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guys, how do i install a .deb file? i got opera binary as .deb... im guessing thats ok for ubuntu?	sudo dpkg -i debifle.de
hi, i've got a crashing hd... normally i would use ubcd to scan it but i don't have any blank cds ... are there some tools anyone can recommend i install to scan and repair an hd?	try maybe dban
hey all! i have a setup i'm required to run for a piece of hardware that needs setup. near the end of it's setup, it runs- 'rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' , which would remove my net rules. i am then told to reboot. will rebooting auto-re-build the persistent.rules file??? will my net work afterwords?	it should. that file just keeps track of the interfaces.
i think i've found a problem with the scilab package in synaptic... but since i'm relatively new i'd like to talk to someone about it... anyone willing to listen?	config.log
does anyone know why the ide nodes in feisty are /dev/sd... rather than /dev/hd...?	so as faras ubuntu knows, they are scsi/sata disks
where are per user cron jobs stored ?	not sure where they are stored, but you can get a list of them with 'crontab -l'
when i run apt-get upgrade it tells me '0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.', what does this mean 1 not upgraded? did i mess something up last time i ran it?	if your aptget source.list has dapper as it's repository, yes, if it still says breezy, then no
i think my network card is bad - do i have to do anything special to replace it ? also any recomendation on a good wireless card to replace it?	you don't it will 'just work'
whats the netbook version of ubuntu os called again?	netbook edition...
hi all :) how can i boot into terminal mode, and how can i run two terminals at once when not in a gui?	for starters, press ctrl-alt-ff2. then the f1-f7 will take you through 6 virtual consoles and the x session? the graphical one will be at f7
can anyone tell me what i need to do to get ./configure to work?	you installed the 'build-essentials' package?
hello, is there a way of enabling compiz with nvidia geforce2 mx 400 on intrepid?	then run: sudo nvidia-xconfig (backup /etc/x11/xorg.conf first) and restart x.
can thre recent version of openvpn connects to an older version of openvpn ??	unless readme.txt says otherwise, yes.
is there a way to run a program but have it ignore the system theme?	maybe it also needs 'env' in front of it, anyway, it runs the app with the specified theme
how do i check how much ram ubuntu has discovered from my system? i've bought a new computer with 4gb of ram and i think i was installing a 32-bit edition. i've installed a 64-bit version but i want to check it has discovered the full 4gb.	system monitor
hello. i added a command alias to the .bash_config file in my home directory, and that command is not available in my terminal sessions. am i going about this the wrong way?	try editing ~/.bashrc or maybe ~/.bash_profile
while i was installing mutt ,the postfix was installed as dependence, but i dont want it ,what can i do	remove it. by default ubuntu installs recomended packages to
how would i go about opening a .mod file?	vlc can open those
why am i unable to boot to my ubuntu liveusb even when i boot to 'usb-fdd'?	start the program with & appended (myprog &)
updates screwed up, how can i reinstall all packages part of ubuntu-desktop	i dont know what im talking about tho, would wait for someone to answer
how do i make sure the module pcspkr isn't loaded on boot time? (or how do i permanently disable system beep?)	blacklist it
wasn't there a stickied thread on ubuntuforums, that showed examples of malicious code? i can't find it, i'm trying to show it to someone as an example of what not to do.	http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=327
what is a good alternative to firefox? i like having more than one browser handy.	w3m is a terminal web browser
it should show at least two cpus (0 and 1)	sec_, `lsb_release -a` gets you ubuntu version
im running dual-bootup ubuntu/vista, i gave 4 gig to ubuntu in disk partition, now can i change it within ubuntu or do i need to use windows tools for increasing the ubuntu partition	totally up to you how much space
what command can i run in the terminal to bring up the power/energy saver/settings pogram?	or maybe you were looking for this: gnome-screensaver-preferences
any way around that?	use chmod -r 0600 /home/username
i just want to list the ip addresses accessing me at what ports, how can i do this?	netstat -nap
anyone know a good keyboard shortcuts app	xbindkeys
can i check the iso from a working karmic with a hash?	the linked page has all the hashes and links to instructions on how to check them
can somebody try loading a page for me? im trying to test my apache setup. http://azlon.myvnc.com	worked for me..
just a question about reinstalling ubuntu: i made a separate /home, so when i reinstall, i'll still have all my documents, but will have to redo all my settings and programs right?	though /etc and /usr/share have some settings you'll have to redoo
