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hi. can someone recommend a decent file backup utility that can copy directories which only replaces the files which have been altered and leaves the unaltered ones? i had one in windoze but not now | try konserve? |
is it possible to configure a wpa2 wireless interface in /etc/network/interfaces? network manager refuses to reconnect to my wireless. it did the first time.. ever since then it wont reconnect. even if i delete the entry and readd it.. so i want to go around networkmanager unless there's a fix. anyone? | you can use wpasupplicant in combination with the wpa-conf option in your interfaces file |
ubuntu can't find my network devices after i changed nics. what can i do about this? | does it show up in 'lsusb' ? |
i seem to be hitting the installer hangs at 80% on 'configuring apt' bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/445385 - any ideas how i can proceed with install? is it safe to hit 'skip' at this point? | you can skip it, and later activate the repost by hand |
what is the easiest way to convert .avi's (and other formats) to dvd? | i use convert x to dvd under wine |
ashamed to ask but must know: what is the difference btw the ubuntu desktop cdrom and the ubuntu desktop dvd other than the size? | more language packs and software packages. |
is there a way to force dpkg/apt-get to install a package is dependancies are not met ???i am having a problem that the printer-driver-deb-package that contains my printer's driver is very old in feisty - december 2006, the gusty deb-package of the driver is much newer - august 2007/ is there a way to force dpkg / or a... | when you get the dependencies not met message, open up synaptic and look for the dependencies in there, then close gdebi before seenting the install on synaptic |
what's the command to open a text file using gksudo? | gksudo gedit |
am i in the right channel for wubi? | it may be best to file a bug or a brainstorm entry for that, rather than mentioning it here and having it get lost in the channel. |
it works in puppy, doesn't work at all in xubuntu64 (guess it's the 32bit driver for the usb wifi adapter) and it works so far but doesn't connect in xubuntu32. | i have the same problem same ra chipset but i can connect uding if config it just dhclient thats screw for me it may be the same for you |
how do i make trayer start automatically for enlightenment? i've already figured out the correct command | make a lanucher and put it in /home/user/.config/autostart |
can i just delete esd? or will that totally cork up my system? | why would you want to do that? |
is there a way i can see the drivers used for my network card? | lshw -c network |
what is a fast ubuntu mirror for the us all i can find are 100k ones.. | try removing the country prefix from the urls remove the us. for example |
is vmware a good choice to run windows games from it? or would wine be better in that case? | you can't really run games in vmware (to my knowledge) virtualbox 2.1 does have limited 3d support, but it's nowhere near able to play 3d games - it can play pinball pretty decently (which wine doesn't really do) but your best bet on running ms games in linux is wine for sure :) good luck. |
i am trying to compile a program which requires sdl 1.2. can anyone tell me how to check if i have it already and if not how to get it? | sorry, for compiling, you need this instead: sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev |
hi , i have a 9.10 system whose root partition needs manual recover. i'm on the phone with the user, who finds in trouble to press a key precisely in the very short span when the 'grub loading' message shows. i'd like the span to be longer, but what i'd need the most right now is a 'deterministic' key sequence that sho... | so long as the bios doesn't use the shift key |
how do i do :w :x in vi?;p | use apt-cache, not apt-get... apt-cache search something |
hi,i have a question. how to increase the number of workspace? | right click on the switcher->preferences |
how do i access the repositories from a web browser? | http://packages.ubuntu.com |
if your just breaking into linux, ubuntu is a good way to get used to a good following and support. | i was sold based on the vast amount of documentation alone : p |
how do i update all the packages on my system? | apt-get upgrade i think |
hello, im trying to completely remove mysql-server from my box to try and trigger the fresh install dialogue where i can set up passwords and users again | you can most likely sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-(whatever version it is) |
if i were to install windows on my machine, after linux, is there an easy way (perhaps via a live ubuntu cd) to restore the grub boot sector? | not sure if 'easy' is the word but there is this - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows |
hi how can i find what version of compiz im running? | compiz-check --version |
for programs that are terminal-based, is there a way to run them after closing the terminal (since closing the terminal kills the process) | you can use screen or tmux, or you can read up on nohup |
hi. i cant play a sound in firefox and rhythmbox at the same time. someone here who has a solution or a hint? | i could get that working changing the sound server from auto-detect (which defaults to pulse audio) to alsa in system -> preferences -> sound |
hey guys when we save a webpage then with .html it also saves a folder containg some images or refernce files. any way to avoid this folder ??? | you need to save the file as 'web archive.' you should see the '.mht' extension. |
aye, that's what i'm thinking | yeah, any particular reason it has to be run before gnome starts? |
oh yes... i always forget ubuntu have their own pastebin | that won't tell him what interfaces *ubuntu* is seeing. |
