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hi there, quick question, i previously installed kubuntu and now the kubunt login screen took over the previous ubuntu login screen, does anyone know how to revert it? many thanks.	try to change session on the loginpage
when a friend of mine unplugs his power adapter from his laptop, it goes into standby, any ideas?	research apm, automatic power management, it messys with my battery too, and i'm running a desktop.
mm, weird - no processes listed for that user but still it claims to be logged in when i attempt to delete the user	well, gnash won't play youtube videos, but that's not a problem with ff
is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system?	sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ?
is firefox 3 in the repos ?	the main server has it too
i've got a question, i installed ubuntu amongside windows, and i wanted to install it on a certain partition, but on the install i didn't selected custom install and it installed without asking anything.now the problem is i don't know where does ubuntu was installed, i mean on what partition.the partition i wanted ubuntu to be installed was in fact unpartitionned.	does windows still boot?
how can i check which is my default shell?	echo $shell (i think?)
hi, i'm running breezy on ppc this morning i was updating... any suggestions cuz x-common gave me this error: e: /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/x11/fonts', which is also in package xfonts-base	its a known issue and on forums....in breezy badger forum..i just installed breezy so i dont know if im affected ( not everyone is apparantly)
hi guys .. i want to add/remove program but this error msg appear .. 'e: archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.' .. what should i do?	in a console type 'sudo mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial'
in other news, how do i launch a task-manager in gnome? is there one that already launches according to some key combo?	pretty sure it is there
can anyone tell me the symlink to get java working in ububtu6 ... please ?!?	ubotu will have sent you instructions about java in ubuntu 6.06.
guys what is better thunderbird or evoloution?	- either - gmail has an imap interface
i need a help...someone should tell me ubuntu defaults fonts 'cause ive messed up with mine	just 'sans' for everything and 'monospace' for terminal fonts
perhaps someone can help me with the following: windows are opening in such an initial position that the title bare is hidden behind my main ubuntu 'apps place system etc..' bar -- how can i fix this?	i 'fixed' that by enabling auto-hide on the top menu
anyone can help?? i can only see gnome when i run 'openbox/gnome'-session	metacity
if i become root now will it cause conflicts with the echo commands that i did as sudo?	i am checking for you in another channel hold on
it doesn't look like apt-get install php5 is enough to give a person a php executable.	apt-cache search php cli ? is that what you want?
how can i make my intel hd audio work right !!! i am using hoary and kernel linux-686-smp (2.6.10-5-696-smp)	if someone knows, they will answer up
is there any compatibility problem to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10? i saw in some forums some people concerning about it..is that true?	there's a new version of grub in 9.10.. apart from that i think it should be fine.. backups are good though, as always
can i ask one question off topic? what is the name of that thing that has two wheels and you drive it standing and make it move by leaning forward. i saw police on airport driving them.	those are segway
how do i set the timezone (non-graphically)?	if it isn't you can always run base-config, that should allow you to set it
hello. when installing ubuntu, is the main partition and swap supposed go be primary or is the main supposed to be primary and swap logical?	primary and logical partitions are only interesting if you want to stay flexible with regard to your partition-scheme
hi, is there way to force nm-applet to re-search for wireless networks? instead waiting it for searching?	right click on the icon, disable wireless, then re enable it
how do i find out a computer is running 32-bit or 64bit ubuntu	`uname -m` in a terminal.
is it possible for anyone of u to take over my comp right now over the net??	why not fix it yourself?
no, you can't cut the branch you are sitting on, you can't repair a car engine while driving	well, i figured there might be a way to at least destabilize it enough that my live usb would work again.
why are there two actions schedulers listed in services (anacron and atd) and two computer activity loggers (klogd and sysklogd) and two power managements (acpid and apmd) ... can i disable one of each?	though i could remove at without breaking anything
hi anyone , i am having some problem with the clock weather .the weather doesn't show up.uinsg ubuntu 9.10	did you choose your city?
when i installed karmic i couldn't connect wep networks. is that fixed in the network manager ppa?	network manager has supported wep networks for years
where are network settins kept on ubuntu so i don't have to use this network configuration tool on xorg	i think it's /etc/network
so the new ubuntu is around the corner. if i do the update (from 9.04) will that reset my themes, settings etc?	yes that stuff is all in your ~. shouldn't touch anyting in your home
what's the proper way to manage the java classpath in ubuntu?	you can set your classpath in your .profile or .bashrc_profile or any of the profile related configs..but key is the classpath
