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which is the key combination to change from workspace using beryl?	ctrl-alt-right/left
how can i list my groups?	'groups'
anyone have edgy eft with celeron m processor ?	you need to install the cpufreqd package i believe
are they also frightned by bios post screens?	isn't there a file you can edit to change what grub-update puts in?
quick silly question, i have 9.10 desktop installed with steam linux server's on it (left4dead, tf2) would i just need to change to run level 3 to work in a non-graphical mode (trying to sqeeze a little more from the desktop)	are you looking to make a permanent change, or just for now? you can just hop to tty1 and issue 'service gdm stop' if so
what's better desklets	i'v used gdesklets.. i liked it
how can i 'safe' extract a wifi usb dongle?	try: poff
what is the linux way to share directories? not with/for windows. or is the use of samba just the easiest?	nfs is an alternative that's supposed to be faster than samba. but, when connecting with windows machine, samba is supposed to be more stable.
asdfasdfa: where did you and pythonsnake go? - want to know hwo the story ends	/query nick message here
hello! has anyone noticed that the laptop-wifi disconnects all the time in lucid (10.04)? i didnt have this problem in 9.04.	.. paranomous .. goto network manager and uncheck all other interfaces 'auto-connect' box
where is russian comunnity?	http://www.ubuntu.ru/ http://forum.ubuntu-ru.org/
when you setup vnc through gnome in ubuntu jaunty which server does it use by default?	its using its own gnome version. i think its called 'vino' unless ive miss read what ive read about it..
hi. where do i touch environment variables ?	/etc/environment (system-wide)
hi, i need a tool for ripping my audio-cds to mp3 (mp3 cause of my mp3-player, which doesn't support ogg). also i need it to 'overread' damaged parts instead of braking down my pc (which happened to me with some tools)	grip or sound juicer
i'm running ubuntu 12.04 server. i have a client using a windows file share where they save access database files. what would be the best approach to connect to the file share and run queries on the database? vpn to file share, grab database dump? ugg. wish they had a web server.	to me, vpn.
ubuntu lucid..grub2 v1.98..i upgraded to the newest kernel and now have 23,24,25 kernels along with windows and another os and memtest on the display..i want to comment out the older kernel..where in grub2 do i do this	use your package managing tool to uninstall those old kernels, just keep one (in case...)
i recently installed vim-gnome via apt. but how can i start it?	gvim
does anyone know where this message is logged --> 'the selected configuration for displays could not be applied. requested position/size for crtc ...' ?	grep -r crtc /var/log
i did this about 3 months back and it worked but now i dont know why it shows update-rc.d command not found	is it in your $path
how can i force firefox to go into online mode?	on the file menu, near the bottom
hey there, in what version of ubuntu we can access the new hud ui ?	precise pangolin
anyone remember the command to find a keys number?	'xev', if you read some files some c headers you can read their names from a file
how do i stop x11, leaving a shell?	rather, sudo stop gdm
hi , ubuntu 10.04 by default using pulse-audio or alsa?	pulseaudio
rkokkelk:okay, but, is there any other command to show me the full description o a package?	srry no futher ideas
so can someone help me with my issue...	what is your problem?
upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available	-- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic
how do i get the icon back on my panel for evolution and empathy?	drag the icon from the menu to the panel
hi, i have installes 10.04 lts want to know if i have version 10.04.4 or dont	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to get the latest version of 10.04
do you know how to ignore quits and joins in irsii?	/ignore +joins +parts +quits +modes +nicks
how do i get xchat menu back?	that or just right click>view>menu
please:how to open a terminal with hotkey?	system->prefs->keyboard shortcuts, find the run a terminal shortcut, and assign a key combo (don't use the windows key as a modifier)
how do i create a thumbnail of an image using the gimp gui - ie how do i 'change image size'?	use image drop down menu scale image
i have a 5 button mouse. is there anyway to bind the other 2 buttons?	www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/43542-5-button-mouse.html
what package should i install to have the file /usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs?	http://packages.ubuntu.com/ has a search for packages by contained file thing, that might help you.