can someone please tell me the correct entry to add the marillat repository to sources.list?	go to this web site. http://www.ubuntux.org/forum/18
anyone with any cedega experience?	what is the problem?
was there a magic sysrq combination to kill x?	alt+sysrk+k will kill whatever is running on the current tty.
how come i lose my tv display when gnome starts up?	probably your xorg.conf file not configured correctly - or resolution too high
im running ubuntu server on an old pc with no moniter or keyboard. i control the system via ssh from my kubuntu box. i want to run a command on the server that takes about a week to finish, but i don't want to keep my kubuntu box up and running the whole week. is there a way i can get the command to run, log out from the server, and log back in perodically to check on it?	yes. you can use gnu screen, or you can run it as a cron job, etc.
can anyone help me understand when the release of 12.04 will happen in terms of hours?	sometime after it becomes april 26th in kiritimati (it already has) and sometime before it becomes april 27th in midway.
is there any way to cat a certain number of characters in a text file? or any program to do the same?	i think there's one called cut too.. might do what you want
can anyone help me with the lack of 'strings' command in terminal?	binutils is not installed by default. install it.
what package do i install, so that i get all the latex packages? (the sty-files).	and tetex-extra maybe
do you guys now any good tool for convertng microsoft word doc files to txt or html ?	openoffice, of small: antiword
http://rafb.net/paste/results/0xbayg58.html - any idea why the script wouldn't work? executing these two commands by hand works ok	how precisely does it not work? does it give you error messages?
someone can tell me how do i generate a lspci.txt to add to a bug report ? thanks.	in terminal type: lspci > lspci.txt
i have a general os concepts question... what happens when the os gets an interrupt in the middle of handling an interrupt. do interrupts queue in some way?	try googling 'linux interrupts' and check out the top several results.
i just renamed my .gconf file to .gconf-old, and if i want to replace my new .gconf with the old one, what would the command be?	yea
is there some kind of 'main' log file somewhere?	/var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon.log are usefu.
hi anyone knows what video and audio formats that ubuntu supports?	all basically :)
you can try '$ sudo apt-get upgrade &', followed by '$ disown', although it might need to be '$ sudo disown'	: so if i use sudo apt-get upgrade & disown, then i dont need to keep the connection after i run that command right? i dont mind to connect to it to execute a command
what version of x does breezy ship with?	x.org 6.8
english help wanted: what is the name of the last menu item in the 'sound preferences' dialog gnome main menu system > preferences > sound (sound preferences) > devices? is it 'given mixer trace'?	default mixer tracks
hello. once you use alien to change an .rpm package to a .deb and you 'sudo dpkg -i <file.deb>' what do you do next to install that package?	> it is already installed, you need to find out the command to run the application
can anyone help me make my box a router	look at freshmeat.net there are various ways to do that there
i'm trying to do data recovery on a corrupt ext3 partition. fsck complains of a bad superblock, but i know the file data is there (i can see it using foremost). any tips on recovering a badly corrupted ext3 filesystem?	make image first, try testdisk to recover partition, or photorec for data.
i'm upgrading to lucid and got a question about where to install grub. /dev/sda is my boot device but should i install grub to the sda, sda1, sda2 or sda5?	only to /dev/sda.
has anyone here used wine to run steam?	http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=1554
what's up with the bot?	it's been having issues at least all night.
has anyone had the problem with the livecd - as to when you go to click install, it doesn't do anything?	maybe it doesnt want to install
what program will allow me to translate kde/qt .ts files? qt4-linguist is the only one i found, but it is not available as a deb.	it's part of qt4-dev-tools
hello all, i have a stupid question, whats missing from the current rhythmbox to get mp3's playing? it works on another install i had done on a laptop about a month ago....	https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/restrictedformats
where do i change my default ip-adress? can't find any /etc/local.conf or anything like in archlinux...	/etc/network/interfaces
could someone do me a favour and remind me, i can't remember the full name of the wireless software i used in previous installs. is it 'madwifi'?	apt-cache search wifi
how do i assign a keyboard shortcut to run my shell script?	you can have xkeybinds or something to run your keyboard shortcuts. it is easily customizable
i am not finding the proper wording when i search, how do i switch the close, mini,ize, maximize buttons back to the right in ubuntu 10.04 ?	perhaps switching themes as well
is there a script in ubuntu which executes commands, at shutdown?	http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/20161/next/
