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hey all - i've installed a package from a .deb which is also available from the repos as a newer version, hence apt-get upgrade shows it as requiring an update. how would i go about telling apt-get to ignore this?	echo 'packagename hold' \| sudo dpkg --set-selections # should work.
hello. how can i clean my system of loose packages that are not used, because of uninstalled software?	just try the command, its quite safe
hey guys. i'm having a problem when trying to use the update manager for 11.04.	disable all third party repos before upgrade
qtn: if i want to reply to someone in this chat and have their names appear automatically (i.e. not have to type it) how do i do it?	e.g., i'm pressing 'db' and then tab for these messages
anybody know how to get sound to work in wine?	: the easy way is to install the wine-esd module.
hi all... how can i ask linux to remount all the mount points as specified in /etc/fstab, without restarting my system?	mount -a
is there a way of preventing an external usb hard drive from mounting upon boot up? i tried in /etc/fstab but ubuntu tried mounting it anyway...	>> my solution should have sorted this.
whats the name of that best bot channel	i was looking for a yes/no
at ubuntu the latest release is always the better?	the lts one is usually more stable
hello everyone , i have a quick question , does the ubuntu image have a partitioning tool?	yeah, gparted is on the livecd
i've a ubuntu box and i'd like to connect it dorectly to a winxp box. do i need a crossover cable ?	most modern nics are auto-sensing, making a crossover cable unnecessary; you should be fine with anything
randomly: if grub is definately not working, is it worth installing lilo or elilo and should i be more scared of them as opposed to grub?	there's no reason to be scared of a different bootloader then grub. they're not default, that's all.
any official channel about 9.10 ?	you can get 9.10 help here
how do i connect to webdav via nautilus?	places > connect to server... > service type: webdav or secure webdav, depending on your server type
hey, does anyone know if there will be any issues if i download and install the latest stable dbus from source?	if i knew what dbus is, maybe i could help...
any firewall program that is similar to zonealarm?	submit the idea at: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com ;)
hi all, any flash to mpeg converters available for ubuntu?	ffmpeg
hello -- a few months ago i swapped my speakers with changing /etc/pulse/defaults.pa -- i (silly me) didn't make a backup of this file. how can i restore it to whatever the package that provided the audio subsystem used in the first place?	lsb_release -a
how to enable/disable the compiz plugins from the command line, without using ccsm?	noone is answering your question because 1. we don't know or 2. we are doing something else
where can i find an articale explaining each directory? i want to understand the heirarchy of the directories in ubuntu	http://doc.vic.computerbank.org.au/tutorials/linuxdirectorystructure/
i have tryed 3 days to get gftp. allways the same problem 'e: couldn't find package gftp'	it's in universe
any idea? =)	sry i'm not up on bootloader troubleshooting. i usually do pretty vanilla installs
ssh or sshd?	sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults should do, but look at /etc/init/ssh.conf for upstart
hi all i got a small problem , all my panels are locked i whant to unlock them but ubuntu tweak seams tu run into brochen package and do not allow me to see the option to unlock all panel , any idea on how i fix that ?	run 'gconf-editor' apps>panel and search for the lock value
what should i use .. aptitude or apt-get	i prefer aptitude because it remembers dependencies that get installed, so you can easily remove them all when you remove the parent package
hi, anyone know the command for checking which kind of hard drive i have? i have a feeling it needs to be replaced soon.	sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
when playing radio steams it turns of after about 1min 30s - 2mins after it stops playing after about 1min 30s - 2mins after its startedits started	i mean the connection to the radio station
any conky-heads around here?	~/.conky ? perhaps
guys am makeing documentaion for graduation project so which the best program can do this job and help me to make it looks nice ?	nvu and publish in html!
does ubuntu have a make.conf file or something simular to it?	check the link i just posted. easy as. sudo apt-get install build-essential => then whatever else you want.
as a new linux (ubuntu) user i was experimenting with dolphin and in the process i have set all folders to open with dolphin. i cannot find a way to undo this so now when i click on home or any other folder it opens with dolphin and i get this message: 'the file or folder /home/xxxx/'file:/home/xxxx/pictures' does not exist.' can anyone help me undo this please?	there is a page on the net with a script that does that and then a script to undo it, i just reinstalled though
hey guys, how's it going?	not now, wait for 10.04.1
is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?	/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.
