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i have a laptop with a pentium 3 600 mhz, 4mb video and 64mb ram (i can extend the ram to 256) - will breezy even run on it? :p | sure... but i'd recommend that you use a window manger other than gnome... try blackbox |
assume i have a set of packages installed. how can i find a 'minimum' set of packages to reproduce this set (through dependencies)? | debfoster |
does anyone know where wine gets installed to ? | dpkg -l wine |
i'm new-ish to ubuntu, and have a quick question. prelinking on feisty: good idea or no? (i've always prelinked before, but i saw one resource indicating it might not do much for feisty) | it is not needed in feisty. it has already some sort of prelinking. |
i can't understand anything :( | paste it on pastebin.com |
also, now for some reason, my usb stick isn't being auto-mounted by 10.10 when i stick it in | yep.. although partimage/clonezilla might make it easier |
is there a speech recognition app? | my mistake, festival is text to speech |
so, anyone know of a tool that can display stack usage of processes/threads in ubuntu? so i dont have to code it.. | run your program under gdb, and set have it print out the stack pointer at the desired interval |
who's winning??? mccain or obama bin laden??? | stay on topic here |
does anyone know is it faster to transfer large amounts of data via command line or gui in ubuntu? | gui used command line in background |
there is a command line tool to read the uuid of any fs... anyone remember what that was? | /sbin/vol_id |
i freshly installed ubuntu server edition 8.0.4 lts and want now installing syscp via apt-get install syscp but it doesnt install no output is given what can i do? | because syscp is not a valid package name |
anyone running a win7 vm in virtualbox with 3d enabled, and running ok? | null. i'm not running any of that, so no troubles to report. |
what's the advantage of a nas over a regular external hard drive? | every nas should be accessed remotely, otherwise it'd be just a simple stupid hard disk ;-) |
how can i see what uses port 5060? i need to close the connection | i guess 'netstat' lists all the services running |
does gnome-volume-manager have a configuration gui? | i think not, its all in gconf-editor :( |
how do i install subversion? | sudo apt-get install subversion |
has anyone gotten ubuntu to work on an ultrabook w/o losing battery life? | battery life is typically better on windows (due to manufacturers providing ms with specific hardware setups, or wrighting it themselves). although gnu/linux is sometimes more battery conserving. |
does anyone now how i change my default media player | you right click a media type in the file manager, select properties at the bottom and the open with tab in the dialog |
how can i setup /etc/network/interfaces to do wep key index 4? | type 'man interfaces' |
hi, can someone please tell me how to change my permissions of a dvd drive? i'm pretty sure it's a cd-writer drive but i can't seem to get it to burn a disc. | install k3b and see what it shows |
hey guys sorry for the stupid question i googled it already all over. what is the command line command for mouse click and movement controls? | xev? |
is there a graphic client for oracle in ubuntu? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/oracle%20instant%20client |
is running a firewall necessary for a home user behind a linksys router? | real user name |
anybody know how to set boot parameter to config full width text console, i am using a 16:9 lcd | vga=ask |
how do i save modprobe ndiswrapper to turn on at boot? | you just put ndiswrapper in menu > system> prefs < session , and then save session in the 3rd tab |
hello. so im trying to upgrade my machine at home by sshing in and running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' as mentioned in the release notes, but all thats telling me is that i have 0 packages to upgrade. any ideas? | follow this --> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/edgyupgrades |
hi, anyone know why my compiz suddenly stopped working? | that's an easy answer: 'no' |
what program can i use to open .rar archives? | you might need to install the rar support for archive-manager. |
hi everybody, yesterday my cousin enabled ssh on my computer and he gave me a domain on dyndns. now i tried to setup an apache, mysql, and php server so i can host a website. but whenevere i go to my domain it asks for a username and password (so i can acsess my router). what do i do? :s | : and don't allow external http access to your router |
can you use compiz in vmware workstation? | with workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3d stuff |
hi, i'm trying to use usb devices from my vm (winxp running as guest) but i cannot see it listed on my devices menu. i tried by adding my user to vboxusers group but this group doesn't exist. so i craeted one myself and add my user to it and still no luck. any ideas? | what you write makes no sense whatsoever |
dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: whether i use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. what could cause this | then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory |
if i have a discrete ati graphics card and i've activated the use of proprietary drivers, do i get updates for the graphics card automatically or should i download them manually in order to stay up to date? | should update by itself |
