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hello, how do i ssh to servers via hostname?	you either need a dns server or an entry in the client's /etc/hosts
how do i configure ubuntu to use dhcp ?	in the connections tab of 'network settings' select an interface, click on properties, and set configuration to dhcp
how can i send the error message from a terminal command to a text file? i tried 'command > text.txt', which creates the text file after i run it but does not put the error message from 'command' into it.	use the complete path /sbin/reboot
where do i view/edit startup processes/programmes?	system->settings->sessions
how to make ubuntu not run any x session by default on login	add 'text' to grub_cmdline_linux_default in /etc/default/grub and run 'update-grub'
hi.... i was wondering what the name for the program is to change the restricted drivers. i downgraded the graphics driver and now i can only see half the screen (and can't get back to the window!).	jockey
hey, is there a way to make an xterm window go full-screen?	iirc there is a gnome-terminal menu option for going fullscreen.
does anyone know how can i open .sit file in ubuntu?	http://my.smithmicro.com/unix/stuffit/index.html any help ?
how do i move the unity launcher to a different screen edge?	theres some hacks to move it to the bottom
hi guys, whenever i minimize firefox8 in my ubuntu11.10, it simply closes, how to stop this from happening?	how are you minimizing it?
has anybody installed ubuntu on macbook pro ratina...?	http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple_mbpr_linux&num=4
what's that command again to list all connected usb devices?	lsusb
hi all, i read on some the forum that i can install synergy via synaptic, but i can't find it on the list... how do i fix this? (see http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%3fid%3d5313&prev=/search%3fq%3dhttp://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%253fid%253d5313%26hl%3den%26hs%3d1rx%26lr%3d%26client%3dfirefox%26rls%3dorg.mozilla:en-us:unofficial)	you need to activate the 'universe' repository
speaking of open office - does anyone know if there are debs for oo 1.1.4 somewhere out there already?	yer right, i'm seeing things
can anyone point me to a fglrx install howto that's worth a damn? this is much harder to install than it is on debian... i thought it was supposed to be backwards	tweak, no, you can use dpkg -i --force-all on the 32bit deb
i just installed ubuntu and for some reason i wasn't asked for keyboard language, i believe its set to an american keyboard now and i've got a swedish one. i went to preferences > keyboard, layouts tab, and removed the american layout and added the swedish one, but it didn\t help, the keys are still wrong. any ideas?	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
quick question: how do you disconnect from an ssh session? (aside from closing terminal)	exit
i have been having a problem with 3d acceleration. the drivers are installed. glxgears works fine, beryl works fine. i have no errors except when i try to run a game in wine or cedega. has anyone had this problem before?	what game(s)?
is eft considered a 'stable' release, or in transition to a stable one?	i think it contains some applications that are fairly new, stuff like that that made them not give it lts (long term support)
hello. due to a recent error i saw while booting up, i have come to the conclusion that there might be an error on my drive. how do i check the drive for errors?	(and wait a while)
is there a where command in bash?	either which or locate
anyone know a mail client i could use for an exchange 5.5 server? evolution doesnt support that version	yea it's either that for us, or imap :( blows because there is no calendar integrate when running linux :(
anyone know if feisty can be downloaded yet? i know it's not offically released but is it possible?	look out for the beta releases
question : i have a usb drive with 2 different partitions. how can i get this to be a single entity?	you can use gparted to repartition the drive
i have installed sun java6 jre. i want it to be default. what command was it i had to run to be able to choose with java i want to use?	sudo update-alternatives --config j.....ava? jre?
i type a command into a terminal, and it does nothing, what is wrong?	whatcommand
what is the ubuntu equivalent of winamp?	there are many music players, but xmms is the closest
hi, is it possible to colorize apt-get or aptitude output?	highlight works pretty well, you'd probably have to write your own syntax file for apt though
my pointer stopped moving... i can tab through links on the webpage i'm on but can't get any response from the pointer... :/	or 'command' on osx
hi, yes erm - i'm having withdrawl symptons from the lack of edgy eft .. i'm wondering what command i can use to help me recover from the lack of edgy eft?	killall %user
hi, does anyone know if having kismet installed slows down your connection? right now on my ifconfig, three different wireless connectons are showing	that's normal
any idea if external usb discs support hdd > 2tb? (10.04lts)	i think so.
i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.	try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php
guys, i have directory with about 500 tar.gz file, how to extract all of them at once>?	for file in *.tar.gz; do tar zxf ${file}; done
can anyone here please help me, im trying to convert downloaded avi movies to vcd or dvd, basically so i can watch them on my dvd player & tv ... i'm trying without luck to find a single application that can do the conversion.	use tovid and tovidgui
