Gnome desktop will not start via the Red hat Linux server console.
I received an error when loggin onto the Gnome desktop via the server console. The server is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux ver 4. I’m able to logon to the …
Read MoreHow to install and initialize telnet on Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora Core Linux.
Telnet is a very old communication protocol, it is not secure because the password authentication is transmitted in clear text. SSH is a secure protocol and is the replacement for …
Read MoreHow to create a new logical volume in Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux.
(1) Click on System – Administration – Logical Volume Manager. (2) Expand Uninitilized Entities on the left window by clicking on the arrow next to it. You will now see …
Read MoreHow to change the shell in Linux or Unix.
Linux and Unix have a vairety of shells. A shell is a program that provides the text interface, it reads the interactive or non interactive commands, interprets and executes the …
Read MoreErrors regarding libXp.so.6 in linux
I received errors regarding libXp.so.6 launching the Fame 9.3 release 3 on Redhat Enterprise Linux 5. Error while loading shared library libXp.so.6 Cannot open shared object file. No such file …
Read MoreTOP and TOPAZ are Unix, Linux and AIX utilities that provides real time display of top cpu using processes.
As a server/systems administrator you will find the TOP utility very useful to determine top cpu using processes. TOP is the utility for Linux and most Unix operating systems. IBM …
Read MoreHow to remove the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification.
I ran the windows update on my XP computer, it downloaded and installed KB905474. This instaled the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification on my Windows XP computer. Now eveyrtime after I …
Read MoreDetermine the disk usage of a file system in Linux or Unix.
As a server administrator you will find that the df commad is very useful to find out the disk usage of a file system in Unix or Linux. Depending on …
Read MoreHow to determine the folder size in Unix or Linux.
The du command displays disk usage for each file or folder. You can use this command to find the size of a folder in Unix or Linux. Below are some …
Read MoreHow to determine the current shell type in Linux or Unix.
Here is the command to find out what your current shell type is in Linux or Unix. This works for most variants of Unix, Aix, and Linux. echo $0, this …
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