how do i keep my screen fading to black after a few minutes while watching movies	adjust the screensaver prefs
ooh, fusion. the 2nd best webcam available :p~	which one is the best? and you have a solution?
what is the git equivalent of 'svn checkout -r 1448' to get a specific revision?	that is if you have already cloned the repository with git clone.
anyone know how to stop empathy from auto scrolling, i'm trying to go up but every time there's a new post it goes back to the bottom again?	use a real irc client, i would say.
hi all. i want to use linux without internet and i need a virtual machine to test ubuntu and soft that a already downloaded. what good vm software is good for use? i,m on ubuntu 12.04 now	virtualbox
hi all - anyone know how i can install wxwidgets for python 2.4 in ubuntu 7.10? wx works in python 2.5, but i need to run something in 2.4	download and compile; wx compilation is very straightforward
anyone here knows hot install omnibot in etwolf?	sorry, too complicated for me
does anybody use network-manager? does it work all the time?	i've seen bugs
but does the webcam work?	gave up on trying to get it be useful many moons ago so have not tried recently, sometimes worked but poor res and colors etc
hey, folks. i'm considering ubuntu for a small office server, but i'm having trouble finding docs on what actual versions of various packages ubuntu ships with. is that information available anywhere? (eg, php 4.what? samba 3.what? subversion 1.what?)	http://packages.ubuntu.com/
can you suggest me an app to print an image from ubuntu? gimp doesn't print on my pc...	firefox should be one.
hi, i am new to ubuntu. my cpu is intel 64bits. where can i find intel 64bits version of ubuntu? i can only find 32bit and amd64 versions. thanks.	cryptsetup is installed on the live cd, but on a default desktop install, i think it is only included if you have an encrypted home dir.
how do i change language? (menues, helptext etc, not keyboard)	isn't that the purpose of locales? dpkg-reconfigure locales <-- choose the right one....
if i'm going to use cvs/svn to download the source code to the ogre/cegui/ode libraries and compile them myself, is there a specific place that ubuntu prefers i store that source code?	just download and extract to your home directory
hello. i want to crop a small area from a .ps or .pdf file and save as a new gs/pdf on ubuntu. the package pdftk doesn't seem to support this. where can i find some info about those operations? does anyone know an irc channel for postscript/ghostscript related things?	i don't know, but i think the package flpsed might help. take a look
can someone help me with my wireless card - after using ndiswrapper it functioned properly but after restart it has stopped working completly	sudo modprobe ndiswrapper should bring your wireless up now
how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?	try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm
hi all - does compiz currently work with nouveau and dual-monitor setups?	ive not heard anyone mention any problems with it.. but personally i dont use nouveau. so cant prove it one way or another
can anyone tell me how to place a favorites folder on the panel?	never tried that before. i just dragged a folder out of the filemanager onto the panel
i am trying to set up a samba share on my feisty box so i can access it on my modded xbox, but i know nothing about samba. can anyone give me a hand?	good luck!
hey, how can i play a wmv file on ubuntu? i tried using totem, but it never starts playing (stays at 0:00), and i tried using vlc - the sound works well but there is no picture :(	maybe the file is corrupted
hello, how to resize font in fluxbox bars ?	proberly gotta edit the fluxbox theme you are using.
hello guys, what's the command to show all environment variables?	the list can get very large
what can i use to edit the runlevels in ubuntu from the command line?	'update-rc.d'
how can i use the remove command, rm, to remove both a directory and a file in the same command?	rm -rf filename
how do i go about changing a single icon on my desktop to something else under gnome?	right click on it, select properties, then in the basic tab, click on the current icon, an dyou can select a new one.
does anybody know a small program e.g. for the taskbar which displays the status of my pppoe connection?	modem monitor?
hello, is program qtparted bootable from cd? can i work with it without operating system	you can use the live cd and run gparted from that
how can i install gspca?	and whats gspca? tryed a 'apt-cache search gspca' ?
for some reason, when i turned my laptop on, it told me that there was no bootable partition found.. i boot to the live usb, and the partition mounts just fine... what could be the issue?	did you mark the partition bootable
is there a way to upgrade alsa on my system to something newer than the standard one in apt for the stable version of debian? apparently my sound card is better supported on newer versions that 1.0.10-4	go download the drivers from the alsa website and install it manually
i'm trying to install tuxracer and it asks for the cd, why?	rather, uncommented
