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Does Anyone know if such a utility exists in Linux? A picture viewer that runs in text mode? I like to use links sometimes, and hate having to switch back to an Xinterface in order to see an image.... is there a textbased picture viewer?

[INDENT]How do I view the contents of my flash drive (a Lexar 128MB JumpDrive) in Gnome (RedHat 9)?[/INDENT] I plug in the JumpDrive, and when I go to SYSTEM TOOLS > HARDWARE BROWSER it shows up just fine. Keep in mind, I'm a newbie to Linux. :o I created the …

Hello, I've tried all I can think of to get CommuniGate to relay smtp email so people I host can use the php mail() function. However despite my efforts mail in the que for sending through smtp times out. CommuniGate resolves the mail servers dns names and IPs but returns …

Hi folks I want to partition my hard drive in my Dell machine to get an ext3 partions - I want to dual boot in linux. I will be using partition magic to do this as I have used this previously. However the last time I undertook any partitioning was …

Hello All !!! Ok, ok, I've made a big mistake. But I've deleted my trash cam, from the KDE on a Suse 9.1 distro. Tryied to recover from copy in the /home/user/"shortcut to trash" to the desktop. No, doesn't work. Should anyone give me a tip to recover my trash???? …

I installed Redhat 9.0 on my IBM 300PL box and everything seemed to be fine. But when I goto System Settings> Soundcard Detection, gnome says no soundcards were detected. And when I goto Sound & Video> Volume control, I get a message saying "Invalid mixer device" and the details say: …

recently downloaded some linux friendly apps which came as tarballs. could someone please supply me with the commands to install the apps on my machine?. gs.

Hi, We have released a New control panel on Linux, I would like to know what are the marketing channels ..

I am new to Linux so bear with me. I have installed Red Hat 9 and it won't boot up, what I get is: "kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno =2 VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb5" or 08:15 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel …

Hi everybody. New here, so be gentle... I am the sole Mac user in a network of 10 machines (9 PCs all running XP). Our server is a Linux box (i.e. NOT Exchange Server). I use Entourage for mail, iCal for calendar, etc etc. I HOPE to be able to …

I used to use a web gallery on my site called iGallery by Blue Collar. Well I changed from a Windows Server to a Linux server and want to find something that was kind of like the iGallery. Can anyone recommend something? Or can they give me a few sites …

ok, as you might now after reading this im new to linux. Now im on knpiix i ran a sudo knppix-installer and made it the promary OS on my PC, no more Windows.. any way, im a paranoid kid. How come knoppix doenst come with a firewall any one know? …

Hi, I have a knoppix live CD for linux. Everytime I run it.. the previously saved files are gone. I mean.. the programs i do on CD are not saved.. why is it? And please can anyone tell me... if at all i can save my files by mounting or …

Hey whats up.. I am setting up my server, the way I have it set up is people have your typical hosting options.. plus php.. but with some of the people I only want them to be able to use HTML, no PHP avaliable.. is this possible on a single …

recently installed suse 9.2 which is the distro i have been looking forward to the most. really like the look and feel of the whole thing, but as with other flavours i have tried in the past, the modem is the sticking point. after entering the isp, number, pass and …

Hi Everyone, I've read some threads on this forum and found some good hints already :) I'm having trouble writing a script and would appreciate all input, advice, info, or tips. I'd like to write a script that does the following; - identifies current recognized partitions - flags those with …

does anyone here know much about linspire. io have thought installing it on my laptop. but at the same time i am trying to teach myself how to program(vb.net, and java). how would running linspire work with those languages. if i went to that should i start trying to learn …

When I try, the send button is greyed out. I had someone contact me earlier, someone who was happy to see I was finally online....They called and called, but of course, I couldn't respond. I finally managed to get my other friend to tell him that he needed to make …

Here is a thread I posted earlier in the Windows forums. I have continued my questions in the Linux forum because this is becoming more Linux related. [url]http://daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?p=95084&posted=1#post95084[/url] Now don't get me wrong here, I love Linux (even though I am still very new to it), but I can't feel …

I had two OS's on PS.After reinstalling windows tha boot window disappear :evil: .And now I can't boot Linux :-| What I have to do for return this window and boot linux? Thaks a lot .Soory for mistakes.

Hi, I thought I would give linux a try. Is there a free version that is similar to linspire that I can download the .isos online? Also, can I set-up windows xp and linux with that MS Virtual PC? Thanks

I have been busy this past week or two looking at all of the different distributions. I must say I am very impressed. The most amazing is the Live CD. For those that do not know it is an entire OS that is on one CD and loads and configures …

I'm using fedora core 1 and most of the files that I need to work with are in windows xp. How do I access this fiels from fedora core? Windows is using ntfs file system. :?:

Hi everyone, My nic is Crash and I was just wondering about firewall and who is using what type. I have used many in the past and now have switched to Smoothwall 2.0 Express as a simple to setup firewall on an older pc. It is a Linux based firewall …

Hello, I've managed to get linux installed on my box. Using fedora core 3 with a full installation........ Man all those games :eek: Anyway I'm left with a question I completed a working code in nedit and saved it has a cpp file. I open but a konsole find the …

I have 2 seperate HD's, both NTFS. D drive has lots of data etc on it, how would I install linux to D drive?

