Top new questions this week:

How can I delete a file with no name

I somehow managed to create a file that doesn't seem to have a filename. I found some information regarding how to get more details of the file in the following thread. However, I tried some of the …

/ filenames / rm

asked by Mr Moose 14 votes answered by antje-m 18 votes

How to keep track of changes in /etc/

I would like to keep track of changes in /etc/ Basically I'd like to know if a file was changed, by yum update or by a user and roll it back if I don't like the chage. I thought of using a VCS like …

/ backup / git / btrfs / etc

asked by taffer 10 votes answered by Faheem Mitha 15 votes

On deep-created directories

In Windows, there is a certain limit on the number of characters in a path, which restricts how deep a directory can be created. I was wondering what the case is like in Linux? Do you have some …

/ directory / organization

asked by Tim 4 votes answered by Mat 14 votes

Undo bg; Undo putting a process into the background?

I've started a long running and machine hog process. I've hit CTRL-Z to stop it. I've then put it in the background with bg. Oops, I should have restarted with fg so that I could easily stop and start …

/ bash / process-management

asked by Vincent Scheib 4 votes answered by Aaron D. Marasco 3 votes

How to partition 22TB disk?

I have a 22TB disk on /dev/sdb. How do I create a 22TB partition? Don't really care about the file system - ext4 or zfs is fine. Running CentOS 6.2 - Partition will be used as a data dump. Only a …

/ partition / fdisk / format / parted

asked by AaronJAnderson 3 votes answered by Warren Young 3 votes

Why can't I run programs on another partition in Linux?

So for convenience, I store all my data on my Windows partition so that I can access my data easily from both Linux and Windows. However, I tried compiling a C++ program with g++, and found out that I …

/ permissions / executable / chmod

asked by wrongusername 4 votes answered by Adam Zalcman 12 votes

Where in "/" should extra disks be mounted?

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard extra disks should not be mounted in /mnt/ according to the …

/ linux / freebsd / mount / directory-structure

answered by Matt Simmons 3 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

What are high memory and low memory on Linux?

I'm interested in the difference between Highmem and Lowmem: Why is there such a differentiation? What do we gain by doing so? What features does each have?

/ linux / kernel / memory

asked by Sen 17 votes answered by wag 10 votes

How to make ext4 filesystem sparse?

I am using Linux as guest OS in VirtualBox. I deleted huge number of files from its filesystem. Now i want to shrink the filesystem image file (vdi). The shrinking works by compressing filesystem …

/ virtualbox / ext4 / sparse-files

asked by Mr.Confused.A.Lot 5 votes answered by forcefsck 1 vote

Can you answer these?

Regaining usage of volume control media keys after removing pulseaudio

I am running a GNOME 3 fallback desktop in Debian testing, and I removed some pulseaudio packages, for I don't need the advanced functionality. That resulted in my multimedia keys that control speaker …

/ keyboard-shortcuts / gnome3

asked by Tshepang 2 votes

Why doesn't GoogleTalk plugin recognize my camera, even with v4l?

The thing is that I have GoogleTalk plugin, also used for Google+ hangouts, and it works in my netbook, on Ubuntu. But on my laptop, using the same Ubuntu (Oneric) and having used the camera on Cheese …

/ ubuntu / webcam

asked by D4RIO 1 vote

How can I get pcf8574 back?

I have recently upgraded my server from Debian 5 (Lenny) to 6 (Squeeze), and I noticed that the new kernel 2.6.32 don't have module named pcf8574, neither pcf857x. I need it for my application, and I …

/ linux / debian / kernel / drivers / i2c

asked by maxorq 1 vote