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how can i ask for a package to be added to multiverse?	bugzilla.ubuntu.org
anyone know of a dock i can use with with both beryl & metacity	kxdockers
guys, what the most widely used app for burning cds and dvds in gnome? (i know there's built in, i want more full featured)	k3b or gnomebaker
can someone help me - i have no sound in hardy, i had in gibon -- http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/64806/	open a console then type alsamixer
when i delete a file from usb drive, no space is actually freed up on the drive. the file simply vanishes from nautilus. why is this? when i delete the file from windows using vmware, space is actually freed-up on the drive.	something still has the file open (see `lsof`); once that's closed, the space will be freed
hi all. anybody tell me if it is possible to setup different hostnames for each separate nic i have installed on my pc? i have one wired connection and one wireless; and would like to have different hostnames for each nic. anybody help or point me in the direction of a howto?	thats not how hostnames work -- a hostname is global to a machine and differrent interfaces dont have different hostnames
somone here has a clue about universe and so? how easy is it to package sth for ubuntu's universe?.	read the packaging links from wiki/motu
how do i find the pid of vlc?	use 'ps -aux \| grep vlc'
if i have one hdd on which i have installed the ubuntu os on. and then get another hdd. do i want it to be a logical or a primary? whats the difference? and whats the difference between ext2 and ext3?	ext3 is best because it keeps a log of your files incase your power goes out or something
can someone go into openoffice writer, go to tools > customize, click on the 'shortcut keys' section, press shift+enter and tell me what the command beside it is called?	your question was answered a while ago -- just look back about 20 entries
any console/textbased (slang?) program to check the bandwith with?	vnstat
i'm trying to setup a linux server running in vmware server. and i want that linux server to have an external ip, (host machine is windows 2003 server). can anyone point me to where i can learn how to do this?	i believe that man interfaces will give you docs
is there an easy way to figure out what packages are installed on machine 1, and get all the same packages on machine 2?	get-selections and set-selections
ok, i dont know here to ask, but anways: i have a small c-program that runs system('script.sh'); and script.sh runs whoami; the c-program i chmodded +s and owned by me. if i do sudo -u www-data ./c-program i get 'www-data' not my username	you might want to look into the c programming channel
heeeey... in xorg.conf, when it says 'configured video device', where exactly is it configured? i need to change its config	xorg does autodetection by default, now. if you need to add manual configuration stuff, just add it to the file.
if i were to set up /etc/network/interface to allow me to connect to the internet on wireless on boot how would this be done?	on top right right click on network dongle, edit connections wireless
does anyone know where i can an ubuntu package for the latest version of gtkpod - the gtkpod website has a debian link ,can i use this ?	good by
you wouldn't know that because you've been ignoring me up until i said something that bothered you.	sound does not work well in ubuntu for you, on your hardware, with your current configuration.
me installed jaunty kde3 rmx, after that i can't play sound through my kaffeine, vlc or even online (youtube). when loggin in my linux the start-sound is playing as it is when i run a hardware media-test! what's wrong ?	try removing pulseaudio, worked for me and a few others didnt work for everyone
anyone know what package 'libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3' belongs to?	http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-search.en.html - section 5.4
does anybody know of a good sqlyog alternative for linux? it's a mysql gui frontend (and no, the mysql administrator isn't enough)	do you object to phpmyadmin?
how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down	you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.
quick question about bug reporting procedures. if i report a bug through launchpad and it turns out to be an upstream problem, should i go to the app's bug repository and file a bug or just note that it's upstream in the launchpad ticket?	as an upstream provider, i prefer it if people report bugs to me directly too.
is it just me or do isos take ages to copy over usb 1? :(	they do, yes...
how do i print out all the settings obtained via dhcp? ifconfig doesn't print things like dns and gateway	you can use the route command to check how dhclient configures your default-route/gateway, /etc/resolv,conf has info on dns
can you play other 3d hardware accelerated games ?	could you help me with my mouse/touchpad problem?
hey can anyone help explain something to me? there's a script on one of our company servers that i want to edit, but i don't recall where the script is. it's obviously in one of the $path folders since i can just tab-complete it from any folder if i want to run it, but is there any kind of readlink-like command to find it or do i just have to use the find command?	`which nameofcommand'
how to return some information about cpu with terminal?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
i'm trying to get ubuntu 7.04 working with a 3com 3c509 etherlink iii network adapter. sudo modprobe 3c509 puts eth0 an eth0:avah in my ifconfig, but i keep getting 169.254.. ip addresses, which is a windows private ip address that happens when it can't find a dhcp server, which is confusing. the pc connection light on my router isn't turning on, either. sudo dhclient eth0 isn't working. can someone help me?	if the pc connection light isnt on then check the cable
