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is there some free x86 emulator for linux that i can use to try a new install of hoary? (i just want to see how it looks..)	: qemu is fine
ixmu4ugd - okay, so that would take care of the issue of not knowing if someone is pretending to be me?	was lstarnes that gave that answer
hi guys, quick questin, how do i install apache on my ubuntu server? thx ahead of itim	follow the above link ubottu just gave you
how instal kde desktop for ubuntu 10.2?	> yes
hi all. something's constantly accessing my hard disk and slowing things down to a crawl. any idea how to identify what's going on? i suspect it's a hardware problem since it started quite suddenly, but the smart tools don't identify anything too strange...	you can try to find it using ps aux
hi folks im having a weird graphic bug at xubuntu shutdown..the splash screen becomes corrupt with rainbow garbled colors...was wondering if anyone has any ideas how to fix this?	that always happens for me, no idea how to fix, i think it's sort of... normal
nice (didnt know)	there are more. system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> screenshots (in unity)
can anyone help me find a release of gutsy that i can use debootstrap with? i need to install a xen vm, but gutsy is gone from archive.ubuntu.com ?	gutsy is no longer supported
is it ok to upgrade from feisty to jaunty?	if you have a seperate /home and you want to make one single jump .. install fresh otherwise i'll have ubottu give you a link
is there a shortcut to change worskpaces in 10.10/11.04?	its like ctrl alt arrow or something
a co-worker of mine inadvertently overwrote the /etc/sudoers file with one that is owned by a user other than root. now all sudo commands reply that the file must be owned by root. how can i change ownership if i can't sudo chmod the file?	sinan: please don't use that term pejoratively.
are there any alternatives to xbmc? preferable some where i can set a prefered language track for audio and subtitles	try googling 'xbmc vs'.
awesome, another reason why i hate linux as a desktop. takes way too much time to install java	why is taht ?
hi. how come i cannot add an app as a default app. i get error saying 'could not add app to app database'. i only encounter this problem with addling vlc only.	launchpad.net/malone
packages that are held back are usually so because of a dependency that has not yet been uploaded to the repos. don't worry about them and when they are ready they will upgrade	yeah, but kernel packages? that's a first for me. wouldn't they just leave the older, working version in the repos?
so has the flash issue been resolved?	yes... for most people
i am sure there is a ubuntu page explainging how to setup 2 monitors, but i cant find it. anyone got a tip for me to search for?	'dual head' is the term to search for
does anyone know a good package for setting mouse button functions for ubuntu?	xbindkeys or imwheel
will my 10.04 beta install be upgradeable to the offical full release or do i have to do a clean install?	and yes, upgrade is working to get the final
where can i get a backport of the new screen-profiles package?	https://launchpad.net/~screen-profiles/+archive/ppa
does ubuntu need anything for tightvnc to login it, besides remote desktop enebaled?	never used tightvnc im sure its fine but consider installing freenx
what's the purpose of applications --> add/remove over synaptic, if add/remove can't really remove all that many packages?	scaleability.... add/remove is simple, little to no control over versions etc.. synaptic allows further control
what package installs add-apt-repository?	well, for updating your plymouth theme, you can use: sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u
does someon know how to make diferent file appear in different colors on the bash?	if you want it to default to showing colors, add a line to your .bashrc that says 'alias ls='ls --color=auto''
so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...	if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids
i need little help with ettercap on ubuntu... when i try to log infos... i get error! it says that i can't make a file that i wish to log infos.. permission denied.. i'm talking about gui ettercap, any help (sorry for bad english)	well if you run the app as you, you don't have write access there do you. you will need to find where the logs are written and give yourself write access there, or run the app with gksudo
is there a place where i can download custom load screens?	perhaps http://www.gnome-look.org
anybody mind looking at my fstab http://pastebin.ca/935513 and tell me why my ntfs is not mounting on boot ?	remove the first ,
is there a way to fix the boot menu throught the ubuntu 10.04 cd?	http://grub.enbug.org/grub2livecdinstallguide
morning....i installed a program via pkg manager, how do i find where it went?	what package?
who has a good sources.list file ?	the wiki has an excellent one :p *
is there a way to revert a users settings to the default settings for a new user? tried deleting .gnome2*, didn't do it	which setting are you trying to revert?
how can i create an iso file from a directory full of files?	mkisofs
i'm running 7.10 on i386. my update manager is offering to upgrade me to '8.04 lts'. is upgrading this way as risky as this kinda' thing used to be? or should i just back up what i need, and reinstall all from scratch?	i did it everything went fine
