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in a default install, are extended attributes enabled on the filesystem?	check in fstab, you need user_xattr in the option
hi, i have the flash player plugin for firefox, but most flash-thingys on the web needs version 8 of flash ... how do i get this?	there is a beta version of flash available on their site
what is the best and simple ipod manager	gtkpod maybe?
cd rom not being detected in jaunty , can we call thata critical bug?	it could laso be called hardware failure
chkconfig mysql off ?	ah, chkconfig... i haven't used that since fedora 9. sounds like it does the same thing as update-rc.d (ie: updating /etc/rc* scripts). i just wasn't sure if upstart had a new way of doing this.
hi, i just installed windows 7 pro in virtualbox 3.0.8_ose in ubuntu 9.10. windows detects no audio device. the vm is setup using pulse audio. how can i get audio to work?	install the guest additions
um,,, how to change group of file or dir	chgrp newgroup file
guys i'm trying to be as patient as one can be but i would at least like some acknowledge of my question regarding help with my bluetooth desktop set and linux	i see it but never messed with bluetooth on linux
i've developed an application that i have packaged inside an ubuntu vm and would like to redistribute it. i've read the gpl and it seems this is allowed, but is ubuntu distributed under the gpl or is there another license i should be looking at?	http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy
could someone explain the difference between alsa, pulseaudio and oss (which i read now is deprecated)	alsa and oss both handle the hardware and lets you use it to play sound.. pulseaudio is a system above this.. it lets you mix sounds and move sounds between different soundcards.. it uses alsa to do the actual sound playing
please someone help ubuntu has gone cappot, when i log in i dont get anything just a grey screen, no menu, no apps nothing, right click dont function just a grey empty screen no gnome. right now i logged as terminal failsafe. please help fixing this problem, i dont want to do clean install?	have you tried failsafe gnome?
anyone have a suggestion for an ipod shuffle-ish mp3 player that plays nicely with linux?	you might look into rockbox's firmware, on whatever hardware you prefer.
how do i install the bzlib header files	apt-get install libbz2-dev
searching for a software that can record video and audio from my webcam and save it to a videofile	check add/remove programs under sound&video
i want to make a user who only has access to programs i allow them to use	try apparmour
hello. are there any outstanding applications for ubuntu 8.04 that have no equivalent in windows?	glade
having a problem installing 7.0.4 (amd64) on one of my pc's.. the livecd boots and starts loading x, then seems to get to the ubuntu/gnome splash screen before it apparently panics and reboots instantly.. any ideas i can try?	maybe some boot option can help
where do pre-configured module options live in 9.10?	kernel module options? /etc/modprobe.d/
anyone here possess knowledge to get an internet broadband card to work?	what?
why does the windows channel have 2 #'s in the name...?	two hash marks indicate a non-official channel.
how do you run the nautilus browser without the desktop icons?	do you want to remoce desktop icons, or are you running nautilus outside of gnome?
hmm.. i'm getting this error when i dist-upgrade on my breezy: failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.10-2_i386.deb md5sum mismatch	go ermove us. from the sources.list file.
hello, ubuntu hardy is still at firefox-3.0-beta5 or something like that(a not yet released version) and firefox 3.0 has been released since some time now...is it possible to get the released version...maybe compiling a deb? because the not yet released version has got a lot of bugs...and i'd like to use firefox3...	well firefox will say there is an update
jeruvy, actionparsnip: really? hm, then i guess i should try installing 32 bit. do i need the special kernel to use all of my 4 gigs of ram on 32bit?	fyi pae is a 'hack' it does allow more then 3.2gb ram to be addressed, but not my any one program (usually not an issue)
i am having problems with beep media player it is not playing anything. i did get the codacs as instructed by the ubuntu unofficial guide. anyone else have the same experence and know what i should do?	and i hope you didn't use ubuntuguide that much
so.. how can i see now .. how much memory i have available ?	if you're in a virtual console, sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart
where in the filesystem are smb shares mounted by nautilus?	~/.gvfs/
i have both sun java and openjdk install, you can choose which one to use. follow http://is.gd/7olwf and in my desktop openjdk is better.	why openjdk is better?
is there a php4 package for ubuntu?	i mean, apt-get install php4
hi all. how to restart dhcp server? tyhank you.	/etc/init.d/dhcp restart
i have /home on a separate partition. i need to reinstall ubuntu. are there explicit instructions on how to do this without touching /home? if i choose 'specify partitions manually', set the /home partition's mountpoint to /home, and specify that it should not be formatted, will that suffice?	nothing saves the day like a backup before something as drastic as this though.
i deleted users i created with the gui in karmic but when i do ls/home the usernames i deleted still show up. when i do userdel it say's that the users do not exist. how can i delete these users completly. thank you	you can delete them manualy
is there an easy way to add a shortcut to a terminal-based application (in this case weechat-curses) to the unity dock?	and then use alacarte to make the launcher
