Slackware :: Advice On Supported VPS Hosting
Jun 29, 2011
This issue has already been discussed on this thread: [URL]. But it's 1 year old so I wanted to know if any of you had other ideas. It seems to me that [URL] is quite a good choice indeed, but I want to be sure before I engage my company with it. So for you who are using linode, are you all happy with it?
If they allow having a Slackware guest, and is not too "g33k" (like this one which is NOT an option) because I need to make my colleagues confident and they are a bit scared of having a service only for hackers. In fact I need to reassure them even with linode, they're scared to death because I want a Slackware server ...
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Jun 23, 2011
I have a website hosting on a windows server with its ads being hosted on .net. i want to transfer all the hosting to ubuntu platform now but i dnt know what alternative to use for .net as .net is not supported by any linux distro.
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Apr 30, 2011
I just acquired a 1.5Tb Hdd which I am sticking in an old desktop to make a home net portal and server. I'd like to share files between the server and my various linux boxes, as well as my wife's XP and w7 laptops. For this I plan to use Samba. I'd also like to use the box as my media library, streaming video (using VLC?) I'm assuming if I can connect to the box over the home network I'll be able to read write and stream media files easily.
I'm also toying with the idea of installing Apache and hosting a website from the same box. I'd also like to be able to ssh in remotely, and allow for sending files via ftp. I've got the hardware set up, the drive is partitioned in to /, swap, and /home. I'm going in for a full Slackware 13.37 install, but from there I'm not sure exactly how to proceed.
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Aug 18, 2011
I have designed name based virtual hosting in apache. as of now,I am able to access website using IP also. which is I am looking to block, only can access by the name
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Mar 15, 2011
I want to move to Slack, so I took a look around the web to see if it can give support to my wireless card but couldn't find any relevant info.Is it supported? Can be installed?
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Jan 7, 2011
i am using Slackware 13.1 with my customize version of kernel:
# uname -a
Linux dash-pc 2.6.33.4 #1 SMP Thu Dec 30 15:28:19 CET 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I compiled into kernel CIFS module and now i am still not able to mount SAMBA directory.
# mount.cifs //192.168.0.101/music /home/dash/music
Password:
mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
mount error(19): No such device
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
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Jan 4, 2010
While I try to add Blue Marble widget I get this error "OpenGL shaders not supported". It's weird considering everything else on kde works great and my laptop configuration is Dell Core2Duo T 6500 2.1Ghz. Should I install any extra packages to make it work?. Also any tips/suggestions/links about improving the look and appearance of Slackware would be most welcome.
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Jan 7, 2011
I am running Slackware Linux-13.1. Recently I noticed that alsaconf has stopped working: when I run it all I get is:
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However, sound works just as good as it did before I noticed the problem. The issue is present both with the generic kernel and with any custom compiled one.
Here is some diagnostics with the custom compiled 2.6.37:
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Jan 13, 2011
I have two 320GB Seagate 7200.4 hard drives on my laptop and I am looking to set them up as a RAID 0 array to install Debian on. After reading a bit online I wanted to seek some guidance with this as this is my first time setting up software RAID. My biggest concern is how to maximize performance of the array with regards to block sizes, chunk sizes, stripe sizes, filesystem types, etc. etc. It seems there are a lot more nuances to setting up a RAID array (properly) than I thought there would be
Edit: It also appears that grub2 cannot be installed to /dev/sda when the drives are setup in RAID 0. Is there an easy way around this? I read somewhere that if you select to install grub to the RAID partition it will work? Is that the case, or do I need to do something else to get grub to boot directly to the raid array?
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May 22, 2010
Here's a screenie of partitions where Ubuntu is currently installed:[URL]..sda1 is the partition where Windows used to reside - that's why it's flagged as 'boot'. When I nuked Windows, I just left it flagged that way as I figured that's where Grub is installed and didn't want to screw anything up.
I'm about to add a new 1TB drive for Lucid (most likely). I want to move this current drive to the second drive bay so it will become sdb 1,2,3 but keep it functional (at least until I'm convinced that Lucid will work for me). Here are my questions:
Will Lucid find the old Ubuntu install on sdb automatically and give me a choice of dual boot?
