Linux is the family of Unix-like operating systems that use the Linux kernel.
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“Kernel panic - not syncing” after building Centos-6/elrepo 3.10.19 kernel from source
I need to rebuild the Centos-6 / elrepo 3.10.19 kernel from source.
Background: the GVision touch screen drivers are incompatible with kernels > 3.8 and require source code patches to add code to ...
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configure web server in RHEL
I have installed Request tracker in my RHEL 5.6 system. The RT installation succeeded and I have also installed apache web server, mysql, phpmyadmin that is required for running the request tracker ...
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Modifiying source code of an application
I'm doing a project where i need to change or add some functionality on an Debian based application. I've downloaded the source code but problem is they all have .rpm as extension. Anyone know what do ...
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Finding all WAV files of multiple directories and copying them to local computer from server
I have a Linux server where the directory structure is
Mainfolder1/folder2/firstfile.wav
/folder3/secondfile.wav
/folder4/thirdfile.wav
Mainfolder2/folder1/fourthfile.wav
Now, ...
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debootstrap local download dir
Can someone tell me where does debootstrap store downloaded packages that it's about to install?
Possibly also the download method would be interesting (wget/curl/apt-get).
In my case I run:
sudo ...
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create a cronjob to run php script
I've created a cronjob in Xubuntu to run a PHP script in every 5 minutes. I did it as follows.
I entered the following command:
$ crontab -e
Then entered the following:
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php ...
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RHEL - Login screen not showing
I have a RHEL 5.6 system which shut down unexpectedly due to a power failure. I restarted the machine to figure out if something is wrong. However, the machine is not showing the login screen. It is ...
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a string representation using regex (modified)
I would like to use regular expression to represent a pattern with the following type of characteristics
1) It includes a continuous sequence of digit values. The length of this sequence it at least ...
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RHEL- mysql installation error
I am trying to install mysql in my RHEL 5.6 machine. I use the command yum install mysql. However, I receive the below error message.
Transaction Check Error:
file ...
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realpath command not found
I have debian squeeze amd64. My current shell is bash. If I write the following in my terminal, it works:
$ uname -a
Linux core 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 10 08:43:19 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ ...
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How to change permissions from root user to all users?
I created a folder on the command line as the root user. Now I want to edit it and its contents in GUI mode. How do I change the permissions on it to allow me to do this?
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What happens if I delete dmraid?
I am new to Linux and am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS from a live-USB and have it run alongside my Windows 7 installation.
On the installation screen for Ubuntu, at the partition page, I get ...
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On Arch, how can you set a WM to start on boot?
I'm tinkering with Arch, as I want to get into more low-level *nix admin things, but I'm still somewhat unexperienced, as most of my experience is through Mac Os X or linux distros with gnome like ...
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mount: special device /tmp/cdrom does not exist - CentOS kickstart %post section
I am upgrading an installation from CentOS 5.5 to 6.4. I am having troubles with my kickstart file in the %post section while mounting /tmp/cdrom during the install:
The following configuration in ...
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File compression - how to implement in Linux
I would like to be able to compress certain files (that I need to keep, but use rarely) on disk. I noticed that chattr +c flags a file for compression, but it doesn't seem to actually compress files.
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