how to create a root acount in ubuntu	sudo passwd
how long should it take to repartition a 80g drive during installation. its supposedly has been at it for a while now but no drive light activity is showi	shouldn't take very long
ubunteros: i hear there is a new version of skype (finally) available on linux. is the version in ubuntu-software the latest version or bet to dl directly from skype's website? and who is 'precise-partner source' ?	not completely sure about this, but i read that skype in the canonical repository is a version 2.12, so i guess you are better off downloading from skype directly
i am trying to find a way to run sshfs on startup. i already have everything setup, including remote keys... so that i only need to execute the sshfs command to mount the remote drive...	/etc/rc.conf
hello...speak al in english? nobody speak english?	we all speak english, other languages have their own channels.
hi all, i originally installed kubuntu, but now i want to try gnome rather than kde, i did install a packet named 'gnome' and some stuff that came with it, is that all or should i install other stuff as well so i have the full package from a typical ubuntu install ?	ubuntu-desktop
how to setup timeserver?	then edit /etc/ntp.conf
will the content of my desktop be deleted if i reinstall the ubuntu-desktop metapackage? (sorry for being so newbie!) :-)	no, the content of your desktop is stored in your home directory
how do i shut off the slapping of the bongos @ login screen?	delete /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg
i have successfully used 'fwcutter' to connect my wireless adapter. what does 'fwcutter' do?	these parts cannot be distributed with linux as technically they are not free
can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through usb port?????	right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject'
hi guys,,, lets say i am in windows(god forbid), how can i access my linux partiions..is it possible	get an ext3 driver
someone who already knows if java is fully installed on ubuntu? for example, it is able to install limewire without any trouble?	you could always install it and check it out
does the ubuntu cd (~700 mb) contain all the programs i can install via the ubuntu software center to the point where i don't need internet access as long as i have the cd with me?	it's a 382gb download
do you guys think it's ok to leave an external usb drive going?	why not, an external hd is an internal hd with a plastic cover.
anyone had problems with flash on /some/ sites (myspace music, fb games but not youtube etc) for firefox? have tried many things and all works fine under chrome!!	yup yup, exactly. for instance vimeo is bleh, does hardly run at all, while youtube is perfect.
any repos with firefox 4 yet?	you can use silverwave ppa, it installs besides the standard ff
hey is there a support channel just for gnome (classic)? cause gnome classic is so amazing-backfall that i have to go there. :p	its in the repos, so is supported here
i have an old machine with a geforce 4 mx and want to know which version of ubuntu or what driver will give the best video performance or directly support that card in general?	try 9.10, if that doesn't work.. try with the latest lts.. !lts for more info on that
how can i set the compression level over ssh on the command line?	i believe like: ssh -c -o compressionlevel# where # is 1-9
i need to format a drive partition (/media/sda3) what the command to use?	i think you have to unmount and give it the /dev
can someone tell me how to upgrade from hoary to breezy using the iso image without burning a cd-rom	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/breezyupgrade
define edge scrolling? do you mean moving your mouse beyond the edge of the desktop to go to the next that kinda thing?	touchpads on laptops have the right side dedicated to the same functionality of a mouse's scroll wheel
anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?	not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked
hi. looking for a program that will synchronize the contents (file by file) of my usb drive and my home directory. if file.usb is newer than file.home, file.usb is the file copied to both drives. and vice versa. more complex than simply copying a drive. any ideas?	try unison
is apache2-mpm-peruser included as a package for any version of ubuntu?	you can check packages.ubuntu.com to check the other versions
i've got ubuntu up and running, with 2 nics...and this strange virtual nic called eth:avahi showed up. what is this?	eth0:avahi can be ignored
if i have a bin file under ~/bin, how do i make my system recognice its there?	without installing it?
i've just resized my win xp drive to give me 10gb of unallocated disk space, should i manually create the partitions to install ubuntu, or should i let the install cd allocate the space itself? i want to reserve about 2gb to set aside for a fat32 partition so that i can safely transfer data between winxp and ubuntu, would i be better creating that partition first before installing ubuntu	create the fat32 partition, then let the installer decide for the rest.
is there a url that lists the packages available for ubuntu?	http://packages.ubuntu.com
hello, how do i set default system's volume to a specific level? ubuntu sets my volume to 0% on startup.	set the volume where you want it, then at a terminal type 'sudo alsactl store'
which ubuntu package contains the file parskip.py?	dpkg -s parskip.sty
