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quick question: does ubuntu use vanilla-soures as standard? and what version is the current stable? | no. it uses a patched kernel and dapper (the latest stable ubuntu release) uses 2.6.15 |
hey everyone. trying to make a custom distro cd of karmic, and trying to leave off a lot of packages. when i blow packages away, the no longer show up in the packages file, and aren't on the cd, but the 'ubuntu-desktop' task still selects them, and they download instead. how can i make the installer forget about them? | rebuild 'ubuntu-desktop' with changed dependencies |
any simple way to disable system beep? | that's been covered in every online linux mag on linuxhomepage.com for a couple of months |
hi, where is the hosts file in ubuntu? my computer is acting a bit strange, would you also recommend me a scanner for ubuntu? | host-file /etc/hosts |
if i want to triple-boot ubuntu, xp, and os x, which should go furthest to the left in the partition table? | xp then linux but i dont know about the osx |
in xchat, how do i specify a port number for a server? | like - chat.us.freenode.net/8001 |
i just learned of ubuntu, can anyone tell me how its related to debian? | ubuntu is based on debian, which install debian the easy way. |
using gparted, i made some free space. now i want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. why? | livecd has gparted |
question: i just installed kubuntu (8.04) on a shuttle pc... i get to the log in screen, but when i enter my username/password and try to login, the monitor goes black (says no signal) and then returns to the login screen! | boot into recovery mode and use the fix xserver option (or if you end up in a root console run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' ) |
hi. i just built a computer with 1 gig of ram, but the bios and ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. does anyone know what might have gone wrong? | do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory. |
can somebody help me with enabling/installing svn? | ubotu is a bot |
how to open a .djvu file? | whats a djvu file |
what's the best way to run a command on startup? | add it to /etc/rc.local |
whenever i try to list the files in a tarball with 'tar -t file.tar.gz' the shell just stalls, why? | tar tfz ... |
is there an alternative to iptables? (cant use iptables because its a vroot) | netfilter.. |
you can go for cs and dont get caught up in the programming classes, or go for mis | i recently heard about mis, but they don't have it at my school to my knowledge |
in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel? | http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25 |
can someone point me in the direction of how to get maverick to recognize and use my laptop fingerprint reader? | libfprint |
is there a terminal command to view your cpu usage? | top / htop |
hi there is an applet in ubuntu which shows the current available wireless connections, do you know the name of this applet? | network manager.. or nm-applet |
how do you get more wallpaper slideshows for ubuntu please? i've been on the gnome-art site but there's only individual pics | http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/easily-create-xml-wallpapers-with-xml.html |
is there a linux tool to rescale a pic? | imagemagick has a tool called 'convert' |
what's the default root pw ? | - sudo su - |
how do i install new packages with ubuntu? with apt-get? | apt-get or synaptic (gui) |
how can i log off ubuntu w/ just keyboard? | alt f2 shutdown :) |
1 more question that's bugging me then i'll leave you fine folks alone... what's the keyboard shortcut to shortcuts on my panel (in natty) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1428870 | check out this wallpaper. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/become-a-natty-power-user-in-no-time-using-this-unit-keyboard-shortcuts-wallpaper/ |
whats the command to mount a local folder to another local folder? | mount --bind olddir newdir |
so how is it gnome can mount / umount things even though the user can't go into the command line and do a mount / umount? | er, maybe s/gvfs/fuse/ |
can someone tell me how to build a deb from a source? | of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. but for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall' |
could anyone suggest a good mp3 player? | xmms |
which mysql package contains the headers for compiling against mysql? | libmysqlclient15-dev |
what command do i enter to see what graphik card i have? | lspci |
is there a way to use dpkg to search a package from one of it's files? for example dpkg -option /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 returns gcc-4.0 | dpkg -s will work as well but apt-file let's you search packages that aren't installed too |
is there a way to stop a service from auto starting on ubuntu server, like apache2 or mysql? | remove the symlink from /etc/rc2.d/ |
hi, with the command fdisk -l i can see all disks and their partitions. but how to know what kind of disk is it? how to know if it's pendrive, usb external disk, memory stick etc. ? | for usb you can also lsusb |
hey all... why would a cdrom mount with noexec when fstab shows only 'user,noauto' | adding options after one antoher usually overrides, so 'user,exec' many make it executable, but still user mountable |