anyone know of any html offline validators for linux?	look at libhtml-lint-perl perhaps?
is there a way to mount any and all hdds on boot?	ya look int /etc/fstab
i'm trying to follow hoary's cleartype-like fonts howto here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=20976 but when i edit xorg.conf and reboot xdpyinfo output doesn't change. anyone know why?	hoary is not supported anymore
hey all, i'm having an issue getting sound to work in virtualbox xp guest and my gutsy host. sounds works in both, just not at the same time. if i play a sound in the guest, it steals the sound and i'm unable to play sounds in the host. any ideas how to configure this to work?	but with other sound cards - onboard mostly - i've had to go the pulseaudio route.
in a few months a new ubuntu will replace 7.10. i will be wanting to upgrade, but would a fresh install be better, and how do i move my /home?	putting /home on its own partition makes fresh installs easier
is there a list of utilities that i can install from cd? for example, build-essential.	i think its under system >administration > synaptic package manager
why you cant install nvidia-glx and nvidia-settings together?	because nvidia-settings was rolled into nvidia-glx. the former is from the breezy days and is obsoleted.
you're not supposed to get 'input/output error' from disk operations in normal use. is there anything valuable on that disk? if so, back it up before you do anything else...	qin nothing valuable, im trying to erase everything on it...
how do i have ubuntu auto log in and then have a script that plays a song? i'm planning on using my compter as a type of alarm clock, i have my bios auto turn the computer on at a certain time so that is of no matter.	for autologin, system -> administration -> login screen has an option. for playing a song, run totem or something at login (see the message from ubottu) specifying the file you want to play.
if i become root now will it cause conflicts with the echo commands that i did as sudo?	i am checking for you in another channel hold on
hi there... i'll try to install ubuntu 7.04 on my slave hard disk, which contains some files (no os there). ubuntu's partitioner can be safely used to create another partition in this hd?	it works, that's all i know
when i try to edit file permissions it says im not the owner	are you using sudo?
hi all, i'd like to know what to do with this bug i've discovered (or not): when i boot a dapper 5 live cd, i can't get static networking to work. i've looked in bugzilla.gnome.org, where they say the bug is fixed, but i can't see any trace of said fix getting into dapper. i'va already asked on #launchpad, and they told me to come here.	sorry for the second redirection of the day, but the dapper channel is that :)
evening people. anyone here with a good recommendation for a ftp client with both tls/ssl-support for ubuntu which is freeware?	gftppro was a good one, i can't remember if it supports the tls/ssl
is there a page that tells you what exactly to do when you are trying to install ubuntu on a laptop and properly partion that hard drive?	--^
hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? i have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but i still can't modify the disk	unless you want to lose your data
hello everyone. any python user here, m new to this irc thing and was trying to connect to #python, but got a response saying 'you need to identify yourself' no idea what this means. can anyone help me out joining that channel, thanks	type '/msg nickserver help register' and do waht it says :)
would it be worthwhile to upgrade from teh rc cd and then update from that point? or would i be creating problems?	that will work fine.
how do i check what driver my blackbuntu machine is running? how do i check if it's either nvidia or nouvea itself who is managing my graphic card?	lsmod, lspci -k
i need to do some kernel dev, and and would like to start of with the ubuntu kernel's many default modules enabled	the kernel compile link will tell you how to download the ubuntu kernel source. you can continue from there to do your kernel dev work.
how to change the size an image using shotwell photo viewer?	use gimp.....
hey everyone, i just want people on the windows lan to be able to browse my shared folders in my network places/workgroup computers. how do i configure samba for this?	if you install swat it will give you a gui to configure samba with. nice and easy
hi! im looking for graphical tool for noobs (preferably client side) to add 'stuff' (like titles,text,images,documents) to a website without messing up the structure or layout. is there such a tool?	some uses screem
need help. i'm trying to copy from windows drive couple files to /opt directory.. i use sudo cp and it says imitting directory ? anyone know why i can't copy the files ?	you need to use cp -r if you are copying directories.
hi all - i am considering getting an external monitor for my laptop running 10.04 - can anyone comment on how well external monitors are handled by the os?	this is better http://www.linux-laptop.net/
i just ejected a dvd movie and ubuntu is acting like it's still in there, in the sense that the drive is still named after the dvd and it's not seeming to read the new dvd i put in. what should i do?	restart?
hello, how do i start and stop daemons?	/etc/init.d/servicexxxxxx stop
i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.	if it were simple, you wouldnt be here
i killed my login screen by accident with apt-get remove, does anyone know the pkg name to re-install the login screen?	apt-get install xdm (x-window-system) or kdm or gdm