how can i run in a cli environment away from x?	ctrl+shift+f7 to get back to x
this is pretty frustrating. how do you edit your xorg.conf to detect a different graphics card? (it's detecting vanta/vanta lt but i have a riva tnt2 card.)	cards may have different names and the same chip sets
hey peep, anybody knows a good artist-site, who makes nice icons for gnome ?	http://jimmac.musichall.cz
do we have to install an anti virus?	clamav is nice (free) antivirus software for linux. but honestly you should only worry if you're running a mail server that serves mail to windows users. otherwise if you're just talking about your desktop you're very safe without i
found something ... how may i get into /home/.trash-root/ ? (it's a root directory)	try this -- gksudo nautilus /home/.trash-root
i'm installing ubuntu on a new machine, and the installer froze up at 'setting up the clock.' what do i do?	is it online?
localhost probably. you can type `uname -a` at t he command line and seethe second field	'uname -n' to get just that part
in ubuntu where does the python exacutable live	/usr/bin/python
i just upgraded from hoary to breezy, and nautilus has no icons for folders. is this a common problem?	try to reset your desktop theme
i need to see what processes are taking up cpu time in real time. is there something other than task manager that can do this for me?	htop
any quick way to install the necessary packages for a lamp server? a single apt-get line, for example.	sudo tasksel
how do i forward an email from gmail?	click forward top right, or bottom right
i leave my notebook on 24/7, it is not a laptop (the fans are on the bottom of the notebook), and when i use it on my lap im careful not to cover the fans. i am asking about what i can do to cool it down, because at night i leave it on my table and shut the lid, but sometimes (once every few weeks) it overheats and shuts down, more frequently in summer it shuts down because of overheating (i am guessing) because no matter what os	there are laptop coolers you can set it on that will move air from under it
hi, does anybody know what is that web browser, it says mozilla but it is not firefox. i think i saw it on backtrack.	seamonkey?
hi, i just installed a .deb package with alien but can't find where it actually installed the files	dpkg --listfiles packagename
hi...is there a way to import working drivers from a previous kernel to a newer one?	no; you have to recompile them if you builded from source
are there any pdf readers for a terminal?	pdftotext
my keyboards both shift keys are not working for unknown reasons. may be my keyboard has expired. so i want to know how could i assign the role of shift key to someother key	try the keyboard in the console, see if it works properly there..its odd that both shift keys would go bad.
what is the apt-get command to completely remove application and their configuration files ?	man apt-get
any terminal utility that shows varous info about a file?	'file foo'?
i would like to install apache httpd, i don't see it in the add/remove applications dialogue. i have no problems with compiling from source, but is that the best way forward?	system>admin>synaptic
how, whats the default permission-set for a file? (digits)	644 unless it's executable then its 755
hello, is there some kind of way to set alarm in gnome to play file	or use cron to trigger...
hi. little question. do you see any 'advantage' using a the self-compiled fglrx driver?	there is no self compiled fglrx driver. if you install it yourself you compile the interface bit of it, but most of it is binary. installing yourself can be the only way to get brand new versions. depends on how current a repository you can get for it i guess
hello, i am trying to mount an sd card. when i type 'sudo mount /dev/sde /mnt/sdhc' i get an error: 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type'. however, when i try 'sudo mount -t fat32 /dev/sde /mnt/sdhc' or variations thereof, i get the error: 'mount: unknown filesystem type 'fat32''. what am i doing worng?	it's vfat
hi, i installed the wacom-kernel-source via m-a 'by accident' (long story...). could anyone tell me how to remove it since it seems to be in the way of installing fakeroot	what happens with sudo apt-get remove wacom-kernel-source ?
do you know where i can find assembly instructions set for my core2duo processor ?	http://www.sandpile.org/
for shell scripting, if i have 'name.c' in an env var, how would i extract just 'name'?	man basename
my system seems to be using about 50% cpu, can anyone tell me what bonobo-activation-server is?	nautilus runs by default, it displays your desktop icons
omg help me please i made a folder in /var/www for a user of my server but how doi allow only him to edit the contents of that folder	sudo chown username /var/www/thefolder
how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.	maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop
which xorg version does the latestet ubuntu use? (10.04)	ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 the x.org x server
one last question: does the 64 bit version of kubuntu only work on amd pocessors?	its just called amd64 because amd created the architecture first so they named it
what is the best way to remotely back up a system, like using clonezilla remotely. can i install clonezilla and ssh on the remote machine	rsnapshot
can any one tell me how to scroll the content in gnome-terminal without using mouse	shift + page up
is xchat available on windows ?	nickrud http://www.silverex.org/download/

