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451.

Solve : OK..1 more problem?

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I had installed linux on hda6 and hda7....and Windoze was on c partitions ...
Now i formatted my linux partitions on windows using the basic formatting tools available in the control panel...
when i rebooted the system i cudnt find the windows logo,but instead i got a black SCREEN (like a command prompt)with GRUB> prompt on it....
i dont know wat to do... i want to remove linux completely and start using windows,
how do i remove linux from the GRUB> prompt


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Correct me if i'm wrong but you can't format partitions.............can you?Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on June 20, 2007, 06:02:43 AM

Correct me if i'm wrong but you can't format partitions.............can you?
yes. yes you can.i had installed linux on hda6 and hda7(ie e and f partition)...For some reason i couldnt boot into linux(i guess i had a 192MB RAM ,but at this time i had the option of choosing the dual bootup..windows and linux)..so i logged into windows..there i clicked start-control panel-administrative tools-computer management-disk management-ther i cud see the partitions along with the e and f partition..i wanted to remove linux ..so i parttioned these 2 drives...
when i rebooted system my system showed only a black screen with
GRUB> on it(like in command prompt)...
Now what do i do..
i want to use windows only...



<<>>When you start your computer, do you have any options to choose from?
Can you choose to boot Windows or is there just a black screen?Giving up on linux already?
Boot your computer with the windows XP cd and choose the restore option. Then type in fixmbr when you get a command prompt. Restart.
man this is real funny
Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 20, 2007, 05:57:51 AM
I had installed linux on hda6 and hda7....and Windoze was on c partitions ...
Now i formatted my linux partitions on windows using the basic formatting tools available in the control panel...
when i rebooted the system i cudnt find the windows logo,but instead i got a black screen (like a command prompt)with GRUB> prompt on it....
i dont know wat to do... i want to remove linux completely and start using windows,
how do i remove linux from the GRUB> prompt


<<<<PS:Contrex, if u r reading this get lost and suk on the perambulators or some sh*t like tht >>>>>


I would advise you to get a good book on how to set up linux from your local library or something. Either that, or you do more research on the distro that you have on the internet. I suggest that you try www.linuxquestions.org. Their forum is friendly to newbies and they even have a newbies section that you can browse through and find more helpful answers.
Don't forget about their tutorials section, too.michaellewis...
im not givin up Linux 4 life...
i just wanna know the basic troubleshooting stuffs thts all....Alright. Good choice. Don't take any crap from contrex, either.
I also don't EXACTLY recommend looking at the linux manual for newbies. It can be difficult to understand at times and a lot to wade through. For example, how is someone, who know dos better than linux, going to know that the rm command deletes files? Your not going to type in "man rm", you'd probably try "man delete" first, and then "man del" and still have no idea what to do.
Find yourself a command line list and print it out. It will be an invaluable resource.
I already know the command line INTERFACE commands(..Konsole commands.. i shud say)....Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 22, 2007, 12:25:08 AM
I already know the command line interface commands(..Konsole commands.. i shud say)....
Okay, good. Now memorize them and start exploring the FILESYSTEM. Familiarize yourself with all the config files and especially vim.
Ok...
now wat is VIM and can u brief me bout config files...
Is vim a text editor like Vi or something...Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 26, 2007, 12:23:05 AM
Ok...
now wat is VIM and can u brief me bout config files...
Is vim a text editor like Vi or something...
I think vim is just "vi improved".
config files are everything. you've got your xorg.conf, httpd.conf, smb.conf, etc. Look around your system for them and figure out what they are. I won't be of much help right now, as I don't have a system with linux anymore. (incompatable hardware) Pretty much everything that you can configure with the gui has a config file somewhere. Find them and learn them.
452.

Solve : help me anyone?

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I recently downloaded Fedora Core 6..
I already have windows Xp on my 256 MB RaM and P4 system./
I want to install linux with windows..I have installed windows on C drive and want to install linux on F drive(i have C D E and F drives)...i also should have the option of choosing linux or windows when my computer boots..plz tell me how to go about doing this... if anyone can tell me a step by step installation guide it cud be better.. Step by step

1. Set BIOS to boot from Linux install CD
2. Insert CD
3. Reboot computer
4. Identify correct drive when asked for install location.

Linux install CD will do the rest.




But i did exactly what u suggested,before i asked this question...
the problem is sometimes the linux installation suddenly reboots when i try to install the second CD.. Now the computer boots automatically when i install the 1st cd itself...(the installation progresses for sometime and it suddenly reboots)
I THINK i dont know where to mount / and /boot.. and also where to install the boot loader(whether i shud use it on master disk or the first sector of the HARD drive..)Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 07, 2007, 12:07:38 AM
But i did exactly what u suggested,before i asked this question...
the problem is sometimes the linux installation suddenly reboots when i try to install the second CD.. Now the computer boots automatically when i install the 1st cd itself...(the installation progresses for sometime and it suddenly reboots)

Suse linux reboots just once between the first and second CD. I don't know about Fedora, but it sounds like you might have a hardware fault with your computer.

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I think i dont know where to mount / and /boot.. and also where to install the boot loader(whether i shud use it on master disk or the first sector of the hard drive..)

Partition your F: drive, and mount /, swap and /boot on it.

You need to put GRUB/LILO (the bootloader) on the first sector of C:

Make sure you put it on /dev/hda not /dev/hda1 as it needs to be on the first sector of the disk rather than the partition. If you do it wrong its a pain to have to use the XP recovery disk to STOP your system getting stuck in a loop.I am able to mount / on F drive(ie Hda 7) ,but how can i mount /boot on the same drive(F drive or hda 7).. and where do i use the swap partition.. Im really confused... Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 11, 2007, 12:05:22 AM
I am able to mount / on F drive(ie Hda 7) ,but how can i mount /boot on the same drive(F drive or hda 7).. and where do i use the swap partition.. Im really confused...

Ahhh, if F: is /dev/hda7 then you mean that you have C: D: E: and F: partitions (not drives). Partly my fault too for FORGETTING that Windows creates a new letter for the partitions as well as drives.

I'm not 100% sure if you can boot from an extended partition, so you might have to just define / as /dev/hda7 and forget about /boot and swap.

Alternatively, what do you use D: and E: for? Could you make them into extended partitions, so that you can keep /boot as a primary partition and put / and swap as other extended partitions?

(I was assuming you were talking about a slave HDD which you could partition up seperately)Atlast now u get my point...
I use my D and E partitions for Music and other important things i don want to mess these partitions up...
So now can u tell me how to install linux on F partition.. and where do i use the / thing...I am not able to use the SWAP partitioning(Is SWAP partition really important)..
and also after i install linux i should have the option of Dual boot-up..I should have the option to choose either windows or linux...(i had partitioned my F drive as NTFS..if that is important)...Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 11, 2007, 11:54:40 PM
Atlast now u get my point...

Sorry about that - I'm a linux person and only recently started using Windoze
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I use my D and E partitions for Music and other important things i don want to mess these partitions up...
So now can u tell me how to install linux on F partition.. and where do i use the / thing...I am not able to use the SWAP partitioning(Is SWAP partition really important)..
and also after i install linux i should have the option of Dual boot-up..I should have the option to choose either windows or linux...(i had partitioned my F drive as NTFS..if that is important)...

There are 2 ways to do this, one which might not work, and the other guaranteed to work.

a) Try and see if Grub/Linux can work with extended partitions

Load the linux CD, during the fdisk setup phase, tell it you want to replace F: with and extended partition, and then split that into F: G: and H: drives. Then you can mount /boot on /dev/hda7 (F:) / on /dev/hda8 (G:) and swap on /dev/hda9 (H:)

Hopefully, if its not going to work Linux will tell you straight away that its not supported, without you having to go through the rest of the install and then watch it crash.

b) Just use a single partition for linux

Load the Linux CD, during the fdisk setup phase tell it that / is on /dev/hda7 (F:) and that there is no seperate swap or /boot.

In both cases

The NTFS on F: will be erased automatically to make way for linux, so don't worry about that.

The bootloader(GRUB) needs to installed on /dev/hda to replace the MBR. Linux will automatically setup GRUB to give you the choice of booting from Windows on /dev/hda1 (C:) or Linux on /dev/hda7 (F:).

(As I said earlier, make sure you don't put GRUB on /dev/hda1 because then when you select Windows it will find GRUB on /dev/hda1 and you'll be back where you started. So GRUB must go on /dev/hda)But During the Fdisk phase... when linux asks me where to install the bootsector ..it gives me only 2 options..
mASTER BOOT RECORD and
LOAD ON THE FIRST SECTOR OF /dev/hda7...
Im not gettin the option of loading bootrecord on /dev/hda....\
NOW WHAt the *censored* SHUD I DO... Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 14, 2007, 12:42:20 AM
But During the Fdisk phase... when linux asks me where to install the bootsector ..it gives me only 2 options..
mASTER BOOT RECORD and
LOAD ON THE FIRST SECTOR OF /dev/hda7...
Im not gettin the option of loading bootrecord on /dev/hda....\
NOW WHAt the h**l SHUD I DO...

The MBR (Master Boot Record) is /dev/hda, that's the one you want.Ok..now i am able to use linux(fedora6) along with windows(dual boot)... thankx for all ur help...
Now i have another problem ...
i installed linux on hda7 and hda8...
here,s wat i did during installation....
i mounted /boot on hda7(its some 996mb)and then i mounted / on hda8..and then i used swap partition on hda5...(hda8 and hda5 is almost 9GB).....
now when i login to linux im not able to view the files i installed on windows(i.e e and c partitions)...and when i log in to windows im not able to view the d and f partitions(i.e the partitions i used durin linux installations)....
thts not all...
im not able to read the cdrom in linux...(its giving an error like:not able to mount /dev/hda1 or some crap like that)..wat do i do NOW!!!!...
i thought linux was user friendly..........
help:
does konsole work only when i use the KDE environment...
'cause when i run Konsole on the GNOME environment it doesnt show up...
im able to view the konsole only when i work in the KDE environment,,,,OH..wat an head ACHE i have...........You know, these problems are just the normal starting-off-with-Linux problems that most people have. I know that I did, and I also know that Google is a big help.

Most of your problems that you have just described will be solved when you have a good understanding of the mount command.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/mounting.html

Linux is user friendly, but it does not hold your hand like a baby. Your problems are just because you are new, it will get better!

Personally, I don't think Linux is suited to people whose method of "solving" a problem is to go to a forum and type "wat do i do NOW!!!!..."

PS it's spelled "what".






Personally, I don't think Linux is suited to people whose method of "solving" a problem is to go to a forum and type "wat do i do NOW!!!!..."

