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Ok, excuse my ignorance, but I thoroughly enjoy the API for programming in windows, is their any such thing in Linux terms. i.e. I would like the do some java programming and C++ programming in Linux, but is it all in a text editor or is their an api/ide for …
Hi All, anyone have a bright idea for me. i have one linux box attached to an UPS system. when the battery is low it tells the linux box to shutdown. is there a way that i can get this box to signal other linux boxes to shutdown as well? …
Hi I managed to get freebsd 5.2-Current up and running which is cool I managed to get project evil up and running, however, I can't assign and ipv4 address assigned to the card: ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid default wepmode on wepkey 0x(key) when I do an ifconfig …
I am running a Dell 4500S machine with windows XP home installed and I wanted to put linux on my machine. I would prefer to boot linux from my external USB hard drive but I dont know if this is possible. If it isnt possible, then how can I install …
Hello all! I've been here on these forums for quite a while... I was thinking of installing Linux on my box to dual boot with my win2k. I'm just not sure what to use... I never installed/used one before... I'm looking for something that's easy to install, configure, and has …
I have tried to install Mandrake on my system and when everything is done I can not see the GUI screen. I get a console but no GUI, I don't know what to do? I have a P4VMM2 Motherboard 2.4Ghz 533Mhz Samsung 153v 15" Any help?
Hi! I just installed mdk9.0. During installation, while asking for an IP address, I clicked on boot (dhcp). I thought it's supposed to get its address from the DHCP server in my Windows network. On the first run (after installation) it said it cannot join the network (something like that). …
hi, I made the boot floppy for mandrake 10 with the options "mkbootdisk -- kernelargs /boot/vmlinuz 2.6.3-4mdk"but after booting there was error message:"could not find kernel image:linux" and a boot prompt"boot:" plz write me the correct parameters for making a bootdisk my root partition is /dev/hda8 and boot partition is …
Greetings from Honduras CA, I have install a VMware 4.0 in my RedHat 8.0 and it runs perfectly, I use a guess WindowsXP and is ok. . . But How can I transfer data or files from a guess OS to my host OS and viseberse. I mean, If I …
Hi All, anyone out there have any experiance with embedded linux? i'm looking into embedding on to a standard main board so i dont need a hard disk. if not any usfull urls would be cool spikes
I had the new distro of Mandrake 9.2 and decided to install it on a spare HDD I have. The HDD is slaved to my Windows HDD it runs WinMe. When I went to install the distro, I tried to do it in windows to the spare drive, but it …
Hi All, has anyone managed install fedora on a scsi drive useing the adaptec aha-2940uw card? i have tryed booting with noprobe an dd but it will just hang on the aic7xxx driver or fail to find any disks. any ideas spikes
Hi, i have just tryed to install fedora core 1 on an old server box, 2x pII300 | 1Gb | symbios scsi 53c876e. problem is when the install gets to lookup the scsi device (at install) it displays the correct device but then just hangs. can anyone give me some …
I am trying to host multiple websites from my linux box. I have been from one end of google to the other and tried about every suggestion I could read. I have also tried setting up webmin and have edited and re-edited my httpd.conf to death. I have one web …
My friend jesse is going to college and I'm helping him set up his linux box. He hasn't gotten online yet, but I was just wondering if colleges restrict linux internet access. I'm sure there's always a way around any restrcitions they have ;) but I was just wondering if …
I know that you can transfer accounts by coping /etc/passwd to a different computer however I'm not certain about transfering the passwords themselves. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to transfer the password along with the account?
Mar 26, 2004 14:34 ET [img]http://media.prnewswire.com/en/images/spacer.gif[/img][b]TimeSys Demonstrates Industry's First Linux Development and Testing Tools to Work with Any Linux Kernel [/b] PITTSBURGH, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- At the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, TimeSys(R) Corporation, a leader in embedded Linux(R) development tools and products, will demonstrate how its …
[url="http://news.google.ca/news?q=microsoft+sun+&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nn"]http://news.google.ca/news?q=microsoft+sun+&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nn[/url] Has the unsecure linux stepped on too many toes & pissed off everyone in corporate america?
