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anyone have a clue why i would be getting that garbled screen during installation. i would assume it is a driver issue. if anyone has a fix please let me know.	some recent cards require safe graphics mode, some require the text-mode installer. once you've installed ubuntu, you can add the proprietary nvidia driver, then it should all be fine.
iam connect to irc from ssh can scrole the converstion history?	pageup and pagedown
how can i run x server in 16-bit mode?	in /etc/x11/xorg.conf line defaultdepth 24
can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?	cheese
how can i add transparency to my main menu bar?	right click ->properties, background
hey everyone, what's a good vnc server that can be easily configured to run as a daemon (i.e. has it's own /etc/init.d script)	vino? :)
is there a good place to get xfce panel applets?	just install xubuntu-desktop
has anyone here had the problem with freenx and it just starting a blank screen?	i use it on my windows box and went to config chose custom desktop and xfce4-session to start
what's the hotkey to switch virtural desktops?	ctrl-alt-arrow
i have no sound in my flash media, in web-browsers...anyone a master of this, and can help me figure out what is wrong?	flash is a garbage proprietary application, could be many things
did someone know how to make two different graphic profile for two different session into ubuntu	you can, with some slight difficulty, making xorg dump a conf file, duplicate that and edit the second one for the second session and whenever needed either hack up a script to start the second session of xorg in that fashion or switch by closing xorg with script and making it start on an alternate profile
is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?	mdf2iso then?
hi, i was looking forward for the new composition manager in metacity 2.14, however todays update did not change anything (visually)...where did it go?	in 1:2.13.144-0ubuntu1, note: '..compositor improvements [remember, still off by default] ..'
hello, which application reports the system information upon loggin in the termianl?	like cpu load uptime etc etc.? hit w <enter>
oops i accidentally set a password for root, how do i set it to becomre random again? (like in a default install)	try somthing like sudo passwd -l
is doing sudo chown username /var/www/ going to cause any security problems on my lamp server?	no i dont think so, cause you need to get write persmission, and to get that you need chown before chmod
is there any nice way to copy an ubuntu installation on to another machine?	http://paste.ubuntu.com/745963/
why is it when i start my ymessenger as normal user it goes back to the set-up but when i start ym as root that's the only time when it starts the already installed ym application? thanks	probably you were logged in as root when you configured it
<newbie question alert> is the breezy colony 5 cd image (as listed in the header of this channel) the final release? or will there be another release before the official release date...?	no, not exactly. but it will get breezy installed so you can update to the final through apt-get/synaptic. or you can just wait until the 13th or whenever.
hi, i've a dual-monitor linux workstation and a macbook. i put macbook between two monitors. now i can move my linux mouse from one linux monitor (:0.0) to another (:0.1) or vice versa. i'm thinking about if possible for such a configuration of my computers/monitors. if i could add a third virtual desktop (:0.2), but the virtual desktop don't match any real monitor (since i don't have one more), but only for a vncviewer connect to the macbook, so i can m	x2x might interest you (http://x2x.dottedmag.net/trac/do)
hi. i want to install ubuntu, but when i boot the installer cd the display shifts l to r about 10 pixels a couple of times a second.	all of the good things that you heard are lies leave now while you still have your sanity.. (j/k i think...)
can anyone ballpark the combined size off all the intrepid deb packages?	apt-mirror used to be about 32gb for 8.04 ... much more now?
1) sometimes it's delayed, 2) if you're testing with a gmail account, gmail is weird and won't show you that it received a message through forward if you sent it from that account	i'm testing with a hotmail account. in the case that it's delayed, when can i test it again?
the server edition doesn't install a window manager and keeps the total memory used down, which is great for a server	very basic ones, i tested openarena in wine on my 701, got 30 fps drop from 70 to like 40-45
can anyone redirect me to documentation on how to get my laptop to switch (properly) between vga out and his own screen, right now it just clones it, but i need it to switch, and use other res...	sorry i don't know the answer to your question, but did you check www.linux-laptop.net? it has a lot of laptop-specific information
i am looking to install vhcs on ub 10.04 lts. is vhcs supported on ub?	it's just php...so yes it can be done...
alright. do anyone use kde with mac os x theme ?	its call 'baghira'
hi, somebody already installed visio 2010 in ubuntu10.10 with wine?	http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appid=31
is there a linux application that can rip audio from dvds such as virtual dub in windows?	mencoder
