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hi. where do i touch environment variables ?	/etc/environment (system-wide)
how do i check which device drivers are loaded ?	lsmod
how is it that i can run firefox as root but not as a user	try to killall firefox-bin and re-run firefox
hello there, can anyone please point out to me a channel dedicated to music and music software?	most channels are dedicated to a specific project, on freenode.
i have just upgraded to 11.04 and on unity there are no toolbars anywhere, i just see a desktop. moving the mouse to the edges of the screen doesn't do anything. i am using an nvidia 8600m gt. is this a known problem?	try changing to gnome classic
hi, i'm trying to cut down a command i run 'find /var/qmail/queue/ -type f -exec grep -l [someone@somewhere.com] {} \;' the [someone@somewhere.com is variable everytime, does anyone know a way i could automate it so i could just name a script eg script user@domain.com so it would input that value inplace of [someone@somewhere.com] and run it?	that is going to be quite slow too. anyhow it is pretty easy to turn that into a script. there are many shell scripting tutorials and the first few pages of any will show you how to do what you want.
how to force-terminate a running program?	ctrl+c, pkill, kill, xkill
is there anyway to get gnome terminal to remember my settings? for example.. i want it to start max size, with no menu bar.. it did it in 8.04 but it's not in 9.10	devilspie probably takes care of that also (in a non-app-specific way)
how would i remotely connect to my ubuntu computer, xdmcp is enabled	prolly not
hello, is someone familiar with compilig using gcc/g++ ?	recompile them on your 32 bit system.
guys, how do i install a .deb file? i got opera binary as .deb... im guessing thats ok for ubuntu?	sudo dpkg -i debifle.de
anyone recommend an ftp server to use in linux?	gftp if you are using gnome
does any one have a triple boot? i have ubuntu and vista now, but want fedora also. i'm not sure exactly how to go about it.	you can but if you're just checking it out run it in virtualbox
hi, i was just wondering whether the alternate-cd will let me encrypt my partitions during install?	afaik, live won't do it
is it possible to log in to one or the other?	you could install edubuntu-desktop and modify the user's menu to contain mostly 'useful' stuff :)
can anyone help me get my sound working on youtube?	describe
help! i've installed win7 and created some space on the hd for a karmic install. but when i try to install karmic, it says the hd has no operating systems on it. i am using the 64-bit versions of the os. any idea why it's not being detected?	just select the free space
hey everyone...what the heck is 'breezy' about?	it's the codename for the next ubuntu release
how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?	a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty
shadows around application windows. 11.04. how to get rid of this?	that wiould be a compiz setting, you can uise the 'ccsm' tool.
what does jfgi stand for? :p	its not very nice
can anybody give me any sort of idea on why when i delete email from evolution, it gets resent to me within 20 seconds??	bad recipient
hey i need a little advice with partitioning. i have a disc where there is a extended partition that contains 5 partitions, sdb5 sdb6 sdb8 sdb9 sdb7 in that order. now i want to delete sdb8 and make 3 new partitions of it, but then it tell me to umount any partitions with a number higher than 8, now i can do that if i do it from a live cd. but i need to know if the partition with a higher number sdb9, will change name when i delete sdb8 and make 3 new ones sin	if you need that many partitions you're better off using lvm
hey does anyone know about iptables, etc? i have a router conencted to a few computers. one of these computers has two network cards: one connected to the router, and the other one connected to an extra computer (which only has one card). i want this later computer to have access to all the other computers and the internet. any idea how to set this up? using ufw, prefereably.	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/router
hi, i've removed gnome-terminal from menu of an user, and disabled the alt+f2, but i didnt think it through - how do i run a command on it now?	control+alt+f1, login, export display=:0, run command
how do i set the owner and group of a file and the files it contains?	chown, chgroup, iirc
hi, anyone installed hoary on dell machines ? i tried on 2 machines (one dell 750 one asus k8v se deluxe) both with sata drives and it is a nightmare. debian installer went ok tho !	try withnout soft raid.
hey is anyone famliar with denyhosts? or better yet is marco bertorello here?	denyhosts may be parsing /var/log/auth.log again, thereby blocking your friend's ip
what partition apps are available on the ubuntu livecd? (besides fdisk)	gparted
is there a cron gui in ubuntu?	gnome-schedule
hey guys is there a way so i don't see kde's apps on my gnome menus? thx	you can probably edit the menus by hand, but it's been a long running goal for both kde and gnome communities, and for distros like ubuntu, to help people to use the disparate suite of apps offered by both communities and more..
how would i go about opening a folder that's telling me 'permission denied'?	you need to chown it
hey, i have a question. if i upgrade ubuntu 7.4 yo 7.10, do i lose everything? like data, configuration, etc.	follow the instructions there and you should be all right, a backup is preferable
so, quick query, anyone know how risky it would be to resize a reiserfs partition	risky enough that you'll want to have backups of any mission-critical data.
