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how do i make a pdf open with document viewer form the terminal? | evince, i think |
nm. rtorrent is for dapper, is there some bittornet client for feisty ? | there is a good tutorial and shortcut description on theirs site |
how should a swap partition b defined in fstab? like this: uuid=f3c84cbe-4f72-4921-a73c-1b7b7a7e330d or like dev/sda? | either way. uuid is safer in the event of changing hardware |
how can i make my screen resolution to 1440x900 | indeed you cannot |
how can i add a new window manager to the gdm menu? | then you will need to manually create a .desktop file for them in /usr/share/xsessions |
so, does anyone know how i can specify options for modules to be applied at boot? | ubuntu users /etc/modules by default, ifaik. you can just use that if the functionality is the same |
i wanted to ask a really quick question about the coming upgrade - i'm a new linux user and i've been using gutsy since it arrived and i'm happy with it, but i want to know what happens in a week's time - what i mean is will aptitude automatically move me up to 8.04 or will it leave the choince to me, or will i have to... | you can disto upgrade at that time or keep the current version |
thunderbird uses too space of my hd, then i've removed all accounts and completely removed thunderbird, but i didn't get free space. how do i completely delete thunderbird files and the files it've downloaded ? | ^^ that will delete all your email & settings etc |
what the best program for managing passwords in linux? | http://keepassx.sourceforge.net/ |
whats the command to reconfigure xserver-xorg? | `sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg` |
what happens if i delete a script from etc/init.d, i dont want no-ip script anymore | if you just remove the script, you will get a lot of broken symlinks in /etc/rc**.d |
howdy, could someone tell me if ubuntu supports mx900 | this will help i think: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=59729&highlight=mx900 |
is it possible to install programs in a different location? | if you build from source yes |
hey what's that magic key board shortcut that open a terminal? | go to system/keyboard shortcuts and set whatever key you want ;) |
best video editor is kdenlive | this is done by this video tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqe7uuxk8dk i've tried it and it works ^^ |
how to make gedit my default editor instead of nano whn i run crontab -e ? | invoke crontab like this: editor='gedit' crontab -e |
just installed ubuntu just getting to grips with it, i'm a redhat/fedora user, where do i put the default gateway? | should look something like this - http://pastebin.ca/2983 |
i fire up a program in python. how can i fire up a program so that python gives me back the cursor? | either https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/softwaresynthesishowto or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/hardwaresynthesissetup depending on what you want to do |
hey guys, can anyone know how i can mount my osx partition into ubuntu? | did you check ubuntuguide.org? |
hello, i'm in bitchx console right now:$ i used envy program to install latest nvidia drivers, and after restart x won't start says can't recognize screens, can i somehow install normal nvidia drivers with a sudo apt command and ill be able to get back in? thx^^ | in your /etc/x11/xorg.conf file you can change 'nvidia' to 'nv' or 'mesa' and you'll be able to boot graphically again. or you could run 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' from where u are and follow instructions to reset your xorg.conf file to what u want. just make sure u pick 'nv' as ur video driver instead of nvidia |
what is the command to find out which package a file belongs too? | otherwise use apt-file or packages.ubuntu.com |
do you guys mind repeating what the problem is? | whenever grav sees a flash content on his browser, the screen gets messed up |
hi, in xchat when i right click to 'open in web browser' it's opening a terminal. can someone tell me how to make it do what it says please ? | for me, both options work fine |
neo... however. don't install 5.04. it's outdated and no longer supported, and there's practically no way to upgrade to 7.04 from there | he is gone :) |
is there a way to install ubuntu in text-mode? | in fact it was the default installation mechanism before hoary. |
what's the latest version of phpmyadmin in ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is a useful resource |
anyone know if its possible to launce a certain application on a specific workspace? | devilspie or wmctrl might do what you want. |
can someone please help me? networking has stopped on my pc, it should just dhcp from router | is it a fresh install or did you just update? |
if im using the terminal, how can i show only as much as my window can hold at a time? so it doesnt page through all the information before going too far up the screen? | use a pager such as less e.g. 'ls -al | less' |
any recommendations for an irc daemon, i'm trying to decide between ircd-hybrid and ircd-irc2. | unrealircd is pretty decent |
i cannot play my dvd | sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras |
i just downloaded dvd+rw-tools 7 from here : http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dvd+rw-tools/dvd+rw-tools_7.0-4_i386.deb.... can i install that on dapper ? | you can install it... might not work... and it might break stuff... so i wouldn't |
