LG CD WRITER 1024 mb RAM BUT AM GETTING AN ERROR INDICATING THAT drivers not found … |
 | Wow. The new MEPIS release is geared a lot more toward Mac Tel users than ever before. Quote from Warren Woodford "The MEPIS CDs contain an experimental "SimplyMEPIS Assistant" for OSX that helps prepare a MacTel computer for the installation of SimplyMEPIS. And the MEPIS installer detects MacTel hardware and …  |
| | [B]You may have been using Linux too much when...[/B] Here are a few basic signs that it might be time to go outside for some fresh air. You become very, very confused when pressing the "tab" key does not fill in the rest of what you were typing. The phrase …  |
| | I've been reading some posts where some newbs have had trouble installing slackware. So I have put together this little how to so they can get slackware installed. I usually only help with MEPIS as I feel it is the best linux but for those who want to try and … |
| | Hello everyone. I have worked with Windows for a number of years however I want to take my knowledge to the next level and do not know the best approach let me explain. I recently got a book "Rootkits subverting the windows Kernel" I got this book because my best … |
| | I want to install OTRS on RedHat LINUX and facing some problems. I just follow all the steps of of installation manual and after installation when i want to login as root@localhost i received an error "[COLOR=DarkRed]Error: Can't write /opt/otrs/Kernel/Config/Files/ZZZAAuto.pm: Permission denied![/COLOR]". How can i solve this problem. |
| | I have Fedora Core 6 linux install last stepped into choice of Grub boot. I select;choose Fedora core 6. I edit kernel / boot / root=LABEL ro vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen=/ quite Afterwards I follow setting of Setup Agent. After me click finish monitor life death and blank, multiply times; So I try … |
| | Hello i posted a thread before about linux Cluster... here is another one....please lemme know if ne one can help me in this? if i have a cluster of 64-nodes and all of these nodes have to boot from network using Grub and i want that these nodes boot kernel … |
| | Hi guys, I have a really puzzling question... I really want to start programming more. (Programming will be more of a hobby than a job for me.) The problem is that I can't figure out which language would be better to learn...C or C++ I want a language that: * …  |
 | Hello. I wanted to introduce myself and say hello to the forum. My name is Chris and I have worked for two different software companies since 1988. I am in the Project Management field of the software industry working with developers, marketing and manufacturing to meet schedules and have a … |
 | I am new to linux and I just installed ubuntu on my hp dv6000t laptop. I try to download the nvidia-glx but when I try to install it with the command "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable" command it returns the following: Error: unable to load nvidia kernel driver! Be sure to have … |
 | [b]Microsoft's Monopoly[/b] At this time, Microsoft owns an operating system monopoly with its line of Windows operating systems. UNIX, however, is an alternate OS mainly used by ... er, computer geeks. It's been out for many years and features a small kernel with all programs built around the kernel. This …  |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 5150 - 1gb RAM, 3ghz ish HT pentium 4, and a radeon x600 video card Ok, ubuntu had a bit of trouble with the video card but otherwise runs great (i edited xorg.conf to say vesa instead of ati) Only problem is I dont have …  |
| | Well, I've searched Google to little avail so I've decided to ask here. I've currently set up a Media Centre PC in my room. Everything - even wireless LAN - works perfectly after several kernel recompilations, that is, excepting my TV card. As you may imagine, this is somewhat of … |
| | Hi out there, Please can you help me clean my pc. I have all the current software and have tried numerous methods of celaning. If anyone has an i dea that would be great. Many thanks and best regards Andrew Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:49:44, on 24.10.2006 … |
| | Hello, I am a newbie to assembly. I am working with a custom Bios that does not boot the mbr of the first drive but a custom binary file on the first partition of the first drive. It is written in 32bit nasm and loads a [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1279995&page=1#"]linux kernel[/URL] directly. What … |
 | Hello everyone. I was trying to compile a Linux kernel module yesterday called vmmon (which you need to make VMware work on Linux) for the 2.6.16.7 kernel. First I installed a GCC package made for my distro, Puppy Linux 2.00. The package turned out to be for a slightly different …  |
| | Hello everyone. I know the API of an operating system is a collection of functions within the kernel that are available for applications to use. My question is, how do you call these functions into action from within a C program, if you're compiling the source to run on Linux? …  |
| | Hello everyone. I recently picked up a legal copy of OS X Tiger for x86 from the official Apple open source website. I am going to attempt to install it on an AMD Athlon based PC with 256 MB RAM and no SSE support. I will then attempt to grab … |
| | Hello everyone. I'm trying to get a webcam to work with Puppy Linux 2.00. This distro has a 2.6.16.7 kernel. I tried to load the module usbvideo.ko using: [code]modprobe usbvideo[/code] The result was: [code]usbvideo: Unknown symbol v41_compat_ioct132 usbvideo: Unknown symbol video_devdata usbvideo: Unknown symbol video_unregister_device usbvideo: Unknown symbol video_register_device usbvideo: … |
