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im trying to install ubuntu, but the installer keeps locking up the computer when the choose keyboard screen starts, any ideas plz?	try the text mode install from the alternate cd
how can i install divx plugin?	what ubuntu version are you using?
hello. i want to automate the ubuntu installation by using preseeds. how can i identify the names of the questions asked in d-i (the debian/ubuntu installer) ? the wiki describes many of them, but i'm not sure they are all there.	if you want a custom install, use remastersys or just clonezilla an exisiting iso
anybody please? i have limited time as this 'issue' fills up my disk pretty fast :/	lynx, w3m, links, wget (commandline)
is there a way to program the fsck to run at every boot?	sudo tune2fs -c 1 /dev/sda1
anybody knows if there if printing in edgy is broken?. it seems to be a problem with gnome-cups, at least in my case	and to answer you i have no problems printing
not sure how to fsck a mounted filesystem, or force it to check on next reboot.	reboot into rescue mode and fsck from there
my .avi is not playing on vlc or 'movie player'. can someone help?	sudo apt-get install mplayer
tell me one thing... sody because so lego... i cant understant that there isnt firewall automaticly when install ubuntu,xubuntu	no firewall manager is needed unless you need to tweak if for a particular app
lo! i want to install the java binaries from the sun website (disregarding the ones in the repository). is there a tutorial to help me integrate them so everything will work?	and then setting the enviromet parameters
i have 2 nics and 2 ips (eth0=10.0.x.x & wlan0=192.168.x.x). is it possible to specify that firefox uses eth0 and another application uses wlan0?	depends on the application. most apps take --interface or -i to specify the interface to run on.
hi, i have some trouble with aptitude, when i run 'aptitude update', i have a 404 error, but i'm able to ping the ip without any problem... anyone have an idea ?	not found, eh... maybe the repo was moved or something...
what is the default gnome way to take a screenshot of a window?	prt scrn plus some modifier (i think)
is there a way to change the terminal so only a custom characters appear instead of user@computer:dir$ ?	here is a sample file and also an entire document on bash, http://tldp.org/ldp/abs/html/sample-bashrc.html
anyone know how i can get mp3 support for amarok?	add/remove ubuntu restricted extras
hey.....can someone explain howto mount my usb connected nokia phone (nokia e51)	i didn't read the whole stuff but it seems it's very easy via bluetooth, but a bit hardy via usb (as there is no pc suite for linux)
using intrepid, i have a digiatl camera, is there a place i can set that camera up for use with intrepid?	i would assume your camera simply acts as a usb storage device when plugged in, in which case you can just plug it in and browse like any other filesystem.
does anyone here know how ubuntu routes midi files for playback? is there some config file somewhere that tells it what to do with midi files when the user asks for them to be played?	see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/softwaresynthesishowto if you need software synthesis and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/hardwaresynthesissetup if you have hardware support and would prefer that
gday everyone..am trying to delete a folder from my home directoryand keep getting this message..cannot move '/home/andy/legends-0.4.0' to the wastebasket because you do not have permissions to change it or its parent folder.	you have to use the terminal. type sudo rm -r folder_name
help: how do i restart x server?	sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart
here is my case.. installed ubuntu lucid. then installed kubuntu-desktop. then updated kde to 4.5 rc2, then removed kubuntu-desktop, so ubuntu got destroyed. so re-installed ubuntu-desktop. now i've got many missing dependencies. trying to install vlc: depedepends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.6.1) but it is not going to be installed. trying to re-install kubuntu-desktop, got a huge list of missing depends too........	apt-get build-dep vlc
http://en.linuxreviews.org/bitlbee advises: '/connect im.bitlbee.org; /j #bitlbee.' i have executed this. it continues advising: 'help commands.' this only lists the well-known irssi commands. it continues advising: 'help quickstart,' but irssi replies: 'no help for quickstart.' how to get rid of that message?	help commands not /help
how can i run apt-get install from a python script?	using the system command?
is there a way for me to share settings and emails of the evolution email client both on windows and ubuntu? and is there evolution for windows anywhere, or is it only available in gnome of ubuntu?	well....could use it with kde.... so i should say free-software-operating-systems-only
can you run them in a terminal?	they don't run in terminal either. you run them simply by typign the name of the shell script without the .sh extension, am i correct?
how do you configure your netwrok adapter (like choosing ssid) from the terminal or commandline?	edit /etc/network/interfaces -- docs in man interfaces
anyone have a link where i can get the snd-hda-intel driver for ubuntu 8.04 ?	no idea if that has the link you want, but it might help
how do i plot a regression curve onto the graph in gnumeric?	http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/doc/sect-graphics-plots-overview-types.shtml
