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401.

Solve : How to......?

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Hi
how to bring other fat32 drives in Fedora core3 ? Finally i got it myself nobody told me thanks anyway
fter hours of EDITING the fstab file, reading, more reading, did I MENTIONED reading? I saw the light what everything means in the fstab file.

How to mount the drive

Open Terminal/Konsole
Step1: type mkdir /mnt/fatshare . You can name fatshare whatever you want to.
Step2: login as root ( type su - )
Step3: Enter password
Step4: type gedit /etc/fstab

fstab is where the configuration is loaded at start up of your system of which devices to mount.

Step5: Add a line like this into the file:
/dev/hda9 /mnt/fatshare vfat umask=022 0 0
An example often used : - This means the owner has +rwx, the group and EVERYONE else only +r-- access.


Remember the owner will be usually root and the group as well, thus anybody else includes normals users.

Another example This means owner has +rwx ,the group with id = 500 +rwx, everybody else no access (---)
/dev/hda9 /mnt/fatshare vfat gid=500,umask=007 0 0
"r" = read, "w" = write, "x" = execute "-" = no access

Full explanation later on how to calculate the umask digits.

Step6:
save it and exit.

Step7:
Close apps and reboot, read on to see the options and at the end is the option how to do it immediately.


You can see that there are 6 columns

The 1st column is the device /dev/hda9 (maybe be different on your system)

The 2nd column is the mount point - the name of directory created in step 1 - this case it is /mnt/fatshare

The 3rd column is the filesystem type.
In this case it is vfat for a fat32 drive

The 4th columns is the options one can set.
You will seperate different options with a comman(,)
Here is the list of the options:

auto or noauto
Default is auto - this determines whether the device will mounted automatically at startup.
noauto - Device must be mounted by an user before it can be used.
NOTES ON no-auto:
noauto option is good for removable STORAGE media's such as a stiffy (floppy) , cd/dvd, usb drives/devices since it won't always have a media in it with startup. Much mount it before it can be used, although you will see the mount directory (e.g. /mnt/fatshare/) will recommend the add users or user option too.

users - Allow an user to mount the device and another user to unmount ( command = umount ) the device

uid=userid
The system will give the access to the user with this id according to the umask value.


gid=groupid
The system will only give access to the group with this id according to the umask value.

user/nouser
Default is nouser - Only the root users can mount the device
user - Normal users can mount the device

ro/rw
The default is rw - Set filesystem permissions to read + write
ro - Set filesystem permissions to read only

exec/noexec
Default is exec - let one execute binaries
noexec - Won't allow you to execute binaries

sync/async
Default is async - asynchrously - e.g. when copy a file it will write a time after the cp command has been issued.
sync - synchrously - e.g. when copy a file it will copy it the same time the cp command has been issued

defaults
The defaults are rw, suid, dev,exec,auto, nouser, and async

umask=007
Your 3 digits may be different.

How the umask digits works:
The first digit refer to the owner
The second digit refer to the group
The third digit refer to anybody or everybody else not the owner nor a member in the group.

Every digit is determined by adding the following up and deduct it from the number 777
4 = Read
2 = Write
1 = Execute
0 = no access

E.g.
The owner much have +rwx (read, write, execute) access, it is +4+2+1 = 7
The group much have +r-- (read) access, it is +4
Everyone else much have +r-- (read) access, it is +4

Take 777 - 744 = 022
So 022 will be your mask


The 5th column determines whether or not the file will be backed up. This is called the dump option. 0 = off and 1 = on.

The 6th column is the fsck that check the filesystem.
0 the filesystem will not be checked
1 should be used for root filesystem
2 should be used for other filesystems, according what i found on various sites

Take note:
all mounted drives are recorded in the file "/etc/mtab"


Reboot, and all should be mounted. If you don't want to reboot you can also mount the drive immediately from the terminal/console window

To mount the drive immediately - This will only last in your current session.

log in as root. Type su -
Enter password for root
Type mount -t vfat /dev/hda9 /mnt/fatshare
hda9 - type the correct device number you need

To give other users access to the drive (Because root is the owner and the group) use the chmod command
Type: chmod a+rw /mnt/myshare
This means anybody has access to the mounted driveQuote

Hi
how to bring other fat32 drives in Fedora core3 ?

The reason you did not get a response could be that no one could understand the question.

Luckily you are resourceful and solved the problem.
402.

Solve : Linux and Unix?

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What is the difference between the two programs Linux and Unix? And where can I buy them? Also if you have any general information on them like how they run and if they can run on the same computor as microsoft and if they slow your computer down and so on. Thanks

-Melissa-Please can anyone tell me?www.google.com will have all of the information you need. Libraries or bookstores are also helpful. What are you trying to accomplish? Still looking for backdoors?Quote

What is the difference between the two programs Linux and Unix? And where can I buy them? Also if you have any general information on them like how they run and if they can run on the same computor as microsoft and if they slow your computer down and so on. Thanks

-Melissa-
www.wikipedia.org is also a good source of general knowledge

I always thought Unix meant anything unix-like, but its actually a trademark!
I am right that Linux BSD Solaris AIX HP-UX IRIX Ultrix etc are termed as derivatives.

Linux also has SEVERAL derivatives, such as RedHat Suse Ubuntu Debian CentOS ....
which are all based on the GNU Linux kernel. Linux is the main unix-like system for Intel/AMD based computers (what you would call a PC), whereas the others tend to mainly run on other types of computer (servers or mainframe-class computers).

I run Solaris and Suse on my PC and my servers. When I boot the PC in Solaris or Suse mode, I cannot run Windows as a whole* but can access windows FORMATTED disks, and can run some Windows programs in an emulator called wine. Although I never use wine because Suse and Solaris have all the programs I need (esp. OpenOffice).

* Actually I can with VMWare.
On my laptop I run Windows XP and then I run a program called VMWare which allows me to simultaneously run CentOs.
My Acer 5672WLMi is able to do web browsing and downloads under Windows XP, at the same time as running an Asterisk telephone exchange under CentOs which is handling a 3-way conference call between my me, my wife and my mum. It does all this over Wifi and I haven't noticed it slowing down yet.Wow thats perfect. Thank you. I do have 1 more question though. I have heard that trying to learn how to program using microsoft is like "trying to danc in a BODY cast" hehehe. What other programs would allow me to easier learn to program?I think you need to be more specific. Exactly what type of programming or what progamming language are you wanting to learn? umm well I already know HTML and XHTML and Im going to start on Python and then Perl and eventually C or C++.Quote
umm well I already know HTML and XHTML and Im going to start on Python and then Perl and eventually C or C++.
i would recommend you to start with C/C++. After you think you are good enough, then go for other higher level languages like Perl/Python, etc...For my money, javascript and PHP are amongst the easiest languages to learn. If the OP's intentions are web-orientated, then there's probably no need to get down and dirty with the horrors of C!! Quote
For my money, javascript and PHP are amongst the easiest languages to learn. If the OP's intentions are web-orientated, then there's probably no need to get down and dirty with the horrors of C!!
True, although I too do not like to program in C, but can't deny the fact that its what makes every other things possible. you know what i mean :-)Quote
can't deny the fact that its what makes every other things possible. you know what i mean :-)
Agreed.

Although I do hear that there still exist some heavily bearded FELLOWS who program LARGELY in assembly language.

And some even more heavily bearded, extremely pasty, secretive, nocturnal, and almost never seen individuals that prefer the rigours of machine code!
403.

Solve : How to install Ubundu linux?

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hi everybody. i am new in the linux OS. i have 2 questions to ask.

1)The FIRST is how to install ubundu linux in a computer running Windows 98. I do not want to run both OS just linux. I would be grateful if someone could give me a STEP by step guide on how to do this.

2)The SECOND question is how to install ubundu linux in a computer running windows xp but i would like linux to run in a virtual machine an more specifically in the vmware software.Again
i would be grateful if someone could PROVIDE me a step by step guide on how to do this.
ThanksVMWare's website has installation instructions for guest oses. There's an official Ubuntu installation guide here:https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/installation-guide/i386/index.html

Google can also help you.Quote

1)The first is how to install ubundu linux in a computer running Windows 98. I do not want to run both OS just linux. I would be grateful if someone could give me a step by step guide on how to do this.

Turn the computer on, and insert the Ubuntu disk before the BIOS finishes setting up. Then using the instructions Rob's suggested, repartition the disk with just Ubuntu.
NB: This will erase Windows 98 completely

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2)The second question is how to install ubundu linux in a computer running windows xp but i would like linux to run in a virtual machine an more specifically in the vmware software.Again

Install VMWare and license it.

Then from the VMWare window create a linux environment and allocate it some disk space (memory, CPU, network bridging, should get allocated by default - but you might want to tune this).

Then insert the Ubuntu disk, and tell VMWare to "Power on" the linux environment. Ubuntu will see a virtual disk, which you can partition completely as Ubuntu without risk of overwriting WinXP. (This vitual disk will actually be a very large WinXP FILE).


Its as simple as that. I can't give you specifics about Ubuntu setup itself, as I've only run Solaris 11, Suse and Asterisk NOW (CentOS based).
404.

Solve : WiFi programs?

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I am using Ubuntu, and our whole network is wireless.

This poses a PROBLEM:

No version of Linux has been able to set a WiFi connection up successfuly.

I have used NDIS Wrapper with no luck, and the GUI Windows Wireless Driver program.

I am trying to use a WG111 USB Wireless Adapter

Does anyone know of any really good automatic wifi setup programs for Linux?

(I am using Ubuntu)

ThanksQuote


I am using Ubuntu, and our whole network is wireless.

This poses a problem:

No version of Linux has been able to set a WiFi connection up successfuly.

I have used NDIS Wrapper with no luck, and the GUI Windows Wireless Driver program.

