mugithi/ubuntu_question_answer · Datasets at Hugging Face

question stringlengths 12 464	answer stringlengths 3 431
how do you disable a service in ubuntu? i'm used to using chkconfig on rh and fc	sudo update-rc.d -f foo remove
hi, how do i unzip a .tar.gz file?	you might consider using the gui tools instead
what's the package --- something like ``build-utils'' that facilitates compilations?	build-essential?
how can i show all users in a group through the commandline?	'groups' tells you who are you members of, 'groupmems -g <groupname> -l' lists them (needs root)
hi there. can anyone shed light on what kworker is, why it spawns so many processes, and why it causes so many kernel wakeups? i know it was introduced recently in the newer kernel build but i am unable to find any real information on what it is, what it's for, and if i should be concerned about the previously stated issues with it.	http://lwn.net/articles/403891/
i would like to see what network speed my network card is set at. how can i do this?	miitool i believe
is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?	mdf2iso then?
hi, i want to watch divx video with firefox. how make it run?	try installing vlc via apt-get
a lot of us on 8.10 have noticed a longer login time. there could be a large number of reasons why this is, but so long as you can login successfully, then it would be prudent to wait to see if updates improve the time. is the delay for you that bad?	so someone else is having the same problem not just me...
how can i set it so ctrl+alt+backspace restarts x like it used to?	key sequence to kill the x server
acpi suspend to ram stopped working for me after installing fglrx drivers for my radeon 9700, my screen trashes and the system locks, anyone know how to fix it?	add a tmpfs to your /etc/fstab
helo im having spam coming on my msn account in pidgin basicly about sex and nudity please tell me a way to stop these messages	also 'tools -> privacy'
hey all - when you install a new kernel in feisty, where does the package pull the uuid from to add to menu.lst -- its incorrect and i want to change it	try blkid
how do i check my glibc version?	dpkg -l \| grep libc6
how can i see the system log from terminal? (i'm using ssh)	or say cat /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages
i have a dumb question that i can't seem to find the answer in the faq etc. is there an easy way to put the nick of the person you are talking to at the beginning of the line?	most clients will tab complete the nick for you
is xfburn ok to use ?	gnome-baker
i am interested in changing the icons of a few folders to custom icons. can someone please assist me?	right-click on folder, options. there you can change the icon of the folder.
is there a way to change the time it takes for the unity dock to appear when i touch the left side of the screen? that second is just a bit too long for me. upper left corner is better, but it's annoying to go there every time.	try holding down the super key (win key) and see if that delay is too long for you too
could someone (or several) give me their views on partitions? specifically for sizes and which to use (for example, instead of having one ext3 and one swap, have several for different directories)	well for me, / is ~10gb, /home is ~30gb, swap is 512mb
i have far too many kernels listed in my boot screen. is there a safe, reliable way to purge all the last 3 kernel updates?	this will work too - http://www.foogazi.com/2008/07/02/quickzi-how-to-remove-older-kernels-from-ubuntu/
can i run ubuntu on a 2 gig thumbdrive?	4 gb is min req
i have to write my password twice each time i log in, or run su or such.. very annoying, any trix how to fix this?	having to enter the root password before certain actions is a security measure
where can i download kernel headers package?	http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/binarydriverhowto
hey guys, can someone give me a hand ripping an iso of a cd? i have tried dd if=/media/cdrom1 of=my_cd.iso but it is saying that /media/cdrom1 is a directory	/media/cdrom1 is a mount point. you want the acutal /dev/what, like /dev/hdc for example.
hi folks, i need to clean up some space in my /boot, is it safe to delete the vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic files?	if you arent booting it yes. uname -a in term to check but you can also remove it in synaptic cleanly
does anyone know what the codec packs are that pop up when you first try to play a unsupported audio/video file are? usually when you try to play a unsupported file you'll get a prompt saying its so and offer to check for the codec, i cant remember what they were	yes, some gstreamer packages
so i'm wondering why i can't play more than one audio file at once...	set your sound to alsa, not oss
it's been a couple hundred posts, so i can repeat this now.	ill give credit to paying attention, but i have no clue what ur talking about
when i update ubuntu, a bunch of menu items are added to the grub menu. is there a way to prevent this from happening?	you probably want to be able to boot the new kernels though