hi, i was wondering how i can edit the 'applications' menu because it seems to point to stuff which i have uninstalled already and i also want to add a couple of things. i have tried the program 'menu editor' but it doesn't seem to be able to do anything other than hiding links.	right click 'applications' and select edit menu
does anyone have a definative list of bootup parameters to ensure pc startup?	and don't listen to limcore -- many knoppix boot options don't apply to ubuntu
q: my ssh connection freezes after partial complete output of common functions like: 'ls, cat, top, ps' any idead how i can start to investigate?	try lowering the mtu size on the client size. if that helps, some router on the way to the ssh server drops all icmp packets (which is totally braindead)
i am having a problem trying to upload photos to a critique site, i have followed their instructions to the letter and the upload indicator runs and then it drops me out on their page but my photos are not there... this has been going on for days and now they are asking me to try another browser, i am using firefox and have no problems with any other site could someone tell me if there is a better browser than firefox for ubuntu	it's in the repositories
am i right in thinking that a cron job is the best way of running a scheduled backup?	thats an excellent way
whats the human readable command for hardware info?	i'm sure you can guess ls hw :)
how to format dvd-rw with command line ?	man growisofs ; growisofs --help
hi! anyone who got alot of time and can help me making awn, emerald and compiz start at boot? and also i need some help with sound issues.	start everyting you want statted at boot, menu > system > prefs > session > third tab , click save desktop
nvu changed is name?	kompozer
is there a way to expand on wildcards in client, by typing that which is unique (e.g. psuedosyntax s0005) and hitting tab?	look at the docs for zsh. it has more more powerful and configuration completion capabilities
anyone able to instruct on me how to install java3d in 10.04?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/java3dubuntu
is there a way a program is initialized but does not appear in ps -a	i think you hae to do something like: update-rc.d -n scriptname defaults
hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?	probably the ones that use firewire
where can i find linus' latest april fools' joke?	don't know but dave jones has a nice post on lkml: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/1/41
hi, is it safe to resize an ntfs partition using the ubuntu installer?	ntfs writes are unsafe
for some reason there are two icons showing in my computer but i only have one ipod	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ipodhowto ?
why would i create a separate partition for /boot and not just have it apart of /	the main reason used to be a limitation with lilo and older bioss where the /boot needed to be below cylinder 1024 on the hard disk
i moved home on separate partition and now xface is whining about .dmrc need to have 644 permission (or something) and it says that home should be owned only by user and only user can have privilages.so what do i need to do with .dmrc and what 'options' i need to set in fstab for home partition?	the command to set ownership is: $ 'sudo chown user:user filename' the one for permissions is: $ 'chmod 644 filename'
p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb is buggy, when it creates gzip files, their crc are invalid (in 64-bit os).	7zip is at 9.20 now
how to use internet expoler optimized website in ubuntu 9.04?	its a way to install ie in wine
how do i start a program inside a terminal-session so that it doesn't shutdown when i close the terminal-window itself?	use screen, or nohup. or disown the job
is there a way for me to share settings and emails of the evolution email client both on windows and ubuntu? and is there evolution for windows anywhere, or is it only available in gnome of ubuntu?	well....could use it with kde.... so i should say free-software-operating-systems-only
so no one knows any advantages of beep over xmms?	they're working on xmms2 which is based on gtk2
how can i put music in my sony netmd with ubuntu ?	you mostly can't as far as i know
i'm on the live cd, on my mac. i can't access some of my files on the hd because of permissions	gksu nautilus
how do you change colour from 16 bit to 24 bit	edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf (hoary) or /etc/x11/xf86config-4 (warty), change defaultdepth from 16 to 24
i upgraded to fiesty from edgy, and really like it so far. however, i use vmware quite a bit, which has trouble with the 2.6.20 kernel. is it possible to downgrade the kernel?	well you can just drop a different kernel in /boot and point grub to it in /boot/grub/menu.lst but that might mess up your video drivers and such no reason not to try it
hello, i'm using dapper, where are the kernel header files located?	however you need the pkg. sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
why is it that libreoffice has base greyed out for me? the libreoffice channel says it's not a lo problem	because you don't have it installed, perhaps? try installing the libreoffice-base package.
hey folks. got a problem here. just installed ubuntu and i'm loving it. i finally got the install for my graohics card to work, and boom. i boot up, and then my mouse stops working. it's a ps/2 mouse. i know most people use usb, but my 4 usb ports are filled by my keyboard, my mic, my webcam, and my ipod. any help would be great, thanks!	i think your mouse is not configured properly in the xorg.conf file