any1 no how i can make a key on the keyboard (or key combos) show the desktop? cuz id like a faster way than clicking 'show desktop'	try gnome-keybinding-properties
how do you change what programs to auto-start when logging in to gnome?	system > preferences > sessions > startup
is there any way of returning the ip of a connection?	do you want the address of something that is connecting to you?
guys, what's the difference between apt-get upgrade, apt-get update?	upgrade upgrades from one version to another, update updates packages that have newer bug/security fixes
is asf format, a movie file?	asf is a ms format, mpeg is more open
something has a severe memory leak. i start the day with a fairly peppy system, and end the day waiting 10 seconds for the text cursor to appear where i click. any guess as to ubuntu, gnome, apache, mysql, chrome, netbeans or vbox?	netbeans
i have a usb flash drive that i want to rename the volume. is there a way i can do that?	i believe with: parted <partition> name 'whatyouwantthepartitiontobecalled'
anyone know how i can list all processes in a tree structure?	'pstree'
with the alternate install, is exim installed by default or do you have to add the package after?	i believe exim4 is part of the minimal install, just for mail client functions
i am looking for a certain package, how can i find it? what's the command line instruction to list packages with a certain name?	aptitude search string
does xchat have a nickcomplete function?	hit tab :)
somebody knows how i could automount in every login the network folder //servidor/linux/%(domain_user) on the path /home/local/%(domain_name)/%(domain_user)/server ? i need %(domain_name) and %(domain_user) to be assigned depending of who log in. and i would need this to be default on every user. thanks!	have you tried the automount?
anybody knows where the proprietary drives reside in the filesystem???	your hdds will be in /media
is there a floppy install available for hoary? if so, where would i go about finding them? i'd rather not download the entire cd if they are located there.	- closetes you can get is http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/localnetinstall
can someone help me with installing java?	its in the repositories
i finally got dvd's to play in xine.. anyone know how to get xine to play when a dvd is loaded rather then totem?	yeah, i'd remove the totem package anyway... i can't remember where to set the default, however having totem installed....
i'm looking online for directions on how to use apt-get to remove an application.... anyone have a link or know the answer?	apt-get remove application
hi guys! a got an apple wireless mouse (just one button) but i can't do the control + click for doing the double click. is there a way to do this under ubuntu?	double click? you could try clicking twice on the one button that is there. if you do it fast enough it would probably emulate a doubleclick
some unicode characters are not displayed properly...us there a package i can install to get them displayed?	that's usually a font problem. add more fonts until you find one that has all the characters you need.
is there an ubuntu deb for firefox 3.5 yet?	no, but it is apparently being worked on.
is there any reason why i should not use proposed packages ?? i just enabled proposed because i need ff3rc1	you could download the package from packages.ubuntu.com and install it without enabling the proposed repo.
folks, i need a mp3 player in ubuntu which doesnt wake up my laptop fan.... i have had tried rhythmbox and banshee, but it ends up running my fan in fullspeed even if i play a single song	mplayer song.mp3
<cy for help>can someone <i>please</i> help me</cry for help>	nice emotion-tags there, buddy
hello, how can i convert a youtube video into mp3 using linux.	use 'video downloadhelper' ...and addon for firefox ...it downloads and converts video from youtube
how can i kill a running process in ubuntu/kde 4	ctrl + esc
do usb mice work in bios?	/var/log not /etc/log
does anyone have any experience with colinux on here?	honestly
how do you uninstall an app that you 'sudo aptitude install'ed	sudo aptitude remove --purge <packagename>
how do i find out that uuid for fstab entries?	sudo blkid
i have an odd problem. anyone willing to help? (it involves the install of a custom-ish 7.04)	is / marked as being formatted?
when y'all get done with that, i have a question about x11 forwarding and i'm not even sure how to google about it: i ssh -y from my hardy box into another box (fedora) and try to run firefox. i get firefox running on my local machine, not the remote machine. is ubuntu trying to outsmart me?	lol, means your probably not connected to the remote machine when you issue the command
what are my options for installing openoffice 3.2 on karmic?	probably find a repo or install from the site
hi guys! i have a gui issue. how can i change ubuntu9.10 default desktop, menu,task bars, ...into something like windows 7/vista (i hate having two bars on my screen, for one) or an apple look? also is there a theme which is neater than the default one (i have seen themes on the net but not sure hot to install them)? thanks (many of the desktop-screencaptures i see from people, they are very nice but no guide how to get there)	you can right click the panels and customize them
can someone here tell me how to tell ubuntu to open downloaded msword files with ooo ?	right-click on a .doc file, choose properties, third tab is an associate with program dialog.
what's the bash command to look at my video/graphics card? lshw?	lspci \| grep vga
where would be an appropriate place to store music/photos/videos/etc that i want writable for all users on my box? /usr, /opt, /?	or /media/media/media/media ;)