how many gigs i should assign to vm if i want to instal ubuntu to it? how many gigs ubuntu takes right after install?	i'd say 5 gigs to be safe, you could probably get away with less
so i have an issue with nautilus. it randomly doesn't show files in folders! it literally says 0 items. i can view the same files using ls, thunar, etc...	http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease
how do i kill esd	gvim
hey can anyone see me?	no you are totaly invisible...
what is the command to get an x on your cursor to kill an x window?	xkill i believe
is there a program that will show a photo frame like windows vista has in its sidebar?	take a look at screenlets or gdesklets for gnome
hi all, quick question, how do i add places to the'places' menu?	its so easy you will scream.. just drag/drop a folder over to the places side bar in the file manager. :)
it saves time ... tell some of the ops to put it in the topic?	put what in the topic?
repeat: so, i upgraded to 7.10, now it won't boot in 2.6.14-22, only in 2.6.16-20. any suggestions?	boot into .20, then enter synaptic and find the .22 kernel and choose reinstall. hopefully .22 will work on reboot but if not .20 obviously does
is there anyway to enable network connections in terminal?	with ifup and ifdown, but i don't know how well that works with networkmanager and all
when i try to run opengl based apllication i got an error when i check with glxinfo i got http://pastebin.com/a9jyreyu can some one help me	looks like you might not have your graphics drivers installed
ok, so i want to learn how to program. what would be a good beginning language for ubuntu/linux?	python
what's the best download manager for ubuntu?	down them all - extension of firefox
what can i use at the command line to play a music file? tried aplay with a mp3 and nothing but static	mpg123 if you want minimal mp3 only
where do i find gcc's include files like stdio.h, stdlib.h?	/usr/include but why...?
so i'm a complete noob about linux; what ftp client is available for ubuntu?	place > connect to server.. -- choose one of the two ftp choices.
can somebody help me install flash?	sudo aptitude install flashplayer-nonfree
anyone know what the kdb package is called?	k3b? for burning cds
can anyone tell me if the latex komascript is still available in edgy? in dapper it was included in tetex-extra but although this package is installed latex cannot finde the file scrrport.cls	: try installing apt-file, updating it and then do an 'apt-file search scrrport.cls'
hi all, can anyone help me with a problem? i installed ubuntu 10.04 but when i boot my bluetooth keyboard & mouse wont work, so i cant log in..	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2017615
ah... didn't know that. but of course i would never try a cvs of such an intensive and sensitive things as running windows games...	check out lives http://lives.sourceforge.net/
i have about a 3 second long avi. i would like to make the individual frames a gif file for a website, how can i do that?	i'd use avidemux to remove the unwanted frames, leaving an avi with just your desired video, then use mplayer to convert it to gif.
effects wont work with his radeon, i am trying to kill the radeon driver and enable the already installed fglrx driver. if you wanna take over feel free, i gtg pretty soon anyway.	hey..
i've only tried a single video. does it crash on all files for you, or just for specific ones (perhaps larger ones)?	all avi amd mpg crash and i can no longer play dvds
i don't suppose anyone can point me at what key combination i may have hit to inverse the colors on all things gtk?	seems tobe super-m and super-n here.
is there final work being done to prepare the final iso?	compiz
what is the equivalent of dvdshrink for linux ?	acidrip is good
how do i install older version kernel?	can you explain a bit more ? at first i understood that you have ubuntu running and so forth, but now you gave me impression you aren't in ubuntu cuz mouse doesn't work o.o
hi, where is keep unity root password ?	your user password is never stored anywhere
what does aptitude safe-upgrade do?	does this help? http://pthree.org/2007/09/24/aptitude-full-upgrade-versus-safe-upgrade/
i feel stupid but i have to ask. how is it that amaranth got the torrent before the ubuntu.com site has it up?	we have monitored releases.ubuntu.com closely and started downloading when it was updated
how can i install splash screens?	for grub install apt-get install startupmanager
what is the default root password for ubuntu?	use sudo. its far superior.
anyone know the difference between hoary ubuntu and kubuntu hoary, just curious	explained kubuntu.org.uk faq
i need to convert some .doc and .pdf files to .epub ... anything that will do this?	check out calibre
lol! what's the default admin password?	none
are there any good linux irc clients with a windows version? i'm reluctant to use mirc on my windows box and would prefer open source	ack, i mean chatzilla
how can i upgrade linux-image-386 and linux-restricted-modules-386? i keep getting 'the following packages have been kept back'	sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
