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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 …

Sun is offering Solaris 10 for download. I have only used linux. Is Solaris better or linux in your opinion. Which is easier to config etc.

Ht everyone, I recently decided to leave my older version of mandrake distribusion of linux and try something that at the house were I live is totally new (Ubunto). So I got the cd and started to install the Ubunto... funny thing is that the process goes well untill I …

Ht everyone, I recently decided to leave my older version of mandrake distribusion of linux and try something that at the house were I live is totally new (Ubunto). So I got the cd and started to install the Ubunto... funny thing is that the process goes well untill I …

I can't find the right driver for my built in dial up modem. I need it because I'm trying to install Mandriva 10 with a network install. Are dial up modems even supported for installation? Would a USB modem work? I'm trying that now.

I have downloaded samba but i do not know how to install it Somebody told me that i would have to do it by commands, i have tried to look inside the folder i downloaded and it does not seem to have a .exe file is my firs time trying …

Hello. I'm sorry, I mistake the place to post replies. But I'm on the way now. I was saying that I just read your "How to Configure Samba on RedHat Linux" tutorial. I configured my samba server and I could connect my shared folder on localhost. But here is the …

Hi All, Like most of our friends, I am also a newbie to Linux. I had installed Fedora core 4 on my PC. No doubt it was working very good. But i am a bit confused with the procedure of package installation in linux. The following are the pproblems i …

I need to buy a Server Platform, have Linux and a system that tracks and logs all the network traffic. Do you have any links to information about choosing Hardware, Software and all that. Thank you very much. The second, less important, choosing hardware for a ASP.net server. Thank you …

Can someone tell me how to configure my vsftpd.conf file? I am getting a cannot change directory failure. What would cause this? thanks, Chris

Every time that I start my computer I have to run "alsaconf" to get my sound to work. How do I get my system to keep this sound setting?

During peak times, the server load average goes crazy high, and PHP has intermittent problems connecting to MySQL. Right now, both PHP and MySQL are on the same server, and adding a second database server is something for the near future but not a possibility at this moment. Would adding …

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 …

Hi everyone, I am having some trouble with my .vimrc file for the Vim editor. I copied the same file over from my school account on a red-hat linux over to my Ubuntu linux machine. I know I am saving it in the right location (the home directory) because another …

I have only used linux for about 8 months so I am a newby I guess. I have Kubuntu and KDE 3.5. I am building another web site for a political campaign. I want to use some templates that my domain hosting offers. Problem is the program only works in …

Hi together, I need to make a redirection in apache, so the user is redirected according to his/her browser language settings to the appropriate subdirectory, where the index.html file in the according language is stored. I use AliasMatch because I don`t want user to see the whole path for the …

I've been trying to connect to the internet in fedora core 1 but I get this error that the modem can't be found. Do I need some kind of a modem driver to be able to connect to internet ?Here is the modem that I use in windows: SoftV92 SmartSpeakerphone …

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 …

I am using FreeBSD 6 ... and I use putty to remotely login to FreeBSD ... But the problem is that I can login with all my logins except the root ... when I login through root it gives me an error : server sshd[500] : error : PAM authentication …

homepage: [url]http://xyz.com/subdomain[/url] example : rewrite [url]http://xyz.com/subdomain/efz[/url][url="http://r6k.net/subdomain/efz"][/url] to: [url]http://xyz.com/efz[/url][url="http://r6k.net/efz"][/url] i just want to remove the (subdomain) part when peoples reistered

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 …

Hello! I've recently made the switch from windows .... well technically i still run on both .... but anyway....... I'm having troubles with AmaroK 1.3 for SUSE 10.0 and the song will play... but then will not proceed to the next song!! It just stops playing all together..... so any …

I am doing an independent study this semester for this startup website. They want me to do the code to run this quasi-blogging feature and they want parts of it to use AJAX (technology that gmail uses to be so cool). Anyway, I know little about the technology, much less …

I have recently installed fedora 3 core after facing some problems as it was not installed on sata disk in enhanced mode.( I have changed the bios option to legacy and installed fedora). And after that recently i have again installed XP medial center edition in my system. There after …

How can I bring the GUI mode of FreeBSD. In Linux (RedHat) I can just press Ctrl-Alt-F7 and the GUI comes up ... but FreeBSD doesnt work that way ... so how does it work ??

