Forum: Newbie

I noticed that if I add a user name that is longer than 8 character and try doing a ps -au it will display the userid number instead of the name,...

In Mandrake 10, how do you find your ip address??? I have a netgear router and I know what the LAN side is but not the real addy. Any help would be...

Does any one know how to configure dual displays? Im running redhat 9 And excuse me if i posted this in the wrong forum.

Hi all, anyone any idea's why i cant play dvd's in redhat 8........ using xine thx.. lub0 :-?

Hi I have been given the task of setting up a new server. What is the easiest way to copy files from one machine to another - I have administrator...

Hello, I've found this site to be useful for deciding which new distros to try out: http://www.distrowatch.com/ Enjoy :D

umm you see those proggys taking up outrageous ram? well its all the way up to 307 out of 320 ram i have. and when i had KDE.....running the same...

Found this exelent tutorial.. most of you probably allready know the material but its been great for me and could well be for a lot of other...

Does anyone know of some companies that make linux administration software that you run on a windows platform? I'd like to be able to pull status...

I need to trace a third partyapp. and the OS depending on the info gathered by the app trace. Any info on any availble tools would be appreciated....

Oh no! My box locked up and had to be restarted the hard way. I did the disk check that is told me to do and once its done doing all that to my...

Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I have a couple of questions before I install Linux on my box: Ok, well over the last year i've...

hey, i had to reformat my C:\ drive and reinstall windows, i was using GRUB before to choose between linux and windows, now it just boots directly to...

hi, What command can i use to compare two files and get differences in the files as an ouptput into another file

can i do that? because when inserting text to a image...the Linux text fonts do get pretty lame and boring.....is there better linux fonts? or can i...

i needed a newer kernel to get my via kt400 chipset detected and thought since i need a new one i may as well learn to compile it myself. i went thru...

Hey, is there a way to permanently set the hostname? When I log on, the hostname is always 'localhost', but this causes problems with Samba Server...

I'm used to using LILO, and while I don't mind the non-graphical Grub, I'm a bit used to the graphical menu of LILO. Also, my mom doesn't quite...

I am a novice Linux user...we seem to be a large lot...anyway. I used up2date to update my packages and kernel...it looks as if I have two Linux...

hmm my drives are all messed up.. i dont know a thing about fixing it so heer is a load of info i find dotted around in various aplications: 1....