guess i'll just reinstall trusty old windows if nobody can help.	whats ya com specs, cpu, ram?
hi, what are good and easy to use tools available to convert videos (media) in linux? in windows we had endless number. i am having some trouble in finding same for linux.	that's a editing package
hi, i'm trying to install totem-xine and it sets to remove ubuntu-desktop, is there any problem to remove this?	no, just be sure to install it before a dist-upgrade
if i have a .deb file, how can i install it?	dpkg -i file.deb
hi, trying to build gimp 2.5(and gegl for that matter) on this fresh install and get the following error 'undefined reference to `gtk_init'' although i've installed libgtk2.0-dev; any ideas?	sudo apt-get build-dep gimp should get you the dependencies
all: where is the 'command line' ? i am trying to register the gstreamer plugins...	applications> accessories> terminal
has anyone got any idea why firefox is segfaulting every time i try to launch it in karmic? it was fine yesterday...	corrupt profile would be a guess, try running 'firefox -p' and creating a new one.
how to remove the letter icon near time in natty?	you may need to log out/back in to see the change
how can i search for a channel whose name contains a certain pattern?	/msg alis help
i feel a bit stupid asking this, but how do i make a new file in the terminal? i can't find a command for it...	or, just open it in whatever editor (nano filename) and then save it.
i did cat on a binary and now my terminal has some strange characters displaying. how can i reset it?	type 'reset' press enter
what is the password for sudo on livecd?	there is no password ;p
hi. which package contains iotop?	it's in universe, though. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=iotop
does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default	http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list
anyone able to provide some support for ps3 media server running on ubuntu?	just ask your question, or problem.. maybe someone answers
hello, i need you help here. i'm french and i don't know what is the right expression to talk about the index you found at the end of a book that containt a list of keyword and at which page it's referenced into the book.	a glossary lists the word definitions, an index is a list with page references
howto auto record the all display of 'sudo apt-get upgrade' ?	if you run 'script output.txt' then run whatever commands you want, then type 'exit' everything that happened in between will be logged in output.txt
anyone know where fluxbox stores its included styles by any chance?	/usr/share or /usr/local/share somewhere i think
how do i install src packages using synaptices	apt-get source $package
hi. im trying to update the contents of a file using sed. this doesnt seem to work: sed 's/oldstuff/newstuff/' inputfilename > inputfilename	make that 's/oldstuff/newstuff/g'
hmm.. amsn does seem to take up a lot of resources, doesn't it	bitlbee does, i believe, if you like irc
hi all! is the ubuntu dvd a mix of the normal and alternate cds?	no. it just includes all (or most) the packages.
if i reinstall ubuntu but do not format /home all my files will still be on the hdd right?	if /home is on a separate partition, yes
after installing feisty, my pc boots windows directly without asking me to choose between ubuntu or windows, what's the problem?	reinstall grub
my logitech marble mouse has these buttons on it that are usually configured to click back and forward in browsers automatically, but now it doesn't work. any ideas on how to get them working in at least firefox?	locate name of file
there is no one on the xubuntu channel....i'm trying to set my daughter up with an old laptop....can anyone help getting a linksys wusb54gs working in xubuntu....???....	maybe this will help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40299
hi all. i have a question about doing a server install. i just to run fluxbox, now i am going to switch (for openbox). after the corepackages is installed, can i do 'sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core openbox obconf gdm eterm'? do i have to generate the menu myself, or is it done automaticlly, like with fluxbox?	it's actually a submenu off menu.xml calld debian
what do i do to find out what group(s) have what permisssions on a specific folder?	gnome? just right click and properties
slightly offtopic: anyone in here knows what this is? http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l84a3bf92be6919b52a021dlf5.jpg	probably a bad thing to inhale, but beyond that i couldn't say.
audacity also does not do live processing either :(	for live processing, try pure data. if it's hard to understand, you can try posting at http://puredata.hurleur.com/
what tools exist for making html websites on ubuntu (like dreamweaver)?	there isn't really a dreamweaver equivalent as far as i know. i did use bluefish and thought it was good.
freidrichman: use synaptic and enable universe and such.	its not in the repos, i checked here.
hi, is it possible to upgrade directly from 9.04 (jaunty) to 10.04 (lucid)?	you can use rescue mode and do: do-release-upgrade
what would that ppa be?	the mozilla daily builds are in this ppa. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
i guess many are, what is your question?	are they specifically personal pgp keys or would a 'specific' team have one how do they work?
hi again, how do i do that * set an environment variable java_home to the pathname of the directory	example export path setting : export path='${path}:/opt/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/

