I have a web service that generates errors. Currently, each time there's an error, it gets sent to an admin mailing list. Is there an open-source tool that will summarize repeated duplicate errors, rather than generating a separate notification for each? [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2008 - 6 answers

I am trying to teach myself asp.net. My hosting company is iPower and apparently their server platform is Debian. Will asp.net run on this platform? The (really basic) aspx pages I've tried sort of work but not really, and I am copying code verbatim from Microsoft's site so I'm sure I haven't fucked up the code. I'm fine with HTML and CSS but this stuff is a bit beyond me. [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2008 - 13 answers

What's the best way to back up a Debian Linux install? I have a virtual hosted Debian instance I use as a personal server, but right now I'm not doing anything to back it up. So what's the best way to do that? One thing I'd like to be able to do is take a snapshot of the entire installation, so that I could restore the entire system on another machine (or virtual machine) so that any software I'd installed would work and stay configured. [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2008 - 11 answers

I have Ubuntu installed in a chroot. [How] can I boot into it? [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2008 - 7 answers

Okay I'm trying to set up rtorrent and wtorrent using Debian Etch and this guide. Installs and updates the kernel fine, then I get "bash command not found" when trying to run through the rest of the tutorial. [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 5 answers

Trying to set up a development environment on my Macbook (running latest Leopard). I have VMware fusion running Debian etch, set up perfectly with the requisite LAMP stack. The problem is, I'd like to have Debian's /var/www/ available to OSX for actual editing. I've tried setting up NFS, but to no avail (though I'm admittedly novice at this sysadmin stuff). [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 8 answers

Is it possible to create a virtual Windows machine on a Debian box without X, then access the virtual machine remotely? Basically, I want to have a headless Debian server running virtual machines. I'm sure it's possible, and I've done similar things inside of X, but how would I go about doing it without X? Qemu? VMWare? Virtualbox?
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 11 answers

How can I play audio from one computer through another computer's sound card? [more inside]
posted on Sep 7, 2007 - 10 answers

Best open source VPN (server-side) software for an iPhone user? [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2007 - 15 answers

Running an SSH server illegal in some countries? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - 3 answers

I need to buy a server for around $800 ($1000 as an absolute maximum). It will be hosting a website with a (PostGres) database that will start at around 4GB and grow slowly (so would like at least 2GB of RAM). It must be able run Linux, preferably Ubuntu or Debian. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2007 - 9 answers

AVR Programming Hell: I've built my own Atmel programmer for my ATmega32 and it doesn't work a lick. [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2007 - 5 answers

Why is my (debian/linux) computer so sluggish? [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2006 - 25 answers

Help me make my choice from one of the three options below: 1) Fix Windows so that it boots without messing up my Ubuntu. 2) Remove Windows completely. I don't need it anyways. 3) Shrink Windows to the bare minimum and reclaim the space with Ubuntu. [more inside]
posted on Aug 28, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm having crazy issues with my Debian DNS server, and I don't know how to troubleshoot them. Why would I not even see the DNS requests coming in? [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2006 - 2 answers

Debian won't find my hard drive! Please help! I have details so there's [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - 14 answers

My Debian package database is a mess! How can I reset its state? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2006 - 6 answers

I know about MythTV and Freevo. My question to the hive mind is [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 30 answers

Debian's giving me grief when I go to install php5. Is apt-get dist-upgrade still scary and broken? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2006 - 17 answers

How do I recover Windows XP Pro boot record (MBR)? Scenario: Partitioned HD for Linux, Rebooted in XP ok, Reboot, install Linux and grub, reboot no Grub or XP. Ran XP Disc - Recovery Console (see extended explaination) [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2006 - 22 answers

Help me deal with email: I have a couple domain names, and I get obscene amounts of spam and garbage email. I'd like to setup a system to help deal with all of it, but I'm not very familiar with server-side email setup beyond the basics. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2006 - 15 answers

How do I add a foreign language (Hebrew) input to X, and how do I switch keyboard layouts? This was easy to set up in Gnome and KDE, but I've since left those for Fluxbox, which doesn't (seem to) have a proprietary configurator. I'm running Debian/Testing, xorg 6.8.2dfsg.
posted on Jan 29, 2006 - 1 answers

In light of the recent release of google pack, is there current windows software that periodically updates my entire software collection? [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2006 - 11 answers

Best mailing list manager? I'm running Postfix and Dovecot on a Debian Sarge box. [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2005 - 10 answers

Lords of Linux! Demigods of Debian! I beseech thee. I inadvertently apt-get installed etherconf, and it nuked my ethernet interface! [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2005 - 7 answers

What would be a good way to do an absolutely minimal installation of Debian Linux (or a distro based on it) and then install what I need as I need it using apt-get? The system would need to have decent hardware support (ie. work with my cable modem) but, apart from that, contain the minimum required to boot the system and run apt-get.
posted on Jul 7, 2004 - 5 answers

Linux / XFree86 question: Where is the actual resolution that X selects by default defined? [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2004 - 11 answers