UK Linux

Installin Wine - Debian
I want to try and get Wine running but have hit a snag. I have added sourceforge as a repository which seems to be OK, but I get an error: The following packages have unmet dependencies: wine: Depends: libxxf86dga1 but it is not installable A Google for libxxf86dga1 produces nothing, it does look an unlike... 2 Feb 2006 16:09

Knoppix and SATA
Hi, I've just got a new PC, with an NVidia NForce chipset, and SATA hard disks. I booted Knoppix (v4.0.2) and it didn't spot any hard disks. Before I delve into this too deeply, is there a simple mistake I've made? Thanks Andy ... 27 Jan 2006 15:06

Apple, now Intel based - now better for Linux?
My main concern previously about Linux on Macs was supporting the hardware. I know there's (is/was?) Yellow Dog but I'm a Debian user and prefer things to "work out of the box". I really didn't fancy having to spend a great deal of time getting sound right, wireless networking (I mean, do those AirPort cards work... 23 Jan 2006 18:58

sshd known_hosts query
I'm thinking about setting up remote SSH access through a hole in my firewall and NAT router. I'm happy that I know what I'm doing when it comes to configuring the router so it forwards the port to the box running sshd. I've read the manpages and HOWTOs about this and looked at the open ssh web site. I thin... 22 Jan 2006 15:23

Network connection
I have set up a 2 PC home network using a Netgear DG632 router, and both PCs are able to connect to the LAN using Windows, but I haven't got it right for Linux yet. One of the PCs, which has dual boot of Win98SE and SuSE 8.2 / KDE, responds to ipconfig as : Windows 98 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . ... 2 Jan 2006 10:57

Drivers for Netmos Technology PCI Serial/Parallel card?
Has anyone any experience in persuading a Netmos Technologies MIO PCI card to work? /proc/pci shows: Bus 3, device 10, function 0: Class 0780: PCI device 9710:9834 (rev 1). IRQ 22. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0x6c00 [0x6c07]. I/O at 0x7000 [0x7007]. I/O at 0x740... 21 Dec 2005 11:31

Google Earth
Can't get this to install under wine. Any tips or is there a Linux version? Ian ... 20 Dec 2005 09:28

Printing to a Linksys Wireless-G printserver from linux
Can anyone tell me how I can print from a Linux (Slackware 9) box to a wireless printserver (the model is WPS54GU2) using either the printer protocol (port 515) and/or the internet printing protocol (port 631). The services running are: PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp open telnet 79/tcp ope... 25 Sep 2005 08:40

Yum broken
Hi - Last question now im all set up! YUM has somehow broken on my machine, FC4 this time, it hasnt been connected for 3 months, i suspect something is out of date. The error is: Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: updates-released failure: rep... 22 Sep 2005 06:33

Well! <steps back in amazement>
I've just seen the new website for making EHIC applications (replaces E111). It is one of the simplest, clearest, most usable sites I've ever seen! It is at: https://www.ehic.org.uk -- Bungee ... 18 Sep 2005 08:07