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how do i get ubuntu to show a list of available wireless networks? i used to be able to click the network icon and select a network; then i rebooted. they are no longer listed.	mayhap your wireless device stopped working?
can anyone tell me what packages i need for x to start?	at a minimum, x-window-system-core, and a window manager (xfce4 or twm, for example)
i've got a server with 3 nics in it, but only one shows when doing ifconfig, what gives?	then 'ifconfig <nic> up' to activate it
do i need ppp if i am using a stadard dsl connection ?	that's correct, if the router is making the connection for you then you don't need it
could anyone tell me how to remove nginx?	sudo apt-get --purge remove nginx
hallo. when i logon into my gnome session, the system 'thinks' for some time, begins to load nautilus, but brings me straight back to the login window --please help	might be that your hard drive is full, you need a few empty megabites
how can i see a list of processes that are accessing files on a particular partition?	correct
when i create symlinks on my internal hdd that link to a location on an external hdd, and then unmount that external hdd. will the symlinks be deleted? what will happen if i try to access them? and will they be valid again, if i remount?	the symlink will still be their, but won't work. once the device is remounted (as long as it's mounted to the same location) it should once again work
can anyone tell me how to rename a file to something with an apostrophe ie change im to i'm?	mv im i\'m
hi y'all, i just installed the following packages and their dependencies : apache2, libapache2-mod-php5, mysql-server, php5-mysql. now i'm installing a software which requires a cgi-bin directory and i notice there are none yet, so i guess cgi is not yet supported... what package do i need to add to my configuration so that i get that cgi-bin directory and cgi support?	you need to sort throught them or try extra keywords that's all i can advise
hey, whats the easiest way to upgrade from hoary to breezy?	change your sources.list from hoary to breezy and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
is it possible to install programs in a different location?	if you build from source yes
if karmic 32 bit supports my wusb54gs wireless card... will ubuntu 9.04 server support it as well?	yes its the same os
hi all. is it possible to allow sudo to be able to run at boot for (say) a minute after login? i currently have to run a program manually as sudo every time i login and it's frustrating to have to type out a 20+ long password twice, especially since i just logged in! d:	it's possible to set scripts to run on login. you could probably do it through there, but i'm not familiar enough with the process to link you.
does anyone know a doc to pdf converter for ubuntu?	openoffice
and which java version is in question? :)	exactly.
hello!! what laptop brands have hardware that works well with ubuntu?	i'd go with dell. they're actually supporting ubuntu.
how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?	try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm
is there already a new version of beryl for ubuntu?	beryl is now compiz
hi again everybody, whats the best way to connect to a wireless network (wpa encryption) through a xubuntu laptop? network-manager?	follow the link ubuotu gaive you
do you remember the name of the package that provided that wrapper hack for flash and pulseaudio?	which? libflashsupport/flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound?
how does one see which groups a user belongs to?	root can run 'groups <user>'
hello, im trying to find compiz unsupported plugins package for 12.04.1 , does anyone know a maintainers ppa for it?.	start here https://launchpad.net/~compiz/+archive/ppa
can someone help me with my audio problems, i've started a thread but haven't gotten much help. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1226922	what is the issue you are having? there is a really good audio guide on the forums
am i able to add a svn repository to apt?	well, unless it's got a http interface, and you're pointing at a deb file. you can't add svn (which you intend to check out and build, etc) to apt.
if top is not displaying my correct ammount of ram, how can i find out how much ram my server has?	cat /proc/meminfo
hi, i need help to resize a partiton with gparted.. it all works great at the begining but when i give it apply everything looks like it went just fine but at the end nothing happens	the partition you are working with has to be umounted
hey guys, i can't install karmic because it won't recognize my hard drives. because a livecd requires a reboot, i can't boot livecd, run an update and then try to install with fixes (since a reboot clears it ofc)	if you have an ubuntu live cd it will give you that kind of option
what app do i need to convert ogg to mp3?	audacity can do that
using the command line, how can i know the space used by a directory and its subdirectories?	probably du -h
one of my fat32 drives goes read-only everytime i start my computer. i'm pretty sure there's an error on it. how can i fix the error without wiping everything on it?	check out for a software called spinrite
what is the default version of netbeans on hardy?	yup it's 6.0
hello is there a way to turn off the gui for the installer. i think it might solve my installation problem.	you can use the alternative install it is text.
