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- there doesnt seemto be any apm daemon on this?	amd or intel?
how i disable/remove the root password if its been created?	passwd -l root
hi, how can i manually enforce a readout of ~/.profile (so i won't have to restart or anything)?	but don't make a habit of using it too many times or you'll end up with a $path the length of the amazon.
what directory is the grub boot menu stored ?	/etc/grub/
hi guys. my system wants to update itself, but it warning me that there are a bunch of not authenticated packages. should i fret?	reload the package list and the problem will be solved
whats the best media player for watching divx and xvid	the file is broken ?
wait... tty's are disabled in karmic?	nope.. they still work
hey, does anyone know how to make the framerate show in glxgears?	glxgears -printfps, you maybe want do a alias
how can i install a local .deb that i have (downloaded from somewhere) but have all of its deps installed from apt?	sudo dpkg -i file.deb
i've clearly fucked up my install between upgrading from 8->10, reinstalling 10, screwing around with grub, etc., but i can't seem to use the cd to just do a fresh install and hit the metaphorical reset button, halp	it sucks right
is there any good programmer's editor for gnome (other than gedit)? i'm coding html/javascript	xfce
i reinstalled compizfusion last night, everything works but not the cube, it's not a cube it's a 2 sided object, my desktop is set to 4 desktops so i don't know what is going on with this, is there something else i'm missing, what am i doing wrong?	open ccsm and go to general>destop size> put in 4 1 1 as size
hi is it possible to configure apt-get to set a different install directory ?	inistallation directories is determined by the package not apt
but i am booting with lilo because grub won't install. if i update the kernel, i dunno how the lilo will be screwing my boot installation ...	what kernel you looking for
is there a channel for 8.04 aka hardy heron?	this one
hi. how do i change the screensaver timeout ?	sys > pref >screensaver
is ther a way to have more than one sound playing at the same time i.e rythembox playing music but gaim still pinging	yes, many ways. you could use a soundserver such as esd, polypaudio, arts, or jack, or you could use the alsa dmix plugin.
hellow! is there any program that sends my email everytime ip of computer changes?	script
how can i see what files a package installs and where they go to?	dpkg -l <package>
please help me with this: i installed fluxbox from source and i don't know how to add it to the gdm sessions. thanks	why from source?
so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...	if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids
how do i determine the physical connection for a /dev/sdx device?	ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/
hello everybody!!! i am having two problems: one is that pidgin windows wont flash when i get a new msg, and irssi is not beeping/flashing on hilites. the only thing irssi does is make the color of the nick of the person that hilites me different. any suggestions?	pidgin: plugins & preferences
hi guys! how do i make a pdf reader other than evince the standard pdf reader?	right click and then properties, under the open with tab
hey, was wondering what room i would go to to get help with installing something via a command line	and it will upgrade?
how do i stop the waves? i hit some weird key combo and now there are waves all over the screen. (using compiz)	http://ulyssesonline.com/2007/10/25/compiz-fusion-keyboard-shortcuts/
does anyone know how to make the fan spin down when the laptop is cool?	it's not doing it automatically?
i don't know. i upgraded...had some minor issues but was worried they were more major. took me over a day to fix the minor issues. everything works fine. csabo2 don_jr	yeah i've got ubuntu installed on my pc dual booted with xp and on my laptop and finally got my wireless card working....only problem i have now is i don't have sound on my pc
is there a way to choose the best port for me without going through a lot of different ones?	use port 1201 thats the snappy port
hi, which one is the best file system to format the partitions...??? i used ext3 always, but i dont know nothing about the others,,, which is the best??	ext3 is tried and true. so if it works...go for it
question: why do people contribute to linux? what drives people to contribute?	because people are actually nice and open-minded and believe that sharing knowledge leads to more knowledge?
is there a keyboard shortcut for switching between desktop workspaces?	ctrl-alt-arrow
i'm using a dell vostro 1510. wlan works nice - but i search a way to turn it off so i can reduce power consumption...the switch disables any connection - but the power consumption remains the same. any ideas?	right-click the network icon and uncheck 'enable wireless?'
i have a dual core machine. how can i be certain both cores are being used?	or install htop and run it.. there are two cpu bars at the top
hi, anyone installed hoary on dell machines ? i tried on 2 machines (one dell 750 one asus k8v se deluxe) both with sata drives and it is a nightmare. debian installer went ok tho !	try withnout soft raid.
is there any way to connect to a ubuntu box from a windows box via rdp ?	rdp is a proprietary protocol. no servers for linux unfortunatelly.
anyone have a smart idea on how to check in build-essential is installed by apt-get?	in a term type dpkg -s build-essential
what? don't you examine your dna on a daily basis? ;)	i've been neglecting too lately ;)
hi, is it possible to colorize apt-get or aptitude output?	highlight works pretty well, you'd probably have to write your own syntax file for apt though