i'm dual booting ubuntu and win7. if i mount the windows partition under ubuntu and delete some files will windows know that those files have been deleted when it boots next time, or will the os not recognize that the files were deleted and still reserve space on disk for them	windows will notice the files were deleted. i do it all the time.
hi does anybody use mercurial? is it possible to install mercurial 1.0?	header-files are installed by -dev-packages, so install python-dev to get python.h installed
which package has 'lspci' ?	pciutils
is there any way to turn a normal bug report into a 'security' one?	umm... open a new bug??
does anyone know an easy way to setup a script to check for process, kill it if it is stuck, and then run the new process?	'kill -hup `ps -a -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd \| grep -e '^[zz]' \| awk '{print $2}'`'
anybody know how to change color depth from 24 to 16 bit on ubuntu 10?	you may need an xorg.conf for that
after upgrading to feisty, i now have a network icon on my system tray area that i can't seem to get rid of. does anyone else have this problem?	that is the network manager for wireles roaming
but you can do it all over again, it's all up to you	why?
good afternoon. anyone knows a good tutorial on how to configure a full mail server, with postfix, mysql, sasl, imap, webmail, wap, etc... ?	every app has its document
hi sirs, i installed ubuntu and then from synaptic i added the packages of kubuntu and edubuntu. now when i boot the system i see the screen of kubuntu and when i log in i see the childish icons and the wallpaper of edubuntu. how can i change this?	at your login window, click on 'sessions' and choose the one you want
does anyone know a better way to find if an instance of a program is running?	pgrep
hi - how do i get libphp5.so back? i wanted to move from apache prefork to worker, but realized it needed more than i could deal with, so i apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork and restart, but get this error: http://pastebin.com/jfivs5yn	sudo aptitude libapache2-mod-php5
firefox only starts in fullscreen mode, so i cant resize the window, i have to close it via xkill - any ideas?	f11 ?
hi @all, how can i build a offline repository for ubuntu? ive got no access to the internet most of time, so i need to have everything local.	visit debian.org the new maintainers guide for howto on setting up a local repo
i'm getting error message '1 of your harddisks is failing' ... i'm in the process of moving my data over to my 2nd drive. once done what should i do to test/possibly repair the first drive?	http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
title version 10.04 - lucid lynx. please tell me a synonym for lucid in this context that i was able to correctly translate the name.	or comprehendible
what does sudo -i do? it doesn't do anything with enabling the root account does it?	no, it just starts a root terminal, very similar to -s
from the command line you can do sudo apt-get autoremove	do i have to use --purge option too?
wonder if anyone can help, i want to listen to my local radio station on my computer but it uses windows media player for streaming. am i able to get around this ?	you can install mplayer and mplayerplugin it can ususally impersonate wmp well enough that sites don't notice the difference
guys how to add xchat to my desktop panel ...??	right click on the panel, add to panel / create an app launcher (from menu) - foward, select the app you want
how do i get wlan work?	which one do you use?
how to stop ubuntu to write in my /etc/resolv.conf with a dhcp interface ?	try 'man dhclient.conf' - you can edit what it will do.
backup data first and wehere to i go for that?	why do you need to 'force' it?
guys, since no one can help me with my suspend problem here, can anyone recommend another channel?	a bot can care less where you are :) read the rest of it
so what's the difference between 'erease entire disk' and 'erease entire disk and use lvm'?	lvm is for use if you want to use more than one hd, you can safely not use it
how can i set certain instruments to a channel in the fxmixer of lmms?	at the top of the instrument panels, there should be a digtal counter that says 0. drag that up or down
my computer will not boot the ubuntu cd; is there any other way that i can install it?	http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html
what's the sure way to kill all instances of networkmanager?	pkill networkmanager
what piece of software owns the /etc/security directory? or is it intrinstic to linux	`dpkg-query -s /etc/security`
what is the difference between envy and jockey ?	: they have same function anyway
hello world, how i can install .rpm's on ubuntu?	why are you installing rpm files anyways? chances are it's already in the repositories
is there a way to check what module eth0 is using? im trying to figure out what module one of the networkcards on my brothers computer is using, but i cant figure out which.. :(	lspci
hey folks i have a 'waiting for lock on localhost:xxx' type issue with a program i'm trying to run on the cmd line. what command can i use to list which processes and bound to which ports?	and netstat
how should i install cedega? apt-cache doesn't seem to mention winex/cedega/transgaming.	sudo dpkg -i <filename>
du -h --max-depth=1 only lists the size of directories in the current working directory, not files. how do i list both with du ?	-a, --all
when i restart gnome by ctrl+alt+backspace it is changed to text mode, how can i return to gnome graphical mode?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
i can only create 4 partitions and then the rest of the space is given as 'unusable' and there is a max of 200gb per partition	you need to make 1 of the 4 partitions an extended partition
what's the command to show a few lines before and after a result if i'm searching a textfile for something?	the -n argument for grep will show n lines around the matched string.
