Jo posted:

I need to run check disk on an NTFS partition from Linux. What are my options, other than booting into windows twice?

EDIT: To ellaborate, I'm mounting a TrueCrypt encrypted NTFS partition that's being read off an NTFS partition. I do not have access to Windows.

Z-Bo posted:

I'm trying to find out which file gftp uses to store login credentials. I have an old ftp account I haven't used in over a year on a box that I can only ssh into. I've misplaced my login credentials for the ftp account, but am sure it is still stored in some file on that box. How can I get at it?

6174 posted:

Not even close. gFTP is a FTP client, not a graphical front-end to a FTP server. Not to mention most FTP daemons keep their login credentials separate from rest of the system by default, making your comment about /etc/passwd crazy.

James IV posted:

I've got an older linux box running an old copy of fedora that's pretty much on its last legs. It kernel panics when I try to boot it but I'm 99% sure there's nothing wrong with the data of the files, which is what I'm after. I'm wondering if there's a way to use a modern linux live cd or boot cd or some such to load up a modern copy of linux so I can get the archived files I need off the hard drive then be done with it for good? So...is it possible to boot into a live cd and mount the current filesystem drives?

evilmonkeh posted:

I've only ever hosted websites on paid for web hosting before, and to point a domain at it all I did was change the domains name servers. I have a computer running ubuntu server which I want to host my website with, what is the best way to point my domain name at it? eg I would like to be able to setup sub domains etc.

shyguy posted:

Are there any good GUI based programming programs out there? I'm using Ubuntu and I'm getting the itch to play around with Python/C/C++. I could do it and have using the command line programs, but I really don't want to.

rugbert posted:

Hey, does linux have a sweet spot when it comes to RAM like XP or vista?

Im gunna buy a laptop this week and I want to dedicate it to Linux but I dont know if I should spring extra money for a full gig of RAM since Im on a budget at the moment.

Also - Other than Unbuntu (I didnt like it when I tried it a few years back) whats a good flavor to put on a laptop?

JoeNotCharles posted:

It's probably people who come from Debian, who are used to running the "unstable" build because there are rarely serious problems with it and the stable build is very slow to update.

SnatchRabbit posted:

I guess either one would be ok. Is it just easier to run a few programs with an emulator?

SnatchRabbit posted:

video encoders

thenameseli posted:

There is currently no OSS encoder (any very limited decoding) of wmv9 (VC-1), for example.

SnatchRabbit posted:

Intel 945 it looks like. For now, I've been usi ing the wired ethernet. I'm trying to get my vmware installed but I'm kind of lost. I've dled the rpm file for linux but not sure how to install it via command line.

http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+vmware posted:

HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server - Ubuntu ForumsHowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server Tutorials & Tips.
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209

emf posted:

Hey, here's a quick one.

How good/bad is AMD64 SMP (Core 2 Duo and Athlon 64x2) support in Debian (testing or unstable) for things like Wine, and drivers for the IBM X3000 and nvidia 7050 onboard video? Would I be better off with the 32 bit version for a while, yet?

Toiletbrush posted:

The most recent example, that set me off asking this:

http://images.tomservo.cc/desksep.jpg

This is a desktop screenshot. Check the artifacting around the icon labels. I've manually increased the sampling to 4:2:2 in the advanced settings. Quality slider set to 85 percent. I think for that motive, Photoshop would have yielded better results at 420kb target file size. To make them go away, I have to put the slider at 100%, and even then...

teapot posted:

Though the difference is still visible (Photoshop file size is smaller even though it shows slightly less artifacts), its quality factor is absolutely definitely not 64 but 88.

Kobayashi posted:

A) What should I use /mnt for?

Harokey posted:

I want to find the hardware address of a machine.

So far I have this:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep HWaddr

I thought I would pipe that into "cut" but it looks like cut only wants to read from a file, and won't go from stdin. Any other ideas?

Harokey posted:

Edit:
Out of curiosity, is there a way to do this all in perl, other than by just calling that command?(which I'm doing right now)

dfn_doe posted:

PC internal clocks are notoriously inaccurate, setup ntp on a cron job to skew it back to the correct time if it bothers you.

Yoghurt posted:

Ok, I've got one:

Let's say I've loaded Ubuntu and Windows XP onto my computer as per this walkthrough. How would I do it differently so that it automatically booted into windows without prompting me every time and only booted into Ubuntu when the computer detected a boot CD at startup (again, no prompt)?

