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hey guys, im installing ubuntu on a 40gb solid state drive. i really only want to install the core system and a handful of applications onto the ssd however. whats the best way to go about this (ie which directories would be a must on the ssd), thanks.	best solution is to put /home/ /var/ /usr/ and /opt/ somewhere else and the rest on your ssd
and that means?	it means that if you encounter a crash, your files are more likely to be recovered.
guys i forgot my ssh passphrase. what can i do to recover/make a new one?	i dont think you can recover.. make a new key with ssk-keygen perhaps
i'm on wireless in ubuntu and i can surf through firefox, but empathy and evolution only can go online through the ethernet. if i am on wireless they don't connect. anyone got any ideas?	are you on your home network or on a corporate / school network?
whats a good replacement for gaim? gaim keeps having some sort of segmentation fault even when i completely remove it then reinstall it.	centericq
do you know any good tutorial for iptables, please?	get rid of the ) off the end of that url
hey there, guys i might need some help, yesterday i installed ubuntu 10.04 made some skype calls and my mic was working, today i updated to 11.04 and now the mic cannot record anything	ubuntu 11.04 is under development; install ubuntu 10.10 maverick meerkat
hello, i have three hard disks in my pc, i can mount a disk by clicking on its label using nautilus, or disk utility; however i am unsuccessful when using mount command on the shell to mount existing drive-partition. the drive location: /dev/sdc1 is listed when using blkid; also listed when using fdisk -l but without any disk info; when entering: mount /dev/sdc1 /media/space2, i get a...	for command line mounting, the mount point (which is just an empty directory) needs to exist already. gnome does this for you when using the gui apps, but mount does not
is it possible to install w32codecs in amd64? i am not able to play .dat files in mplayer	i installed it manually from mplayer's website
is there a command to display the contents of a file inside the shell?	try cat?
does gtkpod sync video too?	i don't know, but i'd but interested to find out too :)
hey. i've mounted a iso(game) with kiso. the game contains of 4 iso's and after installing from first iso it expect second iso. so i mount it with kiso. but how can i point installer to where its located. where is the iso mounted too? thanks!	the 'mount' command shows mountpoints normally. unless the thing is mounted via fuse.
i just did a dist-upgrade from oneiric to precise. while it was installing, gnome-shell quit working. after it rebooted, lightdm starts in a bad mode, and keyboard and mouse don't work. what should i do?	i think i had a similar problem, ended up apt-get installing lxde until i could reconfigure gnome-shell
hi there, can i safely remove mono from ubuntu latest versions? or is it tied to ubuntu-desktop?	and either synaptic or apt will warn if it tries to remove ubuntu-desktop.
hey guys, i'm having a ubuntu server here, with kernel version 2.6.24-16-server, and i need its source code. i can't find it via `dpkg -l \| grep linux-` - so how do i get this kernels source code?	sudo apt-get install linux-source ?
how do i change this default orange background? (not the desktop picture -- the pale orange that shows during boot. i'm trying other window managers and it shows up all over)	thats what you want to hit
what is the easiest way to burn a dvd from an avi file? i tried encoding it with tovid, then using gnomebaker, but that failed horribly.	you could try devede
i installed build-essential and now get a zlib error, but can't find which packsge contains that library?	zlib1g-dev is what you need. headers
hi. i was installing nes emulator from software center (ubuntu 10.10) and it didnt finish installing. now it keeps showing a message 'items cannot be removed or installed until the package catalogue is repaired'. i try to repair but it says failed. can anyone help?	you can do that with synaptic
hello again! another quick question...how would i add a new user to a successive series of groups from the console?	usermod -g, probably
how do i install an rpm	convert it to a .deb with sudo alien file.rpm then install the deniab with sudo dpkg -i file.deb
is there a symbol that can take the place of a space in terminal?	example. my\ name\ is\ coleys/
excuse me, is it possible to download ubuntu netbook remix already or it will be shipped with new computers only (or neither, but it's not out yet)?	i've heard taht it won't be downloadable
i like to use dreamweaver but i switched to ubuntu. what can i install for ubuntu that has the same split view as dreamweaver?	try quanta or bluefish, nvu is good too
hey folks... i need some schooling on setting permissions... i need to setup a directory correctly... so that when i copy files into it... i don't have to do chmod on all the files i copied in	sudo apt-get install numlockx
i installed unrar-free, but it won't extract my .rar file?	install unrar
is there a command to list the largest files on your system? almost over night, ive gone to having 98% of my disk filled and i cant figure out what file(s) are doing it.	cd / then run du -sh
i am running xchat-gnome irc and i don't have any menus. any idea why?	my fav xchat do didy http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/xchat-customizations/ and there is a xchat channel also
can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through usb port?????	right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject'
what package do i apt-get if i want the kernel source and configuration files that were used to buil dmy version of ubuntu?	config file should be in /boot
