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I've seen the infamous thread in question. I think your real problem is that you should have tried some other place to answer your question.

It's a GRUB error so you should start with the folks who make GRUB.
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Google turns up some useful links as well:

http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub@gnu.org/msg10 991.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread .php?t=112412
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showto pic=12845
http://www.webservertalk.com/archive291-2006-7-157 9685.html

I know the Ubuntu board should have helped with the problem, but the people who participate in that board are likely to be just as new to Ubuntu as you are. In these so called easy to use distros, you'll see this problem a lot. I have a similar problem with fedoraforum.org. Most of my questions go unanswered, get answered wrongly, or it feels like I'm talking to a Comcast customer support script reader. This is because most of the users are not Linux gurus, but inexperienced people. There's nothing you can do about this except look for help else where and if you find the solution post it back to help educated them.

Imagine you have several remote sites accessing files on a centralised storage server. Just as an example, say it is a samba server which remote computers accessing it over SSH (like this).

If you have a slow upload link (who doesn't), working with such a remote storage solution quickly becomes a problem.

Is there anything in the way of:

• All the offices have a server and the same data is mirrored on all the servers
• When you access a file on the server (locally), the files becomes locked on ALL the servers
• When you are done with the file, data is updated on all the servers using something like bittorrent (only secure+encrypted)

If I'm thinking this one right, that would give you instantaneous read/write access to unlocked files on the server (since access is local), the only slow down being how long it takes to get a file updated/unlocked on all the servers.

I think I found the solution here. Apparently you need to install a prog for use in configuring the touchpad(qsynaptics or ksynaptics) which then allows you to disable the back and forward gestures that are inherent in the touchpad.

Bzzzt try again, troll. NPTL has been in Linux since the middle of the 2.5 development cycle.

/usr/portage/dev-libs/glibc/glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r 2.ebuild
# Minimum kernel version we support
# (Recent snapshots fails with 2.6.5 and earlier)
MIN_KERNEL_VERSION="2.6.5"

Headshot. If it hadn't changed, there'd be no reason that newer user-land nptl libraries wouldn't work with older kernels. Read up before you think you're fighting 'trolls'.

And there was no "new SCSI subsystem" in 2.5 or 2.6 period.

http://www.webservertalk.com/message841936.html
Sorry, really bad wording on my part, based on some confusing Slash comments I read before. Hardly trolling, you'll notice.

Linux does not cater for incompetant people

No, I actually did check everything, and have been configuring and compiling Linux kernels with mostly success (except weird shit like this) for years. There's no magic to it, don't pretend to be a technical expect because you've never found a bug. Same goes for that "absolutely no idea when it comes to kernel coding" assumption: I am a coder and I do know when a warning is an error in disguise. By the looks of it the calling parameters of something internal changed (since this did not happen in 2.6.9) but not all drivers were updated, and nobody cared. If this is not the case, they should fix compile warnings: the BSDs do, because warnings left over in 'stable' branches signify lazy/careless developers (i.e. Linux contributors).

Nice AC posting by the way, if you're going to make insulting claims against someone, do it with your own name or risk not being taken seriously. If I wanted to troll, which I don't, I wouldn't do it under my own name. From this perspective we gather that you're the troll and I'm making honest observations. Have a really bad day, you deserve it.

Around 5 years ago I was looking for a way to have a secure-id sort of solution without having to buy the proprietary software and hardware without any success.

Have you looked at GNU SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework)?

I even looked into building my own (I know a little about microcontrollers for the hardware device portion) but was not able to come up with any suitable algorithm. It seems like the security of our Linux systems and other systems which require authentication could really benefit from something like this.

There are OPIE calculators for MD4/MD5 in Java and for most handhelds, but it is tough to find a SHA-1 or RMD-160 implemention, and I have yet to run across any dedicated hardware device that does nothing but handle OPIE authentication. With the uncertainty about SHA-1, You might plan to implement only RMD-160 (160 bit Ripe Message Digest). Tokens would need a bit more CPU power to handle a few hundred rounds, but at least there is a good chance that RMD will still be a viable hash, long after SHA-1 falls.

No, he isn't the only one. Look here:
http://www.webservertalk.com/message444851-1.html

I've been in touch with a couple of other purchasers of this laptop now, and one of them agreed to break his warranty seal and investigate the ACTUAL part number etched on the CPU chip. He had the $598 model, advertised as an "Athlon XP-M 1600+". The actual OPN on his CPU is AHM1100AV53B, which if you refer to AMD's part# breakdown guide, is a 1.1GHz (not 1600+) mobile Athlon 4, not an XP-M.

Though, I'm not sure you can blame this one on Wal-Mart. It isn't like it is a Wal-Mart brand named computer. They are buying it, just like all their other products, from a third-party manufacturer. Now, they may have a lot of muscle to lean in on that third-party, but ultimately it's a cheap knock-off being shipped in directly from Asia vs. the quality knock-offs with things like the IBM badge on them being shipped in directly from Asia.

A quick google search of Norton Antivirus 25 returns results like this one

I suppose I made a relatively grand generalization, but basically, any software that intercepts the traffic on port 25 could break port 25. I have specifically seen it happen with AV. I've suspected ith with Spyware and Viruses, but I tend to just clean machines up if I find them like that instead of seeing if that is the cause.

Sure. Since about march the Slony replication project has had its 1.0 release out. This replication project is used for a while by Afilias to run the .org and .info domains. [best quote from that one "but Oracle was not happy"]