hey all, i keep seeing youtube video's of ubuntu desktops that have a mac-like application launcher at the bottom. anyone know what program that is?	avant window manager
is there a command to kill x (and keep it from restarting, i need to install the nvidia driver from a terminal)?	ctl-alt-f2, login & run sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop , then do your nvidia stuff. sudo invoke-rc.d gdm start to restart the gui
why not using network manager?	because im not using gnome. (awesome)
nobody had my problem i guess?	if sarge installer worked fine and ubuntu failed, that sounds like a bug.
hey all, i set a line in etc/network/interfaces to: iface eth0 inet static as it was previously dynamic and the ip kept changing. i also set the fixed ip and netmask. but now i can't seem to communicate with the outside world - stuff like wget no longer works. am i missing something?	if you set a static ip yeas, because dhcp is no longer setting that for you
anyone know of a message box application that can be given a message from a command prompt and pop up on the screen? like ./messagebox 'hello'	zenity
can any body tell why any web-camera doesnt works properly and what can i do to fix it	what computer?
well if i use date in the command line i receive this 'fri feb 18 09:54:51 utc 2011' somebody know how can i get from the system only this 'fri feb 18 09:54:51 ' and use as variable in a shell script	date '+%a %b %d %t'
how can i run an app from the cl and leave it running when i close the shell? i thought you just added & after but it won't work	type 'disown'
are there official gnome 2.28 packages available for ubuntu yet?	in karmic :) there will be no official gnome 2.28 packages for jaunty
in the default gnome/compiz environment, how to i get windows to stack from right to left instead of the default left to right?	that isnt installed by default
what is the program that will give me a bar at the bottom for my programs like mac os x?	awn
i created a dvd holding all the packages i installed on my development machine using 'aptoncd'. i then ran aptoncd on my laptop. but how to tell the laptop to install all these packages? in other words how do i get a list of installed packages and duplicate it on another machine.	just go on the cd and dpkg -i *.deb
hey guys, i have installed the ubuntu here and i dont have the grub, all tutorials i found is to recover the grub from a live cd or something else, but in my case, i can run the ubuntu i just cant run the windows :(	so you need to run sudo update-grub and it should detect windows..... then reboot
how to quit ubuntu-unregge channel only?	/part 'channel name'
don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible)	in hardy or intrepid?
hi, how i can resize my windows ntfs partition and add that unused space to my current linux partition?	boot from a live cd and run gparted
is there a command i can use to see the contents of a .deb file? or more to the point, to ask apt about the contents of a package in its db? i just installed something but now i cant find the program	try dpkg -l packagename - only works when it's already installed, though
some guy was in here last night who said all sound worked fine, but amarok would not play any sound..	that would have been a problem with phonon probably
hm, i'm using synergyc and i just lost connection on my linux system. i'm on windows now. is there anyway to start synergyc 192.168.0.4 and make it happen in x (via ssh)? so it can reconnect? thanks	try this... display=:0.0 synergyc blahblah
what's more effective aptitude or apt-get??	you can learn quite a bit about the differences by reading the man pages for apt-get and aptitude
to copy a file to the current direct is it simply cp /foo/foo.php?	you need a . for current directory so 'cp /foo/foo.php .'
does ubuntu come with a command line program to generate md5 files?	'md5sum'
good evening. if i have a system with one ntfs partition and i wish to install ubuntu as well, is it safe to resize that partition with the partitioner in setup and then using the newly created free space to install ubuntu? would i lose any data?	you should be able to do it, i've done it several times, just back up b/c sometimes 1 in 100 it can screw things ups
how do i make gwenview my default picture viewer?	pick a file right click > properties >open with
how ho i stop all the windows from popping up when i plug something in my computer or put a cd in. i want nothing to happen but the file system to be mounted (if there is one).	sys > prefs > removable - uncheck browse
is there a way to invoke firefox on an url to make it appear in a new window instead of a tab?	http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/01/03/more-command-line-firefox-tips/
is 1004 scheduled to be at the end of april like the previous releases? i need to install ubuntu as of now but thinking of holding back until 1004 is released!	personally i'd disagree with chelz - easier to 10.04beta -> 10.04 it's just a regular update then
anybody know how to ls permissions in terminal?	ls -l
invisiblepinkuni, did you set a password for the root account?	no i did not, but just saw that there was a root user on my system and got worried
i have an intel core 2 duo and i'm not entirely sure both cores are being utilized. how can i check this?	you can add the applet to the top panel that monitors cpu throttling and when you right click and select preferences it should have the option to pick which cpu to monitor, if it does both cores are usd
hi. i want to add a symlink to (i think it is /usr/bin?) so when i type thinliquidfilm in the terminal it will run /home/fraser/thinliquidfilm/thinliquidfilm.py	go to /usr/bin and type ln -s /home/fraser/thinliquidfilm/thinliquidfilm.py