how do i check to se that i have the latest version of wine?	in the terminal enter 'wine --version' and compare to their website
is ndiswrapper known to be unstable in ubuntu 7.10?	its working perfectly for me
so, every time i update ubuntu, it adds another os option to grub. i'd really like it to only have 3: ubuntu, ubuntu safe-mode (or whatever it's called), and windows -- how can i do this?	use the package manager to remove the old kernel versions
in which folder does gnome store the wallpapers?	/usr/share/backgrounds
hallo, can i just copy my old .evolution folder from the old home directory into my new home from a fresh install and have all my evolution settings, emails, and contacts back?	so somewhere in ~/.gconf/apps/
in which package can i find the ath9k module?	enable backports in your software sources then update and install
did you download breezy while running hoary?	yeah, replace all instances of hoary in sources.list with breezy, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
hey guys, i used gparted to resize my swap partition from 1gb to 4gb, but 'swapon -s' still reports it's 1gb (so does gnome-system-monitor). what should i do?	man mkswap
is there a command i can use that will give me window borders if x windows isnt showing them??	'metacity --replace' and/or 'compiz --replace'
updated to 10.04 and now i have no sound in firefox (youtube etc.) what to do?	in sound check if sound is enabled
question: what is the simplest way to use a default gnome desktop instead of unity?	install xfce4, log off and log into xfce, it will run a lot like gnome2
does ubuntu hoary come with shfs builtin the kernel?	shfs?
where is the file of the mirrors ?	/etc/apt/sources.list
hey guys if anybody has a minute i would appreciate some help with my wireless card ive done iw and if config and its showing not managed.	websearch for the product line
i am currently using 32-bit ubuntu 12.04 and a intel processor capable of supporting 64-bit. i want to use 64-bit. and when i went to the site, it said the 32-bit are available for intel and 64-bit for amd. then how can i download 64-bit for intel??	it should be fine
sudo is driving me insane is there any way to install a nice minimal server install without sudo?	sudo su -
how do i install firefox-3.6 ? is there a repository for that?	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6
is there a docx corrupt file recovery tool in the ubuntu repos that anyone knows about	apparently not
when i boot into recovery mode, how do i log in as a normal user?	init 3
my disk is too full, and i have too many kernels listed in grub, can anyone help me to delete the old kernels and to remove them from grub	http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/
what no video chat in gmail in ubuntu?!	empathy support video calling and i do video call
i want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would i do that?	sudo apt-get upgrade screem
why don't the icons on my new docky work.. they just bounce but will not open.	ask the makers of your dock.
hi whats the package that allows ubuntu to install .deb files, just noticed i havent got it?	in terminal you can use dpkg -i package.deb for gui, install gdebi (aptitude install gdebi) and then you only double-click it :)
i've been reading the man for apt but i can't find anything on installing packages i d/l from proiders like skype. i'm a rank noobie. can anyone please point me to a place where i can learn to install packages that aren't in the distros oor in the universe depository?	you use the 'dpkg' command to install local .deb files. that said, the skype package on their website doesn't work in ubuntu, see the /msg ubotu has sent you
hey all , ive just installed firestarter from synaptic, but where does it install to so i can run it.?	system > administration > firestarter
if i place a script file into ...etc/init.d/ and then do an update will this cause that script to run as a service everytime the computer turns on?	you might benefit from reading this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntubootuphowto
how do i save when editing with nano	ctrl+x
can i apt-get thunderbird?	mozilla-thunderbird
i have long used linux, but just got an amd64 and nvidia 8600gt video card. am i going to run into problems in running ubuntu 64bit w/nvidia drivers?	i've not
anyone know the keyboard shortcut to switch between channels on xchat?	on irssi it's /window next or /window # maybe similar
is there a console graphical tool to manage users/groups?	i meant to say 'yes'
can anybody help me get grub to recognize more than one os please?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grubhowto
hi. i normally keep backups, but last week my backups drive died. today, the main folder that i store pictures in went blank. it's an ext3 filesystem. any suggestions?	try an fsck, and use the 'locate' command to make sure the files didn't just get moved anywhere. if that doesn't work check /lost+found and try photorec.
is there some magic to booting from the netbook remix on an sd card in an eee pc 900?	yes u must configure the bios

