Forum: Miscellaneous

Hi, I am ready to replace my GSM phone and want suggestions on which ones you have and how well they sync PIM info with Debian Linux distros. ...

One of my favorite past times is distrowatch and a stack of blanks. I have quite the collection of Distros strown across my desk. What im looking to...

I've been using Ubuntu for several months now, and while I do like it, it's started having really annoying problems such as random freezing,...

So I've been toying with different distributions and OS's, and have on several occasions deleted the OS handling my GRUB. I've read that GRUB is...

I am not sure what forum this belongs in so I think misc is the best fit. Does anyone know of any way to mount a filesystem image w/o having root...

There were a couple of updates available in Ubuntu this morning. One of them was for a package called "ttf-liberation". As a web designer, it...

Hi, I am new in Linux. I am a Windows user. I found a software called "DriverMax" where it will backup all the drivers of the system. But that's...

To use the write command, I believe both the sender and the recipient need to have write access enabled to their terminal. The write man page says...

When tried to run valgring on an application which uses gstreamer framework for media streaming , i got a message "GStreamer has detected that it...

K, rsync takes a Message of the Day (motd) file. Does it display the entire contents of the file? Or can you separate messages in the file using a...

Hi, I'm making a custom livecd. I need to know how to enable a non-root automatic login at boot on a command line only system. Suggestions?

First than anything. I'm sorry for my bad english (I will make it better) Linux is a SO powerful,free,gratis and free of restrictions for...

I tried to create a bootable linux on a usb flash drive by using the instruction from Linux Live for CD & USB. Managed to run ./build...

I have difficulties in getting the option right for wget to download directories from SourceForge.net Repository - Index of /aufs Anyone could...

first i had windows installed in my system...later i was in need of linux...so i deleted everything and installed fedora....now i want to get back my...

I want to take my Windows XP box and dual boot it with Linux. There are plenty of guides to do that, so that's not my issue. I need Windows XP to...

I was wondering if there was a way to search file content and remove the line that was found. I have thousands of php scripts that need lines...

Hi folks, What will be an easy and effective way searching file content? E.G I need to find a WORD or a PHRASE on a file? TIA B.R....

How do I disable root from logining on directly?? I forget the file I must change from a yes to no thanks Mace

Hello! I hope this is in the right place. I have a KVM switch hooked up to my laptop and home PC. When the KVM is directed to the PC and I am...