| Subject | Date Asked |
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| installing unix | 10/30/2007 |
Q: What is the minimum hardware requirements for installing UNIX ?
A: For minimal system, 200MHz with 32 MB of RAM is enough (embedded systems, for instance). Desktop ...
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| red hat 9.0 | 10/29/2007 |
Q: how to install software like sound,media player,.net etc
A: You should update to the current version as fast as possible. Red Hat 9 is several years old, it ...
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| problems with password and sound | 10/22/2007 |
Q: I am Kodjo, i installed linux ubuntu 6.10 on my pc and the following day, i forgot my password. And ...
A: If the password you forgot is the user one, not the administrator (root), you can easily change it ...
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| gddg | 10/13/2007 |
Q: how do we install soundcard in linux red hat.
A: It depends. It depends on the version of Redhat and it depends on the card. If you use a recent ...
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| please....answer my question.... | 8/25/2007 |
Q: I'm a one of USQ student in singapore...i'm attending in BIT...at the moment...now, i'm using a ...
A: Without the details of your card I can't help much. There's a big chance you have some kind of ...
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| dual boot | 8/24/2007 |
Q: I have a 250GB hardisk, in which i want to install both windows and linux(suse10.2). Can you please ...
A: The partioning depends on your needs. I'll give you a scheme that fits in the most cases. First - ...
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| configuration | 7/11/2007 |
Q: . I have my mandriva linux but the problem is how can i configure my mandriva to make it a ...
A: To enable file sharing with Windows machines (I assume that's your scenario) you need to install ...
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| configuration | 7/10/2007 |
Q: . I have my mandriva linux but the problem is how can i configure my mandriva to make it a ...
A: It depends on the kind of server you want you machine to be. In all cases, it is a matter of ...
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| uninstall linux and format linux | 6/3/2007 |
Q: I have a dual booting laptop for Windows/Linux. I have three main partitions in my hard drive. I ...
A: It depends on the program you use to choose the system to boot. I assume you have the one installed ...
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| Text based o. s. | 5/29/2007 |
Q: Do you know of any operating systems that have less animations than Windows XP, etc? I assume that ...
A: Both Linux and Solaris would do, also BSD-family systems (like FreeBSD or OpenBSD). The applications ...
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| Installation | 5/26/2007 |
Q: Will you please tell me how to install Ubuntu in expert mode i.e. without deleting original saved ...
A: You can use the standard installer. Just read the messages you see carefully and you'll reach the ...
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| Solaris Install | 5/19/2007 |
Q: I need to know If some one ASK me How would I install The Solaris Server from scratch to Development ...
A: It's quite a complicated question. Much depends on the configuration of your machine and the ...
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| Solaris 10 | 5/17/2007 |
Q: No utmpx entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "shell".I hv tried out all the answers ...
A: There must be a reason why utmpx cannot be written. Suggestions given by system may help, but they ...
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| linux problem | 5/14/2007 |
Q: I was USING ONE Software on LinuX system, suddenly it got hanged then swithched off the system, and ...
A: It's seems to be clear. You seem to be out of disk space. Run df and see. If that's the case, search ...
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| linux problem | 5/12/2007 |
Q: I was USING ONE Software on LinuX system, suddenly it got hanged then swithched off the system, and ...
A: That's what I was expecting. X got incorrect configuration by the installation of one of your new ...
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| linux problem | 5/11/2007 |
Q: I was USING ONE Software on LinuX system, suddenly it got hanged then swithched off the system, and ...
A: The installation might have broken something. If it's not a new driver, it seems that it's just a ...
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| difference between K shell and C Shell | 5/9/2007 |
Q: Please let me know the differnece between K shell and C shell. Thank You
A: There are quite many differences, like in variable assignment or the way you write conditional ...
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| Operating System Partition | 5/7/2007 |
Q: I need to do partition in my harddisk for 2 Operating Systems(One is Windows XP and the other is ...
A: The first thing is to estimate how much space you need for both systems and if you need a partition ...
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| Xubuntu | 5/3/2007 |
Q: I'm new to Linux world. I had installed Xubuntu 7.04 , it's fine but I don't know how to add support ...
A: Look into Applications->Settings->Settings Manager->Keyboard. Check if you have 'Layouts' tab. If ...
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| Xubuntu | 4/30/2007 |
Q: I'm new to Linux world. I had installed Xubuntu 7.04 , it's fine but I don't know how to add support ...
A: You will need to install a number of packages, depending on what you already have. If it happens ...
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| Dual Boot - need defaulting to Windows | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I just installed a Mandriva System dual booting with existing Win XP but the PC's default OS has ...
A: Boot Mandriva, then run Mandriva Control Panel (you will be asked for root password), then choose ...
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| Installation of Red Hat Linux 9 on VMWare Workstation | 4/12/2007 |
Q: I want to install RHL9 on VMWare workstation. Can you please explain me full steps for ...
A: The first thing I'd like to write you is that you should not use RedHat 9. It's a very old ...
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| character ~ and user's home directory | 4/10/2007 |
Q: I know the character ~ represents the user's home directory, is this always the case no matter ...
A: The ~ character is used in probably all the shells, but it's handled by that shell. It means that ...
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| installation | 4/2/2007 |
Q: Your answer was such a great start for me.another little question; i think that partitioning is ...
A: /usr keeps your programs (binaries), /var is a place for logs and such things. So you need them. The ...
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| installation | 3/29/2007 |
Q: i am a fresh linux user. i want to know more and i am starting in the deep end! i am going to ...
A: In your situation you may use the following scheme: / (root) - 5GB - for system, applications and ...
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| Partitioning | 3/21/2007 |
Q: .i have my 2 hard disk drive and 256MB of RAM 1 is 40GB and 80GB.can u give me sum good idea of what ...
A: Backup is a different thing that using the disk as /home. /home means your normal user (not root - ...
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| Partitioning | 3/20/2007 |
Q: .i have my 2 hard disk drive and 256MB of RAM 1 is 40GB and 80GB.can u give me sum good idea of what ...
A: If you don't know how much you need for your personal files and such things, the partitioning scheme ...
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| ip address | 3/19/2007 |
Q: My isp provides me 8 dynamic ip addresses(ADSL). But i dont have a hub or ip share machines or ...
A: Yes, you can use all the addresses at the same time. Your single Ethernet card may have more ...
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| Installation of Red Hat Linux 9 | 3/15/2007 |
Q: I'm attempting to install Red Hat 9.0 on my PC, I have Windows XP and 2000 pre-installed and want to ...
A: I'll start from the fact that RedHat 9 is a very old distribution. It was released in 2003 and by ...
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| using pci cards with linux | 3/9/2007 |
Q: I am planning to replace my Windows 98 ops with Linux. I noticed there are no PCI cards available ...
A: The fact that it is rarely written by the manufacturer that the card is supported under Linux ...
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| auto restore? | 3/5/2007 |
Q: can linux do auto restore. i mean, everytime the linux reboot or restart, whatever installed ...
A: The first idea that comes to my mind is a Live CD. You boot from a CD every time and every time the ...
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| Dual Boot Linux | 1/8/2007 |
Q: I would like to set up my computer to dual boot Linux and XP. Given that I have absolutely no Linux ...
A: Dual boot is set up at installation. The installers do it quite well and it should not end in a ...
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| installing linux | 1/3/2007 |
Q: i tried to install fedora 5 in my compaq presario sr1730IL, after testing CDs, a window opens but ...
A: It looks definitely as an graphic card driver problem. Fedora 5 seems to support your card, so it ...
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| Dell Poweredge 600SC | 1/1/2007 |
Q: I 'inherited' a Dell Poweredge 600SC server in mint condition. A small business folded and this was ...
A: I don't know if you have an Linux experience. I assume you're rather a beginner. I think it may be ...
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| installing OS | 12/29/2006 |
Q: I have a new blank hard drive.How can I install an operating system on it?The new hard drive is ...
A: Yes, it will do. The only thing is that you need to remember not to use an 'install everything' ...