how do you stop recording with desktop recorder... i started but dont know how to stop it.	right click the icon in the top right corner
hey all, my computer just restarted apparently of its own accord, is there some sort of log file or something i can look at to see what may have happened?	maybe something like, system going down or anything that says segfault
hmm, anyone knows when is the new ubuntu distro going to come out?	it's going to be april or around there.
in which release?	sorry for the delay... my hda-intel isn't working in 11.04
evening. what kernel is used in ubuntu 6.06 ?	2.6.15 modified by the ubuntu kernel manteiner (ben collins iirc)
which cd burning program burns iso's right?>	brasero
seriously, why can't there be another way for the average (windows) user to install hardware on linux other than randomly reading hundrets of pages in forums and following random tutorials and still not getting the bloody hardware to work like you want..	what hardware
hello there i have a notebook with a excelent vga (nvidia 8700m 512mb gddr3) and i particually feel that compiz is not necessary..., my question is, by running gnome on metacity will it uses my vga power or not?	in all totality everything will use your card,i have a 8600 m gt
ok b4 i thrash my new cpu, can someone confirm again that i can transfer a hdd with an ubuntu install to a completely different pc?	usually that should be fine
i just installed wireshark , when i start capturing it says like 'there are no interfaces on which a capture can be done '	create wireshark group, add yourself to it, relogin and start wireshark
whats the best way to share my hp printer on my ibex server, its headless so i have to do all cli config, cups still the way to go?	i just install the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package and it installs flash and java.. ive not had to 'tweak/work/mess' with those in ages.
hi could some one please tell me i have duel boot on my system how do i reinstall ubuntu again with out harming the other os for example if i goto manual mode and select the partition where ubuntu is allready installed and click format, and then dont touch the swap does it compleatly remove the old ubuntu or just overright it	that should completely remove the older ersin
whats a good solution for a comprehensive backup of my entire computer running lucid to an external drive, periodically?	duplicity
does anyone know a gnome version of kooka (ocr program)?	xsane is a gtk sane frontend, if that's what you want
i'm trying to figure out how to make it run later during bottup	not to barge in, but make a script and put it into rc.local, that should work
what is it with edgy and no wine candidate in the repo?	add the wine repository
hello, on my desktop are some partitions shown; ...they are called 'data' and 'sda1'...how to rename them?	you may use 'e2label' if they are ext2/3
my sister has ubuntu 8.04 on her computer, and audio worked in totem, but not in flash, why?	known issue with flash and 8.04. it's resolved in 8.10
how do you save a session in firefox?	i think there is an extension that will do that; in iceweasel it seems to be turned on by default
hi all, i have a server running feisty and i am trying to install python-pysqlite2. however its fails to fetch some repositories. could anyone give me some idea	(and then run sudo apt-get update after you do that)
is there a specific way i can search the repos via the terminal like apt-get search 'blah' ?	apt-cache search stuff
what tool would you all recommend for resizing an ntfs partition?	i'd have thought it would make little difference on a single home pc. on a server with millions of files and hundreds of concurrent accesses it makes a huge difference
i'm looking to migrate to subversion 1.7, but cannot find any official packages ... why so far behind?	and i don't see 1.7 even in debian yet or the in-development release of ubuntu. you could try looking for a ppa if you really need it though.
should i download compiz fusion?	compiz fusion is built into the next ubuntu which is out in 6 weeks anyway
is there a way to google from terminal without lynx?	without a terminal based browser, then no
hm. is there a simple command for putting the system in suspend/hibernation mode?	pm-suspend
how would i remotely connect to my ubuntu computer, xdmcp is enabled	prolly not
how can i find out what my touchpad scroll up/down buttons are called, i'd like to bind them to volume up/down	xev
hi, can someone tell me the name of the vnc server built-in in ubuntu ??	there are vino and vinagre - one of them is the server, but i don't remember which
can anyone help me set up gtkpod? i am trying to figure out the ipod's mount point. i can see it on my desktop, but i don't know how to find out where it's mounted.	''mount''
easiest way to do it is just use the download from macromedia/adobe, it should detect all your installed browsers	already had that half typed when you posted what you did
hi all, how can i turn off the notifications (e.g. when somebody goes online in pidgin etc.) at the top right corner of the screen? thanks!	right click the pidgin icon and select preferences, see if what you want to do is in there
on 9.10, i wrote a file of size 4294967295 to my vfat32 flash. it appeared to work (according to ls -l). how can it work when vfat32 has a 4g-1 filesize limit?	that is 3.99999gb
i installed ubuntu 8.04 on a partition along with windows, and am now looking to convert the whole laptop to pure ubuntu; any idea how to delete the windows partition?	gparted
