hey, I am trying to make an .iso file from my /home/tmp dir. when I dd if=/home/tmp of=/home/tmp/dvd.iso I get an error /home/tmp is a directory … Why doesnt it work ?
do I need to unmount it ?\
got it. used mkisofs. But why didn't the dd work ?

why do you think dd should do something like that?

I dded my /dev/dvd fine
does it have to be unmounted ?

are you aware of the difference between a device node and a directory?

Mendez, dd in this fashion can be used to write from a file to a device or vice versa, not to a mount point

so dd is for device nodes, got it

no, dd is for moving continuous data from one place to another.

does anyone know an online scan site to scan an IP i specified ?

I am trying to remember a video game from my childhood… in it, you were a warrior that picked up varying degrees of more powerful chain weapons. You would sling your chain weapon out with an axe or blade on the end and kill stuff. It looked similar to Golden Axe. What was it called?
BLACK TIGER!!!!

hi all, i ve installed dictconv, now i d like remove it. it was not in reository so i downloaded from website and just installed (/configure…make all install). now i d like knowing how remove it (ubuntu 6.06, acer laptop)

make uninstall usually works

i ve already try…
it looks it doesn t work
but maybe i ve to write that code in the right directory
ok, maybe it worked
i ve redownload the software
and i ve retyped ./config
then sudo make uninstall
is the correct way?
tnx

is anyone using ipw2100 here?

hey awol you around

/sbin/udevd –daemon"" so I tried to reinstall it but it's not letting me past the Packages Selection menu

have you tried running a memory test on that machine? (I reccomend memtest86)

would the memory test that comes on the Xubuntu live CD do?

Anathem4, yes

ah, that is memtest 86 \o/

finestkind

is it supposed to loop round when it gets to 100%?

Anathem4, i suppose it can run for hours and even days, but the longer it takes the more sure you are things look fine, memory problems are sometimes very odd and with specific sequence , i never figured out how long it can be run to say "ah! this mem is ok"

well, I don't think my memory has a problem, I got my laptop back from repair only last week
(the mobo had died)
deleting and resizing the partitions let me start installing again \o/

can someone please give me a hand with lm_sensors
i cant get it to work, and its in my package manager
Can't access procfs/sysfs file
Unable to find i2c bus information;
For 2.6 kernels, make sure you have mounted sysfs and libsensors

Why does root own /var/www/* (in Fedora) How am I supposed to edit files there? Can't I just chown -R apache:apache /var/www/* and add myself to the apache group?

if the apache user/group can write those files, then any visitor who somehow gets past apache has carte blance to your public dir
because web visitors visit as user 'apache'

ack……well then root shall retain control and I'll just have to edit locally and keep sudo cp to test.

meaning you should do your development somewhere that isn't accessible by the public, then put those files in production when they work (owned by root, of course)
or set up an apache dir that only localhost can access. options are endless

I like the localhost idea the best.

look atbout right?

looks right but I don't have apache directives memorized :/
deny all first

Thanks for the info and help

you bet!

I'm trying to use ndiswrapper with a linksys card in slax. I've gotten it to work once, maybe not this download of slax, but now can't seem to get it to work again. Basically I can't modprobe ndiswrapper now, line 706 error. Anybody have any suggestions short of downloading and reinstalling the OS again?
is anyone familiar with slax?

hello
I've just installed the nvidia-glx package, and now opengl doesn't work at all
I'm running Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop with a GeForce 2 Go video card
and my xorg.conf is suitably edited, and it shows the nvidia splash screen when X starts
but all my opengl screensavers just show a blank screen, instead of working poorly
can anybody help me with this?

hey is there a way to to change a tar.gz to a rpm

Hello..

how i can repair one deleted file im my system?

possibly using a disk editor - depending on the file system

hi all

did anybody ever answer my question? it disconnected me without letting me know

guys ,, I have a DB question
I wonder how much my db will be if I store 1 million name in it. Name size is no more than 25 letters?
how is this estimated ?

acceleration is enabled ok otherwise ?

is the nvidia kernel module loaded?
try lsmod | grep nvidia as root

what was the question?

I've got some specific questions regarding X and keyboard/mouse binding. This the best channel, or can someone recommend another channel?

What's the question?

doesn't seem to be reacting (in particular in Compiz or Beryl) anymore (it was a few days ago) AND my Logitech Trackman Optical doesn't function so all the buttons are independant. I have no idea what to do about the first issue, I have read and followed many how-to's for the 2nd with no luck.

Btw, wasn't trying to do the newbie: "Can anyone help" thing. Just wanted to go to the best hosting channel possible.

Are you using KDE?
Or Gnome?
…. Or what?

KDE, Fedora 7
For example, I have SuperN bound to zoom, but when I hit it now (with XChat having focus), I just get the n as if I wasn't holding Super

Oh sorry

?

I wasn't paying attention.. one second.
I had to do somethign special in KDE to get super working
OH yeah.. it does have to do with X
but kde control center will do it for you
Open kcontrol
go to regional & accessibility… keyboard layout… Xkb Options
About 80% down it says "alt/win key behavior" chose "super is mapped to win"
setxkbmap -option altwin:super_win
Or just do that ^.^

yay!
Thank you

No problem
I was going to try the new version of fedora but it broke my windows install by saying that the first partition was the second partition… when I was setting up the linux partitioning

Can you work a miracle with my TrackBall now? (Cordless Optical TrackMan)

Dunno what that is.