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| boot problem | 12/20/2006 |
Q: I'have an adaptec snap server but I crashed it, before I managed to make it run correctly (the OS is ...
A: If it stops at "booting kernel" it means the kernel image is incorrect. It may be broken or simply ...
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| regarding redhat 9.0 booting | 12/20/2006 |
Q: Respected I am facing a problem during redhat linux 9.0 booting :- kernel panic:No init found. Try ...
A: This error can have many different cases. If it comes just after installation, it usually means the ...
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| Linux version | 12/19/2006 |
Q: I would like to know the name of linux version with 2.4 kernel that can be downloaded freely with ...
A: There are such distributions, but as 2.6 is the current kernel version, support for 2.4 is usually ...
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| how to install sata hard disk in red hat linux 9 enterprise edition | 8/7/2006 |
Q: Hi I am trying to install red hat linux 9 enterprise edition in sata hard disk. I used graohic ...
A: I highly recommend to choose a newer version (new RedHat Enterprise or Fedora Core). Base release of ...
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| Sound card not detected | 8/7/2006 |
Q: Followup To Question - I am using fedora 3 in my system. I have connected sound card and installed ...
A: Former name of snd-hda-intel was snd-azx. Try it. I recommend an upgrade to latest Fedora, however ...
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| Sound card not detected | 8/6/2006 |
Q: I am using fedora 3 in my system. I have connected sound card and installed sound/video at the time ...
A: It seems that snd-hda-intel driver is the one you should use. So, try to load it manually first, to ...
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| Monitor refresh rates | 8/3/2006 |
Q: I have installed Mandrake Linux 10 with KDE on my computer, along with Windows XP. I have a Samsung ...
A: Before checking the modelines you have downloaded (there's only a very small change they're wrong, I ...
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| Servers fail to start | 7/26/2006 |
Q: I want to start samba and dhcp servers on my system. I have installed both softwares, but the ...
A: Your samba config is probably too brief. I'd expect writeable and/or browsable directives for the ...
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| firefox settings | 7/18/2006 |
Q: I am using Fedora Linux and whenever I access any site containing an applet my firefox got stuck. ...
A: It's hard to say where the problem is. The most likely cause is, however, problem with Java plugin ...
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| the best linux for video | 7/3/2006 |
Q: I want a linux distro(perferably live cd) for tv watch,video capture and edit and other ...
A: From the distributions I have tried in their (rather) recent versions, I'd recommend Suse and ...
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| Ubuntu 5.10 - Uninstall | 6/24/2006 |
Q: I have installed Ubuntu 5.1 on my PC. I have Win 98 running too. I would like to unistall the Ubuntu ...
A: It's quite an easy process. The biggest issue is the boot menu program (the one that allows you to ...
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| Loading Programs From A CD | 4/19/2006 |
Q: I have just installed Breezy Badger 5.10(Lubuntu) on my machine.My question is,,how do I now load a ...
A: I understand you have a program in a package or archive on the cd, can access the media, but you ...
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| Rename file by script | 4/19/2006 |
Q: if I have two files in one directory SHPMNT_RETAIL_1029.200604180355510 ...
A: I'm not sure what's the problem exactly, but I guess your ask because mv doesn't allow you to work ...
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| Operating System | 4/8/2006 |
Q: What are some Operating System that is not a member of the UNIX family (UNIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, ...
A: In many cases it's hard to say which family the system is member of. It's true especially for the ...
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| Linux | 4/6/2006 |
Q: I want to learn to use Linux. But I want to avoid formatting my hard drive and then partitioning the ...
A: For your first time with Linux I recommend a live cd. It's a cd with bootable Linux, no installation ...
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| Graphics card upgrade | 3/25/2006 |
Q: I am running SUSE 10 and I want to upgrade the graphics card to a ATI rage pro 128 I know this card ...
A: You're right - your system uses settings for the old card. The way to change this behavious depends ...
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| Domain controller with resource access limitation | 3/15/2006 |
Q: I have to install a domian controller/NAT server/Firewall/Router/DHCP server/DNS on linux (FC4) ...
A: The thing you want to do isn't as simple as it looks. The thing is that routing is done at much ...
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| Why doesn't my email work anymore? | 1/23/2006 |
Q: Mara! I have good news. All of my accounts can now receive mail. It was a screw up with my ISP. ...
A: First check if you can access the server from your FreeBSD machine. I tried it at the time of your ...
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| A Question from a Linux Newbie! | 1/22/2006 |
Q: I've always been using Windows for an OS. However, recently I was considering to switch or at least ...
A: If your computer runs Windows XP, it'll run any version of Linux. Also, you can have both Windows ...
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| Why doesn't my email work anymore? | 1/21/2006 |
Q: Mara! Thanks for getting back to me. I had never heard of Ethereal before, (I said I was a ...
A: The file you have sent shows a number of interesting things. One of them is that the connection is ...
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| GNOME lockdown | 1/17/2006 |
Q: Don't know if you know GNOME, but I hope you do: I'd like to lock-down a user account in Ubuntu ...
A: It looks you need something similar to kiosk mode. In Gnome, it's not finished for now, however. You ...
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| Why doesn't my email work anymore? | 1/17/2006 |
Q: I am really hoping that you can help me, as I am a newbie who is out of his depth. Everything was ...
A: It looks like a configuration problem. I tried to connect the servers from my location and well...I ...
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| installation | 1/15/2006 |
Q: I have a dell desktop 4700 that runs windows xp home edition service pack 2. i want to install ...
A: You can do it. The recommended method is to remove all the partitions from teh second drive. ...
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| Linux | 1/13/2006 |
Q: I have a strange issue , my up2date for RHEL is out of date , when i follow the directions on red ...
A: It looks you have a dependencies problem. Here's (at the botton, after some comments from an annoyed ...
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| LAN card problem | 1/8/2006 |
Q: Hai, I hav installed red hat 9 on my system but Iam not able to connect to the internet because ...
A: I can't find "Tech-com", are you sure you have spelled it correctly? It can't stop us from finding ...
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| system events | 1/7/2006 |
Q: How do I do a total clearing of all system logs and whats a dcop sever, right after I changed my ...
A: System logs are kept in /var/log, so if you want to remove the logs, just delete everything that's ...
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| hostname | 1/2/2006 |
Q: I dont like the systemname RHEL used - how do I chance it hostname doest work all the prompts are ...
A: Good to know you have the monitor issue solved. I guess that 'account' is your hostname. To check ...
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| absurd frame rate | 12/31/2005 |
Q: I just asked you one a few minutes ago about my ati card and the out of sync message on monitor , ...
A: That shows something... There's more to look for. Somewhere at the beginning of the configuration ...
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| annoying problem | 12/31/2005 |
Q: Having an annoying issue with red hat enterprise with a 2.4 kernel system is an athlon xp 2800 w 512 ...
A: Hell, I understand you run with the default settings and init 5 is graphical mode, where init 3 is ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/28/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question -Followup To Question -Followup To Question - Hi I am using the Linux Red ...
A: Let's check everything from the beginning... 1. modprobe sm56 works with no errors 2. setserial ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/27/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question -Followup To Question -Hi I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating system.. ...
A: It looks that something's already using /dev/modem. It may be (from your listing of ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/25/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question -Followup To Question - Hi I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating ...
A: Look first if /dev/ttyS5 exists. It should. Kppp has the list hard-written, it doesn't scan which ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/24/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question -Hi I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating system.. It detected all most ...
A: I'd like to see the list of unresolved symbols. It seems important. I don't think there's a bus ...
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| Hi Mara,
If I want to load... | 12/20/2005 |
Q: If I want to load <drm module> and <agp chipset driver> before starting X in linux, I'd put the ...
A: Dependencies in modprobe.conf are handled this way: install <drm module> /sbin/modprobe agpgart; ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/20/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating system.. It detected all most ...
A: I'll use this message to deal with the media playing problem you have. The reason is quite simple: ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/20/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating system.. It detected all most ...
A: The module with modem driver doesn't load for some reason (loading it is one of the things done when ...