is memory leak a common prob ?? then i will go back to karmic again !!	whats the problem?
does anyone know about hidden pci busses, found lots of references but no solutions... someone must know	maybe lspci -vv
i manually started nm-applet and it appears to be working now. however, i get this in my terminal: (nm-applet:16454): warning : couldn't communicate with gnome keyring daemon via dbus: the name org.gnome.keyring was not provided by any .service files	always had trouble with nm-applet and so forth; would you like a guide how to do it the command line way?
hello, can some one give me a hand with 12.04 and usb 3.0. i can see the hub on lsusb but when i plug in a usb 3.0 hard disk it does not detect and mount.	does not detect or does not mount?
when beeing connected to a server (ssh) and i try to play some audio/video file, my current default-application isn't used. it always uses the original-default-applicatino to launch the file. how do i solve that?	sudo df -h
anyone know why a2ensite works but i can't seem to a2dissite	you must have at least one site enabled to act as default, how many are enabled when you try to disable the site
how many mb should i set aside for winxp for virtualbox?	that depends on how much ram you hvae and what software you'll run in windows
does ubuntu/linux offer 64bit versions for 64bit intel processors? or is it only for 64amd?	amd64 is for both intel and amd
if i am compiling a kernel from kernel.org that i have patched how do i get it to make the kernel headers from the source?	try make headers_install
who maintains the synaptic package manager? i have found some problems with packages there.	if you find a bug report it in launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
hello guyes , i need assistance on this .. am on ubuntu live-cd trying to resize my windows 7 partition , but i'm unable to .. there is a ! mark in-front of the ntfs partition !	also, of course, make sure you shut down properly.
isnt there a command to run in terminal from ubuntu live session to get rid of grub?	sfdisk or just 'sudo dd if=/dev/sdx of=mbr.img count=1'
what is the way to hibernate under ubuntu ? uswsusp is broken under ubuntu so i don't know	hibernation is still a hit and miss affair.
you ve got the 4.10 ubuntu build?	how can i tell
i'm looking for a good app to do gnutella filesharing, does someon have a tip?	sudo apt-cache search gnutella
whats a good command to make sure that my p4 has ht enabled ?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
is there a way to update ubuntu in terminal?	sudo apt-get update
hey i tried asking this in #vmware but im not sure whether this is vmware specific or ubuntu, i get this when trying to network with vmware-player: 'the network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down' help much much appreciated	maybe not applicable to your question, but have you looked at whether the open source kvm / qemu will work for you?
is using the 64bit version of gutsy worth the risk, or is it best to stick with x86 architecture?	i saw some benchmarks that the x86 is about the same speed
is there any chance i killed my gfx card bios while trying to set up beryl? i cant get any signal to come from it	its software, not firmware, it doesn't flash. so no
what is middle-click? i have mouse with 2 buttons and one wheel in center.	click the wheel
how do i search for a certain filename in the terminal?	try 'locate <filename>'
how do i chose the default browser for http:? firefox is too big for my computer	system > preferences > preferred apps
where do i complain about a package in core which depends on the package which was removed?	file a bug report
is there a command line program that changes file-program associations? (similar to properties>open with tab?)	system > preferences > preferred applications
good morning all. update manager on my ubuntu 9.10 laptop only shows that i can upgrade to 10.04.1 lts, it doesn't show 10.10 as an option. i do have the 'normal releases' selected for 'show new distribution releases' option in upgrade manager.	i think you need to update to 10.04.1 lts first
how many mib in 4.4gb?	wolframalpha is perfect for those questions
can anyone help me	with what?
hi all! i need one idea a name of a program that can manage scanning through network. anyone?	nmap
which torrent client works on ubuntu?	try transmission it's very excellent and very safe (utorrent is non-free, no one knows what it does and how it works)
what is the command to set flags on a hard drive?	hdparm i think can do it
i have pidgin installed, is there a way to remove 'chat' from the 'envelope menu'?	you'll need to log out/back in before it disappears
out of curiosity, does anyone have any idea what's probably the most commonly used desktop environment under ubuntu -other- than the ones it can come with?	no idea, after gnome and kde there is a multitude of marginal environments.. e17, xfce likely the most common of those
hey all...guick poll. what does everyone use for music management in ubuntu or linux in general? i don't like amarok and songbird is slow running on xul.	rhythmbox
can someone point me in the direction to upgrade a new install of ubuntu 5.0 to ubuntu 6.0?	just up
why does apt-get purge mysql-server try to start the mysql-server ?	apt-get remove --purge mysql-server, no?
ops... who is the bot here?	ubotu :)
hey. is there a wget daemon with http interface? like transmissionbt's web ui for downloading over http?	fatrat downloads nearly anything and has web ui