hi there, quick question, i previously installed kubuntu and now the kubunt login screen took over the previous ubuntu login screen, does anyone know how to revert it? many thanks.

try to change session on the loginpage

when a friend of mine unplugs his power adapter from his laptop, it goes into standby, any ideas?

research apm, automatic power management, it messys with my battery too, and i'm running a desktop.

mm, weird - no processes listed for that user but still it claims to be logged in when i attempt to delete the user

well, gnash won't play youtube videos, but that's not a problem with ff

is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system?

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ?

is firefox 3 in the repos ?

the main server has it too

i've got a question, i installed ubuntu amongside windows, and i wanted to install it on a certain partition, but on the install i didn't selected custom install and it installed without asking anything.now the problem is i don't know where does ubuntu was installed, i mean on what partition.the partition i wanted ubuntu to be installed was in fact unpartitionned.

does windows still boot?

how can i check which is my default shell?

echo $shell (i think?)

hi, i'm running breezy on ppc this morning i was updating... any suggestions cuz x-common gave me this error: e: /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/x11/fonts', which is also in package xfonts-base

its a known issue and on forums....in breezy badger forum..i just installed breezy so i dont know if im affected ( not everyone is apparantly)

hi guys .. i want to add/remove program but this error msg appear .. 'e: archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.' .. what should i do?

in a console type 'sudo mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial'

in other news, how do i launch a task-manager in gnome? is there one that already launches according to some key combo?

pretty sure it is there

can anyone tell me the symlink to get java working in ububtu6 ... please ?!?

ubotu will have sent you instructions about java in ubuntu 6.06.

guys what is better thunderbird or evoloution?

- either - gmail has an imap interface

i need a help...someone should tell me ubuntu defaults fonts 'cause ive messed up with mine

just 'sans' for everything and 'monospace' for terminal fonts

perhaps someone can help me with the following: windows are opening in such an initial position that the title bare is hidden behind my main ubuntu 'apps place system etc..' bar -- how can i fix this?

i 'fixed' that by enabling auto-hide on the top menu

anyone can help?? i can only see gnome when i run 'openbox/gnome'-session

metacity

if i become root now will it cause conflicts with the echo commands that i did as sudo?

i am checking for you in another channel hold on

it doesn't look like apt-get install php5 is enough to give a person a php executable.

apt-cache search php cli ? is that what you want?

how can i make my intel hd audio work right !!! i am using hoary and kernel linux-686-smp (2.6.10-5-696-smp)

if someone knows, they will answer up

is there any compatibility problem to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10? i saw in some forums some people concerning about it..is that true?

there's a new version of grub in 9.10.. apart from that i think it should be fine.. backups are good though, as always

can i ask one question off topic? what is the name of that thing that has two wheels and you drive it standing and make it move by leaning forward. i saw police on airport driving them.

those are segway

how do i set the timezone (non-graphically)?

if it isn't you can always run base-config, that should allow you to set it

hello. when installing ubuntu, is the main partition and swap supposed go be primary or is the main supposed to be primary and swap logical?

primary and logical partitions are only interesting if you want to stay flexible with regard to your partition-scheme

hi, is there way to force nm-applet to re-search for wireless networks? instead waiting it for searching?

right click on the icon, disable wireless, then re enable it

how do i find out a computer is running 32-bit or 64bit ubuntu

`uname -m` in a terminal.

is it possible for anyone of u to take over my comp right now over the net??

why not fix it yourself?

no, you can't cut the branch you are sitting on, you can't repair a car engine while driving

well, i figured there might be a way to at least destabilize it enough that my live usb would work again.

why are there two actions schedulers listed in services (anacron and atd) and two computer activity loggers (klogd and sysklogd) and two power managements (acpid and apmd) ... can i disable one of each?

though i could remove at without breaking anything

hi anyone , i am having some problem with the clock weather .the weather doesn't show up.uinsg ubuntu 9.10

did you choose your city?

when i installed karmic i couldn't connect wep networks. is that fixed in the network manager ppa?

network manager has supported wep networks for years

where are network settins kept on ubuntu so i don't have to use this network configuration tool on xorg

i think it's /etc/network

so the new ubuntu is around the corner. if i do the update (from 9.04) will that reset my themes, settings etc?

yes that stuff is all in your ~. shouldn't touch anyting in your home

what's the proper way to manage the java classpath in ubuntu?

you can set your classpath in your .profile or .bashrc_profile or any of the profile related configs..but key is the classpath

how to create a root acount in ubuntu

sudo passwd

how long should it take to repartition a 80g drive during installation. its supposedly has been at it for a while now but no drive light activity is showi

shouldn't take very long

ubunteros: i hear there is a new version of skype (finally) available on linux. is the version in ubuntu-software the latest version or bet to dl directly from skype's website? and who is 'precise-partner source' ?

not completely sure about this, but i read that skype in the canonical repository is a version 2.12, so i guess you are better off downloading from skype directly

i am trying to find a way to run sshfs on startup. i already have everything setup, including remote keys... so that i only need to execute the sshfs command to mount the remote drive...