quick q... whats normal ssh server to install on ubuntu to enable ssh logins? openssh? or is there another thats more often used	thats the normal one
how can i stop daylight savings on my ubuntu server?	tzconfig
how do i delete a gateway route for a interface ?	man route?
on my laptop, sometimes 'lspci' shows wifi card and sometimes it doesn't. what should i do?	intermittent problems are the worst. :-(
hrm, anyone have any idea why the ubuntu fluxbox package does not have fluxbox-generate_menu compiled?	its in universe
a qemu command to test ubuntu install??	qemu is an emulator; that means it completely reimplements the processor. i suggest looking at a virtualization tool, which works by sharing the processor - virtualbox is an example of this.
hey all, i've just installed a fresh ubuntu with gcc-4.0... i want to compile a program but i need stdlib.h/stdio.h ... where can i get these files? thanks	you should install the 'build-essential' package.
if i have a bin file under ~/bin, how do i make my system recognice its there?	without installing it?
hello, is there a tool that will defragment a file, in linux? i need to defrag a 4gb file i copied over from windows.	if you copied it to ext4, it will be defragged
hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?	squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value
is it possible to repair ubuntu 11.10 by a live cd ? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157250 :: what packages must be installed to get the login mask?	that depends on what you want to repair.
had? no longer?	i know that they were sending out monthly wallpapers but i dont know how that worked. i know packages are in the repos. you might want to search the wiki or the forums
how do i use apt-get to manipulate the files that were held back in upgrade?	first do a upgrade, too, and unless kernel (reboot required there) can try sudpt-get dist-upgrade
how would i run a php program stand alone? some thing like 'php program.php' and it runs program.php?	you need to install php5-cli
seriously, why can't there be another way for the average (windows) user to install hardware on linux other than randomly reading hundrets of pages in forums and following random tutorials and still not getting the bloody hardware to work like you want..	what hardware
for some reason vim doesn't react on 'h' key, but 'l' and 'm' work as supposed. is it ubuntu-related problem or bug in vim or maybe something else?	press mhmhmh. the cursor moves for me. what version of vim, and in the terminal or gvim?
anyone know some about webcams? i am having problems with my logitech camera, i think it want to use something called v4l2 i think i kind of tinkered into it and made it.. hmm.. well lets say it might be the user and not the system that was the problem here.. though now i have a black screen at best, any hints something to remove/add and so on?	try sudo apt-get install cheese
is there already a new version of beryl for ubuntu?	beryl is now compiz
what do i install to have the get command available?	ssh i believe
how can i define a direction key to a shortcut	aptitude purge gnome-do
how do i kill something in 'top' within the terminal?	kill -11 $pid
is there a feisty torrent out?	http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/
with ssh, is there any way to save an ip that i keep using? like give it a name?	yes, create ~/.ssh/config. see man ssh_config
question: during my ubuntu installation, one of the advanced options was to not install a boot loader. is there any reason why you wouldn't install it? i thought it was required	i think ubuntu can be booted straight in like windows, but then no recovery mode, and can't just change to a later kernel and things, as a result best to always put the bootloader on
can someone help me to start booting from from a raid1 root('/') filesystem?	not sure about 'bugs', but i know many have had issues boot raid with ubuntu desktop - sorry i don't use raid myself, so have never paid much attention. good luck.
has anyone had trouble with their keyboard, where the numberpad keys just wont work?	try hitting shift+num lock
anyone know how to make udev repopulate /dev/disk/by-label without a reboot?	-> try sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart or hald restart on same dir
how do i copy all files in a directory to the directory above it?	'cp -r * ../'
hi there :) does anyone know of a (i guess a cad) program where i can feed in the schematic for an electronic circuit and a protoboard type, and it will spit out the most space-efficient layout?	not sure, but can eagle do that?
hi, is there a demo site that shows all the new features of firefox 3.5 (not in a video, i mean one that you access with firefox 3.5 to see it in action)?	hacks.mozilla.org developer.mozilla.org
can anyone point me to a simple setup how to on setting up a mailserver?	try howtoforge.org
is there a way i can get alt+f2 to work for the run dialog while i have gnome-panel turned off?	might be able to set hot keys in admin menus
my linksys wireless-g usb adpater wusb54gc is detected in ubuntu and i have wlan0 but can't be connected to the router	here is a related thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225206
anybody using compiz here?	i am.
can anyone recommend a good radio app?	i use clementine, all around good music player. comes with a good selection of radio stations and you can add your own
how do i find the /dev device to which a usb device has been bound? apparently, usbcore registered my device with snd-usb-audio, but i'm not sure where or how to find it to use on the command line with mplayer. i can see the video at /dev/video0 but don't know where to find the audio. here are the relevant entries from dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789239/ here's lsusb: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789240/ here's what i'm trying t	try looking in /dev/disk/by-id/
