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I have winXP installed on the main C:\ partition, but the PROBLEM is... it's almost full!
So basically I want to add some space from my second (D:\) partition to my system partition.

But firstly, as a just-in-case MEASURE, I'd like to backup my 2 NTFS partitions (to my external USB 1TB)... not using the Ghost or the trusty Acronis... but exploring new areas by doing it in Ubuntu!

After that I want to resize partitions, but Gparted seems user-friendly enough, so I won't bother you with those questions

Thanks in advance!


/edit:
I tried to look at the documentation of SysRescueCD, but it was too much of CLIfication and I couldn't find anything about backing up NTFS partitions onto a USB drive What you need is CloneZilla. In most cases, just accepting the defaults will get the job done. Creating an image of an internal HARD drive on an external USB drive is bread and butter for CloneZilla.Hi,
I do this with partimage:
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
I start the computer with a live GNU/Linux distro in which partimage is already USABLE, such as Knoppix.
http://www.knoppix.org/
Regards.
pvdvyve

I have a Toshiba Satalite A135 laptop, about 2 years old. PURCHASED in Panama it has Vista Home Basic in Spanish. I WOULD like to change to a Linux OS but am not very experienced. I have a blank 1G FLASH drive and was wondering, can I download a NEW OS to the flash and try running my computer on that without messing with my existing system. Yes you can, provided the Tosh can boot from USB. Lots of tips and ADVICE here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on July 21, 2009, 10:16:42 AM

Which user? Which rights? Make the normal Linux user a member of the root group?

I must say your steup depends on what your doing on your computer.

What happened to your virtualmachine? Is it okay now?

It does, but ignorance of the security implications rarely constitutes bliss...

hi people,

i've LINUX centos installed on a cpu and i'm gonna include it in our current network together with windows system so that all development can be done in a centralise area.

currently i've not gotten samba to work on linux for file sharing with windows. however, im just using filezilla for file transfer.

i've created virtual host in linux apache. e.g: dev.domain.com which points to /var/www/html/project. this works fine in linux, i can access via the browser.

however, i will be doing the development in window xp instead. i can access the file on the linux system from window by specifying the ip ADDRESS of the linux system, e.g http://192.168.1.123/project/index.php. but, i wanna use the virtual names created. how can i CALL http://dev.domain.com on window system instead?

Thanks i hope i'm not confusing thingsFind your hosts file (in XP it's in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc) and put the definitions in there. E.g.:

192.186.1.123 dev.domain.com

This will only work on the machine that has that in its hosts file. For a network-wide solution, you'd NEED to put this definition in a local DNS server (Win2003, for example).

Incidentally, before you go much further with your Linux dev box, I strongly recommend installing Webmin, then Virtualmin. That will greatly ease administration of virtual domains and will also help with Samba configuration.Hey rob,

Thks for the reply.

I've inserted 192.186.1.123 dev.domain.com on my windows localhost Host file.

For virtual host settings, this is what was inserted into httpd.conf on the linux system:
Code: [Select]NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
SERVERNAME localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName dev.domain.com
ServerAlias dev.domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/project
</VirtualHost>
when i browse http://dev.domain.com on my windows system, im getting the default apache test page showing the successful installation of apache. however, if i browser http://dev.domain.com/project, it works. All works well if everything was done on the linux system itself.

What am i missing?
Have you tried putting that on your DNS Server? If im not mistaken, you could add that on DNS Records (A)oh..

i've not done so.. how shall i do that?Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on July 10, 2009, 12:39:10 AM

This will only work on the machine that has that in its hosts file. For a network-wide solution, you'd need to put this definition in a local DNS server (Win2003, for example).

im working on LAN. Do i need to deal with DNS?

Quote from: jerryheavyarms on July 06, 2009, 01:15:51 AM

If I may ask, does your internet connection works with your xp installation?

And does your DNS address in ubuntu points to your ISP?

Thank you everyone for replying,

Look at the pics I have attached below & you will come to know wat I ment....

you are great,it's the answer,ah

I just finished building my first computer and installed Windows Vista. It is the same copy as on my laptop so it is considered to be not "ginuine". Windows won't allow me to get online so I decided to just give Linux a shot until Windows 7 comes out. I got the ISO file downloaded, burned and installed. For the most part. It is now giving me a "boot load error" and it is giving me the option to edit things I don't even UNDERSTAND. I am a beginner all around and this is especially foreign to me. I tried research and I just cannot comprehend the information I am coming up with. Any suggestions??Well done for going legit!

I think something probably went wrong during installation. You certainly would have needed to tell the installer to nuke and utilise the entire hard drive, and install the boot loader (Grub, probably) in the MBR (default). You COULD try reinstalling, using a different distribution (Ubuntu?) or using Darik's Boot and Nuke on the drive before installing.Thanks for the advice! I will probably try to clean out the drive and install OpenSuse again. It took me forever just to figure out how to make the install disc. Sure. Just bear in mind the above points as you go through the installation questions. Come back for more ASSISTANCE if needed. How do I install the bootloader? can I download it on another computer and create an ISO disc?Configuring the bootloader is included in the installation procedures of Opensuse. Don't know if you've been here but for the sake of other READERS, here's the Installation Guide

But as Rob POINTED out, there might be an error in installation process. Or the DVD itself.

I have recently installed uBuntu onto my laptop, where I also have Vista & Windows 7.

I can change the boot ORDER for the Windows OSes, but it doesn't list Ubuntu as an option - and Ubuntu is always the first one to boot (it was the last to be installed).

Aside from the option screen when it initially launches, can I change the order so it PERMANENTLY uses Vista as the primary OS?Are you using the Grub BOOTLOADER or the Windows bootloader?RESOLUTION FOUND, thanks Rob.

Boot into Ubuntu and change the Grub file through terminal window:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst - change default option to 4Quite. Good job.

I am running SCO openserver 6 with sendmail as my mta I have a customer that sends me mail and occasionally some of them get bounced by my machine with a too many hops error. the header shows that it hops around their servers several times before getting to me and I know this is something that they should fix. but they will not and are telling me I need to fix it. they are a LARGE customer and we do not want to lose them over something so trivial. the question is what can I do on my SIDE to assure that I don't bounce there mails for too many hops?Out of interest, which version of sendmail is it? If you pass the parameter "-h30" (for example) to sendmail, this will set the max hop counter to 30. From the man page:

Quote

-hN: Set the hop count to N. If the hop count is GREATER than 30, the mail will be returned with the error message too many hops (30 max). By default, sendmail determines the hop count of a message by counting Received header lines in the message.

Hello all!

Recently I install Ubuntu8.04(32bit) in my laptop(DELL INSPIRON) which already have window vista(ORIGINAL), by shrinking out about 10GB space for Ubuntu.
After installed Ubuntu it just can use for 5 minutes then whole computer hang, initially i thought was screen saver problem, but after i tried for many TIMES, it's not screen saver problem, it hang SUDDENLY(5 minutes) when I was still using it.I can't even use restart key, I can just press on/off button to shutdown my laptop.

Can someone help me solve my problem?
THANKS!Given that Ubuntu 9.04 is already out, I wouldn't spend too much time trying to fix 8.04. I'd hazard a guess it's related to power saving or some low-level hardware interrupt, but there are so many different distributions out there that trying a different distro is probably much easier than trying to fix this one.