hi , is there any program to find duplicate file ?	there's many, fdupes, kleansweep, perforate... or just plain diff with a little script
how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?	a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty
can you please suggest me a open-source software for ubuntu which use internet connection and we can can listen all radios from world. i see that there are sites like this : http://www.mikesradioworld.com/ which are supports million radios channel all over the world. i do not think that they use their own server.	also, http://classic.shoutcast.com has a great selection
whats the command to see info about my ram?	'free'?
is there a way to bounce off the cd into a usb-key based installation?	i don't know how possible it is to get the kernel + initramfs from usb through the cd's bootloader (before booting a linux kernel)
is the gem object deallocation issue in the final release fixed by default or do i have to install the patch?	it's fixed
difference between alternate and desktop iso?	desktop is livecd based; alternative is a text installer
i like chromium but i'm use to double clicking on the address line to retype for a new location.. chromium doesn't seem to do this easily.. any hints?	just press ctrl+l start typing new address
how do i restart apache? i changed apache2.conf and want the changes to take effect.	sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 restart
please help, i accidently removed trash bin from panel - lower right corner. how do i put it back there ?	its under desktop and windows
my mouse does not work any more. how can i start a terminal window from the keyboard?	or alt-f2 -> xterm
can someone remind me of the command that shows all currently installed packages?	dpkg -l or dpkg --get-selections
question. why can't ubuntu find 90% of the packages that are mentioned in the ubuntu guide?	you have the latest kernel
does anyone know of a utility that shows the users logged into a box at a specific point in time?	i would check out it's man page
whats an easy way to make a zombie process?	run a process, have it run a child process, then kill the parent while having the child ignore the sighup and sigterm signals
does anyone know where to learn c++ (for really really beginner)	a book of course
hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?	you can try to do killall -9 app name
where are sftp filesystems mounted in nautilus kept?	.gvfs?
hi everyone! how can i install kde environment on ubuntu 8.04 instead of gnome?	apt-get it
hello people. where can i post a picture for you to see, in order to sow you my avidemux problem?	i already told you, http://www.imgur.com
after running 'du -h / \|sort -n' and getting a couple permission denied errors i now have this problem; mkdir: cannot create directory `test': read-only file system. how can that be fixed without a reboot?	mount -o remount,rw /directory
i'm a fairly new linux user, come across from windows....do i need to defrag my hard drive, from time to time?	no u dont need to do it
hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?	use /channel add
can someone recommend a wifi network detector that will just tell me the channel (aka frequency) of those around me? i am not looking for a sniffer, i just want to see what the best channel for me is	wifi-radar
do you know of a sophtware that i can read and write sms with under ubuntu?	i once had a gnome thing that did that to my nokia phone
hello - can't play dvd movie have ubuntu-restricted-extras installed - any ideas?	if you live in a jurisdiction where de-css is legal, you can install the decss library to play encrypted dvds.
quick question, what packages do i need for 32-bit compatibility?	sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
hey all how do i install wxpython in ubuntu, more precisely what are the name of the packages that i should install ?	'aptitude search python-wxgtk'
how do i check running processes then search for the process specifically is it, ps grep \| mysql?	also try 'man ps'
hey, i'm unable to adjust my brightness in 11.04. is there a brightness application? using a toshiba a103 laptop, never been able to adjust using the function keys.	err, wait, power management
how to enable/disable the compiz plugins from the command line, without using ccsm?	noone is answering your question because 1. we don't know or 2. we are doing something else
hey guys, i was wondering: if i post a log file output to pastebin, would someone be willing to look at it and explain a few things to me? i'm trying to determine if my computer has been compromised by some unauthorized user	aye, throw it up there, i'm sure someone will take a look
ok. #ubuntu+1 redirected me back here. how do i put any install/live .img on an usb stick without completely wiping it?	unetbootin, even
i want to use my linux machine to make a phone menu. you know, 'press 1 to...'. i don't know where to even start looking. does anyone have any idea?	i'd suggest heading to the asterisk site and asking around there
if i have os x and ubuntu dual booted on a macbook, is there really any great harm in going to gparted, blowing away the os x partition, and reclaiming the space for my ubuntu partition?	no lol if you want pure linux go for it
