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what is the package name of the java plugin for firefox?	apt-cache search j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin
what's the easiest way to do video with someone running windows xp? we're trying netmeeting, but we keep connecting for 30 seconds, no communication then it gets disconnected... i'm using gnomemeeting... is there something easier? i mean some other software they could get, since i think my end it working?	knoppix...
hi there, i have a question about firewall/proxy thing in my office. usually it's always asking for my user/password when i get into browser. and it just works after that. the question is how can i do that in cli? so far i get only 401 unauthorized error.	try a text based browser? :)
how did i stop ping localhost from pinging	this will help: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/bashguide
how do i move a file from one place to another in console?	use mv
hey everyone... anyone know if it's possible to use nvidia's twinview with monitors that have different resolutions?	see if this helps: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/dual-monitors-with-nvidia.html
anyone know the command to configure xorg?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
fast question: warty supposedly somewhat corresponds to sarge, but what is hoary?	until march, it will be the development branch
excuse me, which is better for ubuntu... ext3 or 4?	believe so
hi, can someone plz explain to me what this partial command means? 'sudo -u www-data'	looks like it'll run as a user 'www-data'
hi.. i'm using ubuntu 5.10 on an acer travelmate 290. the sound i get from playing movies/mp3s is very 'noisy'. anyone knows how to fix this? thanks	try setting the pcm channel in alsamixer below 75%
is it just me or is #freenode-social not working?	i just went in, but you have to wait until you get voice
what is the filemanager in ubuntu called again?	in gnome, nautilus, i think
if you want i linux distro other than ubuntu i recommend fedora	i tried fedora i i coukldnt get it online without some decent networking nknowledge. which i dont have
i'm a noob to linux :p but i've also tried with installing suse and get the same problem.	perhaps this may help you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=351042&highlight=nvidia-glx my english isn't the very best so i'm afraid that i can't help you very good ;)
does anyone have experience compiling kernels?	that's why they have trackpoint
hey all, i am installing from a minimal cd image. what gives me xorg and what i will need to launch x via startx command?	it still needs x to run, right?
when does 9.10 get released?	but now that you asked it has been pushed back a week... thanks a lot :p
are the update servers overloaded? i'm upgrading with only 40kb/s	installing stuff
can virtualbx on a 64bit system, host 32bit systems?	dont see why not
hello, having problems with updating ubuntu edgy with apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude dist-upgrade - it's telling me that linux-image-generic and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-generic are broken ;/ aptitude wants to remove all of the kernels, and apt-get doesn't want to do anything now.. any ideas on how to fix?	that is the same problem that many other people are having.
how do i unmount a drive so i can run fsck ?	sudo umount /mount/point/
howto change permission of a folder and contained files?	chmod -r
how do i go about taking a windows driver for a usb wireless card and use it on ubntu?	ndiswrapper
i'm trying to cp -a my /home directory to a usb drive with pv so that i know it's working properly, but i can't seem to figure out how to make it work. it copies properly, but pv just sits there. can someone tell what the right syntax would be to do that?	use two tar commands... something like « tar cf - /home/$user \| pv \| (cd /media/disk && tar xbf -)
hello all, i'm having trouble trying to figure out which sound card i have from this list: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/documentation/sound/alsa/hd-audio-models.txt can anyone help please?	try aplay -l
how does one pronounce ubuntu?	uh bun to
hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd?	sorry - arping
i'm having some issues trying to get cryptkeeper to show its notification icon in the systray. using gnome panel versus unity, for starters. tried to whitelist the systray to 'all' in dconf-editor, logged out and back in, no dice. any ideas what else to try?	the whitelist is only for unity
i can't add ipv6 on my vps ubuntu 11.04, no matter how i try i cannot see it in ifconfig.	i'm not sure how to do that, sorry.
how to download all png files in a website using wget?	wget http:examplesite.com -r 10 -a '*.png'
hello! i'm new to irc chat and i am looking to gather information on how to access a windows active directory domain remotely from a laptop running ubuntu 6.0.6. can anyone point me in the right direction?	there is probley trobbel in connect to a domain using linux i don't know if it even can be done ;)
can i buy muisc from itunes music store on linux? and how do i play it?	use banshee
did anyone had luck with installing feisty on a hp nx9420?	after updating the bios to newest version it should work
has anyone gotten tangerine to work as a music share?	http://www.go2linux.org/linux/2011/07/share-your-music-library-using-linux-server-daap-and-itunes-1109.html