Alternative, you could try posting on the Ubuntu forums in case someone else has had a similar problem.Thanks for yr advice! I will go Ubuntu forum ask for solution. You can also try running it as a VM or if your computer is capable and you're willing to spend $50 or so you can install it to an external USB drive and boot off of that.No real need to bump a two week old thread, with no recent ACTIVITY from the opening poster...

could someone please help me find a tutorial on how to set up Knoppix Live 5.1 for wireless Maybe something here...

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Network_FAQthanks Karnac, I've been to that forum and it is virtually DEAD...It kind of seems like a ghost town..I posted on that forum seeking help and it doesn't seem like many people, if any, visit that forum.... I'll give it another look around for a TUTORIALS, thoughI found this. It might help.I appreciate that Quantos..............I also found this at the website that I just claimed was no help... :-

using_ndiswrapper_under_Knoppix_4.0.2_. 26_5.1.1" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Network_Wireless_for_Knoppix_5.1.1_FAQ#Q:__How_to_setup_the_wireless_connection_ using_ndiswrapper_under_Knoppix_4.0.2_. 26_5.1.1


don't I feel like an now

That's pretty funny.

I feel quite a lot Two THINGS come to mind....

"Doh"...by Homer Simpson

"Never mind" ........ by Rosanne RosannadannaShotgun on Homer.

Someone ELSE can be Rosanne Quote from: Karnac on June 24, 2009, 06:55:53 PM

"Doh"

I wanna try building a LINUX distro. I got the tools like gcc, binutils etc
I tried like LFS Project but it wont get up in make
HelpLFS is the place to start (or possibly Gentoo). But in either case it is a very demanding process. If your build environment is not working, you don't stand a chance. What errors are you getting?

Incidentally, I would consider myself to be a FAIRLY advanced Linux user/sysadmin with 10+ years' experience, but even I wouldn't attempt this. It's just too much pain when there are plenty of perfectly good distributions out there.

Ok well i have done a TON of searching and no one has been able to solve my PROBLEM...
I had compiz running perfectly on my PC but i had just booted it up this MORNING and i got an error message that my AWN would not start. Then i found my Effects to not be WORKING. I had thought this was odd so i WENT to appearance and what do you know? My visual effects were off. i said "oh, well i will just turn them on" only to realize it would not enable.

I'm running 9.04 Jaunty, my Nvidia grpahics card info...


Graphics Processor: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
VBIOS Version: 03.11.01.30.97
Memory: 64 MB

Bus Type: AGP 4X
Bus ID: 1:0:0
IRQ: 16
X Screens: Screen 0
Display Devices: Princeton Graphics Systems PrincetonEO705 (CRT-0)

I got this message when i got to my x server thing

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

so I go off and run "sudo nvidia-xconfig" and reboot

When I log back in I enabled my Custom Desktop Effects. Once they enabled my awn started, but it was only a blank white bar accross the bottem of my screen. Also my windows all lost their title bars..

Also i ran a compiz check and everything was OK
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
Driver in use: nvidia
Rendering method: Nvidia

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [ OK ]

Any help would be apreciated!!!!

What LINUX OS would operate reliably on an older system?

The PC is a 450 MHz Pentium 3 with 768 megs of RAM with a 20 Gig HD.
It's needed for browsing, email, IM, not much more......more or less an emergency backup computer.VectorLinux would run beautifully on that.Thanks Rob...downloading it now.Another Alternative Linux Xubuntu. It's Great...

http://www.xubuntu.org/

True, Xubuntu's also good although its requirements are typically slightly higher than Vector's.

Hello again i being trying ubuntu the last COUPLE days and i like it alot i would switch COMPLETELY over it was a faster
everything is really slow espiessaly youtube videos they don't even start most of the time and if they do they keep skipping are freeze
the internet browsers take awile to open and after they open they aren't quit as fast as opera and the firefox i use on xp
i downloaded compiz for the 3d cube and applications switching and got that working like i wanted it.

i can't even run 3 are more programs without it stalling are eventually crashing is my computer to slow for this it's a 2.80 celeron with 504 mb of ram how fast should ubuntu be running i couldn't amaging if i had the bear minumum computer specs reccomended which is about what xp is 350 mhz 128mb minumum i couldn't even amaging using the reccomended 700 with 256 mb ram what do you think the problem is when i try to load the latest drivers in system application are somewere in the the driver logo i'm using my xp right now it's driver something and i get an error and i tried to get the latest drivers online will an older version of ubuntu work better and i read online getting the 32bit instead of the 64 bit will make it run better were do i get that is there a wubi installer for an older version what is the newer version going to be like and i couldn't get adobe fore my youtube videos so i downloaded something else in the adobe down load there was ubuntu 8.04 with a + after is so i thought that would work for that version and ones newer but i didn't work i think after i downloaded gstreamer it started working but it was as i discribed above. how can i get this to run faster, my xp is running alot faster after i unistalled alot of stuff so i could use this is running like a million dollars on the latest games on the internet multitasking and don't skip a beat so i don't think it's my computer which is causing ubuntu to run so slow what do you think it could be.If you had it running locally vs off the Live-CD or DVD you would have better performance given you only have 504MB Ram which means you have a GPU that is stealing system Ram as well.

Linux runs quick even on LOWER end CPU's, and your performance issues are likely because the majority of your Ram is being used to run Ubuntu Live.

If you have a spare hard drive or if this computer is not your main computer, I would install Ubuntu directly to the hard drive and give that a try.

I have a Pentium III 850 Mhz with 384MB Ram that runs Ubuntu nice and fast on a 13GB Hard Drive. No issues WHATSOEVER. Videos after installing flash plugins were smooth with no problems on an old NVidia AGP 16MB Ram Video card.

You can also get better performance I heard by installing Xubuntu instead which is geared more towards lower end machines, which is at version 9.04 i think.I'm not running ubuntu off a cd i used wubi and i did add a gb of memory like i showed in one of my other posts Quote from: james202428 on October 09, 2009, 11:08:15 AM

... i used wubi ...

do you think it would be possible to save LINUX on a flash drive, i have a spare 2 gb and 4 gb one laying around, can i do it?I think your answer is here: HTTP://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive-the-easy-way/cool, thanks, now heres my second QUESTION, think i can put linux on a floppy DISK?Nope, they're too small in storage capacity.thanks, i have a bunch laying around

Anyone KNOW where I can FIND a linux driver for a GeForce 7200gs and a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 sound card? My sound works good, but I wondered if I still needed a driver. Also, I wanted to TURN on VISUAL effects, but Ubuntu says I can't turn them on.Try here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

However, you might FIRST try this: http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/04/how-to-install-nvidia-linux-display.html

Hi All,
My son has an Acer Aspire One Netbook with a linux o.s. Last night it froze. It has done this several times before, usually I just have to hold the power button down till it switches off... maybe for 4-5 seconds. Restart it, and it's fine, but this time the network centre has disappeared! I can see it in the taskbar when I hover over the tiny pic of the 2 wee pcs, but it's now greyed out. I did a bit of "googling" and I see this is a known problem with this netbook, or EVEN with linux, but my question is, we don't own an external disc drive to run the recovery disc on, is it possible for me to copy it to a flash drive and run it from that on the netbook to fix it?