I am trying to use a WG111 USB Wireless Adapter

Does anyone know of any really good automatic wifi setup programs for Linux?

(I am using Ubuntu)

Thanks


If you don't get a REPLY to solve it here, and want to keep looking around for help, try www.linuxquestions.org
See the forums there. Very active.

There are distro specific sub-forums too - including Ubuntu.
I don't usually follow it - I just stumble through the newbie forum mainly.

I see questions all the time about wifi troubles. Apparently it is a common thing. If you use the Search function there, you'll find a lot of posts to look through. Maybe that will help. Hope so.






The trick to Linux networking problems is to BUY hardware that is already known to work and have drivers for Linux.

I'm sure you love getting that advice right now!!!! Quote
The trick to Linux networking problems is to buy hardware that is already known to work and have drivers for Linux.

I'm sure you love getting that advice right now!!!!
It is shown on some resources to be compatinble, one user of the Ubuntu forums posted info on exactly how to get the WG111 to work, however, I didnt have the absolutely Linux compatible driver.

Quote
If you don't get a reply to solve it here, and want to keep looking around for help, try www.linuxquestions.org
See the forums there. Very active.

There are distro specific sub-forums too - including Ubuntu.
I don't usually follow it - I just stumble through the newbie forum mainly.

I see questions all the time about wifi troubles. Apparently it is a common thing. If you use the Search function there, you'll find a lot of posts to look through. Maybe that will help. Hope so.
I will try that sometime, thanks Willy WQuote from: Zylstra on March 24, 2007, 07:39:35 PM
I am using Ubuntu, and our whole network is wireless.

This poses a problem:

No version of Linux has been able to set a WiFi connection up successfuly.

I have used NDIS Wrapper with no luck, and the GUI Windows Wireless Driver program.

I am trying to use a WG111 USB Wireless Adapter

Does anyone know of any really good automatic wifi setup programs for Linux?

(I am using Ubuntu)

Thanks

I'm a Linux noob and if I can do this, so can you.
First I wouldn't be looking for a "wifi setup program"...that is already built into most current distros.

What you need is the correct driver for the chipset in your wireless device.
If I had my druthers, I would go for a supported PCI or PCMCIA card before a USB device. I consider USB for networking a compromise.

Anyway, as Rob Pomeroy stated, seek supported hardware.

Here are a couple of lists that I used when shopping for my LAPTOP card :
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_hostif.php?hostif=PCMCIA
http://seattlewireless.net/HardwareComparison

One of my desktops uses a D-Link DWL-G510 PCI card and the other has a Linksys WMP54G PCI card.

Both of these machines were point-and-click easy to set up under Kubuntu 6.06 and SuSE 10.0

The easiest setup for me thus far was my old lappy using an Orinoco "Silver" PCMCIA card under Puppy 2.14

All of these setups were done with the built-in Linux drivers.
No downloading drivers, no command line.

The key is to start with the correct hardware.

Edit:
Add PCLinuxOS with the DWL- G510 (Atheros chipset) to the mix
It seems that the majority of the problem was that I have a WG111v2, which has had some compatibility problems with Linux...

I decided to give up for now, but I will be trying again later. I was hoping to get Ubutnu server running (yeah, I know, it wouldent do too well on WiFi) but our electricity BILL is sky-rocketing already!

I am going to try linuxquestions.org and see if there is another solution. I would also like to attempt to get both Windows and Linux installed, but we will see how that works out later.
405.

Solve : Issues loading linux on an x86 PC?

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Here it goes...
I received a laptop (free) and want to load Gentoo on it to learn it. It currently has XP and want to remove. The CD drive will not read any CD/DVD's so I can't RUN a LiveCD. The thing won't boot from USB (driver issues I guess) so I can't use my THUMB drive. I have no idea how to get it to my comp. I thought of using "Darik's Boot and Nuke" to wipe hard drive, using a START up disk to load USB DRIVERS, and then use my thumb drive to load Linux. I am getting frustrated and really need help...

Any suggestions?REPLACING the CD drive for one that works would be your cheapest and easiest solution.Get the HDD out of the laptop, and use a Laptop IDE to regular IDE adaptor, and install it via a desktop PC. Then put the Hard Drive back in the laptop.

406.

Solve : Problems running PCLinuxOS LiveCD?

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I'm a newbie, although I have tinkered with Unix before today. I have just tried to run a PCLinuxOS v9.3 - big daddy - from my CD on an XP configured machine by simply altering the boot drive sequence. I get the list of boot options as expected and choose LIVECD - default. The PCLinuxOS coloured badge appears and starts the loading process, then I get an error message "ERROR: Unable to mount the livecd" - "dropping you to a limited shell". It then loads /initrd/bin/ash - ending with a message - "cant access tty; job control turned off" and then leaves me with the ash command prompt.

Bearing in mind this whole apparatus works perfectly well with XP at the moment and also that I have a perfectly normal IDE CD READ drive unit, this was unexpected.

It looks very serious and basic to me - can anyone shed some light on what the problem might be / where to get help etc.

MANY THANKS - a newbie.
By far the easiest thing to do is simply try a different distribution. What do you intend to use this Linux machine for?

UBUNTU, VectorLinux, SuSE and Fedora are all good alternative choices and there are many others.Thanks for the opinion Rob. I was coming round to that idea myself as I've made no progress over the past 2 days. The problem is it may be a faulty distribution burn but I cant even check the CD as it wont mount. I will download something fairly simple - as you suggest - and try that first. Probably getting back to some basic Unix type scripting and a basic shell is needed first.

With regards to what do I want to do with the PC - this is my first attempt to create a working desktop Linux based system. I have eventually decided to give Microsoft the heave-ho as their software distributions and VISTA are just a joke - the costs are just not worth it.

Will let you know what happens. Thanks.In that case, Ubuntu is an OBVIOUS choice. I would prefer the Kubuntu flavour (more of a desktop for power users) or the Xubuntu flavour (for older hardware).

I presume you did md5 sum checks on your downloaded ISOs?

Do keep us posted!Rob,

Success, ran the same CD distribution on another machine quickly put together and no problems. Live CD ran but a little slow. I suspect something to do with the sequence of CD access on the first system was at fault - will partially rebuild it and try again.

Thanks.

P.S. Havnt yet needed to try another distro so will persevere with this one for the time being - keep things as simple as possible.

Now have to get to grips with what an ISO image is prior to the installation.Quote

Live CD ran but a little slow.
Try running Windows off a CD!!!

Quote
Now have to get to grips with what an ISO image is prior to the installation.
I don't follow you - haven't you've already created a burnt CD from an ISO?I bought a distribution CD from Linuxman Rob - so it's all pretty new to me.Ah, got you.

If you have a fat enough internet pipe, you can download different Linux distributions rapidly. Once you have the ISO images, use something like DeepBurner (see the software FAQ - link is in my signature) to write to CD. But I do recommend using >md5summer< prior to burning to verify your downloaded ISOs.Thanks for the info Rob - have just returned from holiday.
407.

Solve : best os??

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hey, witch is a better os solaris vista or red hat ?
do non windows operating systems support regular file extentions?
if they dont , is their much software available?Better for what purpose? Each OS has their own advantages and disadvantages.

Solaris)
Solaris 10 is really good for real time processing, such as is required for running an Asterisk PBX.
Solaris scales better than linux on systems with 8+ CPUs
Sun Microsystems provides excellent quality support. When I worked there, we answered 98% of calls by a human within 4 rings, and resolved about 85% of customer support issues within 15 MINUTES (but the support CONTRACT is very expensive, at the beginning of the 90's my company paid Sun £115,000/quarter for 110 servers and that was for a "bronze" support contract)
StarOffice will open almost any windows file type and is FREE

Linux)
Is FREE. Its is guaranteed to always be free by the GNU public license.
Runs fater than Solaris on single/dual CPU servers.
Whenever you need to add new hardware/software you often have to compile it yourself. Sometimes searching google frequently for solutions to problems, or even having to modify the code yourself.
OpenOffice will open almost any windows file type and is FREE

Vista/XP)
Its simple point-and-click. EVERYONE knows the basics of how to use it.
Most games and home software is easily available for it, and is fairly simple to install.
Windows is generally affordable by most people.
MS Office will open only MS windows file types and that's what everyone else uses, BUT it costs money.
OpenOffice will install on Windows and open almost any windows file type and is FREE





408.

Solve : how to remove linux?

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i have vector SOHO on my computer. I never use it so I want the hard drive space for games since only have a 40 gig hard drive. I have a bootable CD with Gparted on it so I can delete the linux partition and resize the windows partition but I do not know how to get rid of the bootloader.If it's GRUB, its configuration settings are contained with the Linux partition typically, so you may destroy it when you wipe the partition. A repair installation of XP should bring XP's bootloader back.Actually GRUB is installed in the MBR for the disk. I think it gets some of its config from the linux partition too. Just removing the linux partition will not remove GRUB, but it might FAILSAFE so its unnoticeable.

Does FDISK/MBR still exist in WinXP? If so, that should remove GRUB. Otherwise a repair install of WinXP will definitely remove it (as Rob suggested)

Another suggestion is to boot linux and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and make windows the only bootable option with a timeout of 1 second (maybe even 0), and rerun grub-install, before you remove linux. Then when your system reboots you won't notice GRUB (much).Quote

I think it gets some of its config from the linux partition too.
Swatisaid. the bootloader is LILO and i don't have a windows XP CD. is there a way to get rid of the bootloader without it? I can get a CD if it's the only way.You can do what Banjo suggested, with Lilo instead - set it up so that it boots to Windows after, say, 1 second's delay. Failing that, you would need a Windows CD to install Windows' bootloader. Every OS needs one.I'd rather just use the windows CD because when I tried changing the default OS to load in LILO it put windows twice, one labeled windows and the other labeled hda1 and its all messed up so I'd rather just make it clean.I have XP home installed, can I use an XP professional CD to do the repair install? Does it matter which service pack the CD is?No, yes.This is easy done, I did it just then myself. Insert the Windows disk (home or professional doesn't matter). This way no repair installation is necessary. Let the disk load and open the recovery console ("R" key). Type "fixboot" and press "y" for yes. Then do "fixmbr" and "y" for yes. Reboot your computer and when windows loads, just format the linux partition or drive. All removed hassle free. Hope that helps.Yes that's exactly it

FIXBOOT and FIXMBR are the new commands under Windows XP
If they exist on normal XP (I'm booted under Solaris at the mo) then you can run them without even needing the XP install CD.