guys, how do i install a .deb file? i got opera binary as .deb... im guessing thats ok for ubuntu?

sudo dpkg -i debifle.de

hi, i've got a crashing hd... normally i would use ubcd to scan it but i don't have any blank cds ... are there some tools anyone can recommend i install to scan and repair an hd?

try maybe dban

hey all! i have a setup i'm required to run for a piece of hardware that needs setup. near the end of it's setup, it runs- 'rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' , which would remove my net rules. i am then told to reboot. will rebooting auto-re-build the persistent.rules file??? will my net work afterwords?

it should. that file just keeps track of the interfaces.

i think i've found a problem with the scilab package in synaptic... but since i'm relatively new i'd like to talk to someone about it... anyone willing to listen?

config.log

does anyone know why the ide nodes in feisty are /dev/sd... rather than /dev/hd...?

so as faras ubuntu knows, they are scsi/sata disks

where are per user cron jobs stored ?

not sure where they are stored, but you can get a list of them with 'crontab -l'

when i run apt-get upgrade it tells me '0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.', what does this mean 1 not upgraded? did i mess something up last time i ran it?

if your aptget source.list has dapper as it's repository, yes, if it still says breezy, then no

i think my network card is bad - do i have to do anything special to replace it ? also any recomendation on a good wireless card to replace it?

you don't it will 'just work'

whats the netbook version of ubuntu os called again?

netbook edition...

hi all :) how can i boot into terminal mode, and how can i run two terminals at once when not in a gui?

for starters, press ctrl-alt-ff2. then the f1-f7 will take you through 6 virtual consoles and the x session? the graphical one will be at f7

can anyone tell me what i need to do to get ./configure to work?

you installed the 'build-essentials' package?

hello, is there a way of enabling compiz with nvidia geforce2 mx 400 on intrepid?

then run: sudo nvidia-xconfig (backup /etc/x11/xorg.conf first) and restart x.

can thre recent version of openvpn connects to an older version of openvpn ??

unless readme.txt says otherwise, yes.

is there a way to run a program but have it ignore the system theme?

maybe it also needs 'env' in front of it, anyway, it runs the app with the specified theme

how do i check how much ram ubuntu has discovered from my system? i've bought a new computer with 4gb of ram and i think i was installing a 32-bit edition. i've installed a 64-bit version but i want to check it has discovered the full 4gb.

system monitor

hello. i added a command alias to the .bash_config file in my home directory, and that command is not available in my terminal sessions. am i going about this the wrong way?

try editing ~/.bashrc or maybe ~/.bash_profile

while i was installing mutt ,the postfix was installed as dependence, but i dont want it ,what can i do

remove it. by default ubuntu installs recomended packages to

how would i go about opening a .mod file?

vlc can open those

why am i unable to boot to my ubuntu liveusb even when i boot to 'usb-fdd'?

start the program with & appended (myprog &)

updates screwed up, how can i reinstall all packages part of ubuntu-desktop

i dont know what im talking about tho, would wait for someone to answer

how do i make sure the module pcspkr isn't loaded on boot time? (or how do i permanently disable system beep?)

blacklist it

wasn't there a stickied thread on ubuntuforums, that showed examples of malicious code? i can't find it, i'm trying to show it to someone as an example of what not to do.

http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=327

what is a good alternative to firefox? i like having more than one browser handy.

w3m is a terminal web browser

it should show at least two cpus (0 and 1)

sec_, `lsb_release -a` gets you ubuntu version

im running dual-bootup ubuntu/vista, i gave 4 gig to ubuntu in disk partition, now can i change it within ubuntu or do i need to use windows tools for increasing the ubuntu partition

totally up to you how much space

what command can i run in the terminal to bring up the power/energy saver/settings pogram?

or maybe you were looking for this: gnome-screensaver-preferences

any way around that?

use chmod -r 0600 /home/username

i just want to list the ip addresses accessing me at what ports, how can i do this?

netstat -nap

anyone know a good keyboard shortcuts app

xbindkeys

can i check the iso from a working karmic with a hash?

the linked page has all the hashes and links to instructions on how to check them

can somebody try loading a page for me? im trying to test my apache setup. http://azlon.myvnc.com

worked for me..

just a question about reinstalling ubuntu: i made a separate /home, so when i reinstall, i'll still have all my documents, but will have to redo all my settings and programs right?

