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in grub, i can now choose between three kernels: 2.6.24-16,-18 and -19. will any of these ever be deleted? i ask because i seem to have some troubles with -18, and don't want -16 to be deleted.	they won't be deleted until you delete them
did you find an accounting program? i am also interested in one!	none that are command line written... found plenty of gui ones
does icewm work on lucid?	if it is in the synaptic package manager you cna install it
hey, is it possible to shutdoen tt7 (x-server) and only run on tty1 (for example) - to save some batter?	sudo service lightdm stop
can someone tell me how to start samba?	/etc/init.d/samba start
when installing ubuntu on a certain language, can i later on change the language for the whole system?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
hi all, how can i check which dns server my computer is currently using? i updated the dns settings for my wireless connection in network manager but i want to be sure thy have taken effect	'nslookup'
hello, can someone be so friendly and try to download the books cd zip file from this site http://www.ece.utah.edu/~farhang/newsite/?q=node/6 and report if it works?	yes it works
how do i enable keyboard repeat thingie .. meaning if i keep a key pressed, nothing happens, i want the key to be repeatedly sent	then adjust as desired
how install file :vuze_installer.tar.bz2? please	sudo apt-get install vuze
where do i find the scripts that start daemons?	and here a link for back ground read of the init.d scripts > http://wiki.debianhelp.org/pmwiki.php/debianhelppages/debianinitscripts
how can i make my user own a folder?	chown -r youruser:youruser /directory. the -r will make you own everyhing inside the folder too
after system upgrade my system is crashing ant putting a message 'panic occurred, switching back to text console'. this happens when i use skype at video calls, for example	this is a a kernel issue
when trying to install a tar.gz file i always get stuck on the './configure' step... i feel like im missing something obvious... do i need to write something before the ./configure?	if you dont know what ./configure is doing you need to do some more research and understand the implications of compiling from source -- ie. you will not get security updates
does anyone know where the abs-guide gets stored when installed by synaptics?	jwatson@ewok:~/workspace$ locate abs-guide
in older versions of ubuntu you were able to see preferences for specific screen savers, but now i no longer see them. how can i pull them up?	your using gnome-screensaver which is confusingly simple :)
does anyone here could help me change an encrypted home directory user password in ubuntu 10.04? i have tried in 'about me' but does not work. neither seemed to work in ubuntu 9.10	have you seen that?
whats the best free virtulization software for linux ? id like to run some windows games ( sins of a solar empire )	check out cedega
agent_mulder: are you related to agent muller? :)	how very friendly of you
whats the best way to get my ubuntu to always load headless	either remove any display managers from the boot sequence, or append 'text' to the kernel line
sry i cant find the hashes in download page :s can anyone give me the address?	http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/gutsy/md5sums
how do i see what things my ubuntu is starting op, when the system is booting?? (need to figure out if snmptrapd is running)	or edit menu.lst to not have splash screen
[newbie] i want to add sources to apt-get. i uncommented sources at my sources.list but i now get an error message: 'couldn't stat source package...' for the uncommented sources. any ideas?	run apt-get update or het the reload button in synaptic
i'm unable to find the fstab command to mount an 'ext3' partition at the beginning of boot, making it writable and readable users other than root. can anyone help me out?	safer that way as well.
is there a way i can use a ; (semicolon) in a terminal command without bash using it as a separator?	use \; instead of ;
if i change settings in my samba configuration file, is there something i need to do to restart the service for the changes to take effect?	not normally, but you can do /etc/init.d/smb restart
okay, i have a really lame question - is there a faster way in xchat to copy a user's name to the input box? i'm tired of having to type out someone's complete name everytime i talk to them.\	use the tap key for auto-completion.
so how can i emulate mounting an iso, to behave same as i insert a cd?	you can still do whatever you need to do though
wow, so far so good, everything seems stable	you can get the binary straight off the adobe/macromedia website
am a newbie - how do i find what my com1 port is under ubuntu please - trying to configure minicom	note that minicom assumes you have a modem attached and does lots of at wierdry before you get a chance to do anything
any app that takes pictures from a webcam and saves them into hd?	also uvccapture for command line
hello, what is it called when, well lets say you have the number 252 and you know then that you need to run a loop 25 times coz thats how many times ten goes into 252 .... heh	modulo?
hi, i've just installed ubuntu 9.04 - can i run update? there is 261 updates - i'm just afraid, if my packages aren't going to downgrade (to 8.10).	it won't downgrade, but you should be aware that 9.04 isn't stable. there may be things that completely break the desktop on a regular basis
