###question
stringlengths 12
464
| ###answer
stringlengths 3
382
|
|---|---|
how are you connecting to the net? | wired, with a belkin router |
how much will it cost to buy telephonic support from canonical right now to fix the problem their updates have caused? | what is your problem? |
anyone know of a webpage that lists all the linux commands with their descriptions? | a good place to start is probably `ls /usr/bin/*|less` |
hye, quick question. i cannot view gmail.com because it asks me to install psm. but i cannot find it in the package list lol | what browser? |
what app would you reccomend for internet radio browsing / exploring? i've seen streamtuner, but it hasn't been updated in 3 years, so maybe there's something better ... | look up songbird |
acpi suspend to ram stopped working for me after installing fglrx drivers for my radeon 9700, my screen trashes and the system locks, anyone know how to fix it? | add a tmpfs to your /etc/fstab |
the drive failing after installing ubuntu is just an unlucky coincidence - you're aware of that, aren't you? | sure i will :) |
hey guys, i've decided to move over to ubuntu soon, and i have a question about crossfire, how does it work under ubuntu? | for the open source driver see http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonfeature there is also a proprietary driver |
does ubuntu support any repository for j2sdk1.4.2? | see the java-package package |
is there any nice way to copy an ubuntu installation on to another machine? | http://paste.ubuntu.com/745963/ |
what's the difference between gksu and gksudo? | gksudo is a symlink to gksu |
if i'm going to use cvs/svn to download the source code to the ogre/cegui/ode libraries and compile them myself, is there a specific place that ubuntu prefers i store that source code? | just download and extract to your home directory |
is there an applet that shows cpu usage as a graph on the gnome panel? | system monitor |
hey there.. anyone around here knows a good resource to learn about fstabs and whatever other things related to it? | tldp.org has good resources on almost all things linux. |
how would i go about determining my path to perl or ruby or python? is there a comparable command to windows echo %path%? | but even better, try 'which perl' |
can i attempt to install a gutsy .deb on dapper? | you can try |
any way to encrypt the entire hard drive without reinstalling ubuntu? | whybother just encrypt home and swap |
hmm...how can i reinstall a package? (for examplke, if i've damaged some of the files from it) using apt-get ? | apt-get install --reinstall pkg |
what on earth happened to unrar support in archive manager in hoary | haveyou apt-get install rar ? i *think* that unrar'ing works in hoary with that |
how do i turn dma on on my /dev/hdc | sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc |
hi. how can i list storage devices from a command line ? | quick n dirty: dmesg |cut -d \] -f 2- |grep ' sd' |grep gb |
hey. i have a problem getting 'failed to compile module vmmon!' when trying to install vmware workstation on 10.10. this bug is allready described well here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/671369 | cant you use virtualbox ? =) |
anyone know how to change scrollbars so that there's a 'jump to top' button on them? | are you sure the 'home' key won't do it? |
is the nvidia 180.xx glx plug and play when changing between graphhics cards in the 8xxx and 9xxx series. it worked for me. can anyone confirm? | the clock and gpu settings are controlled in hardware, you shouldn't have anything to worry about |
i have a general os concepts question... what happens when the os gets an interrupt in the middle of handling an interrupt. do interrupts queue in some way? | try googling 'linux interrupts' and check out the top several results. |
is wine included in ubuntu install or do you have to get seperately? | you have to install is separately |
how does one go about installing the w32codecs? | enable medibuntu repos.. use package maanger |
anybody know when 10.04 beta starts? | http://wiki.ubuntu.com/lucidlynxschedule |
hello! i have an usb pen with a 'failed' ubuntu installation. when that pen is connected to the computer booting dont go beyond motherboard logo. how do i 'erase' the pen? | you can easily erase and rebuild your ubuntu pen with startup disk creator (default installed) |
luciousmare: lemme see it! email it [email protected] or something, would ya? | tip: type 'luc' then press tab |
is there a way of remotely controling a local computer but seeing the same display? so when i open a video it will display on the remote computer? | xdmcp or vnc |
hi, i'd like to know in which group apache by default is, cause i need to add the group/user to a folder | www-data |
how do i change tabs and task bar colors in ubuntu 11.04? | sudo fdisk -l ? |
hi all. i've got question. i've installed libmysql-java with apt-get but i have no idea where it is on my filesystem ... anyone know how i can find that out? | dpkg -l libmysql-java |
thats because the 4 means its world readable. | i have run linux for a long time, and find that having / and /home is all i need |
is there a command to see how much free space there is left? | df -h |
i've downloaded openoffice 2.0 and its all rpm's, is there a way to install them on ubuntu ? | openoffice.org2 is already in ubuntu... |
