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correct, and not actually being on a partition is my number one reason for never recommending it | i'm still lacking an answer to my question |
hey, i made a hello world program in cpp and i have the compiled file, how do i run it from the terminal? | make it executable (chmod +x file) and run it with ./file |
hi, i plugged in a usb keyboard last week for an hour or so and ever since my laptop has num-lock on by default - any ideas? i'm running gnome on ubuntu 7.04 | i think there is an option for that in the menu. under user pref.'s keyboard maybe |
speaking of xmms ... anybody had any experience with xmms freezing? i can't get it to play anything, it just freezes. same happens with aplay, but rhythmbox works fine. :( | apt-get install beep-media-player |
can someone help me with deluge bittorrent - some plugin of mine got screwed and deluge refuses to start. i need to disable the plugin manually. hellp | deluge was always breaking for me like that, so i switched to transmission |
is there a way to play a .wma music file in karmic ? ? | or go to ubuntu software center install ubuntu restricted extras and rhythmbox will play it |
how can i monitor a file that is being written by another application in realtime? | if 'application' just appends lines |
i just downloaded an iso file, but it's been compressed *iso.bz2...what's the command to uncompress this...(not too experienced with bzip) | bunzip2 foo.bz2 |
in other words, is it 'safe' to activate fb in grub? | 'vga=ask' as a kernel parameter |
how do you search for files? | you can use 'locate filename' in terminal |
hey, can someone suggest me a good file rescue application ? | download hiren's bootcd. it has a lot of partitioning and hd/file recovery tools. |
/usr/local/lib/libfreeradius-radius-2.2.0.so: elf 32-bit lsb shared object, intel 80386, version 1 (sysv), not stripped | --- | export path=$path:/usr/local:/usr/local/lib | --- | radiusd: error while loading shared libraries: libfreeradius-radius-2.2.0.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory <- w... | you might need to rerun sudo ldconfig |
what is the best way to get external usb drives (flash, hdd) always mount at the same point under ubuntu? mine change every time (8.04 and 9.04)? | /etc/fstab |
what's the desktop environment that xubuntu uses? | xfce |
does anyone know how i can get ssh to not respond with 'ssh-2.0-openssh_5.9p1 debian-5ubuntu1' | man sshd_config and see debianbanner |
hi all! i have installed pidgin with microblogging plugin, and after few days of using it stop connect to twitter... what happen? | not sure ... i dont use pidgin...however is something change on twitter? |
hey all, does any1 know if its possible to print to a windows printer on the lan through the firewall, using a combination of portwarding of releveant tcp and udp ports used for windows printing...or can reccomend some more elagant solution? | i believe so, with samba and cups |
hi all, can one of u help me downloading wine in ubuntu 8.10? | type this in the terminal: sudo apt-get install wine |
does it give a x scp/ssh/sftp client in the packets? | no, that would be pointless, but nautilus can do sftp. |
which ftp server do you recommend to install ??? proftpd ??? | i used pureftp and found it pretty simple to use and setup on my first day of using a linux server |
is anyone here who can help me with php, i know this is ubuntu server and have nothing to do with programming, but the channel of php it's always full, so if any could help me would be great | you need to register |
isn't there a virtual package to install most commonly used development tools? | build-essential |
is there a smaller ubuntu channel? i find it hard to get questions answered here, since it's so large. | you could try your local ubuntu channel |
so, i guess this might be a little odd. i'm compiling mplayer from source for the second time, doing it this time because i didn't like how the installation done by make install doesn't show up on either aptitude or apt-get, synaptic, etc. this time i'll be using checkinstall. my question is, i could pass something lik... | you can use apt-pin to prevent it updating |
how can i find the most recently modified file in a directory (recursively)? | find ./ -printf '%a@ %p\n' | sort -n | tail |
is there a way to find out which process is consuming my bandwidth? | netstat |
my motherboard gives an annoying 'beep' in most of games. but it isnt a 'error beep' , its trying to give the game's musics using an 'old arcade game'-like way. how can i stop this beeping ? | i already banned him |
when booting how do i get to the grub menu? | hold shift after post |
how do i put a .desktop file in the gnome menu? | sudo apt-get install smeg it a menu editor |
hey guys, my problem is this .... there is a button at the top-right corner in ubuntu, wich you click ti shutdown/restart/logoff etc etc .... but something happened and i now only see (guest session, lock screen and log off) ... does anyone know how to get the old layout back ? ... using ubuntu 8.10 | sudo poweroff or sudo init 0 or sudo shutdown -h now |
did that have something to do with the ignored dcc send i just got? | x can run without an xserver |
everytime i reboot, i have to fetch an ip address fromt my router with 'dhclient wlan0' ... i want to write a script to automatically do this on startup. where would i start? keep in mind i am a linux newb :) | system > administration > networking. choose configuration dhcp for your ethernet card (probably eth0) |
has anybody lost sound with the 2.6.30-3 kernel ? | thats in the ubuntu+1 channel where i can see you asking |
