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when i first installed ubuntu, on the boot menu it has :ubuntu, ubuntu safe mode or something, windows xp. now after i installed update for ubuntu. it has 2 ubuntu and 2 ubuntu safe mode. how do i remove 1 of them?	er.. gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
i am using 6.10... tried to upgrade but my /boot/ is full... how do i clear out old kernel configurations and fill with only the newest one	there are free drivers for ati
hey guys... why is my update keeping some back? http://pastebin.com/unjqwnkx	you need to: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade; (the ubuntu-wallpapers were split out into ubuntu-wallpapers-precise, so it needs to install a new package)
anyone have a public dns server ip they can give me?	208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
then just change the permissions on the directory you want to drop folders into...then just change it back when you are done	i want to copy an icon theme to /usr/icons/
question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?	there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo
can anyone tell me why my volume reverts to 0 every time i shut down my computer?	alsamixer, set the volumes as desired, and alsactl store
quick question. the 32 bits ubuntu will i be able to make use of the 4gb of ram i have. or only will be able to with the 64 bits one?	64 bit will see the whole 4gb
have you tried the live cd?	that'd be alright, but will it set up things such as printers/scanners and the like right out of the box?
is there a program for linux (preferably packaged for ubuntu) that will let me rotate my desktop backgrounds automatically, the way i can do in os x? i've apt-cache search'd and googled, but i can't find anything relevant. am i just missing it, or does such a program not exist?	http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=random+background&section=projects&go.x=0&go.y=0
can't you add your dns servers directly throught the /etc/resolv.conf file?	just tried that and it succeeded, cheers, the file claims to be generated by network-manager though, so i'm not sure why that isn't working in the applet...
how to check if my swap is working	in terminal type, swapon -s
everyone: is there a reason to install windows 64 bit yet?	yeah, it works
hi there, anyone have experience with acer travelmate notebooks?	check list on wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam/
hey guys how do i use debhelper, i mean, i have it installed apparently, i did 'debhelper' and it says commadn not found	man debhelper
anybody have problems with flash on 9.10 on 64 bits?	flash has always inhaled forcfully, are you using the adobe labs prerelease?
i have a macbook 2,1 and my touchpad is not working after upgrading to 9.10. does anyone know what might cause this?	does any mouse work?
how to enable ctrl+alt+backspace in kubuntu?	i think it's been removed, try right alt + print screen+ k
anyone have experence with the mx5000tools? when i perform a ./configure i get 'configure: error: you need pbm.h from the netpbm package.' netpbm & libnetpbm10 are both installed.	try installing libnetpbm10-dev
i want to use the official driver of my realtek network card ,but when i startup the computer, it goto the linux one but not the official.i have installed the official driver.	i'm not sure if the initramfs already loads the network driver, but if it does, you'd have to update your initramfs as well
ok so on ubuntus webpage i can see that 7,10 is out. question) how do i upgrade from 7,04 feasty fawn to this new ubuntu? i dont want to download and burn a new cd	don't yet, its still beta
is there any example what sources should be in sources.list?	that has some backports stuff at the bottom too
what can happen if somebody exploits my hardware? can they get root or is it just to nuke me?	it just drops yoru connection
hello, i have a problem relative to the font rendering in gnome under hoary. i'm trying to use the sans font but some characters with diacritics (czech) are taken from a different font - nimbus sans l. text with mixed characters looks really ugly. this problem occurs in all gnome-applications i have tested. can you direct me to some solution? plz	try to figure where sarge differs from ubuntu in this then :)
you dont use the gui unison?	how do i have it quit when done?
hi there, i'm having some issue with 7.10. there is a dhcp server on my network. eth0 appears in ifconfig, but it has no ip. however, theres etho:ava which has a 196.254.. address (apipa and/or bonjour) ... how can i get eth0 to receive a valid ip address ?	dhclient eth0
is it just my imagination or does breezy load a lot slower than hoary	sudo mount -a
i am trying to reset my root password with ubuntu 9.10 i selected recovery mode from the grub menu i then get a menu which gives me the option to get a root shell. however this root shell requires a maintenance password. how do i change a forgotten root password?	add 'init=/bin/sh' to your kernel line from the grub menu, change password.
postgresql question - i don't understand why 'psql -u postgres ...' reports 'could not connect to server' but 'sudo su postgres -c psql' does connect to the server	probably because it needs root perms to connet but anyways sudo su is sorta of redunant
hi, my wireless network manager does not show unprotected networks, but the network settings shows them. how can i show them in network manager applet?	maybe try manual config.. i found mine stuck on roaming mode because of a weak signal.. try clicking choosing unprotected manually