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| Modem Problem | 12/18/2005 |
Q: I am using the Linux Red Hat 9 operating system.. It detected all most every hardwares installed ...
A: All the locations are built inside the RPM package. If there were no errors during installation, all ...
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| Trouble with flash plugin on Linux & Firefox | 12/17/2005 |
Q: OK, here it goes, for some time now I have been having trouble with flash plugin in firefox (now ...
A: Please look here: ...
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| recompiling linux kernel | 12/16/2005 |
Q: respected sir, i am a sudent,i have a network laboratory as a subject in my studies. for that i have ...
A: It's hard to say what really failed. I'm not sure it was because of the kernel, there are really ...
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| Starting gnome in FreeBSD5.3 | 12/14/2005 |
Q: I recently installed FreeBSD5.3. I having problems with starting GNOME.I tried the gdm command and ...
A: It may be that they're not installed. Have you checked that? You may have most of GNOME, but not ...
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| Hard links | 12/13/2005 |
Q: This is a theoretical question, of sorts, but I'm hoping you can help me. I've been reading the ...
A: It's hard to answer to your question without the knowledge about Unix filesystem. A file is an ...
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| Messenger Installation | 10/19/2005 |
Q: Sir, I have download Yahoo Messenger to my (redhat linx 9 operating system) system. In the yahoo ...
A: To install a program from RPM package you need to be root user (administrator). You can switch to ...
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| Linux Doubt | 10/18/2005 |
Q: Sir, I started to work on linux operating system recently. But i don't know anything about the ...
A: Here are answers to your questions: 1) Look into /etc/issue file. 2) There's Yahoo Messenger version ...
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| need to delete certain files | 10/13/2005 |
Q: i have a linux server. there is a folder called data. in there are many sub-folders with sub folder ...
A: You can do it using find (to find files maching specific pattern) and rm (to remove file). In you ...
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| Knoppix question | 10/13/2005 |
Q: I've been using Knoppix from time to time and noticed that I could unplug the hard drive and run ...
A: Knoppix (when you boot from CD, not installed) doesn't need a hard drive. It doesn't use it. It ...
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| RH Linux config | 10/9/2005 |
Q: Itlloks like I may need some linux training. I think I would like to attend classroom training ...
A: I don't know where you live :) I'm sure you can find something good in your area. Try to find ther ...
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| RH Linux config | 10/7/2005 |
Q: After installing 2gb of ram in an ibm rh 7.3 box I received the message '290 memory configuration ...
A: My guess is that the error is because your kernel cannot handle 2gb of RAM. It can be fixed by ...
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| How to see RedHat Linux desktop on windows 2000 | 10/5/2005 |
Q: Hai, This is Bharat from INDIA. I recently got a job. There I have been assigned to deal with ...
A: You can install RealVNC for example: http://www.realvnc.com/ with detailed instruction here: ...
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| Sniffers | 8/19/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- i don't know how much i should be thankfull to u.GOD Bless You. as u r ...
A: I prefer not to be a supervisor. That's your project and you can make it on your own. That's what I ...
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| Red Hat menu problem | 8/18/2005 |
Q: I have Windows ME on one hard disk and Red Hat 8.0 on the other hard drive on my pc. The problem is ...
A: RedHat 8 default bootloader is Grub (the program for dual-boot menu). It should be also in your ...
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| VNC connection problem | 8/17/2005 |
Q: My VNC is RealVNC. After I start the vncserver using normal user. The vnc log ...
A: There are two things that are worth looking into. First is related to the error message about ...
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| convert dos format to unix format | 8/11/2005 |
Q: I have suffered from convert all files format from dos format to unix format in a directory and all ...
A: You can use find command to find files and dos2unix (check first if it's available in your system) ...
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| Dual boot | 8/9/2005 |
Q: I had a dual boot system working fine until I tried to install driver for external USB hard drive. I ...
A: Is it possible to connect everything exactly as it was before? Linux bootloader is on C: disk with ...
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| unix/ linux instals | 8/8/2005 |
Q: Is linux simular to unix? can i install linux on intel pc? i would lik eo tlearn linux or rather ...
A: There's no such thing like single Unix. There's Unix trademark, but many Unix systems. Linux doesn't ...
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| redhat installation | 8/8/2005 |
Q: I have purchased a DVD which contains four different versions of linux. All versions are saved under ...
A: I'm wondering where you have the disk from. It's not official, because as far as I know, Redhat has ...
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| Linux install on existing dual boot system | 8/8/2005 |
Q: That was exactly what I needed to know. I just want to verify I have it right before I proceed: 1. ...
A: Yes, it's correct. Notes to point 2. Remove data cable from the disk. You don't need to remove the ...
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| Linux install on existing dual boot system | 8/7/2005 |
Q: Currently I have a dual boot system with Windows 98SE on C and Windows XP on a separate drive (D). I ...
A: It's even simpler than you think. Linux distributions are prepared for dual-booting. They don't use ...
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| Setting number of rows/columns in console | 8/3/2005 |
Q: How can I change the number of rows and columns of text that can fit on the screen? I'm using a ...
A: If you boot from hard disk (not cd), change your /etc/lilo.conf (or grub configuration file if you ...
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| can Linux Play Cd Games? | 8/3/2005 |
Q: Howdy, I am thinking about installing linux on my system. i was wondering if linux can play ...
A: In certain cases it's possible. It requires an emulator, however (Wine or Crossover Office). Such ...
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| Broken pipe error | 7/29/2005 |
Q: I have been getting this kind of error. I have been making use of this coding but it keeps shooting ...
A: I think it has something to do with the variable content. Without knowing what goes to the file ...
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| Copied hyperlink wrong | 7/27/2005 |
Q: Choose the "hard option" on the patch.Which is to say I "edited" the four places mentioned. If I ...
A: It's good to read that the network thing seems to be fixed. The question is now why it doesn't print ...
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| Copied hyperlink wrong | 7/25/2005 |
Q: Then it's bad as when I try to Telnet I get the following "Could not open connection to the host, on ...
A: It looks I overlooked that the addresses are from different subnets. Fortunately, there's an easy ...
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| Copied hyperlink wrong | 7/24/2005 |
Q: Could you resend your answer to my question about the Linus Router Project.When I type in ...
A: Here's copy: ------------------ Hello, First thing I'd test is if port 9100 on the old box is ...
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| Linux Router Project | 7/22/2005 |
Q: As per instructions found at http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/. Utilzing a old PC and a floppy built ...
A: First thing I'd test is if port 9100 on the old box is accesible at all. Run a terminal and then ...
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| DOS script from UNIX | 7/12/2005 |
Q: I am doing an Multi-disciplinary Optimization that requires several softwares and one of these is a ...
A: I think I must write how I define script, because I see that we see it differently. For me, script ...
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| linux configure | 7/9/2005 |
Q: hi first I must thank you for pervious question and your nice answer.now I have installed suse linux ...
A: To solve this problem I'd start from checking if you have sed program installed. The easiest way is ...
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| nube question | 7/6/2005 |
Q: This is going to sound pretty lame: I have SuSE Linux on my computer. I just (as hard as I try) ...
A: First days with Linux may be hard, because it's different than Windows. When you see the pattern, ...
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| installing linux in sata hard disk | 7/6/2005 |
Q: Hi I'm trying to install linux Suse 9.2 in sata hard disk.I used manual installation for installing ...
A: Everything depends on the fact if there's a driver for your SATA controller (usually it means ...
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| cups - server unavailable | 7/3/2005 |
Q: Unfortunately, the problem exists even when I turn the firewall off. netstat -l | grep 631 gives no ...
A: netstat -l -n|grep 631 should give you a better result (with no -n 'printer' is used instead of ...
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| linux remote booting on dump terminals | 7/2/2005 |
Q: I have to configure Redhat linux 9.0 so as to install linux based remote bootnodes (eg:- 50 linux ...
A: Your task has two main parts: setup of the server (you need NFS and DHCP/BOOTP) and setup of the ...