how do i download vlc source from ubuntu repository?	try
hi guys. my ubuntu doesnt like my microphon (internal and external). i added a specific line to the alsa-base.conf following a alsa-configuration-tutorial. could someone help me to configure my sound device thus i can use my mic?	that's on terminal btw
hi , how can i download all 'ubuntu studio' packages on 9.4, as a bundle ?	ubuntustudio-desktop is the package
can anyone explain me what '>logfile 2>&1' means?	i think the 2>&1 means to output both standard out and standard error...
what other guis can i get for ubuntu besides kde and gnome? i'm looking for something low profile and clean. can they be installed via apt-get if i were to do a server install of ubuntu?	try xubuntu with xfce
my system seems to be using about 50% cpu, can anyone tell me what bonobo-activation-server is?	nautilus runs by default, it displays your desktop icons
is it possible to use the live cd / dvd in the package manager so that i don't have to download the pakages?	yes. go to add repositories, and add the cd
hi, i removed a file using 'sudo rm file', is there a way to retrieve it? thanks	not very easially
i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?	/boot/grub/grub.cfg
how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?	sudo su
does sudo automatically keep a log in 9.04?	check in /var/log/ .. something with authentication i think
hi. can anyone tell me if there is a program that i can use to see the speed, signal level of my wireless connection ?	you can see the speed in system monitor (system>administration>system monitor>resources tab)
what does '-r' check in a shell script?	'if file exist and is readable'
64bit lucid: i've got the 10.1 32bit flash installed using ndiswrapper from a tutorial found in the forums but full-screen video looks very choppy with it. any suggestions? trying to stream world cup games smoothly :)	is your internet fast enoough to streap high quality video in the first place? you might want to check that first
how can i change the master volume in command line, please ? (i want it for a script, thus can't use stuff like alsamixer)	amixer
how do you do updates in ubuntu server 8.04. in the gui version you can just go to the update manager and click install - but whats the command for doing it in the command line version of ubuntu?	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
can i remove ~/.gnome and have it reappear fresh on relogin?	you may need to remove .gconfd as well
hey inversekinetix, any luck with deluge?	tried deluge, i like ktorrent better for now thanks, i really wanna get utorrent working
can someone show me the way to make my soundcard optical/surroundsound output work? the stereo output works but not the surround output. is there a 'how to' on this? thanks	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/surroundsound
can i use ubuntu on macbook without any problem(primary os)?	- macs can be tricky. but there is a mac section on ubuntuforums
uhm, how do i change my sources again, i cant find anything with apt-get as it is.	sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
hi there, can someone think of a reason a cronjob cant cd to a directory (permissions should be fine)	you need to give the full path
i'm about to reinstall ubuntu, i've already backed up my docs, and i don't want to keep my configuration; is there any special precaution i should take? (about grub, boot sector, etc)	just a general advice; create a separate /home partition.
hey guys i just got out of windows, and im really used to 'win+e' to open my computer, could anyone help me out set hot key for opening my home folder ? ..or refer me to a howto :d	ctrl+alt+home is default. otherwise, go to system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts and change it
anyone know why, if i can touch a file in a parent directory with the same dir permissions as the current directory, why can't i touch a file in the current directory?	what's the command you're typing?
hello everyone :) can anyone tell me how to write an external harddrive formatted with ntfs?	ntfs3g might help you
hey guys, my problem is this .... there is a button at the top-right corner in ubuntu, wich you click ti shutdown/restart/logoff etc etc .... but something happened and i now only see (guest session, lock screen and log off) ... does anyone know how to get the old layout back ? ... using ubuntu 8.10	sudo poweroff or sudo init 0 or sudo shutdown -h now
is there an applet that shows cpu usage as a graph on the gnome panel?	system monitor
how do i increase bash history in ubuntu?	in the menu there is a options thingy where you can set it.
anyone know of some good terminal system monitors?	htop? saidar?
i'd like to recursively delete all the files in my home directory and subdirectories that start with '._' -- rm -r \._* doesn't seem to work -- can someone help?	run it without all the -exec stuff first though, to make sure that you are getting the right files.
i'm considering moving from gentoo to ubuntu . . . can someone point me to where i can find ubuntu package changelogs online?	i think this is the closest thing...not sure if it has changelogs
when i open synaptic package manager i get this error- 'dkpg was interrupted- manually enter 'dpkg --configure -a'; how do i do that?	applications>accessories>terminal, in there type: sudo dpkg --configure -a
how do i get an address bar in file open dialog ? its not possible to access hidden directories	--force-depends
is there a repo for dr.java ? or know of any java ide's other than eclipse ?	there are numerous ides for java.. netbeans.org is one