hi, anybody know how to get pass 'glib-warning **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)?' i cant install or even 'try before install' on ubuntu 10.04?	that could be a damaged cd not able to get the correct uid details
hey i'm back. does anyone have a sec to help?	whats the problem??
is there any way to message other users logged in?	talk
what do i need to set up a scanner? it's supported (hp psc 1610), but i'm not sure what libs, utils, etc	sane
which log file is related to fstab mount issues ?	syslog,dmesg,messages
anyone know where to start if ubuntu cant recognize your monitor?	run: sudo lshw -c display websearch for the product line to get your video chip setup, the monitor will be plug and play so will be fine once the driver is setup
how do i tell apt-get to check whether all files from a package are all there?	sudo apt-get --reinstall install package
how can i make my screen resolution to 1440x900	indeed you cannot
easy questien: how does one scale image in gimp without maintaining aspect ratio?	unlink the chain icon.
how can i help with the ubuntu project?	also http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate
that's not what i asked ;-)	it is just a frontend
anyone installed vlc 1.0.0?	i did use that deb. worked ok for me.
please tell me about virtual box	you'll need to install virtualbox, then get a copy of win 7.. then install it there just like you would on another computer
how do i command line update?	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
how can i see what driver my network card is using?	try lshw -c network
anyone fancy helping me with webcam port settings in amsn?	man iptables
does anyone know how i can check cpu temperature in windows? i've been having some temperature issues with dapper (thermal_zone giving me ~70c) which i think are due to hardware issues, and need some way to check this outside of ubuntu.	i think most people use a program called cpu-z or something like that
why gksudo instead for gui?	you really shouldn't need to run any apps with sudo but in the case you do with graphical applications use gksudo as it is safer. exact reasons why i am not sure of but been told many times by more experienced users
when i try to upgrade to gutsy, it says 'failed to fetch http://seveas.imbrandon.com/dists/feisty-seveas/all/binary-i386/packages.gz 404 not found'	sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
how do i find out which version of x.org i'm using?	or xorg -version
hi, is there any way from nautilus to say, 'open terminal here'? i couldn't find it...	http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=908
hey all have a super paronid mate who does stock market online i have him using ubuntu i have told him not to follow links from emails to his investments or banking etc and not to store his passwords in firefox, is there anything else you would recommend for me to tell him?	i'd recommend that he learn some basic principles of security
is amarok originally for gnome?	no kde, works fine on gnome
what's the best app to wipe free disk space on a mounted filesystem?	it's installed by default, type man dd
sudo aptitude install ntfs-tools?	ntfstools
is there an easy way to get a sound feedback in a bash script? beep or something? but not over pc-speaker but sound-device	aplay ?
- have you tried gimp?	: yea .. not is sufficient as cs
ummmmmmmmmmmm so yeah. anyone know how to get the mic working for skype beta on ubuntu 9.10 64bit?	it's in there somewhere
ok i want to install ubuntu server, is that the same as the base system?	type 'server' at the prompt for install
can someone confirm if kde-look.org is down?	yep...down it is
hello, is there any bad sector repair tool in ubuntu cd, or any other opensource bad sector repair tool??	bad sector repair is called mark it bad and trash anything that was on it, replace the hard drive now, and hope no more sectors go bad before you can salvage whatever is left
hello, i've installed ubuntu with a language 1 and i wanted a language 2, so i downloaded and installed language 2 and started using it right away, is it possible for me to delete language 1?	found it? you can also do alt-f2 and run gnome-language-selector
what's a simple way to transfer a folder via ssh from my server (ubuntu) to my client (putty on win xp)?	winscp
silly ssh question. if my ssh connection drops, does it close my running applications? or does it orphan an ssh user session somewhere?	and usually that will kill the processes
purchased a blueray rw cd drive and put it in my ubuntu box.. record dvd's fine but blueray disks seem to be problem.. any advice?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats/blurayandhddvd