hi. i have dvd writer on /media, and there is liunx iso in my /home/iso , no gui installed, how to write the dvd??	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/cddvdburning
how do i find out my kernel version?	for a server i think 16 is ok. some people had minor hardware problems with 16 but i think they were fixable and adjusted with the newer versions and headers
i which option i can change standard browser ?	system > preferences > preferred applications
please help, how to install pubkey cb2f6c86f77b1ca9 (not gui). thanks in advance	wget it from somewhere then gnupg -import
if i want osx and ubuntu in a dual boot, which do i install first?	i would install osx first, once you have installed ubuntu you should then get the option to boot to either
hi! where can i get a mysql-doc package for breezy ? its not in the repos	patience ...
what is the cli command to query if a package is installed and what version is installed?	dpkg -l packagename
how do i resume command that was stopped with ctrl-z ?	also see `jobs`
how can i add aufs and squashfs modules to my kernel using ubuntu karmic ? thanks	if they are built into the kernrel.. then they are not modules. you would have to recompile the kernel and check them to be built in
what is a good text/cli web browser?	lynx
hello. ive got a problem with evolution. im using gmail. everytime i, for example, delete a mail, it doesnt get deleted in gmail. it does get deleted in evolution and does not appear again, however	meaning 'deleted messages' are purged
i'm having trouble locating the program to make any iso bootable in ubuntu. i have a terrible memory, but i know i used it recently..	unetbootin?
does anyone know where to look up which binary nvidia driver supports which cards? thers the legacy, the new driver...	there's a link to that on the nvidia help page
how can i automatically start a certain process for a certain user at bot?	use @reboot in the users crontab
beautiful, i have experience with route and iptables, hopefully i can figure it out :p	i had a headless cent box routing for me here until the motherboard crapped out; if i had a box i could load an ide drive in, i'd give you my iptables file
is there a way to run a console command (ffmpeg video encoding in my case) so it only uses a set amount (in percentage) of cpu resources ?	would you be satisfied with giving it the resources after other processes? (man nice renice)
how do i open nautilus as root?	terminal: 'gksu nautilus'
my wubi installer crashes on windows xp sp3 : an error says : 'writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings'. it looks like python exception. any idea of where does that come from ?	https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/365642
does anyone know how to setup a public git repository?	never done it before but the instructions on github are very straightforward
is there a program that i can use to capture input from a usb digital signature pad?	try looking up the make and model of your pad in the forum
where does the default .bashrc come from? /usr/something/skel?	/etc/skel, should be
how i can make my grub not to ask me to select a which version of kernel to boot?	there's an option in your /boot/grub/menu.lst toward the top
why isn't ubuntu using mozilla-firefox 1.5 yet?	dont paste
i am installing ubuntu from the alt cd using text mode, after base sytem installation system rebootet and now i have the login screen. how do i go on to the installation of packages etc...?? i am confused	login, then sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get upgrade
what does cvs stand for ?	cvs is a type of versoin control
come on gents... pretty please - someone must know the command for adding a root capable user....	add a user and stick them in the admin group.
how can i stop the graphical server (and start it up again?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop and close session
anyone knows how to take of the network manger icon from the systemtray?	go to system preferences->sessions and deactivate network manager.... the next time you reboot, it will be away
does installing ubuntu from usb make any changes to the usb?	usb should be yntouched
hi all. how do i make sure i have the latest possible packages? i want zend-framework 1.7.8, but apt-cache search gives me 1.5.3....	also you could check if the software site has its own repo
does anyone in here know the names of the packages for ghostscript?	gs-common
i would like to let a bashscript configure my crontab jobs. but i can't figure out how to get the entry in the cron file. anyone?	other than that, pipe the output of your script to the users cron file
there used to be an application in gnome that let you pick a color from anything on screen and copy the hex value to the clipboard. can someone tell me the name of that?	try gcolor2
can someone tell me where system links are stored when i use the ln command? i'm trying to erase an old link before creating a new one.	well, there's more too it, but for all intents and purposes you delete the link, the link is gone
usermod -d will change a user's home directory. is there a way i can print what the current home directory is set to for particular user?	echo $home ?
does ubuntu server come wtih gnome?	not by default, no
are there currently any known issues with ppa.launchpad.net? i'm seeing some 404's on an update	ppas aren't gauranteed to exist forever. do you see the packages listed on the ppa page for that software?
is there a command i can type to disconnect all current scp (ssh) connections?	sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart or sudo /etc/init.d/openssh restart ... not sure which

