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is there a symbol that can take the place of a space in terminal? | example. my\ name\ is\ coleys/ |
question: what group must a user be a member of in order to ssh into a machine? | fresh install |
how did you restart alsa? | just type 'sudo /etc/init.d/alsa[press tab twice here] ' |
hey guys, is there a side panel option available in ubuntu, similar to taht in vista? | you could use conky |
can somebody tell me how i can solve the error? http://pastebin.com/t2ag1j3j | nate_h: ya i concure error: zlib.h: no such file or directory missing -dev package maybe for zlib |
anyone here have experience with wow + wine? | the wine app datebase has a large section on runnign wow in wine |
whats a terminal command for logging off a user? | logout, i believe. you may also want to try exit. |
how do i disconnect a wireless connection? in windows you rightclick and disconnect, what about in ubuntu ? | right click computer icon on your panel |
when i change the resolution from nvidia x server settings to 1152x864 it works, but when i save the config in xorg.conf and reboot the system, the resolution come back to 1024x768 | remove ~/.config/monitors.xml |
i have really big problem, i burned the ubuntu files on a data-cd and rebooted my computer, i chooses boot from cd-rom but ubuntu didnt boot... do i need to burn the files on special way? | root account pass is disabled |
what's the best download manager for ubuntu? | down them all - extension of firefox |
hey, is there a way for me to select all the packages i want installed and instead of downloading them to get just the links to them so i could download them on another box? | use --simulate on the apt-get command, and save the list of packages. they're all available at packages.ubuntu.com, and then you can use aptoncd to create a repository-on-a-cd |
hello. i'm trying to add a music directory to fstab so the notebook i'm building a guy will see his windows music as if it's his /home/user/music directory .. but there are spaces in the file names; can i use same syntax with fastab as cli? /media/windows\ hd/documents\ and\ settings/ etc etc? | no you can't |
total newb question: how do i make ls report one page at a time? | ls | more -- or even better, ls | less |
i (re)moved the /etc/apache2 directory because i want to reconfigure it. however, reinstalling the 'apache2' package (or a dpkg-reconfigure), does not seem to put a new /etc/apache2 directory into place. any ideas on this? | actually, just install apache2 after you purge the above |
how stable is xgl? | xgl is alpha software, ymmv |
if i want a user to only be able to use ssh forwarding/tunneling/proxying on my box would it be secure to simply create them an account but set their login shell as /bin/true? | yes, it should. |
is there a way to view wikipedia offline on ubuntu/ | dwnload an offline version from somwhere http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/download-wikipedia-on-computer-for-offline-access/ |
will the command rsync -av /source/dir dest/dir recursivly go through all the dirs in the source and maintain the structure on the dest? | its probably bad usability tn the parts of the developers |
i'm trying to run a java app, but i get 'no java virtual machine could be found from your path variable'.... i have all the sun java stuff installed. what can i do to fix? | : set environments |
hey guys. simple question. how can i uninstall shockwave flash plugin from firefox? | go into .mozilla/firefox/plugins and delete libflashplayer.so |
recently bought a removable hard drive, formatted it but cannot write to it as owner is 'root' ... how do i change this to logged-in user? running 9.04 | chown user /mnt/hardrive |
hey all, how can i set my linksys router to forward everything up to the network its in(dhcp requests, logon info for domain, etc.)? i have 2 that do this quite well, but my third is a different model and tries to be a dhcp server. if i disable the dhcp server, then no one gets an ip, so i am trying to tell it to forwa... | i don't think this is an ubuntu specific problem |
anyone else using hoary had devices dissapear from 'places -> computer'? | yeah, they used to auto show when plugged in (two diff. usb drives) ... are you getting a hal error on gnome login? |
is there a lean gnome irc app? i'm using xchat right now, and it seems quite complicated... | bitchx |
where can i download the .deb packages if i don't have internet access? i need to bootstrap networking onto a box | via packages.ubuntu.com |
if i download a package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/firefox-3.0-branding with adept,synaptic or whatever package manager update it? | if there is a newer version in the repo's then yes, otherwise nope |
anyone know how i can get info on network activity from a computer running ubuntu server? | yeah iptraf will show you that |
anyone know how i can make my account an admin? | sudo nano /etc/sudoers |
how do you run a process from the terminal and close the window without killing the process? | eg: vlc & exit |
when was warty released? today? | linux-source-2.6.8.1 |
how do i make sure some module will be loaded on boot? | ass it to /etc/modules |
should i risk restarting the system if aptitude says there's no broken packages even after update-manager failed? | does curl work in conjunction with wget? |
what's the non-interactive equivalent of starting aptitude and doing uugg? | update & upgrade ? |
hi. how do i make ssh server listen on non-default port? | sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
