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hello everyone, i just download xmms but don't know how to install it, anyone knows how?	if you want that specifically use audacious.
hello, how do i get grub to recognize and configure my windows installation on 'hdb'?	add it to /boot/grub/menu.list
anyone know of problems with pidgin connecting to icq? tried changing the login server, but still doesn't work	pidgin didn't work for me either try xchat if you don't have it
anyone know how to have ubuntu/gnome auto-logout after x minute of inactivity?	there is a way that after x minutes it goes to a screen saver which requires you enter your password. other users can still log in if they encounter this screen by selecting 'switch user'
what command line tool can i use to get the http status code from a server (and nothing else)?	telnet
uhm, i have a small problem. my linux partition has died. running the live cd now. is there a way to save the data on the drive?	'died' = ?
can someone do me a favor	this is not the place to solicit help in getting un-banned in other channels
i have a lot of partitions on my disk so there are two disks on my desktop but i want to clear it .. is there any way i can hide them from the desktop but not change anything else?	i think there is a gconf setting for it in nautilus
what app is the best for music in linux? xmms?	i like audacious
can you help me?	probably not, but i will tell you that hal is probably broken in 9.10 on your system and broke when you upgraded, sometimes upgrading is not the best choice as it tends to break things, you could try to 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure hal' .. no promises weather it will work
lduros best to keep the chatter to #ubuntu-offtopic and this place for direct support ;)	yeah i figured its not welcome to do that here, apologies
tasksel is working away. i'm coming from debian. is tasksel like dpkg or what? i never used it in debian.	ubuntu is debian-based, and uses the same dpkg, apt-get and other things.
a long time ago i made a textfile whit nano but now i would like to give it root 'permisions' (only root is able to read or edit it) is this possible?	then you have to chmod it to only root by...
anyone ever use minicom with a usb -> db9 adapter and knows what i need to change the comm port to so it works?	/dev/ttyusb0
hey, i'm trying to install a custom rom on my android phone, and i'm finding a lot of guides for windows but none for ubuntu. can anyone point me in the right direction?	i would assume it'll be similar for your phone, possibly with a differnt udev rule
i'm trying to set up knockd to listen for a sequence of udp packets, but it's not seeing any coming in. any idea what i could be doing wrong?	have you tried running tcpdump to see if that sees them?
i'm trying to look at my partition table using fdisk -l /dev/sda and it doesn't produce any output	lack of sudo?
so everything to alsa?	thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.
what's the usual '/' partition size if im going to use the rest of the space for the '/home' partition?	10-15g should be enough. probably ~ 5g used
how do i read a certain number of bytes from a file (from the terminal)?	i think theres numerous ways. check out man page for 'head'
have you checked the help..ubuntu.com wiki?	i'm just reading on ubuntu forums. someone had a suggestion there
is it possible to set the background colour of the terminal window to black???	yes, use the profiles
i did, 'apt-get install mysqltcl' a while back.. how do i figure out what version it is? or well better yet, how to find out what version is on the repositories	apt-cache policy packagename
who i should ask about copyright of ubuntu logo and distro?	mark shuttleworth perhaps?
how to change the default locale ( ansi_x3.4-1968 ) to unicode ( utf-8 ) ?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
where do i put the favicon.ico in apache so that it shows up in the address bar?	you need to refer to it in the webpage to
hi. i installed suns jre v.6. what's the path to the java vm?	sudo updatedb && locate java \| grep bin
e: unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? <-- how do i make that not happen please?	by closing the other process that is using it. do you have other apt software running?
can you use compiz in vmware workstation?	with workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3d stuff
glgo: error while loading shared libraries: libsdl_ttf-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory	sudo apt-get install libsdl-ttf2.0-0
after upgrading to 8.04, while it appears that compiz is working (i get the wobbly windows and such), my previous settings have disappeared, and i can't seem to enable the emerald theme manager. when this happened in gutsy, there was an option in the preferences menu called 'gl desktop' that i guess would reload compiz, but that option is no longer available. how would i go about enabling the emerald themes and possibly getting my deskto	what about alt f2 emerald --replace
anyone know where on my system i can find the thunderbird icon?	try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that
is there a graphical way to search for an nfs server on gutsy?	does places > network work for you?
is there a way to be able to watch youtube vids with sound on firefox while having rhythmbox open?	try apt-get install libflashsupport