anyone know how to setup the options apache starts up with on ubuntu, equivalent of the -d directive when starting up the daemon? in other systems, there is an 'apache_opts' environment variable that lets you define which options are passed to the startup script | look at the upstart script and it's config file |
updated to edgy this morning. laptop boots to black screen when kernel linux-image-generic is used. i've tried a search, but found no answers. | boot in recovery mode, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
how can i print out all of the enviroment variables that are set on my computer? | thats it, env |
if i am to install edgy how can i tell it to use a vesa card? | gnome-system-tools contains the users-admin tool |
hiya. i'm experiencing a weird problem: my disk space keeps getting filled up. i noticed that i had only a couple of mb free space on my ubuntu partition, and started to delete stuff. when i was finished, the disk was full. rebooted, and now i can't log in, because the disk is full. everytime i delete stuff, it's replaced by.. something. | did you remember to empty the trash? |
is gnash nice? | it's not that well-supported yet :( |
hi everyone. is there a channel for ubuntu on ps3? | its an unofficial distro |
why would someone want to run remote x sessions? only if the remote machine has more cpu power than the own one? i can not think of a useful application. | failure of imagination |
is there an option i can give to apt-get to have it just tell me what it would ordinarily do (like apt-get install package --pretend , or something of the sort) | actually, use the --simulate option |
i fire up a program in python. how can i fire up a program so that python gives me back the cursor? | either https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/softwaresynthesishowto or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/hardwaresynthesissetup depending on what you want to do |
i did cat on a binary and now my terminal has some strange characters displaying. how can i reset it? | type 'reset' press enter |
hi. does anybody knows what happened to gobuntu? are there still plans for a whole free system? | http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu |
@mteck - same thing, getting the 'passwd: authentication token manipulation error' when i do the passwd command | a pastebin is basically a website where you can paste a lot of text. see ubottu's message for more information. |
have you tried cheese? | i have and it worked fine in 11.10, now in 12.04 (fresh install) it shows the webcam name but it is greyed out and cannot be selected. nothing shows. |
after upgrading to hardy the lower right pane of evolution e-mail is missing. how to restore it at the expense ofthe upper right pane? | the reading pane ? |
anybody can help me? i need install program that required python 2.4 but in my system is already installed python 2.6.6 and i cant compile program( what a best way to solve this problem? | i once managed to solve something like that by making symlinks... but maybe that's a bit stupid way to fix it |
how can i do cp without it omitting a hidden folder? | cp -a ?? man cp |
anyone who can tell me where i can find the alt+tab setting? | system, preferences, keyboard shortcuts. 'move between windows using a pop up window' - set that one as alt+tab. see if that works |
i am trying to run firefox, but when i try delete them it says, firefox i running. how do i find the id in terminal to kill? | killall firefox should also work |
hi, just installed samba on ubuntu 8.04 and when logging in from a winxp machine, following error: create_builtin_administrators: failed to create administrators | works fine here. |
can someone please help me out? im trying to give dev/sdb2 more space http://imgur.com/uak88.png | the swap is in the way |
which kernel does ubuntu install from 5.10 cd | 2.6.12 |
is there a program that will let me print a file to pdf? | open office exports to pdf |
hello all: i have the crossover office beta which is an install file with .sh, but when i click it it goes into gedit and there's an error. how do i install this? | you probably want to do 'bash file.sh' in a terminal (in the right directory) |
what kernel does the most recent stable release have? | 2.6.156 i think |
how do i know which user to add to a group if this happens : zmc_dvideo0[8707]: err [failed to open video device /dev/video0: permission denied] | sudo usermod -g video user |
hello is there a way to turn off the gui for the installer. i think it might solve my installation problem. | you can use the alternative install it is text. |
flannel, do i use sudo leafpad /etc/comadn here ? | lubuntu uses leafpad instead of gedit |
i've a question for anyone intimiatly familiar with debian packaging, anyone here fit that? | intimately? |
i'm setting up a dual boot of xp home and 10.04lts. any reason i should create a partion for xp when i put it on? or, should i just let it do it's thing and wait to partition when i add ubuntu? | do you have a drive 'map' for the partitions on paper or in your head? |
anyone know why i cannot install flash or java in firefox with the autoinstall? | yes, because it doesn't work. just install the javadebs (/msg ubotu javadebs), and flashplayer-mozilla from multiverse repository |
can anyone tell me how to make my extra internal hard drive automatically mount when i log in? | : try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/automaticallymountpartitions |
anyone having troubles with the flash plugin for chromium? | you need to be quicker, 30 seconds is too long to wait |
