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just out of curiosity, what is the minimal ubuntu server install? | 350mb |
anyone here uses terminator? is it possible to set the starting size of the terminator window? | you can use the --geometry option |
btw, anybody knows how to play 3gp videos with sound? | i have played 3gp videos in gxine as well |
interesting when i type sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/x11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum' i get permission denied | sudo -i, then do it. |
how come i can't find '/home/hendri/.cairo-dock/current_themes/launchers' in nautilus ? | do ctrl+h in nautilus to see hidden folders/files |
and one use dvdshrink on ubuntu? | - did you see this link for ubuntu and dvdshrink? www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/dvdshrink/ |
is there a way to make it so clicking on the laptop touchpad won't be like left clicking | you need the gsynaptics pkg |
do someone know how to find/enter the nautilus channel? i have some ideas like mindcontrol and stuff like that ;-) | irc.gnome.org is not irc freenote |
hello, when i enter any channel i seem to have all the old chat in there instead of a blank window and the same with pm. how can i stop that and delete the old saved stuff. thanks | i don't think the option's available in xchat-gnome. normal xchat (in the xchat package) can do it, though. |
hey guys i know is off-topic but in #xchat nobody is talking... how do i reply to someone using his nickname... without having to type it? i'm using xchat irc client. | also working on the shell |
how do i remove/delete a symbolic link (ln -s)? | just delete it? |
from ubuntu-server, how do i install a window manager, preferably fluxbox or xfce? | i compiled fluxbos myself |
*can* ubuntu determine what graphic controller a pc has? | lspci in terminal should give you that info |
hello #ubuntu. i want to automatically execute a script whenever a specific external usb hdd is mounted. should i be looking into udev for this? | depends... check hal. |
if i install python 3.1 will it overwrite python 2.6? | 11.04 is shipping with both 2.6 and... hmm either 3.1 or 3.2, i forget |
anyone that knows the location of the ubuntu logo in the gnome-panel so i can remove it? | in your icons folder named start-here.png |
does anyone know where i can get a metacity logo? | http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity/metacity.png |
hi guys, i am using ubunt netbook, is it possible to use skype web cammera? and how? | if your web cam works then yes, i've have skype installed on ubuntu 10.04 |
hmm, when i select to instal azureus, why does it wanna install mozilla-browser when i got switftfox and firefox? and gjc java when i got sun java 1.5 ect? ;/ | try rufus (its azureus like without the java overhead) |
hello all. where has the configuration editor gone in dapper? i want to enable desktop icons for computer, trash, etc | apps -> accessories -> alacarte |
is it possible to run itunes via wine? | see http://appdb.winehq.org/ |
i accidentally removed the button on the top right of my gnome panel...the one with your name that drops down with logout/shutdown options..how do i get it back?? there is nothing the same when you right_click->add-to-menu ???? | is indicator-applet-sesion |
hello, is there a channel for command line help or can i ask in this one? | this here is fine |
how can i probe and tell what type of video card this machine is running? | the purge option should do that |
how do i get sex as geek? :) | man -k volume might give you a good starting place |
is there support for fingerprint readers in ubuntu? | there is, but i don't think it's very easy to set up |
well, thats it, 45 minutes and i still can't configure x | sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
what to do when my nvidia driver is borked and i have no x11.. i.e. how do i reinstall by console? | sudo apt-get install nvidia-current |
what is the pakage realplay is in | i think on gutsy you can find it in medibuntu - not sure if it's in the partner repository as well |
i'm trying to run freeciv; i get this error message: / 0: plugin 'alsa' isn't available. available are [none, sdl] / - i'm quite sure alsa is running, i think it only means the sdl plugins, am i right ? which ones are those? | probably libsdl1.2debian-alsa |
anyone on hardy here without sound? i have some fixes :) | i sometimes have no sound, cant play two sounds from separate apps at once |
my sound suddenly stopped working on 9.10, any help? | do ask |
uhmm.. could anyone please tell me what happened to the 'xmms' i was used to? i now see xmms2, but it's client/server based.. i just want a winamp-lookalike ;) | try audacious instead |
so i just plugged an old canon i550 printer but lsusb doesnt show anything | check linuxprinting.org for that printer |
anyone know how to start unity with xinit -- :1. | the service that starts x is gdm (pre- 11.10) or lightdm (11.10+) |
if i have a cron job set to run under my username, it runs even if i'm not logged in at all, right? | pes. |