I gave up on dual-boot and use VMware Server now

Meh
Windows for Photoshop and games.

Can't use wine/Cedega?

Photoshop works ok under wine… there are bugs
Cedega only really works with nvidia and I have an ati card
Stupid non-open-source ati drivers.

hi there, has anyone ever tried to restrip a raid5 array?

hey all…I have windows, ubuntu, and slackware installed on the box im currently using; ubuntu and windows currently are showing up in grub. What i don't know how to do is add Slackware, which is on hda4, to the boot list

choose one linux distro, and add your other distro to it's grug list

what
please elaborate

"grub list"?

the grub boot loader

the list of boot options in grub
i don't know how to add another OS to it

he means choose one distro's menu.1st file and always use/edit that to change your boot options
i'm going to assume you're using the ubuntu grub… boot to it and edit /boot/grub/menu.1st file

yes
ok
so should i just like copy one of the lines and change the drive to hda4

add another stanza pointing to the correct boot partition hda4 == (hd0,3)
you'll probably need to know the precise spelling of your slack kernel file name as well

sorry, im totally new to grub, and linux, so i don't know what (hd0,3) is

grub numbers things a little differently than /dev/hda4

ok

hd0 is the first hard disk and the 3 means the 4th partition

ok
thank you

type info grub for all the details

then do i have to do 'grub-install

no!

ok

no need to redo grub-install

ok
good, cause id have no idea what id be doing there, haha

hey, its me again…does anyone know where the kernel is and its name for Slackware 12

/boot/something there
look in your grub config for the filename

im trying to add it to grub
so it wouldn't be in grub config, would it?

no, but still
the old is there, use it as an example
also, good luck… as if you ask those question I worry about your linux knowledge to do that job (no offence there)

ls -al / will show the symlink of /vmlinuz to the actual kernel… but ya could just use /vmlinuz in most cases

ahha, yea, i know
i realize that my questions are probably stupid, but i am learning

you learn the hard way?

what do you mean by that?

you should have googled for some kernel guide… it would have told you everything

be very careful when upgrading the slack install that any kernel upgrades dont rerun lilo|grub to wipe out the ubuntu's grub menu

i personally think that im learning pretty fast
for having no one to personally help me

running a triple boot system is not for the average newbie

but i wouldn't know where to look in a kernel guide
hahaha
but its what i want, plus, ill learn

kernel install howto or something like that

and ive gotten this far totally on my own
ok
its just that all this info at once is overwhelming, so its kinda hard to find what i need
so im asking at IRC, i figured that would be easier

a general linux help "rule" ask google, then if really you don't know ask on irc

ok
sorry, and thanks

it's ok to ask

wait…couldn't I mount that drive and look for the kernel
dun
duh*
casper, what will happen if I enter the new info incorrectly? will grub work at all?

depend at what level you mess up
keep the old entry there
just add the new one
and it should be fine

ok, because on the line /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=1d64ffb8-b2eb-4998-bbe2-c0f83991df66 ro quiet splash
for ubuntu, i don't know what any of that is after the kernel
root=
should i keep that the same, or should I not have it at all

ew… uuid… yucky…

do I need that copied over? do I need a new uuid for slack
or do I just take it out

you need to specify the other root id, or device..
but… slack is old and ugly…

what are you saying?
im reading on linux forums, and it says nothing about a root id
from what they say it should be kernel /boot/vmlinuz-generic-2.6.21.5 root=/dev/hda4 resume=/dev/hda3

adapt the root…
hi there, has anyone reconfigured a software raid array? is it known to break? or it's relativelly safe?

"reconfigured?"

yeah, I need to change the chunk size

I'm not sure if you can
Though if you have some docs which contradict my statement, then obviously I could be wrong
check "man mdadm" under "GROW MODE," I think there's only a few things you can change

I know it's doable

Okay, so just ignore me then
I've clearly never done it.

but… the problem is that I don't really have the space to move my data out of it
so I'm thinking to reconfig it with data on it

how do i print the time/date in epoc format on bash

date +%s

thanks grepper i was trying date -s=%s

np

when i do a vmstat i always get the same values for cpu usage it dosent change but if i do a vmstat 1 then they change

then how do you know they changed?

hi
anyone with experience with openbox here?

hey is awol around
hey i was wondering is any one has expirence with ndiswrapper or any other knowledge with dlink dwl 122 ver A2 and how to get it to start working

i'm not very round at all… too skinny in fact…

lol any ways how do i get into that program that i can enable and active netmanger and such

nearly everything in ubuntu is controlled via the menus
look in the admin menus

i am in fedora

oh right… duh
well ya should specifically state each time you ask a question…. all relevant details
i cant remember everybody i help
but same deal…. have a look for admin tools in yer menus

ok run down was that i am the dwl g122 a2 dlink dongle user that couldnt get it to work …..FC6 ….and i have another one ( dongle that is tew 444ub ) but the ndisgtk program crashs before it starts so i cant load it ther

dang
try the fedora forums
i got real lazy and switched to ubuntu… less headaches

garrr

anyone know how to convert mkv to avi?