packages that are held back are usually so because of a dependency that has not yet been uploaded to the repos. don't worry about them and when they are ready they will upgrade	yeah, but kernel packages? that's a first for me. wouldn't they just leave the older, working version in the repos?
hello to all, when i recompile a kernel, how do i use them on hardware identic other physikal systems ? just copy them over and create bootloader menu ?	should do that for you =)
i installed vim-gnome and cannot use it in graphical mode when i type vim.gnome i see the standart vim in conseol	try 'gvim'
interesting when i type sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/x11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum' i get permission denied	sudo -i, then do it.
hello, can someone tell me how to export e-mails in evolution, so that i can import them later after an reinstallation	you just need to backup the .evoltion folder on your home directory
how do i remove the docky anchor button?	run that command
i installed vsftpd and changed the config file. how do i restart vsftpd so that the new settings take effect?	sudo restart vsftpd
where can i get mplayer?	multiverse repository.
is it advisable to give ubuntu 12.04 to a linux-newbie as soon as it is released? or better play it save, install 11.10 and have some progs to be at a lower version?	imo, latter
is there a subforum for upgrading?	the server are probably busy.. wait a couple of days.
it works in puppy, doesn't work at all in xubuntu64 (guess it's the 32bit driver for the usb wifi adapter) and it works so far but doesn't connect in xubuntu32.	i have the same problem same ra chipset but i can connect uding if config it just dhclient thats screw for me it may be the same for you
does anyone know if there's any way to enable the number pad on my logitech mx 5000 keyboard?	someone had your problem at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8740026 and solved it.
if i do chmod 777 to a folder will that also change permissions to the files in that folder?	- and files of course
hey all, quick one: how do i find my gateway ip in ubuntu?	'route'
is there a good debug switch to use with ekiga to possibly see why it crashes everytime i open my camera?	if you just run ekiga from a terminal, it should provide some useful output - most programs do at least
ouff.. trying to de-install wmvare which i installed using their own install script etc.. i feel... clueless what i should do to remove it.. hmm..	tried reading the howto uninstall on vmwares site yet? (its pretty clearly outlined)
any recommended software for hotkey binding?	xbindkeys
is there a safe way to resize a partition while running ubuntu (i'd like to extend /boot while shrinking either / or the swap partition)?	yes, live cd and then gparted or qtparted
is there a program like prime95 to stress test cpu in repo's ?	cpuburn ?
is it better to install ubuntu then windows xp or install windowsxp and then ubuntu? i am looking to dual boot on a new hdd	just install windows then ubuntu. the ubuntu installer will walk you through it.
hi. where is the folder with the start meno entires in ubuntu?	/home/.config/autorun
hey guys! are there any game repos ?	try http://ubuntugames.org/ there are many games
will the command ls -r dira \| grep -v '$(ls -r dirb)' list the files that exist in dira but not in dirb?	http://wooledge.org/mywiki/bashfaq/036 -- how can i get all lines that are: in both of two files (set intersection) or in only one of two files (set subtraction).
exactly where does the packages i download with a-get gets storedo nmy harddisk ?	i believe /usr/local/bin ?
anyone know how to clear the 'recently file playlist' in totem?	you can clear all lists in places -> recent docs
hello all, just would like to know what anti-virus scanner that you use. i know there is clam-av out there.. just looking to see what everyone is using, please.	you don't need one. clam is really just for mail servers with windows users
what is the shortcut for the run command dialog box	alt f2
hello! egtk gnome theme is missing into ubuntu? this is the default theme for gnome3? here the default gnome3 theme is missing, and think it's egtk...	better stick with unity
i edited my swap partition manually and now ubuntu isn't mounting it automatically since it has moved. how do i reset the swap position?	you changed the swap partition?
from what i heard though, debian would be better for a 'laptop' at least that's what i was told .. i was thinking of changing to debian, because of the hardware support.	there is a live cd you can get to test it and see how it works ... http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/
who pays for this free stuff?	ubuntu have a sponsor canonical... at them moment they are getting plenty of free publicity so it's worth a few cds :-)
hey guys what could be the problem, i installed 9.10 on a machine last nite with no hitches, but when i installed on this toshiba satellite laptop, i get no desktop image, just a black screen .. the system is useable, i have my menus and gnome panels, but no desktop (so also when i tried to save a vid to desktop, it doesn't appear)	if so, it might just be an error in gdm
can anyone tell me if there is a thing thats like limewire for ubuntu?	gtk-gnutella is another alternative
where does compiz log it's error messages? can't enable it on my stupid nvidia card	i have the gtx280 nvidia pain in the * have patience
anyone else here who has heard of problems installing ubuntu breezy on a thinkpad t43? i got this computer 2 days ago but can't get ubuntu to install.	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104238&highlight=thinkpad+t43