i'm new to linux, using 10.04, and trying to get my wireless connection set up at my university. i believe i have the driver for my adapter correctly installed, but when i follow the directions on the uni's 'how to connect to the wireless network with ubuntu), it doesn't connect. i have no idea what i'm missing. can anyone help me?	try hooking p to ethernet and getting wicd
how do i tell aptitude to purge a package and also purge the packages that will be autoremoved?	sudo apt-get autoremove
what command can i use to check my gateway adress?	route -n
can anyone else verify that? 'startup applications' is gnome specific, right?	yes as it simply adds the right info to ~/.gconf
are there any free multiplayer games that run on linux that a lot of people play?	i wonder that too
installed ubuntu 10.4.. usb keyboard works but the usb mouse does not work but the led under the mouse is on.	try unplug/pluging the mouse back in?
i run a dhcp server on my server, is there any command i can run to list all the dhcp leases it has given out?	you could also examine /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
is the recommended way to install java the bin or from apt-get?	from apt
hello guys am not a ubuntu nor a linux user as yet but long time ago i;ve tried to use rh and at that time rh requires me to mount -umount drives in order to use esp with floopies now does ubuntu requires this or its literally has become the genuine plug and play ..	you still need to mount floppies, but other media like cdroms and usb drives should automatically mount
what was the channel for ibex ?	it's in the /topic
i tried the latest debian and am having difficulties with the s3 trio3d in my ibm 300gl. it isn't supported by debian, but will it work with ubuntu?	you're likely to have the same trouble here and there.
question, is it okay to have multiple distros sharing the same /home partition? if so, must i use a different username?	i see them at http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/
any client in/ for ubuntu supporting direct connection to winxp remote desktop?	works quite well.
how does one take a screenshot?	applications>accessories>screenshot
can i run ubuntu on a 2 gig thumbdrive?	4 gb is min req
hello!! i need to figure out a way to run samba on user logon instead of at startup.. i only want samba to run if a specific user logs in.	the samba-doc pakcage has all the info you would ever want on samba - if its doable - it may be mentioned in there.
hi, my samba is screwed and i need to add a network printer by hand in the following format: smb://[workgroup/]server[:port]/printer... anybody know what port windows printers are shared on? thanks	because [:port] is in [ ], it means its optional and you do not need to specify it.
hey i was wondering if there's a way of disabling the startup sounds.. i went to the 'system->preferences->sound' and it doesn't show any in use... but everytime i reboot i relogin	system -> admin -> loginscreen -> (tab) accesibility
hi... i have a 6.06 lts obtained from shipip. installing on my lap a second time it hangs at 76%, 1:35 remaining... is it a known bug? sorry for bothering...	i would say no ... but then i also don't know what it is doing at that stage
if i upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 will my partition table be the same	yes, and yes
i want to boot as verbose as possible (textmode). what is the best way to do that? work on boot up scripts? boot options?	in /etc/default/grub remove 'quiet splash' from grub_cmdline_linux_default='quiet splash' then run sudo update-grub
hey guys i know is off-topic but in #xchat nobody is talking... how do i reply to someone using his nickname... without having to type it? i'm using xchat irc client.	also working on the shell
does ubuntu have something that works like ctrl+alt+del? sometimes firefox freezes my desktop and i lose my mouse and cant do anything	you can always ctrl+alt+f1 - f2 - f3... to get to a console, then 'ps -a' to see the processes and then 'killall process_name' to kill the bugged application.
easy way to get mplayer 1.0rc1?	sudo bash -c 'echo deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main >> /etc/apt/sources.list' && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
anyone know why in ubuntu 10.10, with compiz enabled, i can only alt tab forwards, i cannot alt shift tab backwards?	you might have overwritten the hotkey for it with another interface addon. look through all your interface settings.
i made a custom livecd, but what i wanted to do was change the default login shell for the livecd, any ideas?	change the shell in /etc/passwd
is there a way to determine what version of ubuntu you are running? much like /etc/debian_version?	cat /etc/issue
hey, can someone help me out? i just installed ubuntu on a new partition but kept my windows vista partition. someone in here told me that when it was done, there would be a grub bootmenu allowing me to choose vista or ubuntu. there is a bootmenu but it only allows me to use ubuntu, and for some reason there is 3 of them, one is safe mode i beleive. is there anyway that i can edit the grub menu to make it (ubuntu, ubuntu (safe), vis	vista doesn't like grub , check the forum for a fix, you can have vista on the menu but you have to work for it
i am new to ubuntu (and gnome). can someone tell me what the best pdf viewer for this combinatio0n is?	i believe it's called 'evince'
can i use gmail pop on evolution	http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/41552-complete-guide-using-gmail-thunderbird-mozilla-mail-evolution-kmai.html
