The Openoffice.org Documentation Project is holding a competition for templates and clipart sponsored by Worldlabel.com, and there is prize money!

The goal is to increase our trove. Frankly, we don't have enough; users are feeling deprived. That means over 50 million people.

You can help change that... and also maybe win some money. Worldlabel which has been long a strong champion of OpenOffice.org, has set aside USD 5,000 for prizes. Winners will also have the option of including their winning entries in the OpenOffice.org installation sets available from the site.

If you are interested, visit the Documentation Project for more information. Everyone is eligible and everyone is encouraged to participate. The contest officially starts this week and ends 13 October 2006, on our birthday. Winning entries will be judged by a panel of three and winners will be announced 1 November 2006.

I've noticed that ever since this site's format changed the help forums here aren't quite as active as they used to be. Requests go unanswered for days or weeks. I've used and been grateful for this site for a few years--I never would have been able to install good old woody without help from many people here. Has anyone else thought about what can be done to bring the help forums back to life?

Tim

(formerly naiveguy)

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I'm trying to install Debian for the first time, and it wont mount the cd-rom. I'm putting it on a Thinkpad x60, so it doesn't have its own drive. I'm using an external cd-rom, just a CompUSA brand. It goes into the install and when it gets to the detect and mount stage it fails. I can't think of a reason for this since it's running off the cd.

I have installed apache2 and I have it running with php4. I am trying to view the phpsysinfo page, but it comes up with open or save document, suggesting its not working the code server side. I have viewed the apache config file but the index.php is present. I have made sure I have installed the usual libapache2 stuff, and also made sure as I want a mysql server running to I have php4-mysql installed as well. After reloading the apache2 server it still wasn't playing ball, so I restarted. But to no avail. Can someone please point me in the right direction, I bet this is a common issue.

I am running kernel 2.6.8-3-686-smp (as I have a dual 550mhz compaq 3000 sever)

I'm running a Debian Server were some important files where been deleted by an user. He used rm -rf * .
Now what can I do to recover these data? Are there any tools like there are for windows?

I hope so

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I have dselected phpbb and mysql. The database is done and works. When I go to the web page I get:

The database module for the database you are using, MySQL, is not available. Please (re)install the php4-mysql package or if it's already installed, add extension=mysql.so to the relevant /etc/php//php.ini and restart the webserver if appropriate.

So, I went into /etc/php4 and there are 3 folders: apache, cgi, cli. Each dir has the file php.ini and I uncommented the line with extension=mysql.so the restarted apache-perl. Still no luck. Any ideas?

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Hi,
if I use the df command on my debian installation I get the following:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 250M 249M 0 100% /
tmpfs 252M 8.0K 252M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda11 5.5G 3.9G 1.4G 75% /home
/dev/sda12 5.5G 1.4G 3.9G 26% /opt
/dev/sda10 4.6G 33M 4.4G 1% /srv
/dev/sda8 361M 8.3M 333M 3% /tmp
/dev/sda5 4.6G 2.4G 2.0G 55% /usr
/dev/sda9 9.2G 6.6G 2.2G 76% /usr/local
/dev/sda6 2.8G 690M 2.0G 26% /var
/dev/sdb1 5.5G 2.6G 2.7G 49% /backup1
/dev/sdb2 5.5G 1.8G 3.5G 33% /backup2
/dev/sdb3 5.9G 2.0G 3.6G 36% /backup3
tmpfs 10M 48K 10M 1% /dev

Hi

I have a C++ program "binary" from now on called "A" which lets me
communicate some commands to a server over the Internet.
I have written my own C++ code "B" which uses A's interface, B decides
which A function to use and what its parameters should be based
on information retrieved from the server. the connection with the
server is established using

int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
char* username=argv[1];
char* password=argv[1];
object.login(username, password);
// etrieve info
// call function with suitable parameters
// stay connected all the time
// unless $ service myProg stop
...
}

could someone please point to a link on how can I use a daemon to fire
up on boot and stay connected all the time unless a service stop call

I have quite a bit of experience on installing Debian over the net using debootstrap and chroot, even on remote machines. I have leased a new server with OpenSuSE 10.1 (32 bit) installed, and frankly prefer Debian as I am more familiar with it.

Here is the uname -a :

Linux suse101lamp 2.6.16.13-4-smp #1 SMP Wed May 3 04:53:23 UTC 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

I would like to install Debian sarge on this machine, and everything goes well up until the chroot - where I get the error:

chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error

I suspect that the binary executable was compiled for 64 bit, and the kernel is 32 bit.

Anyone have any ideas on what to do? I confess that this is my first 64 bit machine. If necessary I will just install everything in 32 bit emulation - but what a shame to waste such a nice cpu...

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This guide describes how to back up and recover your MySQL databases with mysql-zrm on a Debian Sarge system. mysql-zrm is short for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, it is a new tool that lets you create full logical or raw backups of your databases (regardless of your storage engine and MySQL configuration), generate reports about the backups, verify the integrity of the backups, and recover your databases. It can also send email notifcations about the backup status, and you can implement multiple backup policies (based on your applications and based on time (e.g. daily, weekly, etc.)).

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Installed Debian 'Sarge' on a 1997 PC. I only have one HD installed (set as master - jumper settings are correct). It is 3.2 GB, so I don't need any DDO or anything for the BIOS to 'see' the whole drive. Before installing I used Win 98 Startup disk to delete all partitions on HD and then fdisk /mbr to erase the MBR. It was therefore a completely clean install. Install seemed to go well. Asked at end if wanted to install Grub, I said yes. Upon restart I get Grub Error 18. This error is apparently caused when the kernel is not close enough to the beginning of the drive for the BIOS to 'see' it. Debian is taking the whole HD, however, so I presume it put its kernel near the beginning of the first partition, so I can't really manually put it any closer to the beginning, can I?

I wish the Debian installer was easier to use... I never have any problems installing Windows (ouch!) but I have been trying to install Debian for months and I just keep getting different errors... if I don't get it this time I am just going to give-up on it.

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Like many, I am relatively new to linux. A few years back I used a version of Mandrake for quite some time. I'm interested in trying linux again, and have downloaded debian and ubuntu installs. My I downloaded the most recent "unofficial" 64 bit debian distro. The installation goes well, although the second disc is never used. At one point the installation asks for a second disc, but then doesn't actually use the second disc for anything. The installation finalizes, and restarts, and I'm presented with a command prompt. I was never asked which window manager to install, and I don't know how to start one from the command prompt. I wasn't prompted to install any packages during the process, though, that may be a feature limited to mandrake. So, basically, I install the OS, but I don't have a gui.

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After a recent update to my debian sid system (2.16.1 kernel, kde 3.5.4) samba no longer works. When I try to access my home network using konqueror I get a "timeout on server" message. When I try to restart samba I get this:

/etc/init.d/samba restart
Stopping Samba daemons: nmbd smbdstart-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 4016: No such process
.
Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.