(I could only remember the COMMAND as FDISK /MBR on Windows 98)Actually, it can't be done through the command prompt (i.e. while logged on or in safe mode). It has to be done through the recovery console on the disc.This thread reminds me of a situation I was in with my DUAL-boot XP/Fedora laptop. I was having several problems with Fedora that I couldn't fix so I decided to reinstall. Instead of just reinstalling over the existing Linux partitions on my hard drive, I decided to boot into Windows and use Partition Magic to delete the partitions altogether (don't ASK me why). After REBOOTING I expected Windows XP to automatically kick in, but instead I got a message saying something to the effect of. "No OS found". Luckily I had my trusty Symantec Recovery CD so I booted to it and fixed the MBR. Afterwards Windows XP thankfully came up.

Since we're on this topic, can anyone tell me how to set up a multiboot system with more than 2 operating systems? Currently my machine boots to grub.conf and asks if I want Windows XP or Fedora. What happens after I install other OS'es, like Solaris and Ubuntu? Will I have to edit grub.conf manually to reference the new partitions?
It should automatically detect that there are other OS's there and install itself and modify GRUB accordingly. It seems that Vista comes with its own dual booter which installs and works similarly to GRUB.I had dual boot Suse linux and WinXP on my system and then I installed Solaris. Unfortunately, Solaris didn't recognise what Suse was so it only put Solaris and WinXP in the GRUB menu.

I fixed this simply by editting /boot/grub/menu.lst and adding the lines for Suse. In order to make sure I got them correct I copied them from the Suse / filesystem. Then I ran grub-install manually and that fixed it.
409.

Solve : Adept Package manager in Kubuntu only shows 4000 apps!?

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My Adept PACKAGE manager only shows some 4700 apps. While on my previous attempt, I had more than 20000 apps available. All the GAMES are gone. SOMEONE please tell me what I did wrong, or how to fix it. (BTW: I fixed the GRAPHICS DRIVER problem).

410.

Solve : Thin Client Suggestions????

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Hello All ... I would like to create a Thin Client network where a P4 server is hosting a Thin Client PXE boot SERVICE and systems which are of Pentium MMX 166/200Mhz boot off the server and run APPLICATION data at the server side and the only load on the old systems is to resolve GUI and mouse/keyboard.

I've been to www.linux.org, but haven't found any there EXCEPT for Skole Linux ( a Norweigan Thin Client solution for a School based on Slackware I BELIEVE.)

Hoping someone might know of a Thin Client Distro that I haven't found yet...

Thanks! Dave

411.

Solve : mp3 playing?

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how we can play MP3 music on redhat LINUX enterprise4if you REALLY did not install any multimedia player when you installed RH, then you can TRY mplayer. google for "mplayer linux"

412.

Solve : Video Driver issues?

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I'm using Kubuntu 6.10 and anything that involves graphics runs slow as h**k. I think I need a graphics DRIVER but don't know how to INSTALL one. I tried downloading the one from the nVidia website but couldn't GET it to work, I need an openGL driver I think, because 2-D apps run just fine.I had a friend who had video PROBLEMS he SAID he used these instructions http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/23/installing-proprietary-video-drivers-for-ubuntu/
to fix it maybe it will work for you it should install the drivers. good luck!

413.

Solve : Unix Solaris 10 training resources?

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This SITE is useful for UNIX Solaris learner

http://www.learning-solaris.comLooks pretty useful. Hope however hoanginlove81 that it's not just a simple advertisement. Look FORWARD to you ALSO participating on the forum.

414.

Solve : Linux distro timeline?

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For those interested in SEEING a TIME line of all the Linux distributions and where they branched off from this is a great image showing you just that.

Link

*CAUTION just one big image.What do the different colours mean? QUOTE from: Raptor on April 22, 2007, 08:23:10 AM

What do the different colours mean?
I honestly don't KNOW. Wow. That's pretty cool, nice find.
415.

Solve : Wireless WPA on Kubuntu Linux?

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Does ANYONE have any EXPERIENCE on this MATTER?

416.

Solve : removing windows, installing linux?

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If i want to install linux on my computer and remove windows would i just boot the linux dvd? Or how would i do that?All depends on the distro of Linux you plan on installing. However in most SITUATIONS most distros (variants) of Linux will setup the hard disk drive (erase it) before installing Linux. So since you wish to remove Windows I'd suggest inserting the Linux CD/DVD and starting the Install.Its fedoraI'm familiar with Fedora, however, UNFORTUNATELY have not yet INSTALLED it on any machine here. I'd suggest simply trying to install it. If it doesn't work post what the error is and I should be able to assist you further.

I also did a quick SEARCH and there are dozens of installation guides also online you may want to review.

http://www.google.com/search?q=installing+fedora&ie=UTF-8Just boot the CD/DVD and you'll get an installer much LIKE Windows 2000/XP has.

417.

Solve : Changing directories?

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This is PROBABLY pretty simple, but I forgot how to change directories using ONE command line. For example, I need to go from the current directory:

/root/app/com/JOHN

to this directory using one cd statement:

/root/austern/data/inner/TOM/ely/110out

I THOUGHT it was something like:

cd ./././root/austern/data/inner/TOM/ely/110out

But I cannot seem to REMEMBER how to do it.

THANKS for your help!
-JohnCode: [Select]cd /root/austern/data/inner/TOM/ely/110out

418.

Solve : Kubuntu attempt #3?

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Check out : www.getautomatix.com or www.easyubuntu.com

Check Ubuntu forums on how to ENABLE REPOSITORIES (Multiverse and universe) update your system and proceed to DOWNLOAD one or the other above.
I prefer AUTOMATIX myself but OTHERS prefer easy ubuntu. Your choice!

Good luck!

419.

Solve : Creating a dual boot?

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A few years AGO I set up my old lap-top to a dual boot between DOS and Linux. I want to set that up on another computer - but, I cant remember how - does anyone have a referance I can go to? I want to switch between WINDOWS-ME and Linux (mainly because - Linux does not have the drivers for my D-link wireless)I'm attempting a similar project on my desktop.. O'm having trouble using fdisk to create a new partition in preparation for the Linux distro.
Win ME is eating up my whole drive at the mo. I've followed the advice on this site regarding hard disk partitioning,but it ain't working... Check out my post on the dos thread for more info..
If you have any joy/advice let me know-it's doing my HEAD in!!!!
Thanx matey!!Here's a reply I got off of Merlin2 on another thread..
It explains how to use fdisk and some partitioning principles... Dunno if you're beyond this, but it should provide some reference...

"http://www.newlogic.co.uk/kbase/fdisk/page1.htm
my version of linux>knoppix kde 3.1 runs from disk and i dont have to format fdisk partition the hard drive >http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/KnoppixKDE "

Also explains about what I think is a small linux distro that runs on windows desktop... interesting. I'm still confused!!! Just another option 2consider I guess

Hope any of this helps mateyUse Norton Partition Magic to create space for a linux distribution partition on your hard drive. The new and some previous versions of Ubuntu Linux automatically install a dual boot with "Grub". This allows you to select which OS you want to load at start up.I don't know if the people in this thread where able or are still trying to make a dual boot but a free partitioning program to look at is Gparted. Quote from: phoenix910 on April 05, 2007, 04:04:49 AM

Use Norton Partition Magic to create space for a linux distribution partition on your hard drive. The new and some previous versions of Ubuntu Linux automatically install a dual boot with "Grub". This allows you to select which OS you want to load at start up.

This thread was resurrected from 2004. I think it is safe to say the original poster got it solved one way or the other.

Please, people, TRY to stay relevant.I've built several desktops and all of them dual boot. I've even got my old IBM Thinkpad 390E to dualboot Xubuntu and Win2K.
In the desktops I use two different hard drives. I use PATA (with the wide flat ribbon cable) drives as they are easiest to get going.
Install Windows into the first drive. You install windows first because it will over write the bootloader if you don't rendering your linux install useless.
Then install linux into the second drive. GRUB (or LILO) will be installed to the MBR and when booted should present you with a choice between linux or windows.

Good Luck!Quote from: GX1_Man on April 14, 2007, 09:21:09 PM
Quote from: phoenix910 on April 05, 2007, 04:04:49 AM
Use Norton Partition Magic to create space for a linux distribution partition on your hard drive. The new and some previous versions of Ubuntu Linux automatically install a dual boot with "Grub". This allows you to select which OS you want to load at start up.

This thread was resurrected from 2004. I think it is safe to say the original poster got it solved one way or the other.

Please, people, try to stay relevant.

Holy moly, 2004? I think I can smell dead people. Dear
http://www.blackviper.com see that Hey man, I still keep in touch w/ blckvipr. And just for the HECK of it. When I want to set up a separate part after the fact I use part magic. Worked for me at least.

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Solve : Problems Problems and more Problems?

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Last night i installed FEDORA core on my computer. I got the fedora dvd from "red hat linux for dummies book". It was cheap and i needed a version of linux quickly so i bought the book. It was copywrited in 2004 and says the version is fedora cored 1. How outdated is that? And i ran into a problem and could not log on to my name. It SAID you may be signed on on another computer which i am not. And the message BUS falied to do what ever it does. IDK!
What the *censored* is going on?That book is shite. I've got it as well. I wouldn't worry about it being outdated, if you want a good version of Linux, go for Linux Ubuntu as soon as you finished the book.