hello. how do i refresh my repo? using aptitude from commandline | just like you would if you used apt-get: sudo aptitude update |
halp! i pulled the dvd rom drive from my system, it froze, and now when i've restarted it, it isn't finding the drive. :( | is it seing the drive in the bios |
heyllo, was wondering if there are any quick fixes to the minor lag i get while gaming...? | sure, stop gaming :) |
could you paste your script to the pastebin? maybe someone could help if they saw it. | 55 6 * * * overclocked sh /etc/cron.daily/alarum.sh |
is it possible to regenerate my menu.lst, it doesnt want to boot ubuntu or windows xp anymore | you'd have to boot into the livecd, chroot to the harddisk root partition, and sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install |
can i just delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (it looks wrong)? will it definitely get regenerated on reboot? | move it to some other place, reboot, and see |
rsync --delete -azvv -e ssh , here what does the -e option do? | most irc clients have tab completion...just type the first few letters of someones name then hit tab |
what is the way to hibernate under ubuntu ? uswsusp is broken under ubuntu so i don't know | hibernation is still a hit and miss affair. |
hi, when someone responds with a '!something', what does that mean? | http://www.gnome.org/learn/ if you want to edit stuff, just right click on the ubuntu icon and 'edit menu' |
need to reset my xorg.conf....anyone have a quick and easy way to do it from the command line? | sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
how do i determine if a package say php is installed from the console | dpkg -l package |
hi all. i'm trying to install ubuntu desktop amd64. i've got an ati radeon 5770 and everytime i load the installer, from usb or cd, 10.10 or 10.04.1, i just get a black screen after it's finished booting which i guess is a display issue. any ideas? i've done a search and found a few people with similar probs with 5770 ... | disable kms? |
are all programs downloaded with synaptic updated via the 'update' tool, or do i need to keep an eye on new versions? | once you install something, update-notifier will tell you if there's a new package you need to install |
what is the cli command to query if a package is installed and what version is installed? | dpkg -l packagename |
is there any command-line app i can use to arbitrarily decrease the quality of a png image? (not pngcrush, i know about that) | imagemagick |
hey all, quick one: how do i find my gateway ip in ubuntu? | 'route' |
is it normal thatt launchpad/rosetta is extremely slow? its not fun to translate when i need to wait 90% of my time | launchpad is indeed very slow |
anyone know what qmgr is?? | you have more context than we do |
helo! is there a chance that in 7.04 will be new adobereader 8.1.1 ? | ^^^ |
have a good reason ... changing the way the menu looks for someone when you don't have a good grasp of what it is supposed to do and why it has extra things is not a good reason | you don't want to make the tech illiterate do new things. they don't appreciate it. |
is there any way to permamently change unity launcher color ? that stupid behaviorus of auto chaning it according to background makes it look like crap | you'll need the livecd |
how can i find out what my touchpad scroll up/down buttons are called, i'd like to bind them to volume up/down | xev |
~ isn't there an edit he needs to do though to make it talk on other than lo? | of course not |
is there a way to get the properties of a file quickly? without right-clicking and going to properties? | ls -lisa |
hey all what's a good burning software for ubuntu? | k3b |
upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available | -- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic |
how do you switch between workspaces using keyboard? | crtl + alt + → ← |
can anyone point me in the right direction, i've got a pc running ubuntu 10.04, and i will like to run windows 7 on a virtual machine, how do i go about this? | i recommend you look into using virtualbox by sun microsystems. |
if you are new to linux, i think kde is the best bet for user friendliness and attractiveness, after enough linux usage many people prefer blackbox or fluxbox however because they are much faster and many people usually use the terminal most | what do you use |
how do i add an existing user to an existing group? | usermod -g... |
how are you connecting to the net? | wired, with a belkin router |
wondering if someone can help me with wine, (yes i know there's a channel but its dormant :( ) my exe's don't run, and when i try to set up drives through config, i get 'err:winecfg:apply_drive_changes unable to define devicename of ....' so when i come back and try again there are no drives... :-/ | fresh install of wine? |
it seems that 10.10 is still weak on drivers for old pcs like mine , 10.10 doesn't work with my video card so i can't boot ubuntu so i'm sticking with 10.04 | how interesting... i wish i knew that before i installed 10.10 on her system; which did nothing to show off and convince her to make the switch |