im trying to install ubuntu, but the installer keeps locking up the computer when the choose keyboard screen starts, any ideas plz?

try the text mode install from the alternate cd

how can i install divx plugin?

what ubuntu version are you using?

hello. i want to automate the ubuntu installation by using preseeds. how can i identify the names of the questions asked in d-i (the debian/ubuntu installer) ? the wiki describes many of them, but i'm not sure they are all there.

if you want a custom install, use remastersys or just clonezilla an exisiting iso

anybody please? i have limited time as this 'issue' fills up my disk pretty fast :/

lynx, w3m, links, wget (commandline)

is there a way to program the fsck to run at every boot?

sudo tune2fs -c 1 /dev/sda1

anybody knows if there if printing in edgy is broken?. it seems to be a problem with gnome-cups, at least in my case

and to answer you i have no problems printing

not sure how to fsck a mounted filesystem, or force it to check on next reboot.

reboot into rescue mode and fsck from there

my .avi is not playing on vlc or 'movie player'. can someone help?

sudo apt-get install mplayer

tell me one thing... sody because so lego... i cant understant that there isnt firewall automaticly when install ubuntu,xubuntu

no firewall manager is needed unless you need to tweak if for a particular app

lo! i want to install the java binaries from the sun website (disregarding the ones in the repository). is there a tutorial to help me integrate them so everything will work?

and then setting the enviromet parameters

i have 2 nics and 2 ips (eth0=10.0.x.x & wlan0=192.168.x.x). is it possible to specify that firefox uses eth0 and another application uses wlan0?

depends on the application. most apps take --interface or -i to specify the interface to run on.

hi, i have some trouble with aptitude, when i run 'aptitude update', i have a 404 error, but i'm able to ping the ip without any problem... anyone have an idea ?

not found, eh... maybe the repo was moved or something...

what is the default gnome way to take a screenshot of a window?

prt scrn plus some modifier (i think)

is there a way to change the terminal so only a custom characters appear instead of user@computer:dir$ ?