i was dualbooting xp and ubuntu. i put vista on partition 3, and now cant boot either xp or ubuntu. how to fix....?	check the link for 'lost grub after installing windows'
can anyone give a recommendation for a comfortable / high quality usb headset that is perfectly linux compatible?	did you try windows since no linux users use it atm?
is there a command i can use to get the collective number of lines in a selection of files in a directory?	wc -l * \| tail -n1
question regarding gnome applets. some people have a system monitor that runs in the panel. what is that called. i checked all my applets and never found it.	system monitor
anybody, gnome uses gtk2, right? and kde uses qt? am i right?	kindof
i'm having problems getting my nvidia graphics card driver to install in 10.04. anyone know how to fix this? i've tried uninstalling and re-installing but i still can't get even 'normal' settings in 'visual effects'	install the driver and restart system
how do i do something similar to a 'scandisk' in windows, in ubuntu? just to scan my disk for errors and make sure it's ok..	fsck for filesystem, badblocks for the disk itself
i admit that this is strictly a gnome 2.8 question, but how can i put a panel applet of some kind in the far right corner of the top panel with a warty installation?	make sure the other applets aren't locked, if they are, right click on them and then select unlock. then middle click on the applet you want to move and drag it to the corner
hi guys, i am trying to install a ubuntu 7.1 on my hp desktop computer (128 mb, 533 mhz, celeron), but, when the instalation starts, this pass through indicator bar, and then try to load desktop of ubuntu, i can see the arrow, and backgroudnd, but never load gnome, how can i do ?	try fluxbuntu
hi everyone ... i need to create a bootable dvd (of something else) in suse linux ... any guidelines, please ??? thank you ... i have only one dvd-r ... so can't take chances ... :)	if you have a prepared iso that is already supposed to be bootable, burning it will suffice
hi, i am running ubuntu 7.10. i am running advanced desktop effects, i am wondering if there is a way to have icons on one desktop and not on another? i currently have four desktops. an answer would be greatly appreciated : )	i believe all of the desktops remain the same
hi, i want a bottom bar like in this video, someone know about it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54es3g4vgs thx :)	select normal/party mode from top panel, you might need f11 to disable full screen
how to generate the x11 configuration files for xinit? i don't have /etc/x11/x.	sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
i've done everything listed http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 here, but i can't get mp3s to play at all in amorak, they were working, but something i did has made it stop working	but something i did has made it stop working hahaha
i'm compilling, and i have the follow prob: 'configure: error: could not find python headers' .. what i need to install to fix this?	python-dev, as mentioned earlier. sudo aptitude install python-dev.
hi. i'm trying to take a screenshot with a <select> menu clicked / activated, but when i press 'prntscn' the popup menu gets deactivated and the resulting screenshot doesn't show the <select> menu options. is there a way around this? thanks	you can run gnome-screenshot manually.
hello... where i can ask a noob question? i am looking for something similar with vista search, when you type the application name, you don't have to search for it in the menus... there is something similar for ubuntu? thanks.	gnome-do
how do i add kernel boot parameters permanently, that last through kernel upgrades?	add them in /etc/default/grub
how long should it take to check a 500gb disk formatted with ext3?	full check disks take a long time, thats all there is to it ...
whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?	alacarte
hi. trying to compile xpertmud, and ld complains with this error: `/usr/local/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl'	you need the perl dev library
http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_type=1&screen_id=754322077423056727323d&m=screen <- does anyone know what font that is, or a font that is similar to it?	might be smoothansi?
i plan on buying a 2tb 4k sector hard dive to use as a media/storage drive on my win7/ubuntu 10.04 dual boot system. do i need to worry about these alignment issues if i'm only using it for data, no os?	you will have at the very least performance problems if things aren't aligned to 4k boundries, but [g]parted is verygood at making sure that alignment is optimal.
whats the command to undo this: echo framebuffer=y \| sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash	replace y with n in the echo..
this is his question: i have a general irc question. is there anyway to turn off the so and so has joined/left #ubuntu messages?	well, usually, but right now, the flash installer is broken, so it requires a little more work(but its ot hard)
how can i find the keycode of a specific key?	try xev
i've mounted with fuse/ssh, whenever i modify the contents of a file it gets erased to 0 bytes.. why would this happen? i'm losing my data at an incredible rate	the sshfs thing you are using? odd - its worked great for me
ugh... karmic broke kde this morning?	karmic is alpha. don't use it if you don't want to file bug reports :-)
can i burn a cd iso to a dvd? will it work the same? i'm out of cd's =(	just did the same for about 5 min ago ^^
and this is for what? ---> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free	like clearzen avoid to use medibuntu.sos-sts.com
i got a new isp today i can connect in windows but not in ubuntu. what do i have to change? i went from dsl to broadband.	go into system>administration>networking and look for your ethernet device. set it to dhcp mode and activate it, and make sure it is the default gateway