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| jre-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin | 6/30/2005 |
Q: I am running Fedora 4 x86_64 with Firefox /1.0.4 I downloaded the self installer just as Sun. In ...
A: I must say I don't understand where's the problem exactly. Does it install? If not, what's the error ...
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| INIT error | 6/25/2005 |
Q: I am running Redhat Fedora 3 and I just installed Xorg and I am running GNOME Desktop. I set my ...
A: First short theory. 'respawn' option in /etc/inittab says that when the process stops (normal stop ...
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| Suse | 6/23/2005 |
Q: How do I install software on suse? I go into the cd rom drive, click on the install or the exe file ...
A: Linux programs usually don't have installers like Windows programs do (it happends for big ...
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| Winmodems | 6/19/2005 |
Q: Have a machine with this stuff: HP PAVILION Microsoft Windows 98 Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE ...
A: There are old drivers for the modem: http://www.motorola.com/softmodem/driver.htm#linux They're in ...
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| How to - newbie question | 6/18/2005 |
Q: Mara, Thank you for your time. I am very new to Linux (about 2 week) but have been running many of ...
A: Have you read VMware manual: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/index.html ? It describes the ...
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| Mandrake 10.1 and Gigafast USB wireless card | 6/14/2005 |
Q: I issued the "make all" command before the "make install," and figured out a couple of other things ...
A: It looks that it's compiled. Now time to configure it. My guess is that the module is not loaded (it ...
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| doubt in installing two distributions in single machine | 6/14/2005 |
Q: sir, thank you . i have one doubt. if we use like this "kernel ...
A: The correct path to kernel image (or initrd) is needed when running grub-install (the partition ...
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| Mandrake 10.1 and Gigafast USB wireless card | 6/12/2005 |
Q: I've pasted the all the text that results from the "make install" command below--hope that's ...
A: Have you run 'make all' before 'make install'? Error messages below tell about missing files: ...
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| Mandrake 10.1 and Gigafast USB wireless card | 6/11/2005 |
Q: I'm hoping you might be able to give me some advice to help solve a problem. My system: Hp, ...
A: Installing from source for the first time may be hard, but second one is easy. There's no general ...
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| doubt in installing two distributions in single machine | 6/9/2005 |
Q: sir, how can i install and configure two different linux distributions in single pc. for ...
A: The installation is very similar to situation where you have one distribution. The only differences ...
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| cups - server unavailable | 6/5/2005 |
Q: Since upgrading to Fedora Core 3, printing no longer works. In "Printer configuration", when I ...
A: Check your firewall settings. During update you may get a configured one. It may be blocking cups ...
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| linux installation | 6/3/2005 |
Q: I use windows 98 and would like to try Debian Linux. Disk 1 installs all right but I haven't gone ...
A: The option is 'Partition a Hard Disk' in stable version (look into installation manual for details: ...
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| now my wbinfo -t is working... | 6/3/2005 |
Q: now my wbinfo -t is working wbinfo -g option gives only system inbuilt groups but my wbinfo -u ...
A: It may be that your squid doesn't support Windows domain authentication or it's not turned on in the ...
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| linux installation | 5/31/2005 |
Q: I use windows 98 and would like to try Debian Linux. Disk 1 installs all right but I haven't gone ...
A: Partitioning (when you choose which disk to use and have an option to create new partitions) is ...
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| Moving/Copying files from Win98 box to SCO Unix box | 5/26/2005 |
Q: Greetings Mara, Thanks in advance for the help. My problem I would like your help in solving ...
A: You have a number of methods. One solution is to install Samba on the Unix machines (RedHat has it ...
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| SuSE uninstallation | 5/24/2005 |
Q: I bought a laptop with Windows XP pre-installed on it. Then I installed Linux Suse. How do I ...
A: Is Suse bootable? If it is, boot to it, log in, then open a terminal and use the following sequence ...
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| Installing OpenOffice Package | 5/23/2005 |
Q: Mara! I am trying to install OpenOffice-1.1.4_2 on FreeBSD 5.3. I've tried multiple times with ...
A: I'm not very familiar with FreeBSD package system, but have a number of ideas. First, there should ...
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| Mounting USB devices | 5/23/2005 |
Q: I need some help mounting USB devices. I have a external ZIP drive and an USB memory stick, which I ...
A: /etc/fstab is static file, so it's hard to make it to work as dynamic. What you can do to make ...
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| Linux & windows 98 floppies | 5/19/2005 |
Q: I have some very important information on 3 1/2" floppies made in WordPerfect on a Windows 98 ...
A: I can see no reason why it shouldn't work. The only thing that may cause problems is the way your ...
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| Solaris 9 and calculating the amount of space for | 5/13/2005 |
Q: The unit of cylinder size is in Bytes - pls advise. Thanks RickHi Is there a formula for ...
A: So if 1 cylinder is 1198 bytes (what's strange for me) the task is really easy. Swap space starts ...
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| installing Java J2RE 1.3.0_02 on Linux RH AS3.0 | 5/9/2005 |
Q: I need to install Java Runtime Environment version 1.3.0_02 on my RedHat AS3.0 server. I need to use ...
A: java -version should work. Do you get an error message? It may be that you don't have the executable ...
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| dev OS | 5/8/2005 |
Q: i wud like to know how an operating system is actually made..i mean how to program an OS, may be a ...
A: OSes differ much. The theory takes a number of big books, for example. If you're instrested in OSes, ...
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| uninstall linspire [lindows] os | 5/8/2005 |
Q: I have a amd 750 mhz chip computer,40gb hard drive,which I installed lindows. I want to uninstall ...
A: It's rather simple. You need to remove LILO (the program that allows you to choose an OS). To do it, ...
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| Configuring XFree86 | 5/5/2005 |
Q: Mara! I'm having a devil of a time trying to configure XFree86 Server and Desktop in FreeBSD 5.3. ...
A: It looks that you run on default config which doesn't suit your monitor and card. It's fixable and ...
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| internet connection with red hat 9 | 5/3/2005 |
Q: I downloaded the driver. I "unzipped" it. It has a readme file with installation instructions for ...
A: First make sure you have kernel-headers package. It's on your installation cds. Then open a terminal ...
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| internet connection with red hat 9 | 4/27/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- I have a Intel(R) 536EP V.92 modem. Followup To Question - I don't ...
A: It looks you need to download the driver. Here's a link: ...
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| Simple Chipset Question | 4/27/2005 |
Q: Mara! I am trying to identify my "video card". I have all the documentation, but I don't ...
A: Your card is VIA KM266Pro. The 'Pro' version (but not KM266, to make things more complicated) is the ...
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| Linspire and Windows | 4/14/2005 |
Q: I'm thinking of buying a new laptop, which will almost surely come with Windows XP installed. I'm ...
A: Yes, you can do it. It's called dual-booting. Linux system installers are build in such a way that ...
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| Linux partition and NTFS? | 4/12/2005 |
Q: My case as follows, My hard disk size is 160G, I plan to split it to two partition, first partition ...
A: The way both systems access disk is completely independant. What is important is how is the data ...
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| forget root's password | 4/12/2005 |
Q: After installing linux system.I forgot my linux root password.Is there any way to refind or reset ...
A: It's possible. First try to type 'linux single' at the boot prompt (in LILO/GRUB). Your system ...
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| Linux partition and NTFS? | 4/12/2005 |
Q: How can we create the first partition as Linux, second partition as NTFS? or create NTFS partition ...
A: It depends which programs you have. If you want to do it from Linux installation program, you can ...
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| Linux download and installation | 4/8/2005 |
Q: My name is Amber and i am a mainframe/DB2/Sas programmer by profession. My question for you is I ...
A: If you visit a distrobution website, there's always a list of mirrors somewhere. If you're undecided ...
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| Changing the Time of Operating System Choice menu at boot up. | 4/6/2005 |
Q: I ve Linux PCQuest 2004, with Grub as boot menu, I want to change the time of the Operating System ...
A: Look for your /etc/grub.conf. It may be also in a subdirectory of /etc, so youmay need to use locate ...