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 …

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.

I tried Morphix live CD and I liked it. I'm just a home user. What Linux distro should I use for this PC: Monitor: LG Studiowroks 700E (I bought a SuSe Live Eval CD 8.1 that had all the monitor drivers except mine) Processor : Celeron 2.4 ghz I've attached …

HI i have installed suse 10 os. I have the airlink wireless conection for internet which is pluged in usb. Now would i be able to use it to connect to internet? if yes how? i tried installing the drive as it is .exe i was unable. is there a …

Hi, I'm very new to linux and I have some problems installing Mandrake 10 on VMWare 4.5. Everything goes well until I test my video configuration. The screen just goes crazy! It splits in four and I can barely read what's between the fuzzy lines. I tried the default VMWare …

Hi people, I am just including a link to a great resource for using Linux to create real time visual effects. [quote]Use EffecTV and Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) to create your own real-time visual effects on live video. Learn how to integrate geometric primitives, bitmap image loading, and simple motion …

man, now i want to do that. All request to URL : domain.tld/dir/filename.ext will become that : domain.tld/dir/index.php?p=filename.ext I tried many times but it's unsuccessful !! :mad: :mad: pls help me :rolleyes: thanks !!!

[b]Handy Linux User Commands [/b] [b]../[/b] represents one directory higher [b]cat filename[/b] display file contents [b]cat stuff1 stuff2 > allStuff[/b] combine files [b]cat someStuff >> allStuff[/b] append to a file [b]cd dirName[/b] go into the directory dirName [b]chmod [permission mode] file[/b] change the permission of a file (4=read, 2=write, 1=execute …

There is a good collections of links to Unix/Linux related websites at [url]http://citrix.50webs.com[/url] but not very well organised though.

Hi guys i downloaded the knoppix live cd and burned it and all went fine. except its in German...i cant read german. Is there an english version. Or another Live CD you recommend? -T

hi i know that JMeter can be used to test a website. But i was wondering what features can be tested? and waht are they?

My Faves are X.org, XDM and WindowMaker - simple yet productive. Personally XFeree86 is to old, KDM too flashy and ICEWM is just horrible. GNOME is good as its like the mac or WIN2K in that its simple, sleek and fast. Its also good for people with disabilities. KDE has …

Hope this is ok here.....Mods let me know if it isn't... I've started a new site. [url]http://linuxtracker.org[/url] The aim of the site is to be a linux torrent repository. So far I have torrents of Knoppix, Knoppix gaming and Slax up for download. I'd love more torrents of the more …

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???

Help. I had purchaced DVD X Ccopy from 321 Studios. My computer crashed, and I can't reload it. Now there is no tech support. :cry:

Love it, dahlinks, love it. What I don't love was my rush to upgrade our vBulletin to 3.5. Doh. If I'm not mistaken, your hack only works with vBulletin 3.0.Whatever. I could just go ahead and attempt to install the hack on our board, but I'm afraid of crashing it. …

Hello, Pls can someone help me.......I want to setup a DHCP server(Linux), to take care of my LAN routing. I also want to install/setup dansguardian(to block pornography), and have a firewall running. Pls can you advise me on how to install and get my server running. cheers toks

Lately, I found some Arch Linux at [url]http://www.archlinux.org/[/url]. Do someone have any experience with it? I've heard, that on some forum they was telling only good things about it...

Few months ago, I set up my linux box as a development web server and also as network router. I have chosen Debian GNU/Linux. Now, at last, I need to set up firewall. What I need to do is configure IPtables so, at first, my network is secure (Now, it …

since all that looked at my last post felt disinclined to leave some sort of a responce i have decided to rephrase my question --what do you do after you click download on the torrent and it's done downloading on bittorrent?

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...i'm thinking about getting a linux box (inexpensive suggestions welcome!) & setting up a small webspace. i've a broadband connection & the box will be behind a personal hardware firewall... there's so much information on this site about apache that i really don't know where to start, so i would …

I was working on my site, and was doing some mod_rewrites and realized that I very frequently forget to pass a 404 header if the requested page is invalid (and I found out that even this website is guilty of it!). See this is what happens, when you use mod_rewrite …