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hi, can anyone help me with irssi? i lost my config file. i just want to ask how to hilight a whole sentence when my nick is mentioned?	/help highlight
what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?	just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager
how do i print a command to a txt file	if you want to put it somewhere, just list that explicit directory, like (command) > /home/username/blah.txt
sorry for the repost: how is the combination these days for intel gma x3100 and compiz fusion? i read about lots of problems getting it to work. i was wondering if it's working out of the box now after you've installed the compiz-config settings manager?	compiz is the major source of problems, you should uninstall it
how do i move the contents of a folder instead of the folder itself? for example, i want to: sudo mv /home/andy/joomla/ /var/www -- but i just want the contents of the joomla to end up in /var/www not like /var/www/joomla	sudo mv -r /home/andy/joomla/* /var/www
about how long does it take to compile, e.g. the new pidgin build?	false: http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/
i would like totem to display a video correctly transformed in compiz cube while it rotates. totem seems to use some overlay mode. how can i make it display the video in 'frame buffer mode'?	gstreamer-properties ; in the video tab select x window system(x11/xshm/xv
will anyone with a working windows partition that automounts under ubuntu please post their fstab line regarding that partion pls?	windows is on ntfs /dev/hda1 http://pastebin.ca/793180
what app would you reccomend for internet radio browsing / exploring? i've seen streamtuner, but it hasn't been updated in 3 years, so maybe there's something better ...	look up songbird
i want to start contributing to open source projects. i am interested in shell scripting part, can any one suggest me how to start	debian packaging often involves a lot of shell scripting.
is it possible to call terminal commands from python? for example, get a string, send it to terminal, print output?	http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/457798-how-run-shell-commands-within-python does this help?
is there a requirement for a computer to go to sleep?	yes you need it
is to easy to restore default network config if i break networking messing about with tap0 and bridging interfaces?	i would think there's a way to backup/restore your network configuration... but i'm not sure how.
just apt-get dist-upgraded to breezy badger and x broke. the log says 'could not open default font 'fixed''. can anyone point me at a quick fix for this?	that happened to me to, i could never fix it, had to install fresh
i can't find the drivers for my usb firewire card......	http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ is a place to start
i think i figured out how to solve my problem: remove then add the ipw2200 kernel module	/etc/acpi/resume.*
hello. can i use repositories from hardy for the dapper? some software in the dapper's repos have very old version :-)	if there are backports for those packages, you could try them but the long-term solution is probably to upgrade or reinstall.
does anyone know a cli method that will tell me my external ip address, not the one my router gives me with ifconfig?	probably do some cool wget whatsmyip.org and fish it out of there :)
quick question... does ubuntu come with a command-line program that will let me grab a single image (or a segment of video) from a webcam? i can use programs like cheese (using gstreamer for configuration) and they work fine, but i need something that i can script.	not by default, but you can install it: came
hi guys. i am interested in old-school computing, and i want to try and live one day without a gui. but i don't know any music player that works without a gui, and i also don't have any idea on how can i read my pdf-s without a graphical environment... so any recommendations for that? :)	for music, there's many kind of players, like vlc-nox, mp3blaster, just plain mplayer ...
is there a way to make it so clicking on the laptop touchpad won't be like left clicking	you need the gsynaptics pkg
anyone wanna help me with a printer question?	once you hit print, the print dialogue that comes up usually has an option section for your printer. you can choose black and white usually. if it's an image, you can open it and remove all the color with an image editor
what's the best way to install mplayer?	sudo aptitude install mplayer
how do i see what things my ubuntu is starting op, when the system is booting?? (need to figure out if snmptrapd is running)	or edit menu.lst to not have splash screen
which bit of software is supposed to create /dev/scd0 ? udev? hotplug?	udev.
what's the best graphical irc client? xchat-gnome sucks..... xchat-gtk is better	urk.sf.net
ok. this may sound a little stupid but how do i install a .deb package?	sudo dpkg -i package.deb
how do i adjust the screen resolution in kde to 1024 x 768?	http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/65493-change-screen-resolution-kde-desktop.html
how can i convert a cd to mp3???	use for instance goobox
i've installed all the packages for mint's mate environment, but how do i actually quit unity and start mate?	mate-session --replace
do any1 know how many official dev are in ubuntu?	there are about 50 paid developers and many volunteers
hi! i updated from ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 recently. this removed kde3.5 and installed kde4 on my system. since kde4 is far from being usable, i want to move back to 3.5	unless you find a backport package or install it yourself
if i'm getting a write protect error on a usb drive that does not have a write protect slider, does that mean it's toast?	ive seen brand new ones say a similer error.. even under windows. :) took that one back to the store.