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| Interbase won't run | 4/1/2005 |
Q: Do you program in Kylix? I am learning Kylix now. I installed the InterBase that come with Kylix ...
A: I have Kylix installed, but don't have time to play with it. Maybe someday :) Your method with ...
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| Linux commands | 3/25/2005 |
Q: I have Linux installed on an old computer. When I power it up the montior shows 4 miniature screens ...
A: Try ctrl+alt+'+' and ctrl+alt+'-' to switch between configured resolutions (there are usually quite ...
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| User account problem | 3/24/2005 |
Q: Your suggestion to kill userdrake solved the problem! Thank you! Now I have another problem with ...
A: Connexant modems have Linux drivers (released by the vendor) but the free version has limited speed ...
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| I am gokila. I am doing major... | 3/24/2005 |
Q: I am gokila. I am doing major project in unix kernel. i have planned to design an unix ...
A: I'm not exactly sure what you're searching. I don't know the requirements on the kernel you need. If ...
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| No utmpx entry.Login from a lower shell | 3/23/2005 |
Q: Unfortunately there is no rc.d directory. The directories are rc0,rc1,rc2,rc3,rc5,rc6,rcS.Hi .. I am ...
A: There may be /etc/init.d (with the same content as /etc/rc.d) or find your runlevel ('runlevel' ...
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| Linux live CD | 3/21/2005 |
Q: Mara, Nope, no message at all. Windows just begins as it always does with the normal boot sequence ...
A: Could you try a different boot seqence, like cdrom, hard disk (no floppy)? It'll show if the boot ...
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| Linux live CD | 3/20/2005 |
Q: Mara, Burning the file onto CD was very easy, I had to use Nero because my Easy CD Creator program ...
A: When your computer starts it should write something like 'Booting from CDROM' and then write that it ...
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| RedHat Fedora: wireless card configuration help needed | 3/20/2005 |
Q: I *so* appreciate your help! I just had a couple small questions about the instructions you gave... ...
A: If you don't have dhcpcd, try dhclient (the same parameter, the command is: dhclient ra0 Dhclient ...
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| RedHat Fedora: wireless card configuration help needed | 3/20/2005 |
Q: I'm very much a linux newbie. I have a small computer (MSI MEGA 180) that I would like to get Linux ...
A: You have it working, now there's time to set IP address, configure DNSes and so on. The way to do ...
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| User account problem | 3/19/2005 |
Q: I am using Mandrake Linus 9 in my home and I made 2 users for me and my brother. One day, my brother ...
A: /etc/ptmp and /etc/gtmp are so called lock files. They're used to make sure only one program is ...
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| Linux live CD | 3/19/2005 |
Q: I decided I wanted to get to know Linux but I do not want to reformat my pc and install Linux and I ...
A: You have the right file. Live CD is also a great way to try Linux without installing. Your problem ...
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| No utmpx entry.Login from a lower shell | 3/12/2005 |
Q: . I am trying to locate the service which is needed to stop utmpd service. I searched in /etc/rc2.d ...
A: /etc/rc2.d/S88utmpd is probably a symbolic link that points to a different file (probably ...
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| No utmpx entry.Login from a lower shell | 3/10/2005 |
Q: I just installed solaris 10(x-86). I am able to login from root. I created a user useradd -c ...
A: I think you're acting correctly. To make sure the file is really emptied correctly, stop the uptmpd ...
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| browser | 3/5/2005 |
Q: Is that possible to browse www without installing desktop environment (like gnome,kde)? Just install ...
A: In short: yes, it's possible. There are text browsers. They don't display images and show only ...
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| knoppix | 3/3/2005 |
Q: Can I delete files from my hard drive while running Knoppix. I have special need as these files are ...
A: It's possible if you're not using NTFS. NTFS specification is kept secret, that's why writing a ...
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| Bootable CD | 3/3/2005 |
Q: I am trying to install a sun solaris x86 on my windows 2000 machine.I installed the cd images from ...
A: It looks like a problem during the burning process. Please try to tead one of the cds. What do you ...
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| 16Bit subsystem | 3/3/2005 |
Q: What exactly is this ? I did not know I even had a subsystem. I have used this same lens cleaner ...
A: I'm not a Windows person but from what I know it calls the part of it that handles 16bit ...
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| lycoris start up problems | 2/28/2005 |
Q: I really appreciate it! I've have a computer at home that has a version of lycoris running on it. ...
A: The message 'Boot from ATAP CD Rom...' simply means your computer is configured to try to boot from ...
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| Internet connection with Red Hat 9 | 2/28/2005 |
Q: Can you please tell me how to set up a modem connection in red hat 9. I failed to do so myself.
A: First you need to find out if driver for your modem was found and installed. The easiest way will ...
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| new linux | 2/27/2005 |
Q: I have installed red hat linux9.there is no multimedia player in it to play a song. U tell me ...
A: There are different versions of Linux distributions available and they have different versions. ...
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| installation | 2/27/2005 |
Q: I have installed red hat Linux 9.the problem is that my Linux does not play any song (video or ...
A: With installation, have you tries it with <tab> completion? Maybe the file is not in the exact ...
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| linux and freebsd | 2/26/2005 |
Q: Please tell me what is the main difference between linux and Freebsd. thanks.
A: If you refer to Linux and FreeBSD as the whole system (the whole 2 or more cds you can install from) ...
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| Best Operating System for a modest PC | 2/24/2005 |
Q: I've been reading some forums about moving to Linux from Windows and one of the distributions that ...
A: SuSE is a good choice. The version you can download has all you need (professional, the one you pay ...
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| Best Operating System for a modest PC | 2/23/2005 |
Q: Mara: I've been using Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition for about five years and it has worked ...
A: I must say that when I started reading your message I had a through that it's not for me. The same, ...
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| installation of software | 2/22/2005 |
Q: Mara- I use RdHat 9, mostly successfully if awkwardly. Downloading software (eg RealPlayer) ...
A: It's a good idea not to run as root. It's wise. But there are situation where becoming root is ...
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| Cannot Start X Windows-problem with agpgart and font server | 2/22/2005 |
Q: I was building gnome2.8, and after that when i switched on the system. it shows the message as like ...
A: Your problem seems to be harder than I expected. When starting X, AGP module is not found. It seems ...
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| [drm:i830-wait-ring] *ERROR* Lockup ---error arises | 2/19/2005 |
Q: i was building GNOME 2.8 from CVS and 90% of the modules have been completed, then i planned do the ...
A: It looks like the graphic card driver is causing the problem. What should help you to boot and ...
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| SCSI Tape drive | 2/15/2005 |
Q: I am running Redhat 9.0 I have an Adaptec 29160 card installed. The system detects this in the ...
A: Linux runs an auto-detect of disks (and some other devices) at every boot. I'm not sure I understand ...
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| installation | 2/15/2005 |
Q: u told me about tab method to complete the name.but i could not install the mplayer.tell me some new ...
A: >u told me about tab method to complete the name.but i could >not install the mplayer.tell me some ...
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| installation | 2/13/2005 |
Q: u told me the method of installation of pakage. u told me ( Hello, Graphical tools may, in ...
A: You're doing it correctly, but it looks there's a problem with package name or directory you're in ...
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| installation | 2/12/2005 |
Q: Mara, u asked me about errors which i get during the intallation of multimedia palyer ...
A: Graphical tools may, in fact, not show what the problem is. But there's a differnet method to ...
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| suse linux bootloader issue | 2/9/2005 |
Q: I've been late with the rating and the follow-up because I wanted to have something to say. I tried ...
A: I understand you get the message when trying to boot Windows. Look into your /boot/grub/menu.lst. ...
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| windows / linux dual-boot | 2/4/2005 |
Q: I am currently a windows user on a 60 GB HD. I have been reading a lot about making a switch to ...
A: Linux can boot from any partition from any disk. So there's no problem with Linux. What is important ...
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| installation | 2/3/2005 |
Q: Sir, I have istallad red hat linux9.it does not play vido song but it plays some type of adio ...