PS it's spelled "what".





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ok then why do u have a linux forum in here..
Strip it off Quote from: contrex on June 18, 2007, 05:21:02 AM
Personally, I don't think Linux is suited to people whose method of "solving" a problem is to go to a forum and type "wat do i do NOW!!!!..."
You need to start somewhereWhat's wrong with the man pages or even Google?

Linux is not for wusses who cry for mommy the first time they get confused. It is for brave pioneers who love a challenge.
453.

Solve : Error With Fedora Based IPrediaOS & Installing Needed Files 2 Run UNetBootin??

Answer» Error With Fedora Based IPrediaOS & Installing Needed Files 2 Run UNetBootin?[/b][/u][/COLOR][/size]

Okay, I need basically to know the exact files like if someone could link me to the 7zip for my fedora installation which I know that it is called IPrediaOS but it is based on Fedora I know I just do NOT know what verison of Fedora which is why when opening UNetBootin when opened warns that I need 7zip and some other files I cant remember so it can do what it does successfully and run right but I have found so far even the 7zip website doesn't TAKE me or direct me if you will to the needed and right Fedora files to get their program which was only one of like 3 missing programs I need to ensure UNetBootin RUNS correctly... Also my yum update and any yum commands do NOT work and always give this following error:

Code: [Select]~]# yum update
Loaded PLUGINS: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
http://download.ipredia.i2p/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://download.ipredia.i2p/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
http://download.ipredia.org/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://download.ipredia.org/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
Error: FAILURE: repodata/repomd.xml from iprediaos: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
454.

Solve : How To Install UNetBootin With IPrediaOS? (IPrediaOS is a Fedora Based System?)?

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Okay so recently I decided to try out the OS known by "IPrediaOS", the major problem after I booted the USB Flash Drive that was loaded to dual boot the i2p based anonymity OS OR "IPrediaOS" and I accidentally didn't realize I had no backup like normal for my Linux Mint OS running prior to the overwrite so what I wanna do considering I didn't back it up is gain su - in terminal and USE yum or some method of getting a program alike or UNetBootin to transfer successfully linux mint .ISO file to a USB flash drive if I CANT i have no idea what to do in order to switch now to a Linux Mint or Ubuntu based system hopefully you can give me the information I am LOOKING for I have tried a whole bunch and the yum simply errors and says it cant get proxy info...Does this system have an optical drive in which you can burn a DVD with a different computer and use that to install Mint to this system from?

Or do you have a windows system available to use PenDriveLinux to push the ISO to another USB drive to install from if no optical drive is available on this computer?Hi,
Did you check the executable permission?From what I found online it does indeed look like IPrediaOS is Fedora-based.

So first try installing it from the package manager, unetbootin is in the Fedora repos:
Code: [Select]sudo yum install unetbootin
If that doesn't work, download unetbootin from here http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest , mark the file as executable and run it.I need to download 7zip and the NEEDED tools for support to run UNetBootin because after multiple attempts I finally was able to open UNetBootin via terminal although upon opening it had gave me a warning to download the 7zip program and its plugin files in order for it to run correct and function correct as well but does anyone possible know how and where to get all the files needed to run UNetBootin then and why also can I not run yum update or anything to do with yum via terminal I gone in and opened a terminal BOX and then used su - and then typed my password correct and got root access only to get the following error after entering the following command:

Code: [Select]~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
http://download.ipredia.i2p/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://download.ipredia.i2p/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
http://download.ipredia.org/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on http://download.ipredia.org/pub/iprediaos/linux/releases/1/Everything/i386/os/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, '')
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from iprediaos: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

455.

Solve : What is "Jobs" Command in Redhat Linux?

Answer» WELL I am fresh in Red hat Linux
What is Jobs command in Red hat Linux? Someone GIVE me some basic introduction Jobs command.
Well I SURFS on internet they all show "MAN jobs" to get information but I don't understand information.
can some one give example of Jobs command and how to user The jobs command lists the status of tasks started in the current shell. For example, if you've started a task and then suspend it, you can VIEW its status by running this command. More info: jobs
456.

Solve : Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi B+: Problem with corrupted SD partition?

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Hello,
I am new in Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi and PanStamp. So, I found a “tutorial” to help me understand how can I work with them. I found this:
https://code.google.com/p/panstamp/wiki/RaspberryPi


The steps seem easy.
1. Download the latest image here: http://www.panstamp.org/lagarto_imag...pi_0.8_2gb.zip
2. Unzip and write the image to the SD card (at least 2 GB) according to the Raspberry Pi Wiki:
For Windows, use Win32 Disk Imager
For Linux, use dd if=lagarto_rpi_xyz.img of=/dev/sdc
3. Insert the SD card in your Raspberry Pi and boot it up.
4. By default, Raspbian comes with with DHCP enabled so you need to get the IP-address from your DHCP server.
5. Once started, you should be able to access:
http://ip-address:8001 for Lagarto-SWAP
http://ip-address:8002 for Lagarto-MAX
6. You can SSH to the Raspberry and login using username "pi" and password "raspberry"


My first target is to write the Lagarto Server into the SD Card. My SD Card has already Raspbian and has 3 partitions. The 3 partitions are:
1)file system FAT32, with size 1,43GB (SETTINGS)
2) file system FAT32, with size 60MB (BOOT)
3) file system ext4, with size 5,68GB (root)


So I try to write the image in the 3rd partition, because Lagarto demands 2GB. The 3rd partition was /dev/sdb6. I EDIT the command above, as: if=lagarto_rpi_xyz.img of=/dev/sdb6
I waited enough time but no error was showed. So, I supposed that the procedure was fine.


Then, I put out the SD card from the LAPTOP and carefully, I put it in the Raspberry Pi B+.
But, it shows me problem.
“ No filesystem could mount root, TRIED: ext4”
“kernet panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root FS on unknown -block (179,6)”


So, I turn off the Raspberry and I put the SD card again to the laptop.
I run Gparted and I noticed that “/dev/sdb6” has problem.
“File system is damaged”, “file system is unknown to Gparted”, “The device entry /dev/sdb6 is missing”.

Obviously, I have stuck in Step 2.
What should I do now, so I can continue my work?
How can I un-done the command “if=lagarto...” or I repair the “damaged” partition?
I imagine that image wants to take up the whole drive, not just one partition. Therefore you would dd it to /dev/sdb - This will totally remove raspbian and replace it with your new image.Quote from: camerongray on October 14, 2014, 03:17:14 AM

I imagine that image wants to take up the whole drive, not just one partition. Therefore you would dd it to /dev/sdb - This will totally remove raspbian and replace it with your new image.
I suppose that the command "dd" have to work with the whole SD card not with one partition. I try to make it work with one partition sdb6 and that`s why now i have a corrupted SD card.

The weird thing in this procedure is that, the image i try to copy to the partition of my SD has Raspbian and the Lagarto Server. It should work but it did not. Raspberry Pis are not designed to run multiple OSs off of a single SD card, each image needs the whole drive to itself.With NOOBS I managed to re-install Raspbian.
Now, if i write again "dd if=lagarto_rpi_0.8_2gb.img of=/dev/sdc" but this time to write the img to SD and not to a partition, it will work? Or i have to install all the parts of Lagarto (pyserial, ZeroMQ with the Python bindings and Barrel), so to be sure?If you write the image to the entire drive you should be fine.I WROTE the img to entire SD but now the Raspberry does not boot. Only black screen... Did not boot either raspbian or noobs ...
What may was wrong?I brought back the correct image of the SD. And I try to install Lagarto step by step by this link https://github.com/panStamp/panstamp/wiki/lagarto#installation. I did the procedure twice, but it did not work. I can find where is the server files and i cannot run the servers. As camerongray stated, your should try the ISO on a blank SD card.
If that works, you have a working solution.

457.

Solve : Logical Volume appears wiped! Need to recover?

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I used to run a VortexBox (http://vortexbox.org/) on my machine at home. I decided to abandon the vortebox installation on the machine and I installed Ubuntu. I specified the partitions on the machine so I know I did not format the logical volume that contained all my media, programs, etc from the vortexbox install.

When I mount the logical volime on the ubuntu installation, the volume appears as if it was completely blank.

how can I recover the drive from Ubuntu?

Thanks.You need to find the type of the partition.
In Ubuntu you should have the gparted program.
Here is a DOCUMENTATION on gparted. USE it to identify the partition, do not try to change anything until you understand what you have.
gparted documentation

Please look over the document. Personally, I have no knowledge of VortexBox and can not guess how to mount a partition made with it.
You MIGHT be able to run VortexBox inside Ubuntu.

Thee is a VortexBox forum.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 16, 2015, 04:41:11 PM

You need to find the type of the partition.
In Ubuntu you should have the gparted program.
Here is a documentation on gparted. Use it to identify the partition, do not try to change anything until you understand what you have.
gparted documentation

Please look over the document. Personally, I have no knowledge of VortexBox and can not guess how to mount a partition made with it.
You might be able to run VortexBox inside Ubuntu.

Thee is a VortexBox forum.

Forgive me but that doesn't have anything to do with it. My logical volume is made up of 3 Primary Partitions on 3 Different drives.

I am mount /dev/VolGroup/lv_storage to /storage.

Sorry I was not help. If everything is the regular Linux file system, the DATA should be visible.
458.

Solve : Remove or uninstall intel graphics drivers from linux?

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OK so I have a HP dc7700 small form factor PC. Something is funny with its on BOARD graphics. Currently itis running xp. If I install the correct graphics drivers I downloaded from hp, the system will crash. This happens with all versions of windows after xp have an Intel graphic driver included with the install, they have the give the same problem.

More specifically my problem is my PC with the correct graphics drivers will artifact badly, then the screen will flash and hang or windows will blue screen and restart.

Currently it is running xp with whatever VGA drivers it picked and runs fine. But I want to use it to connect to the internet. Also I much prefer Linux anyways due to how customizable it is. Initially I was gonning to run Ubuntu 14.04 on it back when it was released. It installed fine, but I ran into graphics driver issues. On Linux, I tried various distros and of different ages and they all gave me the same issue: A graphics driver would crash and my cursor would not move on the screen any more. I could still move it, and click on things but the actual sprite would not follow the cursor. Kind of hard to explain... Sorry.

Anyways I was wondering if there is a way to remove the drivers that at are being installed by default by Linux and install the ones being used during the installation process.Quote

More specifically my problem is my PC with the correct graphics drivers will artifact badly, then the screen will flash and hang or windows will blue screen and restart.