If you can't log in, just reinstall...
Fedora Core 7 is getting ready to come out in a week or so. That's how old what you got is. I'm PARTIAL to my BackTrack/whax/whoppix live CDS..... but can't you just use the apt-get feature ( like slapt-get) in a r00t prompt to bring even that old of a version up to date?

Code: [Select]apt-get update

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Solve : napster?

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I think he smoked his avatar. I recommend aMule and Azureus as P2P programs for downloading non-copyright MATERIAL on linux. They seem to be the most highly recommended by the linux community in general.

You can get the source for both of them free from http://www.sourceforge.net

Also, if you like to PROTECT your PRIVACY, they both have options for restricting access from block lists. Although, I understand peerguardian is a better tool for blocking access. There's also regularly updated published lists of sites containing the IP ADDRESSES of music industry investigators and law enforcement agencies.

Peerguardian can be downloaded free from http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/Quote from: GX1_Man on May 04, 2007, 09:26:14 PM

I think he smoked his avatar.
Did he change his avatar? 'Cause all I see is an awards logo, and that doesn't make sense.He smoked it and now he is evidently a guest.
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Solve : Ghost 2003 and Linux FC6/W2K Pro Sp4?

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Hello... I am trying to Ghost a system with Norton Ghost 2003, which is running a dual boot Grub configuration of Fedora Core 6 and Windows 2000 Pro SP4. The partitions of the 40GB IDE HD are chopped up as Part#1 = 13GB NTFS, Part#2 = 10GB Fat32, and Part#3 = 15GB Linux Partition ( which is really 2 linux partitions 500mb swap and the rest the other partition ).

Windows 2000 Pro SP4 see's the 15GB as a single partition although in Fedora Core 6 you can see its actually 2 partitions, the swap and the root.

When attempting to Ghost the systems ENTIRE 40GB HD as a whole, I get an error 19% thru the process in Ghost reporting ( Application Error 29004, Read Sector Failure, Result=1, Drive=0, Sectors -409134833 to -409134831. If the problem persists, contact symantec technical support at http://service.symantec.com. [OK]

Upon selecting OK the Ghost bails out and REBOOTS Grub to the selection of FC6 or Win 2000 Pro.

Contacted Symantec and they stated that Ghost 2003 is not Linux COMPATIBLE, EVEN if dual boot and run from Windows environment to ghost entire HD.

So ...I need some advice... Can I dump the Linux partitions and create another two Fat32 partitions and install FC6 to those partitions at Swap and Root, or is there a better way to back up a Linux system that is also a dual OS platform.

Is there a better imaging utility that is both WinBlows and Linux compatible???

Hardware by the way is: HP Vectra VLi8 Pentium II 400Mhz, 256MB Ram, 40GB HD, 32x CD Rom, and dual NICs, one a 3Com 3c905 PCI combo RJ-45, BNC and the other an Intel Pro 100+ PCI...

Old hardware, but runs reliably.... will be great when I get over this hump of not being able to create a backup image state of the entire system.

Thanks for your help and advice.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_True_ImageThanks!!!

I like the extra feature that this software has for the Windows Server Enterprise Edition, they have a Universal Restore option to tweak the HAL to operate.

Dave [smiley=thumbsup.gif]I am a firm believer in the True Image product. I have used Ghost 8 many times to image & restore ext2 & ext3 partitions.

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Solve : problem with linux??

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hi i want to know that how can i USED usb in linux?
You MEAN a protable linux system on your FLASH drive?
Check this site out:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

There are DIFFERENT distributions on that site for 256mb, 512mb, 1GB and 2gb memory drives.

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Solve : What version of linux?

Answer» HEY comp world, I have an Old IBM Aptiva 386 probably or maybe if i am lucky 486, but my goal is to use this machine to host a SIMPLE web site. So does ANYONE know of a small, well balanced, stable LINUX version that i could run and learn from for my old IBM?Gentoo. check out these links
http://www.linux.org/dist/
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
425.

Solve : linux ubuntu file system?

Answer» HI! would anybody know what type of file system linux uses? Would it be NTFS or FAT32 or.....thanksLinux doesn't use the NTFS seeing as how that's a Windows file system. Typically Linux uses either ext2 or ext3. HOWEVER, there are a lot different ones that can be used. FAT32 is one of them.

Here is a LIST of all the possible ones:
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxClustersAndFileSystems.htmldon't forget about reiserfsext3 is the DEFAULT for ubuntu, but it can use others.
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Solve : i need help in Linux . pls?

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HELLO Everybody ..

this is meezoo ..

what is the ext. kinds of software in Linux ( my Dest. is Suse 10.2 ) ?

and i want to find software to Suse 10.2 ?

thanks for your INTERESTING ..Sorry meezoo, I don't understand the question?

I'm guessing English is not your native language, so perhaps you need some help with translation (If you speak French or Chinese Mandarin you can PM me the question in ONE of those LANGUAGES).if you want just a PEICE of software, the new google earth is linux compatible.
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Solve : lunix?

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what commands control serial ports on a linux computerummm maybe you should put this in the linux section of the forum under the software sectiontelnet
if you don't know how to use telnet, try 'man telnet'
telnet is to connect to a remote computer via the network.

What aik was asking about was serial connections, for that he wants minicomtelnet is a program that uses TCP/IP, FTP, COM, etc. to communicate with devices.
can't remember exactly how its done, but its something like
>telnet
>open com1:9600,n,8,n,n
Quote from: michaewlewis on May 10, 2007, 07:59:12 PM

telnet is a program that uses TCP/IP, FTP, COM, etc. to communicate with devices.
can't remember exactly how its done, but its something like
>telnet
>open com1:9600,n,8,n,n

Ahem ...

Code: [Select]User Commands telnet(1)

open [ -l user ] [ [!] @hop1 [@hop2 ...]@host [ port ]

Open a connection to the named host. If no port NUMBER
is specified, telnet will attempt to contact a TELNET
server at the default port. The host specification may
be either a host name (see hosts(4), ipnodes(4)) or an
Internet address specified in the "dot notation" (see
inet( 7P) or inet6( 7P)). If the host is specified as
@[emailprotected]@host, the connection goes through hosts hop1
and hop2, using loose source routing to end at host. The
"@" symbol is required as a separator between the hosts
specified. If a leading ! is used with IPv4, the connec-
tion follows strict source routing.

The -l option passes the user as the value of the
ENVIRON variable USER to the remote system.

No mention of serial ports there. The port its talking about is the TCP/IP port number (e.g. 23 for telnet or 80 for http)

Perhaps, you're thinking about a Terminal Server where you could connect to the 1st serial port with

Code: [Select]telnet termsrvhostname 5001

and use 5002 to connect to the 2nd serial port, etc ...Quote from: aik on April 24, 2007, 04:26:10 PM
what commands control serial ports on a linux computer

Is this what you're looking for?

Code: [Select]MINICOM(1) MINICOM(1)



NAME
minicom - friendly serial communication program

SYNOPSIS
minicom [-somMlwz8] [-c on|off] [-S script] [-d entry]
[-a on|off] [-t term] [-p pty] [-C capturefile] [configuration]

DESCRIPTION
minicom is a communication program which somewhat resembles the share-
ware program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most
unices. Features include dialing directory with auto-redial, support
for UUCP-style lock files on serial devices, a seperate script language
interpreter, capture to file, multiple users with individual CONFIGURA-
tions, and more.


...
...
...


Serial port setup
*A - Serial device
/dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS1 for most people. /dev/cua<n> is still
possible under linux, but not recommended any more because
these devices are OBSOLETE and many newly installed systems
with kernel 2.2.x or newer don't have them. Use /dev/ttyS<n>
instead. You may also have /dev/modem as a symlink to the real
device.
If you have modems connected to two or more serial ports, you
may specify all of them here in a list separated by space,
comma or semicolon. When Minicom starts, it checks the list
until it finds an available modem and uses that one. (However,
you can't specify different init strings to them ..at least not
yet.)
To use a UNIX socket for communication the device name must be
prefixed with "unix#" following by the full path and the file-
name of the socket. Minicom will then try to connect to this
socket as a client. As long as it cannot connect to the socket
it stays 'offline'. As soon as the connection establishes,
minicom goes 'online'. If the server closes the socket, minicom
switches to 'offline' again.


...
...
...
honestly, I haven't used telnet myself. All I did was watch another guy in the IT department as he hooked up a serial cable to a cisco switch and typed in 'telnet' into the command prompt, along with some other commands afterwards. I apologize if I seemed like a know-it-all.Quote from: michaewlewis on May 14, 2007, 04:31:12 PM
honestly, I haven't used telnet myself. All I did was watch another guy in the IT department as he hooked up a serial cable to a cisco switch and typed in 'telnet' into the command prompt, along with some other commands afterwards. I apologize if I seemed like a know-it-all.
Aha! That explains it. NP - "too err is human, to really fowl things up requires a computer"

BTW, Cisco make Terminal Servers as well as Switches and Routers, so that wasn't a "switch" it was a "terminal server".no, its a switch. It's a Catalyst 3750. Unless you're saying all the cisco switches have terminal servers BUILT in to them?Quote from: michaewlewis on May 14, 2007, 04:31:12 PM
honestly, I haven't used telnet myself. All I did was watch another guy in the IT department as he hooked up a serial cable to a cisco switch and typed in 'telnet' into the command prompt, along with some other commands afterwards. I apologize if I seemed like a know-it-all.
Quote from: michaewlewis on May 17, 2007, 11:24:20 AM
no, its a switch. It's a Catalyst 3750. Unless you're saying all the cisco switches have terminal servers built in to them?