could you tell me how to use the restricted modules? | you install them via apt, then you set 'nvidia' as your display driver in xorg.conf.... thats all. |
hi, is there a linux app that can read chm-files (you know, those windoze help files)? | gnochm |
i'm trying to mount a windows drive, and i'd like to know how to mount it readable for all users without changing permssions on the files on the drive.. | well this will work: sudo mount -o umask=000 /dev/hda1 /media/hda1 |
hello everyone!! does anyone know how to change the login screen from ubuntu 9.10. i used to have my own themes but now i cannot customize anything... | it's not yet implemented for this new, rewritten version of gdm. it should be back in the next release or two. |
hi. is smp enabled by default in ubuntu's kernel, or do i need to custom compile one myself from source? | by default |
how do i share a folder on the network from the shell? | you'll need to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf and follow the example, is very easy |
any repos with firefox 4 yet? | you can use silverwave ppa, it installs besides the standard ff |
how fast are fresh ubuntus suppose to start up | mine starting in ~80 seconds, fresh from dell. |
in lamp, 12.04, when i type 127.0.0.1/sub, apache can't recognize index.php, but index.html works well. how can i fix this? | you have to activate php shell on apache |
hello. how do i change password policy so it allows smaller passwords? | i don't know, but the answer likely lies in pam documentation |
how can i see chipset of my wifi adapter? | lsusb i believe |
how can i install win7 if i don't have an ntfs partition as the first partition | you may want to install win7 first as if you install it second it will likely overwrite grub |
how to grep a command? | suffic > suffix |
what is the best irc client for gnome? | xchat is a nice graphical client. irssi and bitchx are nice text-based clients. |
anyone familiar with cedega ? #cedega is full of a bunch of zombies | try to mount the cd from the terminal, i'm not sure how it works in cedega, but also check if your cd drive is set on cd |
how do i monitor traffic coming from my router? | check out pfsense, serious router that beasty is |
hi guys, i'm trying to install ubuntu-8.04.4-server-amd64.iso, but i'm stucked on step 'install the base system' - it fails and in console says 'unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update'.. but can't apt-get update it cause there's no apt-get.. | usually happens when you have no working internet to the box (not connected or the ethernet adapter is not know and no driver) |
yes you can, but metacity may not relaunch automatically | while read -r line; do if [[ $line = *somestring* ]]; then script; fi; done < <(tail -f /some/log/) |
hi guys... any release date info for 6.10? | 26 oct planned |
i have another 'what is the package' question | manpages-dev |
in ubuntu, is there something like 'tasks manger' then i can close some unrespondable software? firefox tells me ' you must first close the existing firefox process, or restart your system.' | other than jack_sparrow 's suggestion you could also right mouse click on the top bar and choose 'add to panel' then choose 'system monitor'.. that will give you access to processes and let you kill them. |
so how do you launch it ? from terminal ? | use xchat instead |
can i install dapper onto an ext3 hdd, without losing the existing data, as long as there is space? | you'd need to repartition the drive, first. |
does anyone know why there's no #banshee? are banshee dev's hanging out somewhere else? | try in the gnome irc networl |
hey can someone that frequently uses lynx tell me how to download a file to a specific location on my hard drive? | 'wget http://path-to-download' |
i'm looking for a free / open source visual sql tool (query analyzer, views, tables, etc), that easily supports common non-free databases (oracle, mssql, sybase, etc), and ideally was multiplatform (both linux and windows)... any ideas ? | : try looking on freshmeat.net . |
support for jaunty expires in october. what's that supposed to mean? | no more security fixes; no package updates ... |
anyone know of a good graphical editor like dreamweaver? | you might try nvu |
anybody running ubuntu under vmware in windows here? i am trying to get edgy beta under vmware, and everything is fine. just one question. how do i transfer files? right now, i am using scp... | scp -r file1 user@host:. ... i suggest man scp for more info .. |
anyone know how to install a new gnome splash image? | there might be a key in gconf-editor |
whats an 'install prefix ' when trying to install a .sh file | the path were it will put the files |
hello if i want to make an alias for all users, where to make that? | or a new file in /etc/profile.d |
heya everyone... i'm a new ubuntu user just installed it... and was trying to install e17 but it asks for jpeglib.h but i can't find any jpeg package in synaptic other than jpegpixi and jpeginfo... and they ain't the right one's :s | sudo apt-cache search libjpeg |
i (re)moved the /etc/apache2 directory because i want to reconfigure it. however, reinstalling the 'apache2' package (or a dpkg-reconfigure), does not seem to put a new /etc/apache2 directory into place. any ideas on this? | actually, just install apache2 after you purge the above |
the command add-apt-repository is missing from my ubuntu lucid vps. does anyone what package needs to be installed to get it? | try: dpkg -s add-apt-repository |