anyone know what the develpment package for 'file' is?	libmagic-dev
can i restrict an ssh user to only its homefolder?	you can restrict them to a secure bash shell, which won't let them leave their home folder.
can anyone tell me what packages i need to install to get xwindows working on ubnuntu server and kdesktop.	copy paste sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
hello, i've installed lighttpd and deleted by mistake the config file (lighttpd.conf), anyone know how to regenerate it ?	purge the package and reinstall it
hey guys i have been sudo apt-get update'ing for a while is it advisable to sudo apt-get upgrade and will that change things for the worse?	in order to make sure that you are getting security and other updates, you should be doing regular apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrades.
if i do 'update-manager -d' will that upgrade me to the rc or the final ?	final
is there a lighter terminal then gnome-terminal that suppports copy and paste?	urxvt ? copy and paste selecting and with middle click
i've got a 15,000 song music collection and when playing it through rhythmbox, some songs are much louder than others. how can i normalise the volume of every track in my collection so that i don't have to manually change the system volume all the time?	you can learn more about that here: http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/
hi, i've just bought a laptop which has a 64bit-cpu. why in the ubuntu download page it says (32-bit recommended) ? isn't 64 bit recommended for 64 bit -cpu ?	yes, the page is in error.
can someone pls tell me how i can overwrite the xorg.conf file? i get permission denied each time	try 'sudo'
how can i remove kde desktop to keep genome	also flreblrd's suggestion about changing at login is pretty handy ;)
anyone happen to get the logitech webcam c120m to work on 10.04?	wait...don't listen to me. i forget that when it comes to gui i don't use straight up ubuntu, i use linux mint. i only use ubuntu server with no gui when i'm suing straight up ubuntu
hey guys, i'm trying to walk my dad through opening up a terminal prompt so i can run ifconfig to see why he has no net connection..	applications -> terminal
i want to install ubuntu8.10 into a usb (1g fat32) whai should i do?	ubuntu will need about 4-5gb install
will karmic has the new pidgin 2.6.1 with voice/video enabled?	assuming they patch the security holes in time for release i dont see why not.. but nobody really know for sure
does anyone know what package has kdecoration.h in it	you can do a search at packages.ubuntu.com , second form
does anyone know the release date (probable) for the next ubuntu lts?	the say around april.
is there a gnu equivelent of webex or gotomeetingtop shring?	but a gnu version - i don't think so
how do i tell what graphics driver is installed?	run lpsci \| grep vga
how can i make irssi open urls by default in mozilla with irssi?	system -> administration -> preferrred applications
hey guys, i messed up, x is gone :d, how to burn iso from cli	there is a command-line tool called cdrecord.
how do i get xchat menu back?	that or just right click>view>menu
hi all... is there some way i can use the internet from my mobile phone on ubuntu? i am using a nokia e71 and there is no software for ubuntu provided by nokia!	connect your phone to the computer with an usb cable, check that you have 'pc suite' chosen and you should get a notification bubble about a phone connection being available
hello, i have managed to ruin my user's groups can someone, perhaps someone with a fresh dapper install please show me the output of 'groups' as their user?	plus one named after my user account as the primary group
i'm wondering what package i didn't install for it to work..	mine worked from install too
i plan on buying a 2tb 4k sector hard dive to use as a media/storage drive on my win7/ubuntu 10.04 dual boot system. do i need to worry about these alignment issues if i'm only using it for data, no os?	you will have at the very least performance problems if things aren't aligned to 4k boundries, but [g]parted is verygood at making sure that alignment is optimal.
how do i remove a package which i manually installed (with gdebi-gtk)? it isn't listed in synaptic package manager and i don't need it anymore.	it should show up in synaptic, try : sudo apt-get remove <package>
im trying to find a file with a particular string in it by using this command strings * \| grep pattern .. how can i know what filename that is grep'ed ?	grep pattern * ?
hey how can i remove all thumbs.db files on my pc? something like `locate thumbs.db \| xargs rm -` ?	find / -name 'thumbs.db' -exec rm {} \;
hello. i'm using ubuntu 10.10. i can't understand at all how print screen works. when i press it, i get a dialogue, with an option for 'copy to clipboard'; when i press that, it copies the screenshot to clipboard. however when i then copy a piece of text, the screenshot is removed from clipboard. is this a bug? when i for example copy an image in gimp & then copy a piece of text, the image isn't removed from clipboard, so i don't think	you can use parcelite to manage multiple pastes nicely
how do i find out what files a package has installed?	dpkg -l packagename
anyone have a good wireless card suggestion for gutsy?	my d-link dwl-g630 worked like a champ first time out
rs1, would an ati 9800 also be 'old enough' ?	i think it's 9250 and under.
do you know if amd turion 64 is k8 or what?	yes (according to lm-sensors anyway)
hi, how can i chance ubuntu mime types in order to use word (wine)	right click open with?
