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is there a program to hook my pda to linux?	for windows based pdas there is multisync. for palm, there are a bunch, evolution's gnome-pilot, jpilot, etc
which driver should i be using for a quadro4 900? nv or nvidia?	either will work. the first is gpl and great for 2d desktop. the second is nvidias binary blob which is much faster for 3d, but not gpl.
*hello, i want to report a bug, but i need to know which is the package of gnome main menu , could somebody please tellme which is it?	that's an applet for gnome-panel.
i have a script that echos some shit that i would like it to be run upon logins via console or ssh. how do i make it?	put the script in your .bash_profile
hi, is there a way to upgrade to 11.04 without unity, more of a minimal upgrade?	use the alternative cd uppgrade
is there something to make continuous backups like that 'time machine' thing for mac os?	an rsync is fine too
can anyone recommend a text editor with basic formatting, suitable for writing notes, similar to ms wordpad or apple textedit?	it's called tomboy
hi, i want to add a keyboard shortcut to change keyboard mapping. what do i do ? i am using xubuntu	you have to look into xmodmap
hi. i cannot resolve any name of the machines in my local network. /etc/network/interfaces is configured like on all the other machines. where else could i have a possible mistake? e.g. i can ping 10.160.100.123 but i cannot ping thename.intern	/etc/resolv.conf
is there a graphical proggy that lets me add boot entries to grub ?	like, kate
i'm a noob, but i thought ssh was used to connect to other machines. can you use it for that?	ssh is just a protocol for transfering data through encrypted pipes..
how can i monitor a file that is being written by another application in realtime?	if 'application' just appends lines
i am trying to install ubuntu through a usb , extracting ubuntu files on the usb , will do ? what shud be the root folder on usb ?	follow the instructions.
hey sup, anyone know about beryl aigxl setup ??	did you see this? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/fromusbstick
so, where can i find the correct md5sum for the feisty desktop iso image? it is strange that it is not provided somewhere in the download page at www.ubunutulinux.org (or am i blind?)	http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/md5sums
can someone tell me how to change the ownership of a usb thumbdrive in fstab?	u may need to add 'user,noauto,rw' or something to the permissings in fstab
do all versions of virtualbox ose support usb?	no, the usb support is proprietary, the open source version doesn't have it.
is it possible that the driver for my sata controller has been taken out of the linux kernel? i can't update my kernel and i can't install the new ubuntu from the cd.	the 32bit works great on my core2duo; depends on if you have a massive amount of ram or not
my wife had 10x copies of her vacation pictures all in nested subdirs.. does that count? :)	...heh...i'd choose a different strategy, but i get worried if my pics are only on 2 mediums...i like to have 3 or more...
hey guys where can i find a gui client for ffmpeg?	try winff
what is a troll?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_troll
'if you have a linksys or netgear router please get your firmware update.'?	their is an exploit
upped to 8.04 and now there's no place to select different styles of mouse pointers. moved? removed? or am i lsot?	system>preferences>appearance>theme>customize>pointer
dpkg had a problem installing some perl libxml bindings, and now trys to install them every time i run apt, and fails. how do i clear them out?	did you try sudo apt-get purge [name of bindings] ?
hi. i have a zyxel zyair b-122 wlan pcmcia card. i read that zyair b-120 is supported, does that mean that b-122 is supported, too?	would totally depend on the chipset.. so theres no guarentee that it would be.
does anyone know of an alternative gui mysql administrator program to mysql-administrator?	dbdesigner
can someone help me to exec some util on a file when it's directory has spaces in the directoy name?	this\ is\ an\ example
hello! how can i add a user to group adm (in order for him to read logs)?	adduser $user adm?
which software can i use to synchronize the same folder on 3 different hard disk ?	man rsync
hi there, i have a .deb package im trying to install on ubuntu but its the wrong architecture, can i repackage it someone from just the deb?	include --force-architecture
what would be a good player for wma files?	vlc
ok. #ubuntu+1 redirected me back here. how do i put any install/live .img on an usb stick without completely wiping it?	unetbootin, even
does anyone know where to learn c++ (for really really beginner)	a book of course
does anyone know if the gnome package installs strictly gnome 3, or does it install gnome 3,2 etc?	apt-cache show gnome
ok im having trouble getting a program to startup on boot. i compiled the program 'which is working fine' i open sytem>pref>startup applications, i set the name to the name of the program 'minidlna' i set the command to /usr/sbin/minidlna, saved it, it shows up in my startup applications list but it will not start on boot. any ideas?	did you put the programs name and command to run the program into the startup applications area under preferences??
