I want to know how to burn Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 to my dvd. I have a folder that says, yellowdog-5.0.1-phoenix-20070511-PS3. In the folder I have; etc, images, ppc, ps3, reportdata, Yellowdog, .discinfo, releasenotes, rpm gpg key. Which files do I burn to the cd?!

IMPORTANT: I also don’t know what type of burning process I should do. Should I do a data disk?! I’m clueless here!

So i installed Yellow Dog Linux 6 on my PS3, got the internet, video everything working great but i cant find a way to make streaming WMV files to play from a browser. I tried installing MPlayer and MPlayerplug-in but i dont know how to do it for sure ( compiling the source n etc.) Is there any way to make the installation with RPM packages ? when i "tried to install" MPlayer ./configure make and make install all completed but i cant find the program anywhere.

Thanks in advance from any1 that could help me out.
Well YDL is the one that best supports the PS# so i wonna make sure the internet and display work properly in 1st place. i already have w32codecs installed. What difference does it make if its with RPM packages ?

Hi.

I followed these instructions to install a java plugin for mozilla firefox on linux but Mozilla Firefox still says there is no plugins installed. I downloaded both, the self-extracting file and the RPM file.

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/linux_install.xml

I did everything it said and verified that everything was correct. I I’m sure I have java installed and I went through the steps to enable it. I restarted Firefox and still nothing. =(

Here is some information…

In this directory………/usr/java………………there is

-jru-6u23-linux-i586.rpm
-jru-6u23-linux-i586-rpm.bin

In this directory…………../usr/lib/mozilla/extensions…………there is

-libjavaplugin_oji.so
-ns7-gcc29

I know I created the symbolic link. Here is the evidence.

…

ln: creating symbolic link ‘./libjavaplugin_oji.so’: File Exists

…

So why doesn’t the java plugin work???

Help is greatly appreciated.

Brandon.

ok first of all
i had a nvidia 6200 ealrier and only ubuntu amd 64 version(7.10 and 7.04 worked) when i tried to boot up any opther live cd or any linux distro it showed an error ,even if i dowloaded an x64 architecture ,it would load up to some extent and then say no bootable device found ,so as i told u that only ubuntu x64 version worked and i was happy but then i upgraded my system and changed my video card to nvidia 9600gt and ubuntu starts but there is no display ,i tried the live cd also then also no desplay

pc specs:
intel core 2 duo 1.86ghz
motherboard:intel dg965ry
3 gb ram (ddr2)
500 gb hard disk sata 7200 rpm(partitioned into four drives )
nvidia 9600gt

i only changed my graphic card ,rest of the system was untouched
will this live cd work

Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit

I just now got linux; therefore, I need to download a few things. I need to download flash player, so I can watch videos on Youtube. However, when I download it, it tells me:

"Could not open "flash-plugin-10.0.32.18-release.i386.rpm"

Archive type not supported."

Okay. Then how do I do this? Will I get this message every time I try to download a program to Linux?

Yes, I did try to download one of the many Linux versions of Flash. I know it’s not my computer because my dad’s computer done the same thing that mine is doing.
This is a new computer with Windows 7 Ultimate beta version and Vista. I am just playing with Linux for fun.
I got it to work. I already know who’s going to get the best answer. Thanks. I just needed that little piece of info.

I am running openSuse and I am trying to set up nessus. I have the server all set up but I literally cannot find the client anywhere. Where can I find it? Even the windows client would be find because I could run it in wine, but linux is preferred! (rpm or tarball). Thanks!

I want to play games that use java in linux mint but for some reason nothing wil install or work. In mozzila firefox when i go to play a java game it asks for me to install a plugin. I click install but it says missing plugin and just fails. I downloaded the file jre-6u17.rpm.bin so i could install java. When i try to open it it says "could no display home/ryan/jre-6u17.rpm.bin. Somebody please help me to install java. Thanks@!
Can people not abreviate things I dont know anything about linux so you may have to show me how to open programs and find them too.
I would do all that but my password in terminal wont work. I know it doesnt show what your typing but it doesnt accept my password. How do i install it then.
Im trying to say i Dont kno my root password. I understand it doesnt show it when you type it. How do i reset it or something. I know my keyring password but that one wont work.