hello, how do i ssh to servers via hostname?

you either need a dns server or an entry in the client's /etc/hosts

how do i configure ubuntu to use dhcp ?

in the connections tab of 'network settings' select an interface, click on properties, and set configuration to dhcp

how can i send the error message from a terminal command to a text file? i tried 'command > text.txt', which creates the text file after i run it but does not put the error message from 'command' into it.

use the complete path /sbin/reboot

where do i view/edit startup processes/programmes?

system->settings->sessions

how to make ubuntu not run any x session by default on login

add 'text' to grub_cmdline_linux_default in /etc/default/grub and run 'update-grub'

hi.... i was wondering what the name for the program is to change the restricted drivers. i downgraded the graphics driver and now i can only see half the screen (and can't get back to the window!).

jockey

hey, is there a way to make an xterm window go full-screen?

iirc there is a gnome-terminal menu option for going fullscreen.

does anyone know how can i open .sit file in ubuntu?

http://my.smithmicro.com/unix/stuffit/index.html any help ?

how do i move the unity launcher to a different screen edge?

theres some hacks to move it to the bottom

hi guys, whenever i minimize firefox8 in my ubuntu11.10, it simply closes, how to stop this from happening?

how are you minimizing it?

has anybody installed ubuntu on macbook pro ratina...?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple_mbpr_linux&num=4

what's that command again to list all connected usb devices?

lsusb

hi all, i read on some the forum that i can install synergy via synaptic, but i can't find it on the list... how do i fix this? (see http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%3fid%3d5313&prev=/search%3fq%3dhttp://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%253fid%253d5313%26hl%3den%26hs%3d1rx%26lr%3d%26client%3dfirefox%26rls%3dorg.mozilla:en-us:unofficial)

you need to activate the 'universe' repository

speaking of open office - does anyone know if there are debs for oo 1.1.4 somewhere out there already?