hi what command do i use to open multiple files in gedit?	gedit file1 & gedit file2 & gedit file3
it appears kubuntu desktop is installed but how do i get it to change to kde?	change your session in the gdm login screen
how does one go about installing the w32codecs?	enable medibuntu repos.. use package maanger
does anyone know of a photoshop like program for ubuntu 8.04???	gimp.
it's not looking promising for ubuntu on my thinkpad t41 :( safe graphics mode doesn't work either :(	try textmode
anyone know of a modern mail client that actually supports ordinary features like imap-idle and mapping of imap folders like 'trash', 'sent' etc. ? evolution don't	check out http://email.about.com/od/linuxemailclients/tp/linux-unix-email-clients-fo---.htm at the top of the list is... you guessed it 'thunderbird' woot!
question: what's the most compatible wifi card under linux? (and possibly works w/o ndiswrappers)?	i have a rt2500...you are not bothered by a firmware and it's compatible ubuntu and it's 100% free software
'transitional package' meas what?	typically it means a package had a name for a long time, and people are used to looking for it by that name, though there is a new package under a new name, so a dummy transitional package is there.
does anyone know why oneirics lightdm wont start my desktop? i have a nvidia and primary gpu and ati as secondary for xen hvm pcipassthru	sure xfce works nicely now here
anyone know how to start emacs without showing the 'about emacs' page?	(setq inhibit-splash-screen t) into your .emacs, :p
hmm, what is the recommended way to change resolution if it does not appear under the preferences list? i usually use dpkg-reconfigure but im wondering if there is something better.	u can probably just add the desired resolution to /etc/x11/xorg.conf
for some reason, my feisty shutdown menu suddenly doesn't include 'shut down'. i only get log out, lock screen, switch user, suspend, & hibernate - any suggestions?	no idea, but poweroff is the terminal command.
can anyone recommend an image viewer that doesn't require installing half of gnome (eog) or half of kde (gwenview)?	ristretto?
xchat .. when i accidently disconnect a channel (eg. #ubuntu) from the main window .. how do i reattach?	ctrl+i
\whois nalioth	look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois
can you use kde programs in gnome?	of course.. you just have to install kdelibs, which synaptic will do w/o issue
hi, does sombody know if ubuntu 9.04 will be an lts?	the next lts is karmic koala, coming in october 2009
hi, anyone here from italy?	though, you aren't italian...? (judging form your isp)
how can i reset $path without loging out?	i don't know if it clears added ones though
is it possible to move an entire ubuntu install from one hard disk to another ?	not a good idea att all
setting up ubuntu on home network. how do i share printer? connected printer on primary machine (direct usb connection). then 'detect lan printers' on other machines. printer does no appear on other machines.	system>admin>printing than in there you want to select it as a network printer if its not connected to the pc your setting than walk through the proccess but remember you want to connect through the routers ip address
hi... anyone knows if there are firefox 3.6 packages available?	see https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
how do i grab the srouce packages from the repos?	apt-get source pkg
hey guys i have two network cards installed in my box i was wondering how i could use the 2nd card to share internet	i have used this guide before. it is gentoo specific, but i have used it on debian systems as well. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml
how do i avoid to be prompted for password when ubuntu starts up?	try 'user accounts'
is there a good c++ editor for gnome?	or if you want an ide there's anjuta
lo all, how do you repair xorg.conf? i wiped it by accident	in a terminal, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
hi guys, i am trying to install a ubuntu 7.1 on my hp desktop computer (128 mb, 533 mhz, celeron), but, when the instalation starts, this pass through indicator bar, and then try to load desktop of ubuntu, i can see the arrow, and backgroudnd, but never load gnome, how can i do ?	try fluxbuntu
hi, as a desktop user, what software is my best bet for real-time backups (i.e. periodic backups with the system up and running)?	: try using mondo or rsync
hi people! i know it's not the right place to ask, but please if you know how to edit the firefox config settings, help me out here	about:config
how do i delete a certain update from the update manager?	open synaptic, find the package, change it to an older version
i'm about to set up ubuntu with a separately partitioned home directory. will it wipe the contents of that partition before installing my home folder, or is it safe for me to leave my backup there?	i mean when reinstalling ubuntu, my home partition is not cleared
does ubuntu server come with apache?	ive noticed that too on certain templates. i typically just stop it
on ubuntu, in which file is /usr/local/bin added to the path?	maybe /etc/environment ?
hey now. got a weird problem. i can't get ctrl-alt-f1 to a console anymore. f2, f3, etc either.	maybe this is your problem, no idea though: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+bug/129910