Thanks in advance for any help.Yes, it is possible to boot from a flash drive. Google is your friend.

Here's one site from google: http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm

You can likely find instructions more tailored to your scenario if you google for the OS you're trying to install and "bootable flash drive"

cheersI managed to fix it with the help of google. Thanks! No problem!Hiya, me again! The flaming thing "died" yet again! Same exact problem, the network centre greyed out on the taskbar. I couldn't get it to work at all, so I've put it into a local pc repair shop a couple of days ago, and I'm still waiting to see what they suggest.
I asked them about changing the os to xp, and the man said they prob could do that, but I then said I didn't want them to do anything until they phoned me FIRST till I'd see how much it's cost me......... I was thinking I might just get it sorted, sell it as it is, and put the money I get towards a "proper" lappy, i.e one with vista or xp. The guy in the shop told me that they'd got back almost every acer aspire one they'd sold, with the same problem.
My advice is...... avoid linux, I certainly will anyway! liz, I don't think the problem is linux. Linux is really a great OS, but you have to be familiar with it to use it properly (at least, with most flavors of it).

Most likely the issue you're having is due to poorly coded drivers for your machine- something that acer should have had ready to go since it came with linux.

One thing you could try (I would definitely if I had an aspire 1) is MAC OS 10.5 (leopard) on your aspire.

Check it out here: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=11796&start=0#p74825

Otherwise, I'd recommend either XP or Windows 7.

I have a IBC XLA computer running SCO UNIX that was installed in 1990 and has run 24/7 till a couple of weeks ago when it died. It has 2, 1 GB SCSI hard drives using NTFS file system that I somehow MUST retrieve the data files and load them onto a MS XP system. Most of the files are history and are not used very often but would be NICE to keep on line.
What options do I have to do this?

Thanks

The DISK drives are Seagate ST41200N with a 50 pin low density SCSI connector. Find a Desktop PC that has a SCSI controller.

If you have a good Desktop with open PCI slots, consider:
Adaptec SCSI Card 2930
Here is a link to adaptec:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/Controllers/Hardware/scsi/entry/AHA-2930CU/
Also, there are various connectors for SCSI, you want ot Google
SCSI adapters
Here is one good hit:
http://www.ramelectronics.net/audiovideo/scsi/scsi-adapters/c20000-c25000-c25100-p1.html

Sorry I can't give much help. I am not a SCSI expert. also, even with a proper SCSI controller, XP might not recognize the filesystem.Quote

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also, even with a proper SCSI controller, XP might not recognize the filesystem.

I just recently bought the Digital Download of Windows 7 Professional and had to do a Clean installation from my Vista Home Premium OS and when I restart my computer it gives me the option to choose Windows 7 or Ubuntu. But when I click Ubuntu it is telling me to put a Windows CD and Repair it.

Although I do not have a Windows CD to repair it as it was a Digital Download Upgrade of Windows 7 Pro.

Does anyone know how to Uninstall Ubuntu option so that It will load straight to Windows 7?Can you get into Windows 7 without a hassle?
I have had similar problems with Ubuntu, XP and Win7.
The solution was so hard that I can't remember what I did and I would not recommend it. If your system is working except for the annoyance, leave it alone.Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 22, 2009, 04:06:29 PM

Can you get into Windows 7 without a hassle?
I have had similar problems with Ubuntu, XP and Win7.
The solution was so hard that I can't remember what I did and I would not recommend it. If your system is working except for the annoyance, leave it alone.

In Windows 7 you can set the defaut item and
change the time it takes to default. If Windows 7 is the boot loader.

But if the Ubuntu GRUB is the boot loader,
you will have to change it in Ubuntu.

It is not super easy. GRUB has to treat Windows 7 like Vista.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1292139

I still recommend ayou leave it alone!

Okay maybe.
Let's so take a look here. If it is indeed Windows 7 is the upload or you can change the boot order and change the amount of time it takes to load the default item. You could set it up so that Windows 7 is the default system and set the time to 1 second and then the dead screen will just come on for a second and then what will you write in the window seven if you are concerned about the disk space taken up Ubuntu, you can deal with that issue later.
In Windows 7 there is an option to change the order of the items in the closure and change the default time the easiest way to do this is smooth the system recovery tools I think you get to it by getting somewhere into my computer and look for something called the system restore or system recovery and in that area there is an advanced feature for changing the boot order. It's kind of hard to find and I have not found anywhere in the documentation until just find it. But then, trying to read through all the window seven documentation is a real chore
.
Excuse me, I am a very slow typist. So O am doing this using a program called Dragon naturally speaking. Once in a while it comes up with some very strange grammar and spelling.
I'm going to take a look again at the Windows 7 on the other computer.
Edit Here is a picture:
http://geek9pm.com/pix/default_OS.png

Problem Solved I used a program called
EasyBCD to remove it. Was very simple.

ok heres the situation
i have two partitions
/dev/hda1 is the boot 600mb
/dev/hda2 is just for general stuff and is 500mb
the disk is 1500mb
how do i enlarge hda2 to get the extra 400mb without losing data and no backups?Gnome Partition Editor.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/forgot to mention
but i would prefer doing it without starting the windowing system
Quote from: smeezekitty on September 03, 2009, 12:37:07 PM

forgot to mention
but i would prefer doing it without starting the windowing system

i downloaded parted
did
./configure
make
make install
then i typed parted and an error came up:
parted: error while loading shared libraries: libparted-1.6.so.13: cannot open s
hared (o)object file: no such file or directory

any ideas on this error

You can try a reboot and see if the library links are updated, and if not maybe copy the library from /usr/local/lib to /usr/lib (or vice versa) (which is a kludge but never mind)

I looked for where you told us what distro you were running, but I guess I must have missed it. Maybe you wrote it really really small

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

->/dev/hda:(parted)
heres what it says now

What do you think is the BEST BOOK to read to study linux and what is the difference between ubuntu and DISTRO?.. tnx..Quote from: dthscyth on October 28, 2009, 04:38:22 AM

What do you think is the best book to read to study linux ...

what is the difference between ubuntu and distro?

I stopped being a distro-wh*re; I just use openSUSE. just use the more popular ones, or the ones that have a lot of history, eg FEDORA (redhat), suse to name 2.
forget about the rest. Ultimately, the commands you use will more or less be the same.http://distrowatch.com


Ones to look at:

Ubuntu (Linux)
U-Lite (Light Version) (Linux)
Xubuntu (Very Light Version) (Linux)

DEBIAN (Linux)
OpenSuse (Linux)
MANDRIVA (Linux)
Sabayon (Linux)
PuppyLinux (Linux)
PcLinuxOs (Linux)

OpenSolaris (UNIX)

AmigaOS (AmigaOS-Based)
MenuetOS (Menuet-Based)
BeOs (DisContinued) (BeOS-Based)
HaikuOS (Not Complete) (BeOS-Based)
ReactOS (Not Complete) (Windows-Based)

hi,

I have a 400gb HARDDISK containing allot of IMPORTANT data and the harddisk is a Reiserfs partition.
I can't read reiserfs in windows unless I use a tool.. does anyone know of such a tool to convert reiserfs to fat32 or ntfs...
MAKING a duelboot with windows and unix didn't WORK to retrieve the data, so that's why i need a tool.