I tried installing debian linux to my system . Everything went well but I was not able to configure my Xserver. It was working well with redhat.... please help

Hi, I have installed postgresql-8.0.0 on my mandrake linux system.When try to create postgres user it say already exists. Further it allows to create the database and tables.But once i restart my system it says server not running . Also can anybody tell me what more addition changes are required …

Hi folks, I have been searching for technical documents and discussion forums relating to applying programming on InfraRed technology for sometimes but without much result. Can any folk give me some suggestion. TIA B.R. satimis

I start up red hat after a fresh install, heres the last threee lines before it produces no more out put. kjournalstarting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted file system with ordered data mode Freeing ununsed kernal memory: 128k feeded then it sits there for a while with nothing else. …

Hello all, I don’t want to waste space or anything, but I’ve read post after post and I still don’t quite know what Linux to get. I have no real programming experience. I would like to try Linux just cause I looks nice and I like to tinker. Is that …

Not sure if this is the right place to post. Anyone know how to setup a mail server and what software I can use? I am running Apache to host my site. thanks

Ok i boot up slackware, now it doesnt seem to have an DHCP program to locate all my config etc. Maybe it does and im unsure. Im dual booting linux (slack 10) i put the set up disk in to configure the connection etc. I run of a modem connected …

Hi . I am a computer student in university ... I do programming with C++ & its about a month that I am after Linux ( I want to continue C++ under linux ) ... I installed Mandrake , but got lots of problem with it ... I wanted to …

I set gnome as my default shell, and had graphical problems with that. Then I tweaked the XF86config a bit, and then it worked. I login at a text interface. When I try to start kde with the cmd 'startkde' I get a series of errors, and then shows this …

When XP SP1 client access to SAMBA server, Quota do work. Share drive isn't show limit capacity. On the other hand, it show fully capacity. Why? How can i do? Thx! < My Linux is Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 quota 3.09-1 & samba-3.0.0-14.3E >

Hi, I've been trying to get SMB and SAMBA working, and I've been having a few problems. I have succeded creating a connection from my Mac (MAC OS X, v. 10.2.8 ) and Windows XP home, but I can't get it to work with Linux! First, when my Linux was …

Hi All, My server that is running linux (fedora), keeps crashing. I'm not exactly good with servers, but I do know that apache keeps crashing, and I don't know why. The server support that the company I'm with have no idea what they are doing. The server is also running …

I have a P III 533Mhz,with 64 Mb of RAM and i'm trying to install Red Hat 8.0.......but i'm not able to do it successfully. The installation process goes fine until the actual copyin of files begins, when it flashes this message.....[COLOR=DarkOrange]"ERROR 12: cant load into memory".[/COLOR]...and the installation terminates.......is …

I want to build my own PC that will work for DV Capture, ether through a TV Card or a Video Capture Card (don't mine ether way). The problem I have is that I don't have much money, I have a PC but it is now so old I really …

I have come to the conclusion that Dell Notebooks are NOT Linux friendly. They do not have ANY linux drivers on the dell site for either of my notebooks C610 or D600... If anyone has one of there running Linux I could use your help... Thanks...

Does anyone know how to fix this error? I'm running Fedora Core 1. Thanks.

I have an external Modem that I am using to post to this forum. But the suse plugger a hardware tool says my microcom deskporte56k voice modem is not configured and will not let me configure it. When I try to use yast to configure it it only configures it …

Please be gentle, very new to this site... I wanted to try out KDE and I happen to have an older copy of Mandrake 6... I have never installed it... Do I want to do this or do I want to use a different distro...? Can someone provide a link …

I am very new to this and here is where I am at or LOST as the case may be... 98 INstalled on the first partition, XP on the second.. Works fine... I created a Linux swap partition and an EXT3 partition and installed Mepis THe only change I made …

Ok, so my Dad has finally given up his old laptop, which gives me the chance to play with Linux on it. The only problem is, the hard drive is minute. He estimates it to be 1.2 gigs :\ but it was a long time since he really last checked …

I tried using my usb pendrive, but it won't mount. I been doing a little bit of research on it, the problem might be that I either don't have scis emulation, and I need to rebuild my kernel again, or something else is missing. I rebuilt from the 2.4.26 to …

I have searched all around the web for .htaccess tutorials, and there are a lot of them but none seems to offer a solution to this particular problem: I have rented webhosting space and I am running two domains off of one account. The two sites are totally unrelated and …

One of my companiies recently dumped a bunch of Gateway Pentium-75 computers, and I was wondering if it was worth it to put Linux on then and network them together. Which Linux distribution should I use? I have RH 5.2 & 6. The computers have an 800M HD, but I …

I've just installed linux for the first time and after adding a new user with adduser command (and set a password) I am unable to log in with that user and password. I can display the user info with # finger <username>. but cannot login with that user and password. …