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Hello. I would like to have a built-in ALSA support for my VIA soundcard. When i selected it like a module , all works fine, and the new kernel boots with its appropriate initrd image. BUT, when i selected it like a build-in , the new kernel doesnt boot. It just puts. "kernel panic". I was using kernels from 2.6.15 to 2.6.21. It is...

I have a new email server using dovecot and postfix. We just activated port forwarding, and I have an A record and MX record in a name server externally. From day one of installing this server, I was able to send mail out, but not receive (which makes sense, since there was no external record pointing to my ip). Now, however, I can only...

I have heard the the BSDs come out-of-the-box with almost nothing set up - including network support (which is partially why they can be (note attempt at diplomatic language as to not start religious flame-war) more secure). I have been a Debian Linux person for quite a while, and only after losing my Sarge CDs and finding an Ubuntu CD have I...

Hi frnds, I m learning SHELL PROGRAMMING. It is easy to sort elments in C by using Array.But I dont know how to work on array in SHELL PROGRAMMING?? I m waiting...........

Okay .... I've posted here a few times before.. and all.. but as simple as this sounds.. i am stumped.. any help would be appreciated with this one. 1. FreeBSD 5.4 server ... 2. 2gb USB jump drive ... Problem: When i plug it in.. the system shows the jump drive as da1 ... however I need to cp a couple files out of /etc/ to the jump...

We, know that within a single filesystem we can create links in the follwing way: ln -s <file_name|filepath> <Symbolic_name> Eg:bestcode/array21.txt has three symbolic links arr1,arr2,arr3. lrwxrwxrwx 1 sumit sumit 20 Jun 13 13:24 arr3 -> bestcode/array21.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 sumit sumit 20 Jun 13 13:24 arr2 -> bestcode/array21.txt...

Hey guys, this is my first post here! I have an assignment due on Tuesday and I have to create a command that will make it easier on noobs to change permissions and delete files, etc. I call this command ft. I have a problem. I created an option called -n which will change the file's permission and create the file if it doesn't exist. If...

Please tell me how to install a software in fedora 6 . Give step by step solutions ./....

what is the command by which i can get heading for list...... That is when ever i type ls -l it should display headings like permissions,root user date ... etc

hai myself kamal i want to know whether deployment of tool is same in unix and solaris platform and i want to what exactly the differences are between these both platforms, if any body can answer then feel free to send a mail to the following ID email.removed@because.I.don't.want.spam regards

I've an i-915 motherboard with Realtek audio chipset. But the sound module doesn't work in RedHat 9. What should I do. Plz, help..

There are five files available. How would u replace a word "printf" to "PRINTF" in the of all 5 files.

Please let me know Why it is given a tab before the command list when we write the syntax within a make file

how can i get the system image list using wxWidgets o.s:Linux

I hope someone out there is knowledgeable in expect scripting. I'm trying to pass an escape code to the application. When the script gets to a SELECTION option I need it to pass a F2 which is mapped to ESCOQ on my keyboard. I tried just using the following: expect { timeout {failed "timeout at SELECTION\n"} "SELECTION"...

please i need help from any one can help me i want to write progreme on c under linux the programe allow me to write MS-dos command? any one can help me write code of programe? thanks

I want to Create a UNIX scripts, which will run in background and will do following activities: 1. Check for certain files, which will start with given names, in a define location. The name and location will be passed as a parameter. If such files is found, then send an email to specific person. 2. Check for certain files, which will start...

Please tell me the way of installing/uninstalling softwares on Linux Operating System. Now I'm using "Fedora Core 6" on a P3 IBM Computer including 40GB Hard Drive, 256MB Ram, 575MHz processer & CD Writer. please help me my friends.

Hello there, I have to pass a variable from unix as an input to a php file. The syntax i used is var1="SUCCESS" report_errors.php var1 Now report_errors is not being executed and the php start symbols "<?" etc all are being thrown as syntax errors.I dont have any idea why this is happening with php scripts on UNIX platform.Can anybody...

hi, I want Unix command to assign access permission to 2 users only (for eg:v11111,v22222) for accessing MQ 's for eg:setmqaut -m Qmgr.name -t qmgr -g mqm +all this provides access permission to the group mqm but i want to provide access permission to only single user or 2 users,I dont want to provide access to a group. ...

I use Fedora Core 6. ->Our application has a Binary file and few .SO files. So i would like to build an RPM FILE for this with .SPEC file. ->Even i need to set some Envirnoment variables. Can any one give me the steps to Build an RPM?(A bit more clearly please as I am very new to Linux)

I have target platform based on embedded OS. I built image on LINUX, then I upload that tar file to target, first I do untar manually, then execute some scripts to copy .so files into /opt/lib, then create soft links, all these things can I do with single command, like an installtion from CD/DVD. once I upload .tar file to target, I run "tar...

My Keyboard Is Slow Like When Typing I Have To Hold A Button For A Long Time Before A Character Can Appear And This Is Not A Jeyboard Error Because When I Login The Keyboard Speed Is As Usual But After I Logged In It Takes Sometime To Display.

I used grep to fetch result from two files and store the result in two variable respectively. while I echo the output of two variable at that time if I change the position of variable then the result is changing . The scenario is explained below with the example i=123 res1=`grep S$i $NamesFile` res2=`grep S$i $FeeInformation|awk '{$1="" ;...

Hi, Does anyone have any idea of where can I have a proper documentaion for installing samhain(client-server) in ubuntu? Samhain website have very generic guide, which seemed not to work perfectly in ubuntu :(- Thanks, Sorower