hey anyone know what is the command to check a disk for errors?	fsck
how to show available usernames on a system ?	hence the name, 'root'
hi folks. i am on my mom's computer and she got an 800x600 screen when upgraded to 9.10. she usesan old integraph 21 inch monitor that probably doesn't want to talk through the vga what resolutions and refresh rates it supports. is there a way to tell x to use whatever i want it to use and not even try to guess what screen it's connected to? it's an ibm box with intel graphics.	xrandr -s 1024x768
is there a way to clear the history or last viewed files in totem??	correction- places- recent documents- clear recent
hi ! i have a .sh file to run .. what is the command to start it plsease ?	you could try nautilus cd burner
i know there has to be some slashdot readers here. has anyone else had problems with the auto-more feature, the one where it automatically loads more articles when you scroll to the bottom of the page? any ideas why this may no longer be working for me?	it stopped working on my system as well ???
question: with aptitude we had the parameter search to go through the package list...any equivalent on apt-get? or on the console in general?	apt-cache search pattern or what do you look for?
having issues installing ubuntu on a machine that has 4 drives in raid using the onboard chipset. grub won't load (no such disk). can anyone help?	are you booting from the correct drive in your bios?
do we need to dpkg-reconfigure x ?	some people have had to yes
what's the best way to manage running services in ubuntu 10.04 that keeps things working? the bum(8) command?	there is no best
what's the equivalent to windows taskamanger in ubuntu?	the other way is to right mouse click in your upper panel and choose 'add' then pick 'system monitor'
how do you set default browser to icecat?	sudo apdate-alternatives --set x-www-browser /path/to/icecat
i issued an 'export display' command via ssh to my ubuntu box last night, but i don't think i needed it. so is there a way to 'undo' that export?	it's 'undone' as soon as you log out
hi all. when i export a variable it is only available in the current shell. is there any why to export a variable to all shells?	just restart the gnome-terminal
can anyone point me to a good (graphical) scp client?	nautilus
hello. we have a problem in our local channel #ubuntu-tr. i am one of the persons who is responsible from ubuntu-tr.org. you can check our team from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/locoteamlist	is the channel busy now? if you get everyone to leave the first person to join should get op
is there a 'sid' for ubuntu?	what is sid?
how can i run firefox as root? say to install an iconpack from iconpacks.mozdev.org ?	you don't need to be root
i'm sure this has been beaten to death, but any ideas when breezy might be ready for general public consumption?	october
how exactly do you change your audio device from pulseaudio to alsa?	system preferences then sound
how do i change the dual boot default from ubuntu to windows?	edit /etc/default/grub
hi... im kinda new to unix... i've managed to setup a ec2 instance with ubuntu... i have a lot of files on another server ... can connect through ftp.. i want to copy (or download) files to this installation.... can someone help me with a recursive command i should use?	use scp maybe
my /etc/hosts file has permissions of root:999 what is group 999? and should i change it to root:root? does it matter?	you can find out what group 999 is by running 'grep 999 /etc/group' in a terminal.
anyone know how to get keepass 2.06 working in ubuntu?	http://www.keepassx.org/downloads
wow. for the life of me i can never remember this command. whats the command that outputs your ati hardare information? shows if you have direct rendering?	glxinfo \| grep dri ?
how can i make that the program man does show the text of the manuals colorful?	this page is about slackware.. but it might be useful on ubuntu as well.. give it a try http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/colorized_manpages.htm
hey guys if anybody has a minute i would appreciate some help with my wireless card ive done iw and if config and its showing not managed.	websearch for the product line
does anyone know what the command is in terminal to automatically find an ip addy with dhcp? thanks =)	i've been waiting to have my question answered here for an hour, haven't received a response, but glad i could help :)
i'm reading about upstart in ubuntu and comparing it against daemontools. we currently use daemontools for two purposes - to startup and monitor a process, and to log the process output to a centralized location (via multilog). i understand upstart does the former. does it also facilitate logging?	you can use rsyslogd for the remote logging i guess
are the kvm and vt features only available in the server version of feisty?	you can install anything you like
argh, this stupid pulseaudio bug is driving me crazy :s why the f***ck if i remove it it has to remove ubuntu-desktop can't seem to find a way arround this stupid bug.	ubuntu-desktop is only a metapackage
hi - how do i make a script, or command run right after grub, as the system boots - before any other script runs?	http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/adding-a-startup-script-to-be-run-at-bootup/