though /etc and /usr/share have some settings you'll have to redoo

can someone please tell me the correct entry to add the marillat repository to sources.list?

go to this web site. http://www.ubuntux.org/forum/18

anyone with any cedega experience?

what is the problem?

was there a magic sysrq combination to kill x?

alt+sysrk+k will kill whatever is running on the current tty.

how come i lose my tv display when gnome starts up?

probably your xorg.conf file not configured correctly - or resolution too high

im running ubuntu server on an old pc with no moniter or keyboard. i control the system via ssh from my kubuntu box. i want to run a command on the server that takes about a week to finish, but i don't want to keep my kubuntu box up and running the whole week. is there a way i can get the command to run, log out from the server, and log back in perodically to check on it?

yes. you can use gnu screen, or you can run it as a cron job, etc.

can anyone help me understand when the release of 12.04 will happen in terms of hours?

sometime after it becomes april 26th in kiritimati (it already has) and sometime before it becomes april 27th in midway.

is there any way to cat a certain number of characters in a text file? or any program to do the same?

i think there's one called cut too.. might do what you want

can anyone help me with the lack of 'strings' command in terminal?

binutils is not installed by default. install it.

what package do i install, so that i get all the latex packages? (the sty-files).

and tetex-extra maybe

do you guys now any good tool for convertng microsoft word doc files to txt or html ?

openoffice, of small: antiword

http://rafb.net/paste/results/0xbayg58.html - any idea why the script wouldn't work? executing these two commands by hand works ok

how precisely does it not work? does it give you error messages?

someone can tell me how do i generate a lspci.txt to add to a bug report ? thanks.

in terminal type: lspci > lspci.txt

i have a general os concepts question... what happens when the os gets an interrupt in the middle of handling an interrupt. do interrupts queue in some way?

try googling 'linux interrupts' and check out the top several results.

i just renamed my .gconf file to .gconf-old, and if i want to replace my new .gconf with the old one, what would the command be?

yea

is there some kind of 'main' log file somewhere?

/var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon.log are usefu.

hi anyone knows what video and audio formats that ubuntu supports?

all basically :)

you can try '$ sudo apt-get upgrade &', followed by '$ disown', although it might need to be '$ sudo disown'

: so if i use sudo apt-get upgrade & disown, then i dont need to keep the connection after i run that command right? i dont mind to connect to it to execute a command

what version of x does breezy ship with?

x.org 6.8

english help wanted: what is the name of the last menu item in the 'sound preferences' dialog gnome main menu system > preferences > sound (sound preferences) > devices? is it 'given mixer trace'?

default mixer tracks

hello. once you use alien to change an .rpm package to a .deb and you 'sudo dpkg -i <file.deb>' what do you do next to install that package?

> it is already installed, you need to find out the command to run the application

can anyone help me make my box a router

look at freshmeat.net there are various ways to do that there

i'm trying to do data recovery on a corrupt ext3 partition. fsck complains of a bad superblock, but i know the file data is there (i can see it using foremost). any tips on recovering a badly corrupted ext3 filesystem?

make image first, try testdisk to recover partition, or photorec for data.

i'm upgrading to lucid and got a question about where to install grub. /dev/sda is my boot device but should i install grub to the sda, sda1, sda2 or sda5?

only to /dev/sda.

has anyone here used wine to run steam?

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iversionid=1554

what's up with the bot?

it's been having issues at least all night.

has anyone had the problem with the livecd - as to when you go to click install, it doesn't do anything?

maybe it doesnt want to install

what program will allow me to translate kde/qt .ts files? qt4-linguist is the only one i found, but it is not available as a deb.

it's part of qt4-dev-tools

hello all, i have a stupid question, whats missing from the current rhythmbox to get mp3's playing? it works on another install i had done on a laptop about a month ago....

https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/restrictedformats

where do i change my default ip-adress? can't find any /etc/local.conf or anything like in archlinux...