hi - i used this command in terminal to get my dvd to play movies - 'wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -o/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2' - it worked great! can someone tell me what '&&' part means ? ?	other-wise u have to enter those commands one after the another , right ??? nickrud: ??
what's the advantages (if any) of not shuting down the computer every day (as i read some people saying about linux: 'forget about shuting down your computer, you can work with it for months turned on')?	no boot times, leaving downloads on overnight, erm... running folding@home... not much :p
hi, other that gedit and openofficeword which other simple wordprocessor can i install and use in ubuntu hardy?	abiword perhaps ?
what is the easiest way to get grub to rescan all the os's installed on a system and rebuild its menu list?	super grub repair cd
i don't understand `top` how do you sort by cpu usage?	download/install htop, you'll prefer it
is there a reason 9.10rc has very little in the repositories?	try to switch to the main repositories instead of your local repository. some of the local ones (the danish at least) have been a bit dodgy over the past few days.
hello folks. happy new year to you all. not ubuntu related but which channel here is ecommerce oriented?	or at least none that are big enough to warrant being mentioned
is anyone here good with shell scripting? i want to write an 'if' statements like the following pseudo-code: 'if $variable is either a, b org c, then...' anyone know the easiest way to do this?	a 'case'
does anyone know where i can find a .deb of thunderbird 5 beta? preferably in a ppa.	: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable
are anyone familiar with bandwidth problems for the danish mirrors? i'm not talking about the current problems with the security updates	check if there's another danish mirror here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/archive when the wiki gets back up
hey... does anyone know where i can find my c header files for my kernel? im running 2.6.15-27-386	you can apt-get them
troy: rumpe1: thanks at least i have a better understanding of what nmap is and what i can use it for without getting in some kind of trouble	its really hard to get in trouble from using nmap
wo gibts ne original sources.list fr dapper?	/usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/serverguide/sample/sources.list
where can i find the source for ubuntu kernel 2.6.10? it's not on my apt source.list	apt-get install linux-source-2.6.10 sorry
is there an easy way for someone to switch from using swfdec to using the flash-nonfree plugin after having made the choice to use swfdec?	open synaptic package manager, search for swfdec uninstall it, search for flash-nonfree and install it, that should get you going
does anyone know how i can find out 'what packages were updated on my system yesterday'?	look in /var/log/dpkg.log
shoot! i accidentally pressed ctrl-z while a process was running in terminal, and i got '[1] stopped' how do i resume this?	use the 'bg' or 'fg' command
i'd like to extend the timeout of when the screen blanks due to mouse/keyboard inactivity. looked in system, preferences, power management but can't seem to get it to change. where is this defined?	go to system>pref>screensaver and you will see a bar move it to desired lingth ;)
how do i uninstall ubuntu? i have had problems with it freezing since i downloaded it, and now i can't even start it without it freezing as soon as i log in...	if windows is already on there, pop in the cd and go into recovery console, issue a 'fixmbr' and it will essentially remove ubuntu. then from windows you can regain the space.
i'm using an edgy with mysql5 server ... does someone know where to set mysql to use unicode instead of latin1 ?	that is done table by table if needed, else you may have to recompile it :(
does ubuntu have any standard images/wallpapers installed? except the original one... if so, where are those?	i haven't seen any. i got some nice ones at gnome-look.org and kde-look.org
i need to shrink some videos does anybody have any suggestions on what to use	mencoder
is there ubuntu reference, similar to debian's - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ ?	http://is.gd/wxon
dudes... any site that has a good howto on wpa wireless security with ubuntu? i have a 2200 intel chipset card...	wiki.ubuntu.com
what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application	then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process
how do i determine my ubuntu version?	use the upgrade manager
does anyone know how to re-label a secondary harddrive. i have it mounting to /media/storage however on the desktop its label is 320.1gb media	e2label is the program
how do i install midnight commander (mc)?	enable universe, then sudo apt-get install mc
how do i get my broadband card working?	ethernet should just work, but wireless you can get issues, if you got rubbish wireless hardware, that isn't properly suppourted when it comes to linux, because the manufactures coudn't be bothered to
does kubuntu also use apt-get/synaptic package manager? what is adept?	adept is the package manager for kde., just like synaptic is the one for gnome
will the command ls -r dira \| grep -v '$(ls -r dirb)' list the files that exist in dira but not in dirb?	http://wooledge.org/mywiki/bashfaq/036 -- how can i get all lines that are: in both of two files (set intersection) or in only one of two files (set subtraction).