hey all, is the forum down?	http://www.mikesplanet.net/2008/04/ubuntu-forums-upgraded/
hi, the download page says that the 64bit version is 'not recommended for daily desktop usage'. i have used 904 (jaunty) 64bit without problems. is 1004 also a safe bet?	i've been using it fine without problems
hi! how can i fugure out what version of a package ubuntu 5.10 uses, without like, installing it? :)	http://packages.ubuntu.com
what's the best tool for doing advanced find and replace (e.g., if a word between two '\|' ends with 'en', move all words between the two before that word and between the two '\|' word after it)?	which you can use in e.g. vim etc.
i have a 500gb drive formatted as ext3. nautilus shows only 435gb free space (the drive is empty). why is this?	500 gb is 465 gib (disk space is reported in gib, not gb). then there's 5% on top of that reserved, which is another 25 gb, and then some is overhead for the file system. all together that puts you at about 435
hi! i have the port open on conky. i see that sometimes ubuntu uses wget automatically. why ubuntu use wget himself ?	ubuntu is set to fetch update info automatically
hey guys, can i update my nautilus in hardy to the version from jaunty? i'd like to have the 'compact view'	probably but i've never done it
hi :> i just ran sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so to change it from the kubuntu splash to the ubuntu splash...when i shut down everything is okay, but when i reboot it boots up with the kubuntu splash?	sudo update-grub afterwards
is this the right place to ask about 10.04 netbook edition stuff ?	use ubuntu-tweak to disable it (section gnome-preferences)
hi, whats the command that tells me my ip?	well.. i tend to do ifdown <interface> && ifup <interface>
i'd like to make my gnome panel size 19, but it won't go past 23 for some reason. i was able to do it on my laptop but i don't remember how, anyone know?	you can do it with gconf-editor, navigate to apps/panel/toplevels/panel_x
hey l3top, a little update -- i tried putting that new config info into .bash_profile, and .profile, and i thought i'd cracked the case when i found at the end of my .bashrc file a line refining the path, but removing that didn't help. so i'm still at the point where i can run ruby if i manually source bash_profile when i open a terminal, and i still can't run rails because it's looking for a wonky path to ruby1.8. what do you	as i recall, .profile and family only load in a login shell, which your standard terminal emulator is not. stick the lines (whatever they are; i just came in) in .bashrc instead?
hi, i just installed jaunty and stuff that was not yet working with intrepid is now working ootb (scroll-button, wireless (ath5k)). yay ;d. i would like to test the built-in camera too. does anyone know a program with which i could do that?	- search synaptic for 'cheese'
i have ubuntu 11.04 . whenever i try installing some packages using, 'sudo apt-get install' i am getting the error 'unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?' . how can this issue be solved?	i'm assuming you've tried the suggested fixes in that msg, correct?
i've installed azureus, and i want to open .torrent files with it from firefox. firefox let's me choose the program, but i cannot find it. where is programs usally stored?	you can help youself next time by typing 'which azureus' into a console ;)
how do i restore the desktop panels?	ctrl + alt + t
hi all, i have a pc with windows 7 on it and it has troubles. blue screens, freeze ups etc.. i want to figure out if this is a hardware or software problem so that's why i want to try ubuntu. my usb startup failed and i'm reading now about the wubi installer. i was wondering: you install it through windows, but when you run it, is it still on top of windows or more independant?	it is running itself but from a compressed filesystem on the windows partition
am trying to get 8800 gt graphic card to be recognised in 7.10. have run 'nvidia-glx-config enable' as root, but xorg.conf reports board as vesa & runs at 800x600. my xorg.conf is at http://pastebin.com/d736ad90	none of the drivers in gutsy's repos support the 8800 gt
okay, shorter now: in ubuntu server 9.10, what is responsible for updating the /etc/motd file? is there a cron script? daemon? i can't find it.	take a look at the manpage for motd.tail, it explains the process.
what is the syntac to chmod all files in a directory	i believe :)
ubuntu programming question to anyone who may have any ideas. i'm writing a program and i'm looking to include my own sort of status notifications as is seen in 10.04 with gwibber, empathy, etc. anyone know where i could go to find out more about how that is done?	libnotify
a memory dump obtains the line: 'cpu 0: hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 cold: hi:0, btch: 1 usd: 0' (http://ubuntuusers.de/paste/14722/). what do these abbreviations mean?	why does it matter cat /proc/meminfo
i just cant remember what is the name of the application that helps me create live usbs with iso images. can anyone remind me???	maybe unetbootin is what you are thinking of
jubler make subtitles...but dont put then into the video...someone know a program to put the subtitles in the vdeo ??	kino, avidemux
ok, how do i uncompress all the .7z files in a folder? p7zip -d * 'doesn't work', p7zip tells me i 'm using an incorrect syntax.	not .o -o
i have the ubuntu 10.04 beta 2. when the 10.04 for-real version comes out, will i be able to upgrade within the beta or will i need to download yet another iso?	no more iso's.. apt-get will keep you upto date all the way to the final
i people! what is the default root password? how do i change it?	there is no root password, and there is no reason to change it ... this is what makes ubuntu secure