Thanks in advance.i can convert fat32 to NTFS and vice versa, but not reiserfs to fat32 or NTFS1. install disk in PC
2. Boot Windows
3. use YAReG to mount reiserfs drive
4. Copy files onto NTFS volume.

http://yareg.akucom.de/

I have a file where the contents of a parameter can come in any order:

part=NYRS1996,idm=CFTRCFG,type=message,msg=test
idm=CFTRCFG,type=message,msg=test,part=NYRS2002
part=NYRS2014,idm=CFTRCFG,type=message,msg=test
idm=CFTRCFG,part=NYRS3003,type=message,msg=test
part=NYRS3007,idm=CFTRCFG,type=message,msg=test
.....

I need to EXTRACT the filed after "part=", eg.,
NYRS1996
NYRS2002
NYRS2014
NYRS3003
NYRS3007


I was HOPING to avoid to avoid writting a cumbersome SCRIPT to do this. Is it possible to do this with a one/two liner unix COMMAND like sed or awk?
Code: [Select]awk -F"," '$1 ~ /^part/{sub(/part=/,"",$1);print $1}' file

from now on , your TASK is to start learning how to write shell scripts.

How to configure mDSL to be working in Ubuntu 9.10.
It is my FIRST time the use ubuntu,but the problem is: I do not know how to configure the NETWORK on that system.I have mDSL connection which it used to be working on windows(all VERSIONS) but I am not sure if it can be working in ubuntu.for your information(I am in very underdeveloped COUNTRY where the EASIEST os can be difficult)please help me out to start with linux.http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=327

I am contemplating purchasing a new computer (Asus) and have been told that Linux is a much more stable system than Windows. I am so TIRED of waiting for 15 minutes for my computer to boot up with all the security programs that I have installed. Does Linux have the same problems with Viruses and malware as Windows? Is it compatible with the Free Office program that can be downloaded from the internet? Will it run Adobe Reader, Power Point Viewer, MUSIC programs, Quick Books, etc? I haven't used the Free Office program but from what I understand it will interface with Word Perfect and Microsoft Office. ThanksLinux does not have problems with viruses and malware, ( unless you run as Root, which is not advisable).
Open office is the best program to run on Linux, and interfaces well with Microsoft Office.
Adobe reader works with Linux, music should be no problem, but I do not know anything about Quick books.
Remember though that Linux is not Windows and will require a DIFFERENT way of doing things, but is not to big a learning curve.http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
Download iso file and install to CD, then boot to CD and run without installing (you'll see the menu items first). This is called UBUNTU Live CD. I'm actually running that right now on a P4-3GHz-2MB RAM. All apps and Firefox are INCLUDED. You can try it, see if everything functions and then install it on your current computer. It is quite a bit different from Windows, but not all that difficult to navigate.Thank you --- Am a novice to computer --- wish to try out Ubuntu --- Read so much good about it ---
Could you please give me a few useful tips --- An Ubuntu CD is on its way to me from Shipit --- wish to know of any intricacies useful to an old man who had been laughed at by I T youngsters when asked for their help.
Thank you very much indeed.

Hello everyone.

I recently moved my SMALL WEBSITE to a home web server. I used an old machine that I had put Ubuntu onto; however, I still do most of my editing on my main machine. The problem with that is that I then have to transfer those web pages and images over to the Ubuntu machine. That is a big hassle so I want to set up a network drive on my Ubuntu machine so I can DRAG and drop them and then simply move them to the appropriate folder. I KNOW I can set that up on my Windows machine but I would rather have it on the Ubuntu machine and connect to that in Windows.

Thanks.Hello,

Checked this one out &GT;> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba ?

I have been TRYING to install Ubuntu 9.i into a partition. I get about 83% through the PROCESS, and then when I choose the partition I get the error message"No root file is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu." The partition is a FAT 32 or NTFS (I've tried them both).
My friend tells me I probably need an EXT2 partition. If so, how do I convert the previous file types to an EXT2 partition? Lots of partition problems with 9.10. It's supposed to install automatically and convert existing partition you choose to EXT3. I installed to two different computers to it's own HARD drive, one installed with no issues, the other refused to see drive and format to EXT3. 9.04 installed WITHOUT issues and then upgraded to 9.10 with no issues. Probably best to run Live CD and never install.I have a friend who managed to get the Ubuntu installed into the partition. The hard drive is partitioned with Windows XP, Vista, a blank partition and Ubuntu. It comes up automatically to Windows XP, but no way to access the other two. I've read something about a Grub booter or something like it.
Can you enlighten me on this?Hello,

GNU Grub is a boot loader like LILO. Basically a boot loader is the stuff that you use to select the OS you would like to boot up. The options are shown in a list.
For more information visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB

It is useful when you have a multi-boot system.

Was wondering if there was an easy way (utility with wizard) or step by step instructions available on how to create your own LIVE CD or DVD Distro of Linux?

I use Fedora and Ubuntu as well as Knoppix. I would like to create my own Knoppix like Live CD or DVD with CUSTOM programs INSTALLED prior to wrapping it up into an ISO, but havent had any success in making it work.

Thankshttp://lmgtfy.com/?q=+how+to+create+your+own+LIVE+CD+or+DVD+Distro+of+LinuxHey thanks...with proper search words there is lots of infohttp://www.linux-live.org/?howtosWhen your ready to burn use this:

Test Your Download Speed:
http://speedtest.net
Burning Software:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Data-CD-DVD-Burning/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free.shtml
Distro Places:
http://distrowatch.com
Distro Comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

You can also use Nero, Roxio or any other one capable of Iso Burning.

Just burn it as a Iso (not data), a Live Version is recommended.


OpenOS's to check out!
Ubuntu (Linux)
U-Lite (LIGHT Version) (Linux)
Xubuntu (Very Light Version) (Linux)
Debian (Linux)
OpenSuse (Linux)
Mandriva (Linux)
Sabayon (Linux)
PuppyLinux (Linux)
PcLinuxOs (Linux)

OpenSolaris (Unix)

AmigaOS (AmigaOS-Based)
MenuetOS (Menuet-Based)
BeOs (DisContinued) (BeOS-Based)
HaikuOS (Not Complete) (BeOS-Based)
ReactOS (Not Complete) (Windows-Based)Hello,

You might also be interested in the LinuxFromScratch project. Builds a Linux system and teaches a lot about it as well.
Click here to visit their website.
And here for instructions on how to get the system on your hard disk to a CD.

I am looking for a replacement to Windows Server 2000 for 5 license RDP Terminal Services, and I would liek to go with Linux to have up to 5 user remote Linux DESKTOPS available.

Playing with Linux a while back I found KRDP that was the CLIENT to be able to connect to MS Terminal Services, but I was unable to find a Linux Host Service for Terminal Services.

Any suggestions?http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatIsubuntu/servereditionYou can RDC from linux to Windows using rdesktop if that's what you meant, or did you MEAN the other way ROUND?

You can install Xming on Windows to login to linux with XDM, but I'm not aware of service on linux that accepts RDC protocol yet. Unless someone else can enlighten me.