Will the old Grub legacy be overwritten? Should I remove the old 'boot' flag or leave it like it is? Do I even need a boot flag on sdb since BIOS is set to boot from sda? Any other tips before I start mucking around in a perfectly functioning system?
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Aug 27, 2010
every now and then my company cleans its it trash by giving away computers to its employees. this i became the owner of a p4, 2ghz compaq evo with 512 mb ram and no hard drive. i bought a 500 gb hdd, dowloaded ubuntu, created a live disk and in a matter of minutes i had a new desktop! i love it! a new computer with a new operating system set by a non-techie in 15 minutes? not even microsoft can beat that. oh, and the total cost was zero!
then i started clearing issues (mysterious crash on p4 computers solved with a patch, screen resolution solved with a new mode, not recognized microsoft webcam to be solved, connection to stora nsa to be solved, etc.). this is nothing different from what you would go through installing windows on a new computer, in fact the process seemed easier for me as there's tons of documentation and people willing 1. overall system performance, mostly while browsing seems low. could it be the 512 mb of memory? would it improve its performance to jump to 1 or 2 gb? or it's just the processor that's too slow and not all the memory in the world would make it faster? while we're at it, is it reasonable to expect good performance on ubuntu 10.4 on a p4 2.0 ghz? (my notebook, a 2 ghz core duo runs faster on xp, but it has 3 gb memory, so i guess memory would help...).
2. choppy videos and other video, both in partial and full screen modes. again, would more ram help? updating drivers? updating flash? (i think it's all updated, but i'll retry...). or is my bottleneck in the processor? 3. my computer has an extra video card, but it's disconnected. i'm not sure about brand or model or even whether this would be an improvement on the on-board card. should i plug it and see what happens? would a better video card improve my performance?
simplifying, this is a computer for me to play and for my baby boy to pound at the keyboard. if i were to spend little money on it, what's the best investment, memory or a new video board? (i think i know the answer, memory). i don't want to extrapolate too much from my windows experience because this is a new os, but i think i would go for extra memory. if memory were the solution to all my problems... how much memory? should i go for an additional gb? full 2 gb? 3? what about buying a 1 gb card and plugging it side by side with the existing 512 mb? would 1.5 gb be enough?
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Apr 21, 2010
I have been running GNU/Linux for quite a few years, and over that time have tried many different looks. I have never seemed to find the `right' one for me, however.
When I first started, I ran GNOME/Enlightenment, straight out of the box. I played with themes a little and liked it, but had not yet learned about the breadth of choice out there. Over time, mainly due to memory issues, I gradually disabled features. I ran this combo for probably three years in the end, with a minor dabble in KDE along the way. I felt like a change. I decided to try fvwm. I hated it! It did teach me something important, however; I did not need a Desktop. I had not realised before now that I never used any of the features of a Desktop. I also learned that my system ran a lot faster without one. I have never looked back.
After a short stint with FVWM, I decided to see if you could have a window manager that looked good. I experimented with several, including IceWM, but finally fell in love with WindowMaker. It looked nice and was not loaded with features I did not use. I ran it for several years before growing bored and moving on. This time, I experimented with other low-resource options, such as Blackbox, Openbox and, finally, Fluxbox. Fluxbox was my new `best thing' for a couple of years, though I quickly found myself getting rid of half its features (tabs, etc), before I found myself being driven mad by the sheer fact it was so minimalist: I wanted more bling I went on another journey where I experimented with the likes of Sawfish and Metacity, before finally settling on Enlightment again. This was fairly short lived, however, and I soon found myself back on WindowMaker. I have continued to use WindowMaker for the past four or five years. It does the job fine, but I am beginning to find it bland. After all, five years of staring at the same screen does get a little samey :P I have just bought myself a new, flashy, wiz-bang system and it has a clean install of Debian Lenny on it. I feel it is time for a new look.
