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I've been using both Evolution and Thunderbird alongside eachother for a while because I could not make a final decision. In the end I choose Thunderbird because it works just a tad faster, and has a...

I am off Windows for over two years now, and there's not really anything left I need to use Windows for.

Like many others, I could use a Linux version of iTunes for my iPhone/iPod. And I know many...

You seem to have your APIPA address active in Ubuntu, meaning you did not get a valid IP address during the DHCP request phase.
Have you rebooted your laptop, or have you restarted your networking?...

I've recently acquired an 64GB OCZ SSD disk for no more than € 220,- (and prices are dropping as fast as the drive's speed).
I've been running it in my Ubuntu laptop for a month now. battery...

Hmmm. strange.
I am sure I attached it.
Well, here's another try.



# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X...

There's actually nothing in the xorg.log indicating a reason why it does not work.
All seems to be just fine?

I've uploaded my xorg.conf for you to try out.
It is as default as it can get, so...

Hi there again,

sorry for my delayed response, but damn, have I been busy :-)

To me, both xrandr output and xorg.conf gile look OK.

I think I still need to see your xorg.log file to see if...

I am thinking of getting a EEE/Netbook in the near future, but since this is now a very hot item, and many new products are emerging, I deciced to sit back and wait a while to see where this...

Could you post (attach) your xorg.conf and 'xrandr -q' output, after plugging in the screens? Also the Xorg.log from /var/log could be helpfull.

maybe we can see something that puts us on the...

In case you are missing /dev/md2 and /dev/md3 in the examples above;

/dev/md2 is actually swap (yeah I know, I mirrored my swap, which makes no sense)
/dev/md3 is the basis for the LVM. ...

Ok you guys,

It has been a while since I set this up, so I'll have to digg into my memory for this, but I think I can retrace my steps.

The result of my steps is booting off a software RAID1...

Not necessarely true.
You can set up the sw-raid and for autodetect, so it will be brought online during boot, even before the filesystems are to be mounted. You need to have it in your kernel of...

In large datacenters around the world, the majority of storage is not directly related to servers, but provides through storage arrays and storage networks.
Thus, adding servers is not the meassure...

Nope, free as in you are free to choose the product, and if you do, you do not have to pay to use it :-)

Here, you try to find all files and directories matching "*", meaning all files.
The -name "*" is quite redundant, as the find command itself would return the same results.



#>find /etc/*

...

redirecting error output, aka STDERR is done like this:


#>command_goes_here 2> /output.log


If you want the STDERR to go to the same file as the STDOUT, you can tell it to do so like this;
...

Have you checked the virtual desktop (aka memory) size assigned to X11?
If you have too little, one screen stays black.
Add both horizontal and vertical resolutions up, and define this as the...

Just great.
A friend was at my place the other day, and I was struggling to get the HDMI connection to work, again. He asked me, "do you have the right input channel selected?"
I said, "of course,...

I have VMware server 1.0.6 running on a Debian 4.1 server. I have no problem what so ever attaching USB disks to a VM. Even a USB1.1 device :-)

I have some questions for you;


What type of...

The majority of my contacts is using MSN, so this is still on my highly usage list. For all other contacts, there is nothing else but GoogleTalk.

Could you give us an example of such a tutorial?


In your case, with the Ubuntu server, you are facing a terminal/console after initial boot.
Under normal circumstances (eg setup) you cannot...

I've done this plenty of times.
Usually, graphic cards differ, so some update in this scenario is required.
If you have no custom build kernel running, you should be fine.

Of course, you really...

Since you are installing the ubuntu server edition, you get a console by default.
You can add a gnome desktop yourself after the install, but for a server, this is not common use. It is your choice...

For the record, I use rhythmbox for all my audio.

Uhm, yes, but that's just because Windows does not support NFS without the use of some commercial third party tool for NFS support.
So, if you want to share files between a Unix and Windows machine,...