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can a local ip only be from a range of 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255 | that depends on your subnet |
hey all .. i have a question a friend of mine is trying to update his edgy and there are 2 upgrads that just wont install due to dependency problems... the package linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic can't be installed :s | there is an inconsistency on the server at the moment. it will go away. |
hi everyone. i've just installed vim-gnome, but when i launch it (typing gvim), it hangs and i have to switch to console mode to kill it. | try gvim & instead |
how do i turn on syntax coloring in vim on ubuntu 6.06? | 'syntax on' you could add it to a local runtime configuration as well |
what's the best way for a bash script to pick up variables from /etc/environment? should i just use source? | if not, parse it |
what's the best snes emulator for linux? | sudo apt-get install zsnes ;) |
anyone know which package svn belongs to, i did apt-get install svn and it says can't find package | that was t you |
does anyone know why 'ifconfig > ifconfig.out' would render a 0-bit file? | no, but try | tee or something... |
ricochet, what for? | i cant see anything and its angering me |
hello dear friends. we use # sign at the beginning of a line to uncomment it in some configuration files (hosts, in my case). what can i use to uncomment a group of lines? is it possible to put something before and after that group of lines so system not to read them? | not in hosts |
has anyone actually used oo.o 2 yet? how stable is it? | i've used 2 under windows and linux. its very tasteh |
gday everyone..am trying to delete a folder from my home directoryand keep getting this message..cannot move '/home/andy/legends-0.4.0' to the wastebasket because you do not have permissions to change it or its parent folder. | you have to use the terminal. type sudo rm -r folder_name |
is there something going on with the latest ubuntu updates breaking grub? | i belive grub2 may have done that to you! |
what package is needed to provide kernelpath? (hoary) | linux-headers |
i almost forgot... does the amd64 version of breezy have flash plugin support yet? | i dont think so.. |
evening, quick question on setting screen output: if i ssh into my ubuntu machine, can i start a process (like vlc) and have it output to it's sent to it's own screen? how would i go about that? | you can install tightvnc and view it remotely if that's what u're asking ? |
i liked the mouse pointer icon in mandriva, is there any way to get that in ubuntu? | download it from a site. place it in your .icons directory. install gcursor. run gcursor and select the new mouse pointer/cursor. restart xorg. |
hi, i upgraded to gutsy and now i can't install or uninstall stuff via apt-get. i tried uninstalling rhythmbox but got an error. can someone take a look at this pastebin and help me? thanks. http://pastebin.ca/743002 | try apt-get -f install |
i'm running an lxde session in xubuntu 8.10. could anyone please advise how i can change the screen resolution in lxde? | lxrandr |
hey guys how do i install virtual machine ? | virtualbox easy to use |
are there any up to date guides for getting video on an ipod for ubuntu? | use vlc to convert videos. |
how to kill process? | in terminal, killall vlc |
hi. can anyone point me to a place in the boot process on karmic where i can insert a command before the networking interfaces have been upped? i'm trying to do a ifconfig... command on wlan0 without having to down the device first | /etc/network/if-pre-up.d too late? |
is there a shell command i can use to see how big a directory is and many files and subdirectories are in it? | man du |
how can i access another laptop on wireless in ubuntu? | see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/adhoc |
can someone point me to a list of what packages to remove to remove gnome? i don't have a server cd handy and i need to strip down my system for quick running on virtualbox | because if you dont then you can just remove the x server and this will drop ubuntu back to cli, perhaps installing the server version or the mini iso's might also be a good idea if you want a lean ubuntu |
is it possible to make dhcpclient run on the background at boot? (i don't won't to wait 60 sec at configuring network interfaces when there's nothing to configure) | you can always press ctrl c to have it skip it but as bob2 said if your not going to use it disable it :) |
tar xvh file.tar.gz ? | whats problem |
is there a cisco sim for ubuntu? | apt-cache search cisco |
guys i run ubuntu,and i need a workable driver for my pc camera '0c45:627b microdia pc camera (sn9c201)' any idea wherecan i download?i tried some before but they didnt work | i didint read through this but check here http://www.64bitjungle.com/tech/microdia-webcam-0c54-experimental-drivers-installation-and-testing-part-1/ |
if i wanted permissions on a directory of 'drwxr-sr-x' what is the chmod value? | 2755 |
what have i done wrong ? (fing jpg more than 1kb ) find /media/usb-hdd/ -size +1k -type f -name jpg | '*.jpg' |
how can i turn off 'lock the monitor' when it goes to sleep? | in screensaver setting uncheck password |
i'm having major gnome-session / profile issues. when i log in on my regular account, the splash screen comes up but the disk churns and churns and it never logs in. this started happening spontaneously. other accounts are unaffected. i tried clearing out .gnome2, .gconf, the works, but it still hangs and hangs on logi... | most likely the file it needs to log in is on a bad sector on the harddrive. |