do u know to launch an app minimized?	you can get devilspie to do it
what the program for viewing pdfs called?	evince
hello again. i think my message went unnoticed. so 3 of the 4 usb ports aren't working. got some data here: http://pastebin.com/mccdna89 . any help ?	i think the output of dmesg might be more itneresting, after plugging a usb device
i disconnected by camera from the pc unsafely i think it said, and now it cannot mount upon reconnecting.. does anyone have any idea how to fix this?	have a look at www.tldp.org for a great explanation of same
hi folks. is there an official, generally accepted, best practice on how to get the wireless of an acer aspire one (atheros ar242x) working with 9.04? i reinstalled and forgot to back-up the modules list. now i am googling my way to whatever i already did in april that i can't quite remember what it was.	install madwifi and blacklist the built-in atheros module is how i did it
can someone suggest a good torrent program for ubuntu?	deluge
is there anyway to list all usb devices i have plugged in?	lsusb
hi! what's the command to see the current permissions on a file?	use 'ls -l' or 'stat'
hey, i was wondering if anyone knows how to modify the 'places' menu	- i know you can edit ~/.gtk-bookmarks by hand but i don't know any other way.
so i'm a complete noob about linux; what ftp client is available for ubuntu?	place > connect to server.. -- choose one of the two ftp choices.
do they have a linux version of that program at portforward.com?	just pf to the machine you want to use torrents on and not the other
is upgrading from breezy to dapper just a matter of changing sources.list?	sudo 'update-manager -d'
hey ya'll, i am wondering, what is a good virtual drive program? like to mount isos, etc on ubuntu?	loom on the internet. you don't need a seperate program, just a couple of scripts.
how to install kde3 on ubuntu (not kubuntu) 8.10 ?	i believe there is a kde3 repo, but am not certain :)
any suggestions for a movie player, other than totem and/or vlc?	mplayer and xine come to mine
how do i change volume from the command line or something like that?	alsamixer
will apt-get automatically remove dependencies that an app installed?	not automatically, you have to tell it you want to.
hi everyone. after installing lucid lynx, my system frequently crashes (screent turns black, system reboots). is there a known bug? also changed from ext2 to ext4. thanks!	pastebin please, not in room
hey, how do i disable the auto sleep on ubuntu 10.10? when i left the torrent client running it simply goes to sleep	syatem > preferences > power management
anyone know a good network manager application ?	wicd isn't in the repos, but you can get it at http://wicd.net
does anyone know the unetbootin package name? or is not in the repository?	it's in the universe repository
is there some easy way to count the number of files in a dir from a terminal?	how about find \| nl ? that's hardly elegant though.
how is this program called to start another x session in a window?	sudo apt-get install xnest; then use gdmflexiserver --xnest to start a session.
where are gnome themes saved when installed through appearance?	they are in /home/user/.themes
how do i allow xdmcp acces on my ubuntu box ?	edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and find the [xdmcp] section and change 'enable=false' to 'enable=true'
how do i print out all the settings obtained via dhcp? ifconfig doesn't print things like dns and gateway	you can use the route command to check how dhclient configures your default-route/gateway, /etc/resolv,conf has info on dns
i guess you already saw this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear	yeah i saw that one....didnt help me at all.
how can i kill my xorg process wich is using 99% cpu /etc/init.d/gdm restart is not working i am using ubuntu 9.04 and fluxbox	sudo kill -9 $(pidof x)
quick question, i want to install ubuntu desktop, but using the desktop install cd, i see no way to partition the disk to my liking. i want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. with the alternate install cd i know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) when i use the alternate cd i always use the cli mode. if i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop?	yeah you can
does anyone know how to defrag ext4 in karmic? thanks.	extents
hola. can anyone tell me how to make the dapper cd run in livecd mode even though i have a hard disk installed? (the hd has a broken grub and won't currently mount)	change boot order in bios
greetings! just installed 10.10 on a virtualbox vm and trying to install ruby 1.9.2 from source. last few ubuntus i used `$ sudo apt-get build-dep ruby1.9` for some deps, which now just gives an 'e: unable to find a source package for ruby1.9'. so, what changes have been made regarding this and what do i do now?	it's now ruby1.9.1
could somebody tell me which keys i can change my actually active desktop panel in kde?	in gnome it's ctrl-alt-arrow
hi there, just installed fresh 11.04 along with updates, however for some reason it uses vesa which doesn't support 3d acceleration instead of xorg's open-source intel driver (it's installed however), how do i fix that ?	we should form a support group for people who were crippled by the upgrade to 11.04
i'd back it all up first, then give a shot at trying to recover. i've actually had good luck at running 11.04 re-install over 11.04 after i corrupted my system once	you can do this with the livecd?