The Catalyst 3750 Series of switches don't have anywhere to connect a serial cable.

I know you can use RJ45 for serial connections (I do so myself), but the data sheet says it only supports 10/100/1000/10000Mb ethernet or PoE on the RJ45 connections or SFP connections which aren't used for serial.

So either the cable wasn't being used as a serial cable or he didn't plug into the switch.
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Solve : Open Source and its affects on Linux?

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How do you think being Open Source benefits as well as hinders LINUX?In the past I think OpenSource deterred some MAJOR companies from investing in linux R&D, however in recent years IBM and Sun Microsystems have PLEDGED their support towards linux.

Also, I believe that the GPL doesn't stop anyone from charging for proprietory software which has dependancies on Open Source, so long as the Open Source parts are unmodified (or changes are made public). So you can still make a profit from truly innovative software.

These days I can only see open source as a win-win way forward

Take a look at some of the great projects like Asterisk, OpenOffice, GIMP, to name but a few, and only Bill Gates could disagree

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Solve : tar.gz and .rpnm?

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what is tar.gz and .RPM? and how do i knwo which one APPLIES to my Linux? I have ubuntu 7.04By READING the documentation that COMES with the Ubuntu WIKI.

430.

Solve : Tar Install commands?

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it is rare that I do tar files. I am making a cheat sheet of commands and processes and I tried to do a tar install but had errors.
did the unpack ok

then tried ./CONFIGURE and go an error

what I have right now is
./configure
make
su
make install

I usually DOWNLOAD all tar or rpm files to my home directory and then BRING up a terminal and sign in as su and go from there.
any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
Larry.what's the error and how did you execute your commandsQuote from: [emailprotected] on May 18, 2007, 01:42:34 PM

did the unpack ok

then tried ./configure and go an error


So you don't have any problem with tar then. You have a pre-compilation error with whatever software it is you are trying to install.

Try going to the help page on the site where you downloaded the software, or atleast TELL us what it is in case one of us is familiar with it?
431.

Solve : CrossOver Linux?

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I tried to download CrossOver Linux but when i downloaded it and ran the program from Firefox's downloads window i got this:
Could not open the file /tmp/install-crossover-standard-demo-6.1.0.sh.
gedit has not been ABLE to detect the character coding.
Please CHECK that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again
I have tried re-installing it and i dont KNOW what to do. I checked the sites FAQS but didnt find anything. what can i do?QUOTE from: MacDaddy121 on May 20, 2007, 02:43:39 PM

Could not open the file /tmp/install-crossover-standard-demo-6.1.0.sh.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.

You need to right-click the link and "Save file as", then you can run the file from a shell window afterwards.
432.

Solve : Let Linux on a Windows LAN ??

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Is the a real simple way to Let Linux on a Windows LAN ? PLEASE don't make it hard! Quote from: dslgeek on MAY 20, 2007, 12:50:11 AM

Is the a real simple way to Let Linux on a Windows LAN ? Please don't make it hard!

Literally, you can PUT a linux a machine on the same LAN as a windows machine and they will both be able to connect to the internet (but wont necessarily talk to each other).

HOWEVER, I don't think that's what you mean. I'm guessing you want to know if you can share stuff between them on the network neighbourhood. In which case the answer is to CONFIGURE Samba on the linux machine (most of them have it installed).Also make sure you set smbpasswd on your Linux box.

B.
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Solve : windows compatible?

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any GOOD programs to MAKE WINDOWS only games and things COMPATIBLE with Ubuntu?Have you checked out Cedega?no i tried crossover but IM having some trouble with the free trialvmware
sometimes wine (no, not the alcoholic beverage) can make games and such work

434.

Solve : Linux Ubuntu / Linksys Wireless PCMCIA card?

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Hi! It's been a while. I know you all missed me and would like to do nothing better than hug me all day long.

Anyhow, I ASKED this question on the Ubuntu forums and they didn't answer me. Twats. Not to mention the Ubuntu website is constantly down.

Anyone here willing to give it a go?

I'll copy the exact message, saves me a lot of writing.

By the way, don't expect me to be answering many (if any) POSTS made by others. I kind of grew tired of that 12000 messages ago. You'll understand. Besides that, I'm rather busy with.. Stuff.. Oh, I noticed that GX1_man left. Hooray! Don't remember why I disliked him, but it feels right anyway.

Quote

Hello,

I'm trying to get my Compaq Armada 1750 to work with my Wireless WPC54G (Linksys) PCMCIA card

I've followed the instructions at WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide
and ended up at

“4.2.5. Driver looks ok, device disabled: Go to the ubuntu forums and ask, maybe someone else has the same laptop and knows the work around.”.


Subject:

Xubuntu XFCE 4.3.99.1
Compaq Armada 1750
Linksys Wireless-G WPC54G Version 3

Output:

[emailprotected]:~$: lshw
-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: [emailprotected]:00.0
logical name: eth0-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: [emailprotected]:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:14:bf:b0:1a:a4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.17-10-generic ip=192.168.1.10 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
resources: iomemory:12000000-12001fff irq:11
version: 02
serial: 00:14:bf:b0:1a:a4
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.17-10-generic ip=192.168.1.10 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
resources: iomemory:12000000-12001fff irq:11


[emailprotected]:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Comments:

WEP enabled, Linksys WRT54G EU router (V7.4). WPA2/AES works under Windows XP (And on the laptop under XP)

Any suggestions are much obliged! I'm not very KNOWLEDGEABLE when it comes to Linux, actually, I had to look up a guide on how to mount a floppy drive so I could copy the output to my XP PC..
but I could continue learning if I got the wireless connection to work.
Quote
I noticed that GX1_man left. Hooray! Don't remember why I disliked him, but it feels right anyway.
Last Online: Today at 12:11:42*
Last Post: Yesterday at 20:42:09*


Is that your odd sense of humour?

For the record, GX1_Man is great.I meant GX2_man: GX2_Man

And I haven't got an odd sense of humour! It's perfectly compatible..That's a relief.

Re your wireless problem - firstly do you have a regular ethernet connection on this computer, and has you managed to get that working? Are you using the very latest Xubuntu distribution?Quote
That's a relief.

Re your wireless problem - firstly do you have a regular ethernet connection on this computer, and has you managed to get that working? Are you using the very latest Xubuntu distribution?

No, I has not managed to get that working. The laptop is pretty old, it features one USB port and the only NIC I have for it is USB. I figured that if USB didn't work, I'd have just as much trouble getting my wireless to work. Is it important that I get it to work? I'll hook it up if it is.. That used to work fine under Windows XP as well.

And I am using the latest distribution which is 6.10 for Xubuntu.Quote
No, I has not
Oh poo. I'm ill and my proofreading has gone to pot.

I would try and get the regular ethernet networking sorted first; that is easier to diagnose. If that doesn't work then it's unlikely you'll get the wireless networking to work.

Too many "work"s in that paragraph.

I don't remember offhand the command line tool for Ubuntu - something like system-configure-network - try it. Aim to configure eth0 first and then try some ping tests.Alright, I'll try getting that resolved first then. I don't see in how its related, though. It's a completely different interface (USB versus PCMCIA).. But I'll get to it during the weekend and report back.Just trust me. Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on March 22, 2007, 07:45:15 PM
Just trust me.

Don't consider the delay in my response as a sign of lack of faith, Rob!

I finally had the time to reinstall Xubuntu (As I somehow couldn't log in anymore) and I hooked it up to the internet with an USB adaptor that was RECOGNIZED during the installation and continued to function afterwards.

O.K. What's next, Rob? i essentially have the same problem
did you ever get a resolution to change the state of the wireless card from disabled?Yeah, install Windows 2000 and leave Linux for what it is. Sorry, I didn't EVEN get an answer on the Ubuntu forums, tried several suggestions I found on the Internet, no go. Quote from: Raptor on May 21, 2007, 08:28:19 AM
Yeah, install Windows 2000 and leave Linux for what it is. Sorry, I didn't even get an answer on the Ubuntu forums, tried several suggestions I found on the Internet, no go.

www.linuxquestions.org
Friendly people. Active forums.
Tried them?


baldeagle: same suggestion for you.

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Solve : Cron job not running at all (shell script)?

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I am trying to setup a cron job but cannot get it to run at all. I have a shell script I want to run and like many others, I can get it to run from the command line but not through cron. I have tried all suggestions I can find but they don't seem to make any difference.

The job I have is:
23 15 * * * /home/sde/sdecompress/sde_shutdown.sh > /home/sde/sdecompress/sde_sh
utdown.log

Running sde_shutdown.sh on its own is fine, but not that script when its in the cron job. I don't even get the logfile or mail, and I was trying with an error log (i.e. 2>), but still did not get anything. I have a line in my script to echo the date but it doesn't even return that:

#!/bin/ksh
#
# Description:
#
# SET -x
#
.profile
echo this is a test
sdemon -o shutdown -p sde -N

The permissions are AVAILABLE (I did a chmod 777 to ensure that) but am at a loss as to how to get it to run. Does ANYBODY know what I am doing wrong?!

My system details are:
AIX 5L Version 5.3 - Unix
There is a cron.deny, without any entries in it.Quote from: dend on May 18, 2007, 08:34:45 AM

23 15 * * * /home/sde/sdecompress/sde_shutdown.sh > /home/sde/sdecompress/sde_sh
utdown.log

You wont see anything happening at 23:15 as this is set to run at 15:23. For testing purposes set it to * * * * * so it runs every minute.
Another thing to check, does AIX require that /home/sde/sdecompress/sde_shutdown.sh be listed in /etc/shells ?

