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why? .13 is so beautiful | basically the point is 'well-tested on everything' so that 'it just works' for newbies, etc |
where can i edit my boot optoins | /boot/grub |
i want to find all processes with a specific cmd... so i do ps -e | _______.. what do i put in blank? | wget http://example.org/index.html -o /someplace/somefile |
so what sort of options do i have for customizing the gnome gui? (or where can i read about it) | gtk widget themes, window borders for metacity and emerald, and icon themes. all available at gnome-look.org. |
hi who can tell me how do i install the pidgin the new version? what are the commands, thx you | all the instructions can be found there. |
hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd? | sorry - arping |
i need some help . i installed sdl .. the latest version ..but still this game gives me an error , cannot initialise sdl: video not found. | give it a few minutes tween askings |
anyone using eclipse on ubuntu? more specifically, phpeclipse? | i am using it in gentoo, but ask anyhow, see if i can help. |
can someone try this url for me and see if it works: https://www.mypipex.net | works for me |
what number is rw, rw, rw permissions? | 666 |
hey, i am trying to edit the xorg.conf file to fix my resolution but it is telling me i do not have permissions, i am trying to edit it in text edit | sudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf |
if i had hardy beta, do the regular updates just make it into the final version? or do i have to dist-upgrade? | youre done |
does ubuntu have something that works like ctrl+alt+del? sometimes firefox freezes my desktop and i lose my mouse and cant do anything | you can always ctrl+alt+f1 - f2 - f3... to get to a console, then 'ps -a' to see the processes and then 'killall process_name' to kill the bugged application. |
is it possible to disable the 'tap to click' with a trackpad on a laptop? | yes - should be doablbe by editing the xorg.conf |
hi, i show 61 updates here, is that real? | - i have 64 |
can anyone help with routing my audio to bluetooth headset? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/bluetoothaudio |
jus wanna ask how i can get on the ##java room, seems like empathy wont let me connect | you need to register... |
hi, i've installed ubuntu and have two issues now - first, that the solution given to my problem here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=522139&page=2 is actually that after every reboot i have to another time write 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper', because it doesn't start with boot, and that the connection still doesn't work, just the pings to ip's, not to google.com, ubuntu.com, etc, im's and so on | adding ndiswrapper to /etc/modules should load it automatically |
where can i get the source code of apt utillity? | sudo apt-get source apt |
hey all, i keep seeing youtube video's of ubuntu desktops that have a mac-like application launcher at the bottom. anyone know what program that is? | avant window manager |
is there a program like prime95 to stress test cpu in repo's ? | cpuburn ? |
how do i allow a user sudo access | : you have to edit file named sudoers |
what program/package controls volume automounting when in gnome? (plug in a usb key and something opens) | it respects fstab |
where is the restricted drivers manager in kubuntu? | package name is restricted-manager |
what are you trying to do with cups ? | admin as a low user on localhost:631 |
can i get ubuntu to boot from a flash drive ? | http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-usb-bar |
where is ubuntu netbook remix iso's? | there is no unr anymore, the standard ubuntu iso is suitable for netbooks too |
where do i go to submit a linux kernel bug? | but easier is 'ubuntu-bug linux' and our kernel.maintainers will report it upstream if needed |
how about this.. is there a kernel parameter to disable acpi trip points or acpi in general, so i can attempt to debug the machine? | noacpi on your kernel line in menu.lst? |
my ubuntu is dying half way through bootup all of a sudden this morning, is there a way to get rid of the boot splash and show the details of the bootup process ? | press alt-f1 |
good night, a friend wants to install ubuntu in his macintosh. is there any helpful tutorial i can give him? | is it an older mac, or an intel one? |
i have installed java sucessfully.. when i type 'java -version' it shows me the version and everything seems fine.. but when i do the java test on java.com website, it fails... anyone know whats wrong ? | sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin |
still waiting with my question. =) to put it simple: how do i check that grub is installed ok in external hdd and it is bootable? | try editing the menu.lst , find the kernel line that has quiet splash on it. remove those words, at least it'll remove the chance that it's a framebuffer issue |
what's that package that gives you make and all those other useful development tools | build-essential |
i need a program that can record what is happening on my screen. actually i want it to record a running screensaver. is that possible? | i've looked into that. i would try googling - its too complex a question for irc. from what i found out its more than just apt-get'ing an app! |
[gutsy gnome] english help wanted: what are the english names of the 3 tabs in the gnome sound preferences dialog? (gnome main menu system > preferences > sound) is it 'devices', ?, 'system bell'? | devices sounds syste beep |
hello everyone. can i have the link for compatibilities and ubuntu? i just got a lenovo thinkpad t61 series with nvidia quadro nvs 140m except it has win vista... | try https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupport/ |
how can i start emerald theme at startup?? compiz fusion starts at startup but not with emerald window decorator | i believe emerald --replace under sessions in preferences. |