what is the package name of the java plugin for firefox?

apt-cache search j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin

what's the easiest way to do video with someone running windows xp? we're trying netmeeting, but we keep connecting for 30 seconds, no communication then it gets disconnected... i'm using gnomemeeting... is there something easier? i mean some other software they could get, since i think my end it working?

knoppix...

hi there, i have a question about firewall/proxy thing in my office. usually it's always asking for my user/password when i get into browser. and it just works after that. the question is how can i do that in cli? so far i get only 401 unauthorized error.

try a text based browser? :)

how did i stop ping localhost from pinging

this will help: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/bashguide

how do i move a file from one place to another in console?

use mv

hey everyone... anyone know if it's possible to use nvidia's twinview with monitors that have different resolutions?

see if this helps: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/dual-monitors-with-nvidia.html

anyone know the command to configure xorg?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

fast question: warty supposedly somewhat corresponds to sarge, but what is hoary?

until march, it will be the development branch

excuse me, which is better for ubuntu... ext3 or 4?

believe so

hi, can someone plz explain to me what this partial command means? 'sudo -u www-data'

looks like it'll run as a user 'www-data'

hi.. i'm using ubuntu 5.10 on an acer travelmate 290. the sound i get from playing movies/mp3s is very 'noisy'. anyone knows how to fix this? thanks

try setting the pcm channel in alsamixer below 75%

is it just me or is #freenode-social not working?

i just went in, but you have to wait until you get voice

what is the filemanager in ubuntu called again?

in gnome, nautilus, i think

if you want i linux distro other than ubuntu i recommend fedora

i tried fedora i i coukldnt get it online without some decent networking nknowledge. which i dont have

i'm a noob to linux :p but i've also tried with installing suse and get the same problem.

perhaps this may help you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=351042&highlight=nvidia-glx my english isn't the very best so i'm afraid that i can't help you very good ;)

does anyone have experience compiling kernels?

that's why they have trackpoint

hey all, i am installing from a minimal cd image. what gives me xorg and what i will need to launch x via startx command?