Quote from: dend on May 18, 2007, 08:34:45 AM
.profile
echo this is a test
sdemon -o shutdown -p sde -N

Your .profile wont execute within the same shell without a preceding .
All commands should use the full pathname as the context of cron jobs is not the same as that inherited from a login

E.g.Code: [Select]. /home/sde/.profile
/usr/bin/echo this is a test
/home/sde/sdecompress/sdemon -o shutdown -p sde -NThanks for your reply, I have been out of the office so couldn't post any sooner.

I seem to have a bit more progress now. The script will run (the echo command works), but

The problem seems to be RECOGNISING the 'sdemon command'; when I check my mail now it says (PATH name)/sde_shutdown[7]: sdemon: not found.

If I were using another language it would be straightforward here - enclose it in quotes to get the whole line to run as it has spaces in. Is there a way around this in Unix?Quote from: dend on May 22, 2007, 04:50:24 AM
Thanks for your reply, I have been out of the office so couldn't post any sooner.

np

Quote
The problem seems to be recognising the 'sdemon command'; when I check my mail now it says (path name)/sde_shutdown[7]: sdemon: not found.

If I were using another language it would be straightforward here - enclose it in quotes to get the whole line to run as it has spaces in. Is there a way around this in Unix?

You can do that in bash/sh on linux/AIX too

Code: [Select]"/home/sde path name/sdemon" -o shutdown -p sde -N
436.

Solve : Removing header and trailer page?

Answer»

Let me specifiy by saying I am not a UNIX programmer

However...the system I am working on is PRINTING a blank page before and after every print job that is being sent to the printer. Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these blank pages? Thanks.Quote from: luvsun27 on May 24, 2007, 07:13:19 AM

However...the system I am working on is printing a blank page before and after every print job that is being sent to the printer. Anyone have any idea how I can get rid of these blank pages? Thanks.

There are many different printing programs for linux which work differently, so we need to know if you are using the CUPS (the most common VERSION), lpd, or what version of linux you are using which will give one of US a CLUE?If you tell me how to find out the version...I will get it for you. Thanks Quote from: luvsun27 on May 24, 2007, 07:47:29 AM
If you tell me how to find out the version...I will get it for you. Thanks

uname -a will tell you the linux version

more /etc/printcap will give clues about the printing SOFTWARE
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Solve : Dual boot Vista and Linux?

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My computer was preinsalled with vista and I would like to dual boot with linux... I installed Kanotix RC3 to a new partition I made and chose to put the bootloader Grub in the ROOT partition not MBR... This is the only way ive done it before im guessing because i only have 1hdd i have to put the bootloader in MBR.. will that erase the Vista bootloader, can some1 tell me how to go about dual booting both linux and Vista?

I have Vista boot Pro im not sure if it is meant to work with linux...I guess my most important question is, is there someway to recover vista MBR i.e. computer recovery DISK

Quote from: fat_basterd21 on MAY 28, 2007, 05:00:25 PM

I guess my most important question is, is there someway to recover vista MBR i.e. computer recovery disk

You shouldn't need to recover the Vista MBR, as GRUB will let you boot Vista PROPERLY using its own MBR.

(Only used Vista for 30minutes on a friends laptop, but on XP I can tell you that you need to boot the recovery disk and run FIXMBR to put the old XP MBR back)
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Solve : HOW CAN I PRINT FROM LIN 10 TO 34 IN ANY FILE USING HEAD AND TAIL COMMAND?

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HOW CAN I PRINT LINE 10 TO 34 IN ANY FILE USING HEAD AND TAIL COMMAND IN UNIX SYSTEM?cat the file, via a pipe to head to get the first 34 lines of the file, then another pipe to tail to get the last 24 lines of that. (34-10=24). If you meant print to a line printer, redirect the output to the printer device.

USE the appropriate switch for head and tail to get lines, not bytes.

PS Typing all in capitals is very bad manners. It is the same as shouting. Please don't do it any more.

PPS man PAGES are on most linux systems.





Quote from: kuldeep on May 28, 2007, 08:14:36 AM

HOW CAN I PRINT LINE 10 TO 34 IN ANY FILE USING HEAD AND TAIL COMMAND IN UNIX SYSTEM?

no need to SHOUT!

Code: [Select]tail +10 filename | head -24 | lpdoing homework right? if not, there's no reason you can't use sed
Code: [Select]sed -n '10,34p' file
Good one, Ghostdog

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm

http://www.student.northpark.edu/pemente/sed/sed1line.txt
439.

Solve : Difference Between Linux and Red hat Linux?

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Hi,

What are the dirrerence between Linux and Red hat linux?

Thanks
ChiranjibThe word 'Linux' is like the words 'Windows' or 'Mac'.
Red hat linux is a distrubution of Linux, just like Ubuntu Linux or Knoppix.
There are hundreds of different versions.Quote from: chiranjib on May 23, 2007, 11:07:41 PM

What are the dirrerence between Linux and Red hat linux?

That's similar to like saying what's the difference between fruit and apples?

Linux is any version of unix-like operating system based upon the GNU linux kernel. Red Hat is one of those versions.

Continuing the fruit analogy further. Unix* would be like plants, and Windows and Mac would be like minerals and ANIMALS.

* one slight flaw is that although most people refer to any unix-like operating system e.g. Linux, Solaris, SunOS, BSD, AIX as "Unix", we're all wrong because Unix is actually a registered trade-mark.Quote from: chiranjib on May 23, 2007, 11:07:41 PM
What are the dirrerence between Linux and Red hat linux?

About $200.Quote from: banjo67xxx on May 24, 2007, 07:37:58 AM
* one slight flaw is that although most people refer to any unix-like operating system e.g. Linux, Solaris, SunOS, BSD, AIX as "Unix", we're all wrong because Unix is actually a registered trade-mark.


from Solaris 10 FAQ

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/faqs_general.jsp

Quote
The Solaris 10 Operating System is an open source UNIX operating system, and is available as a free download for both x86/x64 and SPARC systems. This release—the result of a $500-million plus investment in development by Sun—is the most advanced operating system on the planet.

from "what is Unix"

http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix.html

Quote
In 1994 Novell (who had acquired the UNIX systems business of AT&T/USL) decided to get out of that business. Rather than sell the business as a single entity, Novell transferred the rights to the UNIX trademark and the SPECIFICATION (that subsequently became the Single UNIX Specification) to The Open Group (at the time X/Open Company). Subsequently, it sold the source code and the product implementation (UNIXWARE) to SCO. The Open Group also owns the trademark UNIXWARE, transferred to them from SCO more recently.

Today, the DEFINITION of UNIX ® takes the form of the worldwide Single UNIX Specification integrating X/Open Company's XPG4, IEEE's POSIX Standards and ISO C. Through continual evolution, the Single UNIX Specification is the defacto and DEJURE standard definition for the UNIX system application programming interfaces. As the owner of the UNIX trademark, The Open Group has separated the UNIX trademark from any actual code stream itself, thus allowing multiple implementations. Since the introduction of the Single UNIX Specification, there has been a single, open, consensus specification that defines the requirements for a conformant UNIX system.

There is also a mark, or brand, that is used to identify those products that have been certified as conforming to the Single UNIX Specification, initially UNIX 93, followed subsequently by UNIX 95, UNIX 98 and now UNIX 03.

Some people try to get around issues like this by talking about "Posix-compliant" environments. However, the list below shows that not everything Posix is Unix, or even Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX

Quote
Fully POSIX-compliant

These are POSIX compatible, they conform to it fully.

* A/UX
* AIX
* BlagOS
* BSD/OS [4]
* Cygwin - enables POSIX compliance for certain MICROSOFT Windows products.
* HP-UX
* INTEGRITY
* IRIX
* LynxOS
* Mac OS X
* Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 - enables full POSIX compliance for certain Microsoft Windows products.
* MINIX
* OpenVMS
* penOS
* QNX
* RTEMS (POSIX 1003.1-2003 Profile 52)
* Solaris
o OpenSolaris
* UnixWare
* velOSity
* VxWorks
* Windows NT kernel (used in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn")
o Windows NT (except optional POSIX features) [5]
o Windows 2000 Server or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later (When using Microsoft SFU 3.5). To be POSIX compliant, one must activate optional features of Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server. [6]
o Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later (When using Microsoft SFU 3.5)
o Windows Server 2003 (When using Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5)
o Windows Server 2003 R2 (Includes a Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications)
o Windows Vista (the Enterprise and Ultimate editions include the Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications)

440.

Solve : Linux Blog?

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Hello,

I am finaly converted to the Open SOURCE Community and as an INTRODUCTION to everyone I started a blog which talks about my project for the Open Source Community. The adress is:
http://linuxstrategies.blogspot.com/

Please feel FREE to spread the word
And also to give me feedback

Thanks

Al968So any thought

Thanks

Al968Yeah, it's a bit...basic.

Maybe it'd be a good idea to *censored* your forum, when there is actually a forum.

And until there is a techie at the end of a 45p/min phone line, the masses won't convert to freeware.The point of thsi blog is also to get to know people's preference on domain, forum software and also to already have them involved in the project because this forum will need a lot of Moderators. One other goal of the blog is that once the domain name is choosen I will have to do a fundraiser because those domains are pretty expensive($1500 - $3000). That's why I've started to PUT some ads on the blog.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreacite it

Al968Quote from: al968 on June 02, 2007, 12:24:24 PM

The point of thsi blog is also to get to know people's preference on domain, forum software and also to already have them involved in the project because this forum will need a lot of Moderators. One other goal of the blog is that once the domain name is choosen I will have to do a fundraiser because those domains are pretty expensive($1500 - $3000). That's why I've started to put some ads on the blog.

Thanks for the feedback, I appreacite it

Al968

Domain, expensive? What?!Please let me know if you want to MAKE a donation

Al968
441.

Solve : Unix commands?