in a default install, are extended attributes enabled on the filesystem?

check in fstab, you need user_xattr in the option

hi, i have the flash player plugin for firefox, but most flash-thingys on the web needs version 8 of flash ... how do i get this?

there is a beta version of flash available on their site

what is the best and simple ipod manager

gtkpod maybe?

cd rom not being detected in jaunty , can we call thata critical bug?

it could laso be called hardware failure

chkconfig mysql off ?

ah, chkconfig... i haven't used that since fedora 9. sounds like it does the same thing as update-rc.d (ie: updating /etc/rc* scripts). i just wasn't sure if upstart had a new way of doing this.

hi, i just installed windows 7 pro in virtualbox 3.0.8_ose in ubuntu 9.10. windows detects no audio device. the vm is setup using pulse audio. how can i get audio to work?

install the guest additions

um,,, how to change group of file or dir

chgrp newgroup file

guys i'm trying to be as patient as one can be but i would at least like some acknowledge of my question regarding help with my bluetooth desktop set and linux

i see it but never messed with bluetooth on linux

i've developed an application that i have packaged inside an ubuntu vm and would like to redistribute it. i've read the gpl and it seems this is allowed, but is ubuntu distributed under the gpl or is there another license i should be looking at?

http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy

could someone explain the difference between alsa, pulseaudio and oss (which i read now is deprecated)

alsa and oss both handle the hardware and lets you use it to play sound.. pulseaudio is a system above this.. it lets you mix sounds and move sounds between different soundcards.. it uses alsa to do the actual sound playing

please someone help ubuntu has gone cappot, when i log in i dont get anything just a grey screen, no menu, no apps nothing, right click dont function just a grey empty screen no gnome. right now i logged as terminal failsafe. please help fixing this problem, i dont want to do clean install?

have you tried failsafe gnome?

anyone have a suggestion for an ipod shuffle-ish mp3 player that plays nicely with linux?

you might look into rockbox's firmware, on whatever hardware you prefer.