but i want 0.9.8.how would i install that?	get a very very new apt repo, or compile from source or cvs/svn
can anybody tell me how to view svg file?	use inkscape for that
hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?	when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.
oh, so it's something i have to download?	some programs were left out from the .iso to keep it small enough, ccsm is among the left out packages
is there some 'right' way of checking whether a service is up? i was just going to pgrep, but i thought maybe init kept a running tally of what's running, and what's not.	service servicename status
any idea what i can do to make numlock enabled by default!?	apt-get install numlockx
how do enable mp3 support in k3b?	i just gave you what to install
is it possible to update bios using a script without requiring a restart/reboot?	your lucky in that many bios can be updated with a gui in windows.
glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark	haha
that acutally isnt the best place to get it anymore	thats suns website
if i apt-got gaim would there be a /src directory in the gaim folder?	apt-source
if i want to get a new computer and run ubuntu on it, what's the best kind of computer to run ubuntu on?	www.dell.com/open ubuntu preinstalled!!
hi men i can't play mp3 on phythmbox music player , can anybody tell me how to ?	it's on wiki.ubuntu.org. search for restrictedformats
is there something in bash similar to windows' ipconfig?	ifconfig
anyone know how to turn off low battery notifications?	right click the battery status applet, check the prefs.
hi, i have a usb touchscreen that works out of the box with 11.10, but not with 12.04. with 12.04, when i try to 'cat /dev/usb/hiddev0' i get no output. could anyone point me in the right direction?	file a bug - this isn't in launchpad yet
i have a 320gb external hard disk. when i use it ubuntu, on safe removal, it does not actually power off like in windows. hence, on removal, there is a slight screeching noise from the hdd. how do i force the hdd to power down before removal? or at least stop spinning?	hdparm
if i wanted to take a look at the the 'rules' file created for a package in ubuntu, where would i get that?	apt-get source package
i have got an acer aspire 5633 laptop with the intel 3945 wifi chip. i am running feisty with all packages updated. the problem is that my wireless network does not appear most of the time when doing a scan (iwconfig eth1 scan), it does sometimes appear. if i manage to get a connection it just drops after a couple of seconds. i have got another laptop next to me and this can connect absolutely fine. signal strength is about 75%. does anyone have any sugges	to identical laptops? one works the other doesn't?
hi, how can i disabled the firewall please?	not a good idea, what are you trying to do?
grub2 knows how to read lvm - grub does not	you might want to start reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment, particularly the section on new packages
hi, how can i use my pgp key with pidgin ?	http://pidgin-encrypt.sourceforge.net/faq.php
questopn: when i turn on the pc ubuntu shows the loading screen that after about a minute it sitches to a black screen that shows lots of lines of text including 'bug: unable to handle kernel paging request at f8c84848'	can you get to a terminal? press ctrl-alt-f2 or ctrl-alt-f3
what is envy?	a script that tries to install your drivers, we reworked a version of it for your repos, but the original can mess you up and keep the real drivers from working
what would be the best virtual machine software (fully free, of course) to utilize if i wanted to run hardyalpha6	virtualbox
is there a command i can use to see the contents of a .deb file? or more to the point, to ask apt about the contents of a package in its db? i just installed something but now i cant find the program	try dpkg -l packagename - only works when it's already installed, though
does anyone know how to access a windows share drive from my ubuntu laptop? (i do have samba running)	places -> network
what does iu means in the output of dpkg? iu rxvt-unicode-256color	unpacked but not installed
hey guys, theres an app (wondershaper, to throttle bandwidth) which i have to run with sudo. is there anyway i can have limited users run it or any other thing that requires sudo? thanks	you can configure sudo to allow certain users to run specific things with elevated privileges
does ubuntu use gnome or kde by default ?	their is a kubuntu which is developed for kde
is there a video codec pack that includes xvid? apt-get doesnt find xvid codec	consult your media player's site for codec documentation.. try vlc
i don't know the proper term for it but i'm looking for a program that can spam key press events when i hold down a mouse or keyboard button. can anyone help me with this?	keytouch or keylaunch
how do i kill a process that won't go away using 'killall 'processname' '?	sudo kill -9 pid (pid = process id)
has anyone downloaded the full hardy iso? how big is it?	699mb
beryl has key bindings referenced as <super>. which key is that on a pc platform?	windows key
what's the current kernel for breezy and where is it located after automatic update?	2.6.12-9 (.23 i think?) it lives in /boot
does anyone know the username and password for xubuntu?	the username is ubuntu probably, you don't need either though, just use sudo if you need root it won't ask for a password
hello. can i use repositories from hardy for the dapper? some software in the dapper's repos have very old version :-)	if there are backports for those packages, you could try them but the long-term solution is probably to upgrade or reinstall.
is there an ubuntu package for totem codecs?	though gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg might need spesific installing (it's in universe, patent stuff)