how can i ask for a package to be added to multiverse?

bugzilla.ubuntu.org

anyone know of a dock i can use with with both beryl & metacity

kxdockers

guys, what the most widely used app for burning cds and dvds in gnome? (i know there's built in, i want more full featured)

k3b or gnomebaker

can someone help me - i have no sound in hardy, i had in gibon -- http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/64806/

open a console then type alsamixer

when i delete a file from usb drive, no space is actually freed up on the drive. the file simply vanishes from nautilus. why is this? when i delete the file from windows using vmware, space is actually freed-up on the drive.

something still has the file open (see `lsof`); once that's closed, the space will be freed

hi all. anybody tell me if it is possible to setup different hostnames for each separate nic i have installed on my pc? i have one wired connection and one wireless; and would like to have different hostnames for each nic. anybody help or point me in the direction of a howto?

thats not how hostnames work -- a hostname is global to a machine and differrent interfaces dont have different hostnames

somone here has a clue about universe and so? how easy is it to package sth for ubuntu's universe?.

read the packaging links from wiki/motu

how do i find the pid of vlc?

use 'ps -aux | grep vlc'

if i have one hdd on which i have installed the ubuntu os on. and then get another hdd. do i want it to be a logical or a primary? whats the difference? and whats the difference between ext2 and ext3?

ext3 is best because it keeps a log of your files incase your power goes out or something

can someone go into openoffice writer, go to tools > customize, click on the 'shortcut keys' section, press shift+enter and tell me what the command beside it is called?

your question was answered a while ago -- just look back about 20 entries

any console/textbased (slang?) program to check the bandwith with?

vnstat

i'm trying to setup a linux server running in vmware server. and i want that linux server to have an external ip, (host machine is windows 2003 server). can anyone point me to where i can learn how to do this?

i believe that man interfaces will give you docs

is there an easy way to figure out what packages are installed on machine 1, and get all the same packages on machine 2?