if i call ./smthing abc > abc.out , and if the abc.out exists, does it overwrite or append ?	it will overwrite. use >> to append
i want to create a partition to storage files from ubuntu , i must create 'fat32' ?	fat32
when i'm filling in info in a prompt. i get '^h^h^h^[^[[d^' when i try to backspace. how do i backspace in this case?	my guess is it doesnt support backspacing
on my keyboard, some keys have symbols which you have to type shift+key to insert it. but some have a third symbol, how can i insert it?! plz help!	altgr?
hi, is it safe to resize an ntfs partition using the ubuntu installer?	ntfs writes are unsafe
how do i enable antialiasing in opengl? (nvidia driver)	have you installed nvidia-settings?
hi , is there any good code editor that can fold and unfold code blocks? like in c, { } can fold	http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/usr_28.html
hi everyone i am using a program called hamster which is a gnome panel applet and the global hotkey super+h does not work although it did in the past. does anyone know what would cause this? as far as i know there are no conflicting keyboard shortcuts	fiddle around in system-preferences-keyboard-layouts-other options. i had some difficulty too; 'default' binding for super doesn't seem to work great for me. i just started using other keys.
how can i make a dir/partation user mountable?	tuxtype is a bit childish but its effective.
is a cp can be done in from root ?	yes it can
what is the package that allows me to open a terminal window from any directory with the right click mouse button menu?	sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
hello, i'm trying to install ubuntu on a usb-hdd, but it's not working. has anyone here some experience with this?	pendrivelinux.com is how i got mine working
what package do i need to install to have standard c headers for gcc?	you need the build-essential package
is there a way to change teh bootsplash	that tool is pretty self-explanatory
hello. i'm installing 7.04 right now using the standard graphical installer, and gotten past the confirmation screen. however the 'installing system' window does not have the progress bar, and is nearly as small as a window can be (just a small gray square). it is not resizable. how might i be able to check the progress?	you need to restart it
i closed the thing that shows the icon of the programs that are running, like pidgin for example on the top panel.. now i don't know how to make it appear again.. does anyone can help me out?	the notification area. just right click on the panel and add it back
a long time ago i made a textfile whit nano but now i would like to give it root 'permisions' (only root is able to read or edit it) is this possible?	then you have to chmod it to only root by...
anyone got the link to ubuntu 9.10 repository dvd...?	: ftp://kambing.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository/
ashamed to ask but must know: what is the difference btw the ubuntu desktop cdrom and the ubuntu desktop dvd other than the size?	more language packs and software packages.
hello, sometimes building .debs with dpkg-buildpackage fails with the vanilla packages taken from the repositories, i guess this must be because of missing dependencies, is there a way to pull them all for a package ?	aptitude build-dep packagenamehere
how to install openal in ubuntu? i'm using lucid lynx........	on my hardy install, 'sudo apt-get install libopenal0a'. being on lucid, the suffix for you will probably be different from '0a', so search using 'apt-cache search openal'
ubuntu is not working inside a vm yet my hardware is supported, is it possible the vm isn't working correctly...?	what vm are you using? what isn't working?
so - without the 'you don't know how to configure it' stuff, and the like - can anyone simply answer my question please? how do i block a package from downloading during updates?	: i know your pain, i've been there. let me do some looking and see if i might find some help. it's only 8:25pm here
anyone know how to disable the touchpad on a levono laptop? i'm using ununtu 11.10	at the same time press fn + f8
i'm setting up karmic on my friends computer and i'm having issues trying to figure out how you set up evolution mail to work with a yahoo address. i'm the gmail kinda guy...	you have to pay yahoo to be able to use pop i belive
hi. does anyone know of a good video editor for linux? i need to work with non-standard resolutions (2.5:1) and have source material mostly in jpeg and a few movie clips. i've looked at cinelerra and kino but neither work well with 2.5:1 or large collections of photos (non-sequential). alternatively a 'regular slideshow program' with video support (which is really what i need). i used to do this with sony vegas on windows - anything like that wou	have you looked at ubuntu studio? http://ubuntustudio.org/
i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which os i want to start in the boot menu	what kind of card is it?
why can't i find, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/postgresql-8.4/8.4.3-1~jaunty1 in synaptic package manager?	make sure you have main, universe, restricted, multiverse all added as sources in order to see all packages.
what do you mean, it is debians d-i? it's exactly the same no?	one would assume so, but i'm experiencing different results... keeps telling me that 'no valid mirror was configured' when i get to installing the base system