is there a command similar to yum --whatprovices in ubuntu for finding file level dependencies?	-s \| --search <pattern> ... find package(s) owning file(s).
hi, what is the command again to stop certain services from booting up? sysctl something.. i forget	sysv-rc-conf
the compile errored out with 'unable to find x11/intrinsic.h'	libxt-dev
in the past i've used --vendor 555:0302 or whatever to load modules. it just depens on how that driver is written. if you can find the source your can probably find the command line arg	ever compiled x modules on your own?
can anyone help me get my isight webcam going?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225621 ?
howdy. quick question: is there a place i can see what ./configure options a mainainer used when building a package? (specifically, smbclient.)	grab the source package and read debian/rules
i plugged in my usb headset, everything works fine but when i use the volume control on my headset..... it changes the microphone volume rather than the speaker volume (since it's listed first in gnome volume control)	in gnome, choose it in system> preferences> sound> devices> default mixer tracks
what command i must type for build a .deb package from a source (that already have a debian folder inside)?	to build from source with most packages, make will do
whats the difference between apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade	upgrade will not install new packages, it will only upgrade what it can
why does ubuntu provide no deb program package for jalingo? (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jalingo)	you are more than welcome to compile your own package for your own personal use using an application called checkinstall
what aptitude/apt-get command can i use to display what programs are dependent of a package?	apt-cache with rdepends
hey folks, would anyone have a quick moment for advice? my putty session timed out while running a grub update, and like an idiot i decided to just give the machine a quick reboot to resolve the dpkg lock. now the system starts to boot but does not quite get to a prompt. i assume i just need to get in and run dpkg --configure -a... is a live cd the best way to go about this?	don't forget to mount-bind /dev/ and /proc before you enter the chroot. else grub won't see any hard disks
those who are wiser than me: i am going through the installer again, and i am wondering if the installer is capable of overwriting my encrypted hd without asking me for a password? i am in the 'partitions formatting' stage and i am about to re-partition my hd into just 1 hard drive, and it isn't prompting me for the password i had used to encrypt it, etc...does that mean it hasn't actually tried to access the hard drive yet, or	you don't need the password to re-partition an encrypted volume, assuming you're not interested in the data in it
how do i open a passworded rar with default ubuntu apps?	try with unrar-non free package
this kis kind of a basic question but something is using up 100% of my clock cycles, how would i go about finding out what process is doing that and killing it (sys monitor is no help)	start with 'top'
so... can anyone tell me if this step is for people installing stuff from source code or for people installing from packages? : 'then we want to set the proper ownership for the mysql directories and data files, so that only mysql (and root) can do anything with them.'	- sounds like src - i've got mysql up and running without changing any dir permissions
is there a gui too that'll help me find and mount my partitions?	gparted'll show you your partitions
hello guys is there any packages for azureus or my sources.list is incomplete ?	http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/
i'm trying to scp a file to another ubuntu box via lan but i'd like to do it without typing a password everytime.. any how-to's on setting up a certifcate to allow that?	though it refers to a commercial verison of ssh, not openssh
can somebody tell how i can add folders to the sidebar in nautilus....ie the place where the desktop and home folder reside	start gedit, choose file -> open, navigate to the folder you want to add, click the 'add' button.
can someone please explain to me why if sound works in flash with firefox it doesn't with chrome and vice/versa?	can you explain further?
hello, ubotu states that automatix uses something like echo -e blahblah, which is considered 'unsafe'. could anyone elaborate?	it automatically answers yes to questions which the user is supposed to answer
if i upgrad a 'lts' to a 'non-lts', what will be the kind of suport?	same support, just won't last until 2010 like dapper
how can i change alsa not to have separate sounds for master and headphones?	i had that exact problem, and i can help you, but i'd prefer a pm
anyone can help me? thanks!	what did you download it with?
there's a file on a large external drive. i know its extension, but can't remember its full name, or path. there won't be many files of that type on this drive. how do i find it?	ls /path/to/drive
what was the command to reconfigure xorg? dpkg --reconfigure xserver.xorg?	dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg
hi guys, hope all are well. i have a little problem with minitube on my lucid lynx, it keeps complaining about missing h.264 codec. i have searched for it all over the internet with no luck, can any kind soul help me install it so i can get minitube 1.1 working? please help?	did you try installing this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats
is there a lightweight gmail client?	thunderbird
how can i set costum icons for devices, listed in computer:/// ??	top left *
it will read it if such exists - but it doesn't necessarily do	thanks! i just switched from a nvidia card to an ati card. i used to add a line that inverted my screen.