why is my transmission torrent manager running so slowly? my max download speed seems to be under 10kib/s for every torrent, and the same torrents download around 300kib/s on my other windows computer with bittorrent on the same network. also, while using transmission, i cant access the internet via any browsers	maybe your isp is throtteling torrent traffixc
how to remove 'workspace switcher' from launcher in 11.04?	see this page> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html
is it possible to move/drag apps for one workspace to another?	use expo
hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an \| grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?	nmap is very good at doing that
why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?	keep scrolling you just switched desktops.
im trying to run the vmware-server install file (perl) and it keeps saying this 'sudo: vmware-install.pl: command not found'	the current directory '.' is normally not in the path variable
i just upgraded to the lucid lts and the sound sucks. it seems like the volume is about 10% of what it should be when it is turned all the way up for both speakers and headphones. sound worked fine in 9.04 :( any ideas? i've looked through some bug reports but none are describing exactly this issue	did you check alsa mixer?
is there any way i can find all files in the system with group id 12345 ?	find / -group 12345
anyone know hot to check the changelog on new updates via command line?	i personally have apt-listchanges installed. it will give you the changelogs when you do an apt-get/aptitude upgrade/dist-upgrade.
does anyone have an idea how to rerun the package install from the installer? e.g. i would like to have the lamp suite which the installer offers...	unless you are also looking to remove some stuff already installed due to space restrictions et al.
how do i get out of the info screen in the terminal?	hit q, or zz
i wanna get rid of gcj/gci and wanna install the lates sun java. how can i do that?	you may have to change the links in /usr/bin as well
grub2 knows how to read lvm - grub does not	you might want to start reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment, particularly the section on new packages
i own a mac and i use mac os x leopard. i'm thinking that perhaps i should diss leopard, and get ubuntu instead. what are good reasons for me to install ubuntu rather than keep going with the mac? non-religious reasons, of course.	more free software, i guess
what does this mean: 'you need to add it to the apache config files because it only installs a link to the folder in the /var/www/ folder. i'll find the lines that you need in a minute.' with regards to phpmyadmin?	most probably apache2.conf or httpd.conf
how do we enable sasl?	dont pay attation to it its not a freenode message
hello i am trying to download videos from myspace profile, can anyone provide me with some tools? or command line tools like wget or httrack?	search synaptic. there's several tools for this purpose.
? now that i have the web/mail server up how or what do i need to do to get postfix or the mail clint to get my mail?	to run a mail server you need smtp and pop3 support. or at least those are the most common protocols
does ubuntu have anything like packages.debian.org?	http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/
how can i tell what ntfs driver im using	'mount' in a terminal window should tell
anyone have a 1680x1050 lcd? just wondering if it's as hard as the forums sound to make one work on ubuntu.	if your screen and video card can handle it , you just need to add the resolution to the xorg.conf file
i know. i just have this machine (the only machine for now) that has to do: internet, photoshop and music. the most critical of them is not running yet (that's photoshop).	great
how to setup a static ip address in ubuntu ?	you need to be always root if using apt-get, if you build it from source in ~/ you dont need to be root
what's the diff between userdel and deluser?	and deluser just removes a user
hello, i have version 10.04 and i am trying to upgrade to release 11.10, but when i do do-release-upgrade it tells me there are no upgrades	http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-1004-1010-1104-to-ubuntu-1110-oneiric-ocelot-desktop-a-server/
hi, is there a way to send a command line command from the desktop without having to open a terminal?	ctrl+alt+l
there are any script that downloads youtube videos?	handy script, written in python.. support restricted youtube video too
simple question - tried running 'apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra' but it says i need root, what step did i miss?	sudo apt-get .....
does anyone know a good linux distribution ?	ubuntu
does ubuntu have a text based browser	links
its there a better way to open a 4mb text file and search it, gedit crashes even on my pc	or grep/fgrep for just searching
can somebody tell me how can i send a file with ssh ?	scp file user@host:/some/dir
any one have problems getting vmware to run under edgy ?	no problems with vmware on edg
is there a way to priorize network traffic on my server? dlna > smb-johndoe > smb-janedoe > http-diegodoe ?	that is the linux advanced routing and traffic control documentation
sometimes my harddrive activity raises a lot without me doing anything? what is going on? is there a way to check what it is doing?	open terminal run ---> top
to login i have to replug-in the keyboard before it will type. and then the same is true once im logged in, again i first have to replug the keyboard. but i cant get the keyboard to work at all in gnome. any idea how to get gnome to work with the keyboard?	is it a bluetooth keyboard?
emax: i'm actually trying to install it now. but ubuntu keeps asking for the cd	disable the cd-rom repository
how to install ubuntu remix or mid onto a live usb ?	http://edoceo.com/liber/ubuntu-live-usb
hi, anyone here from italy?	though, you aren't italian...? (judging form your isp)
how do i get audio to work again in supertuxkart?	it should work automatically if sound works in everything else