how do i make 'find' be case insensitive?	find --help
any ideas as to why my wireless doesn't show up (no networks, no eth1, doesn't appear to be there), but the driver scanning found the card and installed drivers?	cheers, asked there too:)
hello. i will travel to a country with very little bandwidth. i will bring a ubuntu system with me. i wonder, how can i ensure i take all of the software with me that i'll potentially want to install? the installer cds are only a subset and are built around the concept of on demand downloading	look into apt-mirror perhaps, and bring a complete repo with you?
is anyone have a problem keeping the pc time in sync,using npt???	i had that before, turned out to be some kind of conflict between hardware time and ntp time
does anyone now what the ettercap plugin 'banshee' does	banshee kill all connections between two hosts. from https://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=1406&c=10b76da627f6585b5cffff0f5723c259
anybody know of a gui runlevel editor for ubuntu ?	whjat are you trying to change exactly.
how to remove folders from places?	open nautilus (file browser), right-click them in the left places pane, and select remove
hey, folks. potentially random question: does anyone here know how 'preferred applications' is passing the mailto information from a mail link to the listed program? specifically, if i'm passing it to a shell script, how is it being sent? some simple tests have shown me that it's not being passed in a normal positional parameter.	you use your own mta, or if it's an external smtp server you use the server's mta.
do you guys generally go with a lts for you desktop machines? i'm trying to decide between 10.04 and 10.10. any suggestions? my servers will be on 10.04	go with 10.04, upgrade to 10.10 if you find yourself needing a lot of updated stuff.
if i want to use the packages from a different ubuntu release, all i need to do is change the paths in /etc/apt/sources.list, right?	bad idea to mix repos it is not supported and will break things
how can i find which versioin of ubuntu i am using?	lsb_release -a
does anyone know why stopping mysql would fail? using '/etc/init.d/mysql stop'	you may need to sudo it?
can anyone point me to a server channel?	this is a server chan
hello, why doesnt gcc fail to find stdio.h , i installed gcc4.1 and 4.1-source	install 'build-essential'
would i need to unmount my external drive before i could use gpart to format it?	it is indeed not possible to format mounted partitions
how do i install kqemu in ubuntu?	ppa https://launchpad.net/~dnjl/+archive/virtualization
how can i put the linux logo on framebuffer??? i want it like knoppix boot (and gentoo)	http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/courses/2004-april/001451.html
how do i ssh tunnel in ubuntu?	why do you need it? :)
is there a way to tell terminal that i want to run each command with sudo until exit? or do i need to type sudo each time?	type 'sudo bash'. then it's basically like you're root until you type 'exit'.
i found the following xorg files : xorg.xonf, xorg.conf.fglrx-0, xorg.conf.fglrx-1, xorg.conf.fglrx-2 which one do i edit ??	xorg.conf for x-configuration
can someone tell me the name of the task bar that i can install that looks like the one for leopard?	awn
how do you customize your shell prompt ?	it's defined in your .bashrc, take a look here http://tldp.org/howto/bash-prompt-howto/
what is default runlevel for ubuntu server 7.10 ?	should be 2
hi, any one could assist me, i just got a server up, ubuntu 9, and whenever i try o extract a tar i get an error, while it worked before i re-isntall the os	perhaps you have a corrupt archive?
how is it hmm?	in 9.04, because they don't have a proper kernel for it, and so people can for example get a lockup issue when deleting big files, and so on
could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\	there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.
for those of you who have tried virtual machines, which do you think is faster? (as in better emulation?) qemu or vmware?	vmware is better in my opinion
hmm, what's the best dvd burner for linux that can burn iso's?	i am partial to gnomebaker
any opinions on upgrading to 12.04 from the update tool?	mine borked, but you might have better luck. i had some extra repos that might have screwed it up
remmember the old text based installer shipped with can you somehow get 6.10 to run that?\	alternate cd has that
hi, i'm looking for a tool where i can choose special charakters... especially utf-8 ones!	applications > accessories > character map
i once read about a program, that could make you handle your hand-compiled apps through dpkg. does anyone know what i am talking about?	it's either checkinstall or dh_make
i want to put ubuntu 10.04 lts on an empty usb. what type/format should the usb be and what file system should i use?	format and file system are the same thing, make it ext4
anyone have a link for setting up a intel pro/wireless 2200bg network card?	check https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wifihowto for tips on setting your wireless up
he is there a command to add to ls that will print page by page? so you can see it all in bash	ls \| less