if i use devede, set to 8.5gb, to make an iso image with several videos that came out to be only 2gb in size, should i still burn it onto a double layer dvd or a regular dvd-r?	id use a regular dvd
so i just did a dist-upgrade, and my computer froze during the upgrade. now grub won't load and fails with 'error 17'. help?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=442945
is lxappearance in the repos?	software-center ??
what is the simplest and best way to encrypt my second harddrive? i love truecrypt in windows but it seems that it doesnt support ext3 filesystem in linux? there are so many different encrypt-ways and howto :(	best can't be simplest
help! ubuntu gdm is zoomed in and i dont know what to do!	hold the 'super' key (the one with windows logo, usually) and use your mouse wheel.
i installed screenlets but dont see how i enabled screenlets. any help?	alt+f2 and type in 'screenlets-manager'
i have apache/php/sql installed on my windows machine, how can i browse to this from my ubuntu computer? i have tried //mike and xx.xx.xx.xx ip address from the address bar :\|	is the windows box a wamp server for real? is there a firewall stopping it?
problem in my ubuntu gusty .. i cant use some programs and folders. becouse my user dosnt have the premiton to use .? what should i do ?	what folders?
i accidently removed the top panel in gnome. i got the panel back, and most of the stuff on it, but i don't see the system tray in the applets list. how do i get it back?	i think you're looking for the notification applet
hi! i recently install a openvpn server and client, and works very well, but only point to point, i can't access to de internet, how can i fix that?. thank you so so much.	your route has changed to your vpn .... check your routing table
how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?	gcc name.c name.c name.c
tell me an application that plays .wma files?	with w32codecs probably
hello everyone. i have used vlc and mplayer but neither of these tools have an option for watching a video in slow motion... is there a player that have this feature?	mplayer -fps 5 movie.avi
hey whats the name of that package that is for editing movies? similar to windows movie maker	kino
its the most unstable linux distri i ever tested so far :(	maby because nvidia suck ass, and ati radeon is the thing? :p
question installing ubuntu with ssd and bigger hard drive. because of space limitations i want to put /home and /usr on a different hard drive. is there a way to get them both on one partition like they would usually be, or do they each have to have their own partition?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/partitioning/home/moving
i am leaning towards fedora core 5 instead of ubuntu i am currently waiting to finish downloading 64bit version of fedora core 5 if it was not for fedora i would be putting ubuntu on it. so my question is can anyone think of any reasons why i should choose ubuntu over fedora?	apt-get, synaptic, community, free cd shipping, etc.
is there a cli based services editor ?	sysconfrc ;)
how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?	look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2
what is the syntax for using grep so it searches for 2 phrases that need to be in the file but not necessarily close to each other? i can use grep -r searchterm /directory but this searches for only one string	sounds like a job for man grep
now how do i undo all this nonsense i've installed e.g. - tftp-server and dnsmasq etc... and return my system to normal?	this isn't windows, so no registry to worry about. just flat files
how do i add myself as a user to mysql so it finally will do as i say? freakin permissions...	typically the user name in mysql is 'root' with your password
what is the name of the application, that is on the panel and reports updates?	update-manager
hello. how do i replace kdm with gdm?	install it and a prompt will come up to select
thanks for that.. i'm on a win lappy and cant reference my ubuntu sys for a line referance like what you gave ideal	ok no problem
hello, is it possible to install a package with wildcards? `apt-get install banshee*` for example?	aptitude understands wildcards, ' aptitude install ~nbanshee' '
hi, is there a cli command to roll back any updates/upgrades i made recently?	your recourse is to re-install fresh the older version
what is 'binfmt_misc' in my mtab for ?	nice thing for automatic loading windows binaries into wine
guys! need help installing a canon mp145 all in one printer!	based on general experience i would suggest visiting linuxprinting.org to find out which driver package you require for that printer
how can i direct stuff to stdin when you use sudo? eg. 'cat file \| sudo myprog' will send file to sudo, not myprog :(	sudo myprog < file
how do you make beryl start up with xgl... i can get it to work, but i would like beryl-manager to start when i log in	right click on the ubuntu icon, and select 'edit menus'
if i remove something with 'rm' command, is there a way to get it back if i did wrong? i can't see the files in the trash.	'rm' deletes files, doesn't put them in the trash. no easy way to get them back.

