Forum: Newbie

I tried following this guide to mount an NTFS network drive at boot up. But I get the following error when I try to remount: mount: wrong fs...

g'day wonderful people!! I need a point in the right direction with kppp. I've set up my modem (serial) with yast . It works with both kppp and...

I finally got my Ubuntu 6.06.1 - DVD. Man, this is some really great stuff! Now, I really want to get rid of Windows more than ever. I've been...

How do execute a .sh file from a terminal?

what do i do when my machine says lost connection to the display :17.05'', most lickely the x something... has been shut downor u killed/desroyed...

I created new users on the 2 servers that I have using "useradd" and "passwd" and this are the uname -a reply from these: Linux serv1.mysite.org...

Hi there, here goes my first of many posts. I'm trying to setup beagle on Ubuntu 6.10 and I need to enable extended attributes on my ext3 partition....

:confused: any ideas why during installation of fedora core 5 it says i have to install in text mode.. what could it be that determines between text...

Hi, I have removed a file from commmand prompt using rm -rf command, is it possible to recover the file again? is ant command available to do...

Hi; I have been using linux, xp and me on different partitions on my hd all controlled by grub for about 1 year now, the problem is that the other...

For some reason, my web browsers "Mozilla" (came with the installation) and "Firefox 2.0" (I installed firefox 2.0) will freeze up somewhat easily....

This is what I have.... kernel 2.6.11.12 alsa 1.0.8 I run alsaconf and it finds, loads, and sets the volumes for my card. I can then run...

I would like to add an mpg movie to become my screensaver for a project I'm working on. There seems to be an abundant supply of such apps for...

I have HDD-player, mounted under linux. It has FAT32 filsystem. And to there are two folders in the root folder: Beatlejazz and BeatleJazz. I unmount...

i've just installed f4l but none of the menu options work. Well, only a few do but most of them do not do anything. Why is this? Has anyone made any...

Hi mates, I have now another problem with Wine. This time when trying to load an old DOS game (Kings of the beach). The executable filename is...

Hi All!:D Meet me, Delwin, Relatively new to Linux and doing kinda well, all the way from South Africa. Here's my Q: In linux I have a file,...

Hello! I am very new to linux, and have no clue what i am doing. I always that linux was just one operating system, now I see that there are...

Which one of these, if any, do you like the most. Which do you find the easiest to use? For me, eye candy and features iis important. Reliability,...

hi guys im new to linux finding it ok at the mo anyway: i have succesfully installled compiz on suse 10.1 kde and cube etc is working. i am...