yer right, i'm seeing things

can anyone point me to a fglrx install howto that's worth a damn? this is much harder to install than it is on debian... i thought it was supposed to be backwards

tweak, no, you can use dpkg -i --force-all on the 32bit deb

i just installed ubuntu and for some reason i wasn't asked for keyboard language, i believe its set to an american keyboard now and i've got a swedish one. i went to preferences > keyboard, layouts tab, and removed the american layout and added the swedish one, but it didn\t help, the keys are still wrong. any ideas?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

quick question: how do you disconnect from an ssh session? (aside from closing terminal)

exit

i have been having a problem with 3d acceleration. the drivers are installed. glxgears works fine, beryl works fine. i have no errors except when i try to run a game in wine or cedega. has anyone had this problem before?

what game(s)?

is eft considered a 'stable' release, or in transition to a stable one?

i think it contains some applications that are fairly new, stuff like that that made them not give it lts (long term support)

hello. due to a recent error i saw while booting up, i have come to the conclusion that there might be an error on my drive. how do i check the drive for errors?

(and wait a while)

is there a where command in bash?

either which or locate

anyone know a mail client i could use for an exchange 5.5 server? evolution doesnt support that version

yea it's either that for us, or imap :( blows because there is no calendar integrate when running linux :(

anyone know if feisty can be downloaded yet? i know it's not offically released but is it possible?

look out for the beta releases

question : i have a usb drive with 2 different partitions. how can i get this to be a single entity?

you can use gparted to repartition the drive

i have installed sun java6 jre. i want it to be default. what command was it i had to run to be able to choose with java i want to use?

sudo update-alternatives --config j.....ava? jre?

i type a command into a terminal, and it does nothing, what is wrong?

whatcommand

what is the ubuntu equivalent of winamp?

there are many music players, but xmms is the closest

hi, is it possible to colorize apt-get or aptitude output?

highlight works pretty well, you'd probably have to write your own syntax file for apt though

my pointer stopped moving... i can tab through links on the webpage i'm on but can't get any response from the pointer... :/

or 'command' on osx

hi, yes erm - i'm having withdrawl symptons from the lack of edgy eft .. i'm wondering what command i can use to help me recover from the lack of edgy eft?

killall %user

hi, does anyone know if having kismet installed slows down your connection? right now on my ifconfig, three different wireless connectons are showing

that's normal

any idea if external usb discs support hdd > 2tb? (10.04lts)

i think so.

i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.

try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php

guys, i have directory with about 500 tar.gz file, how to extract all of them at once>?

for file in *.tar.gz; do tar zxf ${file}; done

can anyone here please help me, im trying to convert downloaded avi movies to vcd or dvd, basically so i can watch them on my dvd player & tv ... i'm trying without luck to find a single application that can do the conversion.

use tovid and tovidgui

anyone know of any html offline validators for linux?

look at libhtml-lint-perl perhaps?

is there a way to mount any and all hdds on boot?

ya look int /etc/fstab

i'm trying to follow hoary's cleartype-like fonts howto here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=20976 but when i edit xorg.conf and reboot xdpyinfo output doesn't change. anyone know why?

hoary is not supported anymore

hey all, i'm having an issue getting sound to work in virtualbox xp guest and my gutsy host. sounds works in both, just not at the same time. if i play a sound in the guest, it steals the sound and i'm unable to play sounds in the host. any ideas how to configure this to work?

but with other sound cards - onboard mostly - i've had to go the pulseaudio route.

in a few months a new ubuntu will replace 7.10. i will be wanting to upgrade, but would a fresh install be better, and how do i move my /home?

putting /home on its own partition makes fresh installs easier

is there a list of utilities that i can install from cd? for example, build-essential.

i think its under system >administration > synaptic package manager

why you cant install nvidia-glx and nvidia-settings together?

because nvidia-settings was rolled into nvidia-glx. the former is from the breezy days and is obsoleted.

you're not supposed to get 'input/output error' from disk operations in normal use. is there anything valuable on that disk? if so, back it up before you do anything else...

qin nothing valuable, im trying to erase everything on it...

how do i have ubuntu auto log in and then have a script that plays a song? i'm planning on using my compter as a type of alarm clock, i have my bios auto turn the computer on at a certain time so that is of no matter.