hi, can anyone help me with irssi? i lost my config file. i just want to ask how to hilight a whole sentence when my nick is mentioned?

/help highlight

what command do i need to use to have awm start up with my ubuntu?

just add a custom launcher, with the command avant-window-manager

how do i print a command to a txt file

if you want to put it somewhere, just list that explicit directory, like (command) > /home/username/blah.txt

sorry for the repost: how is the combination these days for intel gma x3100 and compiz fusion? i read about lots of problems getting it to work. i was wondering if it's working out of the box now after you've installed the compiz-config settings manager?

compiz is the major source of problems, you should uninstall it

how do i move the contents of a folder instead of the folder itself? for example, i want to: sudo mv /home/andy/joomla/ /var/www -- but i just want the contents of the joomla to end up in /var/www not like /var/www/joomla

sudo mv -r /home/andy/joomla/* /var/www

about how long does it take to compile, e.g. the new pidgin build?

false: http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/

i would like totem to display a video correctly transformed in compiz cube while it rotates. totem seems to use some overlay mode. how can i make it display the video in 'frame buffer mode'?

gstreamer-properties ; in the video tab select x window system(x11/xshm/xv

will anyone with a working windows partition that automounts under ubuntu please post their fstab line regarding that partion pls?

windows is on ntfs /dev/hda1 http://pastebin.ca/793180

what app would you reccomend for internet radio browsing / exploring? i've seen streamtuner, but it hasn't been updated in 3 years, so maybe there's something better ...

look up songbird

i want to start contributing to open source projects. i am interested in shell scripting part, can any one suggest me how to start

debian packaging often involves a lot of shell scripting.

is it possible to call terminal commands from python? for example, get a string, send it to terminal, print output?

http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/457798-how-run-shell-commands-within-python does this help?

is there a requirement for a computer to go to sleep?

yes you need it

is to easy to restore default network config if i break networking messing about with tap0 and bridging interfaces?

i would think there's a way to backup/restore your network configuration... but i'm not sure how.

just apt-get dist-upgraded to breezy badger and x broke. the log says 'could not open default font 'fixed''. can anyone point me at a quick fix for this?

that happened to me to, i could never fix it, had to install fresh

i can't find the drivers for my usb firewire card......