anyone help with gcc errors? ld: cannot find -lreadline, how can i fix this?	you need to install libreadline5 and libreadline5-dev, i think
does anyone know a good noobies' guide to shell scripting, i want to write a script to run a program once for each file in the directory	http://www.tldp.org
hi all, i installed chromium, and am having a really tough time configuring java on the browser(it fails the test on the java website), can someone please help me	(ubuntu no longer uses /etc/inittab because of upstart )
any chance that 8.10 rc will release today as scheduled?	it is released, follow the beta link on ubuntu.com
how do you uninstall a deb package that you installed?	sudo aptitude remove packagename
i have a kind of off topic question. in my laptop i have 2x256mb ram, if i buy a 1gb ram, can i use one slot for the 1gb ram, and the other for a 256 mb ram chip?	max ram allowed
uhh... stupid question... how do i get xchat to connect to an arbitrary address?	/server servername
hey, does ubuntu karmic server have pcmcia support built in? i can see a pcmcia card via lspci. does that mean pcmcia support works?	i don't see why it wouldn't though.
can someone tell me what the meta pkg is called for develpers... i.e. contains c c++ svn	you probably want build-essential. subversion for svn
it seems that the finding of youtube flash files in the /tmp folder does not work in ubuntu 10.10, even with hidden files shown. is this right or am i doing it wrong?	could use youtube-dl
hi, anyone know where i might start t/shooting the sound on my laptop	start with http://trilug.org/~crimsun/alsa-info.sh
anybody know of a util that i can use the share my clipboard w/my powerbook?	http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
how to run a program from terminal? but continue using the terminal... so sort of like doing alt+f2 but from the terminal	add a & to the end of the command, like gedit &
hello all im having a problem with ubuntu 9.10 about half of the times i put the computer to sleep/suspend/hibernate/screensaver it freezes when i wake it or move the mouse hit keyboard etc. then i have to actually hold the power button in to shut it off i am using an rt kernel and have raedon 4670 ati propritary drivers installed	sory but sleep mode is the weekness of the linux system espesially when it comes to ati drivers .. hybernate should work though
why do you say that?	it's a joke about mp3s not working out of the box.
when i open the sound recorder in gnome it says 'your audio capture settings are invalid. please correct them in the multimedia settings'. the sound works well, and i have the highest volue on my mic in alsamixer	run gstreamer-properties
is there any way to tell what package a file belongs to?	dpkg -s /path/to/some/file
what are the minimum hw requirements for ubuntu 7 desktop/server edition?	if it's really old hardware, you should go with the alternate install disc
is ubuntu that restricted once a persons skills advance? i have been on ubuntu for 5yrs (after20 on pc). i would never be able to use any *nix without the net, google, here...	not really
im trying to do some internet connection sharing but the device im attempting to connect say the cables arent hooked up (which they are and ive verified that they work) i think the carrier signal is not present and i have no idea why. ive done ifconfig, iptables, added route, and installed dnsmasq	are you connecting two computers to each other directly? if so, are you using a crossover cable?
any idea why my rhythmbox won't play mp3's?	open nautilus and double click on an mp3. does that work?
pleas anybody can help me im getting 'release no md5sum entry in release when i run 'sudo apt-get update'	there can be many resons. people could be busy, just not see you, not know the answer to your question or something else.
is there anyway to start ubuntu in some sort of 'verbose' mode to see why my pcmcia card won't let it load?	actually, remove quiet and 'splash'
what does multiverse and universe mean?	www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components
hello all, i just installed vmware server from the repos...it's free right?	everything in the repos is free as far as cost is concerned
why isn't thunderbird in the feisty-repos ???	try mozilla-thunderbird
can someone help me with making an iso into a live usb drive?	use live usb creator under system>administration
a friend of mine is installing ubuntu in his computer completely uninstalling windows, but the installation stops at 15% when checking the file systems. can you help me, please?	have you reformated the drive before installing?
i have a directory of tar.gz access logs. how can i search their contents to list all entries containing any address within a specific address block? i am guessing tar xozf *.tar.gz \| something?	zgrep
i'm rather unused to irc, are there shortcuts for addressing individual nicks in conversations and such?	> !tab
how do i check my version of ubuntu?	i think 'cat /proc/version'
what do you have to have to run flash on ubuntu?	that should install flash on ubuntu, its been awhile since i have done it
anybody knows how to open dwg file?	search for autodesk at http://freshmeat.net