/etc/rc.conf

hello...speak al in english? nobody speak english?

we all speak english, other languages have their own channels.

hi all, i originally installed kubuntu, but now i want to try gnome rather than kde, i did install a packet named 'gnome' and some stuff that came with it, is that all or should i install other stuff as well so i have the full package from a typical ubuntu install ?

ubuntu-desktop

how to setup timeserver?

then edit /etc/ntp.conf

will the content of my desktop be deleted if i reinstall the ubuntu-desktop metapackage? (sorry for being so newbie!) :-)

no, the content of your desktop is stored in your home directory

how do i shut off the slapping of the bongos @ login screen?

delete /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg

i have successfully used 'fwcutter' to connect my wireless adapter. what does 'fwcutter' do?

these parts cannot be distributed with linux as technically they are not free

can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through usb port?????

right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject'

hi guys,,, lets say i am in windows(god forbid), how can i access my linux partiions..is it possible

get an ext3 driver

someone who already knows if java is fully installed on ubuntu? for example, it is able to install limewire without any trouble?

you could always install it and check it out

does the ubuntu cd (~700 mb) contain all the programs i can install via the ubuntu software center to the point where i don't need internet access as long as i have the cd with me?

it's a 382gb download

do you guys think it's ok to leave an external usb drive going?

why not, an external hd is an internal hd with a plastic cover.

anyone had problems with flash on /some/ sites (myspace music, fb games but not youtube etc) for firefox? have tried many things and all works fine under chrome!!

yup yup, exactly. for instance vimeo is bleh, does hardly run at all, while youtube is perfect.

any repos with firefox 4 yet?

you can use silverwave ppa, it installs besides the standard ff

hey is there a support channel just for gnome (classic)? cause gnome classic is so amazing-backfall that i have to go there. :p

its in the repos, so is supported here

i have an old machine with a geforce 4 mx and want to know which version of ubuntu or what driver will give the best video performance or directly support that card in general?

try 9.10, if that doesn't work.. try with the latest lts.. !lts for more info on that

how can i set the compression level over ssh on the command line?

i believe like: ssh -c -o compressionlevel# where # is 1-9

i need to format a drive partition (/media/sda3) what the command to use?

i think you have to unmount and give it the /dev

can someone tell me how to upgrade from hoary to breezy using the iso image without burning a cd-rom

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/breezyupgrade

define edge scrolling? do you mean moving your mouse beyond the edge of the desktop to go to the next that kinda thing?

touchpads on laptops have the right side dedicated to the same functionality of a mouse's scroll wheel

anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?

not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked

hi. looking for a program that will synchronize the contents (file by file) of my usb drive and my home directory. if file.usb is newer than file.home, file.usb is the file copied to both drives. and vice versa. more complex than simply copying a drive. any ideas?

try unison

is apache2-mpm-peruser included as a package for any version of ubuntu?

you can check packages.ubuntu.com to check the other versions

i've got ubuntu up and running, with 2 nics...and this strange virtual nic called eth:avahi showed up. what is this?

eth0:avahi can be ignored

if i have a bin file under ~/bin, how do i make my system recognice its there?

without installing it?

i've just resized my win xp drive to give me 10gb of unallocated disk space, should i manually create the partitions to install ubuntu, or should i let the install cd allocate the space itself? i want to reserve about 2gb to set aside for a fat32 partition so that i can safely transfer data between winxp and ubuntu, would i be better creating that partition first before installing ubuntu

create the fat32 partition, then let the installer decide for the rest.

is there a url that lists the packages available for ubuntu?

http://packages.ubuntu.com

hello, how do i set default system's volume to a specific level? ubuntu sets my volume to 0% on startup.

set the volume where you want it, then at a terminal type 'sudo alsactl store'

which ubuntu package contains the file parskip.py?

dpkg -s parskip.sty

how can i run in a cli environment away from x?

ctrl+shift+f7 to get back to x

this is pretty frustrating. how do you edit your xorg.conf to detect a different graphics card? (it's detecting vanta/vanta lt but i have a riva tnt2 card.)