how do i get ubuntu to show a list of available wireless networks? i used to be able to click the network icon and select a network; then i rebooted. they are no longer listed.

mayhap your wireless device stopped working?

can anyone tell me what packages i need for x to start?

at a minimum, x-window-system-core, and a window manager (xfce4 or twm, for example)

i've got a server with 3 nics in it, but only one shows when doing ifconfig, what gives?

then 'ifconfig <nic> up' to activate it

do i need ppp if i am using a stadard dsl connection ?

that's correct, if the router is making the connection for you then you don't need it

could anyone tell me how to remove nginx?

sudo apt-get --purge remove nginx

hallo. when i logon into my gnome session, the system 'thinks' for some time, begins to load nautilus, but brings me straight back to the login window --please help

might be that your hard drive is full, you need a few empty megabites

how can i see a list of processes that are accessing files on a particular partition?

correct

when i create symlinks on my internal hdd that link to a location on an external hdd, and then unmount that external hdd. will the symlinks be deleted? what will happen if i try to access them? and will they be valid again, if i remount?

the symlink will still be their, but won't work. once the device is remounted (as long as it's mounted to the same location) it should once again work

can anyone tell me how to rename a file to something with an apostrophe ie change im to i'm?

mv im i\'m

hi y'all, i just installed the following packages and their dependencies : apache2, libapache2-mod-php5, mysql-server, php5-mysql. now i'm installing a software which requires a cgi-bin directory and i notice there are none yet, so i guess cgi is not yet supported... what package do i need to add to my configuration so that i get that cgi-bin directory and cgi support?

you need to sort throught them or try extra keywords that's all i can advise

hey, whats the easiest way to upgrade from hoary to breezy?

change your sources.list from hoary to breezy and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

is it possible to install programs in a different location?

if you build from source yes

if karmic 32 bit supports my wusb54gs wireless card... will ubuntu 9.04 server support it as well?