any of you know a nice way to move my /home to a different partition ?	log out of everything, control-alt-f2, log in, sudo cp -a /home /newpartition/ ; sudo mv /home/ /home-old ; sudo mount /dev/hdc1 /home
any recommendations on a disk recovery utility? i am going to repartition a drive, and then try to recover the data on it...	http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/testdisk
how stable is gutsy?	stable enough to be a beta <shrug>
hi, i just installed xchat and the users lists no longer shows at the right side of the window, how can i enable it?	try checking out settings>preferences>interface>user list - though it should to the right side and just needs to be dragged open
does anyone have time to help me setup my wireless internet?	no. read the help page and ask specific questions if you get stuck:
hey guys, sorry to bother you, i just installed the latest ubuntu distrib on a usb drive. console works fine, but gdm does nothing after login. shutting down gdm and running 'startx' gives a working gnome. any ideas ?	take a look at /var/log/gdm , might be a clue there
does fdisk have /bmr command ?	well the windows one has
ok, my last annoing question... i ahve a compaq presario v5000series laptop with a synaptic touchpad. sometimes in ubuntu, whenever i touch the touchpad, the mouse flys and clicks randomly around the screen. any ideas?	look at the synaptic section in xorg.conf ... toy around with it. im not sure how, but.. <shrug> :p
hi. if i have put a dvd in the drive, and i can go through the filesystem and whatnot and execute programs from it, then it must be mounted, yes? why would there be no device, then, in gparted? or, on a related note, how can i figure out what device is associated with a folder in /media/ ???	it's probably /dev/cdrom0
i have ibm thinkpad t43 but i am not able to get the fn+f7 to work to switch the ldc to the screen and back to the lcd .. does anybody know how can i switch between it	some of those fn-key functions won't work out of box w/ ubuntu, you can try to do it using keyboard mapping, or find a script to do that task...which is what i did w/ monitor brightness w/ ac-adapter/battery
how much space is required for git clone of linux-image	could vary... i'd probably leave at least 1 gb
the network manager will not shut down correctly, how can i solve this problem?	ps aux?
are u there?	smack
hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar	java blabla.jar
in ubuntu 12.04, i am attempting to project the display onto a diagonal mirror for an interactive project, is there an option in ubuntu's x display system to flip the display vertically so the display appears reversed?	xrandr?
is there not a torrent for the ubuntu iso's?	http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso.torrent
heya, does the ubuntu live cd come with f-spot ?	f-spot is in universe, which is not on the livecd. but you can install it on the livecd.
please tell me why edgy wont play midi files	do you have the timidity package installed?
hi all :) how can i boot into terminal mode, and how can i run two terminals at once when not in a gui?	for starters, press ctrl-alt-ff2. then the f1-f7 will take you through 6 virtual consoles and the x session? the graphical one will be at f7
do you know of other file managers that do?	find out where the icons locations are stored, youll probably be able to work something out
hi everybody.. i'm pretty new to ubuntu, but i want to hear if anybody knows how to customize the interface in ubuntu 7.10 with things such as widgets and docks?	look at superkaramba for widgets
i need to control a router. is there a program i could use to open my serial port and take control???	gtkterm
i don't know what it is	could it be used for network permission
i'm new to linux. and everything here is new. i recall only some from my slackware 4.0 period (wich lasted a few months). but where would you guys start to get a good understanding of linux kernel and all that comes with, let us say ubuntu :-d	https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/
the only way i can get in the sys is to boot recovery mode, and after some text on the black screen i can type 'exit' and finally i can get in ubuntu	dmesg?
when i install the bind package (either 8 or 9) where is the bind binary located?	dpkg -l bind9
hi, how can i check my hard disk for errors in karmic?	then 'man smartctl' (sorry not an ubuntu computer right now so i cant look up the exact command)
i'd like ubuntu at first test but where are the partitions of my sata hard/	right click the panel and select 'add to panel' from the resulting menu find 'disk mounter' and double click it
i created a dvd holding all the packages i installed on my development machine using 'aptoncd'. i then ran aptoncd on my laptop. but how to tell the laptop to install all these packages? in other words how do i get a list of installed packages and duplicate it on another machine.	just go on the cd and dpkg -i *.deb
can anyone tell me how to get the broadcom wireless working for acer aspire laptops?	tuxracer
whats is hal in xorg.conf file -> # commented out by update-manager, hal is now used	hardware abstraction layer i think
how do i delete the first line of a csv file in the command line?	sed '1d' data.file > mynewdata.file
can someone help me plz i need to kill firefox and i have tried xkill it doesnt work	try: pkill firefox
isn't that expected behavior? keyring pass once per session to protect your keyring?	you can still use it. :) but its an annoyance