it tells me that the sound device /dev/dsp is busy, so vmware can't play any sound, can i get some help please?	run lsof /dev/dsp to find the programs that are using it
where i can get compizfusion alpha?	opencompositing.org
on the top bar right click only let's me 'add panel...' where i can select from a bunch of already installed stuff. i want to add eclipse to the panel like i do with an already installed app by going into applications >[path to app like games] > right click on app > add this launcher to panel	does this help? http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.32/gospanel-34.html.en
to get write permissions to /var/www/sites/default/settings.php i can just 'chmod 777 /var/www/default/settings.php' correct?	adduser you www-data
any idea why most of my http requests are timing out in firefox?	dns errors?
whats with the unrar app...	probably because the rar files do have errors
how can i tell if a driver is loaded, so i may blacklist it if desired	lsmod \| grep 'module name'
hi, i am having this weird problem that when i start up and log in, i get a gnome msg window with the text hal initialization error	i think i had the problem with external ntfs harddisks
folks ive installed gcrypt, where are its docs placed?	most likey /usr/share/doc/gcrypt
hello, a windows vista (ntfs formatted) os failed on a friend's laptop, i'm trying to recover his data. i've tried running bartpe but couldn't get to see the hd partitions, i tried running knoppix but altought i could see hd partitions i wasn't able (due to my noobishness probably) to mount the lan interface or to write to the usb drive (ntfs formatted aswell, with some data i can't delete so i can't reformat it in fat) i wanted to backu	you were cutoff at 'i wanted to backu'
very simple question: how do i start a guest session without having 'user switcher' added to my taskbar?	try looking at the 'gnome-session' command.. (don't just run it.. it will do bad things.. man gnome-session is a good start)
anyone know if its possible to get flash working on a live boot distro?	the same way you would get it to work n a regular install
can i somehow tell openoffice that comes with my ubuntu to anti-alias the lines in drawings i make?	this is related to openoffice interacting with xorg. so it's partly ubuntu, partly openoffice related
can you tell me a program for listing services in ubuntu	from the terminal: top or: ps -au
does anyone know how to setup a public git repository?	never done it before but the instructions on github are very straightforward
by defualt where does wget store downloads?	if you are in /home/user/desktop its tehre..
is this the place to learn to install linux?	installation should be straightforward
how can i grab/create/make a cd image from a cd-rom in ubuntu?	dd if=/dev/cdromdevicefile of=image.iso
cool ... i always forced it by tune2fs ... but how does it know which drives to check?	it looks for a 'forcefsck' file at the root of every volume in /etc/fstab.
can someone send me usr/share/perl5/debconf/format/822.pm -- mine deleted	http://pastebin.com/f5c7cd7d3
does wine work with office 2003?	http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=3214
i'm looking for some help(as usual :-)) i had to use ndiswrapper to get my wireless card working, and now it tries to connect to the network, but never connects. it does pick up the essid of the network, though. how do i fix this?	ndiswrapper does that for some cards.
is there away to open terminal using a keystroke	depends on the system, usually in preferences;keyboard shortcuts.
how do i extract a 7z file in ubuntu?	you have to download 7zip
after adding my secondary ntfs hd to my fstab what do i type into refresh my mounted hds?	this is assuming you put your hard drive as auto in your fstab
whats the problem when 'add/remove programs' is not loading the content? the window stays empty	slow laptop
could reconfiguring xserver-xorg possibly help with my refresh rate problems?	you can try; also, maybe read the page ubotu's about to send (not sure if it'll help)
hope this isn't a stupid question, but is there a gui utility to allow for the listing and stopping of running processess?	system monitor in applicatioins --> system tools
what do i need to download for the codecpacks? gstreamer something?	the gstreamer plugins are in add remove. the full monty is in syanptic package manager just search for what you want
has anyone here performed 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade on a dual-boot, win/ubuntu, machine and had grub2 properly detect both oss?	triple booting osx/win7/ubuntu no problems
how would i charge the resolution in vncviewer to 1440x900? this config doesn't do it: xterm -geometry 1440x900 -ls -title '$vncdesktop desktop' &	if the window is bigger than your current screen, you use right-click aroud where the scrollbars are to scroll (lame imo)
help! anyone used epson lx300 printer in ubuntu? where can we find a driver?	ops, its www.linuxprinting.com
i have a quick question.. when the site says 'free security updates for 18 months' does that mean it costs money after that? im confused lol	dont worry, in 18 months you'll be running a newr version thats supported furtheron
hi. quick question: on redhad-derived systems there's a file, /etc/redhat-release, which tells you the os release you're running. is there a similar file on ubuntu?	should exist on redhat too, actually
how we can voce chat in ubuntu?pidgin havent voice,and we cant set up yahoo massenger in ubuntu?	right click panel choose add to panel choose dictionary lookup