I am very new to Linux.

In the site,

http://www.ape-project.org/wiki/index.php/Simple_APE_configuration

they have given instruction to install APE. I followed their instructions and

installed APE Server through a RPM package. When i type in the terminal,

I am in root,
APE:~# /usr/bin/aped –cfg /etc/ape/ape.conf

I am getting the error,

APE:~# command not found

Can someone tell me what has to be done to execute that command

Thanks

I downloaded game editor for linux and i can’t install it. there is now extenssion such as rpm bin or tar.
The file name is this (exactly) gameEditorLinux and that is it! there isn’t a extension (i have checked in the properties) i have also read the readme and done what it says to do. this is the command it gave but it didn’t work
chmod +x /GameEditor
./gameEditorLinux
I have ran that many times.
Any help is welcome.
I have crunchbang linux… (not sure what distro…)

Ok, fairly dumb question, but im a student at JobCorp and i’m using Linux(OpenSuse-Gnome). I’m relatively new at using it, coming off from Windows-XP. I’ve been trying to find software that doesn’t require me to have a active internet connection.
My classroom computer is WinXP(school policy with net) and dorm room(no internet at all isnt allowed) is OpenSuse-Linux.
So this seems to be a rather difficult adjustment, as i don’t understand why the forcefulness nature of connecting to a server to download. cant it be like windows and just give a zip-like and just install,
yes im aware of .rpm and other zip-likes >.>
* Forcing by which that almost every site that personally I have been to not just ONE >.> geez really think I went to one >.> wow no. Its just a question if anyone knows a site that has the full software to download so i can use flash drive and install it, tired of the files being quicklinks to websites >.> its no wonder why ppl dont leave windows if that all thats to offer its internet required to get stuff physically, what a luxury we dont all have, but im just saying ya know not to be edgy

I just want to confirm if anyone has ever used Google Chrome on Mandriva 2009.0.
NOT on 2009.1 or 2010

if yes, could you please give me links to the rpm and procedures how you successfully got it to work? thanks a bunch.

I need it badly. My boss wants me to test a site in Google Chrome but I can’t since my workstation here at the office uses Mandriva 2009.0 and it’s my first time to work with a Linux OS.
Thank you hawklord. I have come to that conclusion as well. Now, I want to know how could I update Mandriva to 2010.1? I’m a newbie with Linux OS. Thanks

Hello, Im currently in grade 12 and im wanting to find a good OS to use for my university years.

So Im running vista and in getting Windows 7 but I’m wanting to try a Linux OS. I tried Fedora, Ubuntu and Mint OS, but I have troubles (i.e unfamiliar to the RPM and other commands) and I had some trouble with my graphic card

So here is my System specs:

-Intel Core2 QUAD @ 2.33GHz
-nVIDIA 9500GS
-6GB RAM
-1TB HDD
-802.11b/g wireless

Note that I might be getting a laptop but the specs above are of my desktop)

So which Linux OS should I try?

Im looking for:
-Something easy to use (but I don’t mind challenges or learning something new)
-Im used to more a KDE then GNOME
-Easy to customize
-Multi-task/Multi-thread
-Good platform for Development and research and data analyzing/creating/modifying and also good for using Engineering/Scientific Applications (need that as im going into aerospace)
-Good for documenting and office working (i.e Microsoft Office or any variant and able to use Adobe)
-Good for multimedia
-Good for gaming
-good for leisure use
-very good system tools and a great security system
-and just overall very efficient, powerful, long lasting, and the ability to utilize new Technology (i.e. touch screen)

Please and thank you and I know some people might say stick with Windows, but I don’t want to be in trouble of viruses and data loss.

Thanks in advance

Trying to install Flash for x86 it takes me to this page where I can download one of three ways, tar, rpm or YUM. Not sure which one to download they said to put it on the desktop; is one easier to work with than the other, also their directions for running the install were a bit vague, said to run

./flashplayer-installer

from the terminal but once I got there the terminal didn’t know what I was talking about. It may have done something in the background I wasn’t aware of and I may be missing a step.

Using latest version of Firefox with Ubuntu FIesty Fawn.

