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Wolf Linux Disconnect Problem
Wolf Linux is disconnecting soon after connect. I setup ppp correctly. Got the DNS numbers from my ISP and carefully added them for configuration. Still...
Wolf Linux Disconnect Problem
Actually, you did not. The tool you are using (or the book you are following) is over nine years out of...
problem with tar
I bought a new drive and I'm moving data from my old one to the new one using tar. The problem is that some files aren't having their permissions maintained...
internal modem 3120
In a message on 8 Mar 2005 07:57:18 -0800, wrote : RS232 serial modem. I do this all of the time. buttumes that the old-new machine are of a compatible bus type. I have...
internal modem 3121
Tony Lawrence Eh? I paid $80 for my Creative Labs Modem Blaster V.92 Serial. I wanted a modem that did all its processing interally...
internal modem 3122
Tony Lawrence I have been running computers with internal modems since 1996 here at home. I have never had...
internal modem 3123
Jean-David Beyer clear is). I think I probably have a bit more experience with modems than you. Not being offensive, just stating fact...
GRUB issue 3124
Folks, I need some help ASAP. I just did the following: 1.) Used the FC3 CD to boot using the linux rescue option 2.) Did "chrootmnt-sysimage" 3.) Did "grub-installdev...
GRUB issue 3125
Thanks for your replies! I am sorry I didn't notice the instructions page - I am a bit frazzled...
Resizing of RAID1parbreastions possible
Without LVM it's going to be painful, but it is definitely possible. The following is how I'd approach the problem...
RedHat Linux Enterprise GNU
Omar Baqueiro You might wish to go to the Red Hat web site and find out from the...
Proposing a greatgoodstupid Idea
Hello, well, after wandering a bit and trying some distros I have came to an Idea that could be good, and may interest any-some...
Proposing a greatgoodstupid Idea
The basic idea stands in creating a LiveCD, with only the necessary packages you want and maybe with only the modules for the drivers you need. And then , if...
How to investigate sucked up RAM
I just installed another 256MB of RAM in a PC we're using for a fileserver, for a total of 512MB. It's using Fedora Core 2. Thing is, just doing basically...
How to investigate sucked up RAM 3131
As others have said, it is supposed to use up most of the memory available. I would have...
How to investigate sucked up RAM 3132
That says your memory is doing just fine. You have 517Mb available, and 9Mb is reserved to start any new processes (i.e., it is doing *nothing*, and is basically wasted). Usingtop-, as opposed tofreeit...
How to investigate sucked up RAM 3133
Black Sun and said: Your free output is missing a line. Try again, using free -m, and include all the...
How to interpret "top" output
Here's the first few lines from "top" on a freshly rebooted Gentoo Linux (2.6.11) box w-1Gig of RAM and 1Gig of...
How to interpret "top" output
Michael and Barry, thank you for your thoughts. I think you must be right in that my "hlxserverplus" processes...
Will Linux finish off the Mac 3136
While stranded on information super highway Doug Laidlaw I use Unix-Linux at work, and have windows and Linux systems...
Will Linux finish off the Mac 3137
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 13:55:09 -0800, Tony Lawrence The people at LinuxWorld using Macs were *nix users using Macs not Mac users who were interested in Linux. I'll explain the difference. OS X sits...
Will Linux finish off the Mac 3138
Hiding in Plain Sight So? My point was that Mac users aren't all "artsy" types as the op suggested. including Well, it doesn't give you X out of the...
Will Linux finish off the Mac 3139
Indeed. I was at the PostgreSQL "Slony-II Summit" not long ago where a bunch...
Will Linux finish off the Mac 3140
Hiding in Plain Sight market, in the to desktop as I think that's true. Discounting the folks who are using Macs and...
How to find out what is the currently used driver for network card
Hi gurus I had problem with network card and I downloaded a new module (bcm5700) and istalled it. My system is: Linux linuxsrv1 2.6.10-1.770FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 24...
How to find out what is the currently used driver for network card
I rebooted to older kernel and something wear is going on. Now (I think) I have bouth drivers (tg3 and bcm5700) running at...
Does IRS hate Linux Can't use forms in acroread in Linux
Note running Mepis 3.3, Firefox 1.0.1, Acroread 5.0.10 Maybe its just my system, but when I...
Does IRS hate Linux Can't use forms in acroread in Linux Linux fails once again
Only oddballs, geeks, dweebs and weirdo's use Linux and while the IRS may have it's share of pencil necked geeks, they know that it doesn't...
Does IRS hate Linux Can't use forms in acroread in Linux
mjt I would have done this but there is no online service (at a reasonable) price that will work with 1120 corporate taxes. Plenty for...
Need a Quick Shell Script
In the above command, the shell expands the last argument (the one with the file path and wildcard) to a list of all the files in the specified path with the specified extension. Then...