get-selections and set-selections

ok, i dont know here to ask, but anways: i have a small c-program that runs system('script.sh'); and script.sh runs whoami; the c-program i chmodded +s and owned by me. if i do sudo -u www-data ./c-program i get 'www-data' not my username

you might want to look into the c programming channel

heeeey... in xorg.conf, when it says 'configured video device', where exactly is it configured? i need to change its config

xorg does autodetection by default, now. if you need to add manual configuration stuff, just add it to the file.

if i were to set up /etc/network/interface to allow me to connect to the internet on wireless on boot how would this be done?

on top right right click on network dongle, edit connections wireless

does anyone know where i can an ubuntu package for the latest version of gtkpod - the gtkpod website has a debian link ,can i use this ?

good by

you wouldn't know that because you've been ignoring me up until i said something that bothered you.

sound does not work well in ubuntu for you, on your hardware, with your current configuration.

me installed jaunty kde3 rmx, after that i can't play sound through my kaffeine, vlc or even online (youtube). when loggin in my linux the start-sound is playing as it is when i run a hardware media-test! what's wrong ?

try removing pulseaudio, worked for me and a few others didnt work for everyone

anyone know what package 'libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3' belongs to?

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-search.en.html - section 5.4

does anybody know of a good sqlyog alternative for linux? it's a mysql gui frontend (and no, the mysql administrator isn't enough)

do you object to phpmyadmin?

how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down

you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.

quick question about bug reporting procedures. if i report a bug through launchpad and it turns out to be an upstream problem, should i go to the app's bug repository and file a bug or just note that it's upstream in the launchpad ticket?

as an upstream provider, i prefer it if people report bugs to me directly too.

is it just me or do isos take ages to copy over usb 1? :(

they do, yes...

how do i print out all the settings obtained via dhcp? ifconfig doesn't print things like dns and gateway

you can use the route command to check how dhclient configures your default-route/gateway, /etc/resolv,conf has info on dns

can you play other 3d hardware accelerated games ?

could you help me with my mouse/touchpad problem?

hey can anyone help explain something to me? there's a script on one of our company servers that i want to edit, but i don't recall where the script is. it's obviously in one of the $path folders since i can just tab-complete it from any folder if i want to run it, but is there any kind of readlink-like command to find it or do i just have to use the find command?

`which nameofcommand'

how to return some information about cpu with terminal?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

i'm trying to get ubuntu 7.04 working with a 3com 3c509 etherlink iii network adapter. sudo modprobe 3c509 puts eth0 an eth0:avah in my ifconfig, but i keep getting 169.254.*.* ip addresses, which is a windows private ip address that happens when it can't find a dhcp server, which is confusing. the pc connection light on my router isn't turning on, either. sudo dhclient eth0 isn't working. can someone help me?

if the pc connection light isnt on then check the cable

quick q... whats normal ssh server to install on ubuntu to enable ssh logins? openssh? or is there another thats more often used

thats the normal one

how can i stop daylight savings on my ubuntu server?

tzconfig

how do i delete a gateway route for a interface ?

man route?

on my laptop, sometimes 'lspci' shows wifi card and sometimes it doesn't. what should i do?

intermittent problems are the worst. :-(

hrm, anyone have any idea why the ubuntu fluxbox package does not have fluxbox-generate_menu compiled?

its in universe

a qemu command to test ubuntu install??

qemu is an emulator; that means it completely reimplements the processor. i suggest looking at a virtualization tool, which works by sharing the processor - virtualbox is an example of this.

hey all, i've just installed a fresh ubuntu with gcc-4.0... i want to compile a program but i need stdlib.h/stdio.h ... where can i get these files? thanks

you should install the 'build-essential' package.

if i have a bin file under ~/bin, how do i make my system recognice its there?

without installing it?

hello, is there a tool that will defragment a file, in linux? i need to defrag a 4gb file i copied over from windows.

if you copied it to ext4, it will be defragged

hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?

squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value

is it possible to repair ubuntu 11.10 by a live cd ? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157250 :: what packages must be installed to get the login mask?

that depends on what you want to repair.

had? no longer?

