Forum: Miscellaneous

I read about sticky bits from several sources, and they all say that when the sticky bit is set on a directory, then any files in that directory can...

So...my friend hdd is dying...I ran tests..windows won't boot....what can he do with this 2002 Dell system?...he needs to get online..after tests on...

Hi, I'm looking for something in linux that is able to synchronize files. Actually I have 3 computers, 1 slackware and 2 windows 7. I want every...

Hello, I recently upgraded a FreeBSD box from 6.3 to 7.4, however, I didn't realise the requirement of compat6x before the final upgrade install. ...

I am working on Sun OS and utilizing the join command to join 2 files file1.txt 12.116.0.220|12.116.0.221|1.536|X|X|X|X|X|X|X...

I'm new to Linux but have a little experience with it, using UBUNTU 11.04, I have an external 1TB USB HDD mounted to this computer which is running...

Hi, Can anyone help me how to measure packet loss for http packets using tcpdump?

Hi All, Had a couple of goes at this, decided it might be smarter to ask around a bit before I do anything drastic. Had some recent issues with...

Hi I want to get real time data(flight data) from an FTP site. Is there any way to read the data from the file just as the data can be read from...

SIOD ERROR: could not open file /usr/lib/festival/siod.scm I install festival, speech_tools, festvox (everything i need it) but i don't know what...

Hello, I recently did a repartition of my laptop, which is running Slackware 13.37. The backup and restore went fine, but now I'm experiencing tons...

my sound card is Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller its shown detected but no sound output is there plz advise

Me and my friends, a group of students, recently moved from the country to the city, unfortunately we couldn't get housing together so we pooled for...

Can anybody tell me what is this 'Federal Express' Malware doing (or is anticipated to do). I have it in .PDF file (22 pages of program code,...

Hi folks, I expect to check the RAM speed and type. I ran following command; $ sudo dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.5 present. 65 structures...

Hello there! Well, I tried to search for myself, but at the moment, I can't get a good solution. Basically, I need to develop a little embedded...

Hi, I hope you can help with this little situation that I have. I know it might be not fair to ask you help me but it's a month I've been trying...