Yoghurt posted:

I have a week or two of holidays coming up and this is the holiday project I've designated myself this time around. I figure if I'm going to do this and I've got all this spare time to do it, I may as well research how to boot the thing so that I'll never have to worry about it again. It's not that the extra boot time is undesirable, it's that I've curently got the time and effort to get rid of it - so I'm going to.

The Remote Viewer posted:

Looks like the problems I was having with AAC files were most likely caused by this:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+...fmpeg/+bug/6366

Doesn't look like they have any intention of fixing it. Everyone asking for a fix has been told to either fix it themselves or to "not use stupid proprietary codecs". Unfortunately solid AAC support is a dealbreaker for me.

Comatoast posted:

1) Is ext2 in windows better or worse than ntfs-3g in linux? I've been nervous about running torrents on a ntfs drive under linux, and equally nervous about accessing an ext3 partition from windows. Bottom line: ext3 or ntfs?

3) I have an nvidia geforce 6600 series video card. OpenGL screen savers seem to run really slow. I haven't had much luck getting any complicated games going yet so I'm not completely sure if I'm having real issues or not. Are the default drivers always no good in a linux build? Should I always use the ones from nvidia.com?

LesserEvil665 posted:

I'm new to using linux on a personal copmputer, but was interested in trying it out on my new Dell Inspiron 1520. I'm looking for a distribution that would support the hardware, compliment the laptop platform, have good features, and be lightweight. What would you goons recommend?

teapot posted:

Magicmat posted:

Am I correct in assuming that that would require Pidgin to be running to work? I really need something that exists entirerly in a single command, with no background processes or additional commands to execute.

Bubba Ho-Tep posted:

I've got a question:

I recently fixed up a 2 year old laptop, and plan on throwing Linux on it. How is the wi-fi support, because back when I used Linux with some regularity, it was a bitch to set up.

(Note: I'll be using Ubuntu)

Crush posted:

Is it possible to go through a file and find the highest (greatest) first number, and of those lines find the highest second number, and of those lines find the lowest third number and then finally the lowest fourth number?

Steve French posted:

That doesn't handle the following, if I'm reading the question right:

Exi7wound posted:

Doesn't have to be text/console. I've enjoyed FreeCiv and am wondering what else is out there that wasn't an option or is so much better on a Linux box.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Neslepaks posted:

Something like

code:

find . -type f -printf "%T@ %f\n"

Cowboy Mark posted:

Second is much simpler. I have a load of extensionless files in a directory. How do I recurse through them and add .txt onto the end of each one? I tried mv * *.txt as a blind stab in the dark. Again, googling is dificult when it's hard to describe the problem, I just get mountains of unrelated information.

Local Yokel posted:

But with a better video card, and a wireless card added in.
I feel like Ubuntu 7.10 is a little too heavy for this machine (or am I crazy?).

I'd like something that actually installs on the hard-drive, not something that runs only in ram.

Anunnaki posted:

I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my home PC, and I've got a couple of questions:

1. The GRUB loader shows an entry called "Windows XP Home Edition", but I don't have XP installed on this machine at all... Wtf?

2. How do I change the order in which the OSs are displayed? I want Vista to be the default entry.

Following this guide, I went into the text editor and changed the title of the Vista boot entry to "Windows Vista Home Premium x64" and deleted the whole entry for XP, since that's not even installed. But I don't see what it means by changing the number from "0" to "4". Can someone help me out here?

Would it work just to move the whole "Other Operating Systems:" section to above the Linux kernels?

Anunnaki posted:

The Vista and XP entry were the only ones with "savedefault" in them, and I deleted the XP entry, but the Ubuntu kernel was still the first entry on the list; and the message at the bottom says that it will load the first one that's highlighted.

Ozean posted:

So. Any advice to make this work, or just an alternative app I can use?

Gvaz posted:

thats what i was thinking of, i have fluxbuntu downloaded and tried it via a VM on my windows box and it seemed to run fine, althought it didnt have much of anything thats fine too. is there any linux program that saves in .doc or something that isnt OO or am i gonna have to be stuck to .rtf files?

teapot posted:

You may have to install ntfs-3g package and reboot before it will work -- I have no idea if it is installed by default.

teapot posted:

They probably use some ActiveX control, so it definitely needs IE, but may or may not run properly in Wine. Install ies4linux and see it it will work.