hello world... my whole video stuff stopped working after i've tried playing what ended up being a borked dvd. games and movies don't work anymore. tried reinstalling drivers [ati] codecs to no avail... any ideas? thanks in advance	what kind of dvd drive?
hey, i have a question: i need to copy my old linux installation over a new one on a separate hd.. what files do i need to keep from the new installation so it'd still boot correctly? so far i know i'll need to maintain the data in /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab (i'm actually planning to merge the configuration from the old and new installations), what else do i need to keep? plz help!	yeah thats it as long as you keep the same kernel name and initrd image
can anyone help me with a modem issue. i downloaded the drivers for pctel modems that support my kernel (2.6.10-5-386) and installed them. according to lsmod, all of the modules for the modem the the readme file says should be there are there, however, i cannot connect to the internet with my modem. could someone please help me?	whats the error message when you fail to connect?
what the difference between multiverse and normal variants?	also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/repositories/ubuntu
i have a 'ubuntu studio' installation, and want to have a edubuntu (with every skin and so on) is there a way to do that without reinstlling everything ?	: sudo apt-get install edubuntu-desktop
haha how do i use nick complete in xchat?	e y e tab
hi guys! i remember there was a program that records your monitor.. what was it called? )	well istanbul does exist, but latest news from it dates from 2007...
hey i need to grant the www-data user access to a file owned by my user in my home dir, how would i do that? groups?	ive not played with funky permissions yet but id make a group, add user and www-data to it then give everyone in that group full access to the folder
how do you modify the $path var for sudo/root?	if you add it in /etc/profile it will be added to all users
ok i will try a diferent subject: do anyone knows where is the source of the last network manager that ubuntu use?	http://projects.gnome.org/networkmanager/
hey guys, anyone can tell me how can i mount an iso file (extracted from an audio cd) ? it doesn't work with mount -o loop	you could try a 'vlc whateverthethingis.iso' and see if it plays it..
how do i remove a file named \	'rm -- \funnyname'
do i have to know filesystem on a hard drive to mount it?	sudo mount /dev/sd?? /mnt should work.
so .... does anyone know anything about this ?	see if this if of some help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460394
the command 'glxinfo \| grep' doesn't seem to be right... what did i do wrong?	grep looks for 'something', grep on its own looks for nothing and will return nothing
can someone point me in the right direction for command line syncing of an ipod touch?	i don't really know if that link is relevant, but hey ..
anyone else have experience with nvidia's twinview setup?	i've got twinview set up
my wife's system is still at 12.04. do i have to wake up something in the update manager to get her to 12.10 or will it eventually figure it out and take care of it itself?	by default lts releases only update to other lts releases, there is some way to change that... but i don't know it.
i will install herd 7.04, how i copy my firefox favorites ????	bookmarks-organize bookmarks, then file menu
to all: the ubuntu.com issues, are they affecting the repositries? i cant get apt-get to get anything... =(	i can't connect either so it's not just you
hi, i'm trying to setup a static ip and i need to find what dns my router is using... on windows i'm using ipconfig /all to find it but ifconfig don't display the dns... how can i find it?	cat /etc/resolv.conf
problem: i broke sudo, now i can't get root to fix it!	reboot into rescue mode
edgy... do i update the repositories (breezy to edgy) to upgrade distro?	yes in /etc/apt/sources.list
hi, does anyone else have problems connecting to the edgy servers for updating ?	the security servers are currently down, please wait yes it is
hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )	ssh $(cat filename)
hello, the alt f2 key stoped working, anyone know how to open the run app from command line?	if your talking about the virtual terminal it is cntrl alt f3, and cntrl alt f7 to coome back
is there a smaller ubuntu channel? i find it hard to get questions answered here, since it's so large.	you could try your local ubuntu channel
now when i do decide to update my breezy 5.10 to dapper will it overwrite any of my work files?	your user files will not be altered if you upgrade.
anyone tell me if its possible for a power supply to 'go bad' and still work, but just not provide enough juice to boot anymore	yes, the voltage can be change due to some factors
is there some kind of drop down terminal like in fps games?? that would be cool to have	either tilda for gnome-like environments or yakuake for kde
hey, in 10.10 where did xorg.conf go?	by default x configures automatically, but you can still force the use of an xorg.conf by creating one
i edited my /etc/motd file but my ssh post-login banner is still the same jazz with the system load stats etc.... what else do i need to do to prevent all that system load stuff from being auto-generated as my post-login ssh message?	look in /etc/update-motd several files there may need -x
how do i turn dma on on my /dev/hdc	sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc

in grub, i can now choose between three kernels: 2.6.24-16,-18 and -19. will any of these ever be deleted? i ask because i seem to have some troubles with -18, and don't want -16 to be deleted.

they won't be deleted until you delete them

did you find an accounting program? i am also interested in one!

none that are command line written... found plenty of gui ones

does icewm work on lucid?

if it is in the synaptic package manager you cna install it

hey, is it possible to shutdoen tt7 (x-server) and only run on tty1 (for example) - to save some batter?

sudo service lightdm stop

can someone tell me how to start samba?

/etc/init.d/samba start

when installing ubuntu on a certain language, can i later on change the language for the whole system?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

hi all, how can i check which dns server my computer is currently using? i updated the dns settings for my wireless connection in network manager but i want to be sure thy have taken effect

'nslookup'

hello, can someone be so friendly and try to download the books cd zip file from this site http://www.ece.utah.edu/~farhang/newsite/?q=node/6 and report if it works?

yes it works

how do i enable keyboard repeat thingie .. meaning if i keep a key pressed, nothing happens, i want the key to be repeatedly sent

then adjust as desired

how install file :vuze_installer.tar.bz2? please

sudo apt-get install vuze

where do i find the scripts that start daemons?

and here a link for back ground read of the init.d scripts > http://wiki.debianhelp.org/pmwiki.php/debianhelppages/debianinitscripts

how can i make my user own a folder?

chown -r youruser:youruser /directory. the -r will make you own everyhing inside the folder too

after system upgrade my system is crashing ant putting a message 'panic occurred, switching back to text console'. this happens when i use skype at video calls, for example

this is a a kernel issue

when trying to install a tar.gz file i *always* get stuck on the './configure' step... i feel like im missing something obvious... do i need to write something before the ./configure?

if you dont know what ./configure is doing you need to do some more research and understand the implications of compiling from source -- ie. you will not get security updates

does anyone know where the abs-guide gets stored when installed by synaptics?

