General Linux

Non GUI DB System
I am working for a company that is currently using a Windows based (VB to an Access backend). Needless to say, they hate it. They compalin that it extremely slow. Also, the manager comes from the old AS/400 days and prefers a text based (Non Gui) system similar to they way the AS/400 works. My question is can... 27 May 2006 01:41

Mounting ISO files
Help! I'm trying to execute some iso files that I downloaded. I'm using the command mount -o loop -t iso9660 then I'm typing the file name and the mountpoint, but I'm getting the message everytime that the file's not found or directory's not found. Can anyone help? ... 25 May 2006 07:47

powerleveling on WoW on gamesmd.com
honorkilling,exalted reputation,profession powerleveling.Do you hear or know these?Welcome to gamesmd.com to get detailed information. ... 15 May 2006 11:09

DVD+RW and UDF problem
Hi! I want to use UDF filesystem on DVD+RW disk for random access: # dvd+rw-format /dev/hdc # mount -t udf -o rw,noatime /dev/hdc /mnt/dvd # cp -v * /mnt/dvd File copy process starts but some time later (files are large) I get errors: cp: writing `/mnt/dvd/super_family.avi': No space left on device ... 13 May 2006 00:47

Fedora Core 5... How Much Swap Space?
Hello, Let me preface this by saying I am not a Linux guru by any stretch, I know just enough to be dangerous.... So, here is my question. I have a new dual processor AMD 64 Opteron machine with 8 GB of ram (I deal with very large data sets). I am installing the Fedora Core 5 and setting my partitions (volumes... 14 May 2006 03:48

echo command
Hi, in a script I'm doing I'm not able to get a new line inside an echo command, like this: read name echo "Your name is:\n$name" > name.txt what I get is "Your name is:\nMyname", it prints me also "\n" inside the string and I get no new line, nothing changes even with "\n\r". Thanks, Marco ... 2 May 2006 02:50

Flash Player
Anybody know if a Flash Player is ever going to be available for the X86_64 (64 bit processors)? A lot of web pages depend on flash player to function. Jim M. ... 24 Apr 2006 19:42

Shutdown/Reboot Problem
Hi, I have installed Debian etch beta 2 to my laptop and I cannot reboot ( shutdown -r now) or shutdown (shutdown -h now) the system. Although the display goes blank, the system stays powered on (the power LED and the fan both stay on). Inorder to power down, I have to hold the power button down for a couple of se... 23 Apr 2006 07:47

grep command
Hai, In grep command how to use the option -d and -D .I read it from the man page but i don't know how to use .Please explain with examples ... 21 Apr 2006 17:53

rsync / Include only
Hi, I'm using rsync to backup a java application server. Only want to backup the config files, which differ from the base installation.Those files end either with ".xml", ".conf" or ".properties". How can I do this using the exlude an include options? I have tried the following and combinations of it, but it w... 18 Apr 2006 13:03