yes its the same os

hi all. is it possible to allow sudo to be able to run at boot for (say) a minute after login? i currently have to run a program manually as sudo every time i login and it's frustrating to have to type out a 20+ long password twice, especially since i just logged in! d:

it's possible to set scripts to run on login. you could probably do it through there, but i'm not familiar enough with the process to link you.

does anyone know a doc to pdf converter for ubuntu?

openoffice

and which java version is in question? :)

exactly.

hello!! what laptop brands have hardware that works well with ubuntu?

i'd go with dell. they're actually supporting ubuntu.

how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?

try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm

is there already a new version of beryl for ubuntu?

beryl is now compiz

hi again everybody, whats the best way to connect to a wireless network (wpa encryption) through a xubuntu laptop? network-manager?

follow the link ubuotu gaive you

do you remember the name of the package that provided that wrapper hack for flash and pulseaudio?

which? libflashsupport/flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound?

how does one see which groups a user belongs to?

root can run 'groups <user>'

hello, im trying to find compiz unsupported plugins package for 12.04.1 , does anyone know a maintainers ppa for it?.

start here https://launchpad.net/~compiz/+archive/ppa

can someone help me with my audio problems, i've started a thread but haven't gotten much help. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1226922

what is the issue you are having? there is a really good audio guide on the forums

am i able to add a svn repository to apt?

well, unless it's got a http interface, and you're pointing at a deb file. you can't add svn (which you intend to check out and build, etc) to apt.

if top is not displaying my correct ammount of ram, how can i find out how much ram my server has?

cat /proc/meminfo

hi, i need help to resize a partiton with gparted.. it all works great at the begining but when i give it apply everything looks like it went just fine but at the end nothing happens

the partition you are working with has to be umounted

hey guys, i can't install karmic because it won't recognize my hard drives. because a livecd requires a reboot, i can't boot livecd, run an update and then try to install with fixes (since a reboot clears it ofc)

if you have an ubuntu live cd it will give you that kind of option

what app do i need to convert ogg to mp3?

audacity can do that

using the command line, how can i know the space used by a directory and its subdirectories?

probably du -h

one of my fat32 drives goes read-only everytime i start my computer. i'm pretty sure there's an error on it. how can i fix the error without wiping everything on it?

check out for a software called spinrite

what is the default version of netbeans on hardy?

yup it's 6.0

hello is there a way to turn off the gui for the installer. i think it might solve my installation problem.

you can use the alternative install it is text.

is memory leak a common prob ?? then i will go back to karmic again !!

whats the problem?

does anyone know about hidden pci busses, found lots of references but no solutions... someone must know

maybe lspci -vv

i manually started nm-applet and it appears to be working now. however, i get this in my terminal: ** (nm-applet:16454): warning **: couldn't communicate with gnome keyring daemon via dbus: the name org.gnome.keyring was not provided by any .service files

always had trouble with nm-applet and so forth; would you like a guide how to do it the command line way?

hello, can some one give me a hand with 12.04 and usb 3.0. i can see the hub on lsusb but when i plug in a usb 3.0 hard disk it does not detect and mount.

does not detect or does not mount?

when beeing connected to a server (ssh) and i try to play some audio/video file, my current default-application isn't used. it always uses the original-default-applicatino to launch the file. how do i solve that?

sudo df -h

anyone know why a2ensite works but i can't seem to a2dissite

you must have at least one site enabled to act as default, how many are enabled when you try to disable the site

how many mb should i set aside for winxp for virtualbox?

that depends on how much ram you hvae and what software you'll run in windows

does ubuntu/linux offer 64bit versions for 64bit intel processors? or is it only for 64amd?

amd64 is for both intel and amd

if i am compiling a kernel from kernel.org that i have patched how do i get it to make the kernel headers from the source?

try make headers_install

who maintains the synaptic package manager? i have found some problems with packages there.