how to change my ip addrees when i use irc ?	you can try tor network to mask your ip
what's a good program to browse and download usenet binaries?	sudo apt-get install pan
hey guys. i did something trouble today, changed permission to the wrong library and now i can't use 'sudo': sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be owned by uid 0	you'll need to change it from the recovery cd
where do you change default program to a different one ? ?	go into the properties menu of an mp3 and change it from open with
i tried to kill processid... but it wont die.. any other more potent command	you must know the processid of what you are trying to kill.
hi guys, say i want to search for a .bat on my system somewhere, what is the command for that?	locate .bat
hi. how much megabytes exactly (+- 50mb) does 11.04 desktop i386 standard installation takes after fresh install?	i have a fresh install sitting here - its using 2.8 gigs
hi i remember there was a way to see the path of the executable you were running for example i type java in bash, how do i know were the java bin is located?	also ls -l /path/given/by/which to check for symlinks and such, if you were that curiuos.
here> http://propellerheadadmin.com/tutorials/ubuntu/19-create-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-launch-a-terminal , i am not certain if you can actually make a desktop icon, sure seems like one can.	i'm just trying to create a script that will run in terminal when i click it
how do i save on vim?	there is a trainer tool.. 'vimtutor' you may want to check out some day soon. :)
what command lists what each tty is connected to?	who ?
hey could you tel me how can i have the same dimension of my terminal all the time ? when i close or reboot my cmputer, the terminal open small again :/	you can pass --geometry geometry to gnome-terminal
is it normal to hear the little needle scrape across the hd disks? inside the hd.	depends on the sound, but yes
hi all, in practice, is there any difference between dual-booting windows&ubuntu and using a virtual windows emmulator of some kind?	an emulator cannot run graphical programs with the same speed as an installed os, but it's sometimes faster to use.
on 11.04 how can i get to the package manager for adding ppa? dumb question but i havent used ubuntu in a lil bit	or else sudo update-manager and then settings
could someone pastebin /usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/us please? i forgot to make a backup and... well.. you know.	http://pastebin.com/m4a6eac03
does any one knows wich is the parameter for debuging the ipw2200 ?	modinfo ipw2200
how can i remove vmware?	doesnt it have uninstaller?
hey, im thinking of getting a laptop for basic use (media, internet, python/php scripting, etc..) and i dont want to have to buy a windows license. i just want the hardware. nothing else.. any suggestions on what i could get to save me some money? (im not looking for a powerfull system, just something very inexpensive that will get the job done)	www.dell.com/open
how do i see the version of an installed package on the console?	or dpkg -l package
is there some command that i can run to check to see if i have an internet connection or not?	ping
if i have kubuntu installed and i want ubuntu do i have to just download the iso and install like normal or is there an easier way	no just install gnome from apt
what's a utility that tells the id3 and bitrate etc. info for an mp3 file that people use?	also, mplayer
hi all, is it possible to have the manpages (from the man command) in plaintext so i can process them?	i belive theres other ways to get the man pages in other formats as well. i recall using troff, or nroff years ago to make nice printable versions
hi. does anybody knows what happened to gobuntu? are there still plans for a whole free system?	http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu
hey guys. quick question: for a 1.6 ghz single core amd xp with a gig of ddr ram, is it worth going to xubuntu just for a quick boost of speed? it's fine running ubuntu but can struggle with some websites, esp. if there's quite a few tabs up. (i've read that xubuntu is quicker than ubuntu but actually not that much quicker, not as much as they make out anyway)	i'm sure the slowness it flash related
can anyone explain all these audio layers? why is this such a mess? alsa oss and pulseaudio... amoung others. why so many?	i admit it isn't transparent, but with http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4928900 and http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/perfectsetup for guidance it can produce impressive results on simple hardware (that doesn't answer your question, io realize that :) )
i'm using jaunty and i've just installed a more recent version of amule (from karmic) and all it's depencies (also from karmic). now nicotine (another p2p program) doesn't run. i'm thinking of upgrading all my system to karmic to try to solve the problem. anyone here recommends otherwise?	yeah, id hold off its you have a production machine you are thinking about upgrading
anyone? --> i'm trying to get slab installed. i followed the apt-get route (as listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/slab). it seemed to complete ok, but there is no change (i.e. no slab). any clues?	right click panel in gnome and choose the one for slab
is there a way to make iso images of cds in ubuntu? i'm trying to make an iso copy of an old windows 98 disc i have so i can run it in virtualbox (i know i can just use the disc itself, but an iso is much faster). unfortunately, i don't think brasero offers a direct option. would i have to add all files/directories on the cd to a data project in brasero or is there a simpler way?	do you have brasero installed?

