I have an X220 and absolutely no distributions I've tried can pick up either wireless or wired interfaces. Any ideas or experience with this?
[QUOTE=nos217;31511589]I have an X220 and absolutely no distributions I've tried can pick up either wireless or wired interfaces. Any ideas or experience with this?[/QUOTE]
Can't it pick up wireless in the sense that it doesn't let you connect or in the sense that it doesn't detect your wireless card?
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;31513371]Can't it pick up wireless in the sense that it doesn't let you connect or in the sense that it doesn't detect your wireless card?[/QUOTE]
Since he says it doesn't pick up the interface, I'd assume it's the latter.
Indeed, the latter.
what's the model and revision number?
never had any huge dramas on an x200 or x201 using fedora with the ethernet or wireless interfaces
What would perform better for source server + web hosting, windows or linux also how easy us it to setup Xampp on linux. Final question, what distro would be the best? I'm a huge noob to linux so i was just going to use ubuntu
[QUOTE=Adzter;31523367]What would perform better for source server + web hosting, windows or linux also how easy us it to setup Xampp on linux. Final question, what distro would be the best? I'm a huge noob to linux so i was just going to use ubuntu[/QUOTE]
First of all, don't use ANYTHING with a GUI. Yes, you CAN use Ubuntu Server, and it IS reliable (Wikipedia servers are running Ubuntu. [url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers]source[/url])
And it's just about as easy as it is on Windows.
[editline]4th August 2011[/editline]
Oh, and Linux will perform better.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;31523418]
Oh, and Linux will perform better.[/QUOTE]
Unless it's gmod, because Garry tends to neglect the linux server. You can expect a crash every time someone spawns a vehicle.
Is it possible to set everything up with a gui and then revert back to command line?
of course!
the command line lives behind the gui, you can't get rid of it
So how would i go about removing the GUI i remember a while ago i used "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" into the command line to get the GUI working so I presume theres a command to reverse this?
[QUOTE=Adzter;31523671]So how would i go about removing the GUI i remember a while ago i used "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" into the command line to get the GUI working[/QUOTE]
sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop
Alright thanks for all the help guys :buddy:
[QUOTE=Adzter;31523555]Is it possible to set everything up with a gui and then revert back to command line?[/QUOTE]
-snip-
I learned something today from #762
Just made a Firefox sync server, I was suprised how easy it is.
Now im gonna try and make a rsync setup similar to dropbox.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;31523520]Unless it's gmod, because Garry tends to neglect the linux server. You can expect a crash every time someone spawns a vehicle.[/QUOTE]
That was just recently fixed, wasn't it?
[QUOTE=Roo-kie;31518713]what's the model and revision number?
never had any huge dramas on an x200 or x201 using fedora with the ethernet or wireless interfaces[/QUOTE]
Funny you should say that, I just tried Fedora 15 and it picks it up fine. At least I know there must be a way around it if Fedora can work it out. I would rather be using Arch though.
I apologize for yelling about Arch the other day, I was just really mad.
I installed it on my server, and am setting that up. Quite a fun learning experience, and the install, unlike my failed install on my desktop, went really well.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;31544287]I apologize for yelling about Arch the other day, I was just really mad.
I installed it on my server, and am setting that up. Quite a fun learning experience, and the install, unlike my failed install on my desktop, went really well.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you usually screw with Arch in a VM before you try it.
I've only tried a VM like once before.
What happens if you try to install LiveCd ubuntu to a USB device?
And can you install software on a LiveUSB?
[QUOTE=superstepa;31554240]What happens if you try to install LiveCd ubuntu to a USB device?
And can you install software on a LiveUSB?[/QUOTE]
You can write the iso file to a usb device and it will work just like the LiveCD version. I don't know if you can install software onto the liveUSB since afaik the usb will "close itself" similarly to how a cd/dvd closes itself when it's finished burning (which is why you need to reformat it if you want to use the usb again).
Found how to make a completly bootable usb device
[URL="http://mintarticles.com/read/operating-systems-articles/how-to-install-portable-linux-ubuntu-on-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-from-sun-virtualbox,13641/"]Link, if anyone is interested[/URL]
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;31555306]You can write the iso file to a usb device and it will work just like the LiveCD version. I don't know if you can install software onto the liveUSB since afaik the usb will "close itself" similarly to how a cd/dvd closes itself when it's finished burning (which is why you need to reformat it if you want to use the usb again).[/QUOTE]
You can boot the LiveCD from a CD then install to a USB. Or boot from a USB and install to another USB.
So yeah, iFolder wasnt working too well so I gave up, but FTPBox seems to work well with vsftpd. The only problem I've has is that it spazzes (zing) out when you make a symlink.
[QUOTE=superstepa;31555749]Found how to make a completly bootable usb device
[URL="http://mintarticles.com/read/operating-systems-articles/how-to-install-portable-linux-ubuntu-on-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-from-sun-virtualbox,13641/"]Link, if anyone is interested[/URL][/QUOTE]
You can dump a lot of distros on USBs with [url=http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/]UNetbootin[/url]
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;31555306]I don't know if you can install software onto the liveUSB since afaik the usb will "close itself" similarly to how a cd/dvd closes itself when it's finished burning (which is why you need to reformat it if you want to use the usb again).[/QUOTE]
Not quite. The reason you can't save things on a flash drive that contains a CD image is that [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660]ISO9660[/url] doesn't support writing, even if the underlying storage device does. When you reformat it you're replacing the ISO9660 filesystem with something else, typically FAT32.
The "closing" or "finalization" done on a burned CD writes some special information called a "lead-out" that prevents more tracks from being burned to the disc. That's unrelated to the contents of the existing data track (which happens to contain an ISO9660 filesystem, but again, that's unrelated).
[QUOTE=Wyzard;31556712]Not quite. The reason you can't save things on a flash drive that contains a CD image is that [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660]ISO9660[/url] doesn't support writing, even if the underlying storage device does. When you reformat it you're replacing the ISO9660 filesystem with something else, typically FAT32.
The "closing" or "finalization" done on a burned CD writes some special information called a "lead-out" that prevents more tracks from being burned to the disc. That's unrelated to the contents of the existing data track (which happens to contain an ISO9660 filesystem, but again, that's unrelated).[/QUOTE]
Neat, I've learned something new today.
[QUOTE=esalaka;31556504]You can dump a lot of distros on USBs with [url=http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/]UNetbootin[/url][/QUOTE]
Thanks, that is the thing, I was searching for a loong time
I've finally arsed myself to install Linux Mint, I'm happy.
[editline]6th August 2011[/editline]
30000% worth it.
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