Over the years, I have learned a few things about my preferences. I hate tiling window managers with a passion --- they look cluttered to me. I do not like toolbars or start buttons, and hate the concept of a desktop with icons all over it. In WindowMaker, I hate the clip beyond using it as a way to prevent my applications for leaving those horrid icons down the bottom of my screen. On the Windows system I use at work I also have the taskbar auto-hide, so I guess I do not like anything down the bottom of the screen. I like the dock, but the only docapps I really use are the clock and volume control (which do not really have to be on a dock); I would be happier if these could auto-hide and I just have to mouse-over to get them when I want them, allowing more real estate for the applications themselves. I am lazy when it comes to making themes --- I can do it, but prefer not to --- so I want a good selection from the community I can take from. Virtual desktops are a must, but I do not care for pagers (I just disable them when they are available). I also like it when I can configure which virtual desktop an application opens too, especially if it remembers the window's dimensions (so I do not have to keep resizing). Shading windows is also something I like.
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Apr 9, 2010
I am running Debian Lenny with xfce4. I just bought a used iPod Touch (1st gen) yesterday (4/8/10). Dropbox works great, easy way to transfer files. My yahoo mail account also works very well.
Gtkpod works great with my iPod Shuffle, but does not seem to work with the iTouch. My PC does not seem to automatically mount the iTouch. Any thoughts on iFuse, or Floola? Or would I be better off trying to run iTunes under Wine?
I have an XP laptop with iTunes installed, maybe I should just use that to sync music, and my Yahoo contacts? I would also like to sync to my yahoo calendar, but I know of no way to that - maybe I could sync my yahoo calendar to google calendar, and use Floola to sync to the iTouch?
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Aug 28, 2010
As I understand the rc.wireless script the command 'iwconfig wlan0 nickname ....' is always executed. On my computer this causes annoying message "Set nickname: operation not supported". I read the man for iwconfig. It seems for me that there are no particular reason to force the 'set nickname' operation.
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May 10, 2010
I've got a box (prev used for WinXP) with 2GB Ram and a new 500GB HD to throw in there.Noticed on the Wiki CreatingUpdateMedia and reading as much as I can ramping up for this.I'm curious how I should partition this disk, and what other decisions I'll need to make on install.I see quite a bit of interest also in virtualization, and if I find a need, this could be useful too.Kernel upgrades?how to do? Does the disk have to be wiped or just use an alternate boot device to replace K on HD? I have a tech background in programming and some solaris, but *nix has grown up in the last 5 years.Hopefully devices will function and networking connectivity can be acheived without too much troubleshooting.
I'm doing this in part to be more educated, especially in the new world of web-hosting where you have a virtualized box, root and shell access, and need to manage it yourself. Beyond that even, my goal is to be able to work on my web-host by setting up a remote linux desktop, and I'll be looking for ways to configure that. There are clients out there (VNC, etc), but I'm not sure on the host-server configuration, and also the port-forwarding setup on my local router.
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Apr 11, 2011
About 2 years ago I registered with the Nursing Council to oporate a nursing agency, I find it hard to get it off the ground. I have a manual on how to do it but still its difficult. I think maybe if I could get an HR software or something related to that would help. It is a dream of mine to have that up and running but I can't. Please help. I've ran out of options.
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Oct 1, 2010
I would like to have my own system for web hosting..?So from where i can start.. What are the necessary softwares,that are needed to be installed..?
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Jan 26, 2011
I've decided to start a new project/second business. Namely, I want to create my own website hosting/design service and I need to know where to start. I've been reading up on some topics related to this, but as far as implementing my idea, I still have some questions. Should note here that previously, my only experience with hosting was putting a page up for a friend via godaddy.com....
I've gotten my hands on a Poweredge 6800, 4 processors 2.8 gHz, (currently) 4 73 gb u320 hard drives. I know that I want to run a RAID setup that allows for redundancy (not sure if I should just set up the 4 drives as 2 disks with mirroring or not). I also for the forseeable future will have to run everything off of one server. With the server came Windows Server 2003 disks and license.
From what I've seen/read, it seems a LAMP server would be the way to go. My main question is this: Since I am running everything off of one server for now, am I right in thinking that Ubuntu Server would be the better way to go for ease of use, and reduced resource usage? Also, is it simpler to use a static IP address from my ISP or the dynamic IP addresses they give you? The final question is this: while I like the idea of H-sphere, are there better all in one hosting apps/control panels that don't have as high a learning curve/hardware requirements?
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Mar 15, 2011
Is there anyway of hosting a website using ubuntu?
