Soft32 Linux Forums help - Linux General - Setup http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Setup-forum-22.html Top 15 Messages on forum.soft32.com http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Fedora-12-ftopict499881.html#1251801 Fedora 12 On Nov 19 7:22am Matt Giwer wrote: > 12 was released a few days ago and despite my usual let the other > gut find the problems approach I upgraded a recent Fedora 11 install The > 11 install was less that two weeks ago on a new machine > > 1 It took forever The install and upgrade times seem to be in direct > proportion to the release number > > 2 The http://forum.soft32.com/linux/break-updated-today-sysv-rc-sysvinit-sysvinit-utils-ftopict499239.html#1250651 Did something break when I updated today sysv rc sysvini On 11 13 2009 1:02 AM PT Keith Blow typed: >> I do I use deborphan debfoster etc daily when I do apt get update >> and upgrade daily : I also have tight free disk space so I have to >> watch them >> > You have to use orphaner purge to get it to actually remove all the > config files Is there a way to purge the ones that I already uninstalled? I can t remove these that de http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Framebuffer-modern-graphics-card-ftopict499044.html#1249518 Framebuffer on a modern graphics card? I demand that Alan Mackenzie may or may not have written > Has fb advanced to the point where I could switch between 128 x 48 and > 160 x 60 at runtime? fbset should cope with that so long as the requisite modes measured in pixels not characters are available [snip] | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr Ashington | Doon | using Debian GNU Linux | http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Issue-space-usage-results-df-du-home-ftopict496909.html#1248323 Issue: Different space usage results for df and du for home On Oct 14 2:59 am bzaman wrote: > df h is showing 95 full Used 123G for home directory but du is > showing only 34G used for home Could not able to identify who had This situation is most commonly caused by unlinked open file s e g : df k ; du s x Filesystem 1K blocks Used Available Use Mounted on tmpfs 257 http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Vista-Ubuntu-Fedora-ftopict496916.html#1244550 Vista Ubuntu Fedora On Thu 15 Oct 2009 15:48:30 0200 Hans Peter Diettrich wrote: > bzaman schrieb: > >> Later boot up using Ubuntu and modify the grub configuration file to >> add information about the other OS that you have just installed This >> should help you to have 3 os in the boot list menu I thought you just had to run a grub update to have it autho do this? caveat late to conversation http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Issue-Opensourc3-magazine-free-download-ftopict496522.html#1243451 Issue 3 of of Opensourc3 magazine is available for free d Opensourc3 is a magazine dedicated to Unified and Cloud Computing using open source technologies It is published on a monthly basis This issue loooks at: KaOS a new Open Source Hypervisor and virtualization platform Live Migration PostgreSQL Virtualizing VoIP Packet Analysis with ScaPY For your free copy do to http: www opensourc3 org Issue 3 is directly downloada http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Debian-secure-ftopict495712.html#1241656 Is Debian 1 1 secure? On Wed 30 Sep 2009 in the Usenet newsgroup comp os linux setup in article Chris Cox wrote: >Manuel Rodriguez wrote: >> Question: is it secure to install it? >Is Windows 3 51 secure? : Sure just remove the network capability remove any drives capable of removable media and remove all users Piece of cake >Also Debian 1 1 requires http://forum.soft32.com/linux/ext4-file-systems-boot-partition-ftopict494760.html#1241327 Why can t ext4 file systems be used as a boot partition? piscesboy wrote: > > > Newbie question What problems are you having? As usual before the kernel can boot a partition it must know about the filesystem on it via a driver On the system in question is ext4 compiled into the kernel or otherwise provided in your initrd? Are you running a current version of of boot manager? I run version 0 97 of grub and have to apply a patc http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Fedora-Core-ftopict494830.html#1240349 Fedora Core 5 Am Donnerstag 24 September 2009 16:56 Aragorn a crit : > On Wednesday 23 September 2009 09:26 someone identifying as Sydney > wrote in comp os linux setup: > >> Cohen@compaq1391 ~] lib modules uname r kernel 3rdparty ndiswrapper > > Yes you did something wrong because you did not use an > accent grave ` but an apostrophe instead Unfortunately backticks acc http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Belkin-N1-wireless-card-ftopict495244.html#1240304 Belkin N1 wireless card I demand that Nico Kadel Garcia may or may not have written > On Sep 23 8:03 pm Don Phillipson wrote: >> What chances the Belkin N1 PCMCIA card can connect wireless under Ubuntu >> v 9? It is not listed at >> https: help ubuntu com community HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin PCMCIA [full URL reinstated] > Your chances are good Wireless support h http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Linux-DNS-expiring-Active-Directory-DNS-server-ftopict493576.html#1237110 Linux DNS expiring on Active Directory DNS server On Sat 12 Sep 2009 04:09:31 0700 PDT Nico Kadel Garcia wrote: > On Sep 6 12:49am Matt Giwer wrote: >> Are WAGs permitted? Does not a ping from your machine say it is not idle? > > Sory I ve been busy What do you mean by WAG http: www acronymfinder com Wild Ass Guess 28WAG 29 html > in this case? >> Does not a ping from your machine say it i http://forum.soft32.com/linux/linux-administration-ftopict493512.html#1236938 Some questions about linux administration Aragorn wrote: > Andrew Halliwell wrote: > >> That doesn t do single step does it? > > Not step by step no I wouldn t know what does actually The best single stepping debugger I ve ever seen was the one that came with IRIX from SGI It could step through programs one line of C at a time displaying the line in a separate window There are very good developer tools out there http://forum.soft32.com/linux/Linux-ftopict493261.html#1236155 New to Linux Aragorn : > On Tuesday 01 September 2009 16:26 someone identifying as The > BriZZell wrote in comp os linux setup: > > > I have a old Compaq Presareo I want to work on for school > > entertanment and business > > > > It runs a AMD 3D proc speed unknown [ > [snip] > > > ] about 10GB Hard Drive [ > > That s very tight You mig http://forum.soft32.com/linux/reactivate-ubuntu-04-ftopict492670.html#1235555 reactivate ubuntu 8 04 ? Sydney wrote: > Lawrence Houston a rit dans le message > de news: h7ovse 5un 1@news eternal september org >> Sydney wrote: >> : Hi There >> : I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8 04 I had to repare win xp with >> the >> : original CD ROM >> : Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as >> well http://forum.soft32.com/linux/effective-Linux-Server-ftopict493079.html#1234821 How effective is Linux as a Server On Tue 01 Sep 2009 10:37:27 0400 Michael Black wrote: > On Tue 1 Sep 2009 terryc wrote: > >> On Tue 01 Sep 2009 06:35:57 0200 Aragorn wrote: >> >> >>>> Linux: Go anywhere you want anytime you want any way you want >>>> Bring a big tool box >>>> >>>> Apple: That dog has a puffy tail >>>> >>>> Microsoft: Let me tell you @ @ General Protection Fault >>> >>> Who