Setup

ubuntu network installl
Hi Im trying to install Ubuntu on my laptop that doesnt have a working cdrom drive. I've looked on the ubuntu wiki page and there is one method that uses a pxe at boot. Ive tried doing this using my windows machine as the dhcp and tftp server but it didnt work. I was wondering if anyone knows if I could set-... 9 Feb 2006 05:12

Samsung printer users please help!
I have a Samsung ML-1610. I've downloaded the Samsung driver file from http://tinyurl.com/7vetm - but it wants to start a graphical installer and this printer is attached to a box without X. I've found a guide to not using the installer at http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-CLP-500 but I'... 8 Feb 2006 16:47

Fedora Core 4 WiFi trouble
Hi I'm a bit of a newb and have an old Pentium 3 600 running Fedora Core 4. I installed an Inexa CR054g wireless card running a Ralink ra2500 chipset. I managed to get the drivers installed and it appears to pick up my card in the network settings. The power light on the card is illuminated also. Whenever I t... 7 Feb 2006 16:45

RPM and 270 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key - HELP
After rpm --rebuilddb i receive: error: rpmdbAdd: skipping h# 270 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 7004696e error: rpmdbAdd: skipping h# 352 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 7004696e error: rpmdbAdd: skipping h# 384 Header V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 7004696e error: rpmdbAdd: skippin... 5 Feb 2006 16:22

Ubuntu from USB-HDD
I installed Ubuntu 5.1 on an external USB HD using a bootable CD. When the external USB HD boots I get: root (hd1,1) Error 22: No such partition I change the line: root (hd0,1) (which is a 0x83 partition type) and the boot works. But I get: ALERT! /dev/sda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! I change "... 4 Feb 2006 13:50

Suse 10.0 fortran & multimedia
Hi there, just managed to install open suse 10.0. small question though, I can't seem to find f77 coverage anywhere , nor multimedia functionality (very limited). any suggestion would be much appreciated thanks G ... 6 Feb 2006 19:22

usb sound cards + laptop?
Hi, I'm a podcaster who does occasional music recording. I have a Windows PC and soon a linux laptop. I presume that whatever I buy will have onboard sound. However, I still haven't bought a soundcard for Windows PC, and thought it would be nice to buy a USB sound card which I could also use on both the win ... 14 Feb 2006 19:10

Problems when installing Linux on Microsoft Virtual PC
Hi all, I am a relative newbie when it comes to Linux, so please go slowly with me :) I have (apparently successfully) installed the Fedora 2.6.9-1.667 distribution into a Virtual PC. I say "apparently successful" because the entire (graphical) installation process completed without incident. This uses gr... 25 Jan 2006 21:36

ASUS motherboard K8U-X compatibility
Hi to all, Is there anybody that knows if the ASUS motherboard K8U-X is supported by linux? Specifically, is the chipset ULI M1689 fully supported ? Many thanks in advance Giampiero ... 22 Jan 2006 00:08

Linspire not detecting serial mouse
I tried to install Linspire 4.5 in my old machine which has serial mouse mounted in COM1 port . The setup program is not able to detect it . Can somebody help me ? Thanks. ( Configuration : PIII , 550 MHz , 192 MB RAM ) == ... 17 Jan 2006 07:59