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux

I’m on acer netbook linux (Fedora 8). I tried to install the xvid codec and xine media player from rpm packages. I might have deleted libxvidcore.so.4 after it said there was a conflict. Now ffmpeg isn’t working. It says :error while loading shared libraries: libxvidcore.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Please help with exact instructions and codes. I actually found this file in another directory so I’m not sure if it got deleted or not. Any links or rpm packages with this file in it would help.

Please don’t answer if you have no idea about linux. Some people try to get cute on here, but I need real answers today because I wanted to grab some songs from youtube and make a birthday cd by converting them to mp3 in ffmpeg. My dad’s B-day is tomm. so please hurry.
Just tried this same error message. Thanks anyway.

I currently have Fedora 10 and I installed VLC media player. When ever I open it to play a song it gives me 2 errors and the song sounds real choppy. These are the errors I get… How do I fix them?
Summary:

SELinux is preventing vlc from loading /usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1 which
requires text relocation.

Detailed Description:

The vlc application attempted to load /usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1 which
requires text relocation. This is a potential security problem. Most libraries
do not need this permission. Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly and
request this permission. The SELinux Memory Protection Tests
(http://people.redhat.com/drepper/selinux-mem.html) web page explains how to
remove this requirement. You can configure SELinux temporarily to allow
/usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1 to use relocation as a workaround, until the
library is fixed. Please file a bug report
(http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package.

Allowing Access:

If you trust /usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1 to run correctly, you can change
the file context to textrel_shlib_t. "chcon -t textrel_shlib_t
‘/usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1′" You must also change the default file
context files on the system in order to preserve them even on a full relabel.
"semanage fcontext -a -t textrel_shlib_t ‘/usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1′"

Fix Command:

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t ‘/usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1′

Additional Information:

Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0
Target Context system_u:object_r:lib_t:s0
Target Objects /usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1 [ file ]
Source vlc
Source Path /usr/bin/vlc
Port <Unknown>
Host Andrew.Altizer
Source RPM Packages vlc-core-0.9.8a-1.fc10
Target RPM Packages ffmpeg-libs-0.4.9-0.52.20080908.fc10
Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.5.13-18.fc10
Selinux Enabled True
Policy Type targeted
MLS Enabled True
Enforcing Mode Enforcing
Plugin Name allow_execmod
Host Name Andrew.Altizer
Platform Linux Andrew.Altizer 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 #1 SMP
Tue Nov 18 12:19:59 EST 2008 i686 athlon
Alert Count 4
First Seen Mon 05 Jan 2009 01:43:28 PM AST
Last Seen Mon 05 Jan 2009 01:56:42 PM AST
Local ID 143b1d8e-4c8f-4189-a377-d97326d786c4
Line Numbers

Raw Audit Messages

node=Andrew.Altizer type=AVC msg=audit(1231153002.320:27): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=3452 comm="vlc" path="/usr/lib/sse2/libswscale.so.0.6.1" dev=dm-0 ino=2551557 scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 tclass=file

node=Andrew.Altizer type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1231153002.320:27): arch=40000003 syscall=125 success=no exit=-13 a0=21c000 a1=2c000 a2=5 a3=bfb3d1e0 items=0 ppid=1 pid=3452 auid=500 uid=500 gid=500 euid=500 suid=500 fsuid=500 egid=500 sgid=500 fsgid=500 tty=(none) ses=1 comm="vlc" exe="/usr/bin/vlc" subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0 key=(null)

and……

Summary:

SELinux is preventing vlc from loading /usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0 which
requires text relocation.

Detailed Description:

The vlc application attempted to load /usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0 which
requires text relocation. This is a potential security problem. Most libraries
do not need this permission. Libraries are sometimes coded incorrectly and
request this permission. The SELinux Memory Protection Tests
(http://people.redhat.com/drepper/selinux-mem.html) web page explains how to
remove this requirement. You can configure SELinux temporarily to allow
/usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0 to use relocation as a workaround, until the
library is fixed. Please file a bug report
(http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package.