does anyone know what this error means: ' this kernel requires an x86-64 cpu, but only detected an i1586 cpu. unable to boot - please use a kernlel appropriate for your cpu'	you need to use the 32 bit version , not the 64
can anyone tell me how to make it so vlc plays dvd instead of totem, also can anyone tell me why the video looks so bad, its like theres horizontal lines through it	ln -sf /usr/bin/vlc /usr/bin/totem (will completely replace totem with vlc untill you next update the system)
installing jaunty - installer has been stuck at 82% - scanning the mirror... for over 10 minutes now. any ideas?	unplug your ethernet until it gets to next stage
hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04?	it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken.
i get error: out of disk when starting my ubuntu server 11.04 i am trying to use a live cd(usb) to run the boot repair tool but unity is failing in the live envornment somehow i dont get the launcher actually all i get is a file menu at the top where i can open a new window to view files	/usr/bin/gnome-terminal normally
is there anyway to disable the join/leave server messages?	/ignore * joins parts quits nicks
can't really tell how long it will last but i wouldn't trust it with anything important anymore	can't run windows specific software on ubuntu
anybody know if changing a kernel might impove wirelss issues?	it sometimes does :)
is there any way to shut off cpu frequency scaling when my notebook is plugged in? it seems silly to scale back the cpu w/an unlimited power supply.	yes there is, though i don't think it's been made easy. anyway, grid power is not unlimited and there's no reason to waste it
hi! i'm looking for a remotely efficient way to capture 3d output (like a 3d game played under wine). the best i can get is about 20 fps at a resolution of roughly 450x330 px using xvidcap. any ideas how to do this 'right'? thanks	gtk-recordmydesktop , sorry :)
maybe someone could help me.. i'm trying to look for all files (recursively) that have the owner as root and the group as root.. how could i do that using ls and grep please?	find path/ -uid 0 -gid 0
what eee have you got? because 10.10 awful freezing for me	: eee pc 1000h
if i'm funning a java app that requires a particular java lib, where do i put that lib (.jar) so i don't get a java.lang.noclassdeffounderror?	you should be able to add any path to your $classpath variable, and it will pick up the new jar.
anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?	right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'
hi, i know the name of a binary and like to find out in what package it is included...	dpkg-query -s /path/to/file
ok i have a simple question but i can't figure it out. i'm trying to restore a mysql database via ssh. my password has an ! character in it. this seems to make the command line freak out and add a long command, something i typed a while ago, in the middle of my password (where the !) is. any suggestions short of changing the password?	withpout the question mark that is
i don't know, i only have experience with winxp dual boot. but i don't see anything when i install either. you won't actually know if grub is going to load windows until after it's installed and you've rebooted	so if i can't load windows after installing am i screwed? or is there still a way to configure grub to dual boot?
hi, i'm using 7.04 with beryl, and when i create additional workspaces and switch to them, the gnome panels disappear. is there a setting that prevents this from happening?	can you just pkill gnome-panel ? after the respawn id think it would be ok
hi, why isnt this site not working? http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.htm	or try this :) http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.html
hey gang, how would i set up a customer database linked to my website? what would i use?	a mysql db
how do i dim my laptop display without the keyboard (fn key) please?	brightness applet (add to panel)
hi, is there a tools on linux like partition magic ?	but nothing in linux is as good as partm is in windows, unfortunately.
evening... i'm on dapper. i need php5-tidy. php5-tidy appears to have been left out of dapper. when i upgraded from warty to hoary to dapper, things got stuck at hoary, my network got hosed. i eventually burned a live cd and continued the upgrade using the live cd as the source repository, but i'm under deadline pressure right now and i'd rather not deal with a mysterious upgrade problem. how safe is the upgrade?	i upgraded 4 different computers from edgy to feisty with no issues, for what that's worth :)
anyone know how to change the text that is displayed after logging in through ssh?	/etc/motd, /etc/issue.net, man those
hello. i am migrating a ipsec connection from an old openbsd box to ubuntu. openbsd uses isakmpd for ipsec while, it seems to me, on linux the kame implementation is more popular. but there is isakmpd on linux. so i was wondering if any of you guys might have a suggestion why i should use one or the other? for now i suppose that by using isampd on linux would allow me to transfer everything verbatim from the openbsd box	that was for you oops
anyone running intrepid know if the e1000 driver there has support for the 82574l chipset?	the intel 'product brief' indicates that there is support for it in kernel 2.6.24 and up
hi guys, i have a rack server ibm x3650 having 6 hdd of 146 gb each. one of these has bad sectors and is not working fine. can anyone tell me how can i detect which one is crashed?	a s.m.a.r.t capable hd keeps it's internal error database.. a software smart tool can query this database
hi all. is there a way to set up ubuntu to boot in bash?	if you want to always boot to text mode, sudo update-rc.d gdm remove