I am recently new to Ubuntu. Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 9.04 alongside my primary OS, which is XP Pro. I finished the install and went to log in to Ubuntu, but it says that I did not have the correct password/username. How can I recover my password and username?You should enter the username and password you set during installation.

You could try:

Username: root
Password: linux

If you log in to Ubuntu with this log in, CREATE A NEW USER IMMEDIATELY, LOG OUT, THEN INTO THE NEW USER ACCOUNT!

NEVER, UNLESS absolutely necessary, log in as root.

Or:

If you can't remember the username or password AT ALL or the above doesn't WORK, reinstall and set a username and password you can remember.



I will have to try root/linux to login. The username and password are the same as what I use for Windows, I even checked my spelling and the case I used, so it should have WORKED. If the post above does not work try this.

boot to the grub screen, watch closely, you will have to press escape
key to get there. choose recovery kernel. in the menu, choose drop to
root shell. use the command useradd followed by the username you want
to add. then the command passwd followed by the username you just
created to create the password. reboot, and login.
Don't forget your linux is case sensitive.I got it, my username was just my FIRST name. Works fine. Thanks a lot!you need root for administration tasks, so unless you are a admin, (or foget your password ) don't log on to Root.

I did and now I F*** it up. lucky it's a virtual pc.Quote from: cactuslizard on September 27, 2009, 02:47:27 PM

I got it, my username was just my first name. Works fine. Thanks a lot!

Quote from: Salmon TROUT on December 02, 2009, 11:29:09 AM

Just read the posts on this forum to see how dumb Windows users are compared with Linux users. Not including the "I downloaded Obunto and now I can't find My Documents" type people.

COMMON experience. Trust me, it doesn't necessarily reflect on the operating system, it's simply what happens. Beginners start somewhere. they buy a computer. what's on the computer? Windows.

I Don't need "facts and figures" when basic deductive reasoning can infer that since a higher percentage of beginners end up using windows that a higher percentage of these beginners will be the type with no initiative- that is- they are simply interested in doing their job and getting out, they don't want to learn the caveats of some right-click menu or how triple-clicking on a paragraph in word selected the entire paragraph- they learn the basic operating instructions and use them to a T.

While some beginners choose to use Linux, it is almost always by choice- and in nearly every case, even the greenest novice has the initiative to learn more then the basics; again, not necessarily a reflection on the operating system itself but rather a result of the uneven user demographic between the two. If somebody doesn't choose an OS or doesn't even know what one is- they get windows. If somebody wants Linux they probably know what an Operating System is which is more then we can SAY for a good percentage of the windows user base, where we even have people in the highest levels of academia saying that the registry "interacts" with other parts of windows, which is the most incorrect thing that can be said. The registry is data, it is manipulated by running processes, not the other way around. This sort of backwards and incorrect terminology only seems to pervade the world of windows, because users will master the right-click drag and suddenly call themselves and expert, and start parroting off random nothings that are LIKELY just quotes right out of some technical magazine whose "technical" advice borders on the insane. This is why we have so many myths about windows, such as registry cleaners and the proper size of the pagefile- how many Windows users even understand Ring 0 versus Ring 3? Not a lot. over Half of all Linux users DO understand and those that don't have the appropriate mindset and the initiative to learn.

It's not a question of user stupidity- if that's the case, we were all born stupid, but we all know that's not the case. Just because, for example, somebody hasn't had the concept of a file system or a file or a folder or the heirarchal file system click in their head doesn't make them stupid- Intelligence is the potential to learn, not the ability to morass vast stores of useless and trivial information. Many windows users that I class as uninitiated simply haven't considered that the PC is something that, with proper study, could make their jobs easier- rather then, for example, rushing through the copying of 50 templates and customizing each Dear <username> section, they could learn how to properly do a mail merge and save themselves time. Their devotion of less time to learning how to properly do a task is not a reflection on their intelligence but rather a reflection on their motivation to learn about it.

Just read the posts on this <censored> forum to see how dumb Windows users are compared with Linux users. Not including the "I downloaded Obunto and now I can't find My Documents" type people.

Quote from: Salmon Trout on December 02, 2009, 11:29:09 AM

Just read the posts on this *censored* forum to see how dumb Windows users are compared with Linux users. Not including the "I downloaded Obunto and now I can't find My Documents" type people.

ow, you gotta agree linux isn't really user friendly

Hi all,

I am a beginner in this stuff. i always telnet to this one SERVER and then CONNECT to FTP server to do downloading (server-client case). i usually running PREPARED script saved in ftp client. script is in .sh file (eg: script.sh). my Q is why suddently this error msg saying "permission denied" POPPED out when i tried to run the script as usual? Please help. thanks so much.

Anyway, my command line is sumthing like below:

telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
script.sh

and the script is sumthing like below:

#!/bin/ksh
USER='xxxx'
PASSWD='xxxx'
NOW=$(date '+%Y%m%d%H')
GRABDATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d')
YDAY=$(TZ=CST+24 date +%Y%m%d)
mkdir aaaa$GRABDATE
ftp -n xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <user $USER $PASSWD
binary
lcd aaaa$GRABDATE
cd xx/xx/xx
prompt
mget *$NOW*.zip
bye
SCRIPT

then you should check with your sysadmin whether they have done something to your account or the server to restrict your execution of the script.uh..

I want to connect my MOBILE phone with the pc to GET some mp3s. My pc doesnt have BLUETOOTH so I have to connect it with USB cable. I connect the phone but NOTHING seems to happen. What else do I have to do to PUT the mp3 in the phone?Have you tried http://ubuntuforums.org/

I have a Linux tablet..2005 im pretty sure.. With windows XP on it.
The problem is when i turn it on the SCREEN is too dark like the battery is about to die but the screen settings haven't been touched, and its plugged in.
I can just barely see the Xp start up screen and the desktop is almost impossible to read.
It was working fine until the battery died yesterday, and ive had it plugged in ever since.Battery says its 98%
Ahh I need some help with this,someone gave it to me and I have no clue about the xp tablet lol a "Linux Tablet" with "Windows XP" on it?
That sounds fishy...

The dark screen is most likely caused by a failing LCD screen power inverter or backlight.
Either can be replaced by yourself if you have some knowledge of how to open a laptop, unfortunately it is often risky for inexperienced users. (Myself, I would be uncomfortable replacing a backlight unless it was easily accessible... a power inverter usually isn't too much).

Can you give us a model number of the tablet PC so we can assist you in finding parts?
If you can afford to, and if you consider it WORTHWHILE, you may want to consider bringing it to a PC Repair technician. My laptop Asus which runs Mepis 8 (linux) and Vista occasionally had a problem like that, I am not a windows person but on the bottom panel on the right should be a power management icon, if you can see it check the brightness settings and adjust they sometimes self adjust - glitch. If you cannot see it at all will the tablet boot from an external cd ROM drive, if you can then see the screen repost the question over in the MS forum, if you cannot go with Zylstra's advice and go to a dealer or GET more details and post INFO

Hello All,

My name is Justin. i bought a netbook last year. it is an Acer Aspire One preloaded with Windows XP.
the main reason i bought it was so that i could use it in college (Computer Science Major). Unfortunately, i am no longer taking C.S. as a major, thus, Fedora is ... kinda useless to me.