is there some free x86 emulator for linux that i can use to try a new install of hoary? (i just want to see how it looks..)

: qemu is fine

ixmu4ugd - okay, so that would take care of the issue of not knowing if someone is pretending to be me?

was lstarnes that gave that answer

hi guys, quick questin, how do i install apache on my ubuntu server? thx ahead of itim

follow the above link ubottu just gave you

how instal kde desktop for ubuntu 10.2?

> yes

hi all. something's constantly accessing my hard disk and slowing things down to a crawl. any idea how to identify what's going on? i suspect it's a hardware problem since it started quite suddenly, but the smart tools don't identify anything too strange...

you can try to find it using ps aux

hi folks im having a weird graphic bug at xubuntu shutdown..the splash screen becomes corrupt with rainbow garbled colors...was wondering if anyone has any ideas how to fix this?

that always happens for me, no idea how to fix, i think it's sort of... normal

nice (didnt know)

there are more. system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> screenshots (in unity)

can anyone help me find a release of gutsy that i can use debootstrap with? i need to install a xen vm, but gutsy is gone from archive.ubuntu.com ?

gutsy is no longer supported

is it ok to upgrade from feisty to jaunty?

if you have a seperate /home and you want to make one single jump .. install fresh otherwise i'll have ubottu give you a link

is there a shortcut to change worskpaces in 10.10/11.04?

its like ctrl alt arrow or something

a co-worker of mine inadvertently overwrote the /etc/sudoers file with one that is owned by a user other than root. now all sudo commands reply that the file must be owned by root. how can i change ownership if i can't sudo chmod the file?

sinan: please don't use that term pejoratively.

are there any alternatives to xbmc? preferable some where i can set a prefered language track for audio and subtitles

try googling 'xbmc vs'.

awesome, another reason why i hate linux as a desktop. takes way too much time to install java

why is taht ?

hi. how come i cannot add an app as a default app. i get error saying 'could not add app to app database'. i only encounter this problem with addling vlc only.

launchpad.net/malone

packages that are held back are usually so because of a dependency that has not yet been uploaded to the repos. don't worry about them and when they are ready they will upgrade

yeah, but kernel packages? that's a first for me. wouldn't they just leave the older, working version in the repos?

so has the flash issue been resolved?

yes... for most people

i am sure there is a ubuntu page explainging how to setup 2 monitors, but i cant find it. anyone got a tip for me to search for?