hi. where do i touch environment variables ?

/etc/environment (system-wide)

how do i check which device drivers are loaded ?

lsmod

how is it that i can run firefox as root but not as a user

try to killall firefox-bin and re-run firefox

hello there, can anyone please point out to me a channel dedicated to music and music software?

most channels are dedicated to a specific project, on freenode.

i have just upgraded to 11.04 and on unity there are no toolbars anywhere, i just see a desktop. moving the mouse to the edges of the screen doesn't do anything. i am using an nvidia 8600m gt. is this a known problem?

try changing to gnome classic

hi, i'm trying to cut down a command i run 'find /var/qmail/queue/ -type f -exec grep -l [someone@somewhere.com] {} \;' the [someone@somewhere.com is variable everytime, does anyone know a way i could automate it so i could just name a script eg script user@domain.com so it would input that value inplace of [someone@somewhere.com] and run it?

that is going to be quite slow too. anyhow it is pretty easy to turn that into a script. there are many shell scripting tutorials and the first few pages of any will show you how to do what you want.

how to force-terminate a running program?

ctrl+c, pkill, kill, xkill

is there anyway to get gnome terminal to remember my settings? for example.. i want it to start max size, with no menu bar.. it did it in 8.04 but it's not in 9.10

devilspie probably takes care of that also (in a non-app-specific way)

how would i remotely connect to my ubuntu computer, xdmcp is enabled

prolly not

hello, is someone familiar with compilig using gcc/g++ ?

recompile them on your 32 bit system.

guys, how do i install a .deb file? i got opera binary as .deb... im guessing thats ok for ubuntu?

sudo dpkg -i debifle.de

anyone recommend an ftp server to use in linux?

gftp if you are using gnome

does any one have a triple boot? i have ubuntu and vista now, but want fedora also. i'm not sure exactly how to go about it.

you can but if you're just checking it out run it in virtualbox

hi, i was just wondering whether the alternate-cd will let me encrypt my partitions during install?

afaik, live won't do it

is it possible to log in to one or the other?

you could install edubuntu-desktop and modify the user's menu to contain mostly 'useful' stuff :)

can anyone help me get my sound working on youtube?