can anyone tell me if they think this card would work well in ubuntu dapper? | should work |
is there a ubuntu update for firefox 1.0.5? | no.. if you want it you have to compile it from the sources or build yourself a .deb package |
with breezy, or hoary? | hoary |
how do i rar enable fille-roller? | sudo apt-get install unrar |
is there a general pc channel on here or can i ask a general pc question here? | this channel is for ubuntu support only |
can anyone help me with 'no package 'gtk+-2.0' found' | libgtk2.0-dev |
is there a video player besides totem that can resize the viseo when you resize the program window? | vlc |
hey i have a file that fails to install when i run apt-get. so instead i installed it from source... but apt-get keeps trying to install it. how can i make it quit? where does apt-get store its 'to be installed' file? | thats my only thought on the subject |
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found <- what should i install for that? just apt-get install esd doesn't do it | enlightment sound daemon esd the sound server of gnome (originaly, eons ago of enlightment). now is being replaced by pulse audio iirc |
re: ubuntu server 10.10 x86 -- how can i increase the framebuffer(?) size so that it fills my lcd screen (laptop)? thanks! | http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/ |
how to use these smartmontools | http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki |
what exactly is wine and where can i get it? | wine allows you to run windows programs on linux. you can get it from ubuntu repositories, or if you want the latest version go to http://winehq.com |
how does one disable the insert key ? | press insert |
i am trying to get the airport utility to run on ubuntu. i installed wine, downloaded the airport utility for windows, it installed nicely. but it doesn't find my little airport express when scanning. why doesn't it find it? what do i have to reconfigure? | so, well, you're unlikely to be capable to do this |
hello, what is the best way to save settings of evolution, before a total reinstall? | back it up and put it back before you run it on the reinstall |
has anyone downloaded the new version of opera? 9.5? i'm confused as to which version to get, you can see them all here; http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/9.50-alpha-1/ | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
hey people! i have a text file of 250mb, and i need to insert some text at the beginning of the file and the end. how would i do it, not opening the whole file? ) sorry for the noobness ) | you can do this echo test | cat - file > new file |
hello, can i install grub under windows? in another word, are there any grub for windows? | windows uses its own boot loader, so i don't think so. |
hello. everybody.. ive a question.. where do i find the key names for configuring hotkeys.. for example if i want hotkey the enter button its not called 'enter' bit something like [^4.. does anyone know a database for those keynames?! | also the quick answer is run 'xev' then watch its output when you give it input - it will spit out codes |
is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files? | what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing? |
can anyone help me with this? i just hooked up my external usb hard drive that's formatted with ntfs, but i don't have the permissions to write because apparently it's a 'read-only disk.' i never set it this way and i just think it's because it's ntfs... how can i enable writing? | nope... ntfs cannot be written to from linux yet... so switch the file system to something friendly to both... fat |
can someone tell me how it was to refresh apt? | : sudo apt-get update |
is there a linux game where you're a ship at the bottom of the screen and lots of ships come from the top down, and you can shoot unlimited shots, and get upgrades, and acquire bombs... | chromium |
how do i stop this pinging? | ctrl + c will cancel a command in the terminal. |
has anyone had success setting up duel monitors in a debain base distro? not a mirror, but an extension? | i've been trying to too, but i know its possible. |
can someone recommend me a good book for the oracle certified java associate exam with no background in programming | when it stops, open a terminal with ctrl+alt+t and run: dmesg | tail it may give clues |
hello. i am looking for a way to install ubuntu onto a laptop without a cd-rom drive, is this feasible please? | http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html |
is there a good mpg video editor? | pitivi or avidemux |
what port\s does samba run on? | 137-139,445 |
flannel, do i use sudo leafpad /etc/comadn here ? | lubuntu uses leafpad instead of gedit |
which is the best torrent client for ubuntu? | i prefer the default one, i think it is bittorrent, depends on the flavor and your tastes. |
if i have two hard disks on my machine and i only want to partition the second one, how would i go about doing this. | boot up the live cd , in menu > system > admin > gnome partition editor will let you change your partitons |
is vncserver not in the default repositories? | then you probably need to enable universe |
i have a binary file for an application that has no installer and is not packaged, i'm moving it to my /usr/bin directory, is there a way to add it to my 'applications' menu in gnome? | you can add any item you want to your menu. right click on the menu and select edit |