Allowing Access:

If you trust /usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0 to run correctly, you can
change the file context to textrel_shlib_t. "chcon -t textrel_shlib_t
‘/usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0′" You must also change the default file
context files on the system in order to preserve them even on a full relabel.
"semanage fcontext -a -t textrel_shlib_t ‘/usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0′"

Fix Command:

chcon -t textrel_shlib_t ‘/usr/lib/sse2/libpostproc.so.51.2.0′

Additional Information:

Source Context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_execmem_t:s0
Target Context system_u:object_r:lib_t:s0
Target Objects /usr/lib/sse2/libpostp
Am I able to uninstall SELinux?

Does anyone know of a messenger that I can download that runs in linux….I know what chat clients there are….I am asking for a link! Maybe an .rpm for msn or yahoo would be great..!!!

I have a Atheros wifi adapter in my laptop. i just installed kubuntu. i was told that i had to install a madwifi thing to get the atheros adapter to work in linux. it reconizes networks. but just cannot connect to them. the madwifi thing is a red hat package manager file. how do i get rpm’s to install on kubuntu?

mike

I have downloaded both the DEB and RPM files from http://real.com/realplayer/linux.

When I try to open the DEB file, Ark says "No Archive loaded"

When I try to open the RPM file, the message "package realplay-11.0.2.1744-1.i386 is already installed" is being displayed.

How do I get to install it?

Im a total novice when it comes to linux…….. i cant seem to get flash player working and i have no idea what the terminal commands are. windows cmd i know, but this is all new to me.

i donwloaded the flash player rpm file onto my desktop. now what? how do i install using terminal?

and is sudo super user? i though su was super user

im running Ubuntu 9.10

also how do i install themes? and can anybody reccomend a good theme?

PS READ CAREFULLY:
I already have the the latest version of RealPlayer but it cannot play .mpeg or .avi(I haven’t tried other formats). I have the setup for VLC in tar.gz format. Is it a correct software? If it is, how to install it on Linux(please give me precise step-by-step answer as I have already tried the Readme file. I hardly understood). If you have any other player in .rpm or something, suggest me and provide me with the link to download. I am really obsessed with Linux. Guys PS HELP!!

hey im using pclinux 2008 minime my computer doesnt have internet but i want to install more software as im sure many of you are aware installing software without using package manger can be a nightmare and when u try and do it from tr.gz it wont work and finding a site of software composed of rpm is hard so can u lease help thanks

any rpm for checking the mirror is complicated or not in linux

I personally think that the linux OSes, need to develop their WINE more.

Contact hardware manufactures and software developers to ask them to make a Linux version or to have it open source (hardware manufacturers only)

Make it that the main Linux OS, have a universal installing program. Right now its .rpm for fedora and .deb for ubuntu and Debian.

Promoting Linux operating systems through multimedia platforms (IE: tv, radio, ads)

I am trying to install adobe flash 10 on fedora linux 9 with firefox 3, i click on the rpm, it asks for the root, i enter the root, i get this error
Error Type: <type ‘exceptions.AttributeError’>
Error Value: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘getProvides’
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/install-files.py , line 20, in <module>
backend.install_files(trusted, files_to_inst)
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 1033, in install_files
self._runYumTransaction()
File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py , line 1121, in _runYumTransaction
rc,msgs = self.yumbase.buildTransaction()
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py , line 641, in buildTransaction
(rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps()
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 688, in resolveDeps
CheckDeps, checkinstalls, checkremoves, missing = self._resolveRequires(errors)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 771, in _resolveRequires
thisneeds = self._checkInstall(txmbr)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py , line 843, in _checkInstall
provs = self.tsInfo.getProvides(*req)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py , line 431, in getProvides
result = self.getOldProvides(name, flag, version)
File : /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py , line 424, in getOldProvides
for pkg, hits in self.rpmdb.getProvides(name, flag, version).iteritems():

please help, i need homestar and youtube!

I want to install Jawaws for my PC in which i’m using Linux (Fedora) OS
All the websites points to a file called "jre-6u21-linux-i586-rpm.bin" which should be run to complete the installation.

I downloaded the file and then right click on it–> open with other application –> Software installer
But it says that No packages or installer

What to do??
I don’t want wikipedia’s link about Fedora. I want to install that software… That’s it