hi. i once tried damn small linux and it had some sort of applet on the desktop by default, that displayed how much memory the computer were using, how much space were left on the harddrive etc. is it possible to get something like that for ubuntu? if yes, where can i find it?	try gkrellm
hi @all, how can i build a offline repository for ubuntu? ive got no access to the internet most of time, so i need to have everything local.	visit debian.org the new maintainers guide for howto on setting up a local repo
what happened to open office? what is libre office?	some of the story behind it: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/libreoffice-a-fresh-page-for-openoffice-1097358.html
hi all. in virtualbox, how do i change the right-ctl key to be something else? i need that key for ibm client access's keyboard.	in the settings
does anyone know an easy way to setup a script to check for process, kill it if it is stuck, and then run the new process?	'kill -hup `ps -a -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd \| grep -e '^[zz]' \| awk '{print $2}'`'
how do i control power management? is there a gui ?	yes, its inthe preferences
so, is it possible to search packages descriptions for more than one keyword using packages.ubuntu.com ?	that never worked for me; maybe they fixed it
anyone have any issues with gutsy since release? after a few hours of working, my wireless network stops working and can't reconnect, i can't run anything with sudo, and opening a terminal window won't work. it worked fine in feisty, and jnc was positive that its my network, but i can't find anything wrong with it. i've added a root user so i could see if i could log in to see whether it was a pam issue, and had no trouble logging	the only problem i've had is the fn combos on my laptop keyboard stoped working except for num lock.
how can i compare folder1 > folder2 and copy files missing in folder2 to folder3	rsync
question about purging: i can't seem to purge (config files of) packages i've already removed. now, i want to purge 'mysql', but 'amarok' depends on 'mysql' and i just want to remove and not purge 'amarok'. can i do this? how? (prefer cmd-line.)	sudo apt-get remove amarok
i have a directory full of other directories and files. how do i give permissions 744 to all directories and permissions 644 to files within the directories?	find /path/to/dir -type f -exec chmo6 744 {} \; # for files
how do you take a screen shot when your useing someing like lynx or bitchx ?	i believe bitchx does logging, and i think you can save pages with lynx
is there a way i can launce xcfe settings from cli?	just looked, it is called 'xfce-setting-show'
video driver problems with ati radeon xpress 200m series video card..... all sound and video is very very choppy and slow, and obv not working properly.... what do i do? i'm a noob as of 8.04 and hardly figured that out	have you read that site?
this might be a weird question, but is the 'blank screen' screensaver good for your displays?	anything static can burn in and wear out the screen, which is why screensavers move (although i prefer shutting them off)
how do i update just one package through apt-get?	that will update it.
is there an applet that shows cpu usage as a graph on the gnome panel?	system monitor
is there any change to classic gnome desktop from 10.10 in 11.04 ?	once you got classic set as default, you can have auto log in set up, and should go into that by default :)
where is the source list file?	/etc/apt/
i'm using a ubuntu live-cd to try and salvage some files off my friend's dying windows xp laptop..i booted to ubuntu and mounted the ntfs drive, but when i try to access the drive i get 'permission denied'. any ideas?	get a shell with root permissions: 'sudo -i'
how do i automatically mount a drive at startup?	you familiar with that?
i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?	there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.
how do i list all mounted devices?	on its own lists the mountings
i can't play mp3 files here. what do i need to install?!	- https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/restrictedformats
hi there. can anyone tell me what happened to devil's pie ? i just upgraded to gutsy and it's gone, and it's page seems offline as well	i see devilspie in the gutsy universe repos.
how can i unrar somehting?	apt-get install rar l rar e <file>
how ddo i search aptitude packages?	apt-cache search pattern
where can you read the reason why its good that ubuntu is not a rolling release ?	http://www.ubuntu.com
how can i check what my kernel configuration is?	ls /boot/config*
ok...how would i have gnome start like an eggdrop bot and xchat when it boots?	system>preferences>sessions