'dual head' is the term to search for

does anyone know a good package for setting mouse button functions for ubuntu?

xbindkeys or imwheel

will my 10.04 beta install be upgradeable to the offical full release or do i have to do a clean install?

and yes, upgrade is working to get the final

where can i get a backport of the new screen-profiles package?

https://launchpad.net/~screen-profiles/+archive/ppa

does ubuntu need anything for tightvnc to login it, besides remote desktop enebaled?

never used tightvnc im sure its fine but consider installing freenx

what's the purpose of applications --> add/remove over synaptic, if add/remove can't really remove all that many packages?

scaleability.... add/remove is simple, little to no control over versions etc.. synaptic allows further control

what package installs add-apt-repository?

well, for updating your plymouth theme, you can use: sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u

does someon know how to make diferent file appear in different colors on the bash?

if you want it to default to showing colors, add a line to your .bashrc that says 'alias ls='ls --color=auto''

so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...

if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids

i need little help with ettercap on ubuntu... when i try to log infos... i get error! it says that i can't make a file that i wish to log infos.. permission denied.. i'm talking about gui ettercap, any help (sorry for bad english)

well if you run the app as you, you don't have write access there do you. you will need to find where the logs are written and give yourself write access there, or run the app with gksudo

is there a place where i can download custom load screens?

perhaps http://www.gnome-look.org

anybody mind looking at my fstab http://pastebin.ca/935513 and tell me why my ntfs is not mounting on boot ?

remove the first ,

is there a way to fix the boot menu throught the ubuntu 10.04 cd?

http://grub.enbug.org/grub2livecdinstallguide

morning....i installed a program via pkg manager, how do i find where it went?

what package?

who has a good sources.list file ?

the wiki has an excellent one :p *

is there a way to revert a users settings to the default settings for a new user? tried deleting .gnome2*, didn't do it

which setting are you trying to revert?

how can i create an iso file from a directory full of files?

mkisofs

i'm running 7.10 on i386. my update manager is offering to upgrade me to '8.04 lts'. is upgrading this way as risky as this kinda' thing used to be? or should i just back up what i need, and reinstall all from scratch?

i did it everything went fine

hi, i was wondering how i can edit the 'applications' menu because it seems to point to stuff which i have uninstalled already and i also want to add a couple of things. i have tried the program 'menu editor' but it doesn't seem to be able to do anything other than hiding links.

right click 'applications' and select edit menu

does anyone have a definative list of bootup parameters to ensure pc startup?

and don't listen to limcore -- many knoppix boot options don't apply to ubuntu

q: my ssh connection freezes after partial complete output of common functions like: 'ls, cat, top, ps' any idead how i can start to investigate?

try lowering the mtu size on the client size. if that helps, some router on the way to the ssh server drops all icmp packets (which is totally braindead)

i am having a problem trying to upload photos to a critique site, i have followed their instructions to the letter and the upload indicator runs and then it drops me out on their page but my photos are not there... this has been going on for days and now they are asking me to try another browser, i am using firefox and have no problems with any other site could someone tell me if there is a better browser than firefox for ubuntu

it's in the repositories

am i right in thinking that a cron job is the best way of running a scheduled backup?

thats an excellent way

whats the human readable command for hardware info?

i'm sure you can guess ls hw :)

how to format dvd-rw with command line ?

man growisofs ; growisofs --help

hi! anyone who got alot of time and can help me making awn, emerald and compiz start at boot? and also i need some help with sound issues.