- there doesnt seemto be any apm daemon on this?

amd or intel?

how i disable/remove the root password if its been created?

passwd -l root

hi, how can i manually enforce a readout of ~/.profile (so i won't have to restart or anything)?

but don't make a habit of using it too many times or you'll end up with a $path the length of the amazon.

what directory is the grub boot menu stored ?

/etc/grub/

hi guys. my system wants to update itself, but it warning me that there are a bunch of not authenticated packages. should i fret?

reload the package list and the problem will be solved

whats the best media player for watching divx and xvid

the file is broken ?

wait... tty's are disabled in karmic?

nope.. they still work

hey, does anyone know how to make the framerate show in glxgears?

glxgears -printfps, you maybe want do a alias

how can i install a local .deb that i have (downloaded from somewhere) but have all of its deps installed from apt?

sudo dpkg -i file.deb

i've clearly fucked up my install between upgrading from 8->10, reinstalling 10, screwing around with grub, etc., but i can't seem to use the cd to just do a fresh install and hit the metaphorical reset button, halp

it sucks right

is there any good programmer's editor for gnome (other than gedit)? i'm coding html/javascript

xfce

i reinstalled compizfusion last night, everything works but not the cube, it's not a cube it's a 2 sided object, my desktop is set to 4 desktops so i don't know what is going on with this, is there something else i'm missing, what am i doing wrong?

open ccsm and go to general>destop size> put in 4 1 1 as size

hi is it possible to configure apt-get to set a different install directory ?

inistallation directories is determined by the package not apt

but i am booting with lilo because grub won't install. if i update the kernel, i dunno how the lilo will be screwing my boot installation ...

what kernel you looking for

is there a channel for 8.04 aka hardy heron?

this one

hi. how do i change the screensaver timeout ?

sys > pref >screensaver

is ther a way to have more than one sound playing at the same time i.e rythembox playing music but gaim still pinging

yes, many ways. you could use a soundserver such as esd, polypaudio, arts, or jack, or you could use the alsa dmix plugin.

hellow! is there any program that sends my email everytime ip of computer changes?

script

how can i see what files a package installs and where they go to?

dpkg -l <package>

please help me with this: i installed fluxbox from source and i don't know how to add it to the gdm sessions. thanks

why from source?

so after installing 11.04, i get a popup saying that my hardware is not good for unity. what it should probably say instead is that ubuntu hasn't gotten around to installing my nvidia drivers yet...

if you aren't seeing the grub menu at all then the problem is that your bios isn't booting from the right drive. has nothing to do with guids

how do i determine the physical connection for a /dev/sdx device?

ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/

hello everybody!!! i am having two problems: one is that pidgin windows wont flash when i get a new msg, and irssi is not beeping/flashing on hilites. the only thing irssi does is make the color of the nick of the person that hilites me different. any suggestions?

pidgin: plugins & preferences

hi guys! how do i make a pdf reader other than evince the standard pdf reader?

right click and then properties, under the open with tab

hey, was wondering what room i would go to to get help with installing something via a command line

and it will upgrade?

how do i stop the waves? i hit some weird key combo and now there are waves all over the screen. (using compiz)

http://ulyssesonline.com/2007/10/25/compiz-fusion-keyboard-shortcuts/

does anyone know how to make the fan spin down when the laptop is cool?

it's not doing it automatically?

i don't know. i upgraded...had some minor issues but was worried they were more major. took me over a day to fix the minor issues. everything works fine. csabo2 don_jr

yeah i've got ubuntu installed on my pc dual booted with xp and on my laptop and finally got my wireless card working....only problem i have now is i don't have sound on my pc

is there a way to choose the best port for me without going through a lot of different ones?

use port 1201 thats the snappy port

hi, which one is the best file system to format the partitions...??? i used ext3 always, but i dont know nothing about the others,,, which is the best??

ext3 is tried and true. so if it works...go for it

question: why do people contribute to linux? what drives people to contribute?

because people are actually nice and open-minded and believe that sharing knowledge leads to more knowledge?

is there a keyboard shortcut for switching between desktop workspaces?

ctrl-alt-arrow

i'm using a dell vostro 1510. wlan works nice - but i search a way to turn it off so i can reduce power consumption...the switch disables any connection - but the power consumption remains the same. any ideas?

right-click the network icon and uncheck 'enable wireless?'

i have a dual core machine. how can i be certain both cores are being used?

or install htop and run it.. there are two cpu bars at the top

hi, anyone installed hoary on dell machines ? i tried on 2 machines (one dell 750 one asus k8v se deluxe) both with sata drives and it is a nightmare. debian installer went ok tho !

try withnout soft raid.

is there any way to connect to a ubuntu box from a windows box via rdp ?

rdp is a proprietary protocol. no servers for linux unfortunatelly.

anyone have a smart idea on how to check in build-essential is installed by apt-get?

in a term type dpkg -s build-essential

what? don't you examine your dna on a daily basis? ;)

i've been neglecting too lately ;)

hi, is it possible to colorize apt-get or aptitude output?

highlight works pretty well, you'd probably have to write your own syntax file for apt though

i was dualbooting xp and ubuntu. i put vista on partition 3, and now cant boot either xp or ubuntu. how to fix....?

check the link for 'lost grub after installing windows'

can anyone give a recommendation for a comfortable / high quality usb headset that is perfectly linux compatible?

did you try windows since no linux users use it atm?

is there a command i can use to get the collective number of lines in a selection of files in a directory?

wc -l * | tail -n1

question regarding gnome applets. some people have a system monitor that runs in the panel. what is that called. i checked all my applets and never found it.

system monitor

anybody, gnome uses gtk2, right? and kde uses qt? am i right?

kindof

i'm having problems getting my nvidia graphics card driver to install in 10.04. anyone know how to fix this? i've tried uninstalling and re-installing but i still can't get even 'normal' settings in 'visual effects'

install the driver and restart system

how do i do something similar to a 'scandisk' in windows, in ubuntu? just to scan my disk for errors and make sure it's ok..

fsck for filesystem, badblocks for the disk itself

i admit that this is strictly a gnome 2.8 question, but how can i put a panel applet of some kind in the far right corner of the top panel with a warty installation?

