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has anyone managed to run tremulous ? | i have in the past... that game makes me so dizzy i puke |
what is the name of the program that shows your size of the files on your computer in boxes? | 'disk usage analyzer' |
hello #ubuntu! how do i configure my desktop to translate 'example' to 'google.com' when using ping, firefox etc? | you can add entries to /etc/hosts (which maps names into ip addresses)... |
how do i proceed with this? 'sudo fdisk -l | grep swap' gives me 'disk /dev/dm-0 does not contain a valid partition table' | i believe that hibernation is currently known not to work with encrypted swap. |
greetings all, and happy new yew year. does anyone know a way i can access my computers bios from within linux instead of rebooting? | sudo dmidecode |
quick question: how can i enable num lock during boot...that it would be 'on' as default? | see apt-cache show numlockx |
does anyone know how to use a different verion of gcc temporarily? | then rename the compiled gcc to something like gcc-old and use that |
hello, bittorrent and edonkey is blocked by my isp, what is some possible alternatives for p2p file sharing? | direct connect? |
anyone can tell me if it is a good thing change dapper to edgy | it can be, just depends what you want. if dapper is working fine, dont bother |
anyone knows what a dns suffix is? | whne people were having dns problems |
what do i put instead of horay for bleeding edge | breezy... |
how to know on which usb port my gsm modem is connected? | plug it in, then do 'dmesg | tail' to see |
where's the list of current processes in gnome? | command top |
hello.. are some windows managers better, in regards to laptop power management / battery consumption ? | no wm is better than any wm when it comes to 'power management /btatery consumption' |
my ubuntu installation fails after 9 seconds (approx), last outoput is '[ 9.342435 sd 7:0:0:0: [sdd] attached scsi removable disk' after this output nothing happens with the install... any ideas? | ubottu is a bot |
n00b question. i'm trying to install gnome on kubuntu. it's asking what display manager i want to use. should i stay with kdm or should i use gdm? if i do use gdm will it mess with kde? | it doesn't matter which one |
hi people. i have a d-link dwl-650 pcmcia wlan card and hoary installed on an old hp laptop. livecd seems to find the card but installed system not. lspci can't find the card. could you please give some hints or links on how to proceed? | theres instructions to configure that in the wiki |
what is the most common application that newcommers install? | : http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/23578 |
where is usb's trash folder? i can't find it. | when you unmount it should prompt you to empty the trash |
i have wallpaper images disabled. any help? | did you manually 'disable' them or are they simply not working? |
quick question, i'm going to reformat in a couple of days(currently have 7.10, going to put either 7.10/8.04 and winxp pro on). what are the major differences between 8.04 and 7.10? also, does it normally go *.04, *.10 for version numbers(and why does it?) | the version number is the date. year.month |
can someone tell me how to make numbered list items in the community docs? i'm having a little trouble figuring out the correct wiki code.... | i think it's just: <indent>1. first item<newline><indent>1. second item ... |
how stable/usable is 5.10 for amd64? is it true 64bit? | none of the amd processors are true 64 bit they still got a 32 bit compatibilty mode, if you want true 64bit you need something like a sparc or similiar |
how do i open a passworded rar with default ubuntu apps? | try with unrar-non free package |
what's the default password for root/ssh ? | you can set a password, but its strongly discouraged |
my ubuntu is dying half way through bootup all of a sudden this morning, is there a way to get rid of the boot splash and show the details of the bootup process ? | press alt-f1 |
is there something going on with the latest ubuntu updates breaking grub? | i belive grub2 may have done that to you! |
can anyone help me get the streaming url from this website ? http://www.skai.gr/player/radiolive/ | it works for me |
does #ubuntu-effects do compiz support too? | it's all that fancy swirly stuff |
if i have wine installed, and when i click on a windows installer and it asks which program i want to use...is there a wine config i need to run through to make it accept .exe as a suitable file? | run it from the cli |
does anyone have the command to reconfigure xorg handy? | $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
can i resize partitions to trade space from one to another? | a usb will be fine too, i tend to use partedmagic for that sort of thing but ubuntu livecd/usb comes with gparted |
we're really under pressure here and can't figure it out if our lives depended on it :-( ... could somebody take a look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=152279 and see if you know the answer? | wth are you talking about, if you got a real question then, ask... |
my dash in 12.04 (unity 2d) doesn't autohide. how do i do that? | system settings |
question: let's assume i have 3hd sata of 3 different brand, how i reconize who is sda sdb sdc from terminal? | 'sudo blkid' and/or 'sudo fdisk -l' |
what i have to choose install 6.06.1 dapper drake (stable release), with long term support. or 6.10, codename edgy eft (stable release) ? | on a desktop, install edgy. on a server, install dapper. |
should my 80gb hdd be partitioned so that the boot partition is relatively small? the live cd partitioned it to use nearly the entire disk with just a few gb at the end for linux-swap | if you only want to use ubuntu on that machine, that's a save partitioning choice |