can someone tell me the package that gives wisecracks when you make a mistake on the command line (e.g. bad password etc), something like cowsay | lol never heard of such a thing |
i am about to upgrade to jaunty from intrepid when i get this message this computer is currently using the amd 'fglrx' graphics driver. no version of this driver is available that works with your hardware in ubuntu 9.04. | i would say so |
i'm trying to apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source from 9.10 but it's telling me to insert a cd for jaunty, even though i have my repo's set to use http:// repos. what's that about? | the cd is faster than the internet? you can disable that in software sources. |
how to install and update new softwares in my home system .. which is not having internet .. i have install 10.04 desktop in home | but if the 10.4 cd you have is not newer than the one you installed, the point is moot |
is there a way to install for example the latest version of wine via aptitude? | theres a unoffical repo that has the latest wine. |
where should i turn to to report problem with launchpad.net???? | file a bug at launchpad :) |
from ubuntu-server, how do i install a window manager, preferably fluxbox or xfce? | i compiled fluxbos myself |
any reason why a ndiswrapper driver wouldn't work with the network discovery thing that's on the panel by default? | wireless networking is such a mish-mash anything is possible! |
do lower timings for ram help in linux? | by default, they are |
i have a binary file for an application that has no installer and is not packaged, i'm moving it to my /usr/bin directory, is there a way to add it to my 'applications' menu in gnome? | you can add any item you want to your menu. right click on the menu and select edit |
did i also miss something about mod_xslt not being in 11.10? | seems like it was removed due to lack of interest: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/modxslt/2005072700-3 |
hi guys! how is keymap configured in ubuntu? (linux?) | keyboard layout? |
how do we work out what drivers are installed ? is it lcpi ? | lsmod |
i went to firefox.com, clicked 'get firefox'. and got a tar.gz ... safe to install from there? | did you get my response? |
how do i a complete update of my system ? | 'sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade' |
hi, linux noob here - just installed xubuntu on an old p3 machine. i added an adaptec 1205sa pci sata card so i can add a sata hdd. how do i get xubuntu to recognize this card so i can use the sata drive? tyty | after reboot you dont see if you run a lspci |
i have a 400gb hd that's failing. i want to copy the contents over to a 500gb hd so it's a duplicate. can i use dd even though the sizes are not the same? | yes, if you don't mind wasting the surplus space. you'll have an exact copy of the filesystem (as opposed to partition) |
i recently had some 'dark space' between my screens in my dual monitor setup. which means that the cursor didn't instantly jumped between the both screens. this happend automaticaly when i setup my screens in 'nvidia x server settings'. now this does not happen anymore and i want i back, anyone knows how to fix this? | if i recall correctl you can drag the monitors apart in nvidia settings |
anyone have any idea why i can't switch between workspaces in jaunty? | you have only specified 1 workspace maybe? |
how do i start gnome from terminal? | /etc/init.d/gdm start |
hmm, i know it's kinda off topic, but would anyone know why the performance of https://launchpad.net/gl-cairo-simple degrades very quickly as the window size is increased. the default size has quite good performance, but when fullscreen it crawls and uses close to 100% cpu. also, is this typical for relatively simple c... | i'd assume because as you increase the size of the window you increase the resolution, thus increasing the load on cpu/gu. |
hey folks, i some how screwed up my emerald them and the only way i can get emerald to work right again is if i use 'emerald --replace' in the terminal, but then when i close that terminal window it goes back to not working, how can i fix this? | put & at the end of the command |
can't really tell how long it will last but i wouldn't trust it with anything important anymore | can't run windows specific software on ubuntu |
hi, what's the proper command to shut down the computer? halt doesn't do the job well... | sudo shutdown now |
hi all, just upgraded my pc with new cpu/mb/memory and ubuntu 12.04 64bit is running like a champ. i checked with google, and it said everything should be good to go with no reinstall. can someone verify that or tell me it there's anything i still need to do please? thanks. | if nothing is broken, no need to fix anything :-) |
so is ubuntu 7.10 supposed to be released at midnight tonight or what? | not at midnight |
where should i put an alias? i put it in ~/.bashrc but have to run 'source .bashrc' to get it to run... thoughts? | if you add new stuff to .bashrc you would have to start a new shell or use source .bashrc to get them read. |
hi, i want to buy a computer with an i5 cpu and a h55 intel chipset on the mb, is it compatible with the last linux kernels? | model name : intel(r) core(tm) i5 cpu 750 @ 2.67ghz |
im struggling to get a java plugin for firefox on ubuntu, anyone know of any helpful resourses? | then run sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun |
i'm using firefox 1.5 beta 2, and flash doesn't work. it plays sounds, but doesn't display anything, only black. | try a different flash package? |