for autologin, system -> administration -> login screen has an option. for playing a song, run totem or something at login (see the message from ubottu) specifying the file you want to play.

if i become root now will it cause conflicts with the echo commands that i did as sudo?

i am checking for you in another channel hold on

hi there... i'll try to install ubuntu 7.04 on my slave hard disk, which contains some files (no os there). ubuntu's partitioner can be safely used to create another partition in this hd?

it works, that's all i know

when i try to edit file permissions it says im not the owner

are you using sudo?

hi all, i'd like to know what to do with this bug i've discovered (or not): when i boot a dapper 5 live cd, i can't get static networking to work. i've looked in bugzilla.gnome.org, where they say the bug is fixed, but i can't see any trace of said fix getting into dapper. i'va already asked on #launchpad, and they told me to come here.

sorry for the second redirection of the day, but the dapper channel is that :)

evening people. anyone here with a good recommendation for a ftp client with both tls/ssl-support for ubuntu which is freeware?

gftppro was a good one, i can't remember if it supports the tls/ssl

is there a page that tells you what exactly to do when you are trying to install ubuntu on a laptop and properly partion that hard drive?

--^

hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? i have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but i still can't modify the disk

unless you want to lose your data

hello everyone. any python user here, m new to this irc thing and was trying to connect to #python, but got a response saying 'you need to identify yourself' no idea what this means. can anyone help me out joining that channel, thanks

type '/msg nickserver help register' and do waht it says :)

would it be worthwhile to upgrade from teh rc cd and then update from that point? or would i be creating problems?

that will work fine.

how do i check what driver my blackbuntu machine is running? how do i check if it's either nvidia or nouvea itself who is managing my graphic card?

lsmod, lspci -k

i need to do some kernel dev, and and would like to start of with the ubuntu kernel's many default modules enabled

the kernel compile link will tell you how to download the ubuntu kernel source. you can continue from there to do your kernel dev work.

how to change the size an image using shotwell photo viewer?

use gimp.....

hey everyone, i just want people on the windows lan to be able to browse my shared folders in my network places/workgroup computers. how do i configure samba for this?

if you install swat it will give you a gui to configure samba with. nice and easy

hi! im looking for graphical tool for noobs (preferably client side) to add 'stuff' (like titles,text,images,documents) to a website without messing up the structure or layout. is there such a tool?

some uses screem

need help. i'm trying to copy from windows drive couple files to /opt directory.. i use sudo cp and it says imitting directory ? anyone know why i can't copy the files ?

you need to use cp -r if you are copying directories.

hi all - i am considering getting an external monitor for my laptop running 10.04 - can anyone comment on how well external monitors are handled by the os?

this is better http://www.linux-laptop.net/

i just ejected a dvd movie and ubuntu is acting like it's still in there, in the sense that the drive is still named after the dvd and it's not seeming to read the new dvd i put in. what should i do?

restart?

hello, how do i start and stop daemons?

/etc/init.d/servicexxxxxx stop

i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.

if it were simple, you wouldnt be here

i killed my login screen by accident with apt-get remove, does anyone know the pkg name to re-install the login screen?

apt-get install xdm (x-window-system) or kdm or gdm

any1 no how i can make a key on the keyboard (or key combos) show the desktop? cuz id like a faster way than clicking 'show desktop'

try gnome-keybinding-properties

how do you change what programs to auto-start when logging in to gnome?

system > preferences > sessions > startup

is there any way of returning the ip of a connection?

do you want the address of something that is connecting to you?

guys, what's the difference between apt-get upgrade, apt-get update?

upgrade upgrades from one version to another, update updates packages that have newer bug/security fixes

is asf format, a movie file?

asf is a ms format, mpeg is more open

something has a severe memory leak. i start the day with a fairly peppy system, and end the day waiting 10 seconds for the text cursor to appear where i click. any guess as to ubuntu, gnome, apache, mysql, chrome, netbeans or vbox?

netbeans

i have a usb flash drive that i want to rename the volume. is there a way i can do that?

i believe with: parted <partition> name 'whatyouwantthepartitiontobecalled'

anyone know how i can list all processes in a tree structure?