how can i tell which ubuntu version i have? is there some /etc/$foo that identifies it as dapper or edgy etc? (not /proc/version it seems.) | oh boy.. there is a command.. let me try to remember it.. something - what wastrel said.. |
help me please. i uninstalled flash-plugininstaller, enabled partner repo and installed adobe-flash flugin and restarted chromium; yet i still get 'shockwave flash crashed' | if you want to use the repos flash plugin rather than chrome's type about:plugins |
what's a very light weight text editor with grammar and spelling check? | anything with grammer check wont be light |
hey what good voice-chat/im software does ubuntu have? | ubuntu comes with ekiga, an excellent voip client |
hi, i'm having an issue with youtube, perhaps flash as a whole. i can't pause videos or use any of the buttons | adobe give crap flash versions to use linux users. what version and browser are you running? |
hi guys. if anyone can help me with this that would be great. does anyone know a command that will get me the volume label of the primary drive from the terminal? | fdisk -l |
does anyone know a doc to pdf converter for ubuntu? | openoffice |
at least with 'qtconfig' and 'kcontrol' but i dunno how much kde dependencies they have | qtconfig helped with the font size. and does not depend on anything beside libqt. now if i find out, how to apply qt themes without kde that would be great. but i think that will not be possible without kcontrol. but anyway the fonts are set. thanks! |
is is possible to plug a hard drive with ubuntu on it into a computer other than the one it was installed on? | it's often possible, if the processor families are similar, though you may have to reinstall grub and edit /etc/fstab |
###hello all,### the program that i'm compiling asked me: 'checking for libxml-2.0 gtk+-2.0... configure: error: cannot find gtk modules, stopping build! please install gtk+ package to continue. see www.gtk.org. | install libxml2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev |
i heard folks complaining about the flash update last night - that it broke flash completely - anyone know if it's ok? i haven't updated yet | its broke |
hi, i dont have network-manager, how to make auto connect for eth0 everytime? | /etc/network/interfaces is only going to be read on boot or when you restart networking |
is it possible to install ubuntu on my mobile phone? | im sure, given enough time and the right resources its 'possible' but at the moment, that is not one of the distributions that supported in ub that i know of. |
hi, i'm getting the 'package sun-java6-jdk has no installation candidate' error even after running ' add-apt-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' '. any fix for this? | you can try openjdk wich already is on ubuntu repository or manually download and install java from it's webpage |
hello i want to convert my pdf file to word any one know application for that on ubuntu ? | i belive there are webapps for that |
resume from suspend works before i login to my laptop, but not after. i'm guessing some hardware driver isn't resuming correctly. i'd like to figure out which hardware drivers are loaded before login and which are loaded after so i can compare the two lists and come up with a list of suspect drivers. what's the best way of doing this? | /var/log/syslog |
hi, i'm trying to use a shared directory, but it doesnt show in 'network'. more over, adfter an smbclient -l localhost, server and master remain empty. any help welcome. | ive noticed those tools and samba tends to not see all my shares. i just enter the actual path in the gnome file manager - ctrl-l smb://servername/sharename and it sees them here.. i naver seen them when i browse the network. |
hello, is there anyway i could ssh into my ubuntu one account? | nope, ubuntu-one has a propriatary access protocall |
hello... can someone help me with a simple problem? | /boot/grub/menu.lst |
can someone else in here running virtualbox confirm that their ' id ' command *does not* list ' vboxusers ' | id command *lists* vboxusrs here |
how can i get list of files installed by a package? | in synaptic you can right click on a package and check out which files it installs.. you might have to install the package first though.. not sure |
ok, editra is not running in my system. what to do? | you can try gnu-smalltalk |
how do i install a firefox plugin for sun java? | better if you use apt/synaptic to install java -- see !java |
i have a 500gb drive formatted as ext3. nautilus shows only 435gb free space (the drive is empty). why is this? | 500 gb is 465 gib (disk space is reported in gib, not gb). then there's 5% on top of that reserved, which is another 25 gb, and then some is overhead for the file system. all together that puts you at about 435 |
i'm looking to install a driver for my brother mfc 5100c. on brother's website is asks which linux (ubuntu) i am using for red hat / mandriva (mandrake) / suse / fedoracore users or debian? | debian is your best bet |
how do i prevent programs from starting when i start my computer? | go to system>preferences>sessions, then to the startup commands tab, then take gaim out |
are there any linux commands to display how a hard disk is partitioned without actually opening a partioning program? | sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda |
how do you spell hip hop | either is acceptable. |
help: when i try to update geoip database for tor i get the error: | on the website of tor where you can find the repositories you can also find instructions on how to add the keys for that repository |
anyone know how to set the folder in grip | go on config -> encode -> encoder -> encoder file format , and put the folder at the beginning, e.g. ~/music/%a/%d/%n.%x |