anyone know how i remote connect to a computer that is behind a router? i know the internal 192.168.0.* ip of the computer, and also the external ip that the router gives it. my guess is that its somethin like connecting to '49.211.223.(hidden)//192.168.0.102' | the router has to be configured by its adminstrator to port-forward , or to do nat |
thanks, kyle: of course. but that's not 'for human beings' <g> besides i need to use the live cd. guess no one with a dsl can connect via live cd. | gs -version |
is adding another ip to nic possible without losing the current internet connection? | ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up |
just installed ubuntu server 10.04 lts. is sudu apt upgrade the correct cli command to make it get upgrades? | sudo apt-get update: sudo apt-get upgrade |
what's everyone use to transfer music on and off the ipod? amarok doesn't have the capability any more | gtkpod |
anyone knows some good ebook reader? | try calibre |
can i make synaptic ignore a dependency? i need to ignore libc6, but can't figure out how. synaptic just want to 'fix' the problem uninstalling the package i need... | coulde use --force |
is there something like ubuntu for servers? | ubuntu - there is a server edition - man i am going to have to quit irc or watch what i am doing :-/ |
i need a way to record the audio from a flash thing. | once or more often? and with what quality? i'd simply do it with a microphone for one-off thing :) |
do you monitor your system temperature? | no i don't - worth trying? |
i changed accepted 'modes' into 800x600 in screen subsection, hoping it would help. how can i restart x from the console without restarting computer? | what does it accept? |
anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl | maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that |
hello everybody... i got a doubt... the command `top` returns a line like n running, n stopped and 1 zombie... i mean how can i figure out what is this zombie process? and what does zombie mean? | a zombie is a program that crashed, but is still running in memory |
how do i install a .deb package all that depends on it like if there is anything it would be downloaded ? | install it with gdebi |
i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be? | use qtparted |
what is a good program for writing cds on ubuntu? | and colorful too. kinda trippy, actually. |
i'm considering installing x86 ubuntu on my amd64 box to avoid the trouble. how much would the performance degrade? | use the 686 kernel for best results (after the install, you can upgrade the kernel) |
hey guys, i'm wondering if there is a way to set up my system '10.10' to change the bandwidh priority. meaning, which applications get highest internet priority. example: right now, if i am downloading or uploading on transmission it has top priority and i have trouble browsing the web or even checking e-mail. i would ... | you can do it, with something to mark traffic and tools like tc. i seem to even recall a 'wondershaper' script you might be able to adapt to what you want. can't handhold you through the entire thing though. |
hey, is freecontrib down? (specifically the plf repo's?) caus i cant apt-get update with them :( | freecontrib isn't part of the official ubuntu repos. |
how do i disable rhythymbox from opening automatically when i plug the ipod in | removable drives and media |
what is that issue with audio you are talking about? | the sound won't work |
is there an openvpn server that can be used with windows clients, and can someone point me to a tutorial on configuring it on ubuntu server? | : look for pptp |
hi all, i'm running 12.04 and would like to know if it is possible to add a program to the unity bar on the left side, the program has to be started from the shell (it's name is 'ding', a dictionary) so when i start it it appears in the bar but after closing it i cant's start it again... | probably with gnome-extensions (ppa), but it was very broken when i tried to use any gnome-extension |
my wubi installer crashes on windows xp sp3 : an error says : 'writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings'. it looks like python exception. any idea of where does that come from ? | https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/365642 |
hello #ubuntu. how do i add a launcher to the new menu> | put the launcher on the desktop. drag the launcher onto the unity bar on the left. |
is there a way to force my eth0 to 10mbit instead of 100mbit? | try ethtool |
what's the easiest way to create a chrooted (openssh) sftp user? | or to 'scponly' |
is there some grafical frontend for installing packages that you downloaded manually coming? i can't imagine explaining friends they need to write dpkg... in commmand line | imho that's planned for later releases |
hi, anyone know how to install the 6.06 beta live cd on a usb stick? | see if there's an installer on the live cd, fourm said it will be developed to final version |
2 questions please: is it possible to run some kind of virtual machine ontop of osx 10.5 or 10.6 so i can have ubuntu and windows 7 on seperate monitors? if there is no such thing, how is mac version of ubuntu these days? last time i tried it the drivers were lagging | you could run virtualbox |
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