http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ is a place to start

i think i figured out how to solve my problem: remove then add the ipw2200 kernel module

/etc/acpi/resume.*

hello. can i use repositories from hardy for the dapper? some software in the dapper's repos have very old version :-)

if there are backports for those packages, you could try them but the long-term solution is probably to upgrade or reinstall.

does anyone know a cli method that will tell me my external ip address, not the one my router gives me with ifconfig?

probably do some cool wget whatsmyip.org and fish it out of there :)

quick question... does ubuntu come with a command-line program that will let me grab a single image (or a segment of video) from a webcam? i can use programs like cheese (using gstreamer for configuration) and they work fine, but i need something that i can script.

not by default, but you can install it: came

hi guys. i am interested in old-school computing, and i want to try and live one day without a gui. but i don't know any music player that works without a gui, and i also don't have any idea on how can i read my pdf-s without a graphical environment... so any recommendations for that? :)

for music, there's many kind of players, like vlc-nox, mp3blaster, just plain mplayer ...

is there a way to make it so clicking on the laptop touchpad won't be like left clicking

you need the gsynaptics pkg

anyone wanna help me with a printer question?

once you hit print, the print dialogue that comes up usually has an option section for your printer. you can choose black and white usually. if it's an image, you can open it and remove all the color with an image editor

what's the best way to install mplayer?

sudo aptitude install mplayer

how do i see what things my ubuntu is starting op, when the system is booting?? (need to figure out if snmptrapd is running)

or edit menu.lst to not have splash screen

which bit of software is supposed to create /dev/scd0 ? udev? hotplug?

udev.

what's the best graphical irc client? xchat-gnome sucks..... xchat-gtk is better

urk.sf.net

ok. this may sound a little stupid but how do i install a .deb package?

sudo dpkg -i package.deb

how do i adjust the screen resolution in kde to 1024 x 768?

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/65493-change-screen-resolution-kde-desktop.html

how can i convert a cd to mp3???

use for instance goobox

i've installed all the packages for mint's mate environment, but how do i actually quit unity and start mate?

mate-session --replace

do any1 know how many official dev are in ubuntu?

there are about 50 paid developers and many volunteers

hi! i updated from ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 recently. this removed kde3.5 and installed kde4 on my system. since kde4 is far from being usable, i want to move back to 3.5

unless you find a backport package or install it yourself

if i'm getting a write protect error on a usb drive that does not have a write protect slider, does that mean it's toast?

ive seen brand new ones say a similer error.. even under windows. :) took that one back to the store.

hey all, is the forum down?

http://www.mikesplanet.net/2008/04/ubuntu-forums-upgraded/

hi, the download page says that the 64bit version is 'not recommended for daily desktop usage'. i have used 904 (jaunty) 64bit without problems. is 1004 also a safe bet?

i've been using it fine without problems

hi! how can i fugure out what version of a package ubuntu 5.10 uses, without like, installing it? :)

http://packages.ubuntu.com

what's the best tool for doing advanced find and replace (e.g., if a word between two '|' ends with 'en', move all words between the two before that word and between the two '|' word after it)?

which you can use in e.g. vim etc.

i have a 500gb drive formatted as ext3. nautilus shows only 435gb free space (the drive is empty). why is this?

500 gb is 465 gib (disk space is reported in gib, not gb). then there's 5% on top of that reserved, which is another 25 gb, and then some is overhead for the file system. all together that puts you at about 435

hi! i have the port open on conky. i see that sometimes ubuntu uses wget automatically. why ubuntu use wget himself ?

ubuntu is set to fetch update info automatically

hey guys, can i update my nautilus in hardy to the version from jaunty? i'd like to have the 'compact view'

probably but i've never done it

hi :> i just ran sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so to change it from the kubuntu splash to the ubuntu splash...when i shut down everything is okay, but when i reboot it boots up with the kubuntu splash?

sudo update-grub afterwards

is this the right place to ask about 10.04 netbook edition stuff ?

use ubuntu-tweak to disable it (section gnome-preferences)

hi, whats the command that tells me my ip?

well.. i tend to do ifdown <interface> && ifup <interface>

i'd like to make my gnome panel size 19, but it won't go past 23 for some reason. i was able to do it on my laptop but i don't remember how, anyone know?

