I got instructions from here, and I found several sites with similar instructions but somethig is wrong with the repositories on 12.04. This should work for 11.10 and previous versions.
Any ideas how to install backtrack repos and some back track apps on 12.04?
I read about downloading the .deb package for gerix and manually making the same…
In Computer Science field, I have noticed a notable shift in thinking when it comes to programming. The advice as it stands now is
write smaller, more testable code
refactor existing code into smaller and smaller chunks of code until most of your methods/functions are just a few lines long
write functions that only do one thing (which…
I just upgraded to 12.04 on an old ACER Travelmate 5320 using Broadcom 4311. I wasn't able to connect to the internet through the wireless for a few days. It didn't even display wireless networks. I was finally able to make it work by following the instructions found here:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#supported
However,…
I was following the instructions on this website to create a bootable USB flash drive on a Mac: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx
The instruction: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso does not create a valid file that the disk utility can copy to the USB drive, making…
If you select "USB" and "Mac" on this download page, it gives a series of command line instructions to make a USB key which the MacBook will boot into Ubuntu from.
I've followed them to the letter two or three times on different USB keys, and it doesn't work. There's a very great deal of technical discussion about EFI etc. but this set…
Hello Serverfault friends,
I am about two days into attempting to install FFMPEG with dependencies on an AWS EC2 instance running the Amazon Linux AMI. I've installed FFMPEG on Ubuntu and Fedora systems with no problems in the past, and have read reportedly successful instructions on installing on Red Hat/Fedora. I have followed a…
I'm having problems configuring my ape-server. First, I reside behind a corporate firewall where our own DNS servers are maintained. I requested a domain name for my server and was provided uslonsweb003.us.mycompany.com from my IT group. Therefore, my website works and can be accessed via (intranet only) at…
I installed OCILIB on my CentOS 6.2 server some time ago, and now I want to install a newer version. The vendor requires an uninstall, but doesn't provide instructions. I'm guessing that's because it's trivial for people with a Linux background.
http://orclib.sourceforge.net/doc/html/group_g_install.html
If…
I'm trying to follow these instructions (under the Troubleshooting PHP 5 heading). I have PHP installed and when when I run a2enmod php5 it says "Module php5 already enabled". The problem is I created a file, test.php, that's just this:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
and put it in /var/www, like the…
I just installed Linux Mint and I am trying to get my usb soundcard to work. I am completely new to Linux so I have only been learning about all the important parts of the OS this afternoon. No one I know has compiled kernel so I can't ask anyone.
I am following instructions on this site:
…
I have just got a new iMac 14.3 with 21.5' display. It has Intel i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT750M graphics card with GPU (Device ID: 0x00fe9). I have installed Ubuntu 13.10 on it (dual boot with refit). Everything works fine apart from graphics. It is clear that graphics' not…
I know the title reeks of confusion, and some of you might assume I am just wondering about how the computer boots in general, but I'm not. But I'll sort this out for you people now:
1.Onboard firmware is how mostly all modern computer devices work, whether or not with…
I am trying to boot my very first VM using KVM. I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed, i made sure the BIOS had the right virtualization flag enabled for intel processor by running kvm-ok.
I have researched this on google and all the instructions that i have found so far are…
I recently purchased an Acer Veriton which has an i5-650 processor, Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) and Intel HD Graphics listed as the video card. I also purchased a PNY nVIDIA Quadro FX 380 PCI-E card for improved picture and home video viewing and editing.
I have already…
What I want is to have an options menu where the user can choose to navigate the menu between:
1) touching a button and then pressing down on the trackball to select it, and
2) drawing predefined gestures from Gestures Builder
As it stands now, I have created my…
I'm creating a mobile website that will include a page from which people can download relevant apps that we recommend. I've found good instructions for creating the links to launch the Market but this assumes that you are the developer of the app in question and…
I'm trying to setup web2py on my Fedora server, and the instructions, written for Debian, are telling me to install it in the /users/www-data directory. I realize that Fedora uses a default 'apache' user for running Apache, and Debian uses a 'www-data' user,…
I encountered a strange problem where increasing my occupancy by increasing the number of threads reduced performance.
I created the following program to illustrate the problem:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include…
First of all, I'm not sure if solution even exists. I spent more than a couple of hours trying to come up with one, so beware.
The problem:
r1 contains an arbitrary integer, flags are not set according to its value. Set r0 to 1 if r1 is…
I cannot believe I'm the first person to go through this thought process, so I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with it.
Current situation: developers write a web site, operations deploy it. Once deployed, a developer Smoke Tests…
I need to trace all instrutions of a program using gdb.
After every execution of a instruction, I want gdb invokes a specified function.
Is it a possiable work? How to achieve this?
I searched internet and found "stepi…
I have followed these instructions exactly, yet I get a "Page cannot be found" 404 error
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-60/
My PHP file is
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
I am running…
This is a statement referring to problem caused by page fault:(from Silberschatz 7th ed P-310 last para)
'We cant simply restart instructions when instruction modifies several different location
Ex:when a instruction moves 256 bytes…
I have some legacy html that needs to work on old and new browsers (down to IE7) as well as the iPad. The iPad is the biggest issues because of how text selection is handled. On a page there is a textarea as well as some text…