UK Linux

WiFi setup
Hi, I'm looking for advice on a fairly simple way to get a WiFi installation running. I have tried - so far unsuccessfully - to get a SuSE setup to use a Belkin wireless card (details below); but I'd be prepared to change the distro and/or the card to get a simple setup working. I've been using a a Belki... 15 Jan 2007 17:28

What's running on port 964?
nmap shows this: 964/tcp open unknown How can I find out what's running on this port? Telnet doesn't show any 'login string' and lsof -i doesn't show anything relevant. -- Garry Knight garryknight(a)gmx.net ... 13 Jan 2007 08:27

Can't mount DVD-ROM drive
Hope someone can help a newbie in distress!! I'm having trouble accessing a DVD-ROM drive from within KDE on Fedora Core 6. My machine consists of one CD-RW drive and a DVD-ROM drive. I can mount and view a CD in both drives, but if I put a DVD-ROM into the drive I can't do anything with it. I know it will rea... 15 Jan 2007 04:42

Listen again: Radio 7
Dear Folks, I have installed Real Player 10 (Helix) under Ubuntu 6.06. it works very well: I can listen to BBC radio 3 and 4 live and listen again to them. However, I can't directly listen to Radio 7 listen again. The links there are .ram - which is a small file containing a URL ending ..ra (for example rtsp://r... 8 Jan 2007 07:22

Question on Firefox 2 and Ubuntu Dapper.
I want to update to Firefox 2 although in Synaptic Manager the only version is 1.5 something. If I want to update to version 2. Would it be crafty and wise to change the sources.list file to update to edgy rather than dapper and then I should I assume get the option to update to Firefox version 2. From what I gathe... 16 Jan 2007 15:29

Acer T180 and Linux
Hello All, I have an Acer T180 and I have been trying to put Linux onto it. I am unable to install Suse 10.0. It loads from cdrom as far as the install screen and then says it cannot find the cdrom drive. I have installed Ubunto 6.10 and Mandriva 2007 but when I go into the system to use it, it fails to find the cd... 15 Jan 2007 08:00

nvidia mcp61
I have been trying to install Suse 10.1 onto my Acer T180 but it fails as it cannot find the cdrom drive. It seems that the problem is the MCP61 chip on the motherboard which provides the support for the ide interface (and sound, lan adaptor). I am unable to find out any more info. Anyone help me on this? Thanks. ... 1 Jan 2007 18:08

fstab Line for SMBFS mount?
I have managed to mount my Buffalo TeraStation manually using: sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=aaa,password=bbb,workgroup=ccc //terastation/BufBack1 /mnt/buffalo/ Can anybody guide me as to turning this into a line I could add to fstab so that I can mount this directory automatically? Many thanks. -- Je... 30 Dec 2006 06:01

DVB cards under Linux
I'd just like to post a message to this froup saying how easy it is to use a DVB card in Linux. After spending days struggling to get a cheapo Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T card working on a fully patched-up XP Pro box, I put it in my Linux box without much hope of getting it to do anything other than take up a PCI slo... 4 Jan 2007 11:24

External HD: partition and format?
I have an external USB harddrive�. Ubuntu mounts it automatically, but from the factory it is --not surprisingly-- vfat. I would like to reformat it. Before formatting, I thought I'd better check the partition table, but this did not make sense at all (see �). Partitions overlap, have unknown ID-s, and do not... 1 Jan 2007 16:33