how do you disable a service in ubuntu? i'm used to using chkconfig on rh and fc

sudo update-rc.d -f foo remove

hi, how do i unzip a .tar.gz file?

you might consider using the gui tools instead

what's the package --- something like ``build-utils'' that facilitates compilations?

build-essential?

how can i show all users in a group through the commandline?

'groups' tells you who are you members of, 'groupmems -g <groupname> -l' lists them (needs root)

hi there. can anyone shed light on what kworker is, why it spawns so many processes, and why it causes so many kernel wakeups? i know it was introduced recently in the newer kernel build but i am unable to find any real information on what it is, what it's for, and if i should be concerned about the previously stated issues with it.

http://lwn.net/articles/403891/

i would like to see what network speed my network card is set at. how can i do this?

miitool i believe

is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?

mdf2iso then?

hi, i want to watch divx video with firefox. how make it run?

try installing vlc via apt-get

a lot of us on 8.10 have noticed a longer login time. there could be a large number of reasons why this is, but so long as you can login successfully, then it would be prudent to wait to see if updates improve the time. is the delay for you that bad?

so someone else is having the same problem not just me...

how can i set it so ctrl+alt+backspace restarts x like it used to?

key sequence to kill the x server

acpi suspend to ram stopped working for me after installing fglrx drivers for my radeon 9700, my screen trashes and the system locks, anyone know how to fix it?

add a tmpfs to your /etc/fstab

helo im having spam coming on my msn account in pidgin basicly about sex and nudity please tell me a way to stop these messages

also 'tools -> privacy'

hey all - when you install a new kernel in feisty, where does the package pull the uuid from to add to menu.lst -- its incorrect and i want to change it

try blkid

how do i check my glibc version?

dpkg -l | grep libc6

how can i see the system log from terminal? (i'm using ssh)

or say cat /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages

i have a dumb question that i can't seem to find the answer in the faq etc. is there an easy way to put the nick of the person you are talking to at the beginning of the line?

most clients will tab complete the nick for you

is xfburn ok to use ?

gnome-baker

i am interested in changing the icons of a few folders to custom icons. can someone please assist me?

right-click on folder, options. there you can change the icon of the folder.

is there a way to change the time it takes for the unity dock to appear when i touch the left side of the screen? that second is just a bit too long for me. upper left corner is better, but it's annoying to go there every time.

try holding down the super key (win key) and see if that delay is too long for you too

could someone (or several) give me their views on partitions? specifically for sizes and which to use (for example, instead of having one ext3 and one swap, have several for different directories)

well for me, / is ~10gb, /home is ~30gb, swap is 512mb

i have far too many kernels listed in my boot screen. is there a safe, reliable way to purge all the last 3 kernel updates?

this will work too - http://www.foogazi.com/2008/07/02/quickzi-how-to-remove-older-kernels-from-ubuntu/

can i run ubuntu on a 2 gig thumbdrive?

4 gb is min req

i have to write my password twice each time i log in, or run su or such.. very annoying, any trix how to fix this?

having to enter the root password before certain actions is a security measure

where can i download kernel headers package?

http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/binarydriverhowto

hey guys, can someone give me a hand ripping an iso of a cd? i have tried dd if=/media/cdrom1 of=my_cd.iso but it is saying that /media/cdrom1 is a directory

/media/cdrom1 is a mount point. you want the acutal /dev/what, like /dev/hdc for example.

hi folks, i need to clean up some space in my /boot, is it safe to delete the vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic files?

if you arent booting it yes. uname -a in term to check but you can also remove it in synaptic cleanly

does anyone know what the codec packs are that pop up when you first try to play a unsupported audio/video file are? usually when you try to play a unsupported file you'll get a prompt saying its so and offer to check for the codec, i cant remember what they were

yes, some gstreamer packages

so i'm wondering why i can't play more than one audio file at once...

set your sound to alsa, not oss

it's been a couple hundred posts, so i can repeat this now.

ill give credit to paying attention, but i have no clue what ur talking about

when i update ubuntu, a bunch of menu items are added to the grub menu. is there a way to prevent this from happening?

you probably want to be able to boot the new kernels though

how many gigs i should assign to vm if i want to instal ubuntu to it? how many gigs ubuntu takes right after install?