jwatson@ewok:~/workspace$ locate abs-guide

in older versions of ubuntu you were able to see preferences for specific screen savers, but now i no longer see them. how can i pull them up?

your using gnome-screensaver which is confusingly simple :)

does anyone here could help me change an encrypted home directory user password in ubuntu 10.04? i have tried in 'about me' but does not work. neither seemed to work in ubuntu 9.10

have you seen that?

whats the best free virtulization software for linux ? id like to run some windows games ( sins of a solar empire )

check out cedega

agent_mulder: are you related to agent muller? :)

how very friendly of you

whats the best way to get my ubuntu to always load headless

either remove any display managers from the boot sequence, or append 'text' to the kernel line

sry i cant find the hashes in download page :s can anyone give me the address?

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/gutsy/md5sums

how do i see what things my ubuntu is starting op, when the system is booting?? (need to figure out if snmptrapd is running)

or edit menu.lst to not have splash screen

[newbie] i want to add sources to apt-get. i uncommented sources at my sources.list but i now get an error message: 'couldn't stat source package...' for the uncommented sources. any ideas?

run apt-get update or het the reload button in synaptic

i'm unable to find the fstab command to mount an 'ext3' partition at the beginning of boot, making it writable and readable users other than root. can anyone help me out?

safer that way as well.

is there a way i can use a ; (semicolon) in a terminal command without bash using it as a separator?

use \; instead of ;

if i change settings in my samba configuration file, is there something i need to do to restart the service for the changes to take effect?

not normally, but you can do /etc/init.d/smb restart

okay, i have a really lame question - is there a faster way in xchat to copy a user's name to the input box? i'm tired of having to type out someone's complete name everytime i talk to them.\

use the tap key for auto-completion.

so how can i emulate mounting an iso, to behave same as i insert a cd?

you can still do whatever you need to do though

wow, so far so good, everything seems stable

you can get the binary straight off the adobe/macromedia website

am a newbie - how do i find what my com1 port is under ubuntu please - trying to configure minicom

note that minicom assumes you have a modem attached and does lots of at wierdry before you get a chance to do anything

any app that takes pictures from a webcam and saves them into hd?

also uvccapture for command line

hello, what is it called when, well lets say you have the number 252 and you know then that you need to run a loop 25 times coz thats how many times ten goes into 252 .... heh

modulo?

hi, i've just installed ubuntu 9.04 - can i run update? there is 261 updates - i'm just afraid, if my packages aren't going to downgrade (to 8.10).

it won't downgrade, but you should be aware that 9.04 isn't stable. there may be things that completely break the desktop on a regular basis

any of you know a nice way to move my /home to a different partition ?

log out of everything, control-alt-f2, log in, sudo cp -a /home /newpartition/ ; sudo mv /home/ /home-old ; sudo mount /dev/hdc1 /home

any recommendations on a disk recovery utility? i am going to repartition a drive, and then try to recover the data on it...

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/testdisk

how stable is gutsy?

stable enough to be a beta <shrug>

hi, i just installed xchat and the users lists no longer shows at the right side of the window, how can i enable it?

try checking out settings>preferences>interface>user list - though it should to the right side and just needs to be dragged open

does anyone have time to help me setup my wireless internet?

no. read the help page and ask specific questions if you get stuck:

hey guys, sorry to bother you, i just installed the latest ubuntu distrib on a usb drive. console works fine, but gdm does nothing after login. shutting down gdm and running 'startx' gives a working gnome. any ideas ?

take a look at /var/log/gdm , might be a clue there

does fdisk have /bmr command ?

well the windows one has

ok, my last annoing question... i ahve a compaq presario v5000series laptop with a synaptic touchpad. sometimes in ubuntu, whenever i touch the touchpad, the mouse flys and clicks randomly around the screen. any ideas?

look at the synaptic section in xorg.conf ... toy around with it. im not sure how, but.. <shrug> :p

hi. if i have put a dvd in the drive, and i can go through the filesystem and whatnot and execute programs from it, then it must be mounted, yes? why would there be no device, then, in gparted? or, on a related note, how can i figure out what device is associated with a folder in /media/ ???