you can do it with gconf-editor, navigate to apps/panel/toplevels/panel_x

hey l3top, a little update -- i tried putting that new config info into .bash_profile, and .profile, and i thought i'd cracked the case when i found at the end of my .bashrc file a line refining the path, but removing that didn't help. so i'm still at the point where i can run ruby if i manually source bash_profile when i open a terminal, and i still can't run rails because it's looking for a wonky path to ruby1.8. what do you

as i recall, .profile and family only load in a login shell, which your standard terminal emulator is not. stick the lines (whatever they are; i just came in) in .bashrc instead?

hi, i just installed jaunty and stuff that was not yet working with intrepid is now working ootb (scroll-button, wireless (ath5k)). yay ;d. i would like to test the built-in camera too. does anyone know a program with which i could do that?

- search synaptic for 'cheese'

i have ubuntu 11.04 . whenever i try installing some packages using, 'sudo apt-get install' i am getting the error 'unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?' . how can this issue be solved?

i'm assuming you've tried the suggested fixes in that msg, correct?

i've installed azureus, and i want to open .torrent files with it from firefox. firefox let's me choose the program, but i cannot find it. where is programs usally stored?

you can help youself next time by typing 'which azureus' into a console ;)

how do i restore the desktop panels?

ctrl + alt + t

hi all, i have a pc with windows 7 on it and it has troubles. blue screens, freeze ups etc.. i want to figure out if this is a hardware or software problem so that's why i want to try ubuntu. my usb startup failed and i'm reading now about the wubi installer. i was wondering: you install it through windows, but when you run it, is it still on top of windows or more independant?

it is running itself but from a compressed filesystem on the windows partition

am trying to get 8800 gt graphic card to be recognised in 7.10. have run 'nvidia-glx-config enable' as root, but xorg.conf reports board as vesa & runs at 800x600. my xorg.conf is at http://pastebin.com/d736ad90

none of the drivers in gutsy's repos support the 8800 gt

okay, shorter now: in ubuntu server 9.10, what is responsible for updating the /etc/motd file? is there a cron script? daemon? i can't find it.

take a look at the manpage for motd.tail, it explains the process.

what is the syntac to chmod all files in a directory

i believe :)

ubuntu programming question to anyone who may have any ideas. i'm writing a program and i'm looking to include my own sort of status notifications as is seen in 10.04 with gwibber, empathy, etc. anyone know where i could go to find out more about how that is done?

libnotify

a memory dump obtains the line: 'cpu 0: hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 cold: hi:0, btch: 1 usd: 0' (http://ubuntuusers.de/paste/14722/). what do these abbreviations mean?

why does it matter cat /proc/meminfo

i just cant remember what is the name of the application that helps me create live usbs with iso images. can anyone remind me???

maybe unetbootin is what you are thinking of

jubler make subtitles...but dont put then into the video...someone know a program to put the subtitles in the vdeo ??

kino, avidemux

ok, how do i uncompress all the .7z files in a folder? p7zip -d * 'doesn't work', p7zip tells me i 'm using an incorrect syntax.

not .o -o

i have the ubuntu 10.04 beta 2. when the 10.04 for-real version comes out, will i be able to upgrade within the beta or will i need to download yet another iso?

no more iso's.. apt-get will keep you upto date all the way to the final

i people! what is the default root password? how do i change it?

there is no root password, and there is no reason to change it ... this is what makes ubuntu secure

why is my transmission torrent manager running so slowly? my max download speed seems to be under 10kib/s for every torrent, and the same torrents download around 300kib/s on my other windows computer with bittorrent on the same network. also, while using transmission, i cant access the internet via any browsers

maybe your isp is throtteling torrent traffixc

how to remove 'workspace switcher' from launcher in 11.04?

see this page> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html

is it possible to move/drag apps for one workspace to another?

use expo

hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an | grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?

nmap is very good at doing that

why when i scrolled in ubuntu i lost everything opened? i have two workspaces and they both emptied?

keep scrolling you just switched desktops.