Sounds like the Integrated GPU is damaged. Adding a cheap healthy video card with correct drivers will cure this. I have had better luck with NVIDIA cards with Linux vs AMD cards.

One last test before installing a new video card to replace the integrated from having to run graphics is a memory test using memtest86. Sometimes you can have a memory problem and because integrated video allocates like 64MB of system RAM ( varies depending on motherboard for MAXIMUM allocation) for the integrated GPU, it will cause problems... however artifacts are usually a cooked GPU.As this PC is hopefully only temporary, only a month or two, I don't want to stick any money into it. I have no issues with parted magics safe graphics mode, is there a way I can use this sort of driver by default on an installable Linux system? (probably ubuntumate)You could try using a generic driver instead of the driver intended for this system or lower the settings for the video, however if specific shaders are used for example that are damaged etc its still going to act up.

I had a Geforce FX 5200 video card years ago that I wasn't aware that the small GPU fan stopped spinning and it overheated and permanently damaged the GPU. When doing everything but GAMING it was fine. But when gaming the games would start off ok and then parts of the game elements would be missing and I'd have artifacts that would build over time. Eventually it got so bad that the system would crash and reboot when specific video sequences were demanded of the damaged GPU.

I ended up replacing the video card for $30 and installing this video card into the next newer system that I got. Are you planning on buying a new video card for the next system. Maybe you can get that card now and then move it from this system to the new system when the new system is bought.Quote from: DaveLembke on April 14, 2015, 06:23:05 AM
I had a Geforce FX 5200 video card years ago that I wasn't aware that the small GPU fan stopped spinning and it overheated and permanently damaged the GPU. When doing everything but gaming it was fine. But when gaming the games would start off ok and then parts of the game elements would be missing and I'd have artifacts that would build over time. Eventually it got so bad that the system would crash and reboot when specific video sequences were demanded of the damaged GPU.
coincidentally, I had a similar problem, long ago. One of my first posts here; I found it worked when underclocking, then cracked it open and discovered the GPU Fan was completely busted. I was able to fix it with the fan from a PCI 6200FX I also had.

Looking at those old posts, I just barely dodged the bullet- if I had registered a year earlier I don't even want to know what kind of stuff I would have posted...
459.

Solve : changed some setting in Linux by accident?

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We have Linux Mint Cinnamon installed on our laptop computer. My b/f was using the computer, trying to change the file names of some files in a folder when he caused something to change. I don't know how to change it back.

He right-CLICKED on file names then selected "rename" then proceeded to place the cursor where he wanted within the file name to type in additional stuff when he somehow did something that then caused where ever you placed the cursor to change to a highlighted space. For example if you clicked on a letter or even a space then that letter or space would then be highlighted. I tried to figure what setting he changed so I could change it back to default but I never encountered this so I didn't know what it setting it was. I right-clicked on the file's name during the re-naming process and noticed there was another menu popped up so I clicked on other selections for "input method" on the menu and then it got worse. Now the whole file name highlights in black when you CLICK "re-name". Does anyone know how to FIX this? Selecting another setting did not make it go away. We just want it to go back to a STRAIGHT line cursor like it usually is.Not sure if you found your solution or not.... but it sounds like he hit the "Insert" key. It's usually located on the keyboard somewhere above the Return key (aka Enter) or the num pad.

Hitting that key does cause the highlighting you are are talking about. It also deletes 1 character for every character you type.
To undo it, just click the insert key again. And undo the other settings you changed. Hope this helps! I think that I know of what issue you are referring to....
Please try changing the theme to a different one and see if the issue persists!
and please let me know it that did it or not?

Blair

460.

Solve : How to Install as Root the prerequisites (sudo or su -)?

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Hi All Experts
I would like to learn more about Linux system. Could someone please teach me how to execute the below instruction in red?
1. Install as Root the prerequisites (sudo or su -)

apt-get install gawk wget git-core cvs subversion diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential chrpath

I had made a search in Google and found “sudo” is some kind of software and had download it but had not install.
I am using Utunbu as OS on my PC. Please help!
Thanks very much!
sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core cvs subversion diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential chrpath

Is all you NEED to invoke sudo, and you may need to enter a password for root access ETC. You just add it to the beginning of an instruction to execute within terminal.

Hi DaveLembke, very sorry for the late reply as the forum didn't send me any notification.
Thanks very much! In Ubuntu you can't really LOG in as root access to you have to use a command like sudo first to temporarily allow root level access. Sometimes you can just do sudo and your password when PROMPTED and have access until you close the terminal, others require you to enter sudo EVERY time. This is there to keep you safe from accidentally deleting linux while farting around.

Sudo isn't a software and you shouldn't have had to download it. Especially in Ubuntu.

-MalHi Maleke, thanks very much for the info.

Thanks again!

461.

Solve : Text manipulation help?

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Hello,

I'm having trouble sorting a text file.

It looks like this:

Code: [Select]Alvaro Costa Daldit Kaur Sings Brian G Heward
Desmond Ogilvie John DER William Gherasim
Lance Mackey Donald Kopplin Robert Mckinlay
Jahir Hussain Mohamed Jack Benaim Abraham Weiss
I WANT it to look like this:

Code: [Select]Alvaro
Costa
Daldit
Kaur
Sings
Brian
G
Heward
I know sed/tr/awk will do this but I dont know how to do it.

Any help?
My knowledge of this topic approaches zero, so there are probably more efficient ways of doing this:

Code: [Select]awk "NR>1{exit};1" c:\temp\text.txt | awk "BEGIN { RS = \" \"} NF {print $0}"

I put your sample code in a file named text.txt. Feel free to change it. This was tested on Win7 so you may have to change the double quotes to single quotes. Only the first line of the data is PROCESSED. To process the ENTIRE file, REMOVE the first AWK.

Results:
Code: [Select]Alvaro
Costa
Daldit
Kaur
Sings
Brian
G
Heward

462.

Solve : virtual machine in ubuntu?

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I tried to run windows 7 in ubuntu 12.04 LTS using virtual box but when it CAMES to boot it shows a message FATAL : Could not read from the boot medium! System HALTED. But ubuntu RUNS perfectly as a virtual machine. Please somebody help me. It's urgent Are you RUNNING Virtualbox in a Ubuntu VM?
No. I am running the virtual box in my original ubuntu.Have you completed installation of the Windows VM?

YES. There is no problem in installation. The problem occurs when virtual box tries to boot from iso file of window 7Quote from: SHIVAM SHARMA on March 08, 2015, 09:59:30 AM

The problem occurs when virtual box tries to boot from iso file of window 7

From an ISO? Why?
Why Not From An Iso?An ISO is a CD or DVD image, is it not?
YESHave you installed Windows 7 to a virtual disk? If so, why are trying to boot from a DVD, in effect?


The creation of VM is completed but when i tries to boot from the iso file it shows errorYou must have booted from the install disc ISO at least once, in order to start the installation. Can you boot the installed VM? Have you checked all the Virtualbox SETTINGS?


I think all the virtualbox settings are ok.
I will try to boot the VM from the disc.Thanks my problem is solved.
463.

Solve : Linux Mint - question about WiFi?

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How can you REMOVE the neighbor's connections from your computer's list of available connections?First of all, which version of LINUX Mint ?
While we would like to HELP you, you can get QUICK ANSWER on the Linux chat.
Linux Mint is like Ubuntu Linux in some respects. Most likely you are using the same WI-Fi application. I suggest you try Ubuntu chart.
Start with this:
http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/
But if you think the issue is specific to Linux Mint, try this:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/
Either should get you going.


thanks

464.

Solve : Cluster Issue?

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Dear All ,

I would like to KNOW how to fix it. I CHECK with the luci admin, both of the nodes are in the cluster MEMBER. This is something WRONG status of the GUI and Command line issue.

I checked the package luci, ricci, cman, rgmanager package are installed but no idea both nodes can't see each other.

[[emailprotected] log]# clustat
Cluster Status for linuxclstest @ Mon Jan 26 11:55:12 2015
Member Status: Quorate

Member Name ID Status
------ ---- ---- ------
vmbpmtestlinuxcls 1 Online, Local
vmbpmtestlinuxcls2 2 Offline

[[emailprotected]2 log]# clustat
Cluster Status for linuxclstest @ Mon Jan 26 11:57:22 2015
Member Status: Quorate

Member Name ID Status
------ ---- ---- ------
vmbpmtestlinuxcls 1 Offline
vmbpmtestlinuxcls2 2 Online, Local


If your guy has such experience, PLEASE let me know how to fix it.

Thank a lot




465.

Solve : Can't here anysound from my web browser in Fedora 21?

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I recently installed eclipse and every time it loaded it crashed at the SPLASH screen so i saw (ON-THE-LINE!!!) that I should uninstall chrome and install Mozilla cause that MIGHT be the problem some how. Well like an idiot I FOLLOWED these instructions and not only eclipse still didn't work but now the new web browser I installed outputs no sound and I can't even re-install chrome now. Also my yum crashes and wont update because of something to do with virtual box (which I also UN-installed). The main thing is to just get the sound back in my browser.

Does ANYBODY have a solution???

Thank You
AO!

466.

Solve : trying to send email via mailx says can not open mail 25?

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I'm trying to send an email but everytime I hei Ctrl+D it gives me a message cannot send mail then THERES a number 25 ALSO I cant choose interface eth0 or eth1 theres like some wierd names for the interface - I don't KNOW if thats of any CONCERN.

Can sombody tellme what I'm doing wrong???

Thank You
AO!

467.

Solve : sendmail 8.14 FEATURE dnsbl seems broken?

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Hello,

I am running three debian email servers and recently wanted to address spam coming in to them. One SEVER is sendmail version 8.14.4 the other two are 8.14.3. All three servers exhibit the same behavior.

I added milter-greylist to each of them, it works brilliantly, stopping better than 50% of incoming spam.

I then tried to install realtime dns blacklist checking using three popular free services with entries to my /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file.

Two of the services, bl.spamcop.net and dnsbl.sorbs.net cause sendmail to reject every single incoming message as observed in my /var/log/mail.log file.

The third black list service, zen.spamhaus.org when enabled, doesn't seem to do anything at all.


I have tried all sorts of combinations, disabling greylisting, inserting the ipv6 workaround ( define(`DNSBL_MAP'...), using the enhanced blacklist feature "enhdnsbl" and activating only one blacklist at a time. Each time recompiling my sendmail.mc file and restarting sendmail.


I cannot find any references to others that have had this behavior and I'm at a loss as how to troubleshoot it from here.

If anyone has any suggestions or comments, they are greatly appreciated.

My sendmail.mc follows at the end of this posting.