make sure the other applets aren't locked, if they are, right click on them and then select unlock. then middle click on the applet you want to move and drag it to the corner

hi guys, i am trying to install a ubuntu 7.1 on my hp desktop computer (128 mb, 533 mhz, celeron), but, when the instalation starts, this pass through indicator bar, and then try to load desktop of ubuntu, i can see the arrow, and backgroudnd, but never load gnome, how can i do ?

try fluxbuntu

hi everyone ... i need to create a bootable dvd (of something else) in suse linux ... any guidelines, please ??? thank you ... i have only one dvd-r ... so can't take chances ... :)

if you have a prepared iso that is already supposed to be bootable, burning it will suffice

hi, i am running ubuntu 7.10. i am running advanced desktop effects, i am wondering if there is a way to have icons on one desktop and not on another? i currently have four desktops. an answer would be greatly appreciated : )

i believe all of the desktops remain the same

hi, i want a bottom bar like in this video, someone know about it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54es3g4vgs thx :)

select normal/party mode from top panel, you might need f11 to disable full screen

how to generate the x11 configuration files for xinit? i don't have /etc/x11/x.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

i've done everything listed http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 here, but i can't get mp3s to play at all in amorak, they were working, but something i did has made it stop working

but something i did has made it stop working hahaha

i'm compilling, and i have the follow prob: 'configure: error: could not find python headers' .. what i need to install to fix this?

python-dev, as mentioned earlier. sudo aptitude install python-dev.

hi. i'm trying to take a screenshot with a <select> menu clicked / activated, but when i press 'prntscn' the popup menu gets deactivated and the resulting screenshot doesn't show the <select> menu options. is there a way around this? thanks

you can run gnome-screenshot manually.

hello... where i can ask a noob question? i am looking for something similar with vista search, when you type the application name, you don't have to search for it in the menus... there is something similar for ubuntu? thanks.

gnome-do

how do i add kernel boot parameters permanently, that last through kernel upgrades?

add them in /etc/default/grub

how long should it take to check a 500gb disk formatted with ext3?

full check disks take a long time, thats all there is to it ...

whats the command for changing the gnome menus again?

alacarte

hi. trying to compile xpertmud, and ld complains with this error: `/usr/local/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl'

you need the perl dev library

http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_type=1&screen_id=754322077423056727323d&m=screen <- does anyone know what font that is, or a font that is similar to it?

might be smoothansi?

i plan on buying a 2tb 4k sector hard dive to use as a media/storage drive on my win7/ubuntu 10.04 dual boot system. do i need to worry about these alignment issues if i'm only using it for data, no os?

you will have at the very least performance problems if things aren't aligned to 4k boundries, but [g]parted is verygood at making sure that alignment is optimal.

whats the command to undo this: echo framebuffer=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

replace y with n in the echo..

this is his question: i have a general irc question. is there anyway to turn off the so and so has joined/left #ubuntu messages?

well, usually, but right now, the flash installer is broken, so it requires a little more work(but its ot hard)

how can i find the keycode of a specific key?

try xev

i've mounted with fuse/ssh, whenever i modify the contents of a file it gets erased to 0 bytes.. why would this happen? i'm losing my data at an incredible rate

the sshfs thing you are using? odd - its worked great for me

ugh... karmic broke kde this morning?

karmic is alpha. don't use it if you don't want to file bug reports :-)

can i burn a cd iso to a dvd? will it work the same? i'm out of cd's =(

just did the same for about 5 min ago ^^

and this is for what? ---> http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free

like clearzen avoid to use medibuntu.sos-sts.com

i got a new isp today i can connect in windows but not in ubuntu. what do i have to change? i went from dsl to broadband.

go into system>administration>networking and look for your ethernet device. set it to dhcp mode and activate it, and make sure it is the default gateway

how to change my ip addrees when i use irc ?

you can try tor network to mask your ip

what's a good program to browse and download usenet binaries?

sudo apt-get install pan

hey guys. i did something trouble today, changed permission to the wrong library and now i can't use 'sudo': sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be owned by uid 0

you'll need to change it from the recovery cd

where do you change default program to a different one ? ?

go into the properties menu of an mp3 and change it from open with

i tried to kill processid... but it wont die.. any other more potent command

you must know the processid of what you are trying to kill.