hey guys, im installing ubuntu on a 40gb solid state drive. i really only want to install the core system and a handful of applications onto the ssd however. whats the best way to go about this (ie which directories would be a must on the ssd), thanks.

best solution is to put /home/ /var/ /usr/ and /opt/ somewhere else and the rest on your ssd

and that means?

it means that if you encounter a crash, your files are more likely to be recovered.

guys i forgot my ssh passphrase. what can i do to recover/make a new one?

i dont think you can recover.. make a new key with ssk-keygen perhaps

i'm on wireless in ubuntu and i can surf through firefox, but empathy and evolution only can go online through the ethernet. if i am on wireless they don't connect. anyone got any ideas?

are you on your home network or on a corporate / school network?

whats a good replacement for gaim? gaim keeps having some sort of segmentation fault even when i completely remove it then reinstall it.

centericq

do you know any good tutorial for iptables, please?

get rid of the ) off the end of that url

hey there, guys i might need some help, yesterday i installed ubuntu 10.04 made some skype calls and my mic was working, today i updated to 11.04 and now the mic cannot record anything

ubuntu 11.04 is under development; install ubuntu 10.10 maverick meerkat

hello, i have three hard disks in my pc, i can mount a disk by clicking on its label using nautilus, or disk utility; however i am unsuccessful when using mount command on the shell to mount existing drive-partition. the drive location: /dev/sdc1 is listed when using blkid; also listed when using fdisk -l but without any disk info; when entering: mount /dev/sdc1 /media/space2, i get a...

for command line mounting, the mount point (which is just an empty directory) needs to exist already. gnome does this for you when using the gui apps, but mount does not

is it possible to install w32codecs in amd64? i am not able to play .dat files in mplayer

i installed it manually from mplayer's website

is there a command to display the contents of a file inside the shell?

try cat?

does gtkpod sync video too?

i don't know, but i'd but interested to find out too :)

hey. i've mounted a iso(game) with kiso. the game contains of 4 iso's and after installing from first iso it expect second iso. so i mount it with kiso. but how can i point installer to where its located. where is the iso mounted too? thanks!