for octave, qtoctave is an excellent gui, but yago in gnome is unstable | it's called fluxbox |
anyone know the latest db util for ubuntu? or how i can check? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=db&searchon=names&suite=intrepid§ion=all |
i am new to ubuntu. could anyone direct me to a website that can show me how to use it as efficiently as possible? | use the ubuntu help first. that gives you good links |
i did install the j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin package using sudo apt-get install j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin command... how do i full uninstall it? | you can also run 'man apt-get |
how do i make a video tutorial ? | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/screencastteam http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/ |
you probably need to update your package cache. 'sudo apt-get update' in the terminal, or the relevant button in synaptic/whatever. | what is the difference between aptitude and apt-get/ |
anyone know how to change ubuntu to boot to a command line instead of gdm or x ? | you can still start your gui with: startx after you login at the cli |
hi guys, could somebody tell me what these desktop widgets are called: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/content-pre1/119767-1.jpeg (the clock, the weather one), thanks in advance. :) | http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/screenlet?content=119767 |
zcat[1] , package mozilla-psm is not available, ... :/ | http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/web/mozilla-psm |
hey folks, how can i enable sound in flashplugin? i dont have sound on youtube, for example? | that will enable flash support for pulse audio |
i am trying to install ubuntu through a usb , extracting ubuntu files on the usb , will do ? what shud be the root folder on usb ? | follow the instructions. |
run 'xhost +local:' as the user who logged into x, then it should work fine after you su to someone else | every time i boot the box? |
when will ubuntu have zfs support!!! | i think they are going for btrfs |
guys, what's the command to delete a directory with files in it? i tried rm -f <directory> but it doesn't work. | you forgot the r |
i've a question for you. i've a macbook. i was looking to install ubuntu only on it. on the download page of the official ubuntu site i followed the instructions to create an usb stick bootable with ubuntu for mac. the instructions i followed are here: http://nopaste.info/2adf6c7c89.html but i can't boot it. it doesn't... | where'd you find these instructions?... |
on ubuntu mv keeps the same timestamp, but does it do this on all *nix systems | mv doesn't update timestamps. this only happens if you create or touch a file |
can anyone tell me what package i need to install to get the 'c header files' (im trying to setup the vmware-tools stuff as im running in vmware) | have you install build essentials? |
what does modprobe ndiswrapper do? | installes the module into the kernel, adding functional support |
question: is there a src-deb concept ? if so, how do i find a source package for a given package ? (i need to apply a patch to it) | apt-get source <package> |
im a high school student that recently downloaded ubuntu 8.10 to try out the wireless network(i could not get it to work on 8.04). when i tried to connect, it asked me for the network name, how do i get this? | if the network is broadcasting its essid, sudo iwlist wlan0 scan |
where is sudo's log file? | /var/log/auth.log |
how would onelist the processes (in the terminal)? | kill -9 [proc #] |
hi, does anyone here have information about where i can get release version of 11.04? | not out yet, release manager will announce at some time today |
is there only one instance in the xf86config-4 file that i need to change 'ati' to 'fglrx' and is that the only edit i need to make to it? | should be only one |
hi. can anyone tell me if there is a program that i can use to see the speed, signal level of my wireless connection ? | you can see the speed in system monitor (system>administration>system monitor>resources tab) |
is there a way to specify what rendering mode to use in totem? | you might be able to do it using dri_options program (try to find it) its allready existed |
noob question: how do i tell if my server is using iptables or ufw? or does the question not make since because i not yet understand the programs well enough? | iptable -l if you hove entries you are using it no idea what ufw is |
hello all, i'm back again. i'm hoping that someone can still help me with this. i have 36 gigs or so of extra 'allocated' space on my drive that is not represented by files. i did delete 36 gigs of files, so that's probably related, but waiting, and using fsck at boot do not seem to clear the allocated space. is there ... | that's not a solution, it's a problem |
how do i execute an echo command with sudo? it gives an error | sudo su, then do as you please |
would using 9.10 repository work for 9.04? | 9.04 is no longer supported and mixing repos is not a good idea anyway. |
two boxes are connected to a router, how can i connect from one box to another one via ssh? | you have to install openssh-server |
can anybody recommend a good python book ? | try http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkcspy/ |
hello all. i just booted from the 8.04.1 cd. i got past the language selection and to the menu. when i pick 'install ubuntu' or 'check cd for defects' the logo appears and the progress bar goes back and forth and then freezes. now it is frozen. any ideas on what's wrong? | burn a new one |