which is the key combination to change from workspace using beryl?

ctrl-alt-right/left

how can i list my groups?

'groups'

anyone have edgy eft with celeron m processor ?

you need to install the cpufreqd package i believe

are they also frightned by bios post screens?

isn't there a file you can edit to change what grub-update puts in?

quick silly question, i have 9.10 desktop installed with steam linux server's on it (left4dead, tf2) would i just need to change to run level 3 to work in a non-graphical mode (trying to sqeeze a little more from the desktop)

are you looking to make a permanent change, or just for now? you can just hop to tty1 and issue 'service gdm stop' if so

what's better desklets

i'v used gdesklets.. i liked it

how can i 'safe' extract a wifi usb dongle?

try: poff

what is the linux way to share directories? not with/for windows. or is the use of samba just the easiest?

nfs is an alternative that's supposed to be faster than samba. but, when connecting with windows machine, samba is supposed to be more stable.

asdfasdfa: where did you and pythonsnake go? - want to know hwo the story ends

/query nick message here

hello! has anyone noticed that the laptop-wifi disconnects all the time in lucid (10.04)? i didnt have this problem in 9.04.

.. paranomous .. goto network manager and uncheck all other interfaces 'auto-connect' box

where is russian comunnity?

http://www.ubuntu.ru/ http://forum.ubuntu-ru.org/

when you setup vnc through gnome in ubuntu jaunty which server does it use by default?

its using its own gnome version. i think its called 'vino' unless ive miss read what ive read about it..

hi. where do i touch environment variables ?

/etc/environment (system-wide)

hi, i need a tool for ripping my audio-cds to mp3 (mp3 cause of my mp3-player, which doesn't support ogg). also i need it to 'overread' damaged parts instead of braking down my pc (which happened to me with some tools)

grip or sound juicer

i'm running ubuntu 12.04 server. i have a client using a windows file share where they save access database files. what would be the best approach to connect to the file share and run queries on the database? vpn to file share, grab database dump? ugg. wish they had a web server.

to me, vpn.

ubuntu lucid..grub2 v1.98..i upgraded to the newest kernel and now have 23,24,25 kernels along with windows and another os and memtest on the display..i want to comment out the older kernel..where in grub2 do i do this

use your package managing tool to uninstall those old kernels, just keep one (in case...)

i recently installed vim-gnome via apt. but how can i start it?

gvim

does anyone know where this message is logged --> 'the selected configuration for displays could not be applied. requested position/size for crtc ...' ?

grep -r crtc /var/log

i did this about 3 months back and it worked but now i dont know why it shows update-rc.d command not found

is it in your $path

how can i force firefox to go into online mode?

on the file menu, near the bottom

hey there, in what version of ubuntu we can access the new hud ui ?

precise pangolin

anyone remember the command to find a keys number?

'xev', if you read some files some c headers you can read their names from a file

how do i *stop* x11, leaving a shell?

rather, sudo stop gdm

hi , ubuntu 10.04 by default using pulse-audio or alsa?

pulseaudio

rkokkelk:okay, but, is there any other command to show me the full description o a package?

srry no futher ideas

so can someone help me with my issue...

what is your problem?

upgrade downloads & installs to the latest version available

-- does it install latest version of apps if you've added them from sources yourself, w/o synapteic

how do i get the icon back on my panel for evolution and empathy?

drag the icon from the menu to the panel

hi, i have installes 10.04 lts want to know if i have version 10.04.4 or dont

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to get the latest version of 10.04

do you know how to ignore quits and joins in irsii?