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Hello,

I'm looking for commands which allow me to AUTOMATIC package installation under solaris8.
Any ideas
Thank you and good dayQuote from: MHC on June 11, 2007, 09:38:30 AM

Hello,

I'm looking for commands which allow me to automatic package installation under solaris8.
Any ideas
Thank you and good day

Do you mean use pkgask to create a response FILE, so that you can run pkgadd from a script?

Or are you TALKING about creating a JUMPSTART package cluster?
442.

Solve : linux as career?

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Hi.i want to make a career out of linux...
So can anyone tell me how to go BOUT this..
I want to know whether we SHUD learn the commands section or whether working in GUI,s is enough,,
how popular is perl language,how is it dfferent from c and other programming languages,
how many programming languages does linux support...
IN GENRAL
What are the main things to be learnt in linux to be a pro....Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 15, 2007, 04:18:36 AM

Hi.i want to make a career out of linux...
So can anyone tell me how to go bout this..
What EXACTLY do you want to do now?

Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 15, 2007, 04:18:36 AM
I want to know whether we shud learn the commands section or whether working in GUI,s is enough,,
If you want to master linux, you really need to know the commands, maybe you should try slackware. Although, considering that you are asking these types of questions, you probably haven't used linux very long, if at all. Maybe you should try something easier to begin with, like OpenSuSE.

Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 15, 2007, 04:18:36 AM
how popular is perl language,how is it dfferent from c and other programming languages,
Perl is very popular. It is very different from C and others

Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 15, 2007, 04:18:36 AM
how many programming languages does linux support...
Major languages: Perl, Python, TCL, PHP, Java, Lisp, Fortran, C, C++
Others to note: AWK, SED, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada, Prolog, assembler, Objective C, LOGO, Pascal
source
I think they also have Basic.

Quote from: naren_arsenal on June 15, 2007, 04:18:36 AM
IN GENRAL
What are the main things to be learnt in linux to be a pro....
Learn everything about the operating system. Learn every type of window manager, every shell, SEVERAL programming languages, several network protocols, etc.
It's no easy task, but it can be done.
THANX...
anymore tips... ya, this link Quote
What are the main things to be learnt in linux to be a pro....

Don't give up after 2 days.
Quote from: contrex on June 20, 2007, 10:08:07 AM
Quote
What are the main things to be learnt in linux to be a pro....

Don't give up after 2 days.

Don't you think you've helped enough?
443.

Solve : my comp wont boot?

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My computer is about 2001 it is a PC and I have my own hard drive in it. Until recently the computer has worked without any kind of issues. I currently dual boot Linux Ubuntu and Windows XP. Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive USING appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even READ the hard drive so it wont boot. Does anyone know whats wrong? I'm kind of under the gun here so any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.Ok, now my computer will read the hard disk but now it just gets to the start of the Ubuntu boot screen and just stops working...I dont think it is freezing up but it might be, again any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The computer will then leave the boot screen and go to a DOS screen and give an error message reading "Alert! /dev/hda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" Does anyone know what that means? And if you have any questions of information that I may not have included, let me know.
Thank you.Quote from: smelius on June 18, 2007, 09:21:34 AM

Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive using appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even read the hard drive so it wont boot.

Have you tried removing the 5 1/4 floppy?
Sounds like it might be intefering with your IDE bus.

If you've already removed it, then did you use an ESD kit during installation and removal? Static electricity can destory computer chips from inches away without you even noticing!!! If this is the case, try moving your HDD to another IDE bus, otherwise you'll have to replace the motherboard.

Of course, it COULD be that your HDD has just died on the same day, in which case you'll need a new HDD INSTEAD of motherboard.
444.

Solve : mentor?

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OK..
I need a someone to help me step by step in learning Linux..
Since u guys are Pros in linux i want to take help from u guys...
I want to know how u people became pros in the field of Linux....

So this is what ive learnt...
I have learnt to install linux(its supposed to be the hardest thing of all..fedora core 6)..
Ive learnt all the basic command line interface .. i have become comfortable using Konsole...(this is where i learnt the COMMANDS www.lowfatlinux.com)
So... now where do i go frm here....
PLZ .. someone has to GUIDE me step by step towards learning linux...Linux is an OPERATING system, like Windows. It allows you to use your computer. Nobody says "I need to learn Windows", do they? If you want to learn all about Linux to the level of creating your own distro or rewriting a kernel, or creating applications, you are not going to be able to do that on a forum or by email. You do it by being determined, enquiring, resourceful and hardworking.

If you want to "learn Linux" so you can get a job, maybe you should get books about Bash scripting, perl, C programming, networking, Ruby, the Linux kernel, system configuration, embedded Linux, and stuff like that.

I do not think you should be asking on a forum. You should be reading books and enrolling in college courses.

This attitude will never work:

Quote

PLZ .. someone has to guide me step by step towards learning linux...




The BEST way that I've found to learn is just to jump right into it. Start doing things. If/when you get stuck, research it, go through forums until you figure it out. Just keep messing around, tweaking, and breaking things and you'll get the hang of things very soon.

The best way to learn anything is to just do it. Get in and get your hands dirty.

My $0.02...Ok.. i was just askin..
Haha. Sorry if I seemed a little blunt there.

Some good sites to check out if you have any QUESTIONS are:

www.linuxquestions.org
www.ubuntuforums.org


Both sites have very knowledgeable people who are very nice and will help you with whatever troubles you may be having.

Even if you do not choose Ubuntu for your distro, you can still learn a lot from reading through those forums.I got a couple pointers.
Take a good, long, hard look at each of your config files (xorg.conf, httpd.conf, php.conf, smb.conf, etc.). Figure out what each line does in each of them.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-config.html - First result after a Yahoo! search for linux conf files. (I might look at it a little more myself)

Also, learn a programming language (or several). Perl is supposed to be a good beginner's language.
even i looked thru the config files from the same website...
i was just goin thru them....
Any other files i shud look out for...




<>Quote from: naren_arsenal on July 06, 2007, 05:26:04 AM
<<contrex u r doin it again doug!!!u pissin me off>>

Why? I gave you good, truthful advice. If you can't handle it, that's your problem, not mine.

ok..whatever..
if i had the money and time..i cud have joined a course..
if i was goin for a linux course i cudnt be askin these silly questions on this forum....i cud have been a pro...and giving advise to people like u..time to unsubscribe - bye.
i dont understand..
r u telling me to unsubscribe or r u goin to unsubscribe....i think he means there's a misunderstanding in this whole situation and you both need to just chill, despite what your views of it are. remember people have different reactions to different statements.
have you googled for linux help? when i was first learning (before i could afford or had the time for a course aswell), i used google, and it actually helped me a lot. there are some thoughtful people out there who make sites with help just like what you want and they do it all for nothing, i'm sure you wouldn't want that to go to waste would you?yeah..
and i found this site in google when i looked for linux learnin lol that's a sorta weird coincidence
well i remember there was one really good site when i started but i don't remember what it is..

if i find it, i'll post back with the address, how's that? ok...give the links
445.

Solve : Trying Out Linux For the First Time?

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My Friend and I, want to try out Linux and I was wondering where we should start. My Computer is a Pentium 3, 512mb ram, 733mhz, and 40gig hd and I'd like to keep my Xp on the harddrive and dual boot between the two. MY friends computer is a Pentium 2 with 128mb ram and thats all I can remember off the top of my head. Anyone have a suggestion for a Linux Distro I should try?Quote

My Friend and I, want to try out Linux and I was wondering where we should start. My Computer is a Pentium 3, 512mb ram, 733mhz, and 40gig hd and I'd like to keep my Xp on the harddrive and dual boot between the two. MY friends computer is a Pentium 2 with 128mb ram and thats all I can remember off the top of my head. Anyone have a suggestion for a Linux Distro I should try?


I am not your linux guru. In the ocean of information that is linux, I have learned a thimble full.
I'm a couple baby steps ahead of you is all.

That said - here's an idea for you to try, until you get some better advice.
Play around with some linux Live CDs.

Free to download. Although if you don't have a fast connection, you're going to be downloading for quite a while!

After you d/l, burn it to a CD. Boot from that CD, and you're running linux!
No changes to your hard drive.
No permanent install.

The downside: it is not usually a 'complete' version of some distro. After all, it fits on one CD.
It can be slow - again, it may be running from CD. ( some allow you to load the whole thing into ram, if you have enough)

I'm not suggesting this as an alternative to a complete installation of linux.
I don't think it is fair to compare them.
But - for exposure for new comers like us - it is great!

Here are some links for you to explore:

http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1
Puppy linux is small - you can read about it there - something like 50 or 60 meg.
They have forums there too.

http://www.slax.org/
Bigger. 200 or so meg. More features.
Forums here too.

http://www.knoppix.org/ (click a flag to get your language)
Big. 700 meg. I haven't tried this one yet.
It is often the one that is most often mentioned when anyone is talking about
Live CDs.

There are others. Many. You can google for them.
You can also visit: http://www.livecdnews.com/
and
http://distrowatch.com/
and
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
You're going to be reading for a while!


Other interesting sites for you to visit:
www.linuxquestions.org
www.linuxforums.org

You're completely new to linux, right?
Go here:
http://www.linux.org/lessons/
Start with the link: Getting Started with Linux - Beginner's Course
Don't worry that it is talking about Debian/Gnu linux.... it is good to get yourself oriented and exposed to some of the new words that you're going to be using.
I found the courses there very helpful. The first one goes quick... I don't know...it's been a while since I read it all .... maybe an hour or less to read it.


Did I already say that you're going to be doing some reading?


http://linuxcommand.org/
Another one to bookmark. You'll see, someday.


About your original question: Which distro for you?
You're never going to get just one answer.
Perhaps you will get some recommendations based on your hardware - let's see what you get with that.
Be prepared though for answers like: try one... if you don't like it, try another.
Your question gets asked a lot, check those other forums - more linux only oriented - skim around.... you'll see.

