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backgrounds?

matttah
anyone have some nice ones they'd like to suggest for me? i'm getting tired of digitalblasphemy's backgrounds. Daum.
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woot got it working....

matttah
Got my new dvd installed, and installing linux as i type this=p windows sucked having to be in it. . . anyone know any reason why my dvd drive was affecting the performance of my cd burner drive too? They both do feed into the same cable but still.
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kde on gentoo

taeuler
I recently installed gentoo, which is great, but I've had some trouble getting kde setup. The emerge on kde worked, and I can get xwindows up, but i'm having trouble starting kde. When I run startx kde opens, but gives the error: Quote:Could not start kdeinit.
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Can't reboot after installing a Lynksys lne100tx.

taeuler
I just configured a Lynksys lne100tx, and ran into two problems after setting it up Suse. Fisrt I plan to use this to connect to the internet through a window xp machine, which didn't work, the second problem is that on reboot, Suse hangs, when it tries to start the network card.
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PHP4?

Thunderhawk
Does PHP4 come pre installed on the Apache server? Right now I am on Fedora Core, and created a directory callled /www where apache will read all my scripts and stuff from. I have created several basic PHP scripts to test it out and make sure it wasn't just hidden from me.
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micron transport lt and fedora?

matttah
Anyone know if the two will go together well? Right now its not so hot with windows because the sound card is one of microns(they modify all their products somewhat to make them special) and windows xp doesn' thave a sound card driver that i can find for it, and both soundblaster/micron say its each others fault fo ...
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yum update? Grub?

LinuxCrusader
Last night I did a yum update on my computer and when I booted up my computer today I noticed that there were two fedora options with the oldest version of the kernel and the newest one in Grub. Is this normal.
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modifying global variables. how?

martian
Hello there. I would like to ask if someone can tell me how can I modify a global variables or set a new one? Can I do that through modifying a proper configuration file? If yes then where precisely it is located? I was using 'set' command, for example <set PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/java>, but after echoing $PATH ...
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which one to choose.

kailinin
ok, been using linux for a while now, started with mandrake 9. 0 - gave me grief detecting and using some hardware, changed to 9. 1 was ok while i was learning, but as soon as i tried to do anything interesting it decided to rebel on me, out of frustration i upgraded to 9.
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Install Mandrake 9.2 AFTER Redhat 9 in dual boot

khunphil
Hi, I have a PC with 2 x 40 Go disks, one and half are used with Redhat 9, and I have 20 Go left unformatted on my second one. My Redhat 9 is in production, so I must take care not to loose it ! Is there any risk to install Mandrake 9.
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sftp'ing using gftp

wholewheat
my unversity account has changed servers. . and i can't use ftp anymore. . i've been trying to use gftp without success. the only thing i've done was changing the setting from FTP to SSH2 i try to connect using sftp://username@servernameblablabla i get this error: could not parse URL anyone know how to properly set ...
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Help with Fedora Core 1?

LinuxCrusader
Hey guys I just installed Fedora core 1 on my computer. . . everyone is right. . . . Fedora is lightning fast for some reason. I have messed around with Manadrake 9. 2, Morphix, Knoppix, and now Fedora.
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connecting to interent through other comp?

matttah
Hey guys, I have a quick question. . . . i hhave heard you can connnect to the internet through another comp. . . . how do i do it? Sadly its between two windows xp laptops. . they internet is wireless(one of the laptops doesn't have wirelss card).
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In Need of Mandrake 9.1!

jgrigg
Hello, I am currently taking linux classes and the instructor is using Mandrake 9. 1. I have been tring to locate a copy, but everyone has moved onto 9. 2. Does anyone know where i can get a copy of 9.
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lilo bootmanager

verliter
I have 2 HDs. On the first HD I have installed windows and on the second linux mandrake (with lilo bootmanager). Now when i want to boot with only my first disk (second disk is not connected to pc) i get error.
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