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Is there any command in javascript to convert a number into a hexadecimal string? — Daniel 00:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
i = 255; document.write (i.toString(16));
Has the darwine (x86) project gone under? All of the links on all of the mirrors of the x86 version are broken. Can anyone explain why, or give me a link to the newest version?--67.181.167.227 03:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I really do not know if this is the right place to be asking this question but I will ask it anyways. Does anyone know how to store videos or DVD's on the Sony PSP? I know it has something to do with the memory stick card but can you download DVD's free to this card? Thanks for any responces.68.120.229.30 04:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you this will help alot.68.120.224.35 05:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I tried to make an AMV with Windows Movie Maker, but there is an error every time after I drag the first clip down to the storyboard or timeline. I've sent error reports, but there's still an error. I s there a way to fix this problem? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs).
My Windows Movie Maker is on Windows XP. The error said that if I was in the middle of something, the information I was looking for might be lost. It didn't say the number but I told you what it said. Now, is there any way I could fix the problem?
I know we used to have an article on this, but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know of companies that make all in one computers? Obviously there's apple, and if you consider that HP monstrosity a desktop HP, there's also cybernetman and that weird sony thing, but there don't seem to be any others from what I can see. By desktop, I mean a computer that cannot feasibly be used as a laptop. Say, if it would be impossible to reasonably take it out and use it in an airport. Also, it preferably would conform to some standard, such as ATX or ITX. By all in one, I mean the computer has at least the monitor and motherboard/tower components as one unit. I'd also like to see keyboard computers, like some of cybernetman's, and the old C64s, but not as much. Mainly I ask because I'd like something that's somewhat stylish (like an iMac), but I don't want to pay Apple's hardware prices and then overwrite the OS with linux anyway -- Phoeba WrightOBJECTION! 10:03, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I need to find a diploma work on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Powerdesa 10:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC) I am allso doing one and would like to compare with more of them. Are there any links to diploma library? Powerdesa 10:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello!
I have generated a pair of keys and am able to
However, when I try to use sftp at the command line, I get
$ sftp -oIdentityFile="/cygdrive/e/my_key.ppk" username@host.com
Connecting to host.com...
Enter passphrase for key '/cygdrive/e/my_key.ppk':
Enter passphrase for key '/cygdrive/e/my_key.ppk':
Enter passphrase for key '/cygdrive/e/my_key.ppk':
username@host.com's password:
Is IdentityFile not the right thing to pick? If I choose a non-existent file, it jumps straight to
username@host.com's password:
So it must have some idea of what's going on. Could it be because my passphrase is about 30 characters long?
I am already able to log in without a password. I know that my keys are set up correctly. I can tell this because when I use GUI clients like PuTTY for SSH and WinSCP for SFTP, I can do so using my private key, passwordless. My real question is how to tell the standard command-line sftp client to use the key I specify. My guess was sftp -oIdentityFile="/cygdrive/e/my_key.ppk" username@host.com
which seems to be wrong. Thanks for the help, by the way!
Hello. My Norton Confidential 2007 free trial has expired. I uninstalled it via Add/Remove Programs and restarted my computer. However, whenever I run Liveupdate in Norton AntiVirus 2007, Liveupdate shows that I still have Norton Confidential installed. I double-checked Add or Remove Programs in my Control Panel; Norton Confidential is gone. Is Norton Confidential 2007 actually uninstalled off my computer? Thanks in advance. --Mayfare 15:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Forgive my tone of voice; I'm feeling a tad irritated. My question: is there a way to simply add bookmarks to del.icio.su without sticking those buttons on the browser I'm currently using? The other bookmarking service I use, a more obscure one called MyBookmarks, does this by default. If del.icio.us doesn't offer this feature, why the **** not? (TO be precise, I just want to be able to stick in a bookmark by pasting the url and giving it a name; I don't need any other song and dance.) Lenoxus " * " 17:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I purchased a domain name and hosting service but the hosting service turned out not to be Full Trust as required by the starter kit I was installing. Although I cancelled the hosting service I still had the domain name. I wanted to point the domain to the personal webspace provided by my ISP since it at least had one canned cgi script I could use to get responses from visitors to the site. Although the domain name provider offers a direct link from the domain name to any IP address it does not seem to be working. An arbitrary domain name generated by a DNA service, however, will point to any IP address I select and is currently pointed to the personal webspace provided by my ISP.
However, I would like to point the domain name at a website I have created on my personal computer although I realize the connection will be slow. What I need are step by step instructions as to how to setup my DSL modem, router and computer so that this can be done.
Are there any instructions on the Internet for doing such a thing?
71.100.3.132 17:34, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
-- JSBillings 00:08, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have ADSL broadband with around 3 Mb/s max speed however I've noticed that when downloading files from the internet I'm only reaching, at the most, around 50 Kb/s. Does anyone have any ideas of what the problem is as I can't see anything on the settings or elsewhere to get the download speed up a bit closer to 3MB/s My operating system is windows XP. Thanks AllanHainey 11:48, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
This may have been asked on the help desk a few months ago, but I was unable to find a conclusive answer. I have 3 computer with identical technical specs, one with Windows XP, one with Windows Vista and one with Mac OS X Leopard. Which of the three computer would be the fastest in a) normal everyday browsing, b) graphic/web design and c) games? Thanks. Acceptable 18:09, 25 June 2007 (UTC) EDIT: sorry, I didn't realize Leopard wasn't out yet. Please use the newest version of of Mac OS X instead.
