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PHP intermittent blank page

There is a problem with IE and PHP applications is certain instances where an intermittent blank page appears instead of the expected content.
This seems to relate to an earlier bug reported by Microsoft with IE 6 where the content length was reported as 0 during POST requests. This occured when browsing sites running UNIX/Apache [...]

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Mandrake Linix 10 / Remote Desktop / Terminal Service / VNC

I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to remotely control my Mandrake 10 box as I do other Windows servers using Remote Desktop. I found that VNC seems to be the primary method of doing this. Only after compiling and configuring VNC server, though, did I realize that [...]

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Linix Drivers / Modules

Linux refers to drivers sometimes as modules. Generally root permission is required to use any of these commands:
lsmod = lists all modules
rmmod = remove a module
modprob = add a module
drivers are located (usually)
/lib/modules
PCMCIA devices are controlled by the card manager
/etc/pcmcia.conf
Network Devices:
ifconfig = utility for network
iwconfig = utility for wireless network
ifconfig eth0 up = [...]

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