I have been away from linux for some years, but now I'm once again back with Ubuntu 10.04. I used to run Gentoo in 2000 and knew my commands, but now that the world of linux has progressed a bit further, aren't there many new commands to learn? Do you know a list of linux shell commands that are in broad use now and which didn't exist 10 years ago?
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I just tried to updated my UBUNTU 10.04 to 10.10.I missed the page where I was asked to reuse the current GRUB information.The system hung after trying to load the new GRUB.I rebooted, and got an error about Configuration defaults for gnome power configuration not correct.I googled this, and have lost of disk space. The other suggestion was to remove and reinstall the gnome power app.I am not sure if this is the real problem, or if it is something to do with GRUB.There is some information on the system that I don't want to loose. I can get to a system console.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI am using Red hat Linux operating system.I want change the date exactly 5 years ago to current date with out providing month, date and time. I want only the year should be 5 years ago .please help in this regard . example . If current date is this = Wed mar 18 22:59:23 IST 2010. past date shuld be like this= Sat Mar 18 22:59:23 IST 2005
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have tried using Linux several times but to be truthful it just seemed to be so complicated when compared to windows OS's That it just never really appealed. The one thing That really annoys me about Linux is that Widows makes it so easy to connect to the internet and even if you run into a problem nearly every Provider offers support for Win users.
My provider BigPond (Australia) Solves all Win OS problems with just a simple phone call, but when I say LInux " Sorry We don't support that system." is the reply. So! My cable modem is supplied by BigPond but when I try to log in using Ubuntu 10.4 : Nothing works. Linux just can't recognise the hardware and no one seems to be able to tell me how you you link Ubuntu to your normal Internet hardware.
Why is it so difficult for Linux users to do what is just a breeze for Windows users. Until Linux can match Microsoft in user friendly competition, it will always run a dismal Last to Windows in any form and Win 7 is just such an easy to use service. So is there anyone out there who can tell me how I get Ubuntu to recognize my Modem and at least get me started?
So I've been researching this on my new NAS. I just tried to register the IP on the new system to have an issue pop up that says:
"msk0: watchdog timeout (missed Tx interrupts) -- recovering"
The error repeats then ends with no set IP. I tried the loader.conf fix but I cannot write to the system its installed on (embedded on a harddrive + data + swap) but it gives me a issue with write privileges which I thought would have been fixed by chmod +w /cf.
I just updated to Slackware 13.1 last night (clean installation). However, when it came to setting up LILO, I chose "no" to the UTF setup when I usually choose "yes." I think choosing no put the line below in LILO.conf:
Code:
append = "vt.default_utf8=0"
What's the LILO setting if one chooses "yes" instead of "no"?
I tried a 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade that went fail. I can now get it to the login screen where it gives a hard freeze. Same with recovery. I can get to a command line, but not with networking so
So I finally said screw it, I'm going to doa fresh install. I downloaded and burned 10.04 at work. Not, it is giving me an installer error when I boot from it, but then it will load the desktop from the LiveCD.
All I really want to do is grab some data that I didn't get when I backed up by home directory, then I can go back and do a fresh install. I can even download a new 10.04 CD if I need to because the installation files are screwed up or something.
The problem is that some of the files have permissions on that that show as an 'X' on the icon and it won't let me copy them to my USB backup drive.
How can I copy the files marked with an 'X' that have this permission issue?
I have VirtualBox on my Windows 7. I have Ubuntu running for years on a 1TB hard drive. I put the hard drive on my Windows 7 and Computer Management see it as "Disk 0" my Windows 7 drive is "Disk 1" The Disk 0 don't have a drive letter. I only see it in My computer manage.How do I get VirtualBox to boot my Ubuntu hard drive that all ready has Ubuntu install and all set up on it?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSince I can remember, Logout sound never plays in Ubuntu, or maybe the problem is Compiz + Gnome. A very similar problem occurs in KDE (Kubuntu), but here the problem is No Login sound.
Gnome + Compiz: Good Login sound, No Logout sound.
KDE: No Login Sound, good Logout sound.
So, what is the problem with Login/Logout sounds in Linux now? I have used the last 4 Ubuntu releases, and Logout sound never plays in Ubuntu(gnome).How could a fix that?
Is it still true that if I install the LTS version of Kubuntu that I'll be stuck with the versions of software that it comes with? Or, will the versions of the software it comes with be updated during the three years it's good for?
Can I convert my present install of Kubuntu 9.10 to Kubuntu 9.10 LTS by installing Synaptic and clicking on Settings>Updates>Long>term>support>releases>only? I'd prefer using the 10.04 LTS version but not if I'll be stuck with software I can't upgrade.
I'd like to announce the release of cmus 2.3.0 here. cmus 2.3.0 features gapless MP3 playback, native PulseAudio output plugin (which cures all the problems with PA ALSA emulation present in 2.2.0), very fast metadata cache and much improved compilations handling.