should i simply do the upgrade to 10.4 by clicking the update manager's button on 9.10? | if you want, make sure you back up any important data first (which you should routinely do anyway) |
is it possible to download a package in the repositories off the web? | yes, it does |
hey anybody around that could help me out with ssh? | we need details |
hi. i was thinking of trying compiz fusion's widget layer, and i was wondering if there are more widgets available for screenlets or gdesklets. thanks for your help. | here you go -- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=614931 |
hey how can i replace give text in more than one file | using gedit it has a search option available |
hi. what default number should i type in menu.lst to start windows on default? | try gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst |
whats the lightest on memory ubuntu based distro? | fluxbuntu i think, but it's not official. for official xubuntu is it |
how do you propose someone boots a p4 machine from an iso file that's located on an internal hard drive, without already having an os running? | i wasn't aware that there was no os already on the machine. |
how to list all users belonging to the specific group ? | groups <groupname> |
hey. where is the repository file located? so i can add or remove repositories? | if you need to edit the file directly, it's /etc/apt/sources.list |
is there anyway to set ubuntu back to post instalation state? that is, removing packages, files etc | easiest way is to just re-install. you can preserve your /home during re-install even if it's not on a separate partition. |
anyone know how to move/drag a gnome panel to the second monitor? | press alt and drag |
anyone now how to install google earth on ubuntu | you might be able to use it with wine, but there is defs no way to install with apt |
why isn`t jvm 1.5 in the repros of ubuntu?? | it's in multiverse |
can anyone explain to me, how the automounting of cds works (behind the scenes)? | hald notices that the cd is inserted, sends a dbus message to anyone interested, the gnome-volume-manager is interested and per default wants to mount it, does so via pmount, which allows normal users to mount removable drives |
hi! is it possible to find out the package that has installed a specific file in the filesystem. like 'equery belongs' does for gentoo? | dpkg -s /path/to/file |
what's the command to copy a folder from one dir to another please? | man cp |
hey guys, i've decided to move over to ubuntu soon, and i have a question about crossfire, how does it work under ubuntu? | for the open source driver see http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonfeature there is also a proprietary driver |
where are the power settings in ubuntu | system preferences power settings |
i upgraded from feisty to gutsy and i'm regretting it. gnome is messed up; it only runs in low-res ... i'm very glad i installed other window managers. how do i troubleshoot an upgrade that didn't do too well ? | for the resolution thing, have you tried to reconfig xserver-xorg or manually edit xorg.conf ? |
what is the absolutely technically correct command to call a reboot? | you could do a 'shutdown -r now' |
trying to load 8.04 and seems to be stuck at the partitioner loading... anyone seen that? | open a terminal and do a /sbin/fdisk -l |
where is the module configuration saved? i need to hand edit some ndsiwrapper configuration | check in /etc/ndiswrapper and /etc/modprobe.d |
g'morning, is it possible to change the default email client to thunderbird in the messaging menu? i've already made the change in 'preferred applications' but the messaging menu will only launch evolution. | no, thunderbird isn't a part of gnome so doesn't integrate with the menues |
when you run a command as su or sudo in termal does it remain logged in as su untill you restart? | with sudo it's just for that command, although your password is remembered for sudo for 15 minutes. with su you just have to exit out of the root terminal (but su root doesn't work since root isn't enabled, use sudo -i or sudo -s) |
hello all - i have a question and i'm only on day 3 of using ubuntu so please bare with me. is it possible to configure ubuntu to act as a wireless repeater in the same way that windows 7 can (with certain wireless cards)? | yes, it is |
is there a recommended online resource to learn my way around the terminal? i've learned a few things, but i can see how that would be valuable and would like to learn more. thanks for your help. | see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/usingtheterminal |
hi, does ubuntu mount or touch any drives when you boot the live cd? | it may use swap partitons if there are any, but it shouldn't mount any other filesystem, unless you mount it through nautilus |
hello is there a way to show hidden files when doing an ls? | ls -la |
how come firefox reports i dont have java runtime environment installed, when i do in fact ahve the sun-jre1.5 package installed and have configured to use by default | did you install sun-java5-plugin? |
anyone know if its possible to get cups to 'listen' to a shared folder or email and print any new pdf's in the folder or received on a specific address? | cups won't do that itself, i don't believe, but you could certainly use inotify to fire off a command when a new file shows up in a directory. have a look at the 'inotify-tools' package. obviously, you'll want to debug this extensively before committing to production (ink is expensive...) |
so, i've managed to break ~/.profile - i had added a call to launch a python script i wrote that detects if my virtualbox has provided multiple monitors, and makes the appropriate xrandr call - and now i can't login. i'm in recovery mode in the root shell, but the files are unmounted so i cant fix .profile from there. not sure where to go from here | mount your /home then fix. |
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