start everyting you want statted at boot, menu > system > prefs > session > third tab , click save desktop

nvu changed is name?

kompozer

is there a way to expand on wildcards in client, by typing that which is unique (e.g. psuedosyntax *s0005*) and hitting tab?

look at the docs for zsh. it has more more powerful and configuration completion capabilities

anyone able to instruct on me how to install java3d in 10.04?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/java3dubuntu

is there a way a program is initialized but does not appear in ps -a

i think you hae to do something like: update-rc.d -n scriptname defaults

hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?

probably the ones that use firewire

where can i find linus' latest april fools' joke?

don't know but dave jones has a nice post on lkml: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/1/41

hi, is it safe to resize an ntfs partition using the ubuntu installer?

ntfs writes are unsafe

for some reason there are two icons showing in my computer but i only have one ipod

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ipodhowto ?

why would i create a separate partition for /boot and not just have it apart of /

the main reason used to be a limitation with lilo and older bioss where the /boot needed to be below cylinder 1024 on the hard disk

i moved home on separate partition and now xface is whining about .dmrc need to have 644 permission (or something) and it says that home should be owned only by user and only user can have privilages.so what do i need to do with .dmrc and what 'options' i need to set in fstab for home partition?

the command to set ownership is: $ 'sudo chown user:user filename' the one for permissions is: $ 'chmod 644 filename'

p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb is buggy, when it creates gzip files, their crc are invalid (in 64-bit os).

7zip is at 9.20 now

how to use internet expoler optimized website in ubuntu 9.04?

its a way to install ie in wine

how do i start a program inside a terminal-session so that it doesn't shutdown when i close the terminal-window itself?

use screen, or nohup. or disown the job

is there a way for me to share settings and emails of the evolution email client both on windows and ubuntu? and is there evolution for windows anywhere, or is it only available in gnome of ubuntu?

well....could use it with kde.... so i should say free-software-operating-systems-only

so no one knows any advantages of beep over xmms?

they're working on xmms2 which is based on gtk2

how can i put music in my sony netmd with ubuntu ?

you mostly can't as far as i know

i'm on the live cd, on my mac. i can't access some of my files on the hd because of permissions

gksu nautilus

how do you change colour from 16 bit to 24 bit

edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf (hoary) or /etc/x11/xf86config-4 (warty), change defaultdepth from 16 to 24

i upgraded to fiesty from edgy, and really like it so far. however, i use vmware quite a bit, which has trouble with the 2.6.20 kernel. is it possible to downgrade the kernel?

well you can just drop a different kernel in /boot and point grub to it in /boot/grub/menu.lst but that might mess up your video drivers and such no reason not to try it

hello, i'm using dapper, where are the kernel header files located?

however you need the pkg. sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

why is it that libreoffice has base greyed out for me? the libreoffice channel says it's not a lo problem

because you don't have it installed, perhaps? try installing the libreoffice-base package.

hey folks. got a problem here. just installed ubuntu and i'm loving it. i finally got the install for my graohics card to work, and boom. i boot up, and then my mouse stops working. it's a ps/2 mouse. i know most people use usb, but my 4 usb ports are filled by my keyboard, my mic, my webcam, and my ipod. any help would be great, thanks!

i think your mouse is not configured properly in the xorg.conf file

guess i'll just reinstall trusty old windows if nobody can help.

whats ya com specs, cpu, ram?

hi, what are good and easy to use tools available to convert videos (media) in linux? in windows we had endless number. i am having some trouble in finding same for linux.

that's a editing package

hi, i'm trying to install totem-xine and it sets to remove ubuntu-desktop, is there any problem to remove this?

no, just be sure to install it before a dist-upgrade

if i have a .deb file, how can i install it?

dpkg -i file.deb

hi, trying to build gimp 2.5(and gegl for that matter) on this fresh install and get the following error 'undefined reference to `gtk_init'' although i've installed libgtk2.0-dev; any ideas?

sudo apt-get build-dep gimp should get you the dependencies

all: where is the 'command line' ? i am trying to register the gstreamer plugins...

applications> accessories> terminal

has anyone got any idea why firefox is segfaulting every time i try to launch it in karmic? it was fine yesterday...

corrupt profile would be a guess, try running 'firefox -p' and creating a new one.

how to remove the letter icon near time in natty?

you may need to log out/back in to see the change

how can i search for a channel whose name contains a certain pattern?

