Forum: Newbie

I installed Ubuntu Linux and i used the unofficial ubuntu guide to apt-get and install codecs, mplayer, libdvdcss2 and other packages to play dvds. ...

Hello First post here and i'm quite a newbie... ; ) but my machine is running mac os 10.4 so... I've got a dead lacie network box url show the...

Hey, I was wondering how to have two or more GUIs in virtual consoles. I'm afraid I don't know much about the X server, or have any familiarity with...

I'm using both the Fedora core 3 and Debian 2.6.8 now.None of them allow me to mount the U-disk! When I try to mount an U-disk,I always get an...

/dev/hda 9.5 GB 91021U2 /dev/hda1 3.0 GB HPFS/NTFS /windows/C /dev/hda2 1004.0 MB Linux swap ...

I am trying to figure out what the domain of my linux server is. What command do i run to find out and to change it? Also how do I change the name...

I'm hoping someone here can help as it's driving me round the bend! Basically I've had problems getting K3B to recognise the burner in my PC (as...

I'm hoping someone here can help as it's driving me round the bend! Basically I've had problems getting K3B to recognise the burner in my PC (as...

I am going to dual boot windows and linux, but can't decide which linux distro i want and need. i will use linux off and on (until i get my real...

Hi I´ve just wondering...if there any program like partition magic for linux?

Hi everyone, i just have a quick question about reinstalling Linux. I have a dual-boot system with Win XP as my first drive and Suse 9.2 as the...

Hi there, Am hoping some one here may be able to point me in the right direction. Will try and explain my situation without getting lost. :? ...

i'm really new to linux, now I will be recompiling PHP with zlib support, and my problem now, i don't know what distro im currently using, i can...

Hi, I want to install Realplayer in Firefox. I followed the instructions of the plug-in FAQ but it doesn't work: I don't understand n°3. Do...

Among other commands I would like to display the history out put one page at a time Iam familia r with more but it seems to only work for...

I tried updating Apache so many times but it is giving errors and not compiling GD2, IMAP or cURL at all. EXSLT/index.html:1: parser error :...

I was messing around trying to get my ircd unreal network up and running without any luck,got it to load and run locally but couldn't get people on...

Hello, all. I'm not sure this is the right forum, but I am a newbie, so here it goes... I've always used Windows and for the past couple of years...

Hi everyone...I'm noob right now :lol: I wonder what do Mandrake Linux 10.1 look better than previous 9.3 has difference? thanks Skyline ...

I have installed Mepis 3.3.1, it detected all the hardware and works fine. But, I have a few questions, which no doubt have simple answers, 1) How...