i know that they were sending out monthly wallpapers but i dont know how that worked. i know packages are in the repos. you might want to search the wiki or the forums

how do i use apt-get to manipulate the files that were held back in upgrade?

first do a upgrade, too, and unless kernel (reboot required there) can try sudpt-get dist-upgrade

how would i run a php program stand alone? some thing like 'php program.php' and it runs program.php?

you need to install php5-cli

seriously, why can't there be another way for the average (windows) user to install hardware on linux other than randomly reading hundrets of pages in forums and following random tutorials and still not getting the bloody hardware to work like you want..

what hardware

for some reason vim doesn't react on 'h' key, but 'l' and 'm' work as supposed. is it ubuntu-related problem or bug in vim or maybe something else?

press mhmhmh. the cursor moves for me. what version of vim, and in the terminal or gvim?

anyone know some about webcams? i am having problems with my logitech camera, i think it want to use something called v4l2 i think i kind of tinkered into it and made it.. hmm.. well lets say it might be the user and not the system that was the problem here.. though now i have a black screen at best, any hints something to remove/add and so on?

try sudo apt-get install cheese

is there already a new version of beryl for ubuntu?

beryl is now compiz

what do i install to have the get command available?

ssh i believe

how can i define a direction key to a shortcut

aptitude purge gnome-do

how do i kill something in 'top' within the terminal?

kill -11 $pid

is there a feisty torrent out?

http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/

with ssh, is there any way to save an ip that i keep using? like give it a name?

yes, create ~/.ssh/config. see man ssh_config

question: during my ubuntu installation, one of the advanced options was to not install a boot loader. is there any reason why you wouldn't install it? i thought it was required

i think ubuntu can be booted straight in like windows, but then no recovery mode, and can't just change to a later kernel and things, as a result best to always put the bootloader on

can someone help me to start booting from from a raid1 root('/') filesystem?

not sure about 'bugs', but i know many have had issues boot raid with ubuntu desktop - sorry i don't use raid myself, so have never paid much attention. good luck.

has anyone had trouble with their keyboard, where the numberpad keys just wont work?

try hitting shift+num lock

anyone know how to make udev repopulate /dev/disk/by-label without a reboot?

-> try sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart or hald restart on same dir

how do i copy all files in a directory to the directory above it?

'cp -r * ../'

hi there :) does anyone know of a (i guess a cad) program where i can feed in the schematic for an electronic circuit and a protoboard type, and it will spit out the most space-efficient layout?

not sure, but can eagle do that?

hi, is there a demo site that shows all the new features of firefox 3.5 (not in a video, i mean one that you access with firefox 3.5 to see it in action)?

hacks.mozilla.org developer.mozilla.org

can anyone point me to a simple setup how to on setting up a mailserver?

try howtoforge.org

is there a way i can get alt+f2 to work for the run dialog while i have gnome-panel turned off?

might be able to set hot keys in admin menus

my linksys wireless-g usb adpater wusb54gc is detected in ubuntu and i have wlan0 but can't be connected to the router

here is a related thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225206

anybody using compiz here?

i am.

can anyone recommend a good radio app?

i use clementine, all around good music player. comes with a good selection of radio stations and you can add your own

how do i find the /dev device to which a usb device has been bound? apparently, usbcore registered my device with snd-usb-audio, but i'm not sure where or how to find it to use on the command line with mplayer. i can see the video at /dev/video0 but don't know where to find the audio. here are the relevant entries from dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789239/ here's lsusb: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789240/ here's what i'm trying t

try looking in /dev/disk/by-id/

how do i download vlc source from ubuntu repository?

try

hi guys. my ubuntu doesnt like my microphon (internal and external). i added a specific line to the alsa-base.conf following a alsa-configuration-tutorial. could someone help me to configure my sound device thus i can use my mic?

that's on terminal btw

hi , how can i download all 'ubuntu studio' packages on 9.4, as a bundle ?

ubuntustudio-desktop is the package

can anyone explain me what '>logfile 2>&1' means?

i think the 2>&1 means to output both standard out and standard error...