A: 1. There's no such thing as perfect player, but two are most common: xine and mplayer. They both ...
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| who can i see my partition | 2/1/2005 |
Q: sir, i have intalled red hat linux9.the file system of my partition is fat32.there are 5 drives ...
A: I will try to give you step-by-step solutions... Partitions Mount point is an empty directory ...
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| Problem with soundcard | 1/31/2005 |
Q: I have a Dell Workstation 650 and I had to order a replacement cdrom. I want to listen to Audio ...
A: The play mode you have selected is used when there's no direct cable between cdrom drive and the ...
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| Dual boot | 1/28/2005 |
Q: If I install Linux onto my Toshiba laptop along with the existing Windows XP is it possible to use a ...
A: It is possible and you don't need extra sortware for it, only programs installed with Linux by ...
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| how to play music video file? | 1/28/2005 |
Q: . i tried to play my music video from cd but i cant ..when i open the directory to play , the file ...
A: I wonder if you have a Video CD or a cd with movie. The method is different then. If it's a Video ...
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| Cisco 350 wireless card on laptop with SUSE | 1/27/2005 |
Q: Greetings, As a linux newbie (i.e. step by step will really help), I just put SUSE 9.1 Pro on my ...
A: First thing you should know is that the card is supported. Since a certain version is in the ...
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| tuning Xwindows in linux 10.0 redhat federo core | 1/21/2005 |
Q: my problem is in my system which has 256mb of ram 1.0Ghz pentium processer linux 10.0 redhat federo ...
A: Huge processor usage is not something that's normal with XFree. It usually uses 1-2%. First ...
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| to see partition of fat 32 from linux | 1/21/2005 |
Q: sir, i have installed red hat linux,but it does not show me other partitions like C,D.i have ...
A: Mount point is a name for an empty directory used to attach external drive. So, creating a mount ...
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| mp3 and dvd problem | 1/19/2005 |
Q: i have installed fedora core 2 (red hat linux 10) i want to play movie by dvd as well mp3 songs i ...
A: There's no support for mp3 in Fedora by default. It's explained by legal issues (but there's no ...
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| play a vido song &conect with internet | 1/16/2005 |
Q: sir, i have installed red hat 9 linux.Please tell me what is the method to play a vido song & ...
A: The error connected with playing sounds probably means your no program that can play was found (or ...
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| Direct rendering on mandrake linux 10.1 | 1/15/2005 |
Q: I have installed mandrake 10.1, and I can't work out how to get direct rendering to work with the ...
A: Look into the configuration file /etc/X11/X.org (or a similar filename, it may still be ...
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| linux Flavours | 12/28/2004 |
Q: Linux operating system comes in different flavours. I wonder what is the difference among them? ...
A: Those flavours (called distributions or in short distros) are different from each other. The exact ...
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| missing file | 12/28/2004 |
Q: I have got both files as suggeted by you. I need little help further. I have copied all files of ...
A: Well, it's not that easy. One thing you'd need to do is add the files on the cd (it should be ...
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| missing file | 12/25/2004 |
Q: I tried to install mandrake 10.0 version on my system but got some error in reading from CD during ...
A: I wasn't able to find this exact version - it was replaced by newer libqt3-3.2.3-17mdk.i586.rpm. The ...
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| Building a web server | 12/22/2004 |
Q: ok, those are good news ^_^. So, here is the big deal, how do I configure the dns in Mandrake to do ...
A: Here's a good HOWTO, with example domain: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html Now what's ...
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| Building a web server | 12/21/2004 |
Q: Do you know if you can make a DNS and a web server in the same machine? I mean, a DNS to redirect ...
A: There's no problem in using the same machine as DNS and web server. You configure the DNS server to ...
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| Building a web server | 12/16/2004 |
Q: Wow, thank you. Well, I did a little test in Windows ( I was not able to configure the 2wire modem ...
A: How have you tested the connection? Have you tried pinging using IP addresses instead of hostnames? ...
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| Building a web server | 12/15/2004 |
Q: I have a school Project, where I have to make a Web server. But I don't want to make it in windows ...
A: I wonder how much time you have for this and how much you want to spend, because that's very ...
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| 2 os o same hard disk | 12/10/2004 |
Q: i want to install winxp and sco unix together on the different partition 1]how can i do that 2]how ...
A: I can't help really much, I must say, because I've never tried SCO Unix. But there are some general ...
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| httpd dead and subsys locked | 12/8/2004 |
Q: I tryed that from the /var/lock/subsys folder but it didnt restart.. please assistI have linux 7.3 ...
A: Still the same error? If so, there might be another lock file (shouldn't, but...). If you have ...
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| gnome problems with dual monitors | 12/6/2004 |
Q: Mara, Unfortunately, I have no such setting options - in the "Windows" panel of Gnome CC, the only ...
A: Which window manager you run over GNOME? When you enter the Window configuration in Gnome CC its ...
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| gnome problems with dual monitors | 12/6/2004 |
Q: Mara, I managed to get both of my monitors going under X. Basically, I use my second monitor ...
A: You may try changing window placement settings. The settings are part of your window manager running ...
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| unix and xp on same hard disk | 12/4/2004 |
Q: i want to install unix and window xp on the different partion how can i do that problem:-when ever ...
A: The procedure depends on the Unix system flavor and version, but the idea is nearly the same in all ...
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| What do the following two shell command mean? | 12/3/2004 |
Q: What do the following two shell command mean? >/dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null Thanks, ...
A: They're not full commands, rather part of them. > sign means result redirect. When using redirect ...
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| OS list | 11/29/2004 |
Q: I am the user of Win Xp and Fedora 2 Linux in the same pc. Recently I format the C drive and ...
A: The program you used to choose between OSes, if it was installed with Fedora, was probably GRUB. To ...
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| Linux OS | 11/27/2004 |
Q: Are there any free sites that will allow me to try Linux on a very old computer? All the places I ...
A: Probably the easiest way for you would be to visit distrowatch.com On the right hand side you have ...
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| Linux Development | 11/19/2004 |
Q: I need to develop a system program that is going to run eventually on an embedded microcontroller ...
A: It's possible. In fact, you have more than one method to get Linux-like environment on a Windows ...
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| Contents of Boot Loader Configuration File THANKS | 11/18/2004 |
Q: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Nov 17 22:11:19 2004 Mara You Totally ROCK!!! (I ...
A: I'm not sure if that's the issue, but you can try it (there's always a way to change it back). Fdisk ...
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| INSTALLATION OF WEBCAM and MODEM | 11/17/2004 |
Q: ... I ve recently installed red hat linux 9.0..... the sound got automatically installed... but i ve ...
A: Modem drivers are here: http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/ (you may try ...
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| A little more advice, | 11/17/2004 |
Q: I think that I'm almost there the entry I made to the Boot Loader Configuration file WinXP ...
A: The configuration is nearly correct. One thing is probably missing - the Windows partition needs to ...
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| Dual booting windows and SuSE Linux | 11/15/2004 |
Q: WindowsXP Professional had become increasingly buggy due to access by young nephew. So I decided I ...
A: SuSE ses GRUB by default. To change its configuration you have two ways - both lead to the same ...
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| I need some help | 11/8/2004 |
Q: I'm trying to get php installed and working with my apache server and am having complications, I am ...
A: If you have problems and don't need the latest versions (or highly customized), try with the ones ...
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| How to use VNC 4 remote another computer's X Windows? | 11/6/2004 |
Q: I use Redhat Enterprise Linux 3, I want to use VNC4 to remote another computer's X Windows just like ...
A: You'd rather use vncserver. It's a wrapper for Xvnc (setting certain defaults). You don't need to ...
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| Winamp | 11/6/2004 |
Q: I like to listen to a radio statio on the internet called HHUK Radio. You need Winamp to play it ...
A: I've googled for the statation and it looks that you mean this one: http://hardhouse.aromadome.com/ ...
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| RealPlayer plugin for Firefox/RedHat | 10/30/2004 |
Q: I've been using RealPlayer with Linux for years. However, I have never been able to get it to work ...
