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Suse 12.1 wireless set up

11.27.2011 · Posted in Linux

Hello- I’m running openSuse version 12.1 with a Netgear wireless router 614 and a Netgear WG111v3 adapter. I also dual boot with Windows Vista. I can’t get the adapter to connect to the internet. I used ndiswrapper and grabbed the rt8187 driver from Windows and it is installed. I have networkmanager installed, I have the ...

crash – no log entries

11.26.2011 · Posted in Linux

Hi I am fairly new to Linux but ok with computers in general. I am running a 64studio dist (umbutu kernel with tweaks) and recently box powers down without instruction. I can’t find any entries in either var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog — both just record ‘restart’ at the time I reboot. I suspect hardware but would ...

Can’t uncompress or extract the tarball

11.25.2011 · Posted in Linux

[root@SANA4SPA ~]# ls -R .: anaconda-ks.cfg Downloads Music Public Videos Desktop install.log newscript Templates Documents install.log.syslog Pictures test1 ./Desktop: Home.desktop konsole.desktop trash.desktop ./Documents: #explode# index.odt ./Downloads: rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz ./Music: ./Pictures: ./Public: ./Templates: ./Videos: [root@SANA4SPA ~]# tar -zxvf rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz tar (child): rdesktop-1.7.0.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now ...

OpenSUSE 12.1 ships with GNOME 3.2, SystemD, Snapper, Go tools

11.21.2011 · Posted in Linux

The OpenSUSE project released OpenSUSE 12.1, featuring Linux 3.1, GNOME 3.2, KDE 4.7, plus support for KDE’s “OwnCloud” cloud platform. OpenSUSE 12.1 introduces the SystemD configuration utility and Google’s Go programming language, and integrates a Btrfs-based “Snapper” tool for rolling back system updates and configuration changes. DesktopLinux.com ...

Writting PCI Driver

11.17.2011 · Posted in Linux

HI I am new to Kernel programming my task is to write a pci user space and kernel space module that will work same as the lspci command i used pci_read_config_byte() to access the pci configuration space but it didnt seem to work please suggest me a way to approach this Thanks in advance LinuxQuestions.org ...

setfacl problem

11.15.2011 · Posted in Linux

i have a directory /home/manager. The directory owner is user root and group root. User tom should have read and write access to this directory. Susan should not have any access to this directory. The directory should be readable by all other users. can any one tell me how can i perform this action? LinuxQuestions.org ...

Comparing lines in two files?

11.13.2011 · Posted in Linux

Dear Linux users, I’m new to linux/coding and have a question. Although my problem seems intuitively very straightforward, I searched in these forums and Google but could not find anything specific to what I’m looking for. Problem: I have two files, both very large (tab delimited). File 1 looks like the following (example): Quote: Jane ...

Recommend an internal card reader (usb)

11.11.2011 · Posted in Linux

OK, I bought a really cheap and nasty Pluscom internal card reader (it even feels cheap and nasty). After trawling t’Interweb and trying everything sensible I came across, I give up. I mean, when sg_scan -i can sometimes pick it up (but mount still says it doesn’t exist!) and other times can’t, I’m not going ...

Fedora 16 released with GNOME 3.2, virtualization enhancements

11.10.2011 · Posted in Linux

The Fedora Project released Fedora 16 (“Verne”), featuring GNOME 3.2, as well as virtualization and cloud enhancements including Aeolus and OpenStack integration. Fedora 16 upgrades to Linux 3.1, the GRUB2 bootloader, and Firefox 7.0.1, while offering improved system settings, plus enhanced contact and document management apps. DesktopLinux.com ...

No grid lines in Libre Writer

11.09.2011 · Posted in Linux

I am using Libre Writer version 3.4.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 and I can’t get the grid lines to show. I went to Tools, Options, LibreOffice Writer/Web, Grid and checked the boxes for snap to grid and visible grid and clicked ok but no grid lines show. Lines do snap to a grid which is about ...