hello everyone, i just download xmms but don't know how to install it, anyone knows how?

if you want that specifically use audacious.

hello, how do i get grub to recognize and configure my windows installation on 'hdb'?

add it to /boot/grub/menu.list

anyone know of problems with pidgin connecting to icq? tried changing the login server, but still doesn't work

pidgin didn't work for me either try xchat if you don't have it

anyone know how to have ubuntu/gnome auto-logout after x minute of inactivity?

there is a way that after x minutes it goes to a screen saver which requires you enter your password. other users can still log in if they encounter this screen by selecting 'switch user'

what command line tool can i use to get the http status code from a server (and nothing else)?

telnet

uhm, i have a small problem. my linux partition has died. running the live cd now. is there a way to save the data on the drive?

'died' = ?

can someone do me a favor

this is not the place to solicit help in getting un-banned in other channels

i have a lot of partitions on my disk so there are two disks on my desktop but i want to clear it .. is there any way i can hide them from the desktop but not change anything else?

i think there is a gconf setting for it in nautilus

what app is the best for music in linux? xmms?

i like audacious

can you help me?

probably not, but i will tell you that hal is probably broken in 9.10 on your system and broke when you upgraded, sometimes upgrading is not the best choice as it tends to break things, you could try to 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure hal' .. no promises weather it will work

lduros best to keep the chatter to #ubuntu-offtopic and this place for direct support ;)

yeah i figured its not welcome to do that here, apologies

tasksel is working away. i'm coming from debian. is tasksel like dpkg or what? i never used it in debian.

ubuntu is debian-based, and uses the same dpkg, apt-get and other things.

a long time ago i made a textfile whit nano but now i would like to give it root 'permisions' (only root is able to read or edit it) is this possible?

then you have to chmod it to only root by...

anyone ever use minicom with a usb -> db9 adapter and knows what i need to change the comm port to so it works?

/dev/ttyusb0

hey, i'm trying to install a custom rom on my android phone, and i'm finding a lot of guides for windows but none for ubuntu. can anyone point me in the right direction?

i would assume it'll be similar for your phone, possibly with a differnt udev rule

i'm trying to set up knockd to listen for a sequence of udp packets, but it's not seeing any coming in. any idea what i could be doing wrong?

have you tried running tcpdump to see if that sees them?

i'm trying to look at my partition table using fdisk -l /dev/sda and it doesn't produce any output

lack of sudo?

so everything to alsa?

thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.

what's the usual '/' partition size if im going to use the rest of the space for the '/home' partition?

10-15g should be enough. probably ~ 5g used

how do i read a certain number of bytes from a file (from the terminal)?

i think theres numerous ways. check out man page for 'head'

have you checked the help..ubuntu.com wiki?

i'm just reading on ubuntu forums. someone had a suggestion there

is it possible to set the background colour of the terminal window to black???

yes, use the profiles

i did, 'apt-get install mysqltcl' a while back.. how do i figure out what version it is? or well better yet, how to find out what version is on the repositories

apt-cache policy packagename

who i should ask about copyright of ubuntu logo and distro?

mark shuttleworth perhaps?

how to change the default locale ( ansi_x3.4-1968 ) to unicode ( utf-8 ) ?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

where do i put the favicon.ico in apache so that it shows up in the address bar?

you need to refer to it in the webpage to

hi. i installed suns jre v.6. what's the path to the java vm?

sudo updatedb && locate java | grep bin

e: unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? <-- how do i make that not happen please?

by closing the other process that is using it. do you have other apt software running?

can you use compiz in vmware workstation?

with workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3d stuff

glgo: error while loading shared libraries: libsdl_ttf-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

sudo apt-get install libsdl-ttf2.0-0

after upgrading to 8.04, while it appears that compiz is working (i get the wobbly windows and such), my previous settings have disappeared, and i can't seem to enable the emerald theme manager. when this happened in gutsy, there was an option in the preferences menu called 'gl desktop' that i guess would reload compiz, but that option is no longer available. how would i go about enabling the emerald themes and possibly getting my deskto

what about alt f2 emerald --replace

anyone know where on my system i can find the thunderbird icon?

try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that

is there a graphical way to search for an nfs server on gutsy?

does places > network work for you?

is there a way to be able to watch youtube vids with sound on firefox while having rhythmbox open?

try apt-get install libflashsupport

hi what command do i use to open multiple files in gedit?

gedit file1 & gedit file2 & gedit file3

it appears kubuntu desktop is installed but how do i get it to change to kde?

