Published at LXer: There are far too many interesting Linux and free software conferences these days, so it would be difficult—really, impossible—to attend them all. Slides and videos of the talks...

I'm trying to install vmware tools on a slackware 13 guest. Instalation goes without problems but when running the configuration script there is a problem. After compiling the required modules (no...

Greetings all: This one is driving me crazy. I have a somewhat older Mac laptop and the right side of the touchpad is placed such that the palm of my right hand causes "tap" and "scroll" events...

I had to install a new disk drive in my PC a week ago because the old drive died. The new drive is a 160 gig drive. First I installed Win XP with S/P 3 and everything was fine. Then

I installed Slackware 10.1 or 10.2 (32 bit)two or three years ago. I've recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit). I had some small programmes that I had written in C/C++. They compiled and ran on...

Hello everyone, I have a strange problem. I replaced my mobo (Tyan S3950) with an ASUS M3A78-EM (ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU). Now I am having problems with my refresh rate being out of range for my...

I am backing up 4.2 GB iso images to DVD-Rs using an external USB 2.0 based DVD Burner, via K3b in the "direct burn" mode. I am seeing write speed of only 0.6x. I have usbutils installed and I...

Published at LXer: Android 2.0, nicknamed "Eclair," will make its big entrance on the Droid next month, and other handsets are sure to follow. Version 2.0 brings a set of new features to the table,...

Hello, Can anybody help me with a unix script project that I have no clue on starting it, and also I 'm not that much familiar with unix scripting. Don't get me wrong have little bit experience with...

Dear Mates, I have two machines, one has XP service pack2, second one has CentOS 5.3 (Linux), they are connected through crossover cable. I have configured everything fine but don't know why...

I've upgraded (using update manager) two laptops from 9.04 to 9.10, and in both cases I couldn't boot because of problems with grub 1.5 after the upgrade (while Grub 2 is installed by default for a...

when using this snipit: Code: --- struct cga_block { unsigned H: 1; unsigned G: 1; unsigned F: 1; unsigned E: 1; unsigned D: 1;

Published at LXer: Everybody posts about applications to install after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. That's interesting, and some applications in those posts are quite useful. But those...

I upgraded my Slackware 13 to Slackware current. I also compiled a new kernel. I've been using it for a week or so and everything seems fine. The problem is that when I try to compile something, it...

Whether you are or are not, what are the pros and cons? If you are, where and how much traffic is it seeing? What are the specs of your equipment?

A new Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:

LinuxInsider: "Android 2.0, nicknamed "Eclair," will make its big entrance on the Droid next month, and other handsets are sure to follow. However, the wide-open Android ecosystem may be prone to fragmentation as the underlying platform grows in strength and

lefty.crupps: "I am a big fan of the KDE desktop but their current KDE 4.3.2 release is still missing tools that are required for a 'complete desktop experience', specifically for system administration tasks with a Graphical User Interface."

Netstat -vat: "Back in 2005, I wrote a story for InternetNews.com where I wrote that I expected PHP 6 to be out in 2006. Here we are three years later and guess what? No PHP 6."

HowtoForge: "Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.10."