hey all - i've installed a package from a .deb which is also available from the repos as a newer version, hence apt-get upgrade shows it as requiring an update. how would i go about telling apt-get to ignore this?

echo 'packagename hold' | sudo dpkg --set-selections # should work.

hello. how can i clean my system of loose packages that are not used, because of uninstalled software?

just try the command, its quite safe

hey guys. i'm having a problem when trying to use the update manager for 11.04.

disable all third party repos before upgrade

qtn: if i want to reply to someone in this chat and have their names appear automatically (i.e. not have to type it) how do i do it?

e.g., i'm pressing 'db' and then tab for these messages

anybody know how to get sound to work in wine?

: the easy way is to install the wine-esd module.

hi all... how can i ask linux to remount all the mount points as specified in /etc/fstab, without restarting my system?

mount -a

is there a way of preventing an external usb hard drive from mounting upon boot up? i tried in /etc/fstab but ubuntu tried mounting it anyway...

>> my solution should have sorted this.

whats the name of that best bot channel

i was looking for a yes/no

at ubuntu the latest release is always the better?

the lts one is usually more stable

hello everyone , i have a quick question , does the ubuntu image have a partitioning tool?

yeah, gparted is on the livecd

i've a ubuntu box and i'd like to connect it dorectly to a winxp box. do i need a crossover cable ?

most modern nics are auto-sensing, making a crossover cable unnecessary; you should be fine with anything

randomly: if grub is definately not working, is it worth installing lilo or elilo and should i be more scared of them as opposed to grub?

there's no reason to be scared of a different bootloader then grub. they're not default, that's all.

any official channel about 9.10 ?

you can get 9.10 help here

how do i connect to webdav via nautilus?

places > connect to server... > service type: webdav or secure webdav, depending on your server type

hey, does anyone know if there will be any issues if i download and install the latest stable dbus from source?

if i knew what dbus is, maybe i could help...

any firewall program that is similar to zonealarm?

submit the idea at: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com ;)

hi all, any flash to mpeg converters available for ubuntu?

ffmpeg

hello -- a few months ago i swapped my speakers with changing /etc/pulse/defaults.pa -- i (silly me) didn't make a backup of this file. how can i restore it to whatever the package that provided the audio subsystem used in the first place?

lsb_release -a

how to enable/disable the compiz plugins from the command line, without using ccsm?

noone is answering your question because 1. we don't know or 2. we are doing something else

where can i find an articale explaining each directory? i want to understand the heirarchy of the directories in ubuntu

http://doc.vic.computerbank.org.au/tutorials/linuxdirectorystructure/

i have tryed 3 days to get gftp. allways the same problem 'e: couldn't find package gftp'

it's in universe

any idea? =)

sry i'm not up on bootloader troubleshooting. i usually do pretty vanilla installs

ssh or sshd?

sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults should do, but look at /etc/init/ssh.conf for upstart

hi all i got a small problem , all my panels are locked i whant to unlock them but ubuntu tweak seams tu run into brochen package and do not allow me to see the option to unlock all panel , any idea on how i fix that ?

run 'gconf-editor' apps>panel and search for the lock value

what should i use .. aptitude or apt-get

i prefer aptitude because it remembers dependencies that get installed, so you can easily remove them all when you remove the parent package

hi, anyone know the command for checking which kind of hard drive i have? i have a feeling it needs to be replaced soon.

sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda

when playing radio steams it turns of after about 1min 30s - 2mins after it stops playing after about 1min 30s - 2mins after its startedits started

i mean the connection to the radio station

any conky-heads around here?

~/.conky ? perhaps

guys am makeing documentaion for graduation project so which the best program can do this job and help me to make it looks nice ?

nvu and publish in html!

does ubuntu have a make.conf file or something simular to it?

check the link i just posted. easy as. sudo apt-get install build-essential => then whatever else you want.

as a new linux (ubuntu) user i was experimenting with dolphin and in the process i have set all folders to open with dolphin. i cannot find a way to undo this so now when i click on home or any other folder it opens with dolphin and i get this message: 'the file or folder /home/xxxx/'file:/home/xxxx/pictures' does not exist.' can anyone help me undo this please?

there is a page on the net with a script that does that and then a script to undo it, i just reinstalled though

hey guys, how's it going?

not now, wait for 10.04.1

is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?