the 'mount' command shows mountpoints normally. unless the thing is mounted via fuse.

i just did a dist-upgrade from oneiric to precise. while it was installing, gnome-shell quit working. after it rebooted, lightdm starts in a bad mode, and keyboard and mouse don't work. what should i do?

i think i had a similar problem, ended up apt-get installing lxde until i could reconfigure gnome-shell

hi there, can i safely remove mono from ubuntu latest versions? or is it tied to ubuntu-desktop?

and either synaptic or apt will warn if it tries to remove ubuntu-desktop.

hey guys, i'm having a ubuntu server here, with kernel version 2.6.24-16-server, and i need its source code. i can't find it via `dpkg -l | grep linux-` - so how do i get this kernels source code?

sudo apt-get install linux-source ?

how do i change this default orange background? (not the desktop picture -- the pale orange that shows during boot. i'm trying other window managers and it shows up all over)

thats what you want to hit

what is the easiest way to burn a dvd from an avi file? i tried encoding it with tovid, then using gnomebaker, but that failed horribly.

you could try devede

i installed build-essential and now get a zlib error, but can't find which packsge contains that library?

zlib1g-dev is what you need. headers

hi. i was installing nes emulator from software center (ubuntu 10.10) and it didnt finish installing. now it keeps showing a message 'items cannot be removed or installed until the package catalogue is repaired'. i try to repair but it says failed. can anyone help?

you can do that with synaptic

hello again! another quick question...how would i add a new user to a successive series of groups from the console?

usermod -g, probably

how do i install an rpm

convert it to a .deb with sudo alien file.rpm then install the deniab with sudo dpkg -i file.deb

is there a symbol that can take the place of a space in terminal?

example. my\ name\ is\ coleys/

excuse me, is it possible to download ubuntu netbook remix already or it will be shipped with new computers only (or neither, but it's not out yet)?

i've heard taht it won't be downloadable

i like to use dreamweaver but i switched to ubuntu. what can i install for ubuntu that has the same split view as dreamweaver?

try quanta or bluefish, nvu is good too

hey folks... i need some schooling on setting permissions... i need to setup a directory correctly... so that when i copy files into it... i don't have to do chmod on all the files i copied in

sudo apt-get install numlockx

i installed unrar-free, but it won't extract my .rar file?

install unrar

is there a command to list the largest files on your system? almost over night, ive gone to having 98% of my disk filled and i cant figure out what file(s) are doing it.

cd / then run du -sh

i am running xchat-gnome irc and i don't have any menus. any idea why?

my fav xchat do didy http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/xchat-customizations/ and there is a xchat channel also

can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through usb port?????

right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject'

what package do i apt-get if i want the kernel source and configuration files that were used to buil dmy version of ubuntu?

config file should be in /boot

but i want 0.9.8.how would i install that?

get a very very new apt repo, or compile from source or cvs/svn

can anybody tell me how to view svg file?

use inkscape for that

hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?

when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.

oh, so it's something i have to download?

some programs were left out from the .iso to keep it small enough, ccsm is among the left out packages

is there some 'right' way of checking whether a service is up? i was just going to pgrep, but i thought maybe init kept a running tally of what's running, and what's not.

service servicename status

any idea what i can do to make numlock enabled by default!?

apt-get install numlockx

how do enable mp3 support in k3b?

i just gave you what to install

is it possible to update bios using a script without requiring a restart/reboot?

your lucky in that many bios can be updated with a gui in windows.

glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark

haha

that acutally isnt the best place to get it anymore

thats suns website

if i apt-got gaim would there be a /src directory in the gaim folder?

apt-source

if i want to get a new computer and run ubuntu on it, what's the best kind of computer to run ubuntu on?

www.dell.com/open ubuntu preinstalled!!

hi men i can't play mp3 on phythmbox music player , can anybody tell me how to ?

it's on wiki.ubuntu.org. search for restrictedformats

is there something in bash similar to windows' ipconfig?

ifconfig

anyone know how to turn off low battery notifications?

right click the battery status applet, check the prefs.