what's similar to getright in linux ?\ | d4x or wget |
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 |
can someone please help me? networking has stopped on my pc, it should just dhcp from router | is it a fresh install or did you just update? |
has anyone gotten 'g' wireless to work at all? | sure, it works here. |
anyone know of a good alarm clock i could install on ubuntu? | the package alarm-clock is a gtk based application that should do everything you need |
i feel slightly silly for asking, but how does one switch from playback to capture in alsamixer? | otherwise, man alsamixer will tell you. |
is there a way to remove livecd from the system running livecd ? | tried an ubuntu live usb? |
does pulse audio slow down the processing if you're using alsa? | generally, unless you have multiple sound cards, you should only run one at a time |
i have no sounds, someone can help me please :( | double click your volume control and make sure that your pcm is up |
hi, i have a problem that when transfering files from my server (an old fit-pc 1-0) the transfers are at first as fast as one would expect (about 11-12 mb/sec) but then after a while drops a lot - down to about 1 mb/sec. i am using vsftp to transfer over a local network to another ubuntu machine connecting with gftp. a... | have a look at http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/ |
i already installed but when i restore windows installation is already on in windows but i cant reinstall that work but installer for wubi was destroy how can i force to reinstall it without lost grub and all my installation | not relay... |
how do i install a .tar.gz file? | i have a good doc for this |
what is ubuntu's equivalent to windows image viewer? gpicview doesn't fit, since it cannot be used in order to print pictures | or you can install gthumb |
does anyone know how i can do a printscreen? i am quite new to ubuntu :) | applications-->accessories-->print screen |
reading up on iptables...if i wanted to block port 113, would this command do it? | do drop instead of reject if you don't want to respond to that port at all. |
i have a laptop with 160g drive, i just attached a 160g usb drive, qparted only shows /dev/sdb, is that the usb one? | you can type sudo fdisk -l at the terminal to list partitions |
other than thunderbird and evolution, is there another imap email client that supports imaps ? | claws |
hello, i have 6.10 and for example i don't find x-chat using synaptic..where can i find a full software sources.list? i don't like the original one..not to much soft..(sorry my english) | you can get a basic one with lots of stuff in http://www.ubuntuguide.org |
does ubuntu come with a builtin c compiler? | apt-get install gcc i think would do it. |
anyone happen to know where i might find a karmic repo? | http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ |
where did the proprietary driver dialogue go in 12.10? can't find it | its under the software sources app - in a tab |
hey guys, how can i update my ubuntu to 11.10? i got 10.4 right now but i want the new one with all the new theme and all that, i've tried sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade as someone suggested in here but i didn't get all that | by default lts releases will only upgrade to other lts releases. 1) there is some method to change that. 2) your current update method will not update you to a new version. |
how do you add respotitorys to ubuntu? | i went to that ubuntu guide and added the sources they said to add. :p and have plenty to play with |
is there a program that will let me print a file to pdf? | open office exports to pdf |
hey i deleted teh trash can i con from try...how do i revivie it ? | do what i said - it is easier |
how do i encode in h263 using ffmpeg... in spite of installing all missing codecs its showing 'incorrect parameters' though i use standard qcif resolution | isnt' the ffmpeg in ubuntu crippled or did they resolve that? |
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21663 | i'm looking at it, if i'm winning i will respond with a positive note |
hey, i got the sound-juicer doesn't do mp3s problem fixed. is anyone interested in the solution? | mp3 has some patent issues. |
why does update manager update google-chrome?....i didn't add a repo for it, but installed it as a .deb myself. | i don't think it's possible to use compiz wallpaper + have desktop icons... i wish there was a way, but i've never seen one |
where is ubuntu netbook remix iso's? | there is no unr anymore, the standard ubuntu iso is suitable for netbooks too |
what is the variable which keeps locations for libraries? it seems the variable got changed, since no lib is found on /usr/local/lib anymore... | try running ldconfig , that rebuilds lib relationships. see /etc/ld.so.conf* |
right! so i've ascertained that my wireless card is working but i can't get an ip address from my bt home hub / thomson speedtouch 7g wireless router. any clues? | iwconfig indicates what device is your wifi (i.e ath0, eth1, wlan0 ??) |
hi, hoping someone can help. what is necessary to create a vpn connection to my home network? | fist you need an outside ip |
hello, is there a 'teacher' program like openteacher that is special made for ubuntu? | check out edubuntu |
damnit! i just hit an apt-get update. the first two servers it checked were non-canonical/ubuntu repositories. i saw things working and almost jumped out of my chair :( | 200gb |
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