Thanks in advance,

John


Code: [Select]#
# COPYRIGHT (C) 1998-2005 Richard Nelson. All Rights Reserved.
#
# This file is used to configure Sendmail for use with Debian systems.
#
define(`_USE_ETC_MAIL_')dnl
include(`/usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl
VERSIONID(`$Id: sendmail.mc, v 8.14.4-4 2013-02-11 11:12:33 cowboy Exp $')
OSTYPE(`debian')dnl
DOMAIN(`debian-mta')dnl
dnl # Items controlled by /etc/mail/sendmail.conf - DO NOT TOUCH HERE
undefine(`confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY')dnl #DAEMON_HOSTSTATS=
dnl # Items controlled by /etc/mail/sendmail.conf - DO NOT TOUCH HERE
dnl #
dnl # General defines
dnl #
dnl # SAFE_FILE_ENV: [undefined] If set, sendmail will do a chroot()
dnl # into this directory before writing files.
dnl # If *all* your user accounts are under /home then use that
dnl # instead - it will prevent any writes outside of /home !
dnl # define(`confSAFE_FILE_ENV', `')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Daemon options - restrict to servicing LOCALHOST ONLY !!!
dnl # Remove `, Addr=' clauses to receive from any interface
dnl # If you want to support IPv6, switch the commented/uncommentd lines
dnl #
FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=inet6, Name=MTA-v6, Port=smtp, Addr=::1')dnl
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, Name=MTA-v4, Port=smtp')dnl
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=inet6, Name=MSP-v6, Port=submission, M=Ea, Addr=::1')dnl
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, Name=MSP-v4, Port=submission, M=Ea')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Be somewhat *censored* in what we allow
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',dnl
`needmailhelo,needexpnhelo,needvrfyhelo,restrictqrun,restrictexpand,nobodyreturn,authwarnings')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Define connection throttling and window length
define(`confCONNECTION_RATE_THROTTLE', `15')dnl
define(`confCONNECTION_RATE_WINDOW_SIZE',`10m')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Features
dnl #
dnl # use /etc/mail/local-host-names
FEATURE(`use_cw_file')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The access db is the basis for most of sendmail's checking
FEATURE(`access_db', , `skip')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The greet_pause feature stops some automail bots - but check the
dnl # provided access db for details on excluding localhosts...
FEATURE(`greet_pause', `1000')dnl 1 seconds
dnl #
dnl # Delay_checks allows sender<->recipient checking
FEATURE(`delay_checks', `friend', `n')dnl
dnl #
dnl #
FEATURE(`virtusertable')dnl
FEATURE(`mailertable')dnl
dnl #
dnl # the following was added to make milter-greylist work, see its readme
dnl #
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`greylist',
`S=local:/var/run/milter-greylist/greylist.sock')
define(`confMILTER_MACROS_CONNECT', `j, {if_addr}')
define(`confMILTER_MACROS_HELO', `{verify}, {cert_subject}')
define(`confMILTER_MACROS_ENVFROM', `i, {auth_authen}')
define(`confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT', `{greylist}')
dnl #
dnl # The following lines activate DNS based Black (HOLE) List testing on three DIFFERENT free services
dnl #
define(`DNSBL_MAP', `dns -R A')
dnl #
dnl #
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `dnsbl.sorbs.net', `"571 IP=" $&{client_addr} " -see http://www.sorbs.net/'")dnl
FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `zen.spamhaus.org',`"571 IP=" $&{client_addr} " -see http://www.spamhaus.org/"')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"571 IP=" $&{client_addr} " -see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"')dnl
#
dnl # If we get too many bad recipients, slow things down...
define(`confBAD_RCPT_THROTTLE',`3')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Stop connections that overflow our concurrent and time connection rates
FEATURE(`conncontrol', `nodelay', `terminate')dnl
FEATURE(`ratecontrol', `nodelay', `terminate')dnl
dnl #
dnl # If you're on a dialup link, you should enable this - so sendmail
dnl # will not bring up the link (it will queue mail for later)
dnl define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE',`True')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Dialup/LAN connection overrides
dnl #
include(`/etc/mail/m4/dialup.m4')dnl
include(`/etc/mail/m4/provider.m4')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Masquerading options
FEATURE(`always_add_domain')dnl
MASQUERADE_AS(`mydomain.com')dnl
FEATURE(`allmasquerade')dnl
FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Default Mailer setup
MAILER_DEFINITIONS
MAILER(`local')dnl
MAILER(`smtp')dnl
dnl # thatt's all folks
468.

Solve : OUT OF ROOM?

Answer»

Greetings to the Group - My system is a DUAL boot with W7 and Ubuntu 14. I seldom use W but need to keep it for a few programs. So now I got this Disk Usage Analyser which is attached here. It looks like U is RUNNING out of room. So can I go to W and change some partitions to free up some room for U, or what do I need to do? As for the W side, there aren't many programs installed on that side because I hardly go there. According to this analyses, my videos and photos don't seem to be taking up much room. I really don't see much surplus to delete, but obviously there is a space problem. I guess I would like to know exactly where the U os is and how to identify it on the hard drive. I can also reduce the footprint for W to the bare minimum but need to know what that should be. All input is appreciated.

Update - I forgot, I have three drives, 149GB, 252GB, and 500GB. The 252 is the C drive and I think the 149 is a partition not sure from where, and I think the 500 is the other hard drive. In U I don't know where the os is located too.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Another update - hard drives 500 / 106 free - 252 / 179 free - 149 / 73 free

JimThere are ways to resize partitions, but its very risky. Before doing so i would backup anything critical to an external drive. Then go in and resize partitions. And from my experience resizing partitions 9 out of 10 times something breaks, and so be prepared to have to perform a total rebuild of both OS if something goes wrong.

Tool I use is Partition Magic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic

But its been a while since I have messed with resizing partitions.

In my dual-boot builds, I like to place my OS on a single drive and my data on a separate drive and this way the data is always separate from the OS's and i dont paint myself into a corner with running out of space on the OS drive. I also partition a 2nd partition on this data drive as FAT32 so that i have a 32GB space to share data between Windows and Linux for dropping data to move between both OS's.I've used Partition Magic many times for Windows, but now with Ubuntu installed, I don't know what to do, or NOT to do. Anyway, here is a disk shot of my hard drive and this is where I need some help to resize and which ones to do and not to do. Also, I ASSUME Partition Magic must be run on the Windows side, or if not, how to do it in Ubuntu?

Jim

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Quote from: DaveLembke on October 23, 2014, 07:46:35 AM

There are ways to resize partitions, but its very risky. Before doing so i would backup anything critical to an external drive. Then go in and resize partitions. And from my experience resizing partitions 9 out of 10 times something breaks, and so be prepared to have to perform a total rebuild of both OS if something goes wrong. ...
Something breaks 9 out of 10 times!? Really? That's not been my experience. I've resized partitions dozens of times over the years and have never once had a problem.

It's always prudent to have a good backup when doing something like this but I believe that resizing partitions is not particularly risky. Yeah, I'm sorry Dave but I also have to take issue with that. I've manipulated literally hundreds (if not thousands) of partitions and hd's over the years and the only times I ran into trouble were in the very early days when I didn't pay attention to what I was doing. Is it possible to cause significant issues when performing drive level operations? Absolutely. But with today's utilities it's as close to foolproof as it can get (assuming the user takes his or her time, pays attention, and doesn't try to bypass built-in safety features).

And I also agree with Strollin that when performing any drive level operation, if you create an image first you lower the risk level to close to zero.Quote
Yeah, I'm sorry Dave but I also have to take issue with that. I've manipulated literally hundreds (if not thousands) of partitions and hd's over the years and the only times I ran into trouble were in the very early days when I didn't pay attention to what I was doing.

Good to hear that partition resizing has gotten better.

I have avoided this practice for many years. The last time I resized partitions on a dual boot Windows/Linux system was BACK around Windows 98 and RedHat 6 and it killed RedHat 6 and Windows 98 was still happy. Back then I used Partition Magic a lot and with Dual Boot Windows 98 and 2000 Pro it worked most of the time, but I think there was an issue with partition magic and Linux based partitions to where it wasnt very well at resizing Linux partitions and having them function afterwards.

So based on my experiences over 12 years ago... my main concern was that they back up their data before resizing as for its not always perfect. Friends of mine who have used partition magic also have called me in a panic that they lost their data etc, and its very unlikely that they will have access to that data ever again since resizing, and not stopping there, but formatting over top of where data once was etc. The one time was to "short stroke" the drive taking a 160GB HDD and turning a single 160GB partition into 2 x 77.5GB partitions and a single 5GB swap space partition for a system with 2GB RAM. The idea of short stroking was that it would boost drive performance where the swap space would always be located in a small allocated partition space limited to very little fragmentation and fast data response times since the arm doesnt have to sweep the entire drive for scattered data, and the OS and games on the 2 other partitions etc. This attempt with partition magic was a crash and burn. He ended up creating the partitions he wanted from scratch all new and then installing windows to the 2nd partition on the drive with the 1st being the short stroke partition, and then the 3rd partition was for games and data etc. Benchmark results showed a slight gain, but it was still just an IDE HDD and if he upgraded to a SATA drive there would have been a better performance gain.

Looking at the wiki I see this here with no reference to Linux compatibility:

Quote
Compatibility issues

PartitionMagic is compatible with Windows NT, 95/98, ME, 2000, and XP desktop editions. However, it is not compatible with server editions of Windows NT, 2000, nor 2003 by design — a more expensive product from the same manufacturer, ServerMagic, would handle these - nor does it run on Windows Vista or Windows 7.

PartitionMagic 2.0.5, VolumeManager 7 and VolumeManager 8 can not resize dynamic disks.

As well as Quote
Additionally, it had somewhat limited support for ext2 and ext3 partitions.

I've been running a VIRTUAL machine [VirtualBox] on my 14.04 distro and putting Windows...whatever...there. Makes it a lot easie to get to and no 'hard' partitioning needed. Works for me.

Alan <><
469.

Solve : how do I install the flash update??

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I have Linux Mint Cinnamon and was using Firefox browser. It shut off the flash plugin because it said I needed to update it so I clicked the link to download the update but it did not automatically install. Instead it was some FILE that said "install_flash_player_11_linux.i386tar.g z" I clicked on that and folder opened that had "libflashplayer.so" and a folder called usr and "readme.txt". I don't know how to install that. Could someone help? Thanks

I tried checking on Google but can not find out the correct information. The "read me" file did not make sense to me.I am in same boat with Mint 16 and it has an option to allow for you to run the flash anyways within Firefox, so you can still watch youtube etc ( at least I can at this computer ), but I too am having same issue where there is no easy way to update flash.