hello, how can i make a service start by default wen the machine boots? | under system startprogramms |
what directory is the grub boot menu stored ? | /etc/grub/ |
dr_willis.. it says it does support for the previous version of ubunto for the quickcam pro 4000 (logitech). how do i test the camera using ubunto? where do i go? | install it |
how do i prevent a kernel module from being loaded at boot? | put it in /etc/hotplug/blacklist |
can anyone do me a favor and tell me if my site is taking an extremely long time to load (i.e. 30+ seconds) https://secure.adventure-inn.com | 8 seconds, i am sitting in south africa |
guys, i have win 7/ubuntu installed dual boot. upon upgrade to lucid, grub2 will no longer boot my windows partition. any help? | what happened to your windows |
hi all, does anybody how to make a program have executable rights | 'chmod 755 yourfile' |
version amd64-bit ubuntu: should it have any issues running on an intel core2quad q6600? | not really no |
am i right in thinking that a cron job is the best way of running a scheduled backup? | thats an excellent way |
hi all, is there an opensource project that can run on ubuntu, that does the same as gotomeeting or webex where two clients can connect to the server (ubuntu) and share desktops ? | ubuntu comes with vino, which is a vnc server for gnome |
does the daily 12.04 build get updated on thursday? | if you install it and install the normal updates you will have the final version, yes |
hi all ! on 12.04 what's the 'official' tool to manage start services (like rcconf..etc) , if there's a recommend one (cli/gui) | i don't believe upstart has any tools (i guess it's not expected for people running ubuntu to use services anymore) |
does anyone know the username and password for xubuntu? | the username is ubuntu probably, you don't need either though, just use sudo if you need root it won't ask for a password |
is there a command that i can use that will tell me what graphics driver i am using? | sudo lscpi -vv |
how do i completely delete older kernels? i have install the new one and it works. | you remove them manually with synaptic or whatever |
i have a gigabyte t1028 with an atheros ar928x. it originally recognized the interface, but did not work properly (was unable to show available networks or even connect with a manually entered ssid). then, i followed some instructions that involved downloading a driver, unpacking it, running a shell script and then running 'sudo dpkg --install compat*deb' (i found this on the forum.) unfortunately, now the interface doesn't come up at all. d | i already told you. if you don't see your card then you need to enable the module that will get your card working. it's like a driver, without, you'll get no where |
can anyone tell me how i can find out where a certain command is stored? | `which command` will give you the path |
i hate to butt in, but i desperately need to know if wubi overwrites the windows install | it rewrites the boot record but does not touch the windows system. |
whats the command to remove a directory ? | rm -fr directory/ |
ubunteros: i hear there is a new version of skype (finally) available on linux. is the version in ubuntu-software the latest version or bet to dl directly from skype's website? and who is 'precise-partner source' ? | not completely sure about this, but i read that skype in the canonical repository is a version 2.12, so i guess you are better off downloading from skype directly |
hi, is there a meta package for all the development stuff? | build-essential |
question is if i can conver ntfs to ubuntu filesystem without losing data | no, you can't. backup your data somewhere else, reformat the partition, then move your data back. |
hello can someone help me with linux not being able to start up from cd and usb? kubuntu crashed my os so i have to reinstall my os. :( | it shouldn't touch your os, or even mount your harddrive. |
has anyone had a problem with sound working/ not working with flash such as youtube in ubuntu? | $ sudo apt-get install libflashsupport |
i cannot play my dvd | sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras |
hi guys. i'm currently trying to install ubuntu from a burned cd, and i got it to boot up, but it's been on the ubuntu loading screen with the dots for close to half an hour now. it's not frozen, but is this normal? i've got no problem being patient but i just want to make sure nothing's wrong, or what to do. | could be a bad burn... i usually use the alternate installer so the full gui isn't necessary |
anyone found a way to buy music from itunes store and burn it to cd using linux ? | itunes store music would have drm... remove that and its mp4 |
i'm `tail -f`ing a file. does anyone know a good way to fire a script off when a certain line is detected? grep unfortunately doesn't work when following a file. | pipe it into a loop and do read line in it... then you can do all your magic with $line |
hey. i've never tried ubuntu, but i'm thinking about it, is it possible to have an instalaltion under 500m when done? | most likely, but it depends on your definition of usable. |
ive setup my machine so i can restart my apache without the root password using visudo....%jason all=/opt/lampp/lampp restart ....etc but it keeps asking me for sudo password? | you have prefix command with nopasswd: , dont remember exactly, see sudoers man page |
Subsets and Splits