i'd say 5 gigs to be safe, you could probably get away with less

so i have an issue with nautilus. it randomly doesn't show files in folders! it literally says 0 items. i can view the same files using ls, thunar, etc...

http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease

how do i kill esd

gvim

hey can anyone see me?

no you are totaly invisible...

what is the command to get an x on your cursor to kill an x window?

xkill i believe

is there a program that will show a photo frame like windows vista has in its sidebar?

take a look at screenlets or gdesklets for gnome

hi all, quick question, how do i add places to the'places' menu?

its so easy you will scream.. just drag/drop a folder over to the places side bar in the file manager. :)

it saves time ... tell some of the ops to put it in the topic?

put what in the topic?

repeat: so, i upgraded to 7.10, now it won't boot in 2.6.14-22, only in 2.6.16-20. any suggestions?

boot into .20, then enter synaptic and find the .22 kernel and choose reinstall. hopefully .22 will work on reboot but if not .20 obviously does

is there anyway to enable network connections in terminal?

with ifup and ifdown, but i don't know how well that works with networkmanager and all

when i try to run opengl based apllication i got an error when i check with glxinfo i got http://pastebin.com/a9jyreyu can some one help me

looks like you might not have your graphics drivers installed

ok, so i want to learn how to program. what would be a good beginning language for ubuntu/linux?

python

what's the best download manager for ubuntu?

down them all - extension of firefox

what can i use at the command line to play a music file? tried aplay with a mp3 and nothing but static

mpg123 if you want minimal mp3 only

where do i find gcc's include files like stdio.h, stdlib.h?

/usr/include but why...?

so i'm a complete noob about linux; what ftp client is available for ubuntu?

place > connect to server.. -- choose one of the two ftp choices.

can somebody help me install flash?

sudo aptitude install flashplayer-nonfree

anyone know what the kdb package is called?

k3b? for burning cds

can anyone tell me if the latex komascript is still available in edgy? in dapper it was included in tetex-extra but although this package is installed latex cannot finde the file scrrport.cls

: try installing apt-file, updating it and then do an 'apt-file search scrrport.cls'

hi all, can anyone help me with a problem? i installed ubuntu 10.04 but when i boot my bluetooth keyboard & mouse wont work, so i cant log in..

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2017615

ah... didn't know that. but of course i would never try a cvs of such an intensive and sensitive things as running windows games...

check out lives http://lives.sourceforge.net/

i have about a 3 second long avi. i would like to make the individual frames a gif file for a website, how can i do that?

i'd use avidemux to remove the unwanted frames, leaving an avi with just your desired video, then use mplayer to convert it to gif.

effects wont work with his radeon, i am trying to kill the radeon driver and enable the already installed fglrx driver. if you wanna take over feel free, i gtg pretty soon anyway.

hey..

i've only tried a single video. does it crash on all files for you, or just for specific ones (perhaps larger ones)?

all avi amd mpg crash and i can no longer play dvds

i don't suppose anyone can point me at what key combination i may have hit to inverse the colors on all things gtk?

seems tobe super-m and super-n here.

is there final work being done to prepare the final iso?

compiz

what is the equivalent of dvdshrink for linux ?

acidrip is good

how do i install older version kernel?

can you explain a bit more ? at first i understood that you have ubuntu running and so forth, but now you gave me impression you aren't in ubuntu cuz mouse doesn't work o.o

hi, where is keep unity root password ?

your user password is never stored anywhere

what does aptitude safe-upgrade do?

does this help? http://pthree.org/2007/09/24/aptitude-full-upgrade-versus-safe-upgrade/

i feel stupid but i have to ask. how is it that amaranth got the torrent before the ubuntu.com site has it up?

we have monitored releases.ubuntu.com closely and started downloading when it was updated

how can i install splash screens?

for grub install apt-get install startupmanager

what is the default root password for ubuntu?

use sudo. its far superior.

anyone know the difference between hoary ubuntu and kubuntu hoary, just curious

explained kubuntu.org.uk faq

i need to convert some .doc and .pdf files to .epub ... anything that will do this?

check out calibre

lol! what's the default admin password?

none

are there any good linux irc clients with a windows version? i'm reluctant to use mirc on my windows box and would prefer open source

ack, i mean chatzilla

how can i upgrade linux-image-386 and linux-restricted-modules-386? i keep getting 'the following packages have been kept back'