it still needs x to run, right?

when does 9.10 get released?

but now that you asked it has been pushed back a week... thanks a lot :p

are the update servers overloaded? i'm upgrading with only 40kb/s

installing stuff

can virtualbx on a 64bit system, host 32bit systems?

dont see why not

hello, having problems with updating ubuntu edgy with apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude dist-upgrade - it's telling me that linux-image-generic and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-generic are broken ;/ aptitude wants to remove all of the kernels, and apt-get doesn't want to do anything now.. any ideas on how to fix?

that is the same problem that many other people are having.

how do i unmount a drive so i can run fsck ?

sudo umount /mount/point/

howto change permission of a folder and contained files?

chmod -r

how do i go about taking a windows driver for a usb wireless card and use it on ubntu?

ndiswrapper

i'm trying to cp -a my /home directory to a usb drive with pv so that i know it's working properly, but i can't seem to figure out how to make it work. it copies properly, but pv just sits there. can someone tell what the right syntax would be to do that?

use two tar commands... something like « tar cf - /home/$user | pv | (cd /media/disk && tar xbf -)

hello all, i'm having trouble trying to figure out which sound card i have from this list: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/documentation/sound/alsa/hd-audio-models.txt can anyone help please?

try aplay -l

how does one pronounce ubuntu?

uh bun to

hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd?

sorry - arping

i'm having some issues trying to get cryptkeeper to show its notification icon in the systray. using gnome panel versus unity, for starters. tried to whitelist the systray to 'all' in dconf-editor, logged out and back in, no dice. any ideas what else to try?

the whitelist is only for unity

i can't add ipv6 on my vps ubuntu 11.04, no matter how i try i cannot see it in ifconfig.

i'm not sure how to do that, sorry.

how to download all png files in a website using wget?

wget http:examplesite.com -r 10 -a '*.png'

hello! i'm new to irc chat and i am looking to gather information on how to access a windows active directory domain remotely from a laptop running ubuntu 6.0.6. can anyone point me in the right direction?

there is probley trobbel in connect to a domain using linux i don't know if it even can be done ;)

can i buy muisc from itunes music store on linux? and how do i play it?

use banshee

did anyone had luck with installing feisty on a hp nx9420?

after updating the bios to newest version it should work

has anyone gotten tangerine to work as a music share?

http://www.go2linux.org/linux/2011/07/share-your-music-library-using-linux-server-daap-and-itunes-1109.html

i'm new to linux, using 10.04, and trying to get my wireless connection set up at my university. i believe i have the driver for my adapter correctly installed, but when i follow the directions on the uni's 'how to connect to the wireless network with ubuntu), it doesn't connect. i have no idea what i'm missing. can anyone help me?

try hooking p to ethernet and getting wicd

how do i tell aptitude to purge a package and also purge the packages that will be autoremoved?

sudo apt-get autoremove

what command can i use to check my gateway adress?

route -n

can anyone else verify that? 'startup applications' is gnome specific, right?

yes as it simply adds the right info to ~/.gconf

are there any free multiplayer games that run on linux that a lot of people play?

i wonder that too

installed ubuntu 10.4.. usb keyboard works but the usb mouse does not work but the led under the mouse is on.

try unplug/pluging the mouse back in?

i run a dhcp server on my server, is there any command i can run to list all the dhcp leases it has given out?

you could also examine /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases

is the recommended way to install java the bin or from apt-get?

from apt

hello guys am not a ubuntu nor a linux user as yet but long time ago i;ve tried to use rh and at that time rh requires me to mount -umount drives in order to use esp with floopies now does ubuntu requires this or its literally has become the genuine plug and play ..

you still need to mount floppies, but other media like cdroms and usb drives should automatically mount

what was the channel for ibex ?

it's in the /topic

i tried the latest debian and am having difficulties with the s3 trio3d in my ibm 300gl. it isn't supported by debian, but will it work with ubuntu?

you're likely to have the same trouble here and there.

question, is it okay to have multiple distros sharing the same /home partition? if so, must i use a different username?

i see them at http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/

any client in/ for ubuntu supporting direct connection to winxp remote desktop?

works quite well.

how does one take a screenshot?

applications>accessories>screenshot

can i run ubuntu on a 2 gig thumbdrive?