is there a program to hook my pda to linux?

for windows based pdas there is multisync. for palm, there are a bunch, evolution's gnome-pilot, jpilot, etc

which driver should i be using for a quadro4 900? nv or nvidia?

either will work. the first is gpl and great for 2d desktop. the second is nvidias binary blob which is much faster for 3d, but not gpl.

*hello, i want to report a bug, but i need to know which is the package of gnome main menu , could somebody please tellme which is it?

that's an applet for gnome-panel.

i have a script that echos some shit that i would like it to be run upon logins via console or ssh. how do i make it?

put the script in your .bash_profile

hi, is there a way to upgrade to 11.04 without unity, more of a minimal upgrade?

use the alternative cd uppgrade

is there something to make continuous backups like that 'time machine' thing for mac os?

an rsync is fine too

can anyone recommend a text editor with basic formatting, suitable for writing notes, similar to ms wordpad or apple textedit?

it's called tomboy

hi, i want to add a keyboard shortcut to change keyboard mapping. what do i do ? i am using xubuntu

you have to look into xmodmap

hi. i cannot resolve any name of the machines in my local network. /etc/network/interfaces is configured like on all the other machines. where else could i have a possible mistake? e.g. i can ping 10.160.100.123 but i cannot ping thename.intern

/etc/resolv.conf

is there a graphical proggy that lets me add boot entries to grub ?

like, kate

i'm a noob, but i thought ssh was used to connect to other machines. can you use it for that?

ssh is just a protocol for transfering data through encrypted pipes..

how can i monitor a file that is being written by another application in realtime?

if 'application' just appends lines

i am trying to install ubuntu through a usb , extracting ubuntu files on the usb , will do ? what shud be the root folder on usb ?

follow the instructions.

hey sup, anyone know about beryl aigxl setup ??

did you see this? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/fromusbstick

so, where can i find the correct md5sum for the feisty desktop iso image? it is strange that it is not provided somewhere in the download page at www.ubunutulinux.org (or am i blind?)

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/md5sums

can someone tell me how to change the ownership of a usb thumbdrive in fstab?

u may need to add 'user,noauto,rw' or something to the permissings in fstab

do all versions of virtualbox ose support usb?

no, the usb support is proprietary, the open source version doesn't have it.

is it possible that the driver for my sata controller has been taken out of the linux kernel? i can't update my kernel and i can't install the new ubuntu from the cd.

the 32bit works great on my core2duo; depends on if you have a massive amount of ram or not

my wife had 10x copies of her vacation pictures all in nested subdirs.. does that count? :)

...heh...i'd choose a different strategy, but i get worried if my pics are only on 2 mediums...i like to have 3 or more...

hey guys where can i find a gui client for ffmpeg?

try winff

what is a troll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_troll

'if you have a linksys or netgear router please get your firmware update.'?

their is an exploit

upped to 8.04 and now there's no place to select different styles of mouse pointers. moved? removed? or am i lsot?

system>preferences>appearance>theme>customize>pointer

dpkg had a problem installing some perl libxml bindings, and now trys to install them every time i run apt, and fails. how do i clear them out?

did you try sudo apt-get purge [name of bindings] ?

hi. i have a zyxel zyair b-122 wlan pcmcia card. i read that zyair b-120 is supported, does that mean that b-122 is supported, too?

would totally depend on the chipset.. so theres no guarentee that it would be.

does anyone know of an alternative gui mysql administrator program to mysql-administrator?

dbdesigner

can someone help me to exec some util on a file when it's directory has spaces in the directoy name?

this\ is\ an\ example

hello! how can i add a user to group adm (in order for him to read logs)?

adduser $user adm?

which software can i use to synchronize the same folder on 3 different hard disk ?

man rsync

hi there, i have a .deb package im trying to install on ubuntu but its the wrong architecture, can i repackage it someone from just the deb?

include --force-architecture

what would be a good player for wma files?

vlc

ok. #ubuntu+1 redirected me back here. how do i put *any* install/live .img on an usb stick without completely wiping it?

unetbootin, even

does anyone know where to learn c++ (for really really beginner)

a book of course

does anyone know if the gnome package installs strictly gnome 3, or does it install gnome 3,2 etc?

apt-cache show gnome

ok im having trouble getting a program to startup on boot. i compiled the program 'which is working fine' i open sytem>pref>startup applications, i set the name to the name of the program 'minidlna' i set the command to /usr/sbin/minidlna, saved it, it shows up in my startup applications list but it will not start on boot. any ideas?