Where the Firefox browser shows Activate Adobe Flash at center of the message, if you click that and then "Allow Now" it should be able to play without issues.

This issue just popped up on me the other day, but I have been putting it off using the bypass method until I find a fix for it.

(Dripping sarcasm)
COME on, it's a .so, it is immediately obvious that it should go in /usr/libs/firefox-addons/plugins/ People that can't FIGURE out the obvious give Linux a bad name
(end dripping sarcasm)

Allegedly there are .deb packages, but repo maintainers aren't always super-fast when it comes to high TURNOVER software like Flash. It also doesn't help that usually the repository is outdated. My older Mint installs for example think that 3.6 is the latest version of firefox because the Repo stopped being updated several years ago.

Here is an article that provides instructions for installation with the .tar.gz. Truly magical.I am totally new to Linux as a user and barely know how to do anything with it. I'm used to Windows but the Windows that was on that hard drive got erased by an error and I had no choice to install Linux because it was free and I could not afford atm another copy of Windows. I just wanted the computer to be functional to go online. It worked fine until suddenly today YouTube and such would not work and the browser said Flash was disabled because I needed to update it. I'm used to Windows that installs things automatically and puts them into the right folder or wherever they need to go.

Thank you for the adviceQuote from: haus_kat on December 17, 2014, 04:43:06 PM

I am totally new to Linux as a user and barely know how to do anything with it. I'm used to Windows but the Windows that was on that hard drive got erased by an error and I had no choice to install Linux because it was free and I could not afford atm another copy of Windows. I just wanted the computer to be functional to go online. It worked fine until suddenly today YouTube and such would not work and the browser said Flash was disabled because I needed to update it. I'm used to Windows that installs things automatically and puts them into the right folder or wherever they need to go.

I did say I was being sarcastic there- The fact that Linux is plagued by these problems is a problem with the Linux ecosystem and unfortunately it's developer-centric nature doesn't tend to lend itself well to ease-of-use and configuration- having to put a .so file into some arbitrary location to install an update, as a user, is absolutely ridiculous for an Operating System in 2014.oops - SORRY! I misunderstood. I know that Linux is known as a program for people who understand much about computers so that's it's not as easy to use for those who need something designed for computer-illiterate folks, something easy. I had thought it was aggravation that a "noob" didn't know what to do lol. I will try to put the file into the folder you have mentioned. thank you (my friend was using the computer earlier so I could not try that out)okay, when I tried moving it there the computer said there was an error because I don't have permission to move it there. There is currently no other things in that folder. It's empty.Quote from: haus_kat on December 18, 2014, 12:44:23 AM
I had thought it was aggravation that a "noob" didn't know what to do lol.
Heh, Nope! Quite the opposite, really. I've always felt the "it's for the more technical savvy" to be a bit of a cop-out to try to explain away poor software design, and in this case requiring that the file be installed manually in this manner is very much that.

I can't seem to get a straight answer from google about where it should actually go, either; the directory I provided was just one of many examples. I happen to have a Linux Mint Virtual Machine, so I searched for it myself. I found a libflashplayer.so in the directory /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins so that may be the actual location.

Quote
I can't seem to get a straight answer from google about where it should actually go, either; the directory I provided was just one of many examples. I happen to have a Linux Mint Virtual Machine, so I searched for it myself. I found a libflashplayer.so in the directory /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins so that may be the actual location.

I ran into the same issue with Google search for a fix for this flash update for Mint 16, and just decided to give it some time and check back later and eventually there would be a fix out there for this hopefully in the next couple days, since others are running into same issues. In the meantime I have been selecting to keep running the flash whenever this pops up such as at youtube.where do you look for the fix when it is available?Quote from: haus_kat on December 20, 2014, 07:20:33 AM
where do you look for the fix when it is available?

Synaptic Package Manager, or your package manager that will be in your Linux distribution. It should show up if you use the menu to search for "package". I'd be skeptical of it showing up very soon.how do you search on the menu like you said? I'm a total newbie when it comes to linux
470.

Solve : What are those processes and what they do??

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I can't FIND any INFORMATION what they do.
471.

Solve : Tomcat and apache issue?

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Dear All,

I install the RHEL 5.5, run the apache and tomcat first time.

I can find the configuration path but no package install anymore. It is no error during the installation

May I know what is the issue?

Thank you very much

Cheers,

Do you know your way around RedHat 5.5? If so look to see if the Apache Service is installed and running.

Also this shows the path to default install for Apache on Linux. You will likely need to go here and edit your HTTPD.conf file to enable/disable modules and configure IP and ports etc.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12202021/where-is-my-httpd-conf-file-located-apacheHi DaveLembke,

I use the binary to install the APACHE

./configure --prefix=/opt
make
make install

I can see the path, but no package was installed


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Interesting... which version of Apache did you use? and is there ANYTHING in the httpd.conf that I see located in your screenshot at [[emailprotected] conf]# where ls lists extra httpd.conf magic mime.types original

The httpd.conf you should be able to open with a text editor like VI and see configuration info for Apache

Also was the binary a good one with a good checksum?

Also if you run .... service httpd status
Does it show the Apache service running in background?Hi

Please find attachment.



[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Interesting that it appears to have started an installation and didnt successfully complete with all contents. I am not familiar specifically with RHEL5.5, and primarily work with Mint and occasionally with Fedora, so I am going to direct you to this link here that shows what should work for installation steps.

http://tecadmin.net/steps-to-install-tomcat-server-on-centos-rhel/

I'd go in and do some manual clean up before attempting this though this way there is no possibility of version creep from remnants of the failed install mixing with the new install. Deleting the contents that were dropped from the failed install, and then PERFORMING this should be good enough to start back at a clean slate.Hi

I installed the Apache , tomcat and Java , they are all installed success on the PLATFORM, but i can't see they are start up services.

I don't know what happen on my os . You give me the link to install tomcat, I check it should be correct installed previously . It is the same Hmm... would it be troublesome to reinstall fresh RHEL 5.5 and then try again clean to see if we end up at the same problem?
Its very strange that your having this issue.

On other OS's installation is simple and flawless. My problem here is that I havent played with Red Hat in years, starting with Slackware 1997, then Red Hat 6.0 around 1999, then Fedora ( Core 2 thru version 6 ), and then tried Ubuntu for a short while, but found Mint more to my liking. I havent had the fun of playing with Red Hat Enterprise Linux yet to know if we are missing something important. To me it should be as easy as installing via RPM and configuring the config files etc and should work fairly easily.

Doing some searching and reading, it appears that there is no need to install from an external binary source as for RHEL already comes with what you need. Found this... " Apache Tomcat is distributed as part of both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat JBoss Web Server." at this site: https://access.redhat.com/blogs/766093/posts/781133

So it should be an option in the GUI of the Red Hat features to enable when installing it at the get go, or added after the fact through the same manager built into the OS. OKAY

I try to install it again first.

Thank you for your help Glad to help... I am hoping that if you go with the version that is built into RHEL5.5 and select it to be installed/active from the program manager that this will RESOLVE this for you as for maybe there is a mismatch in compatibility between the RHEL5.5 and that binary you were using of some sort.

If this works for you, then you can update the version that came with RHEL5.5 performing a normal update process to secure it etc as for the version that came initially with RHEL5.5 has likely had security updates since release.I re-install to fix it.

Thank you all of your guys to reply messageGlad to hear a reinstall fixed it =)

472.

Solve : how to dual boot ? how to partition hard drive? how to install fedora??

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how do i partition my harddrive to dual BOOT xp and fedora full step by step guide here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download

FBHere is how I solve this kind of problem. Rather than WADE into pages of ducuments, get dig u[ one of your SPARE hard drives. Even a old 10GB will do. Install Fedora and see what options you FIND. No harm done, because you are using a spare drive with nothing important on it. Thatch's what I do. Reading is just too hard. Reading is the first step to learning something new.

473.

Solve : need help please asap!?

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how do i create a SIMPLE login and password with a box to type the login and password in, and using a submit button? example... i just need it so i can have visitors to my website have access to a certain HTML PAGE. i have my WEB page already and the page i want to password to send you to. just need a code to input on page 1 that after the correct password will send the user to page 2....

474.

Solve : GRUB issues?

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Originally I had Windows 7 installed on my computer, but then I decided to install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS onto another HDD. Now I can boot into linux when I choose that HDD as the boot device, but now when I try to boot into the HDD that has Windows 7 on it, it doesn't work and displays this grub rescue prompt. I hope I haven't messed things up too badly...

Grub rescue>

So I'm GUESSING I've messed up this grub mbr stuff, and am wondering how I can get this WORKING so I can boot successfully into either operating systems. I'm not sure if this information is helpful, but I attached this fdisk information. The 500 Gb, and 1500 Gb are just for storage and have no OS on them.

Thanks for your help.

Code: [Select]Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x44fdfe06

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00010e43

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 19458 156288000 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bfd91

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 18663 149903360 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 18663 19458 6384641 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 18663 19458 6384640 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdd: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x95ade94c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 182402 1465136128 7 HPFS/NTFSYou should have installed it in the MBR on where your machine reads first (can be seen in BIOS), otherwise, if you install grub in PARTITION, then you should add a boot menu from within Windows 7 boot files.Win XP includes a fixmbr command, but since I have never used Win2K, I do not KNOW if the command is included there or not. In Win Xp you can boot the CD then run the recovery console and execute the fixmbr command. If Win 2K does not include that otion, you may be able to run the fdisk /mbr command as found in Win9x using a Win9x boot disk.

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Solve : Help! Being held captive by new Ubuntu install.?

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Help! Being held captive by new Ubuntu install.

It was able to get into my wireless network so I can get on the INTERNET and post this.
It says that I can boot my Windows 2000, but when I tried that and let the room it was back in Ubuntu.

What happened? My backup is outside and it is too cold to go out there. Besides, I don't turn on the backup system when the weather is this cold. So, am I now stuck with Ubuntu until spring?

Any ideas? hahaha i did the same thing dual boot with win2k last year. i did it purposely to freak out the kids by leaving a FOREIGN desktop RUNNING while i went to work!


they freaked alright. w2k has to be boot partition, ubunta can be disable in the ini if its a probWell, I went on eBay and bought another computer with XP pre loaded. They delivered it right to my door via fed ex. I only had to step out on the porch. The other machine is on the floor. I took out the DVD writer and put it into an external USB thing. S that is how I GOT around the Ubuntu blackmail. Cost me $132 for a refurbished Box. Of COURSE, I could Live boot Ubuntu on this machine it I need it. I am not going to do a disk install again until the document the boot loader in a way I can understand.

