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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 |
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