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| | hello all, fairly simple request, i need the rpm's (components, add ons, w/e) for a dhcp server, a tftp server, and something called syslinux. obviously for use with ubuntu 7.10 past that i should be ok, or if not ill be sure to come back. but as it stands every … |
| | Hmm. I attached a screenshot, and this is a little glitch that I can't seem to fix. I fixed a small squares issue (where the font was all squares, check my blog in my signature). Yet I still have this issue where the menu and time/date applet is black on … |
| | I want to install some kind of virtual box software so I can run Windows from inside Ubuntu. I have heard of a few such software packages, including virtualbox and vmware, and I was wondering if anybody here had any recommendations on what to use. Also, I already have Windows … |
| | Hello everyone, just thought I'd post this in the Windows forum as it's the most appropriate place methinks. My question is basically, why are PCs that are assembled by individuals, not as quiet as PCs that are built by HP, Dell, etc? (I know that the ones from big companies … |
| | Hi there folks. I had a look around the forums, but couldn't find the answer to this one, so thought I'd put up a message to see if any one's got any bright ideas. My girlfriend's got an 18-month old Dell Inspiron 1000 with standard specs, though the RAM reported … |
 | Hey, I'm looking to dual boot Windows Xp and Linux Ubuntu... I'm totally new to Linux and i want to test it out.... Could someone please link me to a how-to site or explain how to install one then the other... Thanks a lot! |
| | Can I add an "Open Terminal Here" or even just an option to open gnome-terminal from the right click menu on the desktop? |
| | Hi, I am using windows XP with SP2. recently it got affected by Funny UST scandal.avi.exe virus. This is creating an exe with the above name and another file - "smss.exe" in very partition. It is clogging the memory, not allowing to edit folder options, very abruptly closing the open … |
| | 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 … |
| | How can I get VMWare player to install on Ubuntu Linux 7.10? The server (from apt-get) needs a serial number, which I do not have. The VMWare player that I have is an rpm file. How can I install this on a Debian-based distro? ie: Ubuntu. |
| | hi friends, I am using ubuntu linux distribution. I want to incorporate text to speech to any application. Is it possible to do it using java in linux? |
| | ok, i have installed linux, ubuntu, everything works fine, but a few problems...my DSL wont work, i cant install any programs and it wont find my ethernet or even open up my external hard drive... is there an extention program that i can use to run .exe installations? cause i … |
| | ok, i recently switched from vista to linux, ubuntu, and i dont know how to install it... when i go to partition my hard drive, i partition it, than when i click forward, i get this error message..."no root file system is defined...please correct this from the paritioning menu" now … |
 | I installed Ubuntu Efty Edge this weekend on an older box I had lying around. It has a nic based on the National Semiconductor Corporation (McPhyter II) chipset. But the network card is not working. dmesg | grep eth Reveals nothing ?? lsmod Shows that module natsemi is loaded as … |
| | Hi. I'm new user in ubuntu and I like very much the glade interface designer. I designed my first app and tryed to run it from python with this script: [CODE] #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import pygtk import gtk import gtk.glade class MainWindow: """ This is the main window """ … |
| | Is there any way to add an item to the GNOME menu? I installed LMMS from sources, and it doesn't appear in Applications -> Sound & Video I hate running it from a terminal (or making a launcher even). Also, how could I rename the menu options? Like, from Sound … |
| | I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO.... How do I burn this ISO onto a disc? Preferably I would like to use Nero if I can.... I have Nero 7 Ultra Edition  |
| | Is there any way to restore an iPod on Ubuntu Linux? ANY way possible? |
| | I hardly ever post problems nowadays becasue I'm stubborn enough to figure things out, and because there are so many places to get info, like this site. I usually burn CDs with Nero, but lately they won't play in my truck. I tested the discs in my computer and DVD … |
| | Hey all. For a while now I've been having trouble with my Dell Inspiron 600m and networking. Before I formatted it yesterday, I was running Ubuntu off an external drive because Window's networking didn't work, wireless or wired. So I finally found my XP Pro disk and reformatted the thing, … |
 | Hey guys and gals ... looks like i'm 'it' again. I was just getting ready to teach kids a nature program when my boss tags me and says your "it". They bought a new computer for one of the other teachers a month ago and were having problems. It connects … |
| | hi everybody...can anyone please help me on this...i have a gui in wxpython. it works perfectly on windows (i've a dual boot comp). but when i run the same code on ubuntu-gutsy it crashes with the followin msg... /gui$ python App2.py python: /build/buildd/libcairo-1.4.10/src/cairo-surface.c:990: _cairo_surface_release_dest_image: Assertion `!surface->finished' failed. Aborted (core dumped) … |
| | I'm using Ubuntu Linux 7.10. A free upgrade from my old operating system, Windows Vista Home Premium. However, I can no longer use my modeling guitar processor, the Digitech RP250. Do drivers exist for Linux? I've Googled! EDIT: Never mind. I just had to update my ALSA drivers and it … |
 | Hi all. I know this is an odd question, but I'm hoping someone else out there knows how to do this. I've just installed Kubuntu 7.10 (which I like), but Debian seems to have messed around with the startup a bit... I've replaced my /etc/console-setup/boottime.kmap.gz file with one that changes … |
| | [B][I][COLOR="Red"]When installing ubuntu from the cd I downloaded, I got ubuntu to begin to load, and when I click the first option of install/ run cd or something i get the following error "Cant access tty;job control turned off." I have read everywhere about this error, but I have no … |
| | i have windows xp pro on my pc and recently installed ubuntu 7.10 but when i try to boot up the xp partition the screen just goes to starting up... and never boots into windows. i can still use ubuntu and view all my files on the windows partition but … |
| | A purple theme for UNIX/Linux. I don't think it's Ubuntu, but is it available for it? It's a UNIX theme I think. I can't find a screenshot, but I saw one earlier today. Aah. I really wish I could find a screenshot to post here. But does ANYONE know what … |
| | Hei guys, I have a c++ library of sorts. A user has written a Java Applet and wants to be able to call the C++ library functions. This is something my supervisor proposed. He suggested that Applet via a web service call (AXIS-C++) and using tomcat server , will call … |
| | Hei guys, I have a c++ library of sorts. A user has written a Java Applet and wants to be able to call the C++ library functions. This is something my supervisor proposed. He suggested that Applet via a web service call (AXIS-C++) and using tomcat server , will call … |
 | First, Hello everybody. I have an old laptop that I can not 'restore' with the WinXP cd. Seems the loaded XP is newer than the cd that came with it. Since it was almost toast I tried anyway and the product code is invalid. I want to load ubuntu (cd …  |
| | I am installing CentOS 5.1 to a PATA drive in my Media Bay on my Dell D820. During the portion of the install where the partitions are formatted, it is taking an unusually long time. For instance, I am using LVM and have a 512Mb ext2 partition set up for … |
| | Hello all, I have a potential problem here. I have 2 XP cd's (laptop and desktop) [B]neither of which[/B] are in their product code envelopes. Now if I should ever have to reinstall XP in the desktop.... How do I figure out which is the correct cd? I don't feel … |
| | Whenever I try to install GTKpod from Synaptic, it says: [CODE]gtkpod: Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>=1.18.3) but 1.18.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed[/CODE] Why won't it resolve this dependency on its own? Is there another way to install it? (Ubuntu Linux 7.10) EDIT: And in terminal: [code]alex@alex-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install gtkpod Reading package … |
| | I have a few small issues that I would love to get ironed out today or tomorrow, or some time in the near future. 1. MP3 Support I understand that mp3 files aren't supported by default by audio players such as amaroK, but I followed a short tutorial at [url]http://winanga.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/amarok-mp3-support-in-ubuntu-dapper/[/url] … |
| | after years on Ms I have as silver surfer streted Kubuntu. Printers fogt it use gnome printing to connect to xp x 2 netwirk printers and it works and doesnt fallover! Problem problem .. Linux cansee Xp files and use them as local copy .. great but full rights would … |
| | Alright, I followed a community document trying to mount my iPod, which I can do if I install sshfs and fuse, which I'll do when I get home, as I am at school right now and do not have my notebook, which has: Ubuntu Linux 7.10, 1.6GHz CPU, 1.49 (1.5)GB … |
| | First off, the standard disclaimer: I am pretty new at shell scripting, and my work at this point is mainly hacked-together ideas and pieces from other people's. Thank you in advance for your tolerance. :) I am using Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Gutsy, which has the bash shell. I wrote a …  |
| | Updating to Kubuntu 7.1 disables cd and dvd systems! Solve this by leaving 24 hours updating again and then it works!! I have followed many forums to get a windows printer (actually two of them) on a xp system as a network printer using KDE. Every time it fails some … |
| | I'd just like to say thanks, before you read this message, seeing as I know it contains a lot of questions, and I really do need answers. Thanks in advance. ---- I'd really love to install Linux on this notebook, but I can't. I can't afford to face no soundcard … |
| | have more than one OS on my computer (Windows 2000 pro and Ubuntu Linux) and I am having a problem with a new Wireles keyboard/mouse combo. The wireless receiver only has 1 interface (USB). The keyboard and mouse work fine inthe BIOS area and once the computer has loaded an … |
| | Hi everybody. First, sorry for my english, i am argentinian. I am trying to use a c library called openDBX that helps us talk to different RDBMS. Here is the link: [url]http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX[/url] I have already compiled and installed. Now, i am trying a simple c programe that uses it. The … |
| | I have a really nice Compaq ML350G2 that I use as a Ubuntu LAMP server - 2x1.3Ghz cpu, RAID, etc. Works great except for the fan noise which is insane. I purchased and installed a high-quality Silenx IXP-74-11 fan which is truly whisper quiet. The problem is that 30 seconds … |
| | Hi anyone who's interested in helping me :) Here's the deal, down and dirty: Changed around the sizes of some partitions, then rebooted and installed a linux distro on a seperate partition. Went to go into XP Home (SP2, or course), and it first told me autocheck could not be … |
| | I was given an old Proliant server which I have been using as a Linux testbed. I have successfully installed Red Hat on it but need to switch to UBUNTU. When I tried using ISO CDs created on my new DELL notebook the old CD drive on the Proliant does … |
| | Whenever I run the Ubuntu automated update program and it installs a new kernel version, It screws up my GRUB menu.lst. Not only does it create multiple entries for Ubuntu, it deletes the entries for the other Windows OSes (XP and Dell Utility Partition). Is there a way to set … |
| | Hi folks, Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 apache2-2.2.3 postfix-2.3.8 mysql Ver 14.12 SquirrelMail version 1.4.11 I have a running Mail Server. I need to make it as a file server, in addition, allowing users who have accounts (Linux/shell) on the Mail Server to upload/download their files via browser on the Mail … |
| | Hello there! The names Dennis, 16, I'm from the Netherlands, currently in my exam-year (vmbo), next year I'm going to study "ICT-Beheer", which means IT Management. I found this site because I was searching for info on Linux. I used to run SLAX, Ubuntu and Ark on my old 350mhz …  |
| | [B] I am totally new to jsp application administration, recently I got a task to transfer a website from a windows 2000 server which is running Tomcat 4.0.6, java 1.4, MySQL to our new Ubuntu 7.10, 64 bit server which is running tomcat 6, java 1.6, MySQL. Things did not … |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 531 that was dual-booted with Windows Vista in my main partition and Ubuntu in a secondary volume. I was using the Grub Loader as my boot device. I was trying to extend my main partition and accidentally formatted the volume that I was shrinking which … |
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