describe

help! i've installed win7 and created some space on the hd for a karmic install. but when i try to install karmic, it says the hd has no operating systems on it. i am using the 64-bit versions of the os. any idea why it's not being detected?

just select the free space

hey everyone...what the heck is 'breezy' about?

it's the codename for the next ubuntu release

how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?

a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty

shadows around application windows. 11.04. how to get rid of this?

that wiould be a compiz setting, you can uise the 'ccsm' tool.

what does jfgi stand for? :p

its not very nice

can anybody give me any sort of idea on why when i delete email from evolution, it gets resent to me within 20 seconds??

bad recipient

hey i need a little advice with partitioning. i have a disc where there is a extended partition that contains 5 partitions, sdb5 sdb6 sdb8 sdb9 sdb7 in that order. now i want to delete sdb8 and make 3 new partitions of it, but then it tell me to umount any partitions with a number higher than 8, now i can do that if i do it from a live cd. but i need to know if the partition with a higher number sdb9, will change name when i delete sdb8 and make 3 new ones sin

if you need that many partitions you're better off using lvm

hey does anyone know about iptables, etc? i have a router conencted to a few computers. one of these computers has two network cards: one connected to the router, and the other one connected to an extra computer (which only has one card). i want this later computer to have access to all the other computers and the internet. any idea how to set this up? using ufw, prefereably.

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

hi, i've removed gnome-terminal from menu of an user, and disabled the alt+f2, but i didnt think it through - how do i run a command on it now?

control+alt+f1, login, export display=:0, run command

how do i set the owner and group of a file and the files it contains?

chown, chgroup, iirc

hi, anyone installed hoary on dell machines ? i tried on 2 machines (one dell 750 one asus k8v se deluxe) both with sata drives and it is a nightmare. debian installer went ok tho !

try withnout soft raid.

hey is anyone famliar with denyhosts? or better yet is marco bertorello here?

denyhosts may be parsing /var/log/auth.log again, thereby blocking your friend's ip

what partition apps are available on the ubuntu livecd? (besides fdisk)

gparted

is there a cron gui in ubuntu?

gnome-schedule

hey guys is there a way so i don't see kde's apps on my gnome menus? thx

you can probably edit the menus by hand, but it's been a long running goal for both kde and gnome communities, and for distros like ubuntu, to help people to use the disparate suite of apps offered by both communities and more..

how would i go about opening a folder that's telling me 'permission denied'?

you need to chown it

hey, i have a question. if i upgrade ubuntu 7.4 yo 7.10, do i lose everything? like data, configuration, etc.

follow the instructions there and you should be all right, a backup is preferable

so, quick query, anyone know how risky it would be to resize a reiserfs partition

risky enough that you'll want to have backups of any mission-critical data.

i'm dual booting ubuntu and win7. if i mount the windows partition under ubuntu and delete some files will windows know that those files have been deleted when it boots next time, or will the os not recognize that the files were deleted and still reserve space on disk for them

windows will notice the files were deleted. i do it all the time.

hi does anybody use mercurial? is it possible to install mercurial 1.0?

header-files are installed by -dev-packages, so install python-dev to get python.h installed

which package has 'lspci' ?

pciutils

is there any way to turn a normal bug report into a 'security' one?

umm... open a new bug??

does anyone know an easy way to setup a script to check for process, kill it if it is stuck, and then run the new process?

'kill -hup `ps -a -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd | grep -e '^[zz]' | awk '{print $2}'`'

anybody know how to change color depth from 24 to 16 bit on ubuntu 10?

you may need an xorg.conf for that

after upgrading to feisty, i now have a network icon on my system tray area that i can't seem to get rid of. does anyone else have this problem?

that is the network manager for wireles roaming

but you can do it all over again, it's all up to you

why?

good afternoon. anyone knows a good tutorial on how to configure a full mail server, with postfix, mysql, sasl, imap, webmail, wap, etc... ?

every app has its document

hi sirs, i installed ubuntu and then from synaptic i added the packages of kubuntu and edubuntu. now when i boot the system i see the screen of kubuntu and when i log in i see the childish icons and the wallpaper of edubuntu. how can i change this?