how do i install the bzlib header files

apt-get install libbz2-dev

searching for a software that can record video and audio from my webcam and save it to a videofile

check add/remove programs under sound&video

i want to make a user who only has access to programs i allow them to use

try apparmour

hello. are there any outstanding applications for ubuntu 8.04 that have no equivalent in windows?

glade

having a problem installing 7.0.4 (amd64) on one of my pc's.. the livecd boots and starts loading x, then seems to get to the ubuntu/gnome splash screen before it apparently panics and reboots instantly.. any ideas i can try?

maybe some boot option can help

where do pre-configured module options live in 9.10?

kernel module options? /etc/modprobe.d/

anyone here possess knowledge to get an internet broadband card to work?

what?

why does the windows channel have 2 #'s in the name...?

two hash marks indicate a non-official channel.

how do you run the nautilus browser without the desktop icons?

do you want to remoce desktop icons, or are you running nautilus outside of gnome?

hmm.. i'm getting this error when i dist-upgrade on my breezy: failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.10-2_i386.deb md5sum mismatch

go ermove us. from the sources.list file.

hello, ubuntu hardy is still at firefox-3.0-beta5 or something like that(a not yet released version) and firefox 3.0 has been released since some time now...is it possible to get the released version...maybe compiling a deb? because the not yet released version has got a lot of bugs...and i'd like to use firefox3...

well firefox will say there is an update

jeruvy, actionparsnip: really? hm, then i guess i should try installing 32 bit. do i need the special kernel to use all of my 4 gigs of ram on 32bit?

fyi pae is a 'hack' it does allow more then 3.2gb ram to be addressed, but not my any one program (usually not an issue)

i am having problems with beep media player it is not playing anything. i did get the codacs as instructed by the ubuntu unofficial guide. anyone else have the same experence and know what i should do?

and i hope you didn't use ubuntuguide that much

so.. how can i see now .. how much memory i have available ?

if you're in a virtual console, sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart

where in the filesystem are smb shares mounted by nautilus?

~/.gvfs/

i have both sun java and openjdk install, you can choose which one to use. follow http://is.gd/7olwf and in my desktop openjdk is better.

why openjdk is better?

is there a php4 package for ubuntu?

i mean, apt-get install php4

hi all. how to restart dhcp server? tyhank you.

/etc/init.d/dhcp restart

i have /home on a separate partition. i need to reinstall ubuntu. are there explicit instructions on how to do this without touching /home? if i choose 'specify partitions manually', set the /home partition's mountpoint to /home, and specify that it should not be formatted, will that suffice?

nothing saves the day like a backup before something as drastic as this though.

i deleted users i created with the gui in karmic but when i do ls/home the usernames i deleted still show up. when i do userdel it say's that the users do not exist. how can i delete these users completly. thank you

you can delete them manualy

is there an easy way to add a shortcut to a terminal-based application (in this case weechat-curses) to the unity dock?

and then use alacarte to make the launcher

hey all, i keep seeing youtube video's of ubuntu desktops that have a mac-like application launcher at the bottom. anyone know what program that is?

avant window manager

is there a command to kill x (and keep it from restarting, i need to install the nvidia driver from a terminal)?

ctl-alt-f2, login & run sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop , then do your nvidia stuff. sudo invoke-rc.d gdm start to restart the gui

why not using network manager?

because im not using gnome. (awesome)

nobody had my problem i guess?

if sarge installer worked fine and ubuntu failed, that sounds like a bug.

hey all, i set a line in etc/network/interfaces to: iface eth0 inet static as it was previously dynamic and the ip kept changing. i also set the fixed ip and netmask. but now i can't seem to communicate with the outside world - stuff like wget no longer works. am i missing something?

if you set a static ip yeas, because dhcp is no longer setting that for you

anyone know of a message box application that can be given a message from a command prompt and pop up on the screen? like ./messagebox 'hello'

zenity

can any body tell why any web-camera doesnt works properly and what can i do to fix it

what computer?

well if i use date in the command line i receive this 'fri feb 18 09:54:51 utc 2011' somebody know how can i get from the system only this 'fri feb 18 09:54:51 ' and use as variable in a shell script

date '+%a %b %d %t'

how can i run an app from the cl and leave it running when i close the shell? i thought you just added & after but it won't work

type 'disown'

are there official gnome 2.28 packages available for ubuntu yet?