It will depend on a lot of things. A- this will depend on your browser. SwiftFox or Fasterfox will be better than firefox, for example. B- it will depend on what apps you want to use for this again. MS Paint Vs. Photoshop would obviously make Paint faster, but photoshop more powerful. C- Again, depends on the game. Chances are, any game you can play on a mac and a PC on any reasonable computer nowadays won't have much of a difference between OSX and XP. Vista of course takes much more resourced. The less powerful your OS, the faster it will run on hardware, but it could also limit your choices in applications, or security in the case of Win95/98. If you really want a lightning quick computer, try out Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux, and DeLi Linux, which are all meant to be very small and run on very old systems, but should still be capable of running modern apps. The entire OS should be able to run inside your RAM, which makes loading things like web browsers and programs incredibly quick.
I routinely work on multiple PCs throughout the day, but on our network, the only default network drive mapping is for the personal dirctory. If I create drive mappings on a PC they stay, but they are not imported if I log onto another pc. Is there a way to export the drive mappings to a file so that I could import the drive mappings on any PC hat I wanted to use?
Thanks! -Czmtzc 19:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I have two computers linked to my D-Link Gold Series Router. Is there anyway that I can block the internet access of Computer B using Computer A? Acceptable 19:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I am using Apple Pages, and want to create a document with the page number for left-hand pages at the bottom left and vice versa. I have followed instructions and selected 'Facing Pages,' but still it formats the footers the same... What do I need to do? It's driving me mad!
Many thanks,
--Fadders 20:47, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I upgraded my old box with a new hard drive and a second ethernet card and now I'd like to install an up to date linux version.
The problem is that the new linux is on dvd while the box can only read cd, so I need to install via nfs from another machine. Now that I've never done that before this would be enough of an adventure, but, to make it really interesting, the old linux version refuses to recognize any of the ethernet cards (error "SIOCSIFADDR: No such device") which worked fine up until today.
I can boot with an ancient version of knopix and access the internet fine and easy, so it's not the hardware that's wrong.
All valuable data have been saved to the other machine yesterday so special care is not a point.
Any ideas what could be done? And do you think the old version is alive and in fear of death?
84.160.217.154 20:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
lspci
and see if it shows the network cards (and if their type is shown correctly); if they don't show, it's a hardware problem, and the first thing you should try is to remove and reseat both cards (and also any other PCI card you might have). --cesarb 12:34, 26 June 2007 (UTC)It's not easy. Somewhere in my dungeon I've found an ancient disk of floppy and managed the half forgotten spell of mcopy. That way I've got the output of lspci to my other old computer and from there to the next one which has internet access:
janus:~ > /sbin/lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 02)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <available only to root>
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
Memory behind bridge: 80200000-802fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 80300000-820fffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 4: I/O ports at 9030
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
Region 4: I/O ports at 9000
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 7000
Region 1: Memory at 80100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at 80120000 [disabled]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3
Region 0: I/O ports at 7400
Region 1: Memory at 80100400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <available only to root>
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min), cache line size 08
Region 0: Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Region 1: I/O ports at 8000
Region 2: Memory at 80200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at 80220000 [disabled]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
janus:~ >
Now I'm looking for a luckstone and a scroll of help. (At least I could avoid to start playing nethack on the old box right away ;-)
Thanks so far. 84.160.223.83 18:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
lsmod
to see if either 8139too
or 8139cp
is loaded (if not, try using modprobe
to load them), and check the dmesg
output for errors (they will probably either mention the module name or the interface name, or be just before/after a line which mention them). --cesarb 00:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Hi, does anyone know of a good program to convert DVD video files into MPEG-1 files? 24.19.234.96 22:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Many websites use a page that will pop up a download in several seconds, with the ever-present "if your download does not start, click here" link. Why do these website use such a method? I would think that direct links or something that does not delay the download works better. Is this a security/bot prevention thing? --User:Krator (t c) 22:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi.
I am trying to make a website to host some recipes and photos of mine. My plan was to have thumbnails of the food arranged in a bar on the left side of the page, and when you click on the thumbnail, a photo and the recipe pops in the main part of the page.
I wrote a very simple javascript to do this:
function ChgPodium(freshpod, captiont) {document.img_podium.src=freshpod; document.getElementById('captiontxt').innerHTML=captiont; }
See? When you call the function, you give it the location of the image and you type in the recipe in captiont. The problem is, the recipe has to be written out all in one line (if you line break, it screws everything up). And, although it worked great on my computer, when I tried to upload it, it looked like lines could only be so long. What should I do? 65.94.220.211 23:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
This:
foo("abcdefghi")
is (I think) equivalent to this:
foo("abc"+ "def"+ "ghi")
This is the continuation of "Installing Linux --- difficult case". I have an old linux box with no dvd drive and want to install a newer linux from dvd. This is not a vital task, it's just like playing a "chips and disks" adventure game instead of dungeons and dragons, so I'm not going the much easier way of investing the time in earning some money and simply buy a new computer with dvd drive.
The old box has (now) access to the local network where an installation dvd with suse 10.2 is exported from a second box. I can mount that directory from the old box all right. Now I insert the boot cd from the old linux into the old box and reboot. Aborting the installation takes me to a menu where I can load module 8139too and from there on there is an option to boot via nfs with a menu where I can enter all necessary network information, that is mainly the ip of the box, the ip of the server and the directory from where to install. Finishing that, I get a big red window telling me "Cannot find the image". Here I am at loss because, from the other box, I can see that there really is no such thing as, say, suse102.iso or something like that. 84.160.200.172 12:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)