hi there :) i'm trying to find a program for a mate that will automaticly change his background every so often, anyone know a good way to do this?	err desktop drapes or wallpapoz, but they are both buggy and hacks
hello, can i get my nvidia 680i onboard sound (high definition audio) to work over spdif?	there should be an option in alsa-mixer
how do i use clamscan to scan all the folders and subfolders of my /media/disk/ ?	man clamscan
: can you please help me ?	shift key and \
now, for my question.. does anybody know of an opensource project which syncs stuff local stuff to a remote server? i really don't want to write my own rsync scripts!	ubuntuone
i'm looking for some help(as usual :-)) i had to use ndiswrapper to get my wireless card working, and now it tries to connect to the network, but never connects. it does pick up the essid of the network, though. how do i fix this?	ndiswrapper does that for some cards.
also, since 10.4 i can't seem to see the grub menu; is there a key i need to press to show it?	press shift after post
i have installed epsxe, but how do i create an iso file from the psx's cd?	dd if=/dev/hdc of=/path/to/file.iso
the 32bit version of ubuntu 12.04 is recommended. any rough guess how much more instability i should expect with ubuntu 12.04 64bit? like, is this just 'a bit less well tested' or should i relly expect occasional problems?	its not about stability
how do i dim my laptop display without the keyboard (fn key) please?	brightness applet (add to panel)
hi, is someone here using squid with some auth program?	not at the moment, but i have done in the past, with local tdb database and ldap
i have a dbus-python_0.82.4.orig.tar.gz and diff.gz .dsc file, how can i build this into deb package and install it?	you'll need to install pbuilder
need help customizing a livecd ? (especially changing the kernel)	check out dfsbuild:
anyone know of a way to make firefox not so damn slow?	disable ipv6 in about:setup
hi all , the dvd playback on my laptop using totem is quite dark, is there anyway to adjust it?	totem menu -> edit - preferneces - display
how to setup a static ip address ? i dont have fixed ip.... please help...	i believe in gnome there is preferences(or administration)->network
how do i open a file with admin privileges?	gksu applications /path/to/file
what packages can i find the md5 and sha1 tools?	can't u use synaptic to query that?
when i try to restart apache2 using 'apache2 -k restart' i get the following error	sudo apache2ctl restart
that always gave me trouble, lol	from the software center
any software to auto detect sniffer machine that have promisic network in a subnet in ubuntu?	might be able to detect it detect it with that
so.... does my box know about the new time change tomorrow? (being as it is different than previous years)	`zdump -v /etc/localtime \| grep 2007` will let you know
in 12.04, lxterminal, if i hit shift-ctrl-c to copy a text, is also sends an interrupt, someone can confirm? and how to fix?	confirmed
i have an mp3 player that doesn't automount in ubuntu. (running gnome desktop) i just discovered by accident that, if i am logged onto the computer in my daughter's account, it automounts fine as soon as you plug in the usb ... so what hidden config file do i need to delete to get it to work again on my account?	tried nautilus preferences¿
hi, i just installed 9.04 in paralles mac, but i cant login. everytime i enter my credentials i hear the login sound, see the desktop for a second and then the login screen reapeas, asking me again form my username/password. does anyone know a solution for this?	that sounds like a bug i had... but i forget how i fixed it :o
holy crap i need sleep uh whats my editor called uh... pino.. nino... no...	nano?
i'm on the live cd, on my mac. i can't access some of my files on the hd because of permissions	gksu nautilus
anyone knows how to disable 'emulate3buttons'? i used to do it with an fdi file but since 10.04 it's supose to be done via udev ??	i have a similar issue, try http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-configuration-world-order.html
i need a simple video editor with some transition effects -- any help? i've tried cinelerra and kino already	try openshot
to make mplayer the default for video files, i really have to set it for every video file type? is there a simpler way?	run nautilus, preferences \| multi media
hi. i compiled and installed a module. how do i make the system to load that module while booting?	yep, add the name of the module to the bottom of /etc/modules. :)
how do i add a user in the terminal?	sudo adduser
is it possible to get default sources.list for lucid somewhere???	there's usually a copy in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list
i made some changes to xorg.conf last night. i had a backup. i reverted back to the backup later, but something must have gone wrong becuase now i can't start x.	just sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
packages in edgy-backports should not have dependencies that are not themselves in edgy-backports, correct?	no, incorrect. backports requires standard universe and multiverse to be enabled. see their pages, it should be mentioned there i think
can anyone remind me of the piped command that was posted to upgrade firefox, please	just use the update manager