I read some articles on how to remove linux partitions, and so, as instructed, i deleted the partition with linux in it. then i rebooted, and what i was supposed to do was press F10 and go into the Recovery Console, where i would press r then type fixmbr, and that would bypass/DISABLE GRUB from running.
But, what did happen was completely unexpected. i got a window with a couple informational text about GRUB and a grub command line

grub>

thankfully, i have two laptops and i looked around and found similar problem, but none that match mine in a certain way.
to boot XP, i would have to type

grub> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
grub> makeactive
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot

only then will XP start. i understand what all this means, ive messed with Fedora and Ubuntu for about a year. i continued to read the posts that i found, and for some reason, when i do access the F10 menu at startup, there is no "Recovery Console" or anything or the like.

i found a way to install the recovery console, but every time that i access it, it just gives my an error and says "press Ctrl + Alt + Del to reboot" which is strange.

so i checked the partitions in Disk Management and there is no hd set as active, and i cant set it to active, and i cant shrink or expand volumes, even though (from deleting Fedora 10 i have 25GB of unallocated space,wierd)

so my main problem is this. EVERY solution that i find requires me to load the XP Recovery Disk.
***Problem***

1) my machine did not come with a recovery disk, but it did come with Acer eRecovery Management, which i used somewhere in the middle of all this mess, and it only formatted the C drive, leaving the D (where Fedora was installed) and the GRUB untouched.

2) its a netbook and i do not have an external CD drive

ive looked into my boot.ini, and it looks like this::

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\CMDCONS\BOOT.DAT="Microsoft Recovery Console" /cmdons


after a second of looking at this, i had to ask "*censored*!?"
i removed the last line with the recovery console, since it didnt work anyways ...
then i looked at the "partition(2)"
but i know for a fact that (hd0,0) is the backup drive, and the (hd0,1) should be winXP

so i tried putting 1 for both parts, and my netbook gave me an error saying that there is *basically* nothing in the specified hd partition.

all i really want to know is how to disable GRUB, and set "active" to my hd0,1

i thought this through, and i could actually REinstall Fedora, log in as the root, and disable grub from showing up, set XP as the main, then possibly DELETE fedora again (hopefully having no grub problems)
but i feel that this is time consuming and not necessary. if someone could help me access the "r" option in a properly working Recovery Console, all i would have to do is type in "fixmbr" and that would take care of the grub, but then i have the problem of setting the partition to active (which for some reason the highlight isnt accessable (for some reason???) but i can make the empty partition an active drive, which does absolutely nothing. i could just live my life typing :

grub> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
grub> makeactive
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot

every single time i boot up, but i am already getting tired of it

someone PLEASE help me.
ps. sry this is kinda long, i tried to tell everything i did to speed up things alittlehere is a recovery console iso you can try:

http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso

The Windows boot.ini was correct and you had no need to change it. The first partition on your hard drive is called partition one in the Windows system.thanks for the fast replies guys. i am downloading the iso right now

and @ Geek-9pm

i figured that it was correct after nothing booted. i was just curious because i looked up what the original file should look like and i just COPIED it That Boot.ini indicates that the first partition is a recovery partition and the second is the XP system. But XP can still call itself the C: drive if it wants to.
(It is a registry thing.)Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 01, 2010, 09:12:56 AM

here is a recovery console iso you can try:

http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso

That Boot.ini indicates that the first partition is a recovery partition and the second is the XP system. But XP can still call itself the C: drive if it wants to.
(It is a registry thing.)

is there a way to set a partition to active other than using Disk Management? i think that that is one of the main problems

I've only used the ISO on CD-R discs.

Hello i have being USING ubuntu for about 4 months and i have istalled and uninstalled it about 4 times i want to unistall it again and reload it but i can't find the ubuntu unistall in control panel.

And also i can't even get into ubuntu most of the time this is also why i want to reload it Hello,

Maybe you've installed it on a dedicated partition rather than alongside your Windows?

Quote from: james202428 on November 28, 2009, 03:21:02 PM

And also i can't even get into ubuntu most of the time this is also why i want to reload it

Hello,

I assume that the GRUB Prompt appears when you try to boot. If its not so, please let me know.

In the
sh:Grub>
Prompt, type exactly the following code:

Code: [Select]root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
boot

It should boot Windows. We can move on with a positive reply from your side.

I have a friend whose computer we are trying to upgrade from the status of 'paperweight'. It won't boot the XP it had installed on it anymore; it cycles through the boot-up page over and over again. We decided to try Linux -- I've gone through install CDs, LIVE CDs, bootable USB images (Sugar On A Stick, anyone?)

However, the computer always hangs at the same place --

[] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10

...help? Is the computer too damaged to install Linux? Is there a way to work around the damage?

The OS versions that we were looking at (other than the blueberry version of Sugar On A Stick)
-ubuntu (just because I figured, this one might have the most support)
-puppy linux
-knoppix
-DSL (*censored* small linux)
Hello,

Quote from: duckyreads on December 28, 2009, 05:00:52 PM

... status of 'paperweight'. It won't boot ...

It's a Dell Latitude D810; it has a different hard drive than it did originally (I think... 80gigs? Because the original one did a header, and died spectacularly).

That's generally the error it gets stuck with -- kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10. (Be it Ubuntu based or Fedora based, CD boot based or USB based).

It doesn't like to boot from CDs very much (it's really... ornery?) but when it does, regardless of the system, that seems to be the problem.

When it's trying to boot windows, it gave off errors that apparently indicate that an installed memory module could be faulty/improperly seated. Is there a way to work around that? This could be a stupid question, it's just -- sometimes programs like ZBrush expand into the actual harddisk space for fake 'RAM', so I thought maybe I could get Linux system to section off part of the harddrive to work as RAM. (This is probably a stupid assumption, but I don't actually know). This could be related to the error, or not -- it's just that I pretty consistently get that error.

a copy of what the screen says the last time I tried to boot the blueberry version of Sugar on a Stick (sorry if I make any stupid typos):

Code: [Select][<c0767010>] oops_end+0x99/0xa1
[<c0420083>] no_context+0x10d/0x117
[<c04201ac>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x11f/0x127
[<c0563141>] ? avc_has_perm+0x41/0x4b
[<c0594778>] ? idr_get_empty_slot+0x13c/0x1e7
[<c0564721>] ? inode_has_perm+0x69/0x84
[<c0764f88>] ? _cond_resched+0x8/0x2b
[<c0767ead>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x298
[<c04201c6>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0x12/0x15
[<c0767fe1>] do_page_fault+0x134/0x298
[<c0767ead>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x298
[<c0766663>] error_code+0x73/0x78
[<c04b00d8>] ? end_swap_bio_read+0x5a/0x62
[<c04ba94d>] ? kmem_cache_create+0xf4/0x23e
[<c09a4f29>] ? eventpoll_init+0x0/0xc1
[<c09a4fb3>] eventpoll_init+0x8a/0xc1
[<c055dc28>] ? security_sb_kern_mount+0x12/0x15
[<c0498646>] ? free_pages+0x8/0x24
[<c09a4619>] ? init_pipe_fs+0x0/0x3d
[<c09a4639>] ? init_pipe_fs+0x20/0x3d
[<c0401143>] do_one_initcall+0x51/0x13f
[<c0989372>] kernel_init+0x19c/0x1ed
[<c0989id6>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x1ed
[<c04041a7>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10

Not entirely sure what the other boards have to do with it; I cover more ground by asking in more than one place. Different people go to different sites. Yeah, I copy paste ... myself? When I don't want to type out a problem twice. Is this a personal pet peeve of yours? Not really sure what the problem is. If I was opening a billion threads in one forum, I'd understand the irritation, but otherwise, I'm not really sure what your issue is.

