Forum: Newbie

What is the Bash shell command to check an ext2 disk. as in run a scandisk type program :)

i burned slackware iso on cd, but when i boot it gives me runtime error r6003. iam a complete newb, what do i do?

I am having trouble playing audio cds. I put the cd in the drive and the audio program comes up and its playing but no sound. I have played games...

Hi everyone :) i have searched for this in the forums couldnt find what i was looking for so i thought i would post this , sorry if its been asked a...

Hi, I'm a first time linux user I installed Fedora 3 last night with no problems what so ever, but when I came to setting up my internet...

What kind of files do I need to install programs? Is there an equivalent to *.exe of windows? Suggestion welcomes! Thanks Tom

I am trying to delete a program I downloaded and installed (VMware). Is there any easy-ish way to do this? It is saved in /usr/bin/ I need to...

Hiya I'm relatively new to Linux and I need some help. I have a widescreen LCD moniter which, in windows, runs at 1280x800. Now I have tries...

the box im installing this distro on has a k6 processor all the other computers i put linux on had intel processors so i just used Ix86 versions...

Hi, Is there a log file in red hat linux, where I can see information about software installations, updates and removals done using rpm. Thanks...

Hey guys, something that has bothered me since time began-how are the linux directories designed? where do the drivers go, where are all the...

Ok i have 2 Hardrives, one has xp on it.. the other had it.. but i don't boot off it anymore, anyways, installed linux (red hat 9) on the 2nd hard...

hai every body i downloaded fedora (iso images) from net i want to write these to cd Is there any command for that. bye mummaneni

Hi. I want to remove red hat linux and then install gentoo, what is the best way to do this? Btw i also have win98 installed and this is what my...

I would love you forever! no seriously, it seems to be one of my last problems in mandrake that my truemobile 1400 bcm chip internal wireless isn't...

I first found that I needed a c compiler when I tried to upgrade kopete, I just thought to ignore it and go ahead with the older kopete until I...

Yeah so I got home afterwork this evening and booted and as oposed to the normal happy screen I get that asks me if I want to boot into something...

I just upgraded to FC2, and so far I love it. I'm trying to mount a usb 2 mass storage device. I went in as root and edited /etc/fstab to include...

Ok, I am totally new to the entire linux OS. Never even touched it. If you give me something windows I can handle that. Well my friend started a...

ok, so its booting. whee. i get these two lines: FATAL: module agp_gart not found FATAL: module ide_scsi (or something like that) not found ...