hi guys, say i want to search for a .bat on my system somewhere, what is the command for that?

locate .bat

hi. how much megabytes exactly (+- 50mb) does 11.04 desktop i386 standard installation takes after fresh install?

i have a fresh install sitting here - its using 2.8 gigs

hi i remember there was a way to see the path of the executable you were running for example i type java in bash, how do i know were the java bin is located?

also ls -l /path/given/by/which to check for symlinks and such, if you were that curiuos.

here> http://propellerheadadmin.com/tutorials/ubuntu/19-create-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-launch-a-terminal , i am not certain if you can actually make a desktop icon, sure seems like one can.

i'm just trying to create a script that will run in terminal when i click it

how do i save on vim?

there is a trainer tool.. 'vimtutor' you may want to check out some day soon. :)

what command lists what each tty is connected to?

who ?

hey could you tel me how can i have the same dimension of my terminal all the time ? when i close or reboot my cmputer, the terminal open small again :/

you can pass --geometry geometry to gnome-terminal

is it normal to hear the little needle scrape across the hd disks? inside the hd.

depends on the sound, but yes

hi all, in practice, is there any difference between dual-booting windows&ubuntu and using a virtual windows emmulator of some kind?

an emulator cannot run graphical programs with the same speed as an installed os, but it's sometimes faster to use.

on 11.04 how can i get to the package manager for adding ppa? dumb question but i havent used ubuntu in a lil bit

or else sudo update-manager and then settings

could someone pastebin /usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/us please? i forgot to make a backup and... well.. you know.

http://pastebin.com/m4a6eac03

does any one knows wich is the parameter for debuging the ipw2200 ?

modinfo ipw2200

how can i remove vmware?

doesnt it have uninstaller?

hey, im thinking of getting a laptop for basic use (media, internet, python/php scripting, etc..) and i dont want to have to buy a windows license. i just want the hardware. nothing else.. any suggestions on what i could get to save me some money? (im not looking for a powerfull system, just something very inexpensive that will get the job done)

www.dell.com/open

how do i see the version of an installed package on the console?

or dpkg -l package

is there some command that i can run to check to see if i have an internet connection or not?

ping

if i have kubuntu installed and i want ubuntu do i have to just download the iso and install like normal or is there an easier way

no just install gnome from apt

what's a utility that tells the id3 and bitrate etc. info for an mp3 file that people use?

also, mplayer

hi all, is it possible to have the manpages (from the man command) in plaintext so i can process them?

i belive theres other ways to get the man pages in other formats as well. i recall using troff, or nroff years ago to make nice printable versions

hi. does anybody knows what happened to gobuntu? are there still plans for a whole free system?

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu

hey guys. quick question: for a 1.6 ghz single core amd xp with a gig of ddr ram, is it worth going to xubuntu just for a quick boost of speed? it's fine running ubuntu but can struggle with some websites, esp. if there's quite a few tabs up. (i've read that xubuntu is quicker than ubuntu but actually not that much quicker, not as much as they make out anyway)

i'm sure the slowness it flash related

can anyone explain all these audio layers? why is this such a mess? alsa oss and pulseaudio... amoung others. why so many?

i admit it isn't transparent, but with http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4928900 and http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/perfectsetup for guidance it can produce impressive results on simple hardware (that doesn't answer your question, io realize that :) )

i'm using jaunty and i've just installed a more recent version of amule (from karmic) and all it's depencies (also from karmic). now nicotine (another p2p program) doesn't run. i'm thinking of upgrading all my system to karmic to try to solve the problem. anyone here recommends otherwise?

yeah, id hold off its you have a production machine you are thinking about upgrading

anyone? --> i'm trying to get slab installed. i followed the apt-get route (as listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/slab). it seemed to complete ok, but there is no change (i.e. no slab). any clues?

right click panel in gnome and choose the one for slab

is there a way to make iso images of cds in ubuntu? i'm trying to make an iso copy of an old windows 98 disc i have so i can run it in virtualbox (i know i can just use the disc itself, but an iso is much faster). unfortunately, i don't think brasero offers a direct option. would i have to add all files/directories on the cd to a data project in brasero or is there a simpler way?

do you have brasero installed?