Hi I am new to this forum, I have been using Mepis for about two years and currently my primary OS is Mepis 8. Recently after a mobo died on my old printserving puter I moved my printers to ANOTHER BOX successfully installing CUPS and networked my laptop and printers, I have an epson stylus photo rx630 which is my scanner, xsane is my scanner frontend of choice. When I installed it and tried to run it, it failed running it from command line returned segmentation fault. I have posted on mepislovers with no luck and have emailed the author of xsane, which may or may not be a long wait. I am hoping someone is familiar with segmentation faults which seems to be a register address issue or an array issue depending on what you read. I am pretty certain the fault is here


[emailprotected]:~$ catchsegv xsane
*** Segmentation fault
Register dump:

EAX: 00000000 EBX: b5f5e2fc ECX: 08a1b567 EDX: 00000000
ESI: 00000000 EDI: 08a1b568 EBP: bfa4ae98 ESP: bfa4ae90

EIP: b6dac110 EFLAGS: 00010246

CS: 0073 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b

Trap: 0000000e Error: 00000004 OldMask: 00000000
ESP/signal: bfa4ae90 CR2: 00000000

FPUCW: ffff037f FPUSW: ffff0020 TAG: ffffffff
IPOFF: b738e2e9 CSSEL: 0073 DATAOFF: 00000000 DATASEL: 007b

ST(0) 0000 0000000000000000 ST(1) 0000 0000000000000000
ST(2) 0000 e000000000000000 ST(3) 0000 a2425ff75e14fde6
ST(4) 0000 edbe760000000000 ST(5) 0000 0000000000000000
ST(6) 0000 edbe760000000000 ST(7) 0000 0000000000000000

Backtrace:
/lib/libSegFault.so[0xb7742100]
??:0(??)[0xffffe400] //I think this is the problem but I am now stuck
/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epson2.so.1(sane_epson2_control_option+0x17b)[0xb5f4fecb]
/usr/lib/libsane.so.1(sane_dll_control_option+0x77)[0xb7729357]
/usr/lib/libsane.so.1(sane_control_option+0x39)[0xb77279f9]
xsane[0x8053f81]
xsane[0x80c1f2a]
xsane[0x80c5a3c]
xsane[0x80c62ac]
xsane[0x80c74c2]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb6d51455]
xsane[0x804f3f1]

I have the COMPLETE output of catchsegv and will post it if someone understands this problem and can sort it and they need more info

many thinks MokshaHello,

Of what I remember from the old days when I played with this stuff, you can rebuild XSane...Okay I am not sure how to do thatHello,

Get LATEST available source. Check the docs on building it from source.

ʖ Is it possible to limit the CPU Usage of a cron job?

On my server, I have a schedule cron job that runs nightly at midnight through Webmin which backs up my home folder to a second drive. Unfortunately, this SEEMS to rack up the load average higher than what I would like, and it causes the Apache response time to become very delayed. (IRC does fine for some reason).

Just by editing the cron command, is it possible to prevent a task from using up so many resources? I recently changed it to just update new files instead of all files, but I would still like to reduce the CPU usage. (Google just got my site indexed. I'm so happy!) Zystra,

You did not mention what OS you run on the server. Based on the question, I gather that it is a Linux/UNIX type system.

You can use nice, or the variant of similar command to set scheduling priorities for your shell, in your cron to lower the PRIORITY of the backup process. This should work better than limiting the cpu usage. OS generally can do a good job arranging how much CPU to allocate. Setting priority work better to take advantage of the expertise of kernel developers in optimizing the OS than trying to dictate a hard number of CPU percentage.

After that is done, you should also evaluate the backup process. Back up is typically I/O intense and demanding on system resources. You might consider using more efficient method of backup. It can vary a great DEAL depending on what kind of task your server performs. One popular method for websites or blog SITES is use rsync to harddisk. rsync can backs up only changes. It is efficient enough that people even use it to sync hourly, definitely more often than once a day. If you can afford to rsync to a 2nd server, call it your failover server, than you can backup the failover server in a more traditional manner that you are doing now. These are just a few thoughts. Of course, your mileage might vary.

Good luck!

Guan

PS: you have a nice post on why Linux is better than Windows for average users. That is refreshing coming from an expert Windows user, according to your profile.Guan,

Thank you for your help, I will be looking into nice sometime soon.
It occurred to me, however, that I may not be able to edit the cron job task and have Webmin still recognize it.

I am in Ubuntu, by the way.

In the past, I investigated rsync, but the only other computer that I have which is capable of storing larger backups runs Windows and I could not find a good Windows rsync option. Currently, the backup that is giving me problems copies the home folder to a secondary drive. The second backup, the backup of the backup to another computer via. FTP, strangely does not cause problems -- not even network response time.

Thanks for the comment on my article, I use both Windows and Linux -- both really have their advantages and DISADVANTAGES. Once I found out that it was in fact possible to game on Linux via. PlayOnLinux (well, not all games,) I was convinced that switching would be beneficial. It has provided a great experience in alternative operating systems as well.

I don't know Webmin but I would imagine it should be able to handle nice. Just add nice in front of your backup command. For example, if you use tar for backup (Oops! I dated myself right there), your crontab should have an entry like

0 15 0 * * * operator nice +15 sudo tar ....

assuming you have a user called operator to run backup via sudo without password.

If you find a good Windows rsync implementation, I would like to use it too. The rest of my household still use Windows. It is hard to change peope who doesn't see the need and doens't want to be changed

How to INSTALL and use SSH on Linux demian?
I have a problem on installing and USING the SSH on Linux demian.
The problem is that i got the details to publish my stuff on my domain only with Linux Demian and i don't know how to do that.

Any SUGGESTION it Will be welcome.
Thank you all. HELLO,

Do you mean Debian?

Installing and running it should be as easy as:

Code: [Select]sudo apt-get install ssh

Ok so I'm trying to INSTALL Unbuntu on my former Windows 98SE destop. I ERASED my former OS and what was left on my my hard drive and tried into install Ubuntu using a Ubuntu Live cd which i burned from the ISO. Problem is that eveytime that i try to install Ubuntu I get this blank orange background and my mouse is frozen. I checked the cd for errors and I found none. I have a feeling it might be something to do with my graphics card? Quote

I checked the cd for errors and I found none.

When Ubuntu comes up, it can check the CD for errors.