is there a way to check a filesystem for errors while it is mounted or unmounted both nondestructive and destructive. i have a file that gets about 3/4 the way through on a copy and then gets an error. i want to see if it is a bad spot on the hd or a corrupt file. if it is a bad spot on the hd is there a way to isolate... | i recall the 'fsarchiver' cli tool can copy/backup/verify files you may want to check into it. |
hi. my sata drive keeps giving me problems. it is ext3. i am running fsck /dev/sda2 -y . is this ok? i see that some people run fsck.ext3.. am i doing this wrong??? | i think there's no -y argument, try fsck /dev/sda2 |
anyone know the specific time for the 7.04 to relase? does it go after the uk time or? | i'd stick with regularily visiting the ubuntu-page for an announcement. |
anyone know how to get keepass 2.06 working in ubuntu? | http://www.keepassx.org/downloads |
does anyone know o good screecast make application? | are you talking about record my dekstop? |
is there anything like kdesudo in gnome? | gksudo |
did anyone else install ubuntu to see that gcc wasnt installed? | that's right. sudo aptitude install build-essential |
ok... tell me, who's to blame for the line 1335 in /usr/sbin/update-grub and the f*ing -v option for ls? | dont use profanity even if you mask it. |
i want to setup a lamp box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this? | webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues |
hi, whats th sd in sd card ? | secure digital |
does ubuntu provide the gnu manuals? can't find them anywhere in debian | good question |
is there a simple apt command that would list all the packages that are currently installed on a system? | dpkg -l \*,but it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long |
how to install a application from apt-get in /home ? | can't. |
hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks. | as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine |
can anyone remind me? | /etc/update-motd.d/ i guess is what you are looking for |
do you know if there is any other irc channel i can ask for video card related problems on ubuntu? | ask here |
hi all, anybody here to solve a problem with an ati graphic card x1300/1550 series please? the issue: after ubuntu's splash screen and before login, the screen becomes black. unfortunately i said yes to proprietary drivers install... i red all the suitable posts and the question is: reconfigure xserver-xorg through the... | sure, you have nothing to lose by trying it. |
hi, is it possible to show the recently installed packages from shell? | /var/log/dpkg.log ? |
hi, what's the program that can be used to download podcasts and free video media? | miro? |
hi i chose not to show the toolbar on gnome terminal, how do i get it back? | right-click in your terminal window and select show menubar. |
i have a server with two network interface card,i want my internet should be controlled by the server ie i will connect my internet directly from eth0 and the output of eth1 to be the router and need to control the internet ie as a gateway server | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/internet/connectionsharing for internet sharing |
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 |
hey guys. so im running ubuntu 10.04 (love it) and need to have a certain app (sip phone) run everytime i log in. how can i do this, is there a gui? thanks | - preferences -> start up applications |
how do i get the maximum capacity of a hard disk? | sudo fdisk -l | grep disk |
has anyone noticed a frame-like outline left behind when doing a menu-bar doubleclick 'windowshade' thing? | what are you talking about man |
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 |
when i try to install libdvdcss2 i get this error 'e: package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate'.can someone help? | go to a terminal and type sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh |
hi, how do i change the ubuntu logo in the main menu? i want the gnome foot instead. | i know it's in the gconf-editor, but try googling it |
hi ppl, does anyone knows how to verify a .tar file with its md5 key like: b73fb9e365d2edcd031d65b16e965a18 ? | md5sum <filename> gives you a string to compare to the one you got for the file |
is there a shell command i can use to see how big a directory is and many files and subdirectories are in it? | man du |
what is _your_ recommendation regarding upgrading from firefox 3.0 to ff 3.5 - is it worthwhile, valueable, better than 3.0? | you can install and try it yourself without upsetting firefox 3 |
i don't want to seem pesky but did anyone catch my question? (i know other people are being helped right now.. :) just want to see if i'm on the docket) | that's okay. feel free to re-ask- just don't spam spam spam like others may. no, you will need to reformat your hd. |
has anyone else noticed that though ubuntu 9.10 is the late, great ver., it has a lot of bugs that 9.04 didn't? or is it just me? | a new version is usually going to have bugs that the prior release didnt |
can someone help me using sed? | sed uses regular expressions, please learn about regexp |
how do i install mplayer? | read the ubotu just above |
hey, i know this is an ubuntu channel, but does any have a good resource on choosing distros? | your best bet is to watch youtube videos, from there research into the disto that suits you best :d |
terminus i'm new with linux and i will like to reinstall windows when i reboot my pc i reboot from cd-dvd driver with the recovery disk for windows i fallow the instruction and then i get a error # i will like to ask is in the air any posible way to reinstall xindows xp and then how pls step by step thank you | whats the error say? |
just upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10. everything seems good except that now my shortcuts in the places menu don't work. i select them and absolutely nothing happens. anyone else have this issue too? | http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/10/intrepid-update-faq.html see point 12 |
greetings, i am having a problem after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10rc. everything seemed to go fine, rebooted after update, boots fine.. comes to login, i log in just fine, then i hear ubuntu sound, see purple background, but no gnome menu's show up. i can see and move the mouse cursor. i can ctl-alt-f1 to a command p... | see if it happens with a new user |
i'm logged into a machine via ssh, and there is a user on the machine running a full desktop (kde in this instance). is there any way i can send this user a message from the command line? | xmessage |
how does ubuntu differ from freebsd? | different kernel, different userpace command line tools. most common options to tools are the same, some of the extra ones differ...guis tend to be the same |
how to start again console-keymaps? i installed it using apt-get and when it finish it ask for setups and now i try to remove and install to do the setup again it won't run the setup.. help pls. | sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-keymaps |
i installed samba and for some reason when i access a computer on my network where the username has no password, it says access denied... what's going on | set a password on the accounts |
how do i apt-get remove open office ? what the right package to remove? | dpkg -l '*openoffice*' | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' | xargs sudo apt-get remove -y |
question: trying to get flash to work with firefox, running under 64bit ubuntu | http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-flash-java-realplayer-under-64bit-firefox.html |
hi all, im using vsftpd, a user can login and create a file fine, but the created file is drwx------, any idea why / how to change the default permissions? | see how to set umask for thse users/ftp |
can anybody help me please? i'm having a trouble of getting my system to play from a dvd and i get this error: could not read from resource. | you may need to go into groups and make sure you have permission to do that. |
why i can't edit or modify the file 'etc/default/grub' ??? i have gedit installed :-s | it would be /etc/default/grub and chances are you need to do what celthunder said. |
what is that wysiwyg editor for linux? | nvu ? |
by default, when you plug in a usb stick (thumbdrive) what is it's default mount location? | in /media |
i had some issues with pulseaudio, then i removed it using this guide: http://jechem.blogspot.de/2010/10/how-to-remove-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu-1010.html it worked fine at first, then once i muted it and then when i tried to unmute it the computer still won't make a sound. how do i get my sound back? | open a terminal and run 'alsamixer' high light the channel you want to contral and press 'm' to toggle the mute bit |
hi, i installed 9.10 but i cannot play neither mp3 nor movies. | open software center and search for ubuntu restricted extras |
how do i run the file browser as root? what's the command | be careful: gksu nautilus |
gnome is frozen and i need to restart it, what would be the command to do it? | ctrl+alt+backspace? |
is flash 9 available? | http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/ |
why is it a cannot do man malloc and stuff? manpages-all package is installed | sudo apt-get install manpages-dev |
hi, i cant watch wmv in firefox. i can if i download them to the desktop and i view them outside firefox. i have w64codecs (i'm on hardy 64), i uninstalled totem, installed mplayer, the mplayer plugin is in about:plugin. usually i get the sound but not the video | wmv videos work fine with totem-plugin for me |
how does one go about seting an enviroment variable? | can be as simple as export foo=bar in .bashrc |
you aren't tried to a particulr toolkit. qt programs run fine in gnome, and v.v. | yes, i know, and i'm running kde apps in gnome, the fact that the two seperate things exist and it does affect people's decisions is annoying |
is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit | search for filezilla in software centre |
the 8.04 uses an older kernel which probably does have the driver for you wifi card you can compile a newer kernel or search google for the specific driver source code project and compile that | the major problem i ran into was that my graphics driver wouldn't work properly. i tried all the suggested drivers and each time it killed the gui |
how can i figure what package a file belongs to ?! | dpkg -s $file |
in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel? | http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25 |
anyone know a nice command that can read certain bytes from a file and display them in hex, or something like this? | hexcat |
frostwire doesn't work for me. im an amd 64 user and i donwloaded the deb. installer | tell us the output you get in a terminal when you type 'frostwire' and hit enter |
i need a name of tool that can record music from myspace or another streaming audio website that dosen't have a download option or streamin solution for external players... any ideas? | audacity - record |
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