Forum: Newbie

hi im totally new to linuxs i am using feadora core 2 and i downloaded alsa sound driver as the one i have dosent work now in the install text file...

in mhich directory should i put my html pages so that they can be run on apache

I tried Gnoppix without much luck and i tried Gentoo but it was too complicated so im sticking with Redhat for now. But with Redhat how can i update?...

Ok, i know there are many, like redhat, fedora, slakcware, etc... I am wondering though, they all have the kernel to run on top of, and it seems they...

I've read the sticky and searched but as its quite new i didnt find abnything and didnt think i would. I'm looking for a Linux distrobution with...

How does one go about downloading and installing a windows media 9 codec, for use of programs like Xine, and Totem Media Player? Thanks in...

Hi there! I'm having some trouble using parted1.6.10 on redhat 9.0, I wanted to make a new partition on my hd, so i decided to use parted. This is...

I am using a library, jrtplib in a small application. I compiled the library and installed it successfully, it is installed here: ...

Hi all.. I have a backup of my /usr/ /var/ directories. They are in .tar.gz format. I was wondering how I replace my /usr/ directory with...

root# useradd -g slaves mike root# passwd mike Set the password and log in as 'mike'. I want to give this user very high power. Almost as much as...

my laptop's HD sorta died today and naturally I need some data off of it, so I bought an IDE apapter and hooked it up to a desktop as a slave drive...

i have changed the yum.conf and it seems working already, i saw it start downloading header files but my question is : Is it normal that sometimes...

Hey Ya. My graphics card was fuuKed so i send it back to gainward, when i installed fedora linux i was using an 7yr old nvidia card. Now I have my...

Hello, About 2 days ago, I'd heard some amazing things about SuSe, so bought a copy on ebay in DVD form. Earlier on today, it came in the post,...

Is there anyway I can directly place data onto a hard drive, and then search for it in Linux and have Linux tell me it's exact location on the hard...

i typed the following commands tar -xvzf mysql-3.23.58-pc-linux-i686.tar.gz then it started unpacking . . . . then i wrote: cd...

I just installed mozilla 1.7 and want to remove 1.6. How would I do this? For some reason, I still have both versions installed still.

Hi all. I've just upgraded to FC2 (from RH9), mostly for the purpose of obtaining a pre-configured 2.6.x kernel. I have a 128Mb USB flash drive,...

i activated my nic but it didnt ask 4 its drivers is there a prob with it i think i haven't installed it properly or redhat 9 automatically...

Ok, yes, I admit it, I am a noob straight from windows (the final straw was when I found out that the saudi royal family owns lots of windows stock,...