in karmic :) there will be no official gnome 2.28 packages for jaunty

in the default gnome/compiz environment, how to i get windows to stack from right to left instead of the default left to right?

that isnt installed by default

what is the program that will give me a bar at the bottom for my programs like mac os x?

awn

i created a dvd holding all the packages i installed on my development machine using 'aptoncd'. i then ran aptoncd on my laptop. but how to tell the laptop to *install* all these packages? in other words how do i get a list of installed packages and duplicate it on another machine.

just go on the cd and dpkg -i *.deb

hey guys, i have installed the ubuntu here and i dont have the grub, all tutorials i found is to recover the grub from a live cd or something else, but in my case, i can run the ubuntu i just cant run the windows :(

so you need to run sudo update-grub and it should detect windows..... then reboot

how to quit ubuntu-unregge channel only?

/part 'channel name'

don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible)

in hardy or intrepid?

hi, how i can resize my windows ntfs partition and add that unused space to my current linux partition?

boot from a live cd and run gparted

is there a command i can use to see the contents of a .deb file? or more to the point, to ask apt about the contents of a package in its db? i just installed something but now i cant find the program

try dpkg -l packagename - only works when it's already installed, though

some guy was in here last night who said all sound worked fine, but amarok would not play any sound..

that would have been a problem with phonon probably

hm, i'm using synergyc and i just lost connection on my linux system. i'm on windows now. is there anyway to start synergyc 192.168.0.4 and make it happen in x (via ssh)? so it can reconnect? thanks

try this... display=:0.0 synergyc blahblah

what's more effective aptitude or apt-get??

you can learn quite a bit about the differences by reading the man pages for apt-get and aptitude

to copy a file to the current direct is it simply cp /foo/foo.php?

you need a . for current directory so 'cp /foo/foo.php .'

does ubuntu come with a command line program to generate md5 files?

'md5sum'

good evening. if i have a system with one ntfs partition and i wish to install ubuntu as well, is it safe to resize that partition with the partitioner in setup and then using the newly created free space to install ubuntu? would i lose any data?

you should be able to do it, i've done it several times, just back up b/c sometimes 1 in 100 it can screw things ups

how do i make gwenview my default picture viewer?

pick a file right click > properties >open with

how ho i stop all the windows from popping up when i plug something in my computer or put a cd in. i want nothing to happen but the file system to be mounted (if there is one).

sys > prefs > removable - uncheck browse

is there a way to invoke firefox on an url to make it appear in a new window instead of a tab?

http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/01/03/more-command-line-firefox-tips/

is 1004 scheduled to be at the end of april like the previous releases? i need to install ubuntu as of now but thinking of holding back until 1004 is released!

personally i'd disagree with chelz - easier to 10.04beta -> 10.04 it's just a regular update then

anybody know how to ls permissions in terminal?

ls -l

invisiblepinkuni, did you set a password for the root account?

no i did not, but just saw that there was a root user on my system and got worried

i have an intel core 2 duo and i'm not entirely sure both cores are being utilized. how can i check this?

you can add the applet to the top panel that monitors cpu throttling and when you right click and select preferences it should have the option to pick which cpu to monitor, if it does both cores are usd

hi. i want to add a symlink to (i think it is /usr/bin?) so when i type thinliquidfilm in the terminal it will run /home/fraser/thinliquidfilm/thinliquidfilm.py

go to /usr/bin and type ln -s /home/fraser/thinliquidfilm/thinliquidfilm.py

packages that are held back are usually so because of a dependency that has not yet been uploaded to the repos. don't worry about them and when they are ready they will upgrade

yeah, but kernel packages? that's a first for me. wouldn't they just leave the older, working version in the repos?

hello to all, when i recompile a kernel, how do i use them on hardware identic other physikal systems ? just copy them over and create bootloader menu ?

should do that for you =)

i installed vim-gnome and cannot use it in graphical mode when i type vim.gnome i see the standart vim in conseol

try 'gvim'

interesting when i type sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/x11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum' i get permission denied

sudo -i, then do it.