/msg alis help

i feel a bit stupid asking this, but how do i make a new file in the terminal? i can't find a command for it...

or, just open it in whatever editor (nano filename) and then save it.

i did cat on a binary and now my terminal has some strange characters displaying. how can i reset it?

type 'reset' press enter

what is the password for sudo on livecd?

there is no password ;p

hi. which package contains iotop?

it's in universe, though. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=iotop

does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default

http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list

anyone able to provide some support for ps3 media server running on ubuntu?

just ask your question, or problem.. maybe someone answers

hello, i need you help here. i'm french and i don't know what is the right expression to talk about the index you found at the end of a book that containt a list of keyword and at which page it's referenced into the book.

a glossary lists the word definitions, an index is a list with page references

howto auto record the all display of 'sudo apt-get upgrade' ?

if you run 'script output.txt' then run whatever commands you want, then type 'exit' everything that happened in between will be logged in output.txt

anyone know where fluxbox stores its included styles by any chance?

/usr/share or /usr/local/share somewhere i think

how do i install src packages using synaptices

apt-get source $package

hi. im trying to update the contents of a file using sed. this doesnt seem to work: sed 's/oldstuff/newstuff/' inputfilename > inputfilename

make that 's/oldstuff/newstuff/g'

hmm.. amsn does seem to take up a lot of resources, doesn't it

bitlbee does, i believe, if you like irc

hi all! is the ubuntu dvd a mix of the normal and alternate cds?

no. it just includes all (or most) the packages.

if i reinstall ubuntu but do not format /home all my files will still be on the hdd right?

if /home is on a separate partition, yes

after installing feisty, my pc boots windows directly without asking me to choose between ubuntu or windows, what's the problem?

reinstall grub

my logitech marble mouse has these buttons on it that are usually configured to click back and forward in browsers automatically, but now it doesn't work. any ideas on how to get them working in at least firefox?

locate *name of file*

there is no one on the xubuntu channel....i'm trying to set my daughter up with an old laptop....can anyone help getting a linksys wusb54gs working in xubuntu....???....

maybe this will help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40299

hi all. i have a question about doing a server install. i just to run fluxbox, now i am going to switch (for openbox). after the corepackages is installed, can i do 'sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core openbox obconf gdm eterm'? do i have to generate the menu myself, or is it done automaticlly, like with fluxbox?

it's actually a submenu off menu.xml calld debian

what do i do to find out what group(s) have what permisssions on a specific folder?

gnome? just right click and properties

slightly offtopic: anyone in here knows what this is? http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l84a3bf92be6919b52a021dlf5.jpg

probably a bad thing to inhale, but beyond that i couldn't say.

audacity also does not do live processing either :(

for live processing, try pure data. if it's hard to understand, you can try posting at http://puredata.hurleur.com/

what tools exist for making html websites on ubuntu (like dreamweaver)?

there isn't really a dreamweaver equivalent as far as i know. i did use bluefish and thought it was good.

freidrichman: use synaptic and enable universe and such.

its not in the repos, i checked here.

hi, is it possible to upgrade directly from 9.04 (jaunty) to 10.04 (lucid)?

you can use rescue mode and do: do-release-upgrade

what would that ppa be?

the mozilla daily builds are in this ppa. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa

i guess many are, what is your question?

are they specifically personal pgp keys or would a 'specific' team have one how do they work?

hi again, how do i do that * set an environment variable java_home to the pathname of the directory

example export path setting : export path='${path}:/opt/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/