anyone have a clue why i would be getting that garbled screen during installation. i would assume it is a driver issue. if anyone has a fix please let me know.

some recent cards require safe graphics mode, some require the text-mode installer. once you've installed ubuntu, you can add the proprietary nvidia driver, then it should all be fine.

iam connect to irc from ssh can scrole the converstion history?

pageup and pagedown

how can i run x server in 16-bit mode?

in /etc/x11/xorg.conf line defaultdepth 24

can anyone suggest me a good web-camera software?

cheese

how can i add transparency to my main menu bar?

right click ->properties, background

hey everyone, what's a good vnc server that can be easily configured to run as a daemon (i.e. has it's own /etc/init.d script)

vino? :)

is there a good place to get xfce panel applets?

just install xubuntu-desktop

has anyone here had the problem with freenx and it just starting a blank screen?

i use it on my windows box and went to config chose custom desktop and xfce4-session to start

what's the hotkey to switch virtural desktops?

ctrl-alt-arrow

i have no sound in my flash media, in web-browsers...anyone a master of this, and can help me figure out what is wrong?

flash is a garbage proprietary application, could be many things

did someone know how to make two different graphic profile for two different session into ubuntu

you can, with some slight difficulty, making xorg dump a conf file, duplicate that and edit the second one for the second session and whenever needed either hack up a script to start the second session of xorg in that fashion or switch by closing xorg with script and making it start on an alternate profile

is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?

mdf2iso then?

hi, i was looking forward for the new composition manager in metacity 2.14, however todays update did not change anything (visually)...where did it go?

in 1:2.13.144-0ubuntu1, note: '..compositor improvements [remember, still off by default] ..'

hello, which application reports the system information upon loggin in the termianl?

like cpu load uptime etc etc.? hit w <enter>

oops i accidentally set a password for root, how do i set it to becomre random again? (like in a default install)

try somthing like sudo passwd -l

is doing sudo chown username /var/www/ going to cause any security problems on my lamp server?

no i dont think so, cause you need to get write persmission, and to get that you need chown before chmod

is there any nice way to copy an ubuntu installation on to another machine?

http://paste.ubuntu.com/745963/

why is it when i start my ymessenger as normal user it goes back to the set-up but when i start ym as root that's the only time when it starts the already installed ym application? thanks

probably you were logged in as root when you configured it

<newbie question alert> is the breezy colony 5 cd image (as listed in the header of this channel) the final release? or will there be another release before the official release date...?

no, not exactly. but it will get breezy installed so you can update to the final through apt-get/synaptic. or you can just wait until the 13th or whenever.

hi, i've a dual-monitor linux workstation and a macbook. i put macbook between two monitors. now i can move my linux mouse from one linux monitor (:0.0) to another (:0.1) or vice versa. i'm thinking about if possible for such a configuration of my computers/monitors. if i could add a third virtual desktop (:0.2), but the virtual desktop don't match any real monitor (since i don't have one more), but only for a vncviewer connect to the macbook, so i can m

x2x might interest you (http://x2x.dottedmag.net/trac/do)

hi. i want to install ubuntu, but when i boot the installer cd the display shifts l to r about 10 pixels a couple of times a second.

all of the good things that you heard are lies leave now while you still have your sanity.. (j/k i think...)

can anyone ballpark the combined size off all the intrepid deb packages?

apt-mirror used to be about 32gb for 8.04 ... much more now?

1) sometimes it's delayed, 2) if you're testing with a gmail account, gmail is weird and won't show you that it received a message through forward if you sent it from that account

i'm testing with a hotmail account. in the case that it's delayed, when can i test it again?

the server edition doesn't install a window manager and keeps the total memory used down, which is great for a server

very basic ones, i tested openarena in wine on my 701, got 30 fps drop from 70 to like 40-45

can anyone redirect me to documentation on how to get my laptop to switch (properly) between vga out and his own screen, right now it just clones it, but i need it to switch, and use other res...

sorry i don't know the answer to your question, but did you check www.linux-laptop.net? it has a lot of laptop-specific information

i am looking to install vhcs on ub 10.04 lts. is vhcs supported on ub?

it's just php...so yes it can be done...

alright. do anyone use kde with mac os x theme ?

its call 'baghira'

hi, somebody already installed visio 2010 in ubuntu10.10 with wine?

