Setup

Apache configuration problems
I am using Suse 10.2 and Apache 2.2.3. I had Apache working as a www server for many years, but now I tried to make some changes to its configuration with Yast, and I don't know what I did, but now Apache is giving 403 to *all* requests. It doesn't matter who tries to search or what, they always get 403. Even... 24 Jun 2008 12:18

yum upgrade problems
A question came up over a month ago which has disappeared from my local news spool. It was with regard to conflicting packages at which point yum would find an error and exit INSTEAD OF upgrading/updating everything but the conflict. The words in caps are a hint to yum developers. I do not recall which newsg... 23 Jun 2008 02:29

Serial Port
Hi, I have an external device that sends data through a serial port. We used to check the communication on a windows machine by using a hyper terminal connection- COM. Now I have shifted that PC to Kubuntu, and need to establish a similar serial port communication. Any pointers would be useful. Thanks in advance ... 21 Jun 2008 12:46

creating dual boot
I'm getting a new computer and want to install Centos Linux, XP Pro, Vista Business as dual boot. I'm planning on overwriting the vista basic that the computer ships with. I was planning on getting acronis disk manager but was wondering if this was necessary. Whats the best way for me to install these 3 o/s in a... 20 Jun 2008 03:02

Cinelerra
Has anyone managed to get Cinerella installed on an Ubuntu system? It's a bloody nightmare trying to find a working respository, and trying to build it fails immediately! n:/tmp/cinelerra-2.1# ./configure ../configure: 11: arch: not found ../configure: 24: arch: not found [: 24: i686: unexpected operator [:... 19 Jun 2008 07:31

Evolution as newsreader
Does anyone else use Evolution to read Usenet? I'm having terrible difficulty with it: 1. It doesn't seem to have a full list of newsgroups. For instance, when I click to expand the list of groups under alt, there's just a line that says "Loading ..." (and if I click on that it crashes Evolution, consistently... 21 Jun 2008 10:43

Booting off USB drive / old pc with USB FDD support
I'm trying to boot off a live/persistant Kubuntu USB key on an old machine which has "boot from USB FDD" support. The Kubuntu USB drive boots and runs fine on my normal PC. The USB FDD bootup is selected on bootup and USB/FDD Emulation is turned on in the BIOS (I tried with it off as well). It refuses to detec... 19 Jun 2008 18:51

Issue with ftp
Hi all, Am facing this issue from past few days. I have newly installed RHEL 5.1 with gccftp enabled. Am able to ftp using root or any other local user of RHEL machine from my windows machine. But, if i use nis user it gives the below error 530 User bsfr access denied. Login failed. ftp> I can login and... 19 Jun 2008 01:18

lsof or fuser to determine *write* processes?
On Jun 15, 3:40 am, ivowel <ivo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear experts---silly question.  I want to remount my root partition as read-only.  (I know the pitfalls.)  Alas, on occasion, some process prevents me from doing this.  I want to learn which one.  I know that lsof and fuser can be used to determine proces... 19 Jun 2008 01:18

How to format MSdos on diskette?
Hallo All, Sometimes I feel the need to use an MSdos formatted diskette to take data to an other system [usualy non-Linx]. This morning I found out that since last time I tried it [quite some time ago], the mkfs.msdos utility has disappeared. Now, how do I make an MSdos file system on a diskette? I'm currenty u... 19 Jun 2008 01:18