i'm upgrading to lucid and got a question about where to install grub. /dev/sda is my boot device but should i install grub to the sda, sda1, sda2 or sda5? | only to /dev/sda. |
what all do these updates fix/work on? | security , fixes , new features |
is ntfs really that unstable to write to? | check out nfts-3g |
is it normal for xorg.conf to have simple generic information ? my debian one is very complete | i also found that very weird, so i filled it in to my likings since it was too generic for me to feel comfortable enough to sleep at night |
what i dont understand is why anyone would run ubuntu on their mac when they got osx :) | my mac has os-9 :) |
is there a way to turn off 'joined / exit' messages in xchat? | right click the channel on the left side, hide join/parts is somewhere in the options |
in the default gnome/compiz environment, how to i get windows to stack from right to left instead of the default left to right? | that isnt installed by default |
hello: is there a way to avoid the start of gthumb when a sdcard is inserted? | system-preferences-removable drives and media |
how can i temporarily assign one window to stay on top of all the others? | right click on window, click always on top |
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21663 | i'm looking at it, if i'm winning i will respond with a positive note |
hi, short question: i have a .deb file and like'd to install it.. but how? no success with apt | sudo dpkg -i whatever.deb |
wait what shoud i be typing? | tar zcf thearchive.tgz thedirtobackup/ |
on ubuntu mv keeps the same timestamp, but does it do this on all *nix systems | mv doesn't update timestamps. this only happens if you create or touch a file |
how can i get mplayer in ubuntu ? | i think you might have to re-seat that video card. check the connection on the video card as well. |
cat /etc/debian_version , anybody? | 4.0 |
is it true that edgy is coming out in october instead of december? | i read to day that its to be released in october |
somebody, please tell me how to make postgresql not to start at startup??? | update-rc.d -f postgresql |
how do you search for files? | you can use 'locate filename' in terminal |
found what i needed for udev rules, but finding info myself is.... | use ubuntuforums to search for mtp or your player.. you should get numerous references on how to get it working. |
what is the filemanager in ubuntu called again? | in gnome, nautilus, i think |
hello, i'm looking for the ubuntu way to download updates at work, and feed them to my lappy on cd. is there a how-to somwhere? also, it appears that the default install is a g-ish one, and i've grown fond of one or two k apps, how much overhead will i garner by installing any k app? | if they are not running i wouldn't think any overhead. but i don't know. |
maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only win xp / ie combo will work | it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. you can install windows media player in wine i think along with ie 6 and it might work (worth a shot) |
i downloaded an ubuntu cd image, but all i can find is a blank dvd. can i use the image i have at all to make a bootable dvd? | just write as an image in the dvd |
hello, audio and video are out of sync in mplayer whilst playing dvd's - could anyone give me some pointers? | seen that issue in mplayer sometimes if the dvd rom drive isn't set to dma=1. |
can someone suggest a good torrent program for ubuntu? | deluge |
hey does anyone know if there is a channel for help with packaging? | i saw something about that in my rss feeds lately, wait |
why are there two actions schedulers listed in services (anacron and atd) and two computer activity loggers (klogd and sysklogd) and two power managements (acpid and apmd) ... can i disable one of each? | though i could remove at without breaking anything |
hello, i've acquired an ipod touch recently, i'm hating it thus far in windows with the restrictions itunes imposes, what are the linux alternatives like if any are worth doing? | gtkpod |
hi! i have a question: is there a way to change the password to my gnome vnc session via console? i can remote in via console to my user, but i forgot my password for the vnc | the password is stored in gconf, /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password, it's base64-encoded so you will have to do that to your new password too, can't set it in plaintext format. |
if i install a program from a .deb package instead of from a repository, and then want to uninstall it, and it doesn't show up in add/remove or in synaptic package manager, what do i do? | unfortunately no. you can't 'upgrade' from 32bit to 64bit. you have to reinstall. (although if you had a separate partition for /home, you could reinstall around that) |
anyone know how i'd go about getting /etc/x11/xorg.conf regenerated? on ubuntu 5.04 | sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg |
why aren't those posted in the welcome message? | it's in the /topic |
on dapper what script probes usbsticks to automount them? | edit preferencies.fdi to change automount behavior |
hey guys, if i use a ubuntu 9.10 livecd, is the entire disk automatically loaded to the ram or only the parts it needs as i use it? also, when usiing the live cd is there any data written to the local hard drive that could leave potential traces?thanks | and everything you do is in ram so will not be saved in any way |
what's the command for mounting a partition? | sudo swapoff -a |
silly question .. if someone asks about firewalls on linux, is suggesting them to read up on iptables the right idea ? :) | yes, iptables is good for that |
in 10.04, is it possible to change the terminal's text from the user@computername:~s to something shorter (such as only using the $ or #)? | just edit ~/.bashrc and change the ps1= line to just say '\$' |