what other guis can i get for ubuntu besides kde and gnome? i'm looking for something low profile and clean. can they be installed via apt-get if i were to do a server install of ubuntu?

try xubuntu with xfce

my system seems to be using about 50% cpu, can anyone tell me what bonobo-activation-server is?

nautilus runs by default, it displays your desktop icons

is it possible to use the live cd / dvd in the package manager so that i don't have to download the pakages?

yes. go to add repositories, and add the cd

hi, i removed a file using 'sudo rm file', is there a way to retrieve it? thanks

not very easially

i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?

sudo su

does sudo automatically keep a log in 9.04?

check in /var/log/ .. something with authentication i think

hi. can anyone tell me if there is a program that i can use to see the speed, signal level of my wireless connection ?

you can see the speed in system monitor (system>administration>system monitor>resources tab)

what does '-r' check in a shell script?

'if file exist and is readable'

64bit lucid: i've got the 10.1 32bit flash installed using ndiswrapper from a tutorial found in the forums but full-screen video looks very choppy with it. any suggestions? trying to stream world cup games smoothly :)

is your internet fast enoough to streap high quality video in the first place? you might want to check that first

how can i change the master volume in command line, please ? (i want it for a script, thus can't use stuff like alsamixer)

amixer

how do you do updates in ubuntu server 8.04. in the gui version you can just go to the update manager and click install - but whats the command for doing it in the command line version of ubuntu?

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

can i remove ~/.gnome and have it reappear fresh on relogin?

you may need to remove .gconfd as well

hey inversekinetix, any luck with deluge?

tried deluge, i like ktorrent better for now thanks, i really wanna get utorrent working

can someone show me the way to make my soundcard optical/surroundsound output work? the stereo output works but not the surround output. is there a 'how to' on this? thanks

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

can i use ubuntu on macbook without any problem(primary os)?

- macs can be tricky. but there is a mac section on ubuntuforums

uhm, how do i change my sources again, i cant find anything with apt-get as it is.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

hi there, can someone think of a reason a cronjob cant cd to a directory (permissions should be fine)

you need to give the full path

i'm about to reinstall ubuntu, i've already backed up my docs, and i don't want to keep my configuration; is there any special precaution i should take? (about grub, boot sector, etc)

just a general advice; create a separate /home partition.

hey guys i just got out of windows, and im really used to 'win+e' to open my computer, could anyone help me out set hot key for opening my home folder ? ..or refer me to a howto :d

ctrl+alt+home is default. otherwise, go to system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts and change it

anyone know why, if i can touch a file in a parent directory with the same dir permissions as the current directory, why can't i touch a file in the current directory?

what's the command you're typing?

hello everyone :) can anyone tell me how to write an external harddrive formatted with ntfs?

ntfs3g might help you

hey guys, my problem is this .... there is a button at the top-right corner in ubuntu, wich you click ti shutdown/restart/logoff etc etc .... but something happened and i now only see (guest session, lock screen and log off) ... does anyone know how to get the old layout back ? ... using ubuntu 8.10

sudo poweroff or sudo init 0 or sudo shutdown -h now

is there an applet that shows cpu usage as a graph on the gnome panel?

system monitor

how do i increase bash history in ubuntu?

in the menu there is a options thingy where you can set it.

anyone know of some good terminal system monitors?

htop? saidar?

i'd like to recursively delete all the files in my home directory and subdirectories that start with '._' -- rm -r \._* doesn't seem to work -- can someone help?

run it without all the -exec stuff first though, to make sure that you are getting the right files.

i'm considering moving from gentoo to ubuntu . . . can someone point me to where i can find ubuntu package changelogs online?

i think this is the closest thing...not sure if it has changelogs

when i open synaptic package manager i get this error- 'dkpg was interrupted- manually enter 'dpkg --configure -a'; how do i do that?

applications>accessories>terminal, in there type: sudo dpkg --configure -a

how do i get an address bar in file open dialog ? its not possible to access hidden directories

--force-depends

is there a repo for dr.java ? or know of any java ide's other than eclipse ?

there are numerous ides for java.. netbeans.org is one