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appid=31

is there a linux application that can rip audio from dvds such as virtual dub in windows?

mencoder

hi , is there any program to find duplicate file ?

there's many, fdupes, kleansweep, perforate... or just plain diff with a little script

how long did it take you go get up to speed with dvorak?

a week to get usable speeds, 3 weeks to be as fast as i was on qwerty, a month and a half and i was 20wpm faster than on qwerty

can you please suggest me a open-source software for ubuntu which use internet connection and we can can listen all radios from world. i see that there are sites like this : http://www.mikesradioworld.com/ which are supports million radios channel all over the world. i do not think that they use their own server.

also, http://classic.shoutcast.com has a great selection

whats the command to see info about my ram?

'free'?

is there a way to bounce off the cd into a usb-key based installation?

i don't know how possible it is to get the kernel + initramfs from usb through the cd's bootloader (before booting a linux kernel)

is the gem object deallocation issue in the final release fixed by default or do i have to install the patch?

it's fixed

difference between alternate and desktop iso?

desktop is livecd based; alternative is a text installer

i like chromium but i'm use to double clicking on the address line to retype for a new location.. chromium doesn't seem to do this easily.. any hints?

just press ctrl+l start typing new address

how do i restart apache? i changed apache2.conf and want the changes to take effect.

sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 restart

please help, i accidently removed trash bin from panel - lower right corner. how do i put it back there ?

its under desktop and windows

my mouse does not work any more. how can i start a terminal window from the keyboard?

or alt-f2 -> xterm

can someone remind me of the command that shows all currently installed packages?

dpkg -l or dpkg --get-selections

question. why can't ubuntu find 90% of the packages that are mentioned in the ubuntu guide?

you have the latest kernel

does anyone know of a utility that shows the users logged into a box at a specific point in time?

i would check out it's man page

whats an easy way to make a zombie process?

run a process, have it run a child process, then kill the parent while having the child ignore the sighup and sigterm signals

does anyone know where to learn c++ (for really really beginner)

a book of course

hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?

you can try to do killall -9 app name

where are sftp filesystems mounted in nautilus kept?

.gvfs?

hi everyone! how can i install kde environment on ubuntu 8.04 instead of gnome?

apt-get it

hello people. where can i post a picture for you to see, in order to sow you my avidemux problem?

i already told you, http://www.imgur.com

after running 'du -h / |sort -n' and getting a couple permission denied errors i now have this problem; mkdir: cannot create directory `test': read-only file system. how can that be fixed without a reboot?

mount -o remount,rw /directory

i'm a fairly new linux user, come across from windows....do i need to defrag my hard drive, from time to time?

no u dont need to do it

hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?

use /channel add

can someone recommend a wifi network detector that will just tell me the channel (aka frequency) of those around me? i am not looking for a sniffer, i just want to see what the best channel for me is

wifi-radar

do you know of a sophtware that i can read and write sms with under ubuntu?

i once had a gnome thing that did that to my nokia phone

hello - can't play dvd movie have ubuntu-restricted-extras installed - any ideas?

if you live in a jurisdiction where de-css is legal, you can install the decss library to play encrypted dvds.

quick question, what packages do i need for 32-bit compatibility?

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

hey all how do i install wxpython in ubuntu, more precisely what are the name of the packages that i should install ?

'aptitude search python-wxgtk'

how do i check running processes then search for the process specifically is it, ps grep | mysql?

also try 'man ps'

hey, i'm unable to adjust my brightness in 11.04. is there a brightness application? using a toshiba a103 laptop, never been able to adjust using the function keys.

err, wait, power management

how to enable/disable the compiz plugins from the command line, without using ccsm?

noone is answering your question because 1. we don't know or 2. we are doing something else

hey guys, i was wondering: if i post a log file output to pastebin, would someone be willing to look at it and explain a few things to me? i'm trying to determine if my computer has been compromised by some unauthorized user

aye, throw it up there, i'm sure someone will take a look

ok. #ubuntu+1 redirected me back here. how do i put *any* install/live .img on an usb stick without completely wiping it?

unetbootin, even

i want to use my linux machine to make a phone menu. you know, 'press 1 to...'. i don't know where to even start looking. does anyone have any idea?

i'd suggest heading to the asterisk site and asking around there

if i have os x and ubuntu dual booted on a macbook, is there really any great harm in going to gparted, blowing away the os x partition, and reclaiming the space for my ubuntu partition?

no lol if you want pure linux go for it

hi there :) i'm trying to find a program for a mate that will automaticly change his background every so often, anyone know a good way to do this?