Be prepared for a different world. Sometimes it can be frustrating when you know what you want to do, but don't know how. You learn a new level of patience.



Thank You Very much for your very informative reply Willy. I guess I know what I'll be doing today Quote
Thank You Very much for your very informative reply Willy. I guess I know what I'll be doing today

Are you on cable, or dsl? Grab Puppy. Burn it to CD ( don't make the mistake of just copying the one big file to CD - use your burning software's feature to burn from ISO or whatever it is called in your software. )

Check to be sure that your computer is set up to boot from CD.

Put in your new Puppy Linux and boot it!

IF[/b] Puppy detects your ethernet card, assuming that is what you have, you can use it's connection WIZARD to get going with the internet.
Puppy comes with a web browser, so if you can get connected, you can visit back here and let us know.

Fwiw, Puppy did detect my ethernet card, and I got right on the internet again.... after I d/l'd the newest version of Puppy. My first d/l was a slightly older version, and it did not detect my card.

I still have not gotten Slax to detect my card. It has been most interesting to research it though.

I forgot to mention in my first post: DSL ( *censored* Small Linux ) deserves mention too. Many folks recommend it for a Live CD distro. I probably failed to mention it because I myself haven't gotten around to trying it yet.



Keep us posted!


Edit: It appears that the board will not let me use the exact name of "DSL" linux. It is automatically changing the first word to "darn". You can figure it out, if you need to google for it.

Well I've Downloaded Puppy Linux, and it says I can run it off a USB stick but I have only usb.1.1 ports. But it still probably be faster then running it off my CD drive because it is an old cd drive.Quote
Well I've Downloaded Puppy Linux, and it says I can run it off a USB stick but I have only usb.1.1 ports. But it still probably be faster then running it off my CD drive because it is an old cd drive.

Can't help you there. I've only done it with a CD.

My CD drive is probably 7 years old or older. It worked fine in it. The drive claims to be 40x.

CDs are fairly cheap. Burn it and give it a whirl.
Might be less complicated to get it going - but again, I'm not sure.

Been a while since I loaded Puppy, but I think it offered the option, during the boot up process, to let you load it all into ram.
But you can experiment with that, if it is there, later. I'd go with the easiest, most simple way for my first try.

Question, Do I need a boot disc in order for it to boot? It starts up it goes to a screen about Puppy then it says System ***** (Cant remember word lol).Quote
Question, Do I need a boot disc in order for it to boot?

The CD is the boot disk.

Wait... did you mean 'do you need a boot floppy disk?'
If so - nope. Boots with only the CD.

Quote
It starts up it goes to a screen about Puppy then it says System ***** (Cant remember word lol).

And it has been a while since I booted Puppy, so I dont' remember either.

I remember that at some point it asks you questions. You have to tell it that you want to use a U.S. keyboard, for example. And there are a couple options for video/graphics driver. I used the simplest one, whatever it was called.

Be back shortly, I hope.
I need to boot Slax for something, and if I have time, I'll boot Puppy too.



I found out what it says:


Uncompressing Linux.....

Crc Error--

System stop (Not sure if It said stop but the rest I know is true).

I made my cd by OPENING up nero, selecting burn IMAGE to disc, selected the linux file (Which is an rar file) and it saved it as an ISO and then I burned it. Im assuming I did something wrong there.Quote
I found out what it says:


Uncompressing Linux.....

Crc Error--

System stop (Not sure if It said stop but the rest I know is true).

I made my cd by opening up nero, selecting burn image to disc, selected the linux file (Which is an rar file) and it saved it as an ISO and then I burned it. Im assuming I did something wrong there.

You should extract the .rar and burn the actual .iso.Quote
I found out what it says:


Uncompressing Linux.....


Sounds normal.

Quote
Crc Error--

Not normal.

Quote
System stop (Not sure if It said stop but the rest I know is true).


To me, Crc error indicates that a file is bad. As in, perhaps something went wrong as you downloaded the ISO file.


Quote
I made my cd by opening up nero, selecting burn image to disc, selected the linux file

I don't know Nero, but that sounds about right.

Quote
(Which is an rar file)

It is? ??
The file I downloaded is named puppy-2.12-seamonkey-zdrv.iso
and it is around 87 meg.
By CHANCE, did you download that file? for all I know, there is a new version out in the last couple weeks since I d/l'd it.....



Quote
and it saved it as an ISO and then I burned it.

Nero saved it as an ISO file?

sorry... I'm lost.


Quote
Im assuming I did something wrong there.

Could be. But I got lost, so I'm not sure.

I'm going to visit the Puppy site for a couple minutes. I'll check back to see if you've replied.

Quote

(Which is an rar file)

If I'm understanding you, you downloaded a rar file.

I don't know where you got it though.

I'm on:
http://www.puppylinux.org/user/downloads.php?cat_id=1
right now.

I see:
"Puppy Linux 2.13, puppy-2.13-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso [NEW]
puppy-2.13-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso, 84M.
This release has heaps of new features. PupGet packages are now called PET packages and the files have the extension '.pet'. PupGet package manager is now called PETget package manager. The original ext3 filesystem inside the personal storage file 'pup_save.3fs' is changed to a ext2 filesystem. The file is now called 'pup_save.2fs'. Programs upgraded: PBrename, Pupdvdtool, Xwget, Geany, Isomaster, SeaMonkey and more. New pacakages include PuppyBackup, Soxgui and XkbConfigurationManager. Prepared to be amazed!

Make sure you have read the release notes (2-Jan-07) before downloading. "

If I click the download link there, I'm starting to d/l an 84 MB file named:
puppy-2.13-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso

( That's a newer version than what I have - the description sounds very nice too! If I were you, I'd go with that version, rather than the older version right below it , 2.12, .... that's what I have. )

See "md5sum:.... " ?
Right below that is a clickable link, "More Information". Click that and read.
Just basic info, but it can't hurt.

Regarding the md5sum itself: Somewhere on that site it tells you how to use that. It is for checking your download, to be sure it is good, before you burn it.
Me... I didn't. I just burned it, and it worked. But you can bet that if it hadn't, I'd have been doing the checksum.


I hope this helps.

Well I didnt get my file from there it was some random FTP thing. Thanks For link. Also thank you for all your help.Can you have a look at your CD, using Windoze?


Here's what's on MINE:

BOOT.CAT 3 KB
BOOT.MSG 1 KB
INITRD.GZ 1231 KB
ISOLINUX.BIN 11 KB
ISOLINUX.CFG 1 KB
PUP_212.SFS 65833 KB
VMLINUZ 1711 KB
ZDRV_212.SFS 15889 KB


At least that's what Win98 can see.

This is my bootable Puppy Live CD.
What's on yours? Does it look at all similar?

Mine Has those files and another one called INITRD

Edit: Never mind I see that was in your list.
446.

Solve : Error loading shared libraries , segmentation fault?

Answer»
I am getting the following ERROR when i type some commands like (ls, df, CAT, network etc.....)

:error while loading shared libraries: ÿÄ SjèkóÿÿÄÂRè,ÿÿÿj: cannot OPEN shared object file: No such file or directory.
or
segmentation fault
what would be the problemQuote from: srikanthvarakhedkar on June 19, 2007, 12:07:55 AM

I am getting the following error when i type some commands like (ls, df, cat, network etc.....)

:error while loading shared libraries: ÿÄ SjèkóÿÿÄÂRè,ÿÿÿj: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
or
segmentation fault
what would be the problem

Have you deleted /usr/lib? or some other vital system files?
If ldd still works, you can find out what libraries ls needs, but if even then you'll need to re-install linux.the /usr/lib is present, some commands are WORKING but some of them are not (i am using redhat linux enterprise 4.0)
447.

Solve : unix certification?

Answer»

Hi,

i want to know abt unix CERTIFICATION......COULD ANYONE who has done it or KNOWS abt it could help me.

Regards,
sandhya.Can u plz be more SPECIFIC..
do u want to know bout UNIX or
Do u want to learn UnIX

448.

Solve : How do I burn a Mac bootable DVD with linux??

Answer»

As my DVD burner is attached my linux PC, and I can't burn on the iMac, I thought I should ask here too.

There are instructions at http://creativebits.org/mac_os_x/make_a_dvd_copy_of_mac_os_x_tiger on how to create a bootable MacOS DVD on an iMac.

I've ALREADY tried burning the ISO image USING NTI backup on XP, and that wasn't bootable, and my version of cdrecord on Suse 9.3 says its license has expired. (I haven't tried cdrecord on Suse 10.0 yet, but it'll take a while to dig that SYSTEM out)

Are there some special OPTIONS to cdrecord to make a DVD iMac-bootable?DId u try to burn the image using imageburn wizard or did u just burn the image as it is....

449.

Solve : Create a port in linux????

Answer»

Is it possible to create a port in LINUX?please be more clear on what you are asking. yeshow
yea how? @arsenal & @ilikemycomp,
dudes, what is your programming background?
@arsenal, you have been messing around with linux for a while, how is it going for you?
Have you LEARNT any scripting/programming languages yet? I asked because to create and connect
ports, you NEED some programming SKILLS, using already EXISTING network APIs.

450.

Solve : grep --help!?

Answer» HEY all,

I need some help using grep. How would I do a word count for specific words from a file. Lets say I am searching for apples, bannanas and grapes from a text file and need to output the FREQUENCY of those words. I do not want to do a grep of those words one by one.

Much APPRECIATED,

abcgrep only count LINES that contains your word. If two identical words are on the same line, it will STILL count as 1.
you might want to use awk.
Code: [Select]awk 'BEGIN{FS=",";c=0; search="word"}
$0~search{ for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) {
if ($i == search) {
c++
}
}
} END{print "Total count of "search " is: "c}' file