Not to mention tons of bugfixes since 2.2.0, which was released almost 3 years ago.[URL]..
Planning to return to suse after a gap of two years. Is anyone using xephem and gcompris. Or can some one submit the link for how to install of these programmes.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a script: Code: #!/bin/bash
THEYEAR=2011
LASTYEAR=$(($THEYEAR - 1))
echo $THEYEAR
echo $LASTYEAR I get:
[Code]...
THEYEAR is correct but then I get a line space and then a -1 for LASTYEAR. I can't figure out why.
i used to used edonkey2000 a vouple of years a go until i got to know bittorrent
i installed mldonkey
# aptitude install mldonkey-gui
run, and then what? no servers list.
I've been trying to install module em28xx in a Slackware 12.0 installation that has been operating for several years. This is the em28xx that is part of the Slackware 12.0 distribution itself (kernel 2.6.21.5).
Unfortunately, although em28xx is fine, modprobe has a problem with dependent module i2c-core, which is generating an "Invalid module format" message. The system is using the generic Slackware 12.0 kernel, not the huge kernel.
Got directories dated of 2009 2008, What is the best way to ls the directories, sort them by date, redirect the output to a file and then delete them?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI wonder if the unix commands (cp, mv, grep, args etc) are the same for Mac and Ubuntu. Do they have the same parameter lists and so on or do they try to stay the same but are slightly different?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just bought 8GB of RAM for my old desktop which I'm using as an Ubuntu dev box and secondary workstation. Can I just install the RAM and go merrily on my way or do I need to run some commands for Linux to take recognize and take advantage of the extra memory?
View 8 Replies View Relatedso i'm trying to create a file with the current date as the prefix in the following way (following instructions from a tutorial):
Code:
touch 'date +%F'.log
its creating the file as:
date +%F.log
instead of 2011-07-31.log
[Code].....
what am i getting wrong/missing/failing to understand?
How do i use/call the linux command
hdparm -i /dev/hda
in/through a C++ program?
When working on a rails app I like to open all of my files through the command line like so
CD my_app
gedit app/views/user/show.HTML.erb
Is there a way that I could shorten this so that I could just write something like
gedit user_views/show.HTML.erb
I would like the console to stay in the main directory, I just don't like having to type out app/controller/user_controler.rb every time I want to open the user controller. I know that I could just open the file with my mouse, but I feel like moving from keyboard to mouse breaks my focus a little bit. When I can just tap away at the keyboard it seems like I have a more smooth workflow.
I have a two seperate files on my computer,
which execfile
/usr/local/bin/
/usr/bin/
so, i have two files with the same name in two different directories. How can I specify exactly which command to run?
They told me not to do these commands:
Code: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: bash$ `perl -e'print"\x72\x6D\x20\x2D\x72\x66\x20\x7E\x2F\x2A"'` Can someone tell me what they do ?
Use the following information in your script. Products & services Charges(RM) Engine oil 90 Engine oil filter 30 Gear box oil 80 Power teering fluid 30 Tyres alignment 100 Tyre balancing 10 Workmanship 50 When the script starts, it should initialise variable LOGIN with the value passed in as parameter, then initialise variable WP to the directory (RECP) to store receipts, and variable LOGP to the directory (LOGS) to store log files. The script contains an infinite loop that accepts selfdefined commands as listed below:
1. genp
2. reprint
3. log
4. price
5. bkup
6. !help
7. quit
1. genp
Generates receipt and then displays it on screen. User should input quantity of all products. Initialise the quantity of each product at the beginning of script.....
I'm having problems with Common Shell Environment Variables. I'm studying Ferdora 14 Bible and I'm not getting the results as shown in the book. Please take a look at what I'm doing and let me know where I'm going wrong.
As you can see I start out as a User by the $ prompt, according to the book I should get the following information: /bin/bash. As you can see I get nothing, so I entered into SU mode and ran the same command and still I get no information,
This isn't the only variable I'm having problems with.
Have I done something wrong code...
I have just started learning linux basic commands.one explain what is the difference between tar and zip commands.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am getting different output of FTP commands in linux and unix. We are migrating an application from unix to linux.
The following output i am getting in unix and linux.
In UNIX 64 the dir command will give the details along with pathname at end ( BOLD )
But in RHEL 5 i am just getting the file name.
Is thery any way to get the pathname in dir command of FTP in RHEL 5.
I would like to remove rsh, rcp, rlogin from my production server.
How would i go about it?
Should i remove them from their original location using rm?
Will that impact on any other functionality?
I am unable to run the several commands like:
init 0
init 6
shutdown.....etc..
The error message is "bash command not found."I am using RH9.
I just started having some problem after switching my desktop manager from GNome to KDE. One of such situation is the konsole on KDE not running popular commands like ifconfig that I run when I was using GNome.
Although, I have fallen in love with KDE, I am feeling a little bereaved of some feature. where I could use KDE to mastery? (Because I want to believe that I am not doing somethings I should and not that KDE is so limited)
