Summary: I'm looking at a netbook on sale for $199. It's a Dell that comes with an 8GB solid state drive, 512MB RAM DDR2 and Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1. I hav...
Summary: OK, this is a non-typical question. I have been running Redhat for many years as a http/ftp/mail server, but since they eliminated the "free" distro a...
Summary: I have bee trying to mount a USB CompactFlash Card Reader but it simply doesn't work. Everything seems to be Ok. I have the card reader listed in [ro...
Summary: i recently purchased a used computer, but everytime it boots up it goes into a Redhat Linux 6.2 screen and asks for a localhost login and password. I ...
Summary: When I do this: rpm -i <filename> I get this error message: error: cannot get exclusive lock <etc...> error: cannot open packages <etc...> Wh...
Summary: Hi, I am running Mandrake 8. Sometimes when the computer freezes so i have to restart my computer, I would get a boot failure and asked to enter a ro...
Summary: Hi, I've got an i810 chipset and I'm trying to run Xwindows under Debian Woody (3.0r1, kernel 2.2.something). I've noticed that my kernel 2.2 doesn't ...
Summary: I'm using the Linux-Mandrake 8.1 which supports this modem with rmp files. But he still asks that I got to www.alcatel.com/consumer/dsl/dvrreg_lx.htm ...
Summary: I just installed Linux RedHat 7.1 - i've used RH 7 and the previous beta to 7.1. Both are very very nice; i'm having a problem with 7.1 though - I ha...
Summary: Hi everyone. I used to use Windows (ME) on my system, but, I got pretty fed up with it, and its numerous faults. As an alternative, I went ...
Summary: Oh Dear :-( That was very very stupid of you. I bet you were logged in as user ROOT too!! What you've done, is you've just destroyed all the data on t...
Summary: Hi, when I was connected to the internet and on icq I clicked the random chat button and I waited for 3 minutes but nothing came up. I disconected and...
Summary: (:RANT:) Believe it or not, I actually agree with Billy in some things. Linux isn't introducing anything that hasn't been around for forty years and ...
Summary: How can I change the resolution??? I tried what Jeff said.... but it says "Only the "root" utilisator can access this program "........ what should I...
Summary: Hi. I have a computer I built. I have windows xp home. I want to learn how to use linux. Someone said I could dual boot the machine. Is it possible? I...
Summary: I don't want to be mean or anything, but linux / unix is for the smart person, yes I do admit that somethings are harder to do in linux, but in the lo...
Summary: I wanted to install the openssh deamon, so I would be able to ssh from home in to my office pc. First I got stuck in the rpm dependency loop. After th...
Summary: I am a newbie to the world of Linux so bear with me :) I am running Red Hat 7 and managed to get my linux PC to talk and see my NT machine but I am h...
Summary: Ummm, I can't seem to get RH 7.0 or 7.2 to install on an AMD chip PC, does this matter? when i install 7.0, it freezes when it load X 386 stuff. whe...
Summary: how does /etc/rc.d/init.d/amd restart work what does it do ? i have a new machine set up, but for some reason, it can only log in the root, th...
Summary: I installed red hat linux 6.2 in a compaq proliant 2500 as server, when I want to start linux there's a message like this: "giving autonegotiation mor...
Summary: "and runs faster than Windows" Not true, at least in your case. While it's true "Linux" uses far less resources than a new install in Windows NT 5.1, ...
Summary: I'm trying to configure an HP LPr server and can't seem to get the network running. When I do an ifconfig, eth0 is showing only transmitted packets a...