at your login window, click on 'sessions' and choose the one you want

does anyone know a better way to find if an instance of a program is running?

pgrep

hi - how do i get libphp5.so back? i wanted to move from apache prefork to worker, but realized it needed more than i could deal with, so i apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork and restart, but get this error: http://pastebin.com/jfivs5yn

sudo aptitude libapache2-mod-php5

firefox only starts in fullscreen mode, so i cant resize the window, i have to close it via xkill - any ideas?

f11 ?

hi @all, how can i build a offline repository for ubuntu? ive got no access to the internet most of time, so i need to have everything local.

visit debian.org the new maintainers guide for howto on setting up a local repo

i'm getting error message '1 of your harddisks is failing' ... i'm in the process of moving my data over to my 2nd drive. once done what should i do to test/possibly repair the first drive?

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

title version 10.04 - lucid lynx. please tell me a synonym for lucid in this context that i was able to correctly translate the name.

or comprehendible

what does sudo -i do? it doesn't do anything with enabling the root account does it?

no, it just starts a root terminal, very similar to -s

from the command line you can do sudo apt-get autoremove

do i have to use --purge option too?

wonder if anyone can help, i want to listen to my local radio station on my computer but it uses windows media player for streaming. am i able to get around this ?

you can install mplayer and mplayerplugin it can ususally impersonate wmp well enough that sites don't notice the difference

guys how to add xchat to my desktop panel ...??

right click on the panel, add to panel / create an app launcher (from menu) - foward, select the app you want

how do i get wlan work?

which one do you use?

how to stop ubuntu to write in my /etc/resolv.conf with a dhcp interface ?

try 'man dhclient.conf' - you can edit what it will do.

backup data first and wehere to i go for that?

why do you need to 'force' it?

guys, since no one can help me with my suspend problem here, can anyone recommend another channel?

a bot can care less where you are :) read the rest of it

so what's the difference between 'erease entire disk' and 'erease entire disk and use lvm'?

lvm is for use if you want to use more than one hd, you can safely not use it

how can i set certain instruments to a channel in the fxmixer of lmms?

at the top of the instrument panels, there should be a digtal counter that says 0. drag that up or down

my computer will not boot the ubuntu cd; is there any other way that i can install it?

http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html

what's the sure way to kill all instances of networkmanager?

pkill networkmanager

what piece of software owns the /etc/security directory? or is it intrinstic to linux

`dpkg-query -s /etc/security`

what is the difference between envy and jockey ?

: they have same function anyway

hello world, how i can install .rpm's on ubuntu?

why are you installing rpm files anyways? chances are it's already in the repositories

is there a way to check what module eth0 is using? im trying to figure out what module one of the networkcards on my brothers computer is using, but i cant figure out which.. :(

lspci

hey folks i have a 'waiting for lock on localhost:xxx' type issue with a program i'm trying to run on the cmd line. what command can i use to list which processes and bound to which ports?

and netstat

how should i install cedega? apt-cache doesn't seem to mention winex/cedega/transgaming.

sudo dpkg -i <filename>

du -h --max-depth=1 only lists the size of directories in the current working directory, not files. how do i list both with du ?

-a, --all

when i restart gnome by ctrl+alt+backspace it is changed to text mode, how can i return to gnome graphical mode?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

i can only create 4 partitions and then the rest of the space is given as 'unusable' and there is a max of 200gb per partition

you need to make 1 of the 4 partitions an extended partition

what's the command to show a few lines before and after a result if i'm searching a textfile for something?

the -n argument for grep will show n lines around the matched string.

does anyone know what this error means: ' this kernel requires an x86-64 cpu, but only detected an i1586 cpu. unable to boot - please use a kernlel appropriate for your cpu'

you need to use the 32 bit version , not the 64

can anyone tell me how to make it so vlc plays dvd instead of totem, also can anyone tell me why the video looks so bad, its like theres horizontal lines through it

ln -sf /usr/bin/vlc /usr/bin/totem (will completely replace totem with vlc untill you next update the system)

installing jaunty - installer has been stuck at 82% - scanning the mirror... for over 10 minutes now. any ideas?

unplug your ethernet until it gets to next stage

hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04?

it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken.

i get error: out of disk when starting my ubuntu server 11.04 i am trying to use a live cd(usb) to run the boot repair tool but unity is failing in the live envornment somehow i dont get the launcher actually all i get is a file menu at the top where i can open a new window to view files

/usr/bin/gnome-terminal normally

is there anyway to disable the join/leave server messages?

