Forum: Newbie

So I upgraded a piece of software to a newer version and im having an issue. When I type the command to run the software (for this example we will...

I am having problems in getting my modem driver installed. I have a modem that I bought 6 years ago that came with drivers for Linux. Recently I...

Hi, i am total noob in linux. I am searching for linux distro with 1000hz compiled kernel or step by step guide how to recompile kernel in 1000hz for...

Hi, I have a Mandriva 2010 box that inadvertently has the first 64MB overwritten with garbage. Is there any way to recover files from the HDD, and...

Noob finally got the internet working but while trying to figure that out I came across this EDIT! - This is a less from /etc/apt source.list #...

I know this is not very important but I get this error after service httpd star: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified...

Hello, I've been away from Linux long enough that I am basically a newbie again, so here we go... I work in medical imaging, and am running a...

Hello Everyone, I am setting up a UTM kind of machine and I have the following software already installed on the system Base OS = Debian 6...

I have a very old pc with 256 Mb of RAM and 20 GB hard disk with 1.2 Ghz Intel Celeron processor. Please suggest me which distribution is best for...

Hey all, I'm on ubuntu and using apache web server. Problem is when I run "locate httpd.conf", a ton of files come up. But I only want the conf...

hi i would like to know that is it possible to put sam2 on a linux system if it a windows based program if so how do you install it in linux cause i...

Hi I am using the screen command and usiing screen -a to create new screens but the screen number does not appear on the status bar. ...

I am trying to integrate LDAP and ADS (directory services) and now I have a problem that the kinit command for kerberos ticket granting is not...

Hi All, Can someone help me set up my asoundrc file so that I can get surround sound using alsa directly through .asoundrc instead of through...

Hello everyone! I am a very new person to Linux world and do mainly hardware repairs. I am "Linux challenged", if you will. My problem might...

Hi All, I just came across this image: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090819084303/mpd/images/4/40/Lyrics.jpg I see that they have...

Say if I wanted to type "sudo apt-get", is there anyway I just type "s" and it turns into or means "sudo apt-get"? What would I have to do to do...

Backstory: My Windows 7 is bricked. I have two SSDs on the machine: the "C" drive with my OS, antivirus, etc... and a "P" drive for programs. On top...

I'm looking for an open source program and I thought this would be a good place to ask since I used Linux for a while and always received good...