here is a sample file and also an entire document on bash, http://tldp.org/ldp/abs/html/sample-bashrc.html

anyone know how i can get mp3 support for amarok?

add/remove ubuntu restricted extras

hey.....can someone explain howto mount my usb connected nokia phone (nokia e51)

i didn't read the whole stuff but it seems it's very easy via bluetooth, but a bit hardy via usb (as there is no pc suite for linux)

using intrepid, i have a digiatl camera, is there a place i can set that camera up for use with intrepid?

i would assume your camera simply acts as a usb storage device when plugged in, in which case you can just plug it in and browse like any other filesystem.

does anyone here know how ubuntu routes midi files for playback? is there some config file somewhere that tells it what to do with midi files when the user asks for them to be played?

see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/softwaresynthesishowto if you need software synthesis and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/hardwaresynthesissetup if you have hardware support and would prefer that

gday everyone..am trying to delete a folder from my home directoryand keep getting this message..cannot move '/home/andy/legends-0.4.0' to the wastebasket because you do not have permissions to change it or its parent folder.

you have to use the terminal. type sudo rm -r folder_name

help: how do i restart x server?

sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart

here is my case.. installed ubuntu lucid. then installed kubuntu-desktop. then updated kde to 4.5 rc2, then removed kubuntu-desktop, so ubuntu got destroyed. so re-installed ubuntu-desktop. now i've got many missing dependencies. trying to install vlc: depedepends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.6.1) but it is not going to be installed. trying to re-install kubuntu-desktop, got a huge list of missing depends too........

apt-get build-dep vlc

http://en.linuxreviews.org/bitlbee advises: '/connect im.bitlbee.org; /j #bitlbee.' i have executed this. it continues advising: 'help commands.' this only lists the well-known irssi commands. it continues advising: 'help quickstart,' but irssi replies: 'no help for quickstart.' how to get rid of that message?

help commands not /help

how can i run apt-get install from a python script?

using the system command?

is there a way for me to share settings and emails of the evolution email client both on windows and ubuntu? and is there evolution for windows anywhere, or is it only available in gnome of ubuntu?

well....could use it with kde.... so i should say free-software-operating-systems-only

can you run them in a terminal?

they don't run in terminal either. you run them simply by typign the name of the shell script without the .sh extension, am i correct?

how do you configure your netwrok adapter (like choosing ssid) from the terminal or commandline?

edit /etc/network/interfaces -- docs in man interfaces

anyone have a link where i can get the snd-hda-intel driver for ubuntu 8.04 ?

no idea if that has the link you want, but it might help

how do i plot a regression curve onto the graph in gnumeric?

http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/doc/sect-graphics-plots-overview-types.shtml

how do you stop recording with desktop recorder... i started but dont know how to stop it.

right click the icon in the top right corner

hey all, my computer just restarted apparently of its own accord, is there some sort of log file or something i can look at to see what may have happened?

maybe something like, system going down or anything that says segfault

hmm, anyone knows when is the new ubuntu distro going to come out?

it's going to be april or around there.

in which release?

sorry for the delay... my hda-intel isn't working in 11.04

evening. what kernel is used in ubuntu 6.06 ?

2.6.15 modified by the ubuntu kernel manteiner (ben collins iirc)

which cd burning program burns iso's right?>

brasero

seriously, why can't there be another way for the average (windows) user to install hardware on linux other than randomly reading hundrets of pages in forums and following random tutorials and still not getting the bloody hardware to work like you want..

what hardware

hello there i have a notebook with a excelent vga (nvidia 8700m 512mb gddr3) and i particually feel that compiz is not necessary..., my question is, by running gnome on metacity will it uses my vga power or not?

in all totality everything will use your card,i have a 8600 m gt

ok b4 i thrash my new cpu, can someone confirm again that i can transfer a hdd with an ubuntu install to a completely different pc?