change your session in the gdm login screen

how does one go about installing the w32codecs?

enable medibuntu repos.. use package maanger

does anyone know of a photoshop like program for ubuntu 8.04???

gimp.

it's not looking promising for ubuntu on my thinkpad t41 :( safe graphics mode doesn't work either :(

try textmode

anyone know of a modern mail client that actually supports ordinary features like imap-idle and mapping of imap folders like 'trash', 'sent' etc. ? evolution don't

check out http://email.about.com/od/linuxemailclients/tp/linux-unix-email-clients-fo---.htm at the top of the list is... you guessed it 'thunderbird' woot!

question: what's the *most* compatible wifi card under linux? (and possibly works w/o ndiswrappers)?

i have a rt2500...you are not bothered by a firmware and it's compatible ubuntu and it's 100% free software

'transitional package' meas what?

typically it means a package had a name for a long time, and people are used to looking for it by that name, though there is a new package under a new name, so a dummy transitional package is there.

does anyone know why oneirics lightdm wont start my desktop? i have a nvidia and primary gpu and ati as secondary for xen hvm pcipassthru

sure xfce works nicely now here

anyone know how to start emacs without showing the 'about emacs' page?

(setq inhibit-splash-screen t) into your .emacs, :p

hmm, what is the recommended way to change resolution if it does not appear under the preferences list? i usually use dpkg-reconfigure but im wondering if there is something better.

u can probably just add the desired resolution to /etc/x11/xorg.conf

for some reason, my feisty shutdown menu suddenly doesn't include 'shut down'. i only get log out, lock screen, switch user, suspend, & hibernate - any suggestions?

no idea, but poweroff is the terminal command.

can anyone recommend an image viewer that doesn't require installing half of gnome (eog) or half of kde (gwenview)?

ristretto?

xchat .. when i accidently disconnect a channel (eg. #ubuntu) from the main window .. how do i reattach?

ctrl+i

\whois nalioth

look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois

can you use kde programs in gnome?

of course.. you just have to install kdelibs, which synaptic will do w/o issue

hi, does sombody know if ubuntu 9.04 will be an lts?

the next lts is karmic koala, coming in october 2009

hi, anyone here from italy?

though, you aren't italian...? (judging form your isp)

how can i reset $path without loging out?

i don't know if it clears added ones though

is it possible to move an entire ubuntu install from one hard disk to another ?

not a good idea att all

setting up ubuntu on home network. how do i share printer? connected printer on primary machine (direct usb connection). then 'detect lan printers' on other machines. printer does no appear on other machines.

system>admin>printing than in there you want to select it as a network printer if its not connected to the pc your setting than walk through the proccess but remember you want to connect through the routers ip address

hi... anyone knows if there are firefox 3.6 packages available?

see https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa

how do i grab the srouce packages from the repos?

apt-get source pkg

hey guys i have two network cards installed in my box i was wondering how i could use the 2nd card to share internet

i have used this guide before. it is gentoo specific, but i have used it on debian systems as well. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml

how do i avoid to be prompted for password when ubuntu starts up?

try 'user accounts'

is there a good c++ editor for gnome?

or if you want an ide there's anjuta

lo all, how do you repair xorg.conf? i wiped it by accident

in a terminal, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

hi guys, i am trying to install a ubuntu 7.1 on my hp desktop computer (128 mb, 533 mhz, celeron), but, when the instalation starts, this pass through indicator bar, and then try to load desktop of ubuntu, i can see the arrow, and backgroudnd, but never load gnome, how can i do ?

try fluxbuntu

hi, as a desktop user, what software is my best bet for real-time backups (i.e. periodic backups with the system up and running)?

: try using mondo or rsync

hi people! i know it's not the right place to ask, but please if you know how to edit the firefox config settings, help me out here

about:config

how do i delete a certain update from the update manager?

open synaptic, find the package, change it to an older version

i'm about to set up ubuntu with a separately partitioned home directory. will it wipe the contents of that partition before installing my home folder, or is it safe for me to leave my backup there?

i mean when reinstalling ubuntu, my home partition is not cleared

does ubuntu server come with apache?

ive noticed that too on certain templates. i typically just stop it

on ubuntu, in which file is /usr/local/bin added to the path?

maybe /etc/environment ?

hey now. got a weird problem. i can't get ctrl-alt-f1 to a console anymore. f2, f3, etc either.

