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is ext4 safe for a backup drive? | ext4 |
can anyone help me with setting up my dhcp server | set up a static ip on eth. install dnsmasq and edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf to enable the dhcp server. done |
how can i switch from full screen within the terminal server client? | try crtl+alt+enter |
anyone have a way i can tell exactly what video card i have without taking the case apart? | via lshw, lshal, lspci command through command line |
i have a question about the synaptic package manager; i see how to install and uninstall apps, can you use it to upgrade to new versions. i have firefox 1.5x and want to know if i can use the package manager to upgrade firefox to 2.x. is that possible | ubuntu should pickup that you are running an old version of firefox and pickup and tell you it has an upgrade. |
hi. i have 'guest' account with rater heavy modyfied gnome, etc. i would like to create new user with the same settings, but when i 'cp -r' guest's home, chowned it to a new user and tried to log in it didn't worked too well (it didn't at all). any suggestions? | chown the files in the newly copied home also |
how would i download a file from the internet to an external hard drive | if the external drive shows up your file browser it shouldn't be a problem...just select the external drive to save to |
anyone know how to find the constant rate of change that best approximates some data points? -- i know its kinda off topic :) | i think that's called 'linear regression' |
anyone know a way of remapping the right side buttons of a razer diamondback? xev detects the buttons as 4 and 5, however those buttons are also the scroll wheel up and down. | i guess if you poke aroun in xorg.conf, it is possible |
what do i need to do to get networking started up from a text-only installation of xubuntu? | what are you looking at, just a standard ethernet? |
can anyone tell me any assembly language compiler in ubuntu to compile and run assembly language programs.....???? | well, there are no compilers for assembly ;) but i'm sure there is an assmbler available for gcc |
how can i close someones session without login into the accound being root? | sudo pkill -u $username |
should i use fat32 on a 1tb external drive, or should i use ntfs. i was thinking fat32 is more compatable, but also ntfs has better support for larger drives :-/ | ntfs works great with the new driver |
how can i do login root in tty between login username | please dont abuse the question mark. |
in the hosts file if i want to specify a ip range to allow instead of adding each host name and ip how would this look? would it just be 192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.1.254? | i dont think the hosts file can do a range like that. |
is there p2p software for ubuntu like limewire,soulseek,etc? | use bittorrent |
is anyone using eclipse in breezy? | never tried it |
i have 2 hd's mounted. one is good one is bad. how can i tell which physical hd is which. one is quantum, one is western digital, irl | - you might be able to get some info from the disk utility in the admin menu... |
ey... is there an program which can handle voice to voice over console? so without x | yes search for asterisk cli |
hello! how do i get rid of this message? enter password to unlock your login keyring the password you use to log in to your computer no longer matches that of your login keyring. | install seahorse. you can use blank password (for unsafe) without any password prompt or put in a new password. |
hi all. how do i compute the amount of disk space taken up by the set of files matching a particular glob pattern? | du -c <my-glob-here> | tail -1 |
if i use ssh x tunneling to run handbrake, do i have to have handbrake installed on the ssh client or server? | i don't know what handbrake is/does but my guess would be you need it on the server |
i want to perform a command when i start my desktop manager, (in this case xfce) how do i do it please? | use .xsession |
how do i open a locked folder? it's actually etc/vpnc i need to tweak the .conf file | sudo nano ..file |
how do you set screen brightness in ubuntu 10.10 | xrandr |
hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu? | my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works |
is there a way to tell acpi to bugger the fuck off? it keeps causing my friend's screen to have a popup that goes away fairly quickly that says 'lcd off' | language please |
during the ubuntu install, the only res i can use is 640x480 - the bottom of the install window goes off the bottom of the screen, so i cant use the buttons. any ideas? | message me |
is there a reverse for grep? like 'cat myfile | grep -reverse blabla', and it should show every line which does not contain 'blabla'? | yes. man grep |
is there a way to restart the gnome window manager? all my window decoratiosn have disappeared somewhow | killall metacity ; metacity |
any idea about encore usb wireless support in linux? | i would look over the wireless hardware page |
hello how do i install a sertan version of a program ? (con sol) | sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber |
how can i check how much ram my video card has? :) | lshw or lspci 'might' help with that |
