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hmmm i wonder does netstat work on linux | yes, it does. but its not the 'windows' netstat... its just a linux equivalent. |
hello.. howto replace x with wayland? | wayland is very muich a work in progress |
can anyone tell me why it would say '192.168.0.256: unknown host' (192.168.0.256 being the static ip), 'failed to bring up eth0' after setting up a static ip in /etc/network/interfaces on a clean install of ubuntu in virtualbox(without x)? | did you get your address problem corrected? |
if i make a partition and install ubuntu will windows still boot up or which has priority? | grub will let you switch |
how to configure wget | configure? |
p3 650 mhz, 192 sdram computer--- what ubuntu flavor should/can i use? | xubuntu |
i don't want to go buy a dvd... can i install ubuntu studio 10.04 from an .iso with virtualbox? ... does virtualbox work that way? | that's exactly how it works |
hi. i'm getting an error when running alsamixer on xmonad launched from startx: cannot open mixer: no such file or directory. any ideas of how i can resolve this? | you are indeed correct. this is a bit of a copout, but what about reinstalling alsamixer? |
i have a usb stick in the back of a machine so that a cron job can do a weekly backup to it. does having it constantly powered instead of plugging it in each friday reduce its lifespan - is it pure reads and writes? | my experience with computers (since 1970) would indicate, if you have a good power source, to leave it plugged in...powering up and down and up and down is what is not good for electronics generaly |
is there a way to perform an internet speed test from command line? also isn't this how you add a repo it is saying unkown command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa | try ntop. |
should i install skype from canonical partner or should i install it directly from skype.com? | the last update was ages ago, but if you install it from the repository, you will get update in case they ever arrive. :) |
is there an alarm clock program for linux that instead of using sound, changes the brightness of the computer screen? i'm looking for something that i can activate when i go to bed, it will slowly reduce the screen brightness all the way to off, and then slowly increase brightness at a specified time | we saw the question, just nobody had an answer. |
how do i get 'custom' to show up in my appearance preferences > visual effects tab? | - do you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed? |
hi, when i try to start /etc/init.d/shaper , so i got the message.. rtnetlink answers: no such file or directory... help please....i read this but unable to understand ,,http://svana.org/kleptog/packet-shaping-howto.html | this is an ancient howto. things changed a lot. try http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25911 instead |
edgy is stable folks | so is windows for complete newbies |
is there a list of bugs discovered since the release of 7.04 anywhere? | check out launchpad |
is there something like spamassasin for linux? | spamassasin is available for linux |
the music player that comes with ubuntu (hoary) can't play mp3 files because it's missing a plugin.. what do i do about that? | you could try running zsnes under wine? |
is there a way to remove a package without removing dependencies | dpkg --ignore-depends=<package> |
hello, how can i change my default desktop to kde? i tried switchdesk, but the command wasn't found | log out of gnome than on login screen click sessions and choose kde |
hey, are all terminal based programs able to run with via ssh? irssi works as im using it on my windows comp atm | yes you have pretty much full control with ssh |
hi! could some of you tell me if installed ubuntu brings some p2p program? | you can easially install several |
does ubuntu come with any desktop search application? | applications->accessories->tracker search tool |
hat are 'restricted modules'? | they are the non open source drivers |
here's what powertop currently says http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/upqlxd50/mykrobideapadz570_029.png | i had this exact question. powertop settings are designed _not_ to stick. this was a programming decision. they do not survive reboot. you have to manually apply them each time you boot. |
hi. what is the name of the application that is similar to the os x taskbar? | avant window navigator |
anyone here have a good tutorial about iptables | try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/iptableshowto |
can i somehow tell openoffice that comes with my ubuntu to anti-alias the lines in drawings i make? | this is related to openoffice interacting with xorg. so it's partly ubuntu, partly openoffice related |
how do i grep match for a word, case-insensitive .. ? | grep 'myword' -i |
can anyone think of fun ways to mess around with the apple store? | atd? |
hello, just simple question: how to downgrade gutsy to feisty? google didn't tell me much..., thx | you may be able to adapt these instructions to ubuntu (no guarantees!): http://people.debian.org/~osamu/downgrade.html |
has anyone ever heard of a virtual musical keyboard that is actually controlled with keys on your keyboard? | lmms, renoise |