/ignore +joins +parts +quits +modes +nicks

how do i get xchat menu back?

that or just right click>view>menu

please:how to open a terminal with hotkey?

system->prefs->keyboard shortcuts, find the run a terminal shortcut, and assign a key combo (don't use the windows key as a modifier)

how do i create a thumbnail of an image using the gimp gui - ie how do i 'change image size'?

use image drop down menu scale image

i have a 5 button mouse. is there anyway to bind the other 2 buttons?

www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/43542-5-button-mouse.html

what package should i install to have the file /usr/lib/qt3/mkspecs?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ has a search for packages by contained file thing, that might help you.

hi, anybody know how to get pass 'glib-warning **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)?' i cant install or even 'try before install' on ubuntu 10.04?

that could be a damaged cd not able to get the correct uid details

hey i'm back. does anyone have a sec to help?

whats the problem??

is there any way to message other users logged in?

talk

what do i need to set up a scanner? it's supported (hp psc 1610), but i'm not sure what libs, utils, etc

sane

which log file is related to fstab mount issues ?

syslog,dmesg,messages

anyone know where to start if ubuntu cant recognize your monitor?

run: sudo lshw -c display websearch for the product line to get your video chip setup, the monitor will be plug and play so will be fine once the driver is setup

how do i tell apt-get to check whether all files from a package are all there?

sudo apt-get --reinstall install package

how can i make my screen resolution to 1440x900

indeed you cannot

easy questien: how does one scale image in gimp without maintaining aspect ratio?

unlink the chain icon.

how can i help with the ubuntu project?

also http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

that's not what i asked ;-)

it is just a frontend

anyone installed vlc 1.0.0?

i did use that deb. worked ok for me.

please tell me about virtual box

you'll need to install virtualbox, then get a copy of win 7.. then install it there just like you would on another computer

how do i command line update?

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

how can i see what driver my network card is using?

try lshw -c network

anyone fancy helping me with webcam port settings in amsn?

man iptables

does anyone know how i can check cpu temperature in windows? i've been having some temperature issues with dapper (thermal_zone giving me ~70c) which i think are due to hardware issues, and need some way to check this outside of ubuntu.

i think most people use a program called cpu-z or something like that

why gksudo instead for gui?

you really shouldn't need to run any apps with sudo but in the case you do with graphical applications use gksudo as it is safer. exact reasons why i am not sure of but been told many times by more experienced users

when i try to upgrade to gutsy, it says 'failed to fetch http://seveas.imbrandon.com/dists/feisty-seveas/all/binary-i386/packages.gz 404 not found'

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

how do i find out which version of x.org i'm using?

or xorg -version

hi, is there any way from nautilus to say, 'open terminal here'? i couldn't find it...

http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=908

hey all have a super paronid mate who does stock market online i have him using ubuntu i have told him not to follow links from emails to his investments or banking etc and not to store his passwords in firefox, is there anything else you would recommend for me to tell him?

i'd recommend that he learn some basic principles of security

is amarok originally for gnome?

no kde, works fine on gnome

what's the best app to wipe free disk space on a mounted filesystem?

it's installed by default, type man dd

sudo aptitude install ntfs-tools?

ntfstools

is there an easy way to get a sound feedback in a bash script? beep or something? but not over pc-speaker but sound-device

aplay ?

- have you tried gimp?

: yea .. not is sufficient as cs

ummmmmmmmmmmm so yeah. anyone know how to get the mic working for skype beta on ubuntu 9.10 64bit?

it's in there somewhere

ok i want to install ubuntu server, is that the same as the base system?

type 'server' at the prompt for install

can someone confirm if kde-look.org is down?

yep...down it is

hello, is there any bad sector repair tool in ubuntu cd, or any other opensource bad sector repair tool??

bad sector repair is called mark it bad and trash anything that was on it, replace the hard drive now, and hope no more sectors go bad before you can salvage whatever is left

hello, i've installed ubuntu with a language 1 and i wanted a language 2, so i downloaded and installed language 2 and started using it right away, is it possible for me to delete language 1?

found it? you can also do alt-f2 and run gnome-language-selector

what's a simple way to transfer a folder via ssh from my server (ubuntu) to my client (putty on win xp)?

winscp

silly ssh question. if my ssh connection drops, does it close my running applications? or does it orphan an ssh user session somewhere?