4 gb is min req

hello!! i need to figure out a way to run samba on user logon instead of at startup.. i only want samba to run if a specific user logs in.

the samba-doc pakcage has all the info you would ever want on samba - if its doable - it may be mentioned in there.

hi, my samba is screwed and i need to add a network printer by hand in the following format: smb://[workgroup/]server[:port]/printer... anybody know what port windows printers are shared on? thanks

because [:port] is in [ ], it means its optional and you do not need to specify it.

hey i was wondering if there's a way of disabling the startup sounds.. i went to the 'system->preferences->sound' and it doesn't show any in use... but everytime i reboot i relogin

system -> admin -> loginscreen -> (tab) accesibility

hi... i have a 6.06 lts obtained from shipip. installing on my lap a second time it hangs at 76%, 1:35 remaining... is it a known bug? sorry for bothering...

i would say no ... but then i also don't know what it is doing at that stage

if i upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 will my partition table be the same

yes, and yes

i want to boot as verbose as possible (textmode). what is the best way to do that? work on boot up scripts? boot options?

in /etc/default/grub remove 'quiet splash' from grub_cmdline_linux_default='quiet splash' then run sudo update-grub

hey guys i know is off-topic but in #xchat nobody is talking... how do i reply to someone using his nickname... without having to type it? i'm using xchat irc client.

also working on the shell

does ubuntu have something that works like ctrl+alt+del? sometimes firefox freezes my desktop and i lose my mouse and cant do anything

you can always ctrl+alt+f1 - f2 - f3... to get to a console, then 'ps -a' to see the processes and then 'killall process_name' to kill the bugged application.

easy way to get mplayer 1.0rc1?

sudo bash -c 'echo deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main >> /etc/apt/sources.list' && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

anyone know why in ubuntu 10.10, with compiz enabled, i can only alt tab forwards, i cannot alt shift tab backwards?

you might have overwritten the hotkey for it with another interface addon. look through all your interface settings.

i made a custom livecd, but what i wanted to do was change the default login shell for the livecd, any ideas?

change the shell in /etc/passwd

is there a way to determine what version of ubuntu you are running? much like /etc/debian_version?

cat /etc/issue

hey, can someone help me out? i just installed ubuntu on a new partition but kept my windows vista partition. someone in here told me that when it was done, there would be a grub bootmenu allowing me to choose vista or ubuntu. there is a bootmenu but it only allows me to use ubuntu, and for some reason there is 3 of them, one is safe mode i beleive. is there anyway that i can edit the grub menu to make it (ubuntu, ubuntu (safe), vis

vista doesn't like grub , check the forum for a fix, you can have vista on the menu but you have to work for it

i am new to ubuntu (and gnome). can someone tell me what the best pdf viewer for this combinatio0n is?

i believe it's called 'evince'

can i use gmail pop on evolution

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/41552-complete-guide-using-gmail-thunderbird-mozilla-mail-evolution-kmai.html

do u know to launch an app minimized?

you can get devilspie to do it

what the program for viewing pdfs called?

evince

hello again. i think my message went unnoticed. so 3 of the 4 usb ports aren't working. got some data here: http://pastebin.com/mccdna89 . any help ?

i think the output of dmesg might be more itneresting, after plugging a usb device

i disconnected by camera from the pc unsafely i think it said, and now it cannot mount upon reconnecting.. does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

have a look at www.tldp.org for a great explanation of same

hi folks. is there an official, generally accepted, best practice on how to get the wireless of an acer aspire one (atheros ar242x) working with 9.04? i reinstalled and forgot to back-up the modules list. now i am googling my way to whatever i already did in april that i can't quite remember what it was.