err desktop drapes or wallpapoz, but they are both buggy and hacks

hello, can i get my nvidia 680i onboard sound (high definition audio) to work over spdif?

there should be an option in alsa-mixer

how do i use clamscan to scan all the folders and subfolders of my /media/disk/ ?

man clamscan

: can you please help me ?

shift key and \

now, for my question.. does anybody know of an opensource project which syncs stuff local stuff to a remote server? i really don't want to write my own rsync scripts!

ubuntuone

i'm looking for some help(as usual :-)) i had to use ndiswrapper to get my wireless card working, and now it tries to connect to the network, but never connects. it does pick up the essid of the network, though. how do i fix this?

ndiswrapper does that for some cards.

also, since 10.4 i can't seem to see the grub menu; is there a key i need to press to show it?

press shift after post

i have installed epsxe, but how do i create an iso file from the psx's cd?

dd if=/dev/hdc of=/path/to/file.iso

the 32bit version of ubuntu 12.04 is recommended. any rough guess how much more instability i should expect with ubuntu 12.04 64bit? like, is this just 'a bit less well tested' or should i relly expect occasional problems?

its not about stability

how do i dim my laptop display without the keyboard (fn key) please?

brightness applet (add to panel)

hi, is someone here using squid with some auth program?

not at the moment, but i have done in the past, with local tdb database and ldap

i have a dbus-python_0.82.4.orig.tar.gz and diff.gz .dsc file, how can i build this into deb package and install it?

you'll need to install pbuilder

need help customizing a livecd ? (especially changing the kernel)

check out dfsbuild:

anyone know of a way to make firefox not so damn slow?

disable ipv6 in about:setup

hi all , the dvd playback on my laptop using totem is quite dark, is there anyway to adjust it?

totem menu -> edit - preferneces - display

how to setup a static ip address ? i dont have fixed ip.... please help...

i believe in gnome there is preferences(or administration)->network

how do i open a file with admin privileges?

gksu applications /path/to/file

what packages can i find the md5 and sha1 tools?

can't u use synaptic to query that?

when i try to restart apache2 using 'apache2 -k restart' i get the following error

sudo apache2ctl restart

that always gave me trouble, lol

from the software center

any software to auto detect sniffer machine that have promisic network in a subnet in ubuntu?

might be able to detect it detect it with that

so.... does my box know about the new time change tomorrow? (being as it is different than previous years)

`zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007` will let you know

in 12.04, lxterminal, if i hit shift-ctrl-c to copy a text, is also sends an interrupt, someone can confirm? and how to fix?

confirmed

i have an mp3 player that doesn't automount in ubuntu. (running gnome desktop) i just discovered by accident that, if i am logged onto the computer in my daughter's account, it automounts fine as soon as you plug in the usb ... so what hidden config file do i need to delete to get it to work again on my account?

tried nautilus preferences¿

hi, i just installed 9.04 in paralles mac, but i cant login. everytime i enter my credentials i hear the login sound, see the desktop for a second and then the login screen reapeas, asking me again form my username/password. does anyone know a solution for this?

that sounds like a bug i had... but i forget how i fixed it :o

holy crap i need sleep uh whats my editor called uh... pino.. nino... no...

nano?

i'm on the live cd, on my mac. i can't access some of my files on the hd because of permissions

gksu nautilus

anyone knows how to disable 'emulate3buttons'? i used to do it with an fdi file but since 10.04 it's supose to be done via udev ??

i have a similar issue, try http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-configuration-world-order.html

i need a simple video editor with some transition effects -- any help? i've tried cinelerra and kino already

try openshot

to make mplayer the default for video files, i really have to set it for every video file type? is there a simpler way?

run nautilus, preferences | multi media

hi. i compiled and installed a module. how do i make the system to load that module while booting?

yep, add the name of the module to the bottom of /etc/modules. :)

how do i add a user in the terminal?

sudo adduser

is it possible to get default sources.list for lucid somewhere???

there's usually a copy in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list

i made some changes to xorg.conf last night. i had a backup. i reverted back to the backup later, but something must have gone wrong becuase now i can't start x.

just sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

packages in edgy-backports should not have dependencies that are not themselves in edgy-backports, correct?

no, incorrect. backports requires standard universe and multiverse to be enabled. see their pages, it should be mentioned there i think

can anyone remind me of the piped command that was posted to upgrade firefox, please

just use the update manager