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Jul 13, 2010
I know this is an Ubuntu forum, but I couldn't think of a better place off the top of my head to ask peoples' opinions on web hosting and domain name purchasing. (That's a compliment, and yes, I am a Linux Mint/Ubuntu user).
I'm looking to purchase a .com domain name, and I'm looking for FTP hosting and email. Before giving me any advice, please know that I will not sign up for hosting with a company from which I cannot reclaim the domain name if I should ever choose to switch hosts. In other words, I need the guarantee that I own the domain [name], and not the host. Please let me know if you have an opinion.
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Aug 27, 2010
Im a nube in networking and servers. I want to make a website for my Dads business but dont want to go to any commercial hosts. Is it possible to make my desktop PCs as webserver and DNS and publish my own website through it? i got 120kb/s broadband. will other people be able to open my website around the world? What are the limitations?
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Feb 25, 2011
1) should questions about websites be posted here or the therver platform forum?
2) I'm trying to host a website from an old computer I have. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04; I have installed the LAMP package. I've made it's ip address static on my router (linksys WRT160nv3). I can ssh into it from my desktop on the same home network.
I've been following this guide: URL... I'm trying to make the server public. I've set up DMZ on my router to forward to my server's local ip address.
So now, after going to whatsmyipaddress.com, I can log onto my server from my desktop, which is on my home network, but not anywhere else.I'm fairly sure that my ip address from my ISP is dynamic, but it hasn't changed in the last hour.Let me know if you need anymore details. I'm very new to all of this.
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Mar 13, 2011
I'm new to this forum and to linux and I love it however I'm having small trouble with setting up my Apache2 web server to host my website. the main problem I'm having right now is that when I browse to my website it keep going to the default Apache page and not my website pages.
here is my virtual host setup: these are two separate file in the sites-available folder
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<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin email@email.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/
<Directory />
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I have no understanding on DNS setup and how it works so I'm a complete novice. SECOND question do i have to setup any sort of dns setting from my Linux server or has yahoo covered it for me already?
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May 15, 2010
What options are there for hosting linux on Windows 7?I think vmware will work.Windows Virtual PC will work.What about XEN?Apparently HyperV won't work because I don't have Windows 7 server installed.What do I google search for: hypervisors? What do you recommend?I want to install and run oracle database and java and eclipse on linux. I only have a windows machine. Which is easier: installing bootable linux on a SD flash card or hosting via XEN or vmware?Are some linux distros better guests on Windows 7 than others?
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May 13, 2010
So I'm holding my nose and gonna get a shared hosting account. Sorry to sound a snob, maybe I am and tx God there are some of us left! Fact is, I'm a VPS kinda guy but need a shared host for a tech book I'm commissioned to write.
I was with Lunarpages a while off. Thought they were pretty good 'till they lost my db. Not an option. HostGator? Or who? I want cheap as chips. And that's about it. I'll only really be playing with cPanel .. aah, so I need that too. But it would be nice to have some sort of reliability, and I need one of the 'big boys' 'cos many of the target audience for this tome will have that kind of host.
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Feb 2, 2010
How can i find web hosting services? I have my own site and want to web hosting for that.
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Jul 22, 2011
We planned to buy new server for our company, which processor is best for, shared hosting , and nearly 300 clients are going to access this server, all live video streams websites are going to hosted in this server. so which processor is the best option to go,i found these are the best in this which processor give best performance forshared hosting.1. Dual Xeon E5405 2.0Ghz2. Dual Xeon E5130 2.0Ghz3. Core i7 2.66-2.93Ghz
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May 15, 2010
me know the detailed reason that why we can't use name based virtual hosting with SSL
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Feb 7, 2010
Just wondering if it's possible to do virtual hosting without a registered domain name. I'm running slackware 13 and just trying to do it like this in my vhost config:192.168.15.149/test1.phpand 192.168.15.149/test2.php
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Jan 25, 2011
I have application (WAR format) deployed on tomcat 5.5. I am able to access application using: "http://my_server_hostname/application_base_directory_name/hello.do" for example. I do not want my users to remember or bookmark the full link "http://my_server_hostname/application_base_name/hello.do"). Is there a way that i could have tomcat host it like a website and i can directly get the index page open by simply typing a url (http://hostname) in the browser? if possible, i would like to do it using tomcat only (no httpd connectors or modules).
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