A: It's doable. I'd like to know how you tried to install the plugin and at which point it failed, but ...
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| retaining shell after logout | 10/21/2004 |
Q: I am trying out Lotus Domino for Linux. To run the Domino server, I open a Konsole shell and type ...
A: You have two methods. Both rather simple. If you're interested only in the messages, not in the ...
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| installing printer and driver | 10/13/2004 |
Q: I installed Linspire operating system on my computer,and tried to install my Lexmark z31 printer. ...
A: Your printer needs this driver: ...
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| the best linux distrubuted | 10/12/2004 |
Q: What is the best linux distrubuted (redhat,suse,manderike,fedora,...). i have a linux that simple , ...
A: There's no beast Linux distribution. There are different distribution for different task ('normal', ...
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| console and tty | 10/4/2004 |
Q: whats the difference between /dev/console and /dev/tty? for a unix system admin . what i want to ...
A: For a user (and administrator) there's not a big difference. Note that /dev/tty is the cnstroling ...
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| Linux Partition | 9/29/2004 |
Q: I have a question about Linux which I total do not how to do. Pls help Suggest a partitioning scheme ...
A: I assume the machine assigned is able to handle the load (read: won't use swap). Services usually ...
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| Mandrake 10 problems | 9/25/2004 |
Q: I'm an italian student (informatics at university) and I use Linux Mandrake for 3 or 4 years. ...
A: Personally, Mandrake updates have never worked for me, there were always problems, so I'm a bit ...
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| SUN OS and Rouge Wave tool upgrade | 9/20/2004 |
Q: I need to install SUN OS (5.8) on our brand new Solaris. After install SUN Forte 7 - C++, I also ...
A: I'm not a Solaris person and I have not used the tools you mention, so I'm rather not the best ...
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| Solaris NIC Drivers | 9/14/2004 |
Q: I hope that you can help me with this issue. I am looking for drivers for an Intel NIC. The NIC is a ...
A: I'm not a Solaris person, but from what I know you can try also pkgadd -d ...
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| Gnome file locking problem | 9/13/2004 |
Q: I have installed Gnome on SuSE 9.0 workstations in a small network. To make network users ...
A: The problem with the *lock file is caused by an improper GNOME shutdown (poweroff, crash, reset, ...
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| desktop mode | 9/7/2004 |
Q: i threw redhat 9 on an old machine to play around with it. i chose graphical mode during ...
A: When your system boots to the graphical mode, you can always switch to text (with graphical still ...
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| how to tar (extract) a file from one device to another - knoppix 3.6 | 9/6/2004 |
Q: I am working on a pc that is booted to a Knoppix 3.6 cd. I have a file "hdg1-20021204.tar.gz" ...
A: The scheme will be very similar to the one you provided. First you need to have both devices mounted ...
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| dual monitor configuration | 9/2/2004 |
Q: I am having some trouble setting up a dual monitor system using TwinView on Mandrake 9.2. By ...
A: Below part of your XF86Config-4 (modified). I used very 'low' settings, because it should work on ...
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| partiton hard disk | 8/29/2004 |
Q: I have now partition my hard-disk. My next question is the RedHat Linux cd that i got is a ISO file. ...
A: I don't know which cd burner program you use, here's an example how to use nero to burn ISO: ...
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| partiton hard disk | 8/26/2004 |
Q: I am currentlly using windows xp and want to partition my hard disk so i can install Linux 9. But I ...
A: I assume you're using NTFS for your Windows partition. Error 983 is, unfortunatelly, one of those ...
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| process memory | 8/26/2004 |
Q: Hey Mara, I've tried and tried but I can't find a way to list how much memory the processes on the ...
A: You can use the svmon utility. -G switch shows global statistic when -P shows usage per process. To ...
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| there is 2 operating systems... | 8/26/2004 |
Q: there is 2 operating systems on my machine,......... now,...... they are both identical windows XP ...
A: First decide which one to keep and which one to remove. Then move all important files to the one ...
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| Boot problem | 8/13/2004 |
Q: I have installed Red Hat Linux 9.0 on my computer. The distribution was in 3 CDs. I am a absolute ...
A: Sorry for a late reply - somehow I wasn't notified about your question. It looks there was an ...
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| problem about language support | 8/11/2004 |
Q: I am a new user of Redhat9. I have some problem about language support. When I installed redhat9, I ...
A: You don't need to reinstall. The problem is probably in configuration/missing rpms and should be ...
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| boot loader grub | 7/5/2004 |
Q: i have a linux redhat 10.0 federo core installed in my machine. for some reason the boot loader went ...
A: The bootdisk probably mounted your main partition. Try the 'mount' command. If 'mount' does not work ...
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| Dual Monitors in Linux | 7/2/2004 |
Q: Mara, I am a newbie when it comes to working in Linux. Do you need to have a dual headed graphics ...
A: There are two ways: dual headed graphic card with drivers that allow dual heading (most of them do, ...
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| Installation of SuSE Linux | 6/30/2004 |
Q: I have a very simpleIs it possible to install Linux in a partition of a slave hard drive? And then, ...
A: A partition on slave drive or an USB drive are both perfectly acceptable. Note only that in most ...
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| remove windows OS | 6/29/2004 |
Q: Im using red hat linux OS. Besided that, i also install Window 2000 OS. But now, i dun want to use ...
A: You can do it - you can reformat the Windows partitions to use them as for Linux (as new mount ...
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| swap | 6/28/2004 |
Q: i have a redhat linux 9.0 box.with 128mb of ram and 256mb swap. when i open the system ...
A: Why would you like to make it to use swap when there's still physical RAM free? When using swap, the ...
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| Setting up ADSL over ATM in Mandrake 10 | 6/24/2004 |
Q: I'm a noob, and I thought I'd ask you, I've read about thirty posts, and I still haven't found my ...
A: Timeout suggest a problem about conection process, but the error message about pppd - a ...
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| XWindows client for PC | 6/24/2004 |
Q: Look, I wish to know some recommended X Windows clients for PC. I've only know about Reflection X. ...
A: I know of two others you may try: MI/X (http://www.microimages.com/mix/) and Exceed ...
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| NIC config | 6/23/2004 |
Q: how can i configure 2 ip_addresses in one nic/ethernet card. in redhat linux 9.0/8.0 and in ...
A: In both systems the idea is the same, you use device:number scheme (you're numbering additional ...
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| need help | 6/20/2004 |
Q: now i installed linux redhat 7.2 after that i cant access the system it required from me login ...
A: To reset the password manually you'll need to know any of text mode editors you have installed. What ...
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| need help | 6/19/2004 |
Q: now i installed linux redhat 7.2 after that i cant access the system it required from me login ...
A: During the installation you have probably created two acounts - one root (administrator) and one ...
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| linux installation | 6/16/2004 |
Q: my system configuration P3,1.1ghz processor,256 mb DDR ram,intel 810e mother board, my problem is ...
A: There's something really wrong with that. Your system shouldn't be that slow. The reason is probably ...
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| computer hardware for slackware9.1 | 6/14/2004 |
Q: For my work purpose, I had to buy a new computer for slackware9.1.But I can not sure that the ...
A: I don't know a Slackware-specific hardware database. Instead you can use hardware databases for ...
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| Going to Install Linux | 6/13/2004 |
Q: I Use My Computer For Making Websites, Internet, Games, And Work Which is just powerpoint, ...
A: So I think a distribution that will install software allowing you to do everything you mentioned ...
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| Going to Install Linux | 6/12/2004 |
Q: I a Building a computer. It has a via cpu. What is the best linux os for it. Andy
A: As far as I know, VIA CPUs are x86 compatibile. It means there should be no problem to run any ...
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| start liunx with xwindow | 6/11/2004 |
Q: I am a new user of linux slackware9.1. When I finished installing the linux,I found it always start ...
A: To start XWindow just for the current session run 'startx' command. It will work if you have X and ...
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| Suse 9.1 networking | 6/7/2004 |
Q: I have just installed Suse 9.1 on two computers at my home and I would like to share the internet ...