/ignore * joins parts quits nicks

can't really tell how long it will last but i wouldn't trust it with anything important anymore

can't run windows specific software on ubuntu

anybody know if changing a kernel might impove wirelss issues?

it sometimes does :)

is there any way to shut off cpu frequency scaling when my notebook is plugged in? it seems silly to scale back the cpu w/an unlimited power supply.

yes there is, though i don't think it's been made easy. anyway, grid power is not unlimited and there's no reason to waste it

hi! i'm looking for a remotely efficient way to capture 3d output (like a 3d game played under wine). the best i can get is about 20 fps at a resolution of roughly 450x330 px using xvidcap. any ideas how to do this 'right'? thanks

gtk-recordmydesktop , sorry :)

maybe someone could help me.. i'm trying to look for all files (recursively) that have the owner as root and the group as root.. how could i do that using ls and grep please?

find path/ -uid 0 -gid 0

what eee have you got? because 10.10 awful freezing for me

: eee pc 1000h

if i'm funning a java app that requires a particular java lib, where do i put that lib (.jar) so i don't get a java.lang.noclassdeffounderror?

you should be able to add any path to your $classpath variable, and it will pick up the new jar.

anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?

right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'

hi, i know the name of a binary and like to find out in what package it is included...

dpkg-query -s /path/to/file

ok i have a simple question but i can't figure it out. i'm trying to restore a mysql database via ssh. my password has an ! character in it. this seems to make the command line freak out and add a long command, something i typed a while ago, in the middle of my password (where the !) is. any suggestions short of changing the password?

withpout the question mark that is

i don't know, i only have experience with winxp dual boot. but i don't see anything when i install either. you won't actually know if grub is going to load windows until after it's installed and you've rebooted

so if i can't load windows after installing am i screwed? or is there still a way to configure grub to dual boot?

hi, i'm using 7.04 with beryl, and when i create additional workspaces and switch to them, the gnome panels disappear. is there a setting that prevents this from happening?

can you just pkill gnome-panel ? after the respawn id think it would be ok

hi, why isnt this site not working? http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.htm

or try this :) http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.html

hey gang, how would i set up a customer database linked to my website? what would i use?

a mysql db

how do i dim my laptop display without the keyboard (fn key) please?

brightness applet (add to panel)

hi, is there a tools on linux like partition magic ?

but nothing in linux is as good as partm is in windows, unfortunately.

evening... i'm on dapper. i need php5-tidy. php5-tidy appears to have been left out of dapper. when i upgraded from warty to hoary to dapper, things got stuck at hoary, my network got hosed. i eventually burned a live cd and continued the upgrade using the live cd as the source repository, but i'm under deadline pressure right now and i'd rather not deal with a mysterious upgrade problem. how safe is the upgrade?

i upgraded 4 different computers from edgy to feisty with no issues, for what that's worth :)

anyone know how to change the text that is displayed after logging in through ssh?

/etc/motd, /etc/issue.net, man those

hello. i am migrating a ipsec connection from an old openbsd box to ubuntu. openbsd uses isakmpd for ipsec while, it seems to me, on linux the kame implementation is more popular. but there is isakmpd on linux. so i was wondering if any of you guys might have a suggestion why i should use one or the other? for now i suppose that by using isampd on linux would allow me to transfer everything verbatim from the openbsd box

that was for you oops

anyone running intrepid know if the e1000 driver there has support for the 82574l chipset?

the intel 'product brief' indicates that there is support for it in kernel 2.6.24 and up

hi guys, i have a rack server ibm x3650 having 6 hdd of 146 gb each. one of these has bad sectors and is not working fine. can anyone tell me how can i detect which one is crashed?

a s.m.a.r.t capable hd keeps it's internal error database.. a software smart tool can query this database

hi all. is there a way to set up ubuntu to boot in bash?

if you want to always boot to text mode, sudo update-rc.d gdm remove