/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.

how do i keep my screen fading to black after a few minutes while watching movies

adjust the screensaver prefs

ooh, fusion. the 2nd best webcam available :p~

which one is the best? and you have a solution?

what is the git equivalent of 'svn checkout -r 1448' to get a specific revision?

that is if you have already cloned the repository with git clone.

anyone know how to stop empathy from auto scrolling, i'm trying to go up but every time there's a new post it goes back to the bottom again?

use a real irc client, i would say.

hi all. i want to use linux without internet and i need a virtual machine to test ubuntu and soft that a already downloaded. what good vm software is good for use? i,m on ubuntu 12.04 now

virtualbox

hi all - anyone know how i can install wxwidgets for python 2.4 in ubuntu 7.10? wx works in python 2.5, but i need to run something in 2.4

download and compile; wx compilation is very straightforward

anyone here knows hot install omnibot in etwolf?

sorry, too complicated for me

does anybody use network-manager? does it work all the time?

i've seen bugs

but does the webcam work?

gave up on trying to get it be useful many moons ago so have not tried recently, sometimes worked but poor res and colors etc

hey, folks. i'm considering ubuntu for a small office server, but i'm having trouble finding docs on what actual versions of various packages ubuntu ships with. is that information available anywhere? (eg, php 4.what? samba 3.what? subversion 1.what?)

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

can you suggest me an app to print an image from ubuntu? gimp doesn't print on my pc...

firefox should be one.

hi, i am new to ubuntu. my cpu is intel 64bits. where can i find intel 64bits version of ubuntu? i can only find 32bit and amd64 versions. thanks.

cryptsetup is installed on the live cd, but on a default desktop install, i think it is only included if you have an encrypted home dir.

how do i change language? (menues, helptext etc, not keyboard)

isn't that the purpose of locales? dpkg-reconfigure locales <-- choose the right one....

if i'm going to use cvs/svn to download the source code to the ogre/cegui/ode libraries and compile them myself, is there a specific place that ubuntu prefers i store that source code?

just download and extract to your home directory

hello. i want to crop a small area from a .ps or .pdf file and save as a new gs/pdf on ubuntu. the package pdftk doesn't seem to support this. where can i find some info about those operations? does anyone know an irc channel for postscript/ghostscript related things?

i don't know, but i think the package flpsed might help. take a look

can someone help me with my wireless card - after using ndiswrapper it functioned properly but after restart it has stopped working completly

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper should bring your wireless up now

how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?

try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm

hi all - does compiz currently work with nouveau and dual-monitor setups?

ive not heard anyone mention any problems with it.. but personally i dont use nouveau. so cant prove it one way or another

can anyone tell me how to place a favorites folder on the panel?

never tried that before. i just dragged a folder out of the filemanager onto the panel

i am trying to set up a samba share on my feisty box so i can access it on my modded xbox, but i know nothing about samba. can anyone give me a hand?

good luck!

hey, how can i play a wmv file on ubuntu? i tried using totem, but it never starts playing (stays at 0:00), and i tried using vlc - the sound works well but there is no picture :(

maybe the file is corrupted

hello, how to resize font in fluxbox bars ?

proberly gotta edit the fluxbox theme you are using.

hello guys, what's the command to show all environment variables?

the list can get very large

what can i use to edit the runlevels in ubuntu from the command line?

'update-rc.d'

how can i use the remove command, rm, to remove both a directory and a file in the same command?

rm -rf filename

how do i go about changing a single icon on my desktop to something else under gnome?

right click on it, select properties, then in the basic tab, click on the current icon, an dyou can select a new one.

does anybody know a small program e.g. for the taskbar which displays the status of my pppoe connection?

modem monitor?

hello, is program qtparted bootable from cd? can i work with it without operating system

you can use the live cd and run gparted from that

how can i install gspca?

and whats gspca? tryed a 'apt-cache search gspca' ?

for some reason, when i turned my laptop on, it told me that there was no bootable partition found.. i boot to the live usb, and the partition mounts just fine... what could be the issue?

did you mark the partition bootable

is there a way to upgrade alsa on my system to something newer than the standard one in apt for the stable version of debian? apparently my sound card is better supported on newer versions that 1.0.10-4

go download the drivers from the alsa website and install it manually

i'm trying to install tuxracer and it asks for the cd, why?

rather, uncommented

how do i make 'find' be case insensitive?