maybe this is your problem, no idea though: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/linux/+bug/129910

hi - i used this command in terminal to get my dvd to play movies - 'wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -o/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2' - it worked great! can someone tell me what '&&' part means ? ?

other-wise u have to enter those commands one after the another , right ??? nickrud: ??

what's the advantages (if any) of not shuting down the computer every day (as i read some people saying about linux: 'forget about shuting down your computer, you can work with it for months turned on')?

no boot times, leaving downloads on overnight, erm... running folding@home... not much :p

hi, other that gedit and openofficeword which other simple wordprocessor can i install and use in ubuntu hardy?

abiword perhaps ?

what is the easiest way to get grub to rescan all the os's installed on a system and rebuild its menu list?

super grub repair cd

i don't understand `top` how do you sort by cpu usage?

download/install htop, you'll prefer it

is there a reason 9.10rc has very little in the repositories?

try to switch to the main repositories instead of your local repository. some of the local ones (the danish at least) have been a bit dodgy over the past few days.

hello folks. happy new year to you all. not ubuntu related but which channel here is ecommerce oriented?

or at least none that are big enough to warrant being mentioned

is anyone here good with shell scripting? i want to write an 'if' statements like the following pseudo-code: 'if $variable is either a, b org c, then...' anyone know the easiest way to do this?

a 'case'

does anyone know where i can find a .deb of thunderbird 5 beta? preferably in a ppa.

: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable

are anyone familiar with bandwidth problems for the danish mirrors? i'm not talking about the current problems with the security updates

check if there's another danish mirror here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/archive when the wiki gets back up

hey... does anyone know where i can find my c header files for my kernel? im running 2.6.15-27-386

you can apt-get them

troy: rumpe1: thanks at least i have a better understanding of what nmap is and what i can use it for without getting in some kind of trouble

its really hard to get in trouble from using nmap

wo gibts ne original sources.list fr dapper?

/usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/serverguide/sample/sources.list

where can i find the source for ubuntu kernel 2.6.10? it's not on my apt source.list

apt-get install linux-source-2.6.10 sorry

is there an easy way for someone to switch from using swfdec to using the flash-nonfree plugin after having made the choice to use swfdec?

open synaptic package manager, search for swfdec uninstall it, search for flash-nonfree and install it, that should get you going

does anyone know how i can find out 'what packages were updated on my system yesterday'?

look in /var/log/dpkg.log

shoot! i accidentally pressed ctrl-z while a process was running in terminal, and i got '[1] stopped' how do i resume this?

use the 'bg' or 'fg' command

i'd like to extend the timeout of when the screen blanks due to mouse/keyboard inactivity. looked in system, preferences, power management but can't seem to get it to change. where is this defined?

go to system>pref>screensaver and you will see a bar move it to desired lingth ;)

how do i uninstall ubuntu? i have had problems with it freezing since i downloaded it, and now i can't even start it without it freezing as soon as i log in...

if windows is already on there, pop in the cd and go into recovery console, issue a 'fixmbr' and it will essentially remove ubuntu. then from windows you can regain the space.

i'm using an edgy with mysql5 server ... does someone know where to set mysql to use unicode instead of latin1 ?

that is done table by table if needed, else you may have to recompile it :(

does ubuntu have any standard images/wallpapers installed? except the original one... if so, where are those?

i haven't seen any. i got some nice ones at gnome-look.org and kde-look.org

i need to shrink some videos does anybody have any suggestions on what to use

mencoder

is there ubuntu reference, similar to debian's - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ ?

http://is.gd/wxon

dudes... any site that has a good howto on wpa wireless security with ubuntu? i have a 2200 intel chipset card...

wiki.ubuntu.com

what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application

then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process

how do i determine my ubuntu version?

use the upgrade manager

does anyone know how to re-label a secondary harddrive. i have it mounting to /media/storage however on the desktop its label is 320.1gb media

e2label is the program

how do i install midnight commander (mc)?

enable universe, then sudo apt-get install mc

how do i get my broadband card working?

ethernet should just work, but wireless you can get issues, if you got rubbish wireless hardware, that isn't properly suppourted when it comes to linux, because the manufactures coudn't be bothered to

does kubuntu also use apt-get/synaptic package manager? what is adept?

adept is the package manager for kde., just like synaptic is the one for gnome

will the command ls -r dira | grep -v '$(ls -r dirb)' list the files that exist in dira but not in dirb?

http://wooledge.org/mywiki/bashfaq/036 -- how can i get all lines that are: in both of two files (set intersection) or in only one of two files (set subtraction).