when i first installed ubuntu, on the boot menu it has :ubuntu, ubuntu safe mode or something, windows xp. now after i installed update for ubuntu. it has 2 ubuntu and 2 ubuntu safe mode. how do i remove 1 of them?

er.. gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

i am using 6.10... tried to upgrade but my /boot/ is full... how do i clear out old kernel configurations and fill with only the newest one

there are free drivers for ati

hey guys... why is my update keeping some back? http://pastebin.com/unjqwnkx

you need to: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade; (the ubuntu-wallpapers were split out into ubuntu-wallpapers-precise, so it needs to install a new package)

anyone have a public dns server ip they can give me?

208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

then just change the permissions on the directory you want to drop folders into...then just change it back when you are done

i want to copy an icon theme to /usr/icons/

question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?

there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo

can anyone tell me why my volume reverts to 0 every time i shut down my computer?

alsamixer, set the volumes as desired, and alsactl store

quick question. the 32 bits ubuntu will i be able to make use of the 4gb of ram i have. or only will be able to with the 64 bits one?

64 bit will see the whole 4gb

have you tried the live cd?

that'd be alright, but will it set up things such as printers/scanners and the like right out of the box?

is there a program for linux (preferably packaged for ubuntu) that will let me rotate my desktop backgrounds automatically, the way i can do in os x? i've apt-cache search'd and googled, but i can't find anything relevant. am i just missing it, or does such a program not exist?

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=random+background&section=projects&go.x=0&go.y=0

can't you add your dns servers directly throught the /etc/resolv.conf file?

just tried that and it succeeded, cheers, the file claims to be generated by network-manager though, so i'm not sure why that isn't working in the applet...

how to check if my swap is working

in terminal type, swapon -s

everyone: is there a reason to install windows 64 bit yet?

yeah, it works

hi there, anyone have experience with acer travelmate notebooks?

check list on wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam/

hey guys how do i use debhelper, i mean, i have it installed apparently, i did 'debhelper' and it says commadn not found

man debhelper

anybody have problems with flash on 9.10 on 64 bits?

