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jpie
Hi. My name is jpie, and I am a linux noobie. Thank you. err. im getting the following error <0> Kernal Panic - not syncing:Attempted to kill the idle task! I got an old computer of mine, took it all apart, and put it all back together.
problems with 2.6.11-1.35 kernel
iamroot
I'm intending to switch over to Fedora Core 4 from FC3 so I got a portable hard disk to backup my 5 GB+ worth of files and documents. I was worried that my portable HDD wouldn't work but was really relieved when I plugged it in yesterday and it auto-mounted like a flash drive.
How do I install Java
Justbill
I would like to install Java on this box. I am currently running FC4. In the release notes they recomend to use jpackage, rather than sun. I tried to install (Sun's Java) prior to installing FC4 on this machine (I tried with CentOS 4.
Suse 9.2 ATI vid card and S-Video
legacyboy
I have my box connected to my TV using a S-Vid Cable. Everything works good until the X desktop comes up and then the card always goes to something other then 640x480@60Hz. I have tried many times to change the settings in yast, and it does seem to do the resolution correctly, but I just can't make it do the refres ...
I need a good Prism 2 wireless desktop PCI card, to run void11. Reccomendations?
pugsley1218
I need a PCI card, with these requirements. Intersil Prism 2/2. 5/3- based 802. 11b Wireless LAN card Reccomend me a good cheap card. I was thinking of using the Dlink DWL-520, but you have to get the right revision, and I'm not sure where I could get it, it has to be on the prism chipset, and get recognized by lin ...
best LiveCD distro
iamroot
Which is the best Live CD distro around these days? One that balances size, speed and packages. I normally use SLAX but I'm looking for something better. .
CAN'T Install Mandriva LE2005.
Valet
This is really getting to the point where I'm throwing things around my room, because I can't install Mandriva. It just stops halfway through the install, everytime, without any provocation. This is my first OS on a system that I just finished building today.
boot failure after upgrading from RH9 to FC3
wiggi
Hi after installing(upgrading) FC3 onto my existing RH9 system it now fails show the default grub boot menu ,instead it boots to the grub command shell. my system config is a follows 1x pII 550MHZ 512M RAM 1 x scsi disk drive (only used for linux) 1 x ide hard disk drive (secondary channel/slave)(not used) 1 x flop ...
Fedora Core 4
iamroot
I've just downloaded and burned FC4 onto cds and before upgrading from FC3 to 4, I wanna ask if anyone here has installed FC4 and tried it out. Are there any problems with it? I remember that FC3 sucked quite badly when it first came out and has problems with alot of things like udev and the nvidia drivers.
YUM Updater
Justbill
The newest Yum updater is out (this may be old news). Tell me, what is this community's opinion of Yum? I am currently using up2date, that came with FC4, but this Yum 0. 40 looks pretty slick! You can find it here What do you think? Justbill.
eject failed :O
bloody
I've been having yet another feud with linux over my disk drives, a nd it has finally managed to get on my nerves. It seems Linux has a grudge against me, and doesn't want to eject cds, that, or something must be wrong(Oh my!) Whether I try to eject using KDE, a terminal of some sort, or whatever, it simply won't l ...
Sound Card not detected
Justbill
I recently purchased a new computer, it is a : Compaq Presario SR1426NX 2. 93GHz Pentium 4 512MB PC2-3200 DDR SDRAM 160GB 7200 Serial ATA hard drive Currently Running CentOS 4 This machine has the onboard sound, which worked in winXP, but never worked in CentOS.
ANy book for redhat linux 9
linuxlove
I have been working with windows. but i want to start with linux i have dual boot with winxp and redhat 9. 2 things i need please any modem that will work with linux and win xp both a book to learn linux from scratch beside installation waiitng for reply.
Not having any luck!
mcfester
MMMM, Newbies hey! I have tried posting a message but I posted a Poll, how stupid! I now need to repeat myself! I have purchased Mandrake 10. 1 as I wanted Linux as a partition/operating system as well as XP.
Nooby needing help - First command prompt
mcfester
Hello Linux experts, I have purchased a copy of Mandrake 10. 1 so I can have a linux partition and a Windows partition on my machine. I am completly new to Linux and got Mandrake as I was sold it to be idiot friendly and similar to windows.
portable hard disks
iamroot
I intend to get a USB 2. 0 external Mobile Hard Disk Box to fit in my old Western Digital HDD. Would this be compatible with GNU/Linux?.
Novell Networking Linux, and Schools - I have a project and I need help.
OldSpiceAP
Greetings again friends, I am once again in need of your help. The high-school I used to attend has asked me to set up a linux based machine in the computer lab so that the students can have some exposure to a linux environment.
Novell Networking Linux, and Schools - I have a project and I need help.
OldSpiceAP
Greetings again friends, I am once again in need of your help. The high-school I used to attend has asked me to set up a linux based machine in the computer lab so that the students can have some exposure to a linux environment.
Linux in an AD domain
mjstone03
I'm interesting in using a linux machine to run in parallel with the windows machines in an active directory domain. I guess my question is, is it possible? How would you enable a Linux DNS server to replicate to the DC running DNS as a Primary Zone (not AD integrated).
Crazy Frog
ScinteX
Im not usually easily annoyed but I just have to say that the Crazy Frog/Axel F advert on the site has really got to me! There I was just browsing some posts and BOOM - that ******ing tune came out of my speakers! Im all for adverts (i appreciate the situation) but could we have an advert with no sound? I know I co ...