how can i remove (terminal) all files with specific extension ? | rm *.txt |
did anyone manage to get an ati radeon9800 to use hardware acceleration? | https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/binarydriverhowto |
how can i shutdown my firewall so others will ping me? | ubuntu doesn't have a firewall that blocks pings by default |
how is the correct procedure to get somebody's attention?? | type their name before text and it will get their attention |
hi, i've updated ubuntu feisty kernel from 2.6.20-11 to 2.6.20-13 and if i'll try to boot it with root=/dev/hda2 it stops at the root filesystem's mount, i've to use root=uuid=4e1d1001-cd85-440b-9f2d-4e3ddea88a13 but now if i'll try to type 'mount' root is on /dev/sda1 and not on hda1, someone know why? | you want feisty support.... this is support for dapper and edgy |
if i do lsmod how do i decifer what item is concurrent with what hardware? | lspci -k |
is there a program like 'virtual audio cables' for linux? virtual audio cables allows you to take the audio output from one program, and use it as the input for another program, for example, form skype, to a recording program. | i know one program that kindof does that (not from one program to the other... but it records the output on the sound device)... it's vsound |
hello, this is a really weird problem, to connect to the internet i have to authenticate through this page: https://auth3.unipi.it/auth/perfigo_weblogin.jsp?cm=ws32vklm using linux, no matter the browser or the distro, it idles forever and wont load nor return any errors. thanks a lot | you should likely contact your network administrator |
and on the question of totem-xine, is there any reason why it won't play rm's while mplayer will? | 'cause mplayer people are more interested in ugly hacks |
has anyone managed to get utorrent working on ubuntu? | i use ktornt on ubuntu |
hi all, does anybody know how to change the default application to for running a particular file in ubuntu? | go to system > preferences > preffered applications |
is there a command that i can use that will tell me what graphics driver i am using? | sudo lscpi -vv |
hi all, are servers still busy or is it a good time to upgrade now? | or torrent the alternate install cd and upgrade from that -- very fast that way |
hi, .... how do i burn an iso in ubuntu ? | in 2.6 you don't need it to find devices =) |
hi! my computer loads automatically a module and i don't want it to do this. i heard about a blacklist or something similar. can anyone help me?= | /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist |
hi, would you recommend me some tool to download/upload speed of my internet connection? | i like trickle |
hello to all, when i recompile a kernel, how do i use them on hardware identic other physikal systems ? just copy them over and create bootloader menu ? | should do that for you =) |
hi all, guys i need support with firestarter, its damn firewall :( wont work.. cany any body help ? | if you are looking for an alternative, keep 'shorewall' in mind (no gui tho) |
where is russian comunnity? | http://www.ubuntu.ru/ http://forum.ubuntu-ru.org/ |
i have ubuntu 5.10, what is the best way to upgrade to the latest? | have you tried the -t switch with the mount command? |
hello all.. is there a way to 'ls' my ide like i would for usb (lsusb)? i have a cdrw that is not working. | probably fdisk -l |
do you know a tool i download a whole website with, including linked pages? | gwget |
i want to buy an external 3tb hard drive and connect it via usb for backup purposes. does ubuntu have similar problems accessing drives > 2 tb, as windows does? | no, ext4 supports more than 2tb, check it in wikipedia |
hey guys got a bit of a problem, when i logged in i had a couple of popups say 'xyz' failed to load, this has happened before but this time i accidentally pressed ignore/dont reload instead of 'reload' so now i have now window manger shoort cuts at the bottom panel - how can i reload them restarting does nout | try a modprobe |
does anyone know what ubuntu uses for tab completion in bash? for example, if i write apt-get it knows my options are install, update, ect | /etc/bash_completion.d is where all the sources are for 'what to complete' |
is it possible to set time limits on user accounts? if so, how? (i'm looking for some parental control) | research linux kiosks. |
how do i know what touchpad driver my system is using? xorg.conf does not refer to any input device. | lsmod |
any reason not to use alsa? | trust me, esound is the best thing totry first |
i want to install ubuntu preferably xubuntu version for c++ developing how much hdd space 4 system files do i need and which version should i install 10 or 9 or what ? | install the latest version, it will need 2gb disk space |
i used startup manager to tell grub to log into windows with 0 countdown. how do i access grub in bootup to go back into ubuntu | holding shift while booting will pop up the grub menu |
ok. so if i removed myself from the sudoers file, and my boot doesn't stop at grub, am i simply sol? | hold shift during boot. |
is there a command to find out information about something that was mounted when we only know the mount point? say i want to know what to call it in /dev, but it was automounted! | run mount in a terminal. |