can i just copy a livecd to my filesystem to install, or do i need to do more? | you can use special tools to put the live cd direct onto a us disk so i dont see why not, you will need to do a lot of the stuff the installer does manually |
how to unpack rar files? =p | you should then be able to use the regular archive manager |
should i go with kubuntu or ubuntu? just an opinion | that is a bad question for so many reasons... but if in doubt use 'ubuntu'... it is what started it all :) |
hello - new ubuntu user trying to configure network to connect to the internet. goes through a router, to a dsl modem. xp laptop works ok. i can traceroute to cnn but can't get it via firefox. any clues? | open 'about:config' and try to set network.dns.disableipv6 to true |
i am having a problem making a ubuntu package for my work, can someone give me a little help? | could help http://www.schotty.com/wordpress/?p=47 |
anyone know to properly exract bz2 files using tar? | tar xvjf filename.tbz |
tv application ...... what is that zapper ? | zapping |
can someone tell me why 'vim' on ubuntu doesn't do vsplit? | 'cause by default vim-tiny is installed. install the package called vim |
how do i mount a cd image? | - mount -o loop foo.iso /mnt/iso |
does anyone know why 'ifconfig > ifconfig.out' would render a 0-bit file? | no, but try | tee or something... |
why do i have a bad signature after upgrading to 12.04. see it when i do a 'apt-get update' etc | i have a bagsig error in two ubuntu 10.04/lucid boxes that looks the same as your error. happened this morning. |
http://pastebin.ca/650179 <-- someone want to help with my xorg.conf issue? | : i looked at that conf file, but you didn't state what your problem was. |
i need help.. is there a way to make ubuntu change hardware drivers?? ... i change a disk from one computer to other... | most drives don't require special drivers |
is there a way to have chromium as my browser that opens from links in terminal | system > preferences > prefered applications > web browser > pick chromium |
i'm trying to build a c++ code and link it against /usr/lib/libmysqlpp.so but always get /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibmysqlpp error i'm using -l /usr/lib -llibmysqlpp does this have something to do with ldconfig? | it's -lmysqlpp |
hi, how can i block dcc spam? or deactivate dcc? | /ignore *!*@* dcc |
anyone can help me instlal lightscribe software please | did you try: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/lightscribe ? |
guys, what's the difference between apt-get upgrade, apt-get update? | upgrade upgrades from one version to another, update updates packages that have newer bug/security fixes |
what was the command again to list your audio devices? | lspci | grep audio |
how much space is required for git clone of linux-image | could vary... i'd probably leave at least 1 gb |
does gnomebaker support dvd iso images for burning? | just right-click the iso > burn to whatever |
hey there. intrepid is supported til april 2010, right? -- what about security updates? do they update major bugs in servers, such as tomcat6 ? | you will find what you are looking for here https://launchpad.net/%7emjeanson/+archive/backports/+sourcepub/571110/+listing-archive-extra |
can someone try this url for me and see if it works: https://www.mypipex.net | works for me |
is it possible to repair ubuntu 11.10 by a live cd ? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157250 :: what packages must be installed to get the login mask? | that depends on what you want to repair. |
can anyone point me to a good (graphical) scp client? | nautilus |
ok. dumb question, how to i check if apache tomcat is even running? i don't think it's auto starting. | 'ps aux' should show everything that's running (there must be an easier way to find out though) |
im looking for a program like k9copy, that copy dvd's (not to avi/mpg). k9copy crashes so im looking for something else, any suggestions? | dvd95 |
hi all, what is ssl port of freenode? | 7000, 7070 |
was there some global shortcut to grab a screen capture on default ubuntu install? | printscreen key |
just installed chromium web browser ubuntu 9.10 and bookmarks are not showing | ctrl + d |
i have an old laptop dell inspiron 1150 celeron 2.5ghz would i be advised to install the netbook remix on it or will i gain no advantage on older hardware? | you would gain very little speed advantage using the netbook remix. perhaps xubuntu |
what is more 'standard'? lzma or xz? do they keep file permissions? | torrents typically do checksums on each piece but the other week i had a corrupt iso from a torrent, so you'd better double check just in case. |
not really the right place to ask but how do i find out how much electricity my laptop uses to buy a power inverter for my car that will work? | on bottom of charger |
is there something wrong if 99% of the packages 'apt-get upgrade' wants to install can't be authenticated? | apt-get update should solve your problem.. |
how do i force to stop a service running in /etc/init.d/ ? | 'sudo invoke-rc.d servicename stop' |
damnit, why does it always ask for the ubuntu release i386 cd | take it out of your sources.list |
hi all new to ubuntu server edition, im running lucid. how do i install packages like the one found here? http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/libevent-dev | or setup your own ppa |
i'd like to upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10 (with 11.04 in between if required), but update manager doesn't show the option (i assume because these aren't lts?). can i still do the old 'aptitude dist-upgrade' or is that no longer considered good? | i believe you type 'update-manager -d' or something similar in the terminal |