Here is the setup: I have a Solaris box running the amanda backup server for all of the Solaris and Linux machines. It can backup all of the machines on the private network just fine, but there is one Redhat Linux 7.3 machine that sites outside of the firewall in …
over the last few weeks ive tried out rh8, mdk 9.1, knoppix 3.1, gentoo, yoper, debian sarge, and j.a.m.d and by far...except for gentoo, j.a.m.d was the coolest in my opinion. its a slimmer version of rh8 recompiled for i686 cpus. you all should try it...i like it alot. but …
I get this error message now when running the command 'strings' on any file. obviously I have the command 'ls' in my $PATH, so that isn't the issue. I haven't made any recent changes to anything except for a GTK upgrade to 2.4.0. 'strings' is obviously not dependant on GTK …
Hi All, I'm try to setup mimedefang on fedora core 1 using sendmail, the problem is that i do not have much experiance of rebuilding software, which this processs requires. so the process goes- unpack the sendmail source (no-probs) create and change a config file (yep) build the source #sh …
[font=Lucida Console]:) [/font] [font=Lucida Console]Ok if you look at my makefile log you will see that I get a couple errors at the end, it directs to stdio.h and the makerrorlog.txt shows a couple problems with a couple lines in my stdio.h .....tell gedit (wordpad might be able to do …
Hi, I'm running Fedora Core 1 and have 2 Hard Drives, each 40 GB. But when i was installing Fedora i setup the HD and now is showing hda1 mounted at /boot (4.0 MB size) and hdb1 mounted at / (40 GB size). It is showing the first HD as …
Have you ever noticed that in this forum under TechSupport...you have more people in the Macro$haft area than in the Linux area? Just thought it was weird. I mean, I know when I got firebird configured just right for slackware...I haven't had to do jack squat for it. And using …
Hey I don't want to sound like a total noobie so forgive me but here goes: I'm really new to this - just installed Mandrake 9.2 a few days ago. So far so good, except I can't seem to change the screen resolution. It defaulted to 1280x1024 and that ran …
[size=2]Mandrake Linux 9.2 Kernel sources are installed 2.4.22-10 kernel Open log with Wordpad or Gedit [/size]
Anyone using Arch? I've been playing with it for a week now, and I have to say that after trying many other distros, this one is a winner for me. I got tired of bloated distros and I don't like wasting time on complex installations and configurations, and oh yeah, …
[b]Running a Home Web Server on a Budget By Jeff Johnston[/b] Running a web server from your home is not necessarily difficult or expensive. In order to run a home web server you need a fairly high-speed connection, a Domain name, a computer, an operating system, and an HTTP server. …
I'm new to the Linux game sp please bear with me. I installed Red Hat 8 on my machine running XP pro on Microsoft Virtual PC. The install went pretty ok but I am having problems connecting to the internet. I configured my netwk card both manually and using DHCP …
Hey, I cant seem to get any sound on my sys with mandrake 2.0. My motherboard (a7v266-e) has onboard sound, but i recently purchased a soundblaster audigy 2 which i obviously use instead. Manrake recognizes both soundcards in the config, but i think that its running primarily through the onboard. …
Hi, I installed Fedora Core1 and it's running nicely. I updated machine using Up2date and everything works. The only problems is, when i start the machine in the list of OSs i can see both versions of Fedora, the one before the update and the one after. I was wondering …
I have downloaded the tar.gz file When i unzipped it it says samba 3. something I go to the console and and i go to the directory where is the samba folder is locate it And the nexty step it says to type ./configure but when i do that is …
please can you help me, i need to know some code for changing login screen and startup screen. I also need to know why fedora doesnt pick up my network card, meaning that i cant use the internet. Can i get any more games for fedora or would i have …
I have peer-to-peer network. One of the computers is running WinXP, the other one Red Hat 9. I've been trying to setup Samba to bee able to see linux from my windows machine. I can see windows from linux machine, but not the other way around. Any suggestions are welcome. …
I installed Mandrake 9.2 on a Laptop. It didn't detect the sound but I used sndconfig and configured it. I guess the problem is I don't get sound as user. What can I do?
I'm using winxp on c drive(6gb) and want to install linux redhat on d drive (14gb).I have got 512ddr ram,pent-4 processor and gigabyte motherboard,built-in soundcard and riva tnt 32mb agp card.I only want to install linux on d drive ( the second partition) and multi-boot with xp.Someone plz help me …
Hi, I am using SSH secure client to log into a linux system. When I run emacs in the SSH, all the commands such as C-Spac, M-< etc etc etc does not work. I know it has something to do with key binding and such, but how do you exactly …
i successfully go through all three cd's but 10 seconds before the full installation finishes the vmware become unresponsive and it won't finish the installtion. i am running win xp and trying to intall linux guest. any help please.
I have the following in /etc/inittab: # Run webcam uploading utility - added by slp on 12/18/2003 cam:3:respawn:/home/salvatore/cam/runcam runcam is: [root@home cam]# ls -l runcam -rwxr-xr-x 1 root salvatore 55 Dec 31 09:46 runcam runcam contains: [root@home cam]# cat runcam webcam /home/salvatore/cam/.webcamrc >/dev/null 2>&1 & [root@home cam]# uname -r 2.4.20-27.9 …
Just a poll ... where are all you linux gurus most comfortable? Where do you do most of your work? Where are you more efficient? ... Well, you get the idea ;)
I've recently tried to create an image from a DVD under Linux. I wrote the image file to an vfat (fat32) partition previously mounted. The copying process stopped by about 2GB, the former file-size-limit of Linux. I've checked my binaries (dd and cat) they both support large files, and they …
Hello all, I'm new here and need your help for a litle thing. I'm trying to install a vmware 4 on Mandrake 9.1 Linux. But, the installation freeze after the message that show two different identifications to my kernel. One 2.4.x and other 2.4.x-mdk. IN fact I think it's the …
i just installed mandrake and when i boot my machine it jsut sits on the background of my desktop and would not load or give me the log in screen any suggestions???
use of ps command in Linux rad hat without any options (-ef, -aux or a), what is the result will be list (PID TTY TIME CMD only)? Can I use ps alone for investigate the executed machine on which the command was entered with maintenance program that been run at …
Uses access to DB2 for end users, but the system acting very slow in respond. I have using LSOF and ps -ux for my investigation the system process, and I suspect it's Maybe due to the maintenance program. Ques: Can I issue a kill signal directly to the maintenance program …
hi, i am trying to create a virtual network bet. 3 linux virtual machines on my vmware. also, i'd need them to be connected to the external network. vmware help-manual says that to use the 'host network' configuration for network connectivity in a VM, u should have configured vmware for …
Hello all, for upgrading, installing, deleting etc without get lost with the rpms from Linux 9 (redhat), get apt-get from [url]http://apt.freshrpms.net/[/url] If you want a graphical interface to apt-get, just type in a terminal 'apt-get install synaptic' Or delete redhat and install debian unstable aka sid
Hi All, Anyone know how to change the remote login screen in red hat 8.0. at the moment i get 'login as:' where i would like to display some kind of disclamer or warning, # you are entering the systems of yada yada yada, if you dont have permision please …
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