'pstree'

with the alternate install, is exim installed by default or do you have to add the package after?

i believe exim4 is part of the minimal install, just for mail client functions

i am looking for a certain package, how can i find it? what's the command line instruction to list packages with a certain name?

aptitude search string

does xchat have a nickcomplete function?

hit tab :)

somebody knows how i could automount in every login the network folder //servidor/linux/%(domain_user) on the path /home/local/%(domain_name)/%(domain_user)/server ? i need %(domain_name) and %(domain_user) to be assigned depending of who log in. and i would need this to be default on every user. thanks!

have you tried the automount?

anybody knows where the proprietary drives reside in the filesystem???

your hdds will be in /media

is there a floppy install available for hoary? if so, where would i go about finding them? i'd rather not download the entire cd if they are located there.

- closetes you can get is http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/localnetinstall

can someone help me with installing java?

its in the repositories

i finally got dvd's to play in xine.. anyone know how to get xine to play when a dvd is loaded rather then totem?

yeah, i'd remove the totem package anyway... i can't remember where to set the default, however having totem installed....

i'm looking online for directions on how to use apt-get to remove an application.... anyone have a link or know the answer?

apt-get remove application

hi guys! a got an apple wireless mouse (just one button) but i can't do the control + click for doing the double click. is there a way to do this under ubuntu?

double click? you could try clicking twice on the one button that is there. if you do it fast enough it would probably emulate a doubleclick

some unicode characters are not displayed properly...us there a package i can install to get them displayed?

that's usually a font problem. add more fonts until you find one that has all the characters you need.

is there an ubuntu deb for firefox 3.5 yet?

no, but it is apparently being worked on.

is there any reason why i should not use proposed packages ?? i just enabled proposed because i need ff3rc1

you could download the package from packages.ubuntu.com and install it without enabling the proposed repo.

folks, i need a mp3 player in ubuntu which doesnt wake up my laptop fan.... i have had tried rhythmbox and banshee, but it ends up running my fan in fullspeed even if i play a single song

mplayer song.mp3

<cy for help>can someone <i>please</i> help me</cry for help>

nice emotion-tags there, buddy

hello, how can i convert a youtube video into mp3 using linux.

use 'video downloadhelper' ...and addon for firefox ...it downloads and converts video from youtube

how can i kill a running process in ubuntu/kde 4

ctrl + esc

do usb mice work in bios?

/var/log not /etc/log

does anyone have any experience with colinux on here?

honestly

how do you uninstall an app that you 'sudo aptitude install'ed

sudo aptitude remove --purge <packagename>

how do i find out that uuid for fstab entries?

sudo blkid

i have an odd problem. anyone willing to help? (it involves the install of a custom-ish 7.04)

is / marked as being formatted?

when y'all get done with that, i have a question about x11 forwarding and i'm not even sure how to google about it: i ssh -y from my hardy box into another box (fedora) and try to run firefox. i get firefox running on my local machine, not the remote machine. is ubuntu trying to outsmart me?

lol, means your probably not connected to the remote machine when you issue the command

what are my options for installing openoffice 3.2 on karmic?

probably find a repo or install from the site

hi guys! i have a gui issue. how can i change ubuntu9.10 default desktop, menu,task bars, ...into something like windows 7/vista (i hate having two bars on my screen, for one) or an apple look? also is there a theme which is neater than the default one (i have seen themes on the net but not sure hot to install them)? thanks (many of the desktop-screencaptures i see from people, they are very nice but no guide how to get there)

you can right click the panels and customize them

can someone here tell me how to tell ubuntu to open downloaded msword files with ooo ?

right-click on a .doc file, choose properties, third tab is an associate with program dialog.

what's the bash command to look at my video/graphics card? lshw?

lspci | grep vga

where would be an appropriate place to store music/photos/videos/etc that i want writable for all users on my box? /usr, /opt, /?

or /media/media/media/media ;)