i recently enabled gutsy-backports updates because of this one package i was trying to get running. when i enabled it though, it was marked with a - instead of a checkmark and i can't un-enable it. this is bothering me because now my updates notification keeps showing me all these compvis updates and other things i don... | you can disable it by editing /etc/apt/sources.list |
excuse me if this is a dumb question, but is it possible for me to host my own site without a static ip address? | you need to register your site at dyndns or no-ip.com and you can. i have one hosted (although i'm getting it set up right now) |
hi, i know this isn't ubuntu specific but perhaps someone has some help? i have a manual for a device in pdf in russian, can i translate it to english somehow? or is there a way to copy/paste text into google translate? | copy content from your pdf file, translate it and make a pdf of english version w/ open office |
is there a recommended tool for browsing fonts? something better than xlsfonts. | how about just typing 'fonts:///' into nautilus's location bar |
hi all! is 5.04rc1 the same as 5.04? | well, no -- there is a different name :). apart from that, lotta bug fixes, some updated apps etc. |
how can i see the error msg for my x server when he crashed and restart ? | cat /var/log/xorg.0.log |
can anyone get to this pdf for me using ubuntu? http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/d11539 thank you! | works fine for me |
please help me with a weird font problem; in gedit i can select sans size 10 and it is my system default, but i can't find a font by the name of 'sans' in 'fonts:///' or in the drop-down menu at abiword. help | i think sans is an alias for either deja vu sans or bitstream vera sans, so try those |
guys i forgot my ssh passphrase. what can i do to recover/make a new one? | i dont think you can recover.. make a new key with ssk-keygen perhaps |
is it possible to move an entire ubuntu install from one hard disk to another ? | not a good idea att all |
hey guys, anybody knows any plugin or software that can download flash videos on a web browser (embedded or not). it is like internet download manager in windows. | you can use flah video downloader. it is an firefox add-on. |
is there a text based bootup manager for ubuntu? | 'man update-rc.d' |
anyone know how to stop massive crackling during video playback? | is it from something you encoded yourself? |
can anyone recommend anything better the xmms, kind of like amarok? (i cant run amarok slows my system down real bad) | cynthiune.app |
hi... im kinda new to unix... i've managed to setup a ec2 instance with ubuntu... i have a lot of files on another server ... can connect through ftp.. i want to copy (or download) files to this installation.... can someone help me with a recursive command i should use? | use scp maybe |
i'm trying to configure some source and when checking for gcc i get 'c compiler cannot create executables.' i currently have gcc v4:4.0.1-3 installed. how can i get more info on what is going wrong? or does anyone know the problem? | install the package build-essential |
what i realy want to see is a network play frozen-bubble | there's one installed by default |
i am just trying to play dvds on 7.04 (\just installed) the help page says to install libdvdcss, but i could not find it in synapetic | you need to dl it from a site |
okay, so i've downloaded lightzone, and it's a tar.gz file...now if i want to run the program i navigate over to the folder in terminal, and then i type in ./lightzone, or i can just double click lightzone in the folder....but how do i add a shortcut to this, and how do i make it so im not told that it's an executable ... | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/compilingeasyhowto |
i am trying to get sounds working in empathy. added the ppa, refreshed and updated. several packages were updated, but the sound wasn't fixed and now i have the empathy icon in the notification applet and not the messaging applet. is there an easy way to fix this? | try getting alsa utils to play out samples.. if that works then the might be empathy.. sound should be heard at least with aplay |
i need help finding phatch, says its installed in the ubuntu software center, but it is nowhere to be found on the main menu. | sudo apt-get install phatch |
hi. i've set the gnome panel to autohide (only one is active, i've got very small primary display), but suddenly it is refusing to hide. playing with panel properties does not help. i think a logoff may help, but i don't want to. any other suggestions? i'm running ubuntu 9.10. | killall gome-panel |
my mouse is a bit sensitive, how do i adjust that ? | in system/preferences/mouse |
anyone know what the develpment package for 'file' is? | libmagic-dev |
what happened to the 'normal' dapper install cds? is there only livecd and server installs now? | alt cd will do text install, oem install, lvm setup, and some other stuff |
hi, anyone know how to get the asus p8p67 onboard nic (intel 82579) working with ubuntu? | if you run: sudo lshw -c network and websearch the product line for the interface, you will find guides |
anyone for my scanner problem ? | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=26911 |
i've been reading the forums for a while trying to decide whether to get a nvidia or ati graphics card. does ati have decent acceleration support on linux nowadays? or is nvidia still king? | amd == ati |
du -h --max-depth=1 only lists the size of directories in the current working directory, not files. how do i list both with du ? | -a, --all |
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