if you find a bug report it in launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

hello guyes , i need assistance on this .. am on ubuntu live-cd trying to resize my windows 7 partition , but i'm unable to .. there is a ! mark in-front of the ntfs partition !

also, of course, make sure you shut down properly.

isnt there a command to run in terminal from ubuntu live session to get rid of grub?

sfdisk or just 'sudo dd if=/dev/sdx of=mbr.img count=1'

what is the way to hibernate under ubuntu ? uswsusp is broken under ubuntu so i don't know

hibernation is still a hit and miss affair.

you ve got the 4.10 ubuntu build?

how can i tell

i'm looking for a good app to do gnutella filesharing, does someon have a tip?

sudo apt-cache search gnutella

whats a good command to make sure that my p4 has ht enabled ?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

is there a way to update ubuntu in terminal?

sudo apt-get update

hey i tried asking this in #vmware but im not sure whether this is vmware specific or ubuntu, i get this when trying to network with vmware-player: 'the network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down' help much much appreciated

maybe not applicable to your question, but have you looked at whether the open source kvm / qemu will work for you?

is using the 64bit version of gutsy worth the risk, or is it best to stick with x86 architecture?

i saw some benchmarks that the x86 is about the same speed

is there any chance i killed my gfx card bios while trying to set up beryl? i cant get any signal to come from it

its software, not firmware, it doesn't flash. so no

what is middle-click? i have mouse with 2 buttons and one wheel in center.

click the wheel

how do i search for a certain filename in the terminal?

try 'locate <filename>'

how do i chose the default browser for http:? firefox is too big for my computer

system > preferences > preferred apps

where do i complain about a package in core which depends on the package which was removed?

file a bug report

is there a command line program that changes file-program associations? (similar to properties>open with tab?)

system > preferences > preferred applications

good morning all. update manager on my ubuntu 9.10 laptop only shows that i can upgrade to 10.04.1 lts, it doesn't show 10.10 as an option. i do have the 'normal releases' selected for 'show new distribution releases' option in upgrade manager.

i think you need to update to 10.04.1 lts first

how many mib in 4.4gb?

wolframalpha is perfect for those questions

can anyone help me

with what?

hi all! i need one idea a name of a program that can manage scanning through network. anyone?

nmap

which torrent client works on ubuntu?

try transmission it's very excellent and very safe (utorrent is non-free, no one knows what it does and how it works)

what is the command to set flags on a hard drive?

hdparm i think can do it

i have pidgin installed, is there a way to remove 'chat' from the 'envelope menu'?

you'll need to log out/back in before it disappears

out of curiosity, does anyone have any idea what's probably the most commonly used desktop environment under ubuntu -other- than the ones it can come with?

no idea, after gnome and kde there is a multitude of marginal environments.. e17, xfce likely the most common of those

hey all...guick poll. what does everyone use for music management in ubuntu or linux in general? i don't like amarok and songbird is slow running on xul.

rhythmbox

can someone point me in the direction to upgrade a new install of ubuntu 5.0 to ubuntu 6.0?

just up

why does apt-get purge mysql-server try to start the mysql-server ?

apt-get remove --purge mysql-server, no?

ops... who is the bot here?

ubotu :)

hey. is there a wget daemon with http interface? like transmissionbt's web ui for downloading over http?

fatrat downloads nearly anything and has web ui

if i call ./smthing abc > abc.out , and if the abc.out exists, does it overwrite or append ?

it will overwrite. use >> to append

i want to create a partition to storage files from ubuntu , i must create 'fat32' ?

fat32

when i'm filling in info in a prompt. i get '^h^h^h^[^[[d^' when i try to backspace. how do i backspace in this case?

my guess is it doesnt support backspacing

on my keyboard, some keys have symbols which you have to type shift+key to insert it. but some have a third symbol, how can i insert it?! plz help!

altgr?

hi, is it safe to resize an ntfs partition using the ubuntu installer?