8.04 is quite old and does not support newer hardware as well. dump it | maybe yours do, but mine live forever |
is it possible to automate that? | no, not scripting, just commandlining. something like 'eterm -e gaim' should work |
how do i test my webcam under ubuntu??? | it is an interface to intract with your webcam |
what do i need to play mms streams with totem? | you have to install ubuntu-restricted-extras package |
hey i have a window that has for some reason popped up to the top left corner of the screen and i can't move it back down, any way to drag it back over to the center of the screen? | right click on the panel and pick move |
what stage is hardy in? | its alpha r6 still |
anyone know of a good audio mixing/editing program besides stupid audacity that's not working | you might also say why audacity isn't working... it's actually pretty good |
is there a way to force my usb stick to eject? as far as i can tell, nothing is using it, but when i try to unmount it it tells me 'cannot eject disk' | you sure you don't have some app or file open on it? you can try to unmount it from the command line. type 'mount' then sudo umount the drive or partion that it is mounted on from the command line. |
hey guys. i'm a little not satisfy about my ubuntu. it's working very slow. i have a toshiba satelitte, 3 years old with amd64 thurion. i need to do something else after i install ubuntu on it? instal video driver etc? | that wouldn't speed anything up... |
how can i automatically start a certain process for a certain user at bot? | use @reboot in the users crontab |
why do many tutorials suggest using cpio command than tar command for archiving? has it something to do with file permissions being copied or not? | tar will copy perms as well |
the repositories for 32 bit os are different from the ones for 64 bit? | they're the same repositories |
anybody know how to save gimp files as pdf? | i don't knowif this is the best way,but you could opendocsin ooo and save as .pdf |
i just installed crossover office and all its programs seem to be in /opt/cxoffice/bin/ but bash does not know to look in this path.. how do i tell it to look there? | you might need to log out and log back in for changes to take effect |
is there a ppc specific channel? | you set that in the boot menu |
how do i copy first 100000 lines from a file that has 10 mil lines into a new file | head -n 100000 > newfile |
how do i reset the list of all valid and default monitor modes when i plug in a new monitor (without reinstalling the whole os)? | this is a new feature in hardy |
if it's a peice of hardware that can network, it has a mac filter. | i ment mac filter turned on |
hi, i installed wrong graphics drivers, now my graphics dont work. how do i turn on generic drivers in root (recovery mode)? | but i generally don't like deleting stuff.. so you can try editting it and under the 'device' section, replace whatever driver is listed with 'vesa' |
power cut when installing rpm package, now its broken! how to fix it? | using an rpm is even less proper |
hello. i keep getting a connection failed error between my laptop and my sony ericsson t637. they were working fine, i got a wireless headset (now turned off) and things went to hell. the laptop can send and receive files from the phone, but multisync stopped working. | sorry i meant the t 637 :) |
what i realy want to see is a network play frozen-bubble | there's one installed by default |
hey. i've never tried ubuntu, but i'm thinking about it, is it possible to have an instalaltion under 500m when done? | most likely, but it depends on your definition of usable. |
i have an old machine with a geforce 4 mx and want to know which version of ubuntu or what driver will give the best video performance or directly support that card in general? | try 9.10, if that doesn't work.. try with the latest lts.. !lts for more info on that |
hi. i just installed kde with 'sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop,' but how do i remove gnome and all the gnome apps? | http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde |
is there a log file for smb? all of a sudden my ubuntu 9.10 machine can't connect to smb and i'm trying to debug why | try --> /var/log/samba/log.smbd and /var/log/samba/log.nmbd |
does anyone know how to fix firefox random crashes while using flash? | install flash player 10 beta, look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4928900 (part b) |
so there is no hardware matrix that i can reference? | see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/hardwaresupport ? |
can anyone help me fix http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/10703 ? | sudo apt-get -f install |
when i start mplayer, i get an error window that says: new_face failed. maybe the font path is wrong. please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). | mplayer-fonts |
hi there my mplayer its crashing if i pause !! where can i see a log file ?? | maybe ~/.mplayer |
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