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Problem with gethostbyname I am trying to update some code (that I didn't originally write) which uses gethostbyname to turn a name into an IPv4 address. This works well enough most of the time but if the internet connection fails (which it does from time to time because it might be dialup, via mobile phone or WiFi) then the program exi... 7 May 2008 13:16
Are things getting difficult? Is it just me, or is programming getting more difficult? I'm trying to write a little application (it'll probably be implemented as a perl script) that catalogues files on memory cards. I'd like it to be able to detect when a card is plugged in, scan it quickly to see if any files have been added since we last sa... 7 May 2008 12:26
Removing/replacing open files My .proclog is getting quite large and I'd like to remove it and start again. I remember reading somewhere that if a file which is being written to is removed it's blocks are not marked as free. What is the best way to remove this without risking removing a file which may be open? Justin. -- Justin C, by... 7 May 2008 11:37
Reconfiguring X server in Ubuntu The PSU in my sister's PSU went pop (literally) after a recent power surge. I'm hoping the rest of the system survived as it's an Enermax PSU, not a cheap & nasty one. To keep them going and give them time to get a good deal on a PSU online instead of rushing out to Maplins we thought it would be a good idea to ... 6 May 2008 22:31
Disaster with LVM On 1 Mag, 18:12, Chris Davies <chris-use...(a)roaima.co.uk> wrote: OK we're getting somewhere. (Maybe.) You restored the logical volumes. What then happened to the contained filesystems? Weren't they "just there"? After recover LVM device, I restored all data with e2fsck. ... 6 May 2008 22:31
Novatech laptop X15 M530 wireless Ubuntu Gutsy May 2008 NB F10 to enable the wireless link!!! First I installed Hardy (Ubunutu 8.04) and could not get the graphics driver to work and survive a power down/up - there are some disparaging remarks about SIS (Silicon Integrated Systems) restricted graphics drivers on the Ubuntu forums - eventually I got a "pirated" copy o... 6 May 2008 22:31
image browser? John Stumbles <john.stumbles(a)ntlworld.com> writes: Is there an image broswer that * lets you view images including jpeg, png and gif * can rotate images, properly - adjusting the exif orientation tag appropriately, and not deleting the exif data when saving the changed file (which kuickshow does)... 6 May 2008 21:28
Make console look like Knoppix one? In <481c9e83$0$658$5a6aecb4(a)news.aaisp.net.uk> Geoffrey Clements <bitbucket(a)electron.me.uk> wrote: uvesafb supports custom resolutions, take a look at http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/ although it's Gentoo related it should be possible to make it work with any distro. but you'll probably nee... 6 May 2008 21:28
A bit OT: Thinkpad can't see memory Chris Davies wrote: Which bit of Ubuntu handles Active/X? Owain <owain47125(a)stirlingcity.coo.uk> wrote: WINE? Not that I'm aware of. Happy to be learn something new, though. Would an Active/X thingy, running inside the not-quite-IE that wine provides, be able to see enough (any) of the hardware to be ab... 6 May 2008 20:29
ubunty wifi: cant acquire IP address Running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a desktop PC using (or trying to) a Linksys WMP54G PCI wifi card (that uses a Broadcom BCM4306 chipset.) Trying to connect to a Netgear DG834 adsl router. It works using windows xp just fine. It doesn't in Ubuntu no matter what I seem to do, althugh it's fine using a wired co... 24 Apr 2008 22:49
Which Kubuntu? I want to upgrade a machine from Xandros 3 OCE (which seems to be entirely neglected by its vendor) to Ubuntu with KDE. The machine is on expensive dialup and I rarely have access to it so having something that needs minimal post-installation updates is important. The Xandros install is 3-4 years old and I hope t... 24 Apr 2008 10:51
Running Windows under Linux virtualisation environments I'm familiar (for certain values of "familiar") with using Linux virtual servers (Xen, UML) but I know nothing at all about Windows. A colleague has asked about running Windows in virtualisation environments - is it possible to run a Windows server instance on a server running Linux? And, will Microsoft licence ... 24 Apr 2008 02:40
Problem getting Server Side Includes SSI to work on Fedora 8. Please can someone put me out of my misery. I have come back to this problem several times over the last couple of weeks and have Googled extensively but can't find the solution. One of our applications uses a web interface for control purposes and amongst other things uses a server side include to display a sim... 23 Apr 2008 09:55
affordable reliable hosting for educational project? Hello, I'm looking for an affordable linux hosting option for an educational project. This project may well get media coverage and the likelyhood of a high number of hits following a radio broadcast. The project will only last for a few months. Webfusion offer 1.8 GHz Celeron 512 MB RAM 40 GB disk f... 22 Apr 2008 11:25 |