cards may have different names and the same chip sets

hey peep, anybody knows a good artist-site, who makes nice icons for gnome ?

http://jimmac.musichall.cz

do we have to install an anti virus?

clamav is nice (free) antivirus software for linux. but honestly you should only worry if you're running a mail server that serves mail to windows users. otherwise if you're just talking about your desktop you're very safe without i

found something ... how may i get into /home/.trash-root/ ? (it's a root directory)

try this -- gksudo nautilus /home/.trash-root

i'm installing ubuntu on a new machine, and the installer froze up at 'setting up the clock.' what do i do?

is it online?

localhost probably. you can type `uname -a` at t he command line and seethe second field

'uname -n' to get just that part

in ubuntu where does the python exacutable live

/usr/bin/python

i just upgraded from hoary to breezy, and nautilus has no icons for folders. is this a common problem?

try to reset your desktop theme

i need to see what processes are taking up cpu time in real time. is there something other than task manager that can do this for me?

htop

any quick way to install the necessary packages for a lamp server? a single apt-get line, for example.

sudo tasksel

how do i forward an email from gmail?

click forward top right, or bottom right

i leave my notebook on 24/7, it is not a laptop (the fans are on the bottom of the notebook), and when i use it on my lap im careful not to cover the fans. i am asking about what i can do to cool it down, because at night i leave it on my table and shut the lid, but sometimes (once every few weeks) it overheats and shuts down, more frequently in summer it shuts down because of overheating (i am guessing) because no matter what os

there are laptop coolers you can set it on that will move air from under it

hi, does anybody know what is that web browser, it says mozilla but it is not firefox. i think i saw it on backtrack.

seamonkey?

hi, i just installed a .deb package with alien but can't find where it actually installed the files

dpkg --listfiles packagename

hi...is there a way to import working drivers from a previous kernel to a newer one?

no; you have to recompile them if you builded from source

are there any pdf readers for a terminal?

pdftotext

my keyboards both shift keys are not working for unknown reasons. may be my keyboard has expired. so i want to know how could i assign the role of shift key to someother key

try the keyboard in the console, see if it works properly there..its odd that both shift keys would go bad.

what is the apt-get command to completely remove application and their configuration files ?

man apt-get

any terminal utility that shows varous info about a file?

'file foo'?

i would like to install apache httpd, i don't see it in the add/remove applications dialogue. i have no problems with compiling from source, but is that the best way forward?

system>admin>synaptic

how, whats the default permission-set for a file? (digits)

644 unless it's executable then its 755

hello, is there some kind of way to set alarm in gnome to play file

or use cron to trigger...

hi. little question. do you see any 'advantage' using a the self-compiled fglrx driver?

there is no self compiled fglrx driver. if you install it yourself you compile the interface bit of it, but most of it is binary. installing yourself can be the only way to get brand new versions. depends on how current a repository you can get for it i guess

hello, i am trying to mount an sd card. when i type 'sudo mount /dev/sde /mnt/sdhc' i get an error: 'mount: you must specify the filesystem type'. however, when i try 'sudo mount -t fat32 /dev/sde /mnt/sdhc' or variations thereof, i get the error: 'mount: unknown filesystem type 'fat32''. what am i doing worng?

it's vfat

hi, i installed the wacom-kernel-source via m-a 'by accident' (long story...). could anyone tell me how to remove it since it seems to be in the way of installing fakeroot

what happens with sudo apt-get remove wacom-kernel-source ?

do you know where i can find assembly instructions set for my core2duo processor ?

http://www.sandpile.org/

for shell scripting, if i have 'name.c' in an env var, how would i extract just 'name'?

man basename

my system seems to be using about 50% cpu, can anyone tell me what bonobo-activation-server is?

nautilus runs by default, it displays your desktop icons

omg help me please i made a folder in /var/www for a user of my server but how doi allow only him to edit the contents of that folder

sudo chown username /var/www/thefolder

how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.

maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop

which xorg version does the latestet ubuntu use? (10.04)

ii xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 the x.org x server

one last question: does the 64 bit version of kubuntu only work on amd pocessors?

its just called amd64 because amd created the architecture first so they named it

what is the best way to remotely back up a system, like using clonezilla remotely. can i install clonezilla and ssh on the remote machine

rsnapshot

can any one tell me how to scroll the content in gnome-terminal without using mouse

shift + page up

is xchat available on windows ?

nickrud http://www.silverex.org/download/