hey is there a support channel just for gnome (classic)? cause gnome classic is so amazing-backfall that i have to go there. :p | its in the repos, so is supported here |
i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which os i want to start in the boot menu | what kind of card is it? |
hmmm i dont mean to bother, i'd just liek to know if u can read me, cause im not used to this particular irc client | i can see ya |
hello, i wanted to upgrade to 12.04 from 11.04 but the upgrade manager only shows 11.10. from the console as well it only says oneiric is available via do-release-upgrade -c -d | from 11.04, you have to update to 11.10 first. |
anyone by chance play neverwinter nights on thier ubuntu system? just wondering if it works well enough | yeah, my neverwinter works beautifully. |
anyone know which driver to install to get an ati tv wonder elite tv tuner card working? | : i had to install a binary ati version just now to get my 9600xt to work .. don't know if this info might help ? |
uhh.. whats the command to see available ram? | vmstat, free, top these commands |
how come there' s no mention of bittorrent on the faq | no idea, but |
hi - is anybody from the philippines online? | there are philippines chat rooms on irc.efnet.org |
hmm.. is the ubuntu keyserver down? (keyserver.ubuntu.com) | just keep trying. it'll eventually go thru |
anyone want to help? my computer is just totally borked after attempting to update to 12.04 | tell me the problem |
hi guys, is the ssh entry in /etc/init.d/ necessary for connecting to a remote computer via ssh, or it's just so i'm open to ssh? | yes. the sshd deamon is only needed if you need to provide remote ssh access. |
to start httpd service isn't 'service httpd start' ? why i get a message that service command not found? | sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start |
not necessarily, but it is rather risky. not totally reliable. | hmm..ok |
but there maybe any easier way | hi,are you ? |
does anyone here have a pci-e video card working with the ati drivers? just out of interest? | not on hoary, hoary kernels don't support it out of the box |
hi. i wanted to try the livedvd of 12.10 beta 1. but i can't even boot it. after the first splashscreen (black, with the keyboard icon and the 'man in the circle' icon, graphics gets messed up. i don't see a boot-options menu or anything, just scrambled graphical artifacts. already had the same effect with the 10.04 li... | man in circle = hit space and try the nomodeset option yet? |
how do you add an extension in the mozilla browser if you have .xpi file? apparently it's different from ff's tools > extensions. | enter the path to the file in the address bar |
hey all, is there a way to get the 'pin' icon in the upper left hand corner of a window, similar to how it is in kde ? | what is the pin icon? |
where is the trash folder? | ~/.local/share/trash |
hi, im trying to get intel 4965 wireless to work. i can see its installed but its not coming up in nwm | gutsy kernel is patched with iwlwifi which is the latest driver for the 4965, works fine on my thinkpad |
how do you view multiple pages side by side in open office? | dannel: the internet seems to think that as of 3.0 you can, by just reducing the zoom percentage of the document. |
is there a way to specify what rendering mode to use in totem? | you might be able to do it using dri_options program (try to find it) its allready existed |
has a load of broken updates been pushed to the repository? i'm getting stuff like 'libssl-dev: depends: libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3) but 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3.2 is installed.' | do you have the updates repository enabled? |
are the installers going to be the same for the live.iso and the warty.iso? | make up your mind :) |
is any of the flash-players better than the others? | free and open source software |
can i modify a group membership so that it takes effect without the user logging out and back in? | as a quick 'work around' you could relogin that user in a terminal (with login, or ssh to localhost) and have the proper groups in that terminal window only... but eventually you need to log out/backin to get it fully set. |
hey guys, i'm using the ambience theme and i'm having trouble seeing where the scrollbar ends because of the shades of white... is there any way that i can modify that to make it more obvious? | it may be generated and render just by the gtkrc config file |
does anyone know a good cli app like pidgin with gtalk and aim support? if not cli at least a single master window that plays nicer with a tiling wm | use finch. |
what is the shell command to clear cache | deleting the apt-cache |
ii am trying to export my display at aws - ubuntu instance to my computer that has xming installed...someone can help me? | this might help you. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1144669. it talks about that, so might least give you an idea in the right path |
hey, is there any software router for ubuntu? | http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ubuntu+router&l=1 |
is it possible to upgrade a current warty to hoary? | http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/hoaryupgradenotes |
can someone tell me where i can find my xorg.conf file? i can't find it in /etc/x11/ - i'm using the latest version of ubuntu | 'locate command |
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