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@CoffeeCat Thanks for helping me too!!

Ant2ne

I am in the process of setting up a home Linux server, How do you have your VM's set up? I want to set up a Firewall/Network Secuirty VM How did you set your VM to work? I normally use...

Oh man you stole my thunder. Spinrite isn't free, but it is the best drive maintenance and recovery tool out there. It is well worth the $89

Micox,

The best place to look is

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting

I did a fresh install and WOW what a difference. The PC is extreamly fast now. Fresh installs are always a better option.

I just did a clean install of 9.10, and am completely pleased with the outcome. I accepted the default ext4 file system, and am shocked as to how fast the laptop boots compared to my old XP Pro...

Dmizer,

Here is my ddclient.conf file

# Configuration for ddclient scripts
# generated from debconf on Mon Jun 29 21:51:33 EDT 2009
#
# /etc/default/ddclient

# Set to "true" if ddclient...

Dmizer,

When I run the command I get the following.

/etc/default/ddclient: 27: Home: not found
* Restarting Dynamic DNS service update utility ddclient

Home is the name of my network...

When I Check the log file, I get this message

Jun 29 22:02:47 Trinity-Laptop ddclient[22072]: WARNING: caught SIGTERM; exiting

What is wrong?

Ok, I am back, and my printer will not print at all. I have a Lexmark x2600, and I deleted and reinstalled the driver but the driver says I need CUPS 1.2 or higher installed.

What Gives, I am...

Everyone, I am now able to print!!

I did not realize I was getting the "cups-mising-filter" error when I was trying to print. I had a backup of my etc folder with my old /etc/cups/ppd folder and...

I have a Lexmark X2600 and when I was using 8.10 I downloaded the driver from Lexmark and walked though the Lexmark set up and I was done, everything worked. Now I upgrade to 9.04 and it will not...

Ravenhon, There is an open source RDP software for Linux called rdesktop, at the last company I worked for I used this software to remote into my work PC from Home. It works just like Remote...

Ultimate,

I at first had the same question, but what I had to learn is the fact that Firestarter is not a Firewall. It is only a GUI front-end to IPTables. Realize IPTables is always running on...

Beattyml1,

I only run three partitions /, /home and swap. I have a 3gb swap partition and it is completely overkill. I have 2GB of ram and it never users that partition at all. Because of that,...

Any time I plug in an external device, Thumb Drive, Smart Card, portable hard drive, etc it appears on my desktop. Does that not happen for you?

Jozmoz,

I had the same issues with WICD after I upgraded to 8.10. For the longest time I had never had any luck using the network-manager tool, but I am happy to say that with 8.10 whatever was...

I have looked thoughout the forums trying to find a thread on setting up Ubuntu 8.04 server on VirtualBox and have not found any that really explain what I want to try.

Here is what I want to...

OK, I thought that would be the answer I would get. OK I have three partitions, /, /home and swap. If I nuke the installation, how do I ensure my user accounts can access their home folders?

I have a question for everyone, I am currently running 32bit Hardy on an AMD Turion 64bit CPU. I am in the process of maxing out the memory at 2GB. Can I upgrade to 64bit without having to...

Hey Reacocard, thanks for the great How-To. I have AWM installed and set up my Compaq laptop to look just like a Mac. Besides just looking cool, that "eye-candy" is truly functional and benifical...

First off, Welcome to the Ubuntu Community CHGN. I want to commend you in taking the plunge into a very exciting world.

I have been using Ubuntu for about the last two years and I still consider...

Help?? Please could someone help.

To completely clean up my \ partition, (I had 8.5gb of 10 gb used) I decided to completely reinstall 8.04.1. On my system I have three partitions swap. \, and \home. When the install was complete,...

I am a Help Desk Technician and I spend eight hours a day supporting Windows users. At home for about a ionyear I dual booted Windows XP and Ubuntu. I got tired of the poor performance I was...