hi, how to automount dvd devices in 11.10 ? | pmount |
hello. where is the xorg.conf file located | sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
using irssi, how can i find a string in the past postings of this channel? | /lastlog string |
hey, can anyone tell me how to add an 'administrator' user (with the same privileges as the first user that is created at install, ability to sudo etc) from the command-line? i've been searching but can't find. presumably it's a case of creating a user and then adding him to the right groups? | useradd -g admin name |
what is a good program for torrents in ubuntu? | i've had most luck using azereus |
my system commonly becomes unusable after sitting there for a while, is there some memory profiling program for all linux apps on your system, or do you guys have any suggestions? | run the memtest86 thats in your boot menu |
ok, i downloaded sun-java6 using terminal, now i get some graphics stuff, how to press ok in terminal | just hit right button on the arrow pad and the option should be avaliable |
hi, umm, i don't want my hard drives to show up on the desktop. how do i get rid of them? | it's in the gnome editor options, for nautilus 'show volumes on desktop' |
hi there. i notice that apache's configuration files are split up six ways to sunday. how 'automatic' is apache's configuration reading? like, if i put in a .conf file into /etc/apache2/mods-enabled, will it be read by apache? or do i need to modify something to tell apache to look for an extra conf file? | it reads it automagically |
i understand it's unstable and i installed it taking that risk | correct, but 'not supported' means that it is not supported in this channel |
does anyone know how to get nvidia twinview to work with xgl on edgy? | nno but if you figure it out you should let me know :p |
could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not... | there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility. |
hello, i cant install anything (apt-get install), it tries to connect to http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com but always there is connection failed ....apt-get update also same failure, how to change server? | edit /etc/apt/sources.list |
how is the comand to direct a programm to another notpad shoud open wine notpad | the flashplugin-installer package grabs the flash i needed and installed it. |
how can i change what program should start when i double click something? | right click, properties, open with tab |
how do i get to being a root user instead of just me? | sudo su |
hi! how do i change my proxy settings for my apt via the root shell. my gdm failed and i need to update packages to get it running again. using breezy. | export http_proxy=http://user:pass@address.of.proxy:port |
i have had a lot of questions answered on here. what is going on now? | still answering questions and asking some too |
how do i see who has logged in to my computer, when and for how long ? | type last |
i'm running ubuntu under vbox and already have selected a network adapter on bridge mode! but when i boot ubuntu i dont have my eth0, anyone can help me | i've never used vbox + ubuntu as guest os, but found something online. might help. http://www.kkoncepts.net/node/107 |
what is the most advanced software to burn double layer dvd's available in ubuntu? | they're all frontends to the same tool... |
there is no ipfw in ubuntu ?? | try iptables |
when hardy is release does that mean that people running beta can dist-upgrade to the release version | http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/04/21/upgrading-from-beta-to-rc-and-beyond/ |
how to delete .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives | apt-cache clean |
how can i change the system tray icons? | tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps |
hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04? | it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken. |
is there a way to tell terminal that i want to run each command with sudo until exit? or do i need to type sudo each time? | type 'sudo bash'. then it's basically like you're root until you type 'exit'. |
what is an easy way to download a website? | i have seen the ability for recursive download in both d4x and aria. this would download the website for you. |
hey everyone, i was thinking last night: if a few bits are wrong in an encfs encrypted archive (due to, say, a hardware error) will the entire archive become unreadable? | i don't see any value in that |
i have a built-in intel video card; how do i know how much shared memory is available to it ? | look in your /var/log/xorg.0.log |
how do i change the workgroup i'm in? | wtf is a workgroup? |
is there any free program that can be used to play windows games on ubuntu? | wine |
i'm trying to run a .sh script but i need root to run it, sudo ./script.sh doesnt work | sudo sh ./script.sh |
guys i've never tried xfce before, i'm a bit curious about it, i read it's based on gtk+, does it means that it will run gnome apps natively? | gnome apps are basically just apps that use the gtk toolkit. so yes |
is it possible to have a session over ssh not expire when the terminal window is closed? i'd like to be able to ssh onto my ubuntu box and run a ruby script, but have it continue running (and if possible, still see the output when i ssh back in, though that isn't necessary) | screen does all of the stuff you want and is definantly the way to gu |