| | Hi all.. [code] mov al, 0xB6 out 0x43, al [/code] Why the istruction out give me a segmentation fault ?? :rolleyes: This is the enteire code [code] section .data hello: db 'Hello world!',10 ; 'Hello world!' plus a linefeed character helloLen: equ $-hello ; Length of the 'Hello world!' string …  |
| | In Linux you have what I belive are called Kernel-modules, they operate faster and are more efficient then common programs. The TUX web server for Linux is a Kernel module if I am correct? How do you create Kernel modules? Is there a good book on this? Kind regards. |
 | I want to use process-shared POSIX semaphore under UNIX/LINUX. In [URL=http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/faq.html#E]this FAQ (E.7)[/URL], I've found that [I]"Portable applications should test _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED before using this facility."[/I]. Manuals also say, that second parameter (pshared) for sem_init function should be zero, unless this feature is implemented, othrewise sem_init will return ENOSYS. But that … |
| | I am Taniya Das and working in Linux Kernel internals, i just want to know " when i write to an open file(e.g abc.c) in Linux how does the Linux kernel interpret that write ". Thanks Taniya |
| | I had been trying to get virtual pc 2004 to install linux for some time and no matter what distribution i chose, i always got a kernel panic error about 10-15 seconds into the install. Well i finally found the solution to this problem. Install service pack 1 for virtual … |
| | I have a linux box (2.6.9 kernel). problembox has 2 nics, A and B, with A's IP = 192.168.1.2 and B's IP = 10.1.1.1. I want 192.168.1.2 to be the default (for things such downloads via apt-get and 10.1.1.1 to be used for communications to other boxes on the 10.1.1.0/24 … |
| | I get a big error when trying to start it up or when trying to do startx [CODE]Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority X: warning; process set to priority -11 instead of requested priority -10 XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 … |
| | How can I make my own linux distro? Im 16 and a relative noob to this. I usually run Mandriva/Fedora/PCLINUX/Slackware. However, I managed a basic gentoo install and know my way around tools like vi, the shell and gcc and thaught how great would it be to make a new … |
| | 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 … |
| | [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 … |
| | [QUOTE] [color=navy]The bootable USB flash drive ...using as little as 200MB of flash memory. The device features Atmel's FingerChip sensor for one-swipe secure data access, and a large font LCD display. [/color] [color=navy]Based on Linux 2.6.x Kernel with Gnome GUI Desktop, [/color] [color=navy]an Office Productivity Suite, compatible with Microsoft Office … |
| | hi everybody. i am trying to develop a program that will be able to read and export informations (hw, sw, kernel, netstats..ecc) from a linux computer. my idea was to use the files in the [b]/proc[/b] directory but i can't get the script to work - this is what i … |
| | hi all i have installed jdk1.5.0 in gentoo linux and having the following problem can any one help me out what should be done i had just installed gentoo. i am not able to set a java heap size of more than 2600m on these machines. I m getting following … |
| | Hi, I am in debian linux trying to recompile my kernel so it will use a boot splash( for the modprobe and init , not grub) [url]http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/3124[/url] I followed these instructions and compiled everything. When I boot it claims it can't find /lib/modules/2.6.8/modules.dep . This should have been put in … |
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| | Hi, I'm using Debian Sarge and trying to configure sound card, which is an integrated one with ASUS motherboard (ASUS SiS661FX/SiS963L/W697-P4S800MX (PGA 478)). Sound card: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio I downloaded ALSA and configured it (using ./configure), but when doing "make" it says "ALSA is already in Linux Kernel". I … |
 | ok i have VMware 4.5.2 build 8848, and i wanted to setup linux, but it didnt work.. To test it out i then tried xp first and that didne work neither. They noth give me this error, " "Unable to open kernel device "\\.\vmx86": The system cannot find the file … |
| | [size=2]By: Jeff Johnston [b][i]IO Scheduling Improvements [/b][/i]Thanks to a new IO scheduler in Linux Kernel 2.6 it is possible to achieve speed increases on standard desktop style workloads of up to 1000% according to Andrew Morton of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). The speed increase is thanks to the wait-before-seek … |
 | I switched to Linux two months ago. It had been years since I had tried it and years ago it was just not user friendly and I didn't have the time to make the transition. Well that has changed, Linux is really nice. If you think 31 flavors of ice …  |
| | Newbie to linux and trying to get modem to work with linuxe. Need Help Below are ddumps of info on modem and system. it seems that SUSE find the modem at the hardware level durning boot. But cannot figure out how to set it up in SUSE. Also get following …  |
| | Hello First i am very very new user in Linux redhat 9 kernal 2.4.20-8 i have intel ham v 92 fax data voice hardware modem (PCI), chip no=MD5628D-L-B which work find on XP but when i decompress and install its driver (412-2tar.gz) in LINUX REDHAT 9 kernal 2.4.20-8 Root]#/usr/local/src/ (here … |
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