how can you search with apt-get to find the package name? ex: apt-get (??) nvidia | apt-cache search nidia |
hi, can ubuntu be installed on apple tv2? | appletv 1 yes, appletv2 - no |
hi, can anybody help me? my firefox locks before it starts and it dont start at all. how can i fix this? | if you don't have any important profile information, you can first try deleting .mozilla/ in your home folder |
i am about to do a new install, and was wondering on some opinions on how to partition ubuntu. between / /home and swap, wich is primary? what goes in the begining or end of the drive? i have a 500 gig hdd with 4 gigs of ram. | don't forget one for /boot too to hold grub (1 gig) |
hello everyone, i installed ubuntu for a friend on his laptop and am trying to figure out how to sync his itouch music... is there a linux app that is compatible with the itouch/iphone? | see the links i directed to you previously |
hey guys when you install j2sdk through apt where does the java bin folder get installed too? | probably /usr/bin or /usr/lib/java/ and symlinked to from /usr/bin |
my gnome terminal does render the gnome terminal font letters with fixed width. how can i change that to variable-width? | variable width would break midnight commander and all other programs that use ncurses, for example |
good day. i installed wine and all. and on my windows, i installed visual basic on programfiles. but when i browse my c:/program files here in my ubuntu, i can't see my installed visual studio, only internet explorer. >_> | install visual studio on ubuntu ? |
to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd desktop' correct? | 'cd ~/desktop' |
whats is the recomended hardware for hardy? | you need atleast 512 |
anyone notice a difference between dejavu and bistream fonts? | iirc bitstream is more suitable for print, dejavu more for screen reading |
hi, how can i disabled the firewall please? | not a good idea, what are you trying to do? |
can anyone pm me a copy of their /etc/hosts ? | http://paste.ubuntu.com/405850/ |
omg! i ben searching for hardware failure for like a mounts (my server dies every seventh day) just felt the passiv cooling on my radeon 800gto and its burning hot! nothing graphical is running at all! what does this mean? :s | spend more $$ |
can i say 'apt-get install *.deb' ? | sudo dpkg -i 'file.deb' |
whats that program that would install the propritary video drivers for you before restricted driver manager was around? | ency? |
now with nv as driver, it says 'unable to find valid framebuffer device' | there will be a default for your system, but not a general default for everyone |
how do i identify which /dev/? my newly connected usb external hard drive is connected to? | dmesg| tail |
hey. i've never tried ubuntu, but i'm thinking about it, is it possible to have an instalaltion under 500m when done? | most likely, but it depends on your definition of usable. |
how can one customize the menu bar like so: http://www.alazanto.org/wrvisuals/screenshots/070811.png so that the application men is part of gnome-panel? | install avant window manager |
hey what good voice-chat/im software does ubuntu have? | ubuntu comes with ekiga, an excellent voip client |
nvidia is best supported by linux correct? | nvidia |
hi, is there an obvious way to get the majority of things one would need for developing? | build-essential at least |
on 7.10 i installed upstart which seems to have removed my old startup stuff (init); how do i reinstall init? | sysvinit? |
mp3: due to licensing restrictions, mp3 support couldn't be included by default in ubuntu. to enable mp3 support you need to install gstreamer0.8-mad which is included in the universe repository. | gstreamer-mad installed by default on mine >_> |
hey all... a lot of my memory is used as cache. i've never had this issue with ubuntu before. how can i check which processes are holeing up all of this memory? | it's supposed to be that way, not a problem |
hey, can i block certain packages from being updated??? | in synaptic, select the package(s), go to package, lock version |
someone know how to remove the sticky windows in compiz ? | wobbly windows > invert snap |
my wireless wasn't showing up so i followed a thread that said to go into nm-system-settings.conf and change where it said 'managed=' to true, the in console do a 'sudo killall nm-system-settings' and then do a 'sudo nm-system settings'. now my wired connection isn't showing up either. i tried changing 'managed=' back ... | restarting the network and/or networkmanager might help. sudo /etc/init.d/network restart (might be networking restart) and /etc/init.d/networkmanager restart |
hi folks. i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop as well as my desktop. my linux and windows machines talk to each other, slowly, with samba. if i want fast and secure file sharing between my ubuntu machines, should i keep using samba, or should i install something else alongside? (and if so, what would you recommend?... | secure uh? go with ssh |
hi! i have a question: is there a way to change the password to my gnome vnc session via console? i can remote in via console to my user, but i forgot my password for the vnc | the password is stored in gconf, /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password, it's base64-encoded so you will have to do that to your new password too, can't set it in plaintext format. |
hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall? | why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button |
using ubuntu? | to play music and movies |
are there a tool like pqmagic for linux that lets me resize my partitions without losing the content? | gparted, qtparted |
how to find out my external ip? | http://www.whatismyip.com/ |
if anyone knows how to add acpi to kernel so my tablet pc has fn and dynamic cpu switching can u pm me plz | try compiling your own kernel, it's not all that difficult on debian based systems |
... what's the command to change the keymap ? | run dpkg-reconfigure console-data |
what is a good alternative for the network manager? don't tell me wifi-radar | you can try wicd (http://wicd.net) |
hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc | mencoder ? |
no answer to me? :( | the synaptic package manager will show you graphically what packages you've installed and which are uninstalled |
hello, the alt f2 key stoped working, anyone know how to open the run app from command line? | if your talking about the virtual terminal it is cntrl alt f3, and cntrl alt f7 to coome back |
to run dist-upgrade in the terminal, i have to change dapper to edgy in sources.list, then run apt-get update, then aptitude dist-upgrade right? | basically but i hope you are following a guide |
lo' there shamm don't think i know ya. | no, we don't know each other, but your nick reminds me.. i'm hardcore starcraft player |
anyone know a powerful math program ? (linear algebra, analysis, numerics ) | 'octave - the gnu octave language for numerical computations' |
how can i use 'ls' to display size of the overall contents of a directory. | : man du |
evening all. i seem to have lost the ability to do dns lookups. anyone know how i can check what servers ubuntu is using? | check your /etc/resolv.conf |
how do i access the smb shares created by gnome with the bash shell? | just a guess but, smbmount command should help |
hi, whats a good program to capture sound with? like to record with a microphone or line-in device? | i use audacity |
still trying to find some help with an inoperable mouse after feisty upgrade | usd ? check in the forum, i'm sure there is somethign there, or try here http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/ubuntu:feisty |
does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default | http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list |
you can write to ntfs too with the new ntfs-3g | i think he was revering to plyp_pir8signul |
is there no way to mount .img files in linux? | yes there is |
hello, how can i manually resolve domain name on the local machine, without it querying a dns server? | put it in /etc/hosts .. a line like 192.168.0.102 server ... then you can ssh with ssh server@server |
i just dist-upgraded to edgy, and now x won't load... it doesn't give any logging at all... anyone know what's up? | what if you apt-get install x-window-system-core xserver-xorg? |
what chipset | atheros ar5bmb5. |
xcom169:you mean 'create launcher...' ? i'm on 11.04 and i haven't got an add new shortcut. | does it work for you? |
can someone please explain beryl to me? | it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./ |
what's the name of the tool to test which mirror might give me faster downloads? | you pick the mirror closest to you |
quick question - when i restarted, x wouldn't start on its own because my nvidia kernel driver wasn't loaded. i thought it is supposed to do this automatically. how do i fix this? | you installed the modules? |
just curious: there used to be hoary test cds available, but i haven't been able to remember where i got my last one | http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org |
anyone get an ipod to work with ubuntu? mine doenst work, i get usb 2-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71.. i tried installing gtkpod and it still wont see it | : does this happens only with ipods or with any usb interface? |
is there a good resource for finding the most compatible hardware for a custom built linux pc? are certain hw manufacturers more open source friendly than others? ie intel vs amd etc | http://www.ubuntu.com/certification |
i have a text file that i want to have every 'pd;' replaced with a ',' ... no quotation marks of course. this seems like something a one line script could do but i am clueless. anyone wanna help? :) | opet it in gedit, go to search -> replace |
what's the command to look at the mainboard's model from within commandline of linux? | u need to install dmidecode [sudo apt install dmidecode] |
hello. i pressed ctrl+alt+f1 and i went to console window but i can't startx now. how do i go back to x? | ctrl+alt+f7 (or f8? sorry, having a brainfart...) |
guys am makeing documentaion for graduation project so which the best program can do this job and help me to make it looks nice ? | nvu and publish in html! |
if i am using ubuntu with gnome, is there a way to close a window that is frozen and won't close by using the x? (pardon me if this is a stupid question) | alt+f2, enter xkill, click on frozen window |
anyone running the ubuntu server? | yes, several instances of in fact |
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