hello, can someone tell me how to export e-mails in evolution, so that i can import them later after an reinstallation

you just need to backup the .evoltion folder on your home directory

how do i remove the docky anchor button?

run that command

i installed vsftpd and changed the config file. how do i restart vsftpd so that the new settings take effect?

sudo restart vsftpd

where can i get mplayer?

multiverse repository.

is it advisable to give ubuntu 12.04 to a linux-newbie as soon as it is released? or better play it save, install 11.10 and have some progs to be at a lower version?

imo, latter

is there a subforum for upgrading?

the server are probably busy.. wait a couple of days.

it works in puppy, doesn't work at all in xubuntu64 (guess it's the 32bit driver for the usb wifi adapter) and it works so far but doesn't connect in xubuntu32.

i have the same problem same ra chipset but i can connect uding if config it just dhclient thats screw for me it may be the same for you

does anyone know if there's any way to enable the number pad on my logitech mx 5000 keyboard?

someone had your problem at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8740026 and solved it.

if i do chmod 777 to a folder will that also change permissions to the files in that folder?

- and files of course

hey all, quick one: how do i find my gateway ip in ubuntu?

'route'

is there a good debug switch to use with ekiga to possibly see why it crashes everytime i open my camera?

if you just run ekiga from a terminal, it should provide some useful output - most programs do at least

ouff.. trying to de-install wmvare which i installed using their own install script etc.. i feel... clueless what i should do to remove it.. hmm..

tried reading the howto uninstall on vmwares site yet? (its pretty clearly outlined)

any recommended software for hotkey binding?

xbindkeys

is there a safe way to resize a partition while running ubuntu (i'd like to extend /boot while shrinking either / or the swap partition)?

yes, live cd and then gparted or qtparted

is there a program like prime95 to stress test cpu in repo's ?

cpuburn ?

is it better to install ubuntu then windows xp or install windowsxp and then ubuntu? i am looking to dual boot on a new hdd

just install windows then ubuntu. the ubuntu installer will walk you through it.

hi. where is the folder with the start meno entires in ubuntu?

/home/.config/autorun

hey guys! are there any game repos ?

try http://ubuntugames.org/ there are many games

will the command ls -r dira | grep -v '$(ls -r dirb)' list the files that exist in dira but not in dirb?

http://wooledge.org/mywiki/bashfaq/036 -- how can i get all lines that are: in both of two files (set intersection) or in only one of two files (set subtraction).

exactly where does the packages i download with a-get gets storedo nmy harddisk ?

i believe /usr/local/bin ?

anyone know how to clear the 'recently file playlist' in totem?

you can clear all lists in places -> recent docs

hello all, just would like to know what anti-virus scanner that you use. i know there is clam-av out there.. just looking to see what everyone is using, please.

you don't need one. clam is really just for mail servers with windows users

what is the shortcut for the run command dialog box

alt f2

hello! egtk gnome theme is missing into ubuntu? this is the default theme for gnome3? here the default gnome3 theme is missing, and think it's egtk...

better stick with unity

i edited my swap partition manually and now ubuntu isn't mounting it automatically since it has moved. how do i reset the swap position?

you changed the swap partition?

from what i heard though, debian would be better for a 'laptop' at least that's what i was told .. i was thinking of changing to debian, because of the hardware support.

there is a live cd you can get to test it and see how it works ... http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/

who pays for this free stuff?

ubuntu have a sponsor canonical... at them moment they are getting plenty of free publicity so it's worth a few cds :-)

hey guys what could be the problem, i installed 9.10 on a machine last nite with no hitches, but when i installed on this toshiba satellite laptop, i get no desktop image, just a black screen .. the system is useable, i have my menus and gnome panels, but no desktop (so also when i tried to save a vid to desktop, it doesn't appear)

if so, it might just be an error in gdm

can anyone tell me if there is a thing thats like limewire for ubuntu?

gtk-gnutella is another alternative

where does compiz log it's error messages? can't enable it on my stupid nvidia card

i have the gtx280 nvidia pain in the * have patience

anyone else here who has heard of problems installing ubuntu breezy on a thinkpad t43? i got this computer 2 days ago but can't get ubuntu to install.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=104238&highlight=thinkpad+t43