A: First step to make things work in your case is to bring the configuration to the state where the ...
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| runnin Linux floppy image from DOS | 5/26/2004 |
Q: is there a way to run a Linux boot diskette image from a dos machine? i am trying to boot from a usb ...
A: It is possible to boot Linux from a pendrive. I don't know, hower it'll be possible to boot directly ...
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| I/O Management In linux | 5/22/2004 |
Q: I want basic concepts in "I/O management in linux" I don't want algorithms I want just concepts ...
A: The I/O subsystem is under a rewrite (big differnces between 2.4 and 2.6 series). I'll suggest you a ...
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| Redhat Linux automatically going to sleep mode after 5 minutes | 5/19/2004 |
Q: I tried what you said but still the problem is there. When I leave the computer for 10 to 15 minutes ...
A: There must be another reason of such behaviour - especially because it differes in text/graphical ...
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| I/O Management In linux | 5/18/2004 |
Q: I want some information about linux please help me thanks & by :)
A: Your question is very general and it's hard to answer as there are different types of input/output. ...
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| One more question | 5/11/2004 |
Q: I'm sorry to take up to much of your time,but I was curious if you could give me a pointer on the ...
A: It says to run the script using /bin/sh. The thing is that when a script is run, new interpreter ...
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| setting up a dual-monitor system | 5/10/2004 |
Q: Mara, I have an Nvidia GeForce2Mx400 dual head graphics card. My relatively new mandrake system ...
A: Your configuration file looks as a correct one-monitor configuration. I don't know which option ...
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| When I install a rpm package, how can I tell rpm where to find those dependent package? | 5/7/2004 |
Q: When I install a rpm package, how can I tell rpm where to find those dependent package? Thanks, ...
A: When you use standard RPM management (via rpm program) you can't do it. RPM can install one package ...
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| touchgraph link browser right click won't work; jre 1.4.2 | 5/1/2004 |
Q: Wanted to mention that the touchgraph link browser(java client) client starts correctly in Redhat 9, ...
A: I downloaded the program and, if I think of the right situation, the right-click doesn't bring a ...
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| Quick Question | 4/30/2004 |
Q: I want to thank you for your help in the past and I have one more question hopefully you may be able ...
A: >What would the grep command to output all lines containing NW be? cat filename|grep NW >What would ...
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| linux networking | 4/26/2004 |
Q: Followup To Question - dear expertise, im using linux as my operational system(OS). my computer ...
A: Try to connect when you're logged in as root. Then look at the end of /var/log/messages file. There ...
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| linux networking | 4/24/2004 |
Q: im using linux as my operational system(OS). my computer was connected to internet. now, the problem ...
A: It's hard to say what may be the problem, as I don't have all the details I'd like to... Which kind ...
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| I need help | 4/22/2004 |
Q: I have several problems I new to linux, but everytime I install it over the months after using a ...
A: Wine comes usually in a preconfigured package, you can probably find its configuration file in .wine ...
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| Quick Question | 4/16/2004 |
Q: You have been such a great help to me in the past I have one more question.I was curious what are ...
A: grep, fgrep and egrep can be one program (grep with different options). grep searches for a given ...
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| Enter X | 4/11/2004 |
Q: I just install linux OS, in my laptop. I have successfully installed it, but the problem, I dont ...
A: You can find out which vide card you have when you look what's in /proc/pci file. You can see the ...
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| solaris dtlogin | 4/7/2004 |
Q: i am unable to login from my desktop login screen, but i can login from console. can u please ...
A: I'm not a Solaris expert (not much experience with this system), but I'll try to give you certain ...
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| uninstall linux | 4/7/2004 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To Dear Mara, Thanks for your reply but I ...
A: If you still have the Linux installation cd you can use it to delete the partition. What you need to ...
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| Install Software | 4/6/2004 |
Q: i have a question about install software in linux. i am an amateur user in linux and need to help ...
A: There are different methods of installing software in Linux, depending on the format youget the ...
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| uninstall linux | 4/5/2004 |
Q: I have two partitions but I don't have any important data. The reason why I want to remove is ...
A: To do what you wish you need to delete current partitions and create new ones. The problem is that ...
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| uninstall linux | 4/4/2004 |
Q: I installed Linux in my computer but now I don't know how to unistall because I don't really know ...
A: Linux doesn't need an reinstallation - you can just format the partition (probably first changing ...
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| Return to NonGraphical Interface | 4/3/2004 |
Q: I'm running a 133 MHz machine with fedora core that a neighbor helped me install. It's too slow ...
A: The combination is ctrl+alt+f1 to ctrl+alt+f6, ctrl+alt+f7 brings you back to the graphical mode. ...
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| Quick Question | 3/19/2004 |
Q: I hope this email finds you well.I have a question that i'm hoping you can help me with. What do ...
A: From the shells mentioned I have sh as a symlink to bash. I don't have any machine running it ...
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| sharing printer | 3/18/2004 |
Q: in the server side /etc/printcap not need to any modification ? i can print locally in my server. ...
A: On the server side you don't need any modifications. You need to change client's /etc/printcap. ...
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| sharing printer | 3/17/2004 |
Q: I have server computer (Linux OS) client computer (Linux OS). I have configure a NFS to sharing ...
A: It looks you're using a graphical program to configure your printer, but you haven't specified which ...
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| ip masqurading | 3/17/2004 |
Q: I have a Server and few client computer. currently i am using NFS system to share data.I have try to ...
A: Below there's your script with my modifications. Both your problems are related with one line of ...
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| installation | 3/16/2004 |
Q: I recently got redhat 7.3 and i'm planning to install it on an old computer but I have it on dvd.All ...
A: Dividing the DVD into CDs would be rather hard. The problem is that on every cd should be a file ...
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| Linux 2.6 Kernel | 3/12/2004 |
Q: I just want to know what are the differences between the Linux 2.6 Kernel and other Kernels ...
A: There are differences. The most basic one is because Linux was written as monolithic kernel while ...
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| Linux System Can't Boot Up | 3/9/2004 |
Q: Our Linux system is Linux Server OS and with NFS service. We face this problem after our computer ...
A: I have not enough info to be sure what's wrong. If there wasn't a system reconfiguration just before ...
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| how to install linux | 3/5/2004 |
Q: My name is JeyKumar from Rajapalayam. I have a system with the following configuration. ...
A: FAT32 is not Linux native filesystem and it's not the best idea to do such an installation. It's not ...
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| Interview Questions | 3/3/2004 |
Q: For the last three months I am working on PHP, Perl, MySQL, Linux, Apache. Before that I have ...
A: I don't know any site with such questions but here are possible examples (plus standard general ...
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| Hi again | 2/28/2004 |
Q: When I log on to "Unix" it says I have mail.How do I go about reading this? One other thing..What ...
A: To read mail you'll need a mail program. You don't specify if you have access to GUI or it's ony ...
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| Root partition | 2/26/2004 |
Q: What does the root partition consist or? Are directories such as /etc and /var on the root ...
A: Root partition is not different for any other partition. In theory, there may be noting on it - just ...
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| Interesting.. | 2/21/2004 |
Q: I know that "vi" is a visual editor.But do you have any idea what the following means? ...
A: The command 'vi/home/dir1/myfile' should probably look this way: vi /home/dir1/myfile and it opens ...
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| Quick Question | 2/20/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me what this symbol means: >> ? Also,this from the command prompt; ...
A: I'll start from your second question. rm -ir /home/dir1 rm is a command to remove file(s).-i option ...
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| Uninstalling apps in Linux | 12/22/2003 |
Q: I am trying to install nmap-3.45 on my RHL 9.0 box but the problem is that nmap-3.0 already exits on ...
A: There are different methods of uninstalling applications, depending on the method of installation. ...
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| Redhat Linux 9, Partition Sizes | 12/21/2003 |
Q: I am setting up a web hosting server using Redhat linux. I have a question regarding partitioning ...
A: It's quite good scheme. Multiple partioning has more advantages than only the one you mentioned. The ...
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