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up until 4 days ago id never used linux before and i decided to give DSL a go cause it was a small download and i was bored, so i downloaded it and did a hdd install on one of my machines and ive been playing around with it for last few days and trying to learn how to use it, ive got apache installed and working and now im trying to get php and mysql installed but im stuck with this glib crap, ive downloaded glib-2.6.5 and installed it using all defaults (./configure - make - make install - make clean) and then i went to install gtk+2.6.8 and it said that i didnt have glib-2.6.5 installed when i know i have, ive read lots of sections of this forum but its all a bit over my head at the moment, what i really want to know is if DSL will be good for a webserver at home which is what i really want it for as i currently have apache,mysql,php running on a windows xp machine but id rather have it on linux cause ive been told its better and faster. if not whats a good distro i can get instead, i dont wanna download 4 whole cd's worth of isos tho cause i doubt i need all that just for a webserver.

um have you tried php.dsl or php-4-monkey from the mydsl repository?

Here are a couple things you might want to try:

1. Search for Xampp on this board. I think several people have installed it under DSL. To learn more about Xampp go to Xampp for Linux website

2. The user ico2 has been working on a small server edition. I don't think it's connected to DSL organization except for the fact that the current version runs on DSL. Future versions may take another path. It's website is: HERE

Good luck.

Quote (Jonno2002 @ July 31 2005,01:09)

what i really want to know is if DSL will be good for a webserver at home which is what i really want it for as i currently have apache,mysql,php running on a windows xp machine but id rather have it on linux cause ive been told its better and faster. if not whats a good distro i can get instead, i dont wanna download 4 whole cd's worth of isos tho cause i doubt i need all that just for a webserver.

If you need a Linux Webserver that works Out-of-the-box try IBLS (www.ibls.org).
50MB distro pure Linux Server

ok i got xampp and thats all installed and working.

now ive found out my swap file isnt working:

Code Sample

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255196 178092 77104 0 3240 36852
-/+ buffers/cache: 138000 117196
Swap: 264592 0 264592

can anyone help, also ive been trying to figure out the boot process and startup sequence, i know its to do with run levels and inittab and stuff but its all new and confusing to me can anyone explain it so i could understand, any help is apreciated

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