anybody please? i have limited time as this 'issue' fills up my disk pretty fast :/ | lynx, w3m, links, wget (commandline) |
why i cant see my cd-r in the cdrecord -scanbus? what coud cause this? i can read cds from it. | with ubuntu, you can just use the devicename as your device, eg. -dev /dev/hdc |
hello, how can i make a shortcut to an sh file ? | right click desktop, shortcut |
what's the name of the gnome burning application? | you can use the k3b or nautilus-burner |
gentlemen i am confused. if ubuntu 12.04 will have a gnome classic session, does that mean it will use gnome 2, which isn't developed anymore? or will it use mate or a modified gnome 3.2? | it will use gnome-fallback |
any clue how can i install ubuntu without booting from the cd? | i would recommend a faster usb drive. |
what's the best iptables gui configurator ? | firestarter ? |
does anyone know of premade intel 3945ag wireless driver packages for dapper? | what are you trying to do with intel wireless |
how can i change the premission of /mnt/windows that i chold run it with my normal suer? | mount it with umask=000 |
? a define starts w/ a # | yeah it does |
i have a strange problem. i'm trying to setup my internet connection from my ubuntu machine. i want it to use my public static ip. i used /etc/network/interfaces to configure my device. i have checked the configurations over and over again and everything is correctly configured. when i do a ifup eth0 i get: 'siocsifnet... | nevermind, you just stated you called ifup eth0 |
hello. how does one go about moving the /home partition, or the contents of it, to a new, larger /home partition ? using 7.10. have added a hard disk, no problem partitioning it with gparted or mounting the partitions, that's all good, but we do need help with naming the partitions properly and what steps are needed to... | http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome |
how do i get ubunto to boot in to runlevel 3? i don't want x running as i'm thinking of running this on a server. | runlevels on ubuntu/debian do not work like other distributions. if you don't want x running, remove it from startup: sudo update-rc.d gdm remove |
hi everyone. how do i tell what user apache is running after? (xubuntu instal + apt-get apache3 php5 php5-mysql) | apapche runs as www-data:www-data by default in ubuntu |
hi, i don't have libreoffice icons in dock, how can i switch on it? | open libreoffice and right-click its icon and pick 'lock to launcher' |
hi, how do i enable desktop effects in gutsy? where is it on the menus? | right click then desktop ppties |
what exaclty is the diffirence between gtk and gnome? | / is more like the c: drive |
i run breezy with xfce4... now, i try to access my usb drive, which is can do by mount it from dev to mnt. i can take files, but i cannot delete or add files. what would be a solution? sry for repeat | did you format the usb drive ntfs? |
i want to use my linux machine to make a phone menu. you know, 'press 1 to...'. i don't know where to even start looking. does anyone have any idea? | i'd suggest heading to the asterisk site and asking around there |
my friend has ubuntu 10.10 and he b0rked his his x by lowering his resolution, it blacked out and didn't restore itself. how can he fix it? | boot to recovery mode and run xfix |
anybody willing to walk me through some wine setup? i'm running 32bit ubuntu, wine 1.3, and have done all the config changes mentioned in the community page but still suffer from significantly lower framerates than my windows install | hmmm.. have you tried disabling compiz (the desktop effects)? i know they can negatively effect 3d apps in wine |
hi all question i use lsmod to list all modules loaded if the use is 0 does that mean its not loaded or just not being used at the moment | it is loaded but not used by another module |
in gnome 3.2, how do i open the empathy buddy window after i close it? | i haven't used gnome 3.2, but prior to gnome 3 the empathy icon was in the 'tray' or on the panel. so the icon is nowhere on scree? other than relaunching the app, which it should just bring up the active window, i don't know of any other way. |
what package do i use to open a winmail.dat file | do a 'file filename.dat' and see what it is |
does anyone know anything like this: http://www.venturecake.com/10-minutes-to-run-every-windows-app-seamlessly-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ for vm ware, but works with xp home addition? | that rdesktop trick only works in windows xp pro |
is my patience worth it (or should i resend my question or search for help somewhere else?) | dpkg -i /media/disk/where/it/is |
is there anyway to recurse with sftp in it's native form? | i believe not, but try lftp instead (it supports sftp) |
i just installed ubuntu and i'm trying to connect to my wireless network using wpa tkip, are there any howto's for this? | read message from bot please |
hi all - if i have made changes to my /boot/menu.lst and want to update my boot menu to include them, is the correct command grub-install /dev/hda? | if you change menu.lst, that's all you need |
which dir contains the daemon startup bash scripts, i.e. /etc/rc/httpd ? | with symlinks in /etc/rc?.d/ |
how do i check to see what type of partion is on my drives in a terminal? | or sudo blkid |
how can i regenerate xorg.conf coz i installed ati and gl doesn't work well want initial xorg.conf and no longer have it | in 9.10 many setups use a empty xorg.conf |
hello, the videos in my computer are blueish. all youtube videos look blue but some videos are showing the right colors. how can i reset the settings so that the color will go back to the default settings? | rightclick in a flash vid and chose settings? |
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