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Solve : Need a Game VPN Programmer?

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I need a PROGRAMMER to setup a Gaming VPN to link up 100 internet CAFE with all together AROUND 6000pc, we need to setup the VPN to link up games such as DOTA, CS etc...intererted programmer PLEASE contact me at [emailprotected] youshouldn't that be a vps or what KIND of game are you magging mmog or something else?

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Solve : Install Linux on old laptop with floppy drive?

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I have an old SONY Vaio PCG laptop with a corrupt Windows 2000 Pro installed on it. I don't really care about that because it is old but I would like to revive it with a small LINUX distribution. My laptop has 128mb RAM, I'm not sure about the HD size but I know it is several gigabytes. I also have a Linksys Wireless-N card, an external floppy drive that works well and an external CD drive that doesn't seem to work when I TRY to boot from CD (it is LISTED first on the BIOS as Atapi CD Drive though). I tried to install Debian from netinstall floppies but I only received a bunch of errors when loading the boot floppy. I like UBUNTU but the requirements may be too high. My best option would be to install from a floppy and do a network install of some OS (hoping the wireless card will work). What can I do???If you do this, you might come across this. Hopefully you can find some help there.

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Solve : Computer Programming?

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what is the importance of program design medium-high.Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 11, 2009, 01:44:10 PM

medium-high.


piety, what do you MEAN?

EDIT -- Woah, did I bump this topic?WELL, It looks LIKE my answer satisfied the OP then
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Solve : Halted Internet Connection?

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I made the mistake of opening an attachment and it ending up creating numerous "unsavory" pop ups (if you know what I MEAN) and my trial period with my anti virus program just ended. I made the second mistake of "halting all internet traffic" in the pop up BOX of the {Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security} pop up- and now I cannot reconnect to the network on my laptop.
I tried USING the wizard to reconnect, to add a network, and "Windows cannot find any networks."
I know I did this myself... but I figured that I could just reconnect...
Please LET me know if anyone has a solution!
Thanks!

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Solve : reg: c compiler for rhel 4.0?

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am trying to install Nagios on RHEL AS V4.0 ...... at the time of configuration it shows that "there is no C compiler in this system" ... didn't c compiler COMES INBUILT with RHEL ( as i CHECKED c compiler , Perl and phyton programming env will come with in RHEL) plz confirm this...you have the development PACKAGES not installed .
if you are connected to the internet , install with

#yum install glibc gcc g++ make automake




Cheers
unixmen

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Solve : Belkin F6d4050 driver not working?

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Hi i am using ubuntu 10.10 and i INSTALLED the windows driver for the wireless stick using ndisgtk for ubuntu, and it is not SHOWING up in the network MANAGER any ideas of how i can possibly fix this? If it helps i am running the XP2K driver which is called rt2870.inf it doesen't have to be a definite answer just if you have an idea PLEASE post ANYTHING will help.

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Solve : How to open a bsm file in a proper format?

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Hi

I have a FILE .bsm (basic security module) and I WANT to open it in a proper way.

I'm working under windows & I've no experience with neither sun solaries nor unix. So is there any program that can open it & convert it to any other readable format.

Thanx in advancehttp://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/bsmfile.htm

thanx 4 replying

but the bsm file I'm talking about is "basic security module" generated by sun solaries, not a SQL MATCHER ⁢'s not ORDINARY text fileAnything here: GoogleI am kind of curious in a slightly bad way. Somebody wants to open (in Windows) a Solaris Basic Security Module. Why? What's wrong with Solaris?

my research is about intrusion detection & I want to use the DARPA dataset & it contains a bsm file which was generated by solaris & I've no experience with solaris

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Solve : My Transition Away from Ubuntu?

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Over the past several months I've been getting complacent with my Ubuntu install, for many reasons. The biggest one being that I felt like I had learned everything I could whilst using that as my primary distro. Over the past 5 years I've used a variety of Linux distributions; SuSE, Blag, Ubuntu, Slax, CentOS, Puppy, ClearOS, BackTrack, among others. However, I always went back to Ubuntu for some reason or another, mostly, though, because it was "easy". That all changed here a few months back.

See, System/Network Administration is the career field that I want to go into (eventually). I have several friends who are already in this field, so I decided to ask them what some things I could be doing on my own, outside of school, to start preparing for it. The common denominator between them all was, "Learn Linux". Since then, Ubuntu just wasn't going to cut it anymore. I needed something a bit more...raw.

Thus my journey began. Searching high and low for something that would help me "get my hands dirty", if you will. This is where I ran into ArchLinux. I had come across it whilst browsing a "Linux Users, Show Us Your Desktop" thread in another forum. The thread was filled with all sorts of different setups, configurations, and looks. Very different from the "cookie cutter" distributions I was used to working with. My curiosity was spiked. So I downloaded it and loaded it into a Virtual Machine.

It didn't take long to notice how different it was. The best way I can describe it was it seemed to throw you into the belly of the best. No messing around, no added extras, you gotta make it work, or it's not going to type of feel.

Fast forward a few months to today. I finally made the leap. Earlier this week I got some new parts for my machine. So I figured, what better time to ditch Ubuntu altogether when I have to reinstall Windows (for games) anyway?

After several failed attempts at getting the image to boot from a USB Flash Drive, I finally got the installer running. Then, even after mucking around with it for months, I hit a snag. The partitioner was much different than what I was used to. Never had to worry about messing up other installations before in a VM. Luckily enough, I got by without messing anything up.

Next snag, GrUB failed to detect the BOOT partitions for Arch properly (ironic, yeah?). So after about 15 minutes of manually editing the entries, I finally got lucky enough to boot into my new CLI system. From there, it was one more obstacle after another, as Arch only installs the base, and you add everything else to it. First step was to get sound working, as Fedora 13, Ubuntu 9.10, and the latest OpenSuSE all failed to detect my card properly. Worked the first time. Next, video drivers. I have a nVidia GeForce 9600 GT which I could not install the proprietary drivers for. Kept getting errors about other packages already being installed and the like. After some manual file deletion and package installation, that all got worked out too.

The hardest part, contrary to what it may look like, was deciding on a Desktop Environment/Window Manager to use with my new install. I finally settled on KDE, seeing as how I've never really used it before. Figured I'll play around with that for a while then shift over to a tiling WM or something.

After about 3 hours I had a working Linux Desktop again. And I'm happy to say I'm enjoying it so far. During the few hours that I had been working with Arch in a "real world" (read, not virtual) scenario I learned a lot. Things such as modules, daemons, dependencies, troubleshooting, management, and such. Things that I never had to worry about in Ubuntu. It's been a very positive experience so far, and I hope for it to continue.

The next step is to setup a few virtual servers and start getting my hands dirty on those. I've been doing SSH and FTP for years, but never mucked around with HTTP or anything. As of now, I haven't hit above 1.2GB RAM used out of 8GB, so plenty of resources to allocate for this project. Will keep everyone posted on how the progress goes.Thanks for posting this. I'm in a similar position. Too much Ubuntu. I've PLAYED around with Gentoo, LFS, and a few others. But still with U ... maybe this will spur me on to make a leap.

Looking forward to your next post.Arch has, yet again, shown me how much of the setup of a Linux machine is done behind the scenes with distros such as Ubuntu and the like. I ran into three problems getting everything setup with the new installation.

My first ISSUE was getting the proprietary driver installed for my video card, a NVidia GeForce 9600 GT. After actually reading the error messages I was getting it led me to remove the noeveau open source NVidia driver, install the latest Linux-Headers package, and compile it from there. All was well afterward. Not too much of a hassle, just tedious.

Another issue was getting the program TrueCrypt to mount my encrypted file properly. Now this was a bit more complicated as I had first thought as two issues came into play at the same time. First off, I had to setup 'sudo' so it could mount the encrypted drive. Without it the process would fail and give an error. Now I've never actually had to setup sudo before since it was always taken care of in the Ubuntu installation. A quick Google search gave me the steps to properly configure my user with sudo permissions.

Next problem with TrueCrypt was with a module called 'fuse', which is used when mounting certain types of drives and shares. Now, I learned a while ago how to manually start modules on command, but have never had to manually add one to the startup. This was all fixed pretty simply, though, by adding 'fuse' to the Modules section of my rc.conf file. Done deal.

The final problem, which I've actually encountered before, was with the OpenSSH server. Turns out that for some reason whenever I do an Arch install (be it virtual or real-world), it doesn't want to let anyone connect via local, LAN, or Internet. This is fixed, crudely, by commenting out everything in the /etc/hosts.deny file. I still haven't FOUND a different way of doing this, so if anyone can share some insight on that it would be much appreciated. I'll get the exact error message and post that as well.

Other than that Arch has been great to use. Very snappy, responsive, and light. Which is what I like when using a machine. Whenever I finally reboot into it again I'm going to be switching from KDE to E17 as my Desktop Environment. Will keep everyone updates as thing progress.

Thanks for the feedback, amalafrida. Appreciate it. Leaving Ubuntu has definitely been a big eye opener to some other, if not better in some cases, alternatives. Definitely worth the shot migrating to a different distro full time for a while.

EDIT: amalafrida - I just found this article that talks about some reasons to move over from Ubuntu to Arch and a guide on how to make that transition. Worth giving a shot. I'm reading it over now.What exactly is in your /etc/hosts.deny file?

Nothing now. I commented it all out. When I reboot into Arch again I'll post the entire thing.

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Solve : music player?

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How to PLAY songs in redhat?Here is the Solution :

http://www.unixmen.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58

Best regards
unixmenThank U

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Solve : Audacity causes Ubuntu to run slow?

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Hi guys, very new to Linux and hope to learn a lot more about it.

Anyway, whenever I open Audacity 1.3.9-6, Ubuntu 9.10 runs really slowly, so I have to end the Audacity process in SYSTEM Monitor to regain functionality.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

RubiKAre there any new updates for Audacity? I haven't used in a while so I don't know.

By the way, there is a new version of Ubuntu (10.10)Audacity 1.3.x SERIES uses portaudio and is known to be problematic for many including me. In my case it would only record for a few seconds.
If you can find a a 1.2.x version then it will be stable and fast...debian had a 1.2.4 which I used,


hope that helps

mikeI'm using Audacity 1.3.11-beta (OpenSuse 11.2) on a Dell Studio LAPTOP. It is working fine for me. What are the specs of your hardware (processer, etc?)Actually with some recent testing a problem does arise if the project sample rate is not AVAILABLE on the sound card...which in my case WAS available by selecting 'default' ALSA device rather than the specific named card.
In other words playing with sound options may help.
Also the 1.3 series does take about 90% cpu on a 933mhz machine for recording compared to 30% for the older OSS version so may indeed be significant on a slower machine.
mike

486.