hi, i have a usb touchscreen that works out of the box with 11.10, but not with 12.04. with 12.04, when i try to 'cat /dev/usb/hiddev0' i get no output. could anyone point me in the right direction?

file a bug - this isn't in launchpad yet

i have a 320gb external hard disk. when i use it ubuntu, on safe removal, it does not actually power off like in windows. hence, on removal, there is a slight screeching noise from the hdd. how do i force the hdd to power down before removal? or at least stop spinning?

hdparm

if i wanted to take a look at the the 'rules' file created for a package in ubuntu, where would i get that?

apt-get source package

i have got an acer aspire 5633 laptop with the intel 3945 wifi chip. i am running feisty with all packages updated. the problem is that my wireless network does not appear most of the time when doing a scan (iwconfig eth1 scan), it does sometimes appear. if i manage to get a connection it just drops after a couple of seconds. i have got another laptop next to me and this can connect absolutely fine. signal strength is about 75%. does anyone have any sugges

to identical laptops? one works the other doesn't?

hi, how can i disabled the firewall please?

not a good idea, what are you trying to do?

grub2 knows how to read lvm - grub does not

you might want to start reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment, particularly the section on new packages

hi, how can i use my pgp key with pidgin ?

http://pidgin-encrypt.sourceforge.net/faq.php

questopn: when i turn on the pc ubuntu shows the loading screen that after about a minute it sitches to a black screen that shows lots of lines of text including 'bug: unable to handle kernel paging request at f8c84848'

can you get to a terminal? press ctrl-alt-f2 or ctrl-alt-f3

what is envy?

a script that tries to install your drivers, we reworked a version of it for your repos, but the original can mess you up and keep the real drivers from working

what would be the best virtual machine software (fully free, of course) to utilize if i wanted to run hardyalpha6

virtualbox

is there a command i can use to see the contents of a .deb file? or more to the point, to ask apt about the contents of a package in its db? i just installed something but now i cant find the program

try dpkg -l packagename - only works when it's already installed, though

does anyone know how to access a windows share drive from my ubuntu laptop? (i do have samba running)

places -> network

what does iu means in the output of dpkg? iu rxvt-unicode-256color

unpacked but not installed

hey guys, theres an app (wondershaper, to throttle bandwidth) which i have to run with sudo. is there anyway i can have limited users run it or any other thing that requires sudo? thanks

you can configure sudo to allow certain users to run specific things with elevated privileges

does ubuntu use gnome or kde by default ?

their is a kubuntu which is developed for kde

is there a video codec pack that includes xvid? apt-get doesnt find xvid codec

consult your media player's site for codec documentation.. try vlc

i don't know the proper term for it but i'm looking for a program that can spam key press events when i hold down a mouse or keyboard button. can anyone help me with this?

keytouch or keylaunch

how do i kill a process that won't go away using 'killall 'processname' '?

sudo kill -9 pid (pid = process id)

has anyone downloaded the full hardy iso? how big is it?

699mb

beryl has key bindings referenced as <super>. which key is that on a pc platform?

windows key

what's the current kernel for breezy and where is it located after automatic update?

2.6.12-9 (.23 i think?) it lives in /boot

does anyone know the username and password for xubuntu?

the username is ubuntu probably, you don't need either though, just use sudo if you need root it won't ask for a password

hello. can i use repositories from hardy for the dapper? some software in the dapper's repos have very old version :-)

if there are backports for those packages, you could try them but the long-term solution is probably to upgrade or reinstall.

is there an ubuntu package for totem codecs?

though gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg might need spesific installing (it's in universe, patent stuff)

is there a command similar to yum --whatprovices in ubuntu for finding file level dependencies?