KDE 3.2.3: bus error after adding swap space
Hi, since $SYSADMIN changed the configuration of my computer's swap space, KDE won't start on my Debian Linux box. I have a "private" installation...
Problem with ACLs
Folks, I am trying to use ACL on a RedHat ES 3. I am seeing strange behaviour with permissions on a file. Here is the entry inetc-fstab dev-sdb1...
Debian sarge strange login behavior 3149
Consider not running xdm. Switch to a text console, uninstall xdm, and start X via "startx" instead. Investigate your X config file as appropriate. Try detaching it. Try...
Debian sarge strange login behavior 3150
That's an xdm. Become sure. Change the default setting in your inittab. Why? It's trivial! Whatever...
Linux top: cpu 0
Hi I have just added RAM to a linux server but running top it is now showing a 0% for CPU. Before my reboot it...
Linux top: cpu 0
Deluxe I get this but my dual xeon machine is kinda busy with BOINC work that runs at...
Reliably boot XP from Primary Slave disk
I've got a machine that originally ran Windows XP, installed on the primary master disk. (I'm using IDE, obviously.) I...
More info Sony AIT2 tape drive, Arkeia Light and Red Hat Work Professional Station
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:11:22 -0600, Chad staggered into the Black Sun and said: Please don't top-post, and *trim...
Sony AIT2 tape drive, modprobe st found nothing
John-Paul Stewart Here is what a different (Exabyte VXA-2) tape drive does on an Adaptec AIC-7902 dual Ultra-320 SCSI controller does on a machine running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES...
The Reasons I hate Open Source Software and Love MS
Those who rely on Open Source software always seem to get burned. When I was a redhat RHN customer in the 7.x days, they burned me by...
The Reasons I hate Open Source Software and Love MS. 3157
Mike Cox wrote (in part): I bought the cheaper versions of Red Hat Linux; i.e., not the professional versions that contained web...
The Reasons I hate Open Source Software and Love MS. 3158
Mike Cox Really? Interesting. I have a completely different experience. When did they "discontinue support" in relation to when you bought it? I remember that M$ also discontinued support to versions of Windows...
The Reasons I hate Open Source Software and Love MS. 3159
Most impressive to me about OpenSource: 1) Generally high-quality, efficient code 2) Generally free of charge 3) Generally good karma for supporting the people of the world rather than a single corporate...
The Reasons I hate Open Source Software and Love MS. 3160
Mike Cox Good thing you went for the Linux distro that's closest to Microsoft's spirit. Bob Young once said in Montreal -- at the...
The Reasons I hate M$ and Love Open Source Software
Those who rely on M$ software always seem to get burned. When I was a M$ customer, they burned me by...
Installed Fedora 3 Core
thanx. I was able to find both mysql and PHP, but apache seems to have NOT been installed :o( But if I do a...
Yum y updating of a PRODUCTION WebServer
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:56:29 +0100, Michael Heiming thoughtfully #1 The OP asked if it is better to disable automatic yum updates to avoid potential problems to his production system. As I...
Using Linux to Recover bad NTFS drive
Hello. My harddrive asks to be formatted when I click on it in Windows. Yesterday it was just fine. I'm thinking my...
Incompetent was Using Linux to Recover bad NTFS drive. 3165
Well, they knew less than I. They were incompentent. Well this is different. This is my data. I don't care if the...
Incompetent was Using Linux to Recover bad NTFS drive. 3166
alt bloody hell - you could do this in Windows... it's called Parbreastion Magic. You could even use DiscWizard, which runs under DR...
Wierd log messags fromdevhdcmediadvdrecorder
var-log-messages reports Mar 12 16:58:15 Avebury kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP1991A Mar 12 16:58:38 Avebury last message repeated 2 times Mar...
CUPS doesn't see GIMPPrint drivers
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am running Fedora Core 3, and I have the following CUPS and...
Unable to find installed Kernel source in Debian r3.1
Hello. I seem to have broken something while upgrading old Kernel 2.6.10 build to an updated Kernel 2.6.10 build yesterday. I didn't pay attention...
How to get System log files
Justin At the risk of pointing out the obvious, have you looked in var-log-messages. Lots of stuff is logged in there. If your system crashes and you reboot...
NewbieMounting NTFS
Hi, I have two parbreastions on my laptop - (1)Windows (NTFS) parbreastion (2)Linux parbreastion. While...
ssh: how to connect to a friends box
Question: -------- How do I login to my account on a friend's box using ssh? We both connect to the internet with DSL through routers. When I try to connect to his machine, using the...
ssh: how to connect to a friends box
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:38:29 +1000, Denis Potapov Actually, no they are not. Those addresses are local only, for the router. The router should...