it's probably /dev/cdrom0

i have ibm thinkpad t43 but i am not able to get the fn+f7 to work to switch the ldc to the screen and back to the lcd .. does anybody know how can i switch between it

some of those fn-key functions won't work out of box w/ ubuntu, you can try to do it using keyboard mapping, or find a script to do that task...which is what i did w/ monitor brightness w/ ac-adapter/battery

how much space is required for git clone of linux-image

could vary... i'd probably leave at least 1 gb

the network manager will not shut down correctly, how can i solve this problem?

ps aux?

are u there?

smack

hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar

java blabla.jar

in ubuntu 12.04, i am attempting to project the display onto a diagonal mirror for an interactive project, is there an option in ubuntu's x display system to flip the display vertically so the display appears reversed?

xrandr?

is there not a torrent for the ubuntu iso's?

http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso.torrent

heya, does the ubuntu live cd come with f-spot ?

f-spot is in universe, which is not on the livecd. but you can install it on the livecd.

please tell me why edgy wont play midi files

do you have the timidity package installed?

hi all :) how can i boot into terminal mode, and how can i run two terminals at once when not in a gui?

for starters, press ctrl-alt-ff2. then the f1-f7 will take you through 6 virtual consoles and the x session? the graphical one will be at f7

do you know of other file managers that do?

find out where the icons locations are stored, youll probably be able to work something out

hi everybody.. i'm pretty new to ubuntu, but i want to hear if anybody knows how to customize the interface in ubuntu 7.10 with things such as widgets and docks?

look at superkaramba for widgets

i need to control a router. is there a program i could use to open my serial port and take control???

gtkterm

i don't know what it is

could it be used for network permission

i'm new to linux. and everything here is new. i recall only some from my slackware 4.0 period (wich lasted a few months). but where would you guys start to get a good understanding of linux kernel and all that comes with, let us say ubuntu :-d

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/

the only way i can get in the sys is to boot recovery mode, and after some text on the black screen i can type 'exit' and finally i can get in ubuntu

dmesg?

when i install the bind package (either 8 or 9) where is the bind binary located?

dpkg -l bind9

hi, how can i check my hard disk for errors in karmic?

then 'man smartctl' (sorry not an ubuntu computer right now so i cant look up the exact command)

i'd like ubuntu at first test but where are the partitions of my sata hard/

right click the panel and select 'add to panel' from the resulting menu find 'disk mounter' and double click it

i created a dvd holding all the packages i installed on my development machine using 'aptoncd'. i then ran aptoncd on my laptop. but how to tell the laptop to *install* all these packages? in other words how do i get a list of installed packages and duplicate it on another machine.

just go on the cd and dpkg -i *.deb

can anyone tell me how to get the broadcom wireless working for acer aspire laptops?

tuxracer

whats is hal in xorg.conf file -> # commented out by update-manager, hal is now used

hardware abstraction layer i think

how do i delete the first line of a csv file in the command line?

sed '1d' data.file > mynewdata.file

can someone help me plz i need to kill firefox and i have tried xkill it doesnt work

try: pkill firefox

isn't that expected behavior? keyring pass once per session to protect your keyring?

you can still use it. :) but its an annoyance

hello world... my whole video stuff stopped working after i've tried playing what ended up being a borked dvd. games and movies don't work anymore. tried reinstalling drivers [ati] codecs to no avail... any ideas? thanks in advance

what kind of dvd drive?

hey, i have a question: i need to copy my old linux installation over a new one on a separate hd.. what files do i need to keep from the new installation so it'd still boot correctly? so far i know i'll need to maintain the data in /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab (i'm actually planning to merge the configuration from the old and new installations), what else do i need to keep? plz help!

yeah thats it as long as you keep the same kernel name and initrd image

can anyone help me with a modem issue. i downloaded the drivers for pctel modems that support my kernel (2.6.10-5-386) and installed them. according to lsmod, all of the modules for the modem the the readme file says should be there are there, however, i cannot connect to the internet with my modem. could someone please help me?

whats the error message when you fail to connect?

what the difference between multiverse and normal variants?

also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/repositories/ubuntu

i have a 'ubuntu studio' installation, and want to have a edubuntu (with every skin and so on) is there a way to do that without reinstlling everything ?