find --help

any ideas as to why my wireless doesn't show up (no networks, no eth1, doesn't appear to be there), but the driver scanning found the card and installed drivers?

cheers, asked there too:)

hello. i will travel to a country with very little bandwidth. i will bring a ubuntu system with me. i wonder, how can i ensure i take all of the software with me that i'll potentially want to install? the installer cds are only a subset and are built around the concept of on demand downloading

look into apt-mirror perhaps, and bring a complete repo with you?

is anyone have a problem keeping the pc time in sync,using npt???

i had that before, turned out to be some kind of conflict between hardware time and ntp time

does anyone now what the ettercap plugin 'banshee' does

banshee kill all connections between two hosts. from https://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=1406&c=10b76da627f6585b5cffff0f5723c259

anybody know of a gui runlevel editor for ubuntu ?

whjat are you trying to change exactly.

how to remove folders from places?

open nautilus (file browser), right-click them in the left places pane, and select remove

hey, folks. potentially random question: does anyone here know how 'preferred applications' is passing the mailto information from a mail link to the listed program? specifically, if i'm passing it to a shell script, how is it being sent? some simple tests have shown me that it's not being passed in a normal positional parameter.

you use your own mta, or if it's an external smtp server you use the server's mta.

do you guys generally go with a lts for you desktop machines? i'm trying to decide between 10.04 and 10.10. any suggestions? my servers will be on 10.04

go with 10.04, upgrade to 10.10 if you find yourself needing a lot of updated stuff.

if i want to use the packages from a different ubuntu release, all i need to do is change the paths in /etc/apt/sources.list, right?

bad idea to mix repos it is not supported and will break things

how can i find which versioin of ubuntu i am using?

lsb_release -a

does anyone know why stopping mysql would fail? using '/etc/init.d/mysql stop'

you may need to sudo it?

can anyone point me to a server channel?

this is a server chan

hello, why doesnt gcc fail to find stdio.h , i installed gcc4.1 and 4.1-source

install 'build-essential'

would i need to unmount my external drive before i could use gpart to format it?

it is indeed not possible to format mounted partitions

how do i install kqemu in ubuntu?

ppa https://launchpad.net/~dnjl/+archive/virtualization

how can i put the linux logo on framebuffer??? i want it like knoppix boot (and gentoo)

http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/courses/2004-april/001451.html

how do i ssh tunnel in ubuntu?

why do you need it? :)

is there a way to tell terminal that i want to run each command with sudo until exit? or do i need to type sudo each time?

type 'sudo bash'. then it's basically like you're root until you type 'exit'.

i found the following xorg files : xorg.xonf, xorg.conf.fglrx-0, xorg.conf.fglrx-1, xorg.conf.fglrx-2 which one do i edit ??

xorg.conf for x-configuration

can someone tell me the name of the task bar that i can install that looks like the one for leopard?

awn

how do you customize your shell prompt ?

it's defined in your .bashrc, take a look here http://tldp.org/howto/bash-prompt-howto/

what is default runlevel for ubuntu server 7.10 ?

should be 2

hi, any one could assist me, i just got a server up, ubuntu 9, and whenever i try o extract a tar i get an error, while it worked before i re-isntall the os

perhaps you have a corrupt archive?

how is it hmm?

in 9.04, because they don't have a proper kernel for it, and so people can for example get a lockup issue when deleting big files, and so on

could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\

there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.

for those of you who have tried virtual machines, which do you think is faster? (as in better emulation?) qemu or vmware?

vmware is better in my opinion

hmm, what's the best dvd burner for linux that can burn iso's?

i am partial to gnomebaker

any opinions on upgrading to 12.04 from the update tool?

mine borked, but you might have better luck. i had some extra repos that might have screwed it up

remmember the old text based installer shipped with can you somehow get 6.10 to run that?\

alternate cd has that

hi, i'm looking for a tool where i can choose special charakters... especially utf-8 ones!

applications > accessories > character map

i once read about a program, that could make you handle your hand-compiled apps through dpkg. does anyone know what i am talking about?

it's either checkinstall or dh_make

i want to put ubuntu 10.04 lts on an empty usb. what type/format should the usb be and what file system should i use?

format and file system are the same thing, make it ext4

anyone have a link for setting up a intel pro/wireless 2200bg network card?

check https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wifihowto for tips on setting your wireless up

he is there a command to add to ls that will print page by page? so you can see it all in bash

ls | less