install madwifi and blacklist the built-in atheros module is how i did it

can someone suggest a good torrent program for ubuntu?

deluge

is there anyway to list all usb devices i have plugged in?

lsusb

hi! what's the command to see the current permissions on a file?

use 'ls -l' or 'stat'

hey, i was wondering if anyone knows how to modify the 'places' menu

- i know you can edit ~/.gtk-bookmarks by hand but i don't know any other way.

so i'm a complete noob about linux; what ftp client is available for ubuntu?

place > connect to server.. -- choose one of the two ftp choices.

do they have a linux version of that program at portforward.com?

just pf to the machine you want to use torrents on and not the other

is upgrading from breezy to dapper just a matter of changing sources.list?

sudo 'update-manager -d'

hey ya'll, i am wondering, what is a good virtual drive program? like to mount isos, etc on ubuntu?

loom on the internet. you don't need a seperate program, just a couple of scripts.

how to install kde3 on ubuntu (not kubuntu) 8.10 ?

i believe there is a kde3 repo, but am not certain :)

any suggestions for a movie player, other than totem and/or vlc?

mplayer and xine come to mine

how do i change volume from the command line or something like that?

alsamixer

will apt-get automatically remove dependencies that an app installed?

not automatically, you have to tell it you want to.

hi everyone. after installing lucid lynx, my system frequently crashes (screent turns black, system reboots). is there a known bug? also changed from ext2 to ext4. thanks!

pastebin please, not in room

hey, how do i disable the auto sleep on ubuntu 10.10? when i left the torrent client running it simply goes to sleep

syatem > preferences > power management

anyone know a good network manager application ?

wicd isn't in the repos, but you can get it at http://wicd.net

does anyone know the unetbootin package name? or is not in the repository?

it's in the universe repository

is there some easy way to count the number of files in a dir from a terminal?

how about find | nl ? that's hardly elegant though.

how is this program called to start another x session in a window?

sudo apt-get install xnest; then use gdmflexiserver --xnest to start a session.

where are gnome themes saved when installed through appearance?

they are in /home/user/.themes

how do i allow xdmcp acces on my ubuntu box ?

edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and find the [xdmcp] section and change 'enable=false' to 'enable=true'

how do i print out all the settings obtained via dhcp? ifconfig doesn't print things like dns and gateway

you can use the route command to check how dhclient configures your default-route/gateway, /etc/resolv,conf has info on dns

i guess you already saw this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear

yeah i saw that one....didnt help me at all.

how can i kill my xorg process wich is using 99% cpu /etc/init.d/gdm restart is not working i am using ubuntu 9.04 and fluxbox

sudo kill -9 $(pidof x)

quick question, i want to install ubuntu desktop, but using the desktop install cd, i see no way to partition the disk to my liking. i want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. with the alternate install cd i know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) when i use the alternate cd i always use the cli mode. if i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop?

yeah you can

does anyone know how to defrag ext4 in karmic? thanks.

extents

hola. can anyone tell me how to make the dapper cd run in livecd mode even though i have a hard disk installed? (the hd has a broken grub and won't currently mount)

change boot order in bios

greetings! just installed 10.10 on a virtualbox vm and trying to install ruby 1.9.2 from source. last few ubuntus i used `$ sudo apt-get build-dep ruby1.9` for some deps, which now just gives an 'e: unable to find a source package for ruby1.9'. so, what changes have been made regarding this and what do i do now?

it's now ruby1.9.1

could somebody tell me which keys i can change my actually active desktop panel in kde?

in gnome it's ctrl-alt-arrow

hi there, just installed fresh 11.04 along with updates, however for some reason it uses vesa which doesn't support 3d acceleration instead of xorg's open-source intel driver (it's installed however), how do i fix that ?

we should form a support group for people who were crippled by the upgrade to 11.04

i'd back it all up first, then give a shot at trying to recover. i've actually had good luck at running 11.04 re-install over 11.04 after i corrupted my system once

you can do this with the livecd?