usually that should be fine

i just installed wireshark , when i start capturing it says like 'there are no interfaces on which a capture can be done '

create wireshark group, add yourself to it, relogin and start wireshark

whats the best way to share my hp printer on my ibex server, its headless so i have to do all cli config, cups still the way to go?

i just install the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package and it installs flash and java.. ive not had to 'tweak/work/mess' with those in ages.

hi could some one please tell me i have duel boot on my system how do i reinstall ubuntu again with out harming the other os for example if i goto manual mode and select the partition where ubuntu is allready installed and click format, and then dont touch the swap does it compleatly remove the old ubuntu or just overright it

that should completely remove the older ersin

whats a good solution for a comprehensive backup of my entire computer running lucid to an external drive, periodically?

duplicity

does anyone know a gnome version of kooka (ocr program)?

xsane is a gtk sane frontend, if that's what you want

i'm trying to figure out how to make it run later during bottup

not to barge in, but make a script and put it into rc.local, that should work

what is it with edgy and no wine candidate in the repo?

add the wine repository

hello, on my desktop are some partitions shown; ...they are called 'data' and 'sda1'...how to rename them?

you may use 'e2label' if they are ext2/3

my sister has ubuntu 8.04 on her computer, and audio worked in totem, but not in flash, why?

known issue with flash and 8.04. it's resolved in 8.10

how do you save a session in firefox?

i think there is an extension that will do that; in iceweasel it seems to be turned on by default

hi all, i have a server running feisty and i am trying to install python-pysqlite2. however its fails to fetch some repositories. could anyone give me some idea

(and then run sudo apt-get update after you do that)

is there a specific way i can search the repos via the terminal like apt-get search 'blah' ?

apt-cache search *stuff*

what tool would you all recommend for resizing an ntfs partition?

i'd have thought it would make little difference on a single home pc. on a server with millions of files and hundreds of concurrent accesses it makes a huge difference

i'm looking to migrate to subversion 1.7, but cannot find any official packages ... why so far behind?

and i don't see 1.7 even in debian yet or the in-development release of ubuntu. you could try looking for a ppa if you really need it though.

should i download compiz fusion?

compiz fusion is built into the next ubuntu which is out in 6 weeks anyway

is there a way to google from terminal without lynx?

without a terminal based browser, then no

hm. is there a simple command for putting the system in suspend/hibernation mode?

pm-suspend

how would i remotely connect to my ubuntu computer, xdmcp is enabled

prolly not

how can i find out what my touchpad scroll up/down buttons are called, i'd like to bind them to volume up/down

xev

hi, can someone tell me the name of the vnc server built-in in ubuntu ??

there are vino and vinagre - one of them is the server, but i don't remember which

can anyone help me set up gtkpod? i am trying to figure out the ipod's mount point. i can see it on my desktop, but i don't know how to find out where it's mounted.

''mount''

easiest way to do it is just use the download from macromedia/adobe, it should detect all your installed browsers

already had that half typed when you posted what you did

hi all, how can i turn off the notifications (e.g. when somebody goes online in pidgin etc.) at the top right corner of the screen? thanks!

right click the pidgin icon and select preferences, see if what you want to do is in there

on 9.10, i wrote a file of size 4294967295 to my vfat32 flash. it appeared to work (according to ls -l). how can it work when vfat32 has a 4g-1 filesize limit?

that is 3.99999gb

i installed ubuntu 8.04 on a partition along with windows, and am now looking to convert the whole laptop to pure ubuntu; any idea how to delete the windows partition?

gparted

hi. i have dvd writer on /media, and there is liunx iso in my /home/iso , no gui installed, how to write the dvd??