flash has always inhaled forcfully, are you using the adobe labs prerelease?

i have a macbook 2,1 and my touchpad is not working after upgrading to 9.10. does anyone know what might cause this?

does any mouse work?

how to enable ctrl+alt+backspace in kubuntu?

i think it's been removed, try right alt + print screen+ k

anyone have experence with the mx5000tools? when i perform a ./configure i get 'configure: error: you need pbm.h from the netpbm package.' netpbm & libnetpbm10 are both installed.

try installing libnetpbm10-dev

i want to use the official driver of my realtek network card ,but when i startup the computer, it goto the linux one but not the official.i have installed the official driver.

i'm not sure if the initramfs already loads the network driver, but if it does, you'd have to update your initramfs as well

ok so on ubuntus webpage i can see that 7,10 is out. question) how do i upgrade from 7,04 feasty fawn to this new ubuntu? i dont want to download and burn a new cd

don't yet, its still beta

is there any example what sources should be in sources.list?

that has some backports stuff at the bottom too

what can happen if somebody exploits my hardware? can they get root or is it just to nuke me?

it just drops yoru connection

hello, i have a problem relative to the font rendering in gnome under hoary. i'm trying to use the sans font but some characters with diacritics (czech) are taken from a different font - nimbus sans l. text with mixed characters looks really ugly. this problem occurs in all gnome-applications i have tested. can you direct me to some solution? plz

try to figure where sarge differs from ubuntu in this then :)

you dont use the gui unison?

how do i have it quit when done?

hi there, i'm having some issue with 7.10. there is a dhcp server on my network. eth0 appears in ifconfig, but it has no ip. however, theres etho:ava which has a 196.254.*.* address (apipa and/or bonjour) ... how can i get eth0 to receive a valid ip address ?

dhclient eth0

is it just my imagination or does breezy load a lot slower than hoary

sudo mount -a

i am trying to reset my root password with ubuntu 9.10 i selected recovery mode from the grub menu i then get a menu which gives me the option to get a root shell. however this root shell requires a maintenance password. how do i change a forgotten root password?

add 'init=/bin/sh' to your kernel line from the grub menu, change password.

postgresql question - i don't understand why 'psql -u postgres ...' reports 'could not connect to server' but 'sudo su postgres -c psql' does connect to the server

probably because it needs root perms to connet but anyways sudo su is sorta of redunant

hi, my wireless network manager does not show unprotected networks, but the network settings shows them. how can i show them in network manager applet?

maybe try manual config.. i found mine stuck on roaming mode because of a weak signal.. try clicking choosing unprotected manually

anyone know what the develpment package for 'file' is?

libmagic-dev

can i restrict an ssh user to only its homefolder?

you can restrict them to a secure bash shell, which won't let them leave their home folder.

can anyone tell me what packages i need to install to get xwindows working on ubnuntu server and kdesktop.

copy paste sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

hello, i've installed lighttpd and deleted by mistake the config file (lighttpd.conf), anyone know how to regenerate it ?

purge the package and reinstall it

hey guys i have been sudo apt-get update'ing for a while is it advisable to sudo apt-get upgrade and will that change things for the worse?

in order to make sure that you are getting security and other updates, you should be doing regular apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrades.

if i do 'update-manager -d' will that upgrade me to the rc or the final ?

final

is there a lighter terminal then gnome-terminal that suppports copy and paste?

urxvt ? copy and paste selecting and with middle click

i've got a 15,000 song music collection and when playing it through rhythmbox, some songs are much louder than others. how can i normalise the volume of every track in my collection so that i don't have to manually change the system volume all the time?

you can learn more about that here: http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/

hi, i've just bought a laptop which has a 64bit-cpu. why in the ubuntu download page it says (32-bit recommended) ? isn't 64 bit recommended for 64 bit -cpu ?

yes, the page is in error.

can someone pls tell me how i can overwrite the xorg.conf file? i get permission denied each time

try 'sudo'

how can i remove kde desktop to keep genome

also flreblrd's suggestion about changing at login is pretty handy ;)

anyone happen to get the logitech webcam c120m to work on 10.04?

wait...don't listen to me. i forget that when it comes to gui i don't use straight up ubuntu, i use linux mint. i only use ubuntu server with no gui when i'm suing straight up ubuntu

hey guys, i'm trying to walk my dad through opening up a terminal prompt so i can run ifconfig to see why he has no net connection..

applications -> terminal

i want to install ubuntu8.10 into a usb (1g fat32) whai should i do?

ubuntu will need about 4-5gb install

will karmic has the new pidgin 2.6.1 with voice/video enabled?

assuming they patch the security holes in time for release i dont see why not.. but nobody really know for sure

does anyone know what package has kdecoration.h in it

you can do a search at packages.ubuntu.com , second form

does anyone know the release date (probable) for the next ubuntu lts?

the say around april.

is there a gnu equivelent of webex or gotomeetingtop shring?

but a gnu version - i don't think so

how do i tell what graphics driver is installed?

run lpsci | grep vga

how can i make irssi open urls by default in mozilla with irssi?

system -> administration -> preferrred applications

hey guys, i messed up, x is gone :d, how to burn iso from cli

there is a command-line tool called cdrecord.

how do i get xchat menu back?

that or just right click>view>menu

hi all... is there some way i can use the internet from my mobile phone on ubuntu? i am using a nokia e71 and there is no software for ubuntu provided by nokia!

connect your phone to the computer with an usb cable, check that you have 'pc suite' chosen and you should get a notification bubble about a phone connection being available

hello, i have managed to ruin my user's groups can someone, perhaps someone with a fresh dapper install please show me the output of 'groups' as their user?

plus one named after my user account as the primary group

i'm wondering what package i didn't install for it to work..

mine worked from install too

i plan on buying a 2tb 4k sector hard dive to use as a media/storage drive on my win7/ubuntu 10.04 dual boot system. do i need to worry about these alignment issues if i'm only using it for data, no os?

you will have at the very least performance problems if things aren't aligned to 4k boundries, but [g]parted is verygood at making sure that alignment is optimal.

how do i remove a package which i manually installed (with gdebi-gtk)? it isn't listed in synaptic package manager and i don't need it anymore.

it should show up in synaptic, try : sudo apt-get remove <package>

im trying to find a file with a particular string in it by using this command strings * | grep pattern .. how can i know what filename that is grep'ed ?

grep pattern * ?

hey how can i remove all thumbs.db files on my pc? something like `locate thumbs.db | xargs rm -` ?

find / -name 'thumbs.db' -exec rm {} \;

hello. i'm using ubuntu 10.10. i can't understand at all how print screen works. when i press it, i get a dialogue, with an option for 'copy to clipboard'; when i press that, it copies the screenshot to clipboard. however when i then copy a piece of text, the screenshot is removed from clipboard. is this a bug? when i for example copy an image in gimp & then copy a piece of text, the image isn't removed from clipboard, so i don't think

you can use parcelite to manage multiple pastes nicely

how do i find out what files a package has installed?

dpkg -l packagename

anyone have a good wireless card suggestion for gutsy?

my d-link dwl-g630 worked like a champ first time out

rs1, would an ati 9800 also be 'old enough' ?

i think it's 9250 and under.

do you know if amd turion 64 is k8 or what?

yes (according to lm-sensors anyway)

hi, how can i chance ubuntu mime types in order to use word (wine)

right click open with?

it tells me that the sound device /dev/dsp is busy, so vmware can't play any sound, can i get some help please?

run lsof /dev/dsp to find the programs that are using it

where i can get compizfusion alpha?

opencompositing.org

on the top bar right click only let's me 'add panel...' where i can select from a bunch of already installed stuff. i want to add eclipse to the panel like i do with an already installed app by going into applications >[path to app like games] > right click on app > add this launcher to panel

does this help? http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.32/gospanel-34.html.en

to get write permissions to /var/www/sites/default/settings.php i can just 'chmod 777 /var/www/default/settings.php' correct?

adduser you www-data

any idea why most of my http requests are timing out in firefox?

dns errors?

whats with the unrar app...

probably because the rar files do have errors

how can i tell if a driver is loaded, so i may blacklist it if desired

lsmod | grep 'module name'

hi, i am having this weird problem that when i start up and log in, i get a gnome msg window with the text hal initialization error

i think i had the problem with external ntfs harddisks

folks ive installed gcrypt, where are its docs placed?

most likey /usr/share/doc/gcrypt

hello, a windows vista (ntfs formatted) os failed on a friend's laptop, i'm trying to recover his data. i've tried running bartpe but couldn't get to see the hd partitions, i tried running knoppix but altought i could see hd partitions i wasn't able (due to my noobishness probably) to mount the lan interface or to write to the usb drive (ntfs formatted aswell, with some data i can't delete so i can't reformat it in fat) i wanted to backu

you were cutoff at 'i wanted to backu'

very simple question: how do i start a guest session without having 'user switcher' added to my taskbar?

try looking at the 'gnome-session' command.. (don't just run it.. it will do bad things.. man gnome-session is a good start)

anyone know if its possible to get flash working on a live boot distro?

the same way you would get it to work n a regular install

can i somehow tell openoffice that comes with my ubuntu to anti-alias the lines in drawings i make?

this is related to openoffice interacting with xorg. so it's partly ubuntu, partly openoffice related

can you tell me a program for listing services in ubuntu

from the terminal: top or: ps -au

does anyone know how to setup a public git repository?

never done it before but the instructions on github are very straightforward

by defualt where does wget store downloads?

if you are in /home/user/desktop its tehre..

is this the place to learn to install linux?

installation should be straightforward

how can i grab/create/make a cd image from a cd-rom in ubuntu?

dd if=/dev/cdromdevicefile of=image.iso

cool ... i always forced it by tune2fs ... but how does it know which drives to check?

it looks for a 'forcefsck' file at the root of every volume in /etc/fstab.

can someone send me usr/share/perl5/debconf/format/822.pm -- mine deleted

http://pastebin.com/f5c7cd7d3

does wine work with office 2003?

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=3214

i'm looking for some help(as usual :-)) i had to use ndiswrapper to get my wireless card working, and now it tries to connect to the network, but never connects. it does pick up the essid of the network, though. how do i fix this?

ndiswrapper does that for some cards.

is there away to open terminal using a keystroke

depends on the system, usually in preferences;keyboard shortcuts.

how do i extract a 7z file in ubuntu?

you have to download 7zip

after adding my secondary ntfs hd to my fstab what do i type into refresh my mounted hds?

this is assuming you put your hard drive as auto in your fstab

whats the problem when 'add/remove programs' is not loading the content? the window stays empty

slow laptop

could reconfiguring xserver-xorg possibly help with my refresh rate problems?

you can try; also, maybe read the page ubotu's about to send (not sure if it'll help)

hope this isn't a stupid question, but is there a gui utility to allow for the listing and stopping of running processess?

system monitor in applicatioins --> system tools

what do i need to download for the codecpacks? gstreamer something?

the gstreamer plugins are in add remove. the full monty is in syanptic package manager just search for what you want

has anyone here performed 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade on a dual-boot, win/ubuntu, machine and had grub2 properly detect both oss?

triple booting osx/win7/ubuntu no problems

how would i charge the resolution in vncviewer to 1440x900? this config doesn't do it: xterm -geometry 1440x900 -ls -title '$vncdesktop desktop' &

if the window is bigger than your current screen, you use right-click aroud where the scrollbars are to scroll (lame imo)

help! anyone used epson lx300 printer in ubuntu? where can we find a driver?

ops, its www.linuxprinting.com

i have a quick question.. when the site says 'free security updates for 18 months' does that mean it costs money after that? im confused lol

dont worry, in 18 months you'll be running a newr version thats supported furtheron

hi. quick question: on redhad-derived systems there's a file, /etc/redhat-release, which tells you the os release you're running. is there a similar file on ubuntu?

should exist on redhat too, actually

how we can voce chat in ubuntu?pidgin havent voice,and we cant set up yahoo massenger in ubuntu?

right click panel choose add to panel choose dictionary lookup