and usually that will kill the processes

purchased a blueray rw cd drive and put it in my ubuntu box.. record dvd's fine but blueray disks seem to be problem.. any advice?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats/blurayandhddvd

hi. i once tried damn small linux and it had some sort of applet on the desktop by default, that displayed how much memory the computer were using, how much space were left on the harddrive etc. is it possible to get something like that for ubuntu? if yes, where can i find it?

try gkrellm

hi @all, how can i build a offline repository for ubuntu? ive got no access to the internet most of time, so i need to have everything local.

visit debian.org the new maintainers guide for howto on setting up a local repo

what happened to open office? what is libre office?

some of the story behind it: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/libreoffice-a-fresh-page-for-openoffice-1097358.html

hi all. in virtualbox, how do i change the right-ctl key to be something else? i need that key for ibm client access's keyboard.

in the settings

does anyone know an easy way to setup a script to check for process, kill it if it is stuck, and then run the new process?

'kill -hup `ps -a -ostat,ppid,pid,cmd | grep -e '^[zz]' | awk '{print $2}'`'

how do i control power management? is there a gui ?

yes, its inthe preferences

so, is it possible to search packages descriptions for more than one keyword using packages.ubuntu.com ?

that never worked for me; maybe they fixed it

anyone have any issues with gutsy since release? after a few hours of working, my wireless network stops working and can't reconnect, i can't run anything with sudo, and opening a terminal window won't work. it worked fine in feisty, and jnc was positive that its my network, but i can't find anything wrong with it. i've added a root user so i could see if i could log in to see whether it was a pam issue, and had no trouble logging

the only problem i've had is the fn combos on my laptop keyboard stoped working except for num lock.

how can i compare folder1 > folder2 and copy files missing in folder2 to folder3

rsync

question about purging: i can't seem to purge (config files of) packages i've already removed. now, i want to purge 'mysql', but 'amarok' depends on 'mysql' and i just want to remove and not purge 'amarok'. can i do this? how? (prefer cmd-line.)

sudo apt-get remove amarok

i have a directory full of other directories and files. how do i give permissions 744 to all directories and permissions 644 to files within the directories?

find /path/to/dir -type f -exec chmo6 744 {} \; # for files

how do you take a screen shot when your useing someing like lynx or bitchx ?

i believe bitchx does logging, and i think you can save pages with lynx

is there a way i can launce xcfe settings from cli?

just looked, it is called 'xfce-setting-show'

video driver problems with ati radeon xpress 200m series video card..... all sound and video is very very choppy and slow, and obv not working properly.... what do i do? i'm a noob as of 8.04 and hardly figured that out

have you read that site?

this might be a weird question, but is the 'blank screen' screensaver good for your displays?

anything static can burn in and wear out the screen, which is why screensavers move (although i prefer shutting them off)

how do i update just one package through apt-get?

that will update it.

is there an applet that shows cpu usage as a graph on the gnome panel?

system monitor

is there any change to classic gnome desktop from 10.10 in 11.04 ?

once you got classic set as default, you can have auto log in set up, and should go into that by default :)

where is the source list file?

/etc/apt/

i'm using a ubuntu live-cd to try and salvage some files off my friend's dying windows xp laptop..i booted to ubuntu and mounted the ntfs drive, but when i try to access the drive i get 'permission denied'. any ideas?

get a shell with root permissions: 'sudo -i'

how do i automatically mount a drive at startup?

you familiar with that?

i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?

there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.

how do i list all mounted devices?

on its own lists the mountings

i can't play mp3 files here. what do i need to install?!

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

hi there. can anyone tell me what happened to devil's pie ? i just upgraded to gutsy and it's gone, and it's page seems offline as well

i see devilspie in the gutsy universe repos.

how can i unrar somehting?

apt-get install rar l rar e <file>

how ddo i search aptitude packages?

apt-cache search pattern

where can you read the reason why its good that ubuntu is not a rolling release ?

http://www.ubuntu.com

how can i check what my kernel configuration is?

ls /boot/config*

ok...how would i have gnome start like an eggdrop bot and xchat when it boots?

system>preferences>sessions