hi guys, i was wondering if you can help me with somthing. i want to create a minimal ubuntu to run under qemu. just console stuff, no x or anything, and i want to keep it under 800m. is there an easy way to do this or what should i do? | nope, i never checked. the alternate iso is 700mb, so it can't be more than that (the cd includes the gui and extra stuff on it). if bandwidth is an issue, you can use the minimal iso, to just download the packages you'll ultimately need. |
hi, how can i completely disable compizconfig? | sys>prefs>appearance>vis effects>none |
i tried to install ubuntu 6.10(x64), and first of all, after i pressed start ubuntu from the boot cd the loading screen was black/white.. and second after the loading, the monitor turned it self of..(no signal) i tried serval monitors and safe graphics mode.... i have a ati x800 gfx. amd athlon64 3000+.. 1024mb ram.. | i have that black&white too on amd64, they are working on it |
why does apt tell me packages are held back and i need to do a dist-upgrade to get them? i thought dist-upgrade was meant to move to the next release? ie: when unstable is moved to stable ... | dist-upgrade is used when to update certain packages other packages must be installed or removed (rather than just updated). this normall means that something is somewhat broken if you're not using a development release (also common if you use poorly managed ppas) |
i installed a lamp environment with apt-get install lamp^ , but i want to see what version of apache i'm running, and no where is httpd installed as a binary... anyone know why? or how i can check the version w/out httpd binary? | or '/usr/sbin/apache2 -v', if you want to use the binary itself. |
can someone tell me the release date of 5.10, im lookin foward to it and would like to know in advance. | breezy will have better everything |
i am trying to install ubuntu 10.04,10.10 on my 64 bit computer but it is not working black console screen comes | www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html |
are there any free voip software avaiable? | ekiga is a free voip. see also 'apt-cache search voip' |
somebody, please tell me how to make postgresql not to start at startup??? | update-rc.d -f postgresql |
hello, i have a problem that i cannot find an answer for. please help me... i have a desktop that has a wlan0 interface (192.168.1.0/24), which connects to my isp's router and to the internet. i also have an eth0 interface (10.0.0.0/28) that connects to a cisco terminal access server (i have a small rack of routers and... | have you set the right gateway for cable connection? |
update manger says i have a update to kernel 2.6.27-7 but im using kernel 2.6.27-7 already, why would that be? | minor version update |
compiz is freezing on me occasionally when i zoom out to see all my windows or screens. strace tells me it's waiting on a futex. killing and restarting compiz fixes it (until it happens again). | also create another user and see if its the same there |
yo, i downloaded the 9.04 iso and burned a cd. i see it has wubi.exe on it. i'm running windows and have a spare d: partition i want to reformat as ext4 and use for ubuntu. can i run wubi.exe from this disk or must i boot from the cd? | correct. |
hello, what are the notification 'bubbles' in ubuntu called? i'd like to pop one up programmatically. | use notify-send or zenity packages |
would the choice of file system, i.e., ext2, ext3 or reiserfs, have any baring on performance on an old pc? (old pc=200mhz 64mb ram) | it's the most reliable |
anyone know what file / compression format is used for the ram disk image on the live isos? i.e. for initrd.lz? | i think you should have a look at cpio |
anyone know how to not have your monitor turn off if playing a video (flash) (whether its fullscreen or not)? | the settings you need are tucked in the screensaver and power management prefs |
can anyone tell me what packages i need to install to get xwindows working on ubnuntu server and kdesktop. | copy paste sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop |
can anyone tell me what font this is? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/402807971_a6d0cbfd47_o.png | can't open it |
i've got a question i'm not sure which channel to ask in. how can i change my root password (if i have another account with root privileges) from grub? | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=716201 |
is it possible to screen a gui application via ssh? :) | ssh -x user@host xterm |
to report back: i can now leave the files on my usb drive open while hibernating | cool, i was user__ once |
hey faileas what does the flashplugin-nonfree do? | adds flash support |
how can i probe and tell what type of video card this machine is running? | the purge option should do that |
hi, how can i see, what ip address the devices in my network have? | nmap ? |
anyone using privoxy, on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/privoxy says to run sudo vi /etc/privoxy/config but with that i can't edit in the terminal; can i just edit the file directly? | use nano instead, if thats what you like |
does anyone know of a single page that gives commands/scripts for all of the stuff needed to get extras working in x64 (i.e. flash, etc)? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/amd64/firefoxandplugins |
dolphin07: is that a .net application? if so it might run under mono | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/diymarketing |
i restarted my system and everywhere else fonts are okay, but in firefox fonts has started to sucks, they are reset to serif or whatever the default ubuntu font is, same goes for the notifications | did you set the fonts in firefox? |
is there a way to use 3 monitors on 2 graphic cards and still be able to use 3d accelleration? | windows does it, so linux can, i think |
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