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/cddvdburning

how do i find out my kernel version?

for a server i think 16 is ok. some people had minor hardware problems with 16 but i think they were fixable and adjusted with the newer versions and headers

i which option i can change standard browser ?

system > preferences > preferred applications

please help, how to install pubkey cb2f6c86f77b1ca9 (not gui). thanks in advance

wget it from somewhere then gnupg -import

if i want osx and ubuntu in a dual boot, which do i install first?

i would install osx first, once you have installed ubuntu you should then get the option to boot to either

hi! where can i get a mysql-doc package for breezy ? its not in the repos

patience ...

what is the cli command to query if a package is installed and what version is installed?

dpkg -l packagename

how do i resume command that was stopped with ctrl-z ?

also see `jobs`

how can i add aufs and squashfs modules to my kernel using ubuntu karmic ? thanks

if they are built into the kernrel.. then they are not modules. you would have to recompile the kernel and check them to be built in

what is a good text/cli web browser?

lynx

hello. ive got a problem with evolution. im using gmail. everytime i, for example, delete a mail, it doesnt get deleted in gmail. it does get deleted in evolution and does not appear again, however

meaning 'deleted messages' are purged

i'm having trouble locating the program to make any iso bootable in ubuntu. i have a terrible memory, but i know i used it recently..

unetbootin?

does anyone know where to look up which binary nvidia driver supports which cards? thers the legacy, the new driver...

there's a link to that on the nvidia help page

how can i automatically start a certain process for a certain user at bot?

use @reboot in the users crontab

beautiful, i have experience with route and iptables, hopefully i can figure it out :p

i had a headless cent box routing for me here until the motherboard crapped out; if i had a box i could load an ide drive in, i'd give you my iptables file

is there a way to run a console command (ffmpeg video encoding in my case) so it only uses a set amount (in percentage) of cpu resources ?

would you be satisfied with giving it the resources after other processes? (man nice renice)

how do i open nautilus as root?

terminal: 'gksu nautilus'

my wubi installer crashes on windows xp sp3 : an error says : 'writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings'. it looks like python exception. any idea of where does that come from ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/365642

does anyone know how to setup a public git repository?

never done it before but the instructions on github are very straightforward

is there a program that i can use to capture input from a usb digital signature pad?

try looking up the make and model of your pad in the forum

where does the default .bashrc come from? /usr/something/skel?

/etc/skel, should be

how i can make my grub not to ask me to select a which version of kernel to boot?

there's an option in your /boot/grub/menu.lst toward the top

why isn't ubuntu using mozilla-firefox 1.5 yet?

dont paste

i am installing ubuntu from the alt cd using text mode, after base sytem installation system rebootet and now i have the login screen. how do i go on to the installation of packages etc...?? i am confused

login, then sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get upgrade

what does cvs stand for ?

cvs is a type of versoin control

come on gents... pretty please - someone must know the command for adding a root capable user....

add a user and stick them in the admin group.

how can i stop the graphical server (and start it up again?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop and close session

anyone knows how to take of the network manger icon from the systemtray?

go to system preferences->sessions and deactivate network manager.... the next time you reboot, it will be away

does installing ubuntu from usb make any changes to the usb?

usb should be yntouched

hi all. how do i make sure i have the latest possible packages? i want zend-framework 1.7.8, but apt-cache search gives me 1.5.3....

also you could check if the software site has its own repo

does anyone in here know the names of the packages for ghostscript?

gs-common

i would like to let a bashscript configure my crontab jobs. but i can't figure out how to get the entry in the cron file. anyone?

other than that, pipe the output of your script to the users cron file

there used to be an application in gnome that let you pick a color from anything on screen and copy the hex value to the clipboard. can someone tell me the name of that?

try gcolor2

can someone tell me where system links are stored when i use the ln command? i'm trying to erase an old link before creating a new one.

well, there's more too it, but for all intents and purposes you delete the link, the link is gone

usermod -d will change a user's home directory. is there a way i can print what the current home directory is set to for particular user?

echo $home ?

does ubuntu server come wtih gnome?

not by default, no

are there currently any known issues with ppa.launchpad.net? i'm seeing some 404's on an update

ppas aren't gauranteed to exist forever. do you see the packages listed on the ppa page for that software?

is there a command i can type to disconnect all current scp (ssh) connections?

sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart or sudo /etc/init.d/openssh restart ... not sure which