im trying to run the vmware-server install file (perl) and it keeps saying this 'sudo: vmware-install.pl: command not found'

the current directory '.' is normally not in the path variable

i just upgraded to the lucid lts and the sound sucks. it seems like the volume is about 10% of what it should be when it is turned all the way up for both speakers and headphones. sound worked fine in 9.04 :( any ideas? i've looked through some bug reports but none are describing exactly this issue

did you check alsa mixer?

is there any way i can find all files in the system with group id 12345 ?

find / -group 12345

anyone know hot to check the changelog on new updates via command line?

i personally have apt-listchanges installed. it will give you the changelogs when you do an apt-get/aptitude upgrade/dist-upgrade.

does anyone have an idea how to rerun the package install from the installer? e.g. i would like to have the lamp suite which the installer offers...

unless you are also looking to remove some stuff already installed due to space restrictions et al.

how do i get out of the info screen in the terminal?

hit q, or zz

i wanna get rid of gcj/gci and wanna install the lates sun java. how can i do that?

you may have to change the links in /usr/bin as well

grub2 knows how to read lvm - grub does not

you might want to start reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment, particularly the section on new packages

i own a mac and i use mac os x leopard. i'm thinking that perhaps i should diss leopard, and get ubuntu instead. what are good reasons for me to install ubuntu rather than keep going with the mac? non-religious reasons, of course.

more free software, i guess

what does this mean: 'you need to add it to the apache config files because it only installs a link to the folder in the /var/www/ folder. i'll find the lines that you need in a minute.' with regards to phpmyadmin?

most probably apache2.conf or httpd.conf

how do we enable sasl?

dont pay attation to it its not a freenode message

hello i am trying to download videos from myspace profile, can anyone provide me with some tools? or command line tools like wget or httrack?

search synaptic. there's several tools for this purpose.

? now that i have the web/mail server up how or what do i need to do to get postfix or the mail clint to get my mail?

to run a mail server you need smtp and pop3 support. or at least those are the most common protocols

does ubuntu have anything like packages.debian.org?

http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/

how can i tell what ntfs driver im using

'mount' in a terminal window should tell

anyone have a 1680x1050 lcd? just wondering if it's as hard as the forums sound to make one work on ubuntu.

if your screen and video card can handle it , you just need to add the resolution to the xorg.conf file

i know. i just have this machine (the only machine for now) that has to do: internet, photoshop and music. the most critical of them is not running yet (that's photoshop).

great

how to setup a static ip address in ubuntu ?

you need to be always root if using apt-get, if you build it from source in ~/ you dont need to be root

what's the diff between userdel and deluser?

and deluser just removes a user

hello, i have version 10.04 and i am trying to upgrade to release 11.10, but when i do do-release-upgrade it tells me there are no upgrades

http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-1004-1010-1104-to-ubuntu-1110-oneiric-ocelot-desktop-a-server/

hi, is there a way to send a command line command from the desktop without having to open a terminal?

ctrl+alt+l

there are any script that downloads youtube videos?

handy script, written in python.. support restricted youtube video too

simple question - tried running 'apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra' but it says i need root, what step did i miss?

sudo apt-get .....

does anyone know a good linux distribution ?

ubuntu

does ubuntu have a text based browser

links

its there a better way to open a 4mb text file and search it, gedit crashes even on my pc

or grep/fgrep for just searching

can somebody tell me how can i send a file with ssh ?

scp file user@host:/some/dir

any one have problems getting vmware to run under edgy ?

no problems with vmware on edg

is there a way to priorize network traffic on my server? dlna > smb-johndoe > smb-janedoe > http-diegodoe ?

that is the linux advanced routing and traffic control documentation

sometimes my harddrive activity raises a lot without me doing anything? what is going on? is there a way to check what it is doing?

open terminal run ---> top

to login i have to replug-in the keyboard before it will type. and then the same is true once im logged in, again i first have to replug the keyboard. but i cant get the keyboard to work at all in gnome. any idea how to get gnome to work with the keyboard?

is it a bluetooth keyboard?

emax: i'm actually trying to install it now. but ubuntu keeps asking for the cd

disable the cd-rom repository

how to install ubuntu remix or mid onto a live usb ?

http://edoceo.com/liber/ubuntu-live-usb

hi, anyone here from italy?

though, you aren't italian...? (judging form your isp)

how do i get audio to work again in supertuxkart?

it should work automatically if sound works in everything else