did you put the programs name and command to run the program into the startup applications area under preferences??

hey anyone know what is the command to check a disk for errors?

fsck

how to show available usernames on a system ?

hence the name, 'root'

hi folks. i am on my mom's computer and she got an 800x600 screen when upgraded to 9.10. she usesan old integraph 21 inch monitor that probably doesn't want to talk through the vga what resolutions and refresh rates it supports. is there a way to tell x to use whatever i want it to use and not even try to guess what screen it's connected to? it's an ibm box with intel graphics.

xrandr -s 1024x768

is there a way to clear the history or last viewed files in totem??

correction- places- recent documents- clear recent

hi ! i have a .sh file to run .. what is the command to start it plsease ?

you could try nautilus cd burner

i know there has to be some slashdot readers here. has anyone else had problems with the auto-more feature, the one where it automatically loads more articles when you scroll to the bottom of the page? any ideas why this may no longer be working for me?

it stopped working on my system as well ???

question: with aptitude we had the parameter search to go through the package list...any equivalent on apt-get? or on the console in general?

apt-cache search pattern or what do you look for?

having issues installing ubuntu on a machine that has 4 drives in raid using the onboard chipset. grub won't load (no such disk). can anyone help?

are you booting from the correct drive in your bios?

do we need to dpkg-reconfigure x ?

some people have had to yes

what's the best way to manage running services in ubuntu 10.04 that keeps things working? the bum(8) command?

there is no best

what's the equivalent to windows taskamanger in ubuntu?

the other way is to right mouse click in your upper panel and choose 'add' then pick 'system monitor'

how do you set default browser to icecat?

sudo apdate-alternatives --set x-www-browser /path/to/icecat

i issued an 'export display' command via ssh to my ubuntu box last night, but i don't think i needed it. so is there a way to 'undo' that export?

it's 'undone' as soon as you log out

hi all. when i export a variable it is only available in the current shell. is there any why to export a variable to all shells?

just restart the gnome-terminal

can anyone point me to a good (graphical) scp client?

nautilus

hello. we have a problem in our local channel #ubuntu-tr. i am one of the persons who is responsible from ubuntu-tr.org. you can check our team from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/locoteamlist

is the channel busy now? if you get everyone to leave the first person to join should get op

is there a 'sid' for ubuntu?

what is sid?

how can i run firefox as root? say to install an iconpack from iconpacks.mozdev.org ?

you don't need to be root

i'm sure this has been beaten to death, but any ideas when breezy might be ready for general public consumption?

october

how exactly do you change your audio device from pulseaudio to alsa?

system preferences then sound

how do i change the dual boot default from ubuntu to windows?

edit /etc/default/grub

hi... im kinda new to unix... i've managed to setup a ec2 instance with ubuntu... i have a lot of files on another server ... can connect through ftp.. i want to copy (or download) files to this installation.... can someone help me with a recursive command i should use?

use scp maybe

my /etc/hosts file has permissions of root:999 what is group 999? and should i change it to root:root? does it matter?

you can find out what group 999 is by running 'grep 999 /etc/group' in a terminal.

anyone know how to get keepass 2.06 working in ubuntu?

http://www.keepassx.org/downloads

wow. for the life of me i can never remember this command. whats the command that outputs your ati hardare information? shows if you have direct rendering?

glxinfo | grep dri ?

how can i make that the program man does show the text of the manuals colorful?

this page is about slackware.. but it might be useful on ubuntu as well.. give it a try http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/colorized_manpages.htm

hey guys if anybody has a minute i would appreciate some help with my wireless card ive done iw and if config and its showing not managed.

websearch for the product line

does anyone know what the command is in terminal to automatically find an ip addy with dhcp? thanks =)

i've been waiting to have my question answered here for an hour, haven't received a response, but glad i could help :)

i'm reading about upstart in ubuntu and comparing it against daemontools. we currently use daemontools for two purposes - to startup and monitor a process, and to log the process output to a centralized location (via multilog). i understand upstart does the former. does it also facilitate logging?

you can use rsyslogd for the remote logging i guess

are the kvm and vt features only available in the server version of feisty?

you can install anything you like

argh, this stupid pulseaudio bug is driving me crazy :s why the f***ck if i remove it it has to remove ubuntu-desktop can't seem to find a way arround this stupid bug.

ubuntu-desktop is only a metapackage

hi - how do i make a script, or command run right after grub, as the system boots - before any other script runs?