-s | --search <pattern> ... find package(s) owning file(s).

hi, what is the command again to stop certain services from booting up? sysctl something.. i forget

sysv-rc-conf

the compile errored out with 'unable to find x11/intrinsic.h'

libxt-dev

in the past i've used --vendor 555:0302 or whatever to load modules. it just depens on how that driver is written. if you can find the source your can probably find the command line arg

ever compiled x modules on your own?

can anyone help me get my isight webcam going?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225621 ?

howdy. quick question: is there a place i can see what ./configure options a mainainer used when building a package? (specifically, smbclient.)

grab the source package and read debian/rules

i plugged in my usb headset, everything works fine but when i use the volume control on my headset..... it changes the microphone volume rather than the speaker volume (since it's listed first in gnome volume control)

in gnome, choose it in system> preferences> sound> devices> default mixer tracks

what command i must type for build a .deb package from a source (that already have a debian folder inside)?

to build from source with most packages, make will do

whats the difference between apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade

upgrade will not install new packages, it will only upgrade what it can

why does ubuntu provide no deb program package for jalingo? (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jalingo)

you are more than welcome to compile your own package for your own personal use using an application called checkinstall

what aptitude/apt-get command can i use to display what programs are dependent of a package?

apt-cache with rdepends

hey folks, would anyone have a quick moment for advice? my putty session timed out while running a grub update, and like an idiot i decided to just give the machine a quick reboot to resolve the dpkg lock. now the system starts to boot but does not quite get to a prompt. i assume i just need to get in and run dpkg --configure -a... is a live cd the best way to go about this?

don't forget to mount-bind /dev/ and /proc before you enter the chroot. else grub won't see any hard disks

those who are wiser than me: i am going through the installer again, and i am wondering if the installer is capable of overwriting my encrypted hd without asking me for a password? i am in the 'partitions formatting' stage and i am about to re-partition my hd into just 1 hard drive, and it isn't prompting me for the password i had used to encrypt it, etc...does that mean it hasn't actually tried to access the hard drive yet, or

you don't need the password to re-partition an encrypted volume, assuming you're not interested in the data in it

how do i open a passworded rar with default ubuntu apps?

try with unrar-non free package

this kis kind of a basic question but something is using up 100% of my clock cycles, how would i go about finding out what process is doing that and killing it (sys monitor is no help)

start with 'top'

so... can anyone tell me if this step is for people installing stuff from source code or for people installing from packages? : 'then we want to set the proper ownership for the mysql directories and data files, so that only mysql (and root) can do anything with them.'

- sounds like src - i've got mysql up and running without changing any dir permissions

is there a gui too that'll help me find and mount my partitions?

gparted'll show you your partitions

hello guys is there any packages for azureus or my sources.list is incomplete ?

http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/

i'm trying to scp a file to another ubuntu box via lan but i'd like to do it without typing a password everytime.. any how-to's on setting up a certifcate to allow that?

though it refers to a commercial verison of ssh, not openssh

can somebody tell how i can add folders to the sidebar in nautilus....ie the place where the desktop and home folder reside

start gedit, choose file -> open, navigate to the folder you want to add, click the 'add' button.

can someone please explain to me why if sound works in flash with firefox it doesn't with chrome and vice/versa?

can you explain further?

hello, ubotu states that automatix uses something like echo -e blahblah, which is considered 'unsafe'. could anyone elaborate?

it automatically answers yes to questions which the user is supposed to answer

if i upgrad a 'lts' to a 'non-lts', what will be the kind of suport?

same support, just won't last until 2010 like dapper

how can i change alsa not to have separate sounds for master and headphones?

i had that exact problem, and i can help you, but i'd prefer a pm

anyone can help me? thanks!

what did you download it with?

there's a file on a large external drive. i know its extension, but can't remember its full name, or path. there won't be many files of that type on this drive. how do i find it?

ls /path/to/drive

what was the command to reconfigure xorg? dpkg --reconfigure xserver.xorg?

dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg

hi guys, hope all are well. i have a little problem with minitube on my lucid lynx, it keeps complaining about missing h.264 codec. i have searched for it all over the internet with no luck, can any kind soul help me install it so i can get minitube 1.1 working? please help?

did you try installing this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats

is there a lightweight gmail client?

thunderbird

how can i set costum icons for devices, listed in computer:/// ??

top left *

it will read it if such exists - but it doesn't necessarily do

thanks! i just switched from a nvidia card to an ati card. i used to add a line that inverted my screen.