is there a program like top that could display what's to my disc all the time? | iotop ? |
geforce 7600 agp has opengl 2.0 support. is this any good for playing linux games and or basic ms games under wine? | check appdb if the game itself will run |
should i install a package that is 'not authorized'? | usually that authorization message comes up if it could not connect to the servers on the last update. |
do u know a bandwith limiter like netlimiter for ubuntu? | audacity is pretty nice |
anyone know the name of that new flash-plugin(other than adobe and gnash) in 8.04? | swfdec? |
what is the ubuntu equivelant of redhat's chkconfig? | try rcconf |
hi there i have a problem with firefox, every time i open a page with some flash content it crashes... doesnt happen with youtube doh | what's your flashplugin? flashplugin-nonfree works fine for me |
is there a way in gnome to disable workspace switching (or set the number of workspaces to 1)? | right-click on the workspace switcher applet on the panel, and go to properties. it should let you choose the number of workspaces from there. |
what is the default root password when using the fiesty livecd? | there is none, use sudo |
how do i switch workspace with keyboard? | ctrl+alt+arrow |
no one is responding on the xubuntu channel so i will ask here. how do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on xubuntu? | its in the ubunutu repositories |
anyone here running hoary w/ alsa and an audigy2 with no sound ? | many of us |
how do i umount a volume by uuid? | umount /dev/dist/by-id/uuid_here |
helo im having spam coming on my msn account in pidgin basicly about sex and nudity please tell me a way to stop these messages | also 'tools -> privacy' |
hi, ssh'd to a friends laptop with 12.04 on it, have to alsactl init to load the intel hda driver, is there a kernel module i can put in/etc/modules to laod on boot? | put that command in rc.local |
i'm not able to bridge my network connections with vmware or virtualbox...any reason why i can't with the latest kernel and feisty? | yes, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/vmware |
hi, i've just installed the atomatical updates of oo3 and now it doesn't start anymore, has anyone experienced the same problem? | hopefully they will update the ppa soon with a fix, i'll go investigate on the forums |
also where is all my apache stuff located, like htdocs etc. | did you install it? check its docs. |
how do i find out what ati card i have if lspci just tells me '01:00.0 vga compatible controller: ati technologies inc unknown device 71c5' | run 'sudo update-pciids' |
how do i install a parallel printer that's not detected if the lpt port doesn't show up in the port list... it only shows usb ports | your bios probably has parallel port deactivated |
question: does anyone know of a good way to graph hd information? preferably to a php page? i wanna monitor my hd health on my home server (besides webmin) | there is an app called hard disk sentinel, however i'm not sure there's a package in ubuntu for it |
how can i get the version number of pkg not yet installed with aptituted? for example if i want to check the version number of liferea in the repos? | or aptitude show packagename |
anyone know a good gui ftp program with implicit ssl, passive mode ect... | i like gftp for gui or sftp for cli |
does xchat have a nickcomplete function? | hit tab :) |
can i re-phrase my question: how do you run a remote application using ssh so that it is displayed on the remote machine? | erm sorry, i read that as 'on the server' somehow. for remote, just use 'ssh -x' when connecting |
hi, is there someone who can help me to get pulseaudio working??? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/soundtroubleshooting |
guys where can i find adobe flash x64? i installed both from software center but got the same i386 crap | i am just curious why do you need x64 flash? |
how do i find the /dev device to which a usb device has been bound? apparently, usbcore registered my device with snd-usb-audio, but i'm not sure where or how to find it to use on the command line with mplayer. i can see the video at /dev/video0 but don't know where to find the audio. here are the relevant entries from... | try looking in /dev/disk/by-id/ |
when i do a 'echo hello > file' is overwrite the hole file. how do i do to add it to the end instead? | echo hello >> file |
hi, how do i open gvim? i installed it but it didn't appear in the applications menu (i am obviously new to linux). | if it's really not in the menu, hit alt-f2 and enter 'gvim' and hit return |
is there any program that shows uptime of the internet connection? a program/scripts that runs on apache? | you could do <?php exec('uptime ; ifconfig'); ?> |
hey i finally managed to make my wlan card work with an ndiswrapper and a windows driver, now i have to run 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper' everytime before it works, where could i put that so that it happens on every startup?! | i know of a file /etc/rc.local where you can put commands that are tun on boot |
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