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/07/adding-a-startup-script-to-be-run-at-bootup/

anyone help with gcc errors? ld: cannot find -lreadline, how can i fix this?

you need to install libreadline5 and libreadline5-dev, i think

does anyone know a good noobies' guide to shell scripting, i want to write a script to run a program once for each file in the directory

http://www.tldp.org

hi all, i installed chromium, and am having a really tough time configuring java on the browser(it fails the test on the java website), can someone please help me

(ubuntu no longer uses /etc/inittab because of upstart )

any chance that 8.10 rc will release today as scheduled?

it is released, follow the beta link on ubuntu.com

how do you uninstall a deb package that you installed?

sudo aptitude remove packagename

i have a kind of off topic question. in my laptop i have 2x256mb ram, if i buy a 1gb ram, can i use one slot for the 1gb ram, and the other for a 256 mb ram chip?

max ram allowed

uhh... stupid question... how do i get xchat to connect to an arbitrary address?

/server servername

hey, does ubuntu karmic server have pcmcia support built in? i can see a pcmcia card via lspci. does that mean pcmcia support works?

i don't see why it wouldn't though.

can someone tell me what the meta pkg is called for develpers... i.e. contains c c++ svn

you probably want build-essential. subversion for svn

it seems that the finding of youtube flash files in the /tmp folder does not work in ubuntu 10.10, even with hidden files shown. is this right or am i doing it wrong?

could use youtube-dl

hi, anyone know where i might start t/shooting the sound on my laptop

start with http://trilug.org/~crimsun/alsa-info.sh

anybody know of a util that i can use the share my clipboard w/my powerbook?

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

how to run a program from terminal? but continue using the terminal... so sort of like doing alt+f2 but from the terminal

add a & to the end of the command, like gedit &

hello all im having a problem with ubuntu 9.10 about half of the times i put the computer to sleep/suspend/hibernate/screensaver it freezes when i wake it or move the mouse hit keyboard etc. then i have to actually hold the power button in to shut it off i am using an rt kernel and have raedon 4670 ati propritary drivers installed

sory but sleep mode is the weekness of the linux system espesially when it comes to ati drivers .. hybernate should work though

why do you say that?

it's a joke about mp3s not working out of the box.

when i open the sound recorder in gnome it says 'your audio capture settings are invalid. please correct them in the multimedia settings'. the sound works well, and i have the highest volue on my mic in alsamixer

run gstreamer-properties

is there any way to tell what package a file belongs to?

dpkg -s /path/to/some/file

what are the minimum hw requirements for ubuntu 7 desktop/server edition?

if it's really old hardware, you should go with the alternate install disc

is ubuntu that restricted once a persons skills advance? i have been on ubuntu for 5yrs (after20 on pc). i would never be able to use any *nix without the net, google, here...

not really

im trying to do some internet connection sharing but the device im attempting to connect say the cables arent hooked up (which they are and ive verified that they work) i think the carrier signal is not present and i have no idea why. ive done ifconfig, iptables, added route, and installed dnsmasq

are you connecting two computers to each other directly? if so, are you using a crossover cable?

any idea why my rhythmbox won't play mp3's?

open nautilus and double click on an mp3. does that work?

pleas anybody can help me im getting 'release no md5sum entry in release when i run 'sudo apt-get update'

there can be many resons. people could be busy, just not see you, not know the answer to your question or something else.

is there anyway to start ubuntu in some sort of 'verbose' mode to see why my pcmcia card won't let it load?

actually, remove quiet and 'splash'

what does multiverse and universe mean?

www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components

hello all, i just installed vmware server from the repos...it's free right?

everything in the repos is free as far as cost is concerned

why isn't thunderbird in the feisty-repos ???

try mozilla-thunderbird

can someone help me with making an iso into a live usb drive?

use live usb creator under system>administration

a friend of mine is installing ubuntu in his computer completely uninstalling windows, but the installation stops at 15% when checking the file systems. can you help me, please?

have you reformated the drive before installing?

i have a directory of tar.gz access logs. how can i search their contents to list all entries containing any address within a specific address block? i am guessing tar xozf *.tar.gz | something?

zgrep

i'm rather unused to irc, are there shortcuts for addressing individual nicks in conversations and such?

> !tab

how do i check my version of ubuntu?

i think 'cat /proc/version'

what do you have to have to run flash on ubuntu?

that should install flash on ubuntu, its been awhile since i have done it

anybody knows how to open dwg file?

search for autodesk at http://freshmeat.net