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

if i use devede, set to 8.5gb, to make an iso image with several videos that came out to be only 2gb in size, should i still burn it onto a double layer dvd or a regular dvd-r?

id use a regular dvd

so i just did a dist-upgrade, and my computer froze during the upgrade. now grub won't load and fails with 'error 17'. help?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=442945

is lxappearance in the repos?

software-center ??

what is the simplest and best way to encrypt my second harddrive? i love truecrypt in windows but it seems that it doesnt support ext3 filesystem in linux? there are so many different encrypt-ways and howto :(

best can't be simplest

help! ubuntu gdm is zoomed in and i dont know what to do!

hold the 'super' key (the one with windows logo, usually) and use your mouse wheel.

i installed screenlets but dont see how i enabled screenlets. any help?

alt+f2 and type in 'screenlets-manager'

i have apache/php/sql installed on my windows machine, how can i browse to this from my ubuntu computer? i have tried //mike and xx.xx.xx.xx ip address from the address bar :|

is the windows box a wamp server for real? is there a firewall stopping it?

problem in my ubuntu gusty .. i cant use some programs and folders. becouse my user dosnt have the premiton to use .? what should i do ?

what folders?

i accidently removed the top panel in gnome. i got the panel back, and most of the stuff on it, but i don't see the system tray in the applets list. how do i get it back?

i think you're looking for the notification applet

hi! i recently install a openvpn server and client, and works very well, but only point to point, i can't access to de internet, how can i fix that?. thank you so so much.

your route has changed to your vpn .... check your routing table

how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?

gcc name.c name.c name.c

tell me an application that plays .wma files?

with w32codecs probably

hello everyone. i have used vlc and mplayer but neither of these tools have an option for watching a video in slow motion... is there a player that have this feature?

mplayer -fps 5 movie.avi

hey whats the name of that package that is for editing movies? similar to windows movie maker

kino

its the most unstable linux distri i ever tested so far :(

maby because nvidia suck ass, and ati radeon is the thing? :p

question installing ubuntu with ssd and bigger hard drive. because of space limitations i want to put /home and /usr on a different hard drive. is there a way to get them both on one partition like they would usually be, or do they each have to have their own partition?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/partitioning/home/moving

i am leaning towards fedora core 5 instead of ubuntu i am currently waiting to finish downloading 64bit version of fedora core 5 if it was not for fedora i would be putting ubuntu on it. so my question is can anyone think of any reasons why i should choose ubuntu over fedora?

apt-get, synaptic, community, free cd shipping, etc.

is there a cli based services editor ?

sysconfrc ;)

how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?

look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2

what is the syntax for using grep so it searches for 2 phrases that need to be in the file but not necessarily close to each other? i can use grep -r searchterm /directory but this searches for only one string

sounds like a job for man grep

now how do i undo all this nonsense i've installed e.g. - tftp-server and dnsmasq etc... and return my system to normal?

this isn't windows, so no registry to worry about. just flat files

how do i add myself as a user to mysql so it finally will do as i say? freakin permissions...

typically the user name in mysql is 'root' with your password

what is the name of the application, that is on the panel and reports updates?

update-manager

hello. how do i replace kdm with gdm?

install it and a prompt will come up to select

thanks for that.. i'm on a win lappy and cant reference my ubuntu sys for a line referance like what you gave ideal

ok no problem

hello, is it possible to install a package with wildcards? `apt-get install banshee*` for example?

aptitude understands wildcards, ' aptitude install ~nbanshee' '

hi, is there a cli command to roll back any updates/upgrades i made recently?

your recourse is to re-install fresh the older version

what is 'binfmt_misc' in my mtab for ?

nice thing for automatic loading windows binaries into wine

guys! need help installing a canon mp145 all in one printer!

based on general experience i would suggest visiting linuxprinting.org to find out which driver package you require for that printer

how can i direct stuff to stdin when you use sudo? eg. 'cat file | sudo myprog' will send file to sudo, not myprog :(

sudo myprog < file

how do you make beryl start up with xgl... i can get it to work, but i would like beryl-manager to start when i log in

right click on the ubuntu icon, and select 'edit menus'

if i remove something with 'rm' command, is there a way to get it back if i did wrong? i can't see the files in the trash.

'rm' deletes files, doesn't put them in the trash. no easy way to get them back.