hi guys ! i have a problem. i'm installing a lamp (linux/apache/mysql/php), but when i go to firefox and try to execute my test script, an error message 'call to undefined function mysql_connect() appears', what configuration file do i need to touch ? | try: # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-mysql mysql-client mysql-server mysql-admin phpmyadmin |
hey all, i set a line in etc/network/interfaces to: iface eth0 inet static as it was previously dynamic and the ip kept changing. i also set the fixed ip and netmask. but now i can't seem to communicate with the outside world - stuff like wget no longer works. am i missing something? | if you set a static ip yeas, because dhcp is no longer setting that for you |
any way around that? | use chmod -r 0600 /home/username |
hi, anyone know the name of that script that allows you to check the file system when you turn the comp off instead of every 30 times you boot? | fsck |
lo' there shamm don't think i know ya. | no, we don't know each other, but your nick reminds me.. i'm hardcore starcraft player |
hi, i have accidentally disable menu bar in gnome-terminal, how do i get it back? | try hitting alt+f2 and executing the command gnome-panel |
what would be the proper way to export all the packages i've apt-get and to run that on another computer? | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=261366 something like this? |
morning - q) how do you change the background/font colour in bash? -default bg=white, fontcolor=black... desired bgcolor=black, font color=green | menu edit -> current profile |
hello. i'm wondering if gnome 2.18 is available on the ubuntu repositories? | only for feisty i believe. |
how do i setup an nfs client in ubuntu? | http://www.metaconsultancy.com/whitepapers/nfs.htm |
hello, quick ques, lets say i want to format my pc all over again for some reason, and the video card driver must be installed manually, if i backed up xorg.conf and after formatting replaced it with the original one ? it will install or fix driver issues ? | right click on the file and choose properties |
recently upgraded to hardy, wireless now does not work. bcm43xx - any known issues? | have you tried system -> administration -> hardware drivers? |
did anybody have the same thing? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=407185 | are your firewall rules set correctly on all the machines? |
http://rafb.net/paste/results/0xbayg58.html - any idea why the script wouldn't work? executing these two commands by hand works ok | how precisely does it not work? does it give you error messages? |
does anybody know an irc client that allows you to ignore user joins and quits | all of them? |
why do they hide the md5 sums in such a unfindable location instead of right on the home, i had to open up the irc chat and click on one of the topic links to find them? | i never had any trouble looking for them (just scroll down the download page i think and its there) and i only burned ubuntu to a cd twice in my life |
hi - im in the middle of a big download (thru apt-get) but we will have a power cut soon and i am wondering will i have redownload everything if the power goes down before the download is complete? | it will resume |
wats a good way to kill gdm cuz i try to kill it with killall gdm and it fails and says it cant | sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop |
how do i tell what video card i have via cli? | lspci -vvv | grep video |
how can i easily burn a bootable ubuntu image onto a cd? | you are doing this within ubuntu, right? right click on the iso image and select write to disc |
can anybody help a newbie setting up a dhcp server? please? | try this out; http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/06/1451231&tid=106 |
how do i disable, say 'mysql' in ubuntu? i don't mean 'stop', i mean 'disable'. | look in /etc/init/ find teh mysql service name and rename it to foo.disabled |
is there anyway to list all usb devices i have plugged in? | lsusb |
are there any decent opensource mmos that people are playing? | look for a link further down http://kahvipapu.com/blog/2007/06/16/linux-gaming-part-one-first-person-shooters |
ok - this may be n00bish, but how do i compile a .tar.gz file? | you try to avoid it |
hey all. is it possible to execute a find command through the commandline interface that includes hidden directories, such as the .metadata directory for eclipse workspaces? | err find some_dir/ -name '.*' -type d |
hi! , how can i cp a folder and keep his symbolic links ? | man rsync - see the -l option |
where should i turn to to report problem with launchpad.net???? | file a bug at launchpad :) |
where do you change default program to a different one ? ? | go into the properties menu of an mp3 and change it from open with |
question to all: i'm resurrecting my powerbook g3 series, and i would like to try ubuntu. what do you think - does it make sense to test breezy? i'm pretty familiar with linux, and i figured that you might like reports better on something that is fresh... | /topic |
can anyone else access launchpad.net? | yes i can |
how to switch to another workspace w/o mouse? | alt+ctrl+left/right/up/down arrow keys |
i have a usb stick in the back of a machine so that a cron job can do a weekly backup to it. does having it constantly powered instead of plugging it in each friday reduce its lifespan - is it pure reads and writes? | my experience with computers (since 1970) would indicate, if you have a good power source, to leave it plugged in...powering up and down and up and down is what is not good for electronics generaly |
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