/etc/network/interfaces

could someone do me a favour and remind me, i can't remember the full name of the wireless software i used in previous installs. is it 'madwifi'?

apt-cache search wifi

how do i assign a keyboard shortcut to run my shell script?

you can have xkeybinds or something to run your keyboard shortcuts. it is easily customizable

i am not finding the proper wording when i search, how do i switch the close, mini,ize, maximize buttons back to the right in ubuntu 10.04 ?

perhaps switching themes as well

is there a script in ubuntu which executes commands, at shutdown?

http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/20161/next/

how do i check to se that i have the latest version of wine?

in the terminal enter 'wine --version' and compare to their website

is ndiswrapper known to be unstable in ubuntu 7.10?

its working perfectly for me

so, every time i update ubuntu, it adds another os option to grub. i'd really like it to only have 3: ubuntu, ubuntu safe-mode (or whatever it's called), and windows -- how can i do this?

use the package manager to remove the old kernel versions

in which folder does gnome store the wallpapers?

/usr/share/backgrounds

hallo, can i just copy my old .evolution folder from the old home directory into my new home from a fresh install and have all my evolution settings, emails, and contacts back?

so somewhere in ~/.gconf/apps/

in which package can i find the ath9k module?

enable backports in your software sources then update and install

did you download breezy while running hoary?

yeah, replace all instances of hoary in sources.list with breezy, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

hey guys, i used gparted to resize my swap partition from 1gb to 4gb, but 'swapon -s' still reports it's 1gb (so does gnome-system-monitor). what should i do?

man mkswap

is there a command i can use that will give me window borders if x windows isnt showing them??

'metacity --replace' and/or 'compiz --replace'

updated to 10.04 and now i have no sound in firefox (youtube etc.) what to do?

in sound check if sound is enabled

question: what is the simplest way to use a default gnome desktop instead of unity?

install xfce4, log off and log into xfce, it will run a lot like gnome2

does ubuntu hoary come with shfs builtin the kernel?

shfs?

where is the file of the mirrors ?

/etc/apt/sources.list

hey guys if anybody has a minute i would appreciate some help with my wireless card ive done iw and if config and its showing not managed.

websearch for the product line

i am currently using 32-bit ubuntu 12.04 and a intel processor capable of supporting 64-bit. i want to use 64-bit. and when i went to the site, it said the 32-bit are available for intel and 64-bit for amd. then how can i download 64-bit for intel??

it should be fine

sudo is driving me insane is there any way to install a nice minimal server install without sudo?

sudo su -

how do i install firefox-3.6 ? is there a repository for that?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6

is there a docx corrupt file recovery tool in the ubuntu repos that anyone knows about

apparently not

when i boot into recovery mode, how do i log in as a normal user?

init 3

my disk is too full, and i have too many kernels listed in grub, can anyone help me to delete the old kernels and to remove them from grub

http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/

what no video chat in gmail in ubuntu?!

empathy support video calling and i do video call

i want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would i do that?

sudo apt-get upgrade screem

why don't the icons on my new docky work.. they just bounce but will not open.

ask the makers of your dock.

hi whats the package that allows ubuntu to install .deb files, just noticed i havent got it?

in terminal you can use dpkg -i package.deb for gui, install gdebi (aptitude install gdebi) and then you only double-click it :)

i've been reading the man for apt but i can't find anything on installing packages i d/l from proiders like skype. i'm a rank noobie. can anyone please point me to a place where i can learn to install packages that aren't in the distros oor in the universe depository?

you use the 'dpkg' command to install local .deb files. that said, the skype package on their website doesn't work in ubuntu, see the /msg ubotu has sent you

hey all , ive just installed firestarter from synaptic, but where does it install to so i can run it.?

system > administration > firestarter

if i place a script file into ...etc/init.d/ and then do an update will this cause that script to run as a service everytime the computer turns on?

you might benefit from reading this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntubootuphowto

how do i save when editing with nano

ctrl+x

can i apt-get thunderbird?

mozilla-thunderbird

i have long used linux, but just got an amd64 and nvidia 8600gt video card. am i going to run into problems in running ubuntu 64bit w/nvidia drivers?

i've not

anyone know the keyboard shortcut to switch between channels on xchat?

on irssi it's /window next or /window # maybe similar

is there a console graphical tool to manage users/groups?

i meant to say 'yes'

can anybody help me get grub to recognize more than one os please?

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

hi. i normally keep backups, but last week my backups drive died. today, the main folder that i store pictures in went blank. it's an ext3 filesystem. any suggestions?

try an fsck, and use the 'locate' command to make sure the files didn't just get moved anywhere. if that doesn't work check /lost+found and try photorec.

is there some magic to booting from the netbook remix on an sd card in an eee pc 900?

yes u must configure the bios