Solve : want linux?

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i WANT to get linux for my computer without buying ANOTHER computer, so can i switch between xp and linux?Ubuntu can be installed alongside Windows without even creating a separate partition, if you want to GIVE it a shot.

It's also a liveCD, so you can just BOOT from the CD and give it a whirl.Many distros of linux have GRUB.
It gives OPTIONS to boot.
What kind of and what purpose you are getting linux will affect your decision.
But in case of linux, you have to try to you find one which you feel is best for you.

487.

Solve : installing Fedora core 6 for a class(text install only)?

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I would like to know what I would need to do if I wanted to install Fedora core 6 on a laptop running Windows Vista HOME Premium (32 bit), and has 2.5 GB ram and a 160 GB Hard Drive. Also I do not want to do a graphical based install.

Thanks
CollegecaseWhy fedora6 , why not fedora 10 with full Drivers ,
get Fedora 10 from http://fedoraproject.org/ burn it in iso and reboot with DVD


its should be working under graphic mode

Regards
[link removed]I want to install Fedora 6 because I am taking a class on linux and we are using fedora 6. Also, besides the classroom itself, I have no WAY of practicing on my own.start your cd rom or DVD. the in boot menu type : Linux text


Enter ;

be sure that you have in windows mode more then 1 partition . and install Linux in D or E or F

20 GB is sufficient space but you cane make 30 or 40 if you have enough space
in de Linux partition phase create root partition / with 18 GB and the swap partition with 2 GB




regards
[link removed]Do I need to reinstall vista before installing Fedora Core 6 or can I just download it from the internet?

thanks
collegecaseyou DONT need te reinstall your vista . just make new partiton D: or E: or F: with 40 GB (NTFS) for example. then reboot your machine . insert the Fedora DVD or BEGIN with CD1 ,

install in text mode with : linux text


Regards
[link removed]

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Solve : can't access my windows files!?

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okay here's what happened

- needed to backup important FILES and reboot PC as it was virused up
- so installed ubuntu alongside windows xp from a ubuntu CD in the hope i could transfer my files
- found out i cant access any of my windows files from ubuntu despite trying many different online tutorials, and now can't load windows xp because of grub

so basically all i want is access to my C: drive, does anyone have any IDEAS?
thanks.Can you access it when using the Ubuntu Live CD (without actually INSTALLING it)?

Is "ntfs-3g" installed?

Around you able to navigate to the drive, but just not copy things from it?

Are you getting any error messages, or nothing at all?Thank you for replying

It does not work any more using the live cd

ntfs-3g is shown as installed on the package manager

To try and access the files, I used this tutorial at
http://www.wikihow.com/Access-Windows-Files-in-Ubuntu
And always get the error

'NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda2' : Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda2' doesn't SEEM to have a valid NTFS'

So i cannot EVEN access the files.At the command line, as root post your results of:

fdisk -l

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Solve : Buying a Linux computer help?

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We are UK based, and getting a new programme (Caldera Grand Rip+) which only runs on Linux. The spec that has been SUGGESTED by the French comapny that sells the programme is:

ANTEC THREE HUNDRED CASE
POWER SUPPLY 520W CMPU-520HX
MOTHER CARD GIGABYTE INTEL GA-EP55-UD5 LGA1156
INTEL PROCESSOR I5 750 LGA1156 2.66 Ghz
MEMORY 4 Gb DDR3-1333 Mhz
HARD DRIVE 750GB SATA-II 7200rpm 32Mb cache
RACK FOR HARD DRIVE SATA ICY BOX IB-128SK-B
NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD
DVD R/W
FIREWIRE / SERIAL / USB
2 ONBOARD NIC's 10/100/1000 Mps
UNIVERSAL CARD READER
SILENT FAN 120x120mm 16.1db max
ASSEMBLED + Pre-loaded with LinuxOS

Does anyone know a good place to purchase something like this (as I've only ever bought Dell etc in the past )

many thanks for your help I'm not familiar with that software program but some of the requirements seem unnecessary, after viewing http://www.caldera.com/en/index_en.php. However, I did not find SYSTEM requirements stated on their website. But, why, for example, 2 ONBOARD NIC's 10/100/1000 Mps and RACK FOR HARD DRIVE SATA ICY BOX IB-128SK-B?Thanks for your help, the spec was emailed to me by one of their sales team. I am not at familiar with what most of the trma mean...

''2 ONBOARD NIC's 10/100/1000 Mps'' - don't know what these are, but when the programe is''ripping'' (ie working out complicated stuff) does this mean that because there are '2' of them it allows you to work on other things at the same time?

''Rack for hard drive...'' - I dont know what this means

NIC means Network Interface Controller. In other words, it's the port to which you connect an ethernet cable which would also be connected to a ROUTER or modem for your Internet connection or connection to a LAN (Local Area Network). Most computers now have the NIC integrated into the motherboard but an expansion card can also be added by installing it in a PCI slot on the motherboard. So, you buy a computer with the typical single onboard/integrated NIC, you could add a second one, if necessary, by installing an expansion card.

These cards can be purchased for as little as $15. So, I would say don't worry about whether a new computer has 2 NIC's because you can add one later if necessary.

Regarding "Rack for hard drive...", I'm not absolutely sure what they mean; my guess is that they're talking about this type of external hard drive: http://reviews.cnet.com/i-o-cards/raidsonic-icy-box-ib/1707-3019_7-32527357.html. But, why this is listed as a requirement by Caldera Grand Rip+ eludes me. In other words, why are they saying an external hard drive, regardless of brand or particular specifications, is needed, and why do they specifically mention ICY BOX IB-128SK-B? I'd be inclined to try to get answers from them on these points.I would suggest they are having a French joke on you...looks like they gave you the spec of their machine. (Don't ask for directions in France lol)
The software simply converts postscipt data for commercial printing...any decent machine could handle that.

There are machines preloaded with linux though they tend to be netbooks....a PC with no operating system is probably the closest ($300+) and then grab (download) any linux you prefer...you would install it like you would windows. The software itself will probably be a self installing .bin file.

I'm guessing you have been volenteered for the task of getting this running

good luck

mikeQuote from: indogo on October 20, 2010, 04:50:06 AM

The software simply converts postscipt data for commercial printing...any decent machine could handle that.
Thanks for that info. It should be helpful to KerryE.

Quote from: indogo on October 20, 2010, 04:50:06 AM
There are machines preloaded with linux though they tend to be netbooks....

Two other options which might avoid the need to purchase another computer:
1) install Linux on an existing Windows computer in a dual-boot configuration. This allows you to start the computer under either Windows or Linux.
2) install the Linux OS as a Virtual Machine (VM), using VM software such as Orcale's VirtualBox or VMware Player. This allows running Windows and Linux simultaneously on the same machine.Quote from: indogo on October 20, 2010, 04:50:06 AM
Don't ask for directions in France

Why not?Thank you for the replys.

I will be looking for a pc pre-loaded with Linux over the next few days.

Expect tp get lots of queries regarding Linux on this FORUM in the near future I've heard of preloaded PCs with Ubuntu.Quote from: KerryE on October 21, 2010, 12:17:42 AM
Thank you for the replys.

I will be looking for a pc pre-loaded with Linux over the next few days.

Expect tp get lots of queries regarding Linux on this forum in the near future

Were you able to find a computer pre-loaded with Linux? Generally, I head over to my local hardware guy and tell him to build me a machine, and then install Linux (Redhat for servers and non-desktop use, OpenSuse for desktops) myself.

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Solve : Nokia E72 - Remote Drives - Accessing Data On PC - Configuration??

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hi,

My intention is to access my data's on my pc from my mobile, after some searching i found somebody SUCCESSFULLY done it.

i'm using UBUNTU 10.10.

( http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/t5/Eseries-and-Communicators/E72-Remote-Drives-Accessing-Data-On-PC-Configuration/m-p/664752 )

can ANYBODY pls elaborate the process how to configure the same as i'm a NEWBIE in ubuntu.

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Solve : How to see how much drive space is used??

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Hi everyone. I've just recently DELVED into the Linux world a bit here. I received a free Pentium IV 2.8GHz computer with no hard drive. I installed a 10GB HD in it and now have Ubuntu 8.04LTS installed.

Ah, I think I just now found the answer, or at least one way to see how much free space in on the HD. I opened System Monitor, under System | Administration, and selected the System tab. It shows 5.3GB free.

I still wonder whether there are other ways. Is there something equivalent to viewing My Computer in Windows XP, which shows all drives?

Well, maybe I was too hasty in posting this topic. I just selected the File Systems tab in System Monitor and see that it shows more detail regarding drive space; it shows total space of 8.8GB (that seems LESS than it should be - this is a 10GB HD), 5.7GB free, 5.3GB available, 3.1GB USED, and 36% used.

Regarding the apparent discrepancy between 10GB and 8.8GB, the 10GB may be unformatted capacity, and I believe the installation of Ubuntu created a SEPARATE swap partition, which does not appear in the System Monitor screens.If you select to let ubuntu do automatic partitioning that may be the case.If you were still wondering the command to CHECK free space it's "df".

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Solve : Ubuntu installation 8.01?

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I am facing problem installing ubuntu on my computer / I am trying to install ubuntu on E drive which i completely wiped out so that i can give ubuntu atleat 30 gig /but when i try to install it i chose for a manual install and then i selected the E drive but later it gives me a message cannot locate the ROOT direcoty ..being a beginner with ubuntu i really dont understand that ..Kindly reply

Thanks .I normally don't post here in the LINUX forum; I don't know much about it. But, let me ask, you're trying to create a dual boot configuration with Windows, right? What version of Windows? Did you have multiple PARTITIONS before trying to install Ubuntu? Is Windows on C?yes i have windows partitioned in my pc win xp pro ...let me explain it thie way ...

as i have mentioned earlier its abaisc wiindows installation that i did ..formattde the pc using ntfs throu7gh window created 3 partitions on it ..

so i have C ,D ,E ... now i m keen to have ubuntu ..so what i did is i transferrred all my files in E drive to D drive ..so the E drive is empty and im booting from the ubuntu hoping that i can install it it E drive ..creating dual boot .../This reference should help:
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed_first.htm?page=1Thanks Just listen to me , amnd dont follow the above Link because is talking abouth LinuxXO who is another Linux OS then Ubuntu ,

if you try to install ubuntu on your E drive manually , you have to create root partion / with 28 GB
and swap partion 2 GB , then should be working fine ,
if you dont kknow how , let the pc doinh aitomatic installation , the ubuntu wil detect automaticly your windows XP and wil not remove it ,


[link removed]Quote from: unixmen on January 12, 2009, 09:52:33 AM

Just listen to me , amnd dont follow the above Link because is talking abouth LinuxXO who is another Linux OS then Ubuntu ,

The article specifically states Ubuntu 8.04. So. why are you posting a rebuttal of the link I posted? In Ubuntu 8.01 u should be able to POP the cd in and install it with in widows and it ask what drive to install it on and when u reboot it be dual boot hope that helps u out
thanks for the info i got the point and it worked for me especially the swap funda /


Thanks a lot
493.