: sudo apt-get install edubuntu-desktop

haha how do i use nick complete in xchat?

e y e tab

hi guys! i remember there was a program that records your monitor.. what was it called? )

well istanbul does exist, but latest news from it dates from 2007...

hey i need to grant the www-data user access to a file owned by my user in my home dir, how would i do that? groups?

ive not played with funky permissions yet but id make a group, add user and www-data to it then give everyone in that group full access to the folder

how do you modify the $path var for sudo/root?

if you add it in /etc/profile it will be added to all users

ok i will try a diferent subject: do anyone knows where is the source of the last network manager that ubuntu use?

http://projects.gnome.org/networkmanager/

hey guys, anyone can tell me how can i mount an iso file (extracted from an audio cd) ? it doesn't work with mount -o loop

you could try a 'vlc whateverthethingis.iso' and see if it plays it..

how do i remove a file named \

'rm -- \funnyname'

do i have to know filesystem on a hard drive to mount it?

sudo mount /dev/sd?? /mnt should work.

so .... does anyone know anything about this ?

see if this if of some help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460394

the command 'glxinfo | grep' doesn't seem to be right... what did i do wrong?

grep looks for 'something', grep on its own looks for nothing and will return nothing

can someone point me in the right direction for command line syncing of an ipod touch?

i don't really know if that link is relevant, but hey ..

anyone else have experience with nvidia's twinview setup?

i've got twinview set up

my wife's system is still at 12.04. do i have to wake up something in the update manager to get her to 12.10 or will it eventually figure it out and take care of it itself?

by default lts releases only update to other lts releases, there is some way to change that... but i don't know it.

i will install herd 7.04, how i copy my firefox favorites ????

bookmarks-organize bookmarks, then file menu

to all: the ubuntu.com issues, are they affecting the repositries? i cant get apt-get to get anything... =(

i can't connect either so it's not just you

hi, i'm trying to setup a static ip and i need to find what dns my router is using... on windows i'm using ipconfig /all to find it but ifconfig don't display the dns... how can i find it?

cat /etc/resolv.conf

problem: i broke sudo, now i can't get root to fix it!

reboot into rescue mode

edgy... do i update the repositories (breezy to edgy) to upgrade distro?

yes in /etc/apt/sources.list

hi, does anyone else have problems connecting to the edgy servers for updating ?

the security servers are currently down, please wait yes it is

hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )

ssh $(cat filename)

hello, the alt f2 key stoped working, anyone know how to open the run app from command line?

if your talking about the virtual terminal it is cntrl alt f3, and cntrl alt f7 to coome back

is there a smaller ubuntu channel? i find it hard to get questions answered here, since it's so large.

you could try your local ubuntu channel

now when i do decide to update my breezy 5.10 to dapper will it overwrite any of my work files?

your user files will not be altered if you upgrade.

anyone tell me if its possible for a power supply to 'go bad' and still work, but just not provide enough juice to boot anymore

yes, the voltage can be change due to some factors

is there some kind of drop down terminal like in fps games?? that would be cool to have

either tilda for gnome-like environments or yakuake for kde

hey, in 10.10 where did xorg.conf go?

by default x configures automatically, but you can still force the use of an xorg.conf by creating one

i edited my /etc/motd file but my ssh post-login banner is still the same jazz with the system load stats etc.... what else do i need to do to prevent all that system load stuff from being auto-generated as my post-login ssh message?

look in /etc/update-motd several files there may need -x

how do i turn dma on on my /dev/hdc

sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc