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q: is there a command i can type ... to see what kind of hardware i have ? | try lspci |
hi all, i have a question on 32bit vs 64 bit. in the ubuntu document, it recommends 64bit version, buy why the 32bit version is recommended in the download page? | go 64 bit |
hey any idea about mint 10 as an os? | i have all ssorts of different distri running from suse to mint and all are running fine ) |
hi. i have a problem with my firefox. im on an ubuntu machine, and when im on a webpage, say msn.com, then when i open a new tab, the address bar does change to blank one but rahter keeps msn.com. anyone know how to fix this? it works fine when i run it from root (sudo firefox). | move your ~/.mozilla directory to ~/.mozilla_bak and see if that fixes it |
after i log onto my computer there is a screen that is brown and says ubuntu, nautilus loads, other apps load and i want to what thtat screen is called so i can change the shit brown window ... anyone help? | you're looking for the splash screen |
how do you search for an application? | just type the name in most cases |
hi, what's the proper command to shut down the computer? halt doesn't do the job well... | sudo shutdown now |
hi all - i would like to not show mounted hdds on my desktop! where to change that? | apps->nautilus->desktop->show_volumes |
hello guy's! anybody can help me? | apt-get source coreutils |
hey, i have metacity installed by am wondering why it doesn't seem to show as an option for a session in gdm. anyone know? | things changed. to run metacity i suggest installing 'fusion-icon' and loading it from there |
i want to download vmware player, but the version in the repositort wont install... it says that it is not compatible with my hardware. i see some versions listed on the website and was wondering if i should aim for .rpm or .tar? | you can easily convert rpm to deb, though i suggest you download vmware server .tar's |
hi guys, 'java -version' says 'java version '1.6.0_24'' and 'javac -version' says 'javac 1.7.0_07' .. how can i make java use 1.7 too? | have a look at 'update-java-alternatives' command |
i really need an answer, guys! --> i want to put ubuntu 10.04 lts on an empty usb. what type/format should the usb be and what file system should i use? | use a fat32 file system. use ubuntbootin to put your ubuntu iso onto your usb flash drive. |
i'm following the ubuntu wiki's guide to restoring grub after installing windows on a partition. when i run 'sudo grubinstall etc etc etc' i get an error: http://pastebin.com/umtup4gl | why sda1, and not /dev/sda ? |
hi, im going to buy a notebook in the next few weeks and i want to install ubuntu on it. now im looking for a notebooks that will work with ubuntu. it should be a solid product mainly for browsing the web and office work. can anybody recommend a manufacturer or even a specific model? | dell has just startet shipping laptops with ubuntu |
can someone try to connect to my website please and read me the line of text so i know it's working? i'm trying to host a simple one so i can do file sharing. please tell me if you can connect it's clean i promise: http://72.178.5.22/ | 'apache2 is up and running.' |
anyone know if generic kernel works ok with nvidia drivers? | of course it does |
does anyone know if it is possible to test cd/dvd burning from the live cd? | or any of the other cd burning packages |
hey guys, i was wondering: if i post a log file output to pastebin, would someone be willing to look at it and explain a few things to me? i'm trying to determine if my computer has been compromised by some unauthorized user | aye, throw it up there, i'm sure someone will take a look |
is netbook remix intended for all laptops or mainly netbooks? | netbooks but nobody is preventing you from using it on your regular laptop |
hello; i am looking for rescue distro like 'systemrescuecd', which can be installed on hard disk (i have 2 gb 'boot' partiction for other system), are there others distros? | u can have a full linux distro with the size of 50mb refer to dsl (damn small linux) and puppy linux |
how can i install kernel 3.2.6 ? | update ur computer by using update-manager |
how can i 'listen' to a port? that is, see all the data being sent through it. | (thats a program) |
hello. reading http://www.ubuntugeek.com/kernel-2-6-35-officially-available-for-ubuntu-10-04.html it says 'this kernel is now available in the git repository of ubuntu 10.04' and 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'. if its a dist-upgrade, isn't that 10.10 beta? i don't understand how it can remain 10.04 but with 2.6.35.4 kernel. can anyone help me understand this please? thanks. | a dist-upgrade does not always upgrade to the next release. |
for burning cds/dvd's, is k3b still the best thing to use? | i use gnomebaker |
how can i find out which ubuntu i have? | lsb_release -a |
say is tvtime or another tv watching app included in the live cd? | have a read of http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seedmanagement |
what is the bar at the bottom of gnumeric for (see here: http://img88.imageshack.us/done.php?l=img88/7595/gnubaret6.png)? | +b is ban |
it does something else? on some other port? | 'hostname' changes *your computer's* hostname. use it again immediately to reset to your normal hostname, please, or you might incur in problems. |
how can i check if my internal speakers have been detected correctly? (asus f3sv) | sudo apt-get install beep && beep |
why not using network manager? | because im not using gnome. (awesome) |
sorry to ask my question again. does anyone have pointers for stable apt-get repositories for | repositories for unsupported old versions of ubuntu are located at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ |
how do i repatition my camera? | gparted |
i have a netbook with no cd drive... can i use an sd card instead of a usb flash drive as the installation medium? | as long as the netbook wants to boot from sd its fine. however.. it might spam you with a lot of 'cant read' stuff.. you can safely ignore it or disable 'floppy disk emulation' in the bios.. either way it will install just fine |
does anyone know if clonezilla has an irc channel? | maybe on irc.mozilla.org |
i find this quite anoying... whenever you install something... lets say... eclipse... dependencies get installed aswell... altho, whenever you uninstall eclipse..., all the dependencies will stay untouched.... how can i remove a package and all its dependencies (where possible) ? | open synaptic. on the left, select status. the autoremovable packages are the left overs. |
how do i get the uuid of a partition? | you can do this -- ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ |
hi! i am installing a wireless driver. i need to know the 'linux kernel source include path'. what is it? | /usr/src |
i would liek to burn a video_ts folder to an iso from command line. suggestions? | mkisofs |
what is the command for opening nautilus with sudo power??? i forgot | : gksudo nautilus |
won't that just change the log output? | my fault -o filename |
is there a version of ubuntu well suited for recording midi devices? rosegarden complains that the system timer is not right (and there's always that big delay.....) | ubuntu studio is for digital audio and video. i will admit that is about all i know about it |
xthegoat121x: 2am here yeah night... did i leave my webcam on again!? | there is a link on the ubuntu.com website which was updated today - they have 'limited edition merchandice' |
where can i get dektop apps like a calender thats built in to the dektop i know windows can do that | gnome has gdesklets to do what you want |
heya - is there a web development irc channel that anybody can recommend? | i dont known any |
i have a text file with three lines. first line is blank, second and third lines only have a two-digit number. i need to get the second line and third line read into a script variable as a time, with a ':' between each number. how can i do this? | timevar='$(sed -n 2p file):$(sed -n 3p file)'; seems to work here |
how do i convert .rpms into .des? | alien |
does anyone know how i can keep my cd rom from closing when i try to pull a disk out? | i think i saw something about that in the 8.10 release notes. |
any one knows how to fix sleep and suspend functions on my laptop | detail |
hi, can i ask questions about edgy here? | just ask ;) |
l3top i just tried fn + monitor key (f7 on mine) but that didn't do anything. my monitor doesn't detect any signal. | may have to add another screen in xorg.conf |
anyone know of an openoffice.org 2.0 beta repository for ubuntu? | maintenance work was being done on it earlier, no idea if it's ongoing. |
how do i subscribe to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com | www.ubuntu.com --> right hand side lists mailing lists |
how can i listen to a shoutcast stream? xmms doesn't seem to acknowledge it as audio and totem yells at me. | have you tried a different stream? |
guys, is there yahoo messenger for ubuntu? | try gaim, there isn't an official yahoo messenger for linux |
so it can't be edited as user | has it even been fixed for intel? or can it be even? |
hey, is openoffice.org re-gnomeized in hoary amd64? warty amd64 openoffice.org is ugly :( | cdrecord tells a lot annoying messages if you use it this way |
hi, just installed xubuntu on a laptop with a partitioned hdd (partitioned in 2 parts) now it only sees the partion on which xubuntu's installed. i checked the dimensions and it didnt melt them together, the 2nd partition simply disappeared... help? | ubuntu won't mount the second partition unless you tell it to. look in nautilus. you should see an icon indicating an unmounted partition (30 gb media, or something like that.) |
i have a folder in my trash and apparently i don't have the permissions to delete it. is there a way to empty the trash for a specific user in ternimal under sudo? | sudo rm -rf /home/username/.local/share/trash |
what's the command for checking my ip? isn't it lpconfig? | lpconfig is for printers, afaik. |
isn't there an su option that essentially makes you a root user? | sudo su or sudo -s |
is there a gtk application for downloading cover art? | i believe if you don't use --convert-link, it won't modify them |
how does one remove a service from startup? | update-rc.d -f gdm remove |
little question, when i want to remove some default packages like bittorrent, i cant do it because it shows me a dependency on ubuntu-desktop (which i believe is very important package) | ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage, if you remove any of the default programs you lose it, but you will still have all the other individual packages. |
the font is somewhere on the wiki... if i can only find it | thanks, at leats i know where to start looking |
where could i ask my performance related question on ubuntu-server? | maybe run transmission with idle i/o priority? ionice -c 3 -p `pidof transmission` |
hi, im running gnome on ubuntu 7.10, in the open file dialog, how can i get it to allow me to type in a location rather than browse to the file i want? | does ctrl+l do anything? |
hi, how can i see, what ip address the devices in my network have? | nmap ? |
what do i install to get flash to work in firefox? | install that and you will get flash |
how can i continue a stopped process from the command line? after using kill -stop <pid>, is there something like -continue or -unstop? | sigcont |
what was wrong with the ubuntu site? does anyone know what the issues were? | power cut, many other sites down too |
hi. what is the best and most user-friendly (easy to install and gui) dvd-ripper? | dvd::rip is great, however quite complicated. handbrake isn't bad and ogmrip is the easiest (p.s. i love your artwork) |
how to install codec (mp3 and video)?? | hm? |
can anyone help me with printing please? | what's the problem? |
why can i not format my usb thumb drive to ntfs? the only options are ext2,3,4, linux-swap, and fat16 and fat32 | i think you need btfsprogs and ntfs-3g from the repos |
hey all... am setting up a 'transparent proxy' for both ip and dns via tor/vidalia/privoxy and think i finally have all but dns done. but i don't know a way to verify that applications are running through the proxy automatically. anyone know a trick to figure this out? | privoxy has a test url to check it. |
how do i find out how many packages are in ubuntu? | run synaptic package manager, and check the tool bar/panel. |
does anyone have any idea why /etc/default/console-setup wont hold its settings after ubuntu finishes booting? when the kernel spewed its usual memory crap at the beginning it changed to what i set it to but then the consoles reverted back to the ubuntu default. any idea what would cause this? | did you check if 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup' has the same behavior? |
hi guys, is there an irc client that runs in the terminal? | lots of. irssi, bitchx, epic2, although you probably want to use irssi |
i'm currently in 4 channels: #ubuntu, #unhack-oo,##unix and ##ufo... and this si the only one where people are actually talking | ubotu will be here shortly |
where can i change the default runlevel so ubuntu will go to console and not x so i can just issue a startx to test my xorg.conf | sudo telinit 1 (i think, maybe 2) swutches to the single user moe. but you are better off booting into the reocovery mode |
in terminal, what's mean 'sh' ? | shell |
hey, any body in here know what could have caused this to happen during an update 'http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2061/screenshot3k.png'? | you can try downloading the .deb package direct from packages.ubuntu.com and installing it by clicking on it. |
i feel that my upgrade to hardy was only partial, but the update manager is giving me problems. how do i complete the update from the cli | sudo apt-get dist-upgrade |
how to do to change the ubuntu boot splash? | see above |
hey what does this mean? '_tkinter.tclerror: no display name and no $display environment variable' | you could try to fake it by typing `env display=:0 /path/to/your/app` |
hi people, where do i go with a question about installer translation ? | if there's a bug, you can file it on launchpad |
how can i tell what package provides a particular file? | dpkg -s /path/to/filename |
if i specified a separate partition for the os and a separate partition for my home directory, how do i go about keeping my /home when i reinstall ubuntu? | never doe it myself, but i'd say just make a symlink to the /home partition. give me a moment and i'll find you something. |
how do i search for a certain filename in the terminal? | try 'locate <filename>' |
i tried to give ubuntu server a go but i felt like i was trying to work blindfolded with hands tied behind my back... is there a way to have an idea of its own surroundings from the terminal (for example listing the installed applications)? | help.ubuntu.com would also be helpful |
ok, how do i find out which character coding terminal is using? | ubottu is dead right now |
is there a way to get netflix on boxee in ubuntu, or is that not going to happen? | rather, in a virtual machine running windows on your ubuntu computer. |
does anyone know the path to the terminal window application? | type 'which gnome-terminal' in a terminal |
so ubuntu uses debian kernel, debian installer, and debian packages (albiet in a custom repository), so the basic advantage is that it standardizes packages? | and the three-past-releases security support |
hi folks. where does synaptic / apt-get keep the cached files it downloads .... i have all the files, and rather than download them again, i thought id load them in manually | /var/apt/cache/ i think |
my ubuntu keeps randomly freezing. is there any logs i could tail before it freezes to see if there is anything oging on? | maybe /var/log/messages ? |
hi, is it possible to create a searchable pdf from an image file in ubuntu? | try the scribus channel, they have a lot of knowledge in the pdf realm |
is there any performance benefit in using either azureus or azureus-gcj repository packages? | use azureus, not gcj |
don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible) | in hardy or intrepid? |
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