Solve : Flash player problems in Linux?

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Hi.

Community running Kubuntu (I suppose LINUX in general) I suppose know that there is problems with adobe flash player. Player eats a lot of RAM and there is almost impossible to browse sites which contains flash elements. Max 2 or 3 tabs opened, or even one page with flash and cpu load is up to 70-100%. What is going on?? Some continuous bugs in flash code which adobe can`t RESOLVE ? Maybe some configuration may help ...!!!
I`ve never seen this kind of problem in windows. But in Linux world it seems already the standart through versions (for example in Kubuntu) and flash problem STAYS uncovered.
So what is going on? Maybe someone has get out of this riddle and solved this or knows where the problem is?
I`m running Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE 3.5.9). Same problems was on previous versions of Kubuntu, also I`ve tried some few other versions of "flashplugin-nonfree" - some older, 9.0.124 - problem the same. Today I`ve installed newest 10.0.1.218 - all the same.
In fact I can say that on Core 2 Duo with 2 GB RAM cpu load is very small and all seems ok with flash.
But on Celeron 2.8 GHz, Pentium 4 3.00 GHz with 2GB RAM browsing is simply nightmare - cpu load is as I mentioned above (80-100%) and computer runs slow. So some CPU instructions in older CPU`s that can`t process flash player??? I don`t believe

Best Regards.
Sushy
Im also running UBUNTU 8.04 studio with kde DESKTOP but it seems fine with me..I had flash player installed and although kinda slow cause its just a PIII 550Mhz, 3x128Mb of RAM PC.

Have you checked out ubuntu forums?Try uninstalling Flashplayer and trying Gnash SWF it works good and lite and i had the same problem as u once and i uninstalled flashplayer adn got it off there flashplayer website and installed it seems to help also Hooray! Someone who knows something about Linux.

Welcome to the Forums JasonB. Hopefully you will become more of an active member.

As you can see by the date of this topic, we don't have many people familiar with Linux...

494.

Solve : undefined reference to `dlerror'?

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I have tried to build ANDROID SDK and FACING the following problem while linking the libraries :

: undefined REFERENCE to `dlerror'
: undefined reference to `dlclose'
: undefined reference to `dlsym'

If any one know the SOLUTION please suggest.
Thanks in advance.

Solve the error by adding the libdl in LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES.

495.

Solve : ps command on centos 5.2?

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hello i have centos 5.2 final box, i need help for ps command setting, i mean i want limit ps aux command for my ENTIRE user on the box, so they just can use ps x, so what should i do?

thxis verry verry SPECIFIC question,
#MAN ps on your terminal wil give you the EXACT answer


Regards
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496.

Solve : Finding NTFS External drive with Ubuntu?

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I have a NTFS External drive but Ubuntu will not find it. Can anyone tell how to go about to GET Ubuntu to read it. Ojassudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
Note: You should also be a member of the fuse group to use ntfs-3g.

Find out the name of your ntfs partition:

sudo fdisk -l

Method 1: In this example, the NTFS drive is listed by fdisk as /dev/sda2, but yours may differ.

Make a mount point for the drive:

sudo mkdir /media/WindowsNTFS

Edit fstab:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Comment out the automatically added LINES by Ubuntu installation:

#/dev/sda2 auto nouser,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
#/dev/sda2 /mnt auto USER,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

and instead add the line:

/dev/sda2 /mnt/WindowsNTFS ntfs-3g quiet,defaults,rw 0 0

please me know of it works for you,

Regards
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497.

Solve : UNIX Sendmail Command?

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Hi,

I have a problem with unix sendmail command.

When i USE this command /usr/lib/sendmail -i -U -t -O ErrorMode=q &LT;< !EOF along with TO and FROM clause i am getting an error like illegal command --U.This code was working fine earlier.I started facing the problem when my server got upgraded to SUNOS 5.1.Earlier it was working fine.Can SOMEBODY throw light on it.

498.

Solve : Linux compatibility with windows applications?

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My printer Canon MP210 wont print. Message reads "the printer is performing another OPERATION"
I TRIED to download driver but cannot find ONE free & I'm sure this problem can be solved without having to pay.Any HELP out there?

499.

Solve : Question for Linux Professionals?

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I want to build up my resume. Problem is, I cannot afford RHCT/RHCE classes or training at the moment. I have tons of down time at work as a Technician at a popular web HOST. I would love to use this time to be able to study more linux or IT related subjects and gain some certs. Does anyone know if there are any free or cheap certifications I can get involved in? I don't mind paying but I'm looking for something that may be offered for free that I can study. These certs and information will also help me when I'm ready to take on RHCE or RHCT.

Any suggestions or information welcomed.

Thanks,
Hi abelleba,
Some 60 people read your post and not even one remark. Well, I can not really call myself a Linux professional, cause I never made and money with Linux. Anyway, if you want certification to push your job getting skills you need to take a very broad approach.
You MIGHT be in a city that has a local college hat can give you some help with getting papers that impress employers. The object is not to get BETTER skills, but to show that you can pass tests to show you know how to study. Even a subject that you think is a dead end. Some have on-line courses that get you credits that will look good on your resume. You will not find this advertised on the internet. You have to GO to the campus and find out what they have. There are programs they have to reduce the fees is you have some reason. Like maybe you have a family to support.Thanks for posting but my local community college only offers a Linux intro class which is a little bit to slow PACED if you know what I mean. I'll keep a look out on the Internet I guess. Anyone else have any other ideas by chance?

Thanks,
usually, certifications that impress will cost money.

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Solve : GRUB is not loading?

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I installed the fedora 11 on the D-drive of the Window vista business but now my GRUB is not loading .I am new at the Linux .Please Help..Try restore the GRUB with SuperGRUB

There is the website:

http://forjamari.linex.org/projects/supergrub/

Regards,


esvom.

Also, do a Google on "GRUB and VISTA" (no quotes).

The problem is very large and you can waste a lot of time trying to get it right.

The lazy Geek will just do to separate installations of two separate hard drives. Then use the BIOS option to select a drive at the POST.

On my machine I press F12 before the loader starts and BIOS gives me a choice of which drive to make as the boot drive.

It can also be either the F8 or F11 key on other systems.Grub4dos is used by many auto installers but USING it directly is pretty straightforward and gives you a better idea of the boot mechanism you are dealing with.
From their wiki http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial
Grab the latest VERSION...it comes as a zip of the files needed.
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Booting GRUB for DOS via the Windows Vista boot manager

Use bcdedit to configure the startup menu:

bcdedit /create /d "Start GRUB4DOS" /application bootsector
bcdedit /set {id} device boot
bcdedit /set {id} path \grldr.mbr
bcdedit /displayorder {id} /addlast

Then copy grldr.mbr to C:\, grldr and menu.lst to the root directory of any FAT16/FAT32/NTFS/EXT2 partition.
It how you add an entry for grub/linux to a standard Vista menu.
Its the least obtrusive method (handy if retailers throw warranty invalidation at you) and then you create a menu.lst in the usual way to boot whatever....note a recovery partition usually moves partition numbering up one as grub will see it.
bcdedit is run from the console as administrator...see google for that one as even when logged in as admin you have to open the console with extra priviledges. Note {id} is the number returned from the first command..took me a while to realise that one lol.

In your case if you wish to try this you need booting restoring to the standard vista method first.Hey Geek-9pm,

does that work with IDE hard drives configured as master/slave on one ribbon cable?
that's a great tip if i can take advantage of it.edit: Google search

Yes. Go into your bios setup and look at all the options. If you have two or more drives in you system, there will a boot time menu after you hit the f12* key just before the HDD loader. This should be documented somewhere in the help area.
On my system I can select from one of six drives just after POST.
Floppy
CD ROM
first SATA
second SATA
first IDE
second IDE

This can be very hard to find in the DOCUMENTATION
!
http://biosagentplus.com/techsupport/award/awardmanuals/setup600.pdf

* or some other key.Geek-9pm,

my fault. SOMEHOW i hadn't noticed that the instructions you gave referred to vista, i'm using xp.
would i still be able to do this?

i'll be checking the link you provide anyway. i love those kind of tricks.
there's alot of useful tools in the bios. i have nowhere's near the expertise that i wish i had.

thanks.The BIOS boot menu can be used with any OS. In effect, the BIOS sets which device is the C: drive by a flip-flop on the motherboard. Geek-9pm,

i didn't quite realize what you were talking about. after checking out the link i realized that you were talking about simply changeing the boot order.
i've got a spare 'test' computer setup right now, so i figured i would just slap a distro on the center plug-in to see what would happen.
at first it didn't work, because it wasn't detected. then i changed the jumper and it was detected, but it still wasn't booting to it. i went into bios and changed the boot order and it went into the other OS.
while i was on a roll, i switched back and forth several times, just to become 'proficient'

i usually prefer dual-boot setups (especially seeing the operating system on the grub menu to choose), but lately i've had graphic/display troubles that couldn't be resolved and had to reinstall. having bootable single-OS's on a hard drive has it's upside.

thanks.We started talking about GRUB and then we got into BIOS boot options.
As I MENTIONED earlier, it can be do in GRUB, but it takes awhile going through ball the things you have to do to get it right.

Getting GRUB & Vista To Work Together


The BIOS has both a boot order option and a boot menu.

Om a DELL PC it can be F12.
Or maybe F11.
One machine in the shop has F8 and you have to be quick to hit it before windows starts. Otherwise Windows gives you yet another boot menu. Very annoying .

Look in you BIOS manual.

Geek-9pm,

sort of like booting into safe mode with windows. there's maybe a five second window where you're able to get in by pushing f8.
i don't mean to hijack the thread from the OP, wish i had a solution for him.
it's good to be reminded of the capabilities of the bios/setup utility. anyone who has mastered it, will be benefit greatly. one step closer to geekdom.

thanks again.