ntfs writes are unsafe

how do i enable antialiasing in opengl? (nvidia driver)

have you installed nvidia-settings?

hi , is there any good code editor that can fold and unfold code blocks? like in c, { } can fold

http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/usr_28.html

hi everyone i am using a program called hamster which is a gnome panel applet and the global hotkey super+h does not work although it did in the past. does anyone know what would cause this? as far as i know there are no conflicting keyboard shortcuts

fiddle around in system-preferences-keyboard-layouts-other options. i had some difficulty too; 'default' binding for super doesn't seem to work great for me. i just started using other keys.

how can i make a dir/partation user mountable?

tuxtype is a bit childish but its effective.

is a cp can be done in from root ?

yes it can

what is the package that allows me to open a terminal window from any directory with the right click mouse button menu?

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

hello, i'm trying to install ubuntu on a usb-hdd, but it's not working. has anyone here some experience with this?

pendrivelinux.com is how i got mine working

what package do i need to install to have standard c headers for gcc?

you need the build-essential package

is there a way to change teh bootsplash

that tool is pretty self-explanatory

hello. i'm installing 7.04 right now using the standard graphical installer, and gotten past the confirmation screen. however the 'installing system' window does not have the progress bar, and is nearly as small as a window can be (just a small gray square). it is not resizable. how might i be able to check the progress?

you need to restart it

i closed the thing that shows the icon of the programs that are running, like pidgin for example on the top panel.. now i don't know how to make it appear again.. does anyone can help me out?

the notification area. just right click on the panel and add it back

a long time ago i made a textfile whit nano but now i would like to give it root 'permisions' (only root is able to read or edit it) is this possible?

then you have to chmod it to only root by...

anyone got the link to ubuntu 9.10 repository dvd...?

: ftp://kambing.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository/

ashamed to ask but must know: what is the difference btw the ubuntu desktop cdrom and the ubuntu desktop dvd other than the size?

more language packs and software packages.

hello, sometimes building .debs with dpkg-buildpackage fails with the vanilla packages taken from the repositories, i guess this must be because of missing dependencies, is there a way to pull them all for a package ?

aptitude build-dep packagenamehere

how to install openal in ubuntu? i'm using lucid lynx........

on my hardy install, 'sudo apt-get install libopenal0a'. being on lucid, the suffix for you will probably be different from '0a', so search using 'apt-cache search openal'

ubuntu is not working inside a vm yet my hardware is supported, is it possible the vm isn't working correctly...?

what vm are you using? what isn't working?

so - without the 'you don't know how to configure it' stuff, and the like - can anyone simply answer my question please? how do i block a package from downloading during updates?

: i know your pain, i've been there. let me do some looking and see if i might find some help. it's only 8:25pm here

anyone know how to disable the touchpad on a levono laptop? i'm using ununtu 11.10

at the same time press fn + f8

i'm setting up karmic on my friends computer and i'm having issues trying to figure out how you set up evolution mail to work with a yahoo address. i'm the gmail kinda guy...

you have to pay yahoo to be able to use pop i belive

hi. does anyone know of a good video editor for linux? i need to work with non-standard resolutions (2.5:1) and have source material mostly in jpeg and a few movie clips. i've looked at cinelerra and kino but neither work well with 2.5:1 or large collections of photos (non-sequential). alternatively a 'regular slideshow program' with video support (which is really what i need). i used to do this with sony vegas on windows - anything like that wou

have you looked at ubuntu studio? http://ubuntustudio.org/

i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which os i want to start in the boot menu

what kind of card is it?

why can't i find, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/postgresql-8.4/8.4.3-1~jaunty1 in synaptic package manager?

make sure you have main, universe, restricted, multiverse all added as sources in order to see all packages.

what do you mean, it is debians d-i? it's exactly the same no?

one would assume so, but i'm experiencing different results... keeps telling me that 'no valid mirror was configured' when i get to installing the base system