Hi all,

Im currently using Windows 7 on my primary 300gb HDD, i have a secondary 300gb HDD of the same type hooked up (with the AHCI features enabled in the bios)

I am looking to install Ubuntu 9.10 64bit on my secondary HDD and have it setup to dual boot (prompt me which OS to boot into UPON switching the PC on)

Now my issue is im currently installing Ubuntu via windows onto the 2nd HDD (as booting from disk doesnt seem to FIND my 2nd HDD and i do not wish to risk losing the data on my primary HDD)

After installing Ubuntu it asks me to restart to finish the installation, which is fine but when it attempts to finalize installing after the little white ubuntu logo dissapears from the centre it just hangs on a black screen, nothing happens atall.

Am i doing something wrong? will having AHCI enabled cause issues?

Or is it just incompatible with me hardware? (listed below)

Nvidia GTX 280
Intel Quad 2 Core 2.4ghz
6gb ddr2 RAM
Gigabyte G965-DS3 motherboard

Hello,
For a number of years I have played with different versions of Linux. getting the Linux boot loader to offer a Windows boot mode has never been a problem of using versions of Windows such as Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
However, with Windows Vista and Windows 7 there is a new problem with the WAY the boot loader has to work.
Here is the recommended workaround.
1.Test our computer with the Ubuntu live CD to see if it's compatible
2.Remove or otherwise disabled your primary master drive.
3. Install Ubuntu on your second drive.
Now at this point you should be able to hook up both drives and reboot the system. Windows should come right up WITHOUT any reference to what is on the other drives. In fact, Windows should not even recognize the other drive because it's in a different format.
Now shut down your system and restart again. At this point use your BIOS features to choose the other hard drive as the boot device. In many systems this means hitting the F8 key just before the POST has completed.
Yes, there is another way of doing it. But it is so superfragalistic that I do not feel it's not worth doing. That's why they put extra features into the BIOS.
The newest version of Ubuntu comes with WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Based Installer, I think) which makes installing it very easy.
http://wubi-installer.org/

It basically creates a new folder in your HDD and uses it as a virtual partition to store Ubuntu. It also ADDS a new bootloader to the shell which allows you to choose which OS you want to load before the computer is completely turned on.Thank you both for the swift replies-

Geek-9pm i had a bad feeling that i would have to resort to that method, which i wanted to avoid really.

I will attempt this Wubi method, failing that looks like i'll have to use the ole f8/boot device order method.

I just installed Karmac Koala (Ubuntu) onto the same HDD as Windows XP, but Windows XP is not showing up in the grub boot loader. Windows XP was detected during the installation of Ubuntu, and I opted to use grub as the boot loader, so I don't know why this happened.

I don't know much about linux so if ONE COULD TOSS be a BONE...


I'm actually GOING to read the Ubuntu Pocket Book soon, to get me started...well here is the solution that fixed the problem, as suggested by the Ubuntu forums.



sudo update-grub


grub needed to be updated, although I don't know why XP didn't show up after setup.So, you had to upgrade GRUB to GRUB2, right?No. Apparently the command I used simply updates the grub boot loader file. It locates OS installations and adds them to the file.

It seems to be the equivalent of the bootcfg /rebuild command used in Windows XP Recovery Console, which scans hard drives and adds found OS's to the boot.ini file.

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic on a laptop and I'm trying to disable the CPU Frequency Scaling.

I've been to several sites and tried a few different things. Nothing seems to really work as errors occur when I TRY these METHODS(The only ones I can find are for dual core processors). This laptop has a single core processor. Can anyone provide some links or advice that might be useful?Hello,

I don't see why you would want to turn off CPU frequency scaling. When you execute an application that requires some CPU, the CPU accelerates to 100%. This wastes power and drains battery if running on laptop.

You may want to do that to test bad drivers.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_use_of_Dynamic_Frequency_Scaling

I agree with TheUnixGuy, especially on a laptop. Unless the scaling is creating instability due to overclocking or something, I'd stick with it. I personally use the "CONSERVATIVE" governor at all times (as "ondemand" has been known to cause stability problems on my cpu).

Anyway, I think in Ubuntu cpufreq is probably compiled into ther kernel, and so complete REMOVAL would require a kernel recompile.

EDIT: btw, the "performance" governor is full speed all the time.My laptop never runs on batteries. It uses AC only, so battery life isn't a concern for me. Thanks for the link Ubermensch, I'll take a thorough look at it tonight when I GET off of work.Hello,
Quote from: ubermensch on January 18, 2010, 12:13:01 AM

EDIT: btw, the "performance" governor is full speed all the time.

Has anyone here ever used BleachBit? Is it NECESSARY to use a ccleaner like program in Linux? Is BleachBit a good product?

Is it better than Computer Janitor?HELLO,

The EXT filesystems do not fragment your files to make access faster. It isn't required, and also risky till some extent to DEFRAGMENT the filesystem.Quote from: TheUnixGuy on January 30, 2010, 11:13:06 AM

The EXT filesystems do not fragment your files

Ubuntu Linux ver 9.10. Have been trying to fly with Ubuntu for a couple of weeks, installed without problems, bought the book, downloaded the command cheat sheets, experimented OFFLINE - no major hassles.

I now have a problem with the user password when trying to use the sudo command (and it has been working). I've done something which stops the user password being entered, the password bullets do not appear on-screen and a blank password is not accepted. I appreciate that a re-install will probably fix this but don't want to get into the habit of re-installing to fix what could be simple to rectify. Re-booting does not fix the problem. Any ideas appreciated.

Based on my limited experience with Ubuntu (running 9.10 under dual-boot with Win 7), the only THING I can suggest is what you'd rather not hear, which is to reinstall Ubuntu. However, in case you're not aware of it, I'll suggest you post on http://ubuntuforums.org/ since it's a forum focused on Ubuntu.

If you find a solution without reinstalling, I hope you post the solution here so we can all know it. Thank you Soybean. Turns out that what I was viewing on the screen is normal for Ubuntu Linux but my interpretation of it was incorrect DUE to my lack of knowledge.

I took your advice and SIGNED up at UbuntuForums, the thread can be VIEWED here.

Glad to hear problem solved, and thanks for posting your findings on that.

Hi,
I am using 9.04 in my desktop.Recently i downloaded debian package of yahoo messenger.But when i try to INSTALL it by double CLICKING on it,following ERROR message is appearing.
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0)
I searched in internet and downloaded "libglib1.2_1.2.10-10.1build1_i386.deb" package.But when i try to install it,again following error message is appearing.
Error: Breaks exisiting package 'libglib1.2ldbl' conflict: libglib1.2 ( )

What is the solution for this problem?I cant update my FULL PACKAGES using synaptic package manager because i have no internet connection for my PC.I have downloaded above packages from a cafe.
Anybody suggest a solution pls........ Hello,

As far as I know, Yahoo Messenger has issues with dependencies, which leads to a circular dependency on Ubuntu. I would suggest Gyachi. You can download the PPA from: https://launchpad.net/~loell/+archive/ppa

friend of my has a custom built SYSTEM and no specs are available at this time.

All i know until i able to get down there and LOOK at it myself is the OS is UBUNTU.

The puter is freezing up/ locking up during normal use... I thinking it may be a cooling/overheating problem since this is a custom built system...

To eliminate this POSSIBILITY is there any download available to monitorand or check the temp for linux based systems? Something similar to Speedfan?
TRY lm-sensors or CPUtemp.