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wha tis wrong with firefox? | there's a longish thread on ubuntuforums about it |
how can i install windows 98 on my dual booted ubuntu dapper and windows mce computer? i know windows has a habbit of wiping the mbr. | change /etc/hostname & update /etc/hosts |
hi, whats the command that removes unnecessary packages? apt-get autoclean? | remember to use sudo |
automatix is a sweet prog. i don't know why everyone in here says it's not. it auto installs everything for you. | it also breaks installs. |
is there any way to list all processes in ubuntu and kill one? | ps -a | grep processyouraresearching |
can any one tell me how to scroll the content in gnome-terminal without using mouse | shift + page up |
tim, try just installing ubuntu-desktop for gnome, if that's what you're after. | thx. what the command? |
can anybody tell me how to install openoffice 3.0 ? | can you please tell me the version of ubuntu you are using? |
where can i find button themes for emerald? gnome-look doesn't seem to have dedicated section. | compiz |
in bash ... is there a character that i can use to continue the same command but on a new line? | that is, you escape the new-line with the escape char, which is \ |
no one here can tell me the difference? | the red one points to nirwana. try ls -ll <symlink> |
hi, i would like tochange the ownership of some files from root to a normal user, how can i do ? | chown |
i just installed ubuntu on a machine that i already had ubuntu on. i switched out the hdds. ubuntu installs to the new hdd just fine, but when it goes to boot up, i get an error: 'filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7'... 'error 17: cannot mount selected partition'... windows xp installs and boots up to this drive just fine. any ideas where i'm going wrong with ubuntu? | hmm... that's a weird one. tried reinstalling ubuntu? made sure the cd integrity check passes before installing? |
oh, this is for a server, is the server install non-graphical? | you can install a gui desktop from the command line after installing the server that's what i did |
hi all. will ubuntu 7.04 comes with beryl pre-instaled ? | no. it wont. |
if i remove my wine package will it also remove my program files or do they stay? | they stay |
is'nt midnight commander in dapper? | to get midnight commander: sudo apt-get install mc |
how do you do that? | yes i just don't rem the command though |
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 |
when is quantal coming? | last thursday of october, if i'm not mistaken |
i want to ssh into my computer from outside. how do i tell ubuntu to listen out and accept on port 333? that's the port my network administrator opened for me | modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config to port 333 in addition to or instead of port 22 |
is there a way to put a time option into an echo command? for example: echo 'update completed at %s' | how about echo 'update completed at `date`' <--- note backticks inside double quotes |
regarding the flash player 9 for amd64 linux (with nspluginwrapper install script - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=476924). what script should i choose? r115 or the r48 plugin? running gutsy on a amd64 | have you seen this? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397 |
anybody knows where the proprietary drives reside in the filesystem??? | your hdds will be in /media |
you've installed the packages mentioned on the restrictedformats page on the wiki? | of course |
hm, i'm formatting a new disk in fdisk. to specify partition size, do i calculate the ending cylinder by dividing partition size with cylinder size, or is there a simpler way? | you can use +xm +xg (where x is the number, and m for megabytes, g is for gigabytes) |
anyone here use opera? | i do |
hi, does anyone else have problems connecting to the edgy servers for updating ? | the security servers are currently down, please wait yes it is |
hi all, i'm still running feistyfawn, and need to install one package, however package binaries for feistyfawn are gone... do you know if there are archives with old releases available? | http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ |
does anyone know how to get kdialog installed? | i thought that came with kde |
i'm trying to install ov51x-jpeg-source from the synaptic but it requires me to insert the install cd rom. is there a way to do this without the said cd available? | disable the cdrom from the software sources |
is there a command to find out information about something that was mounted when we only know the mount point? say i want to know what to call it in /dev, but it was automounted! | run mount in a terminal. |
its not the size that counts, its how you use it :) | http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/howto-fix-firefox-taking-up-whole.html |
hi guys, where is the .bash_profile located? | under your home directory |
anybody know i good link for installing all kind of things like multimedia, java and things like that? | also try searching in synaptic |
where is the gnome themes folder in my system? | ~/.themes/ or /usr/share/themes/ for system-wide |
how can i change a word in http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi ? | say !whatever is whatever, ( in a msg to ubotu ) it will be forewarded to ubuntu-ops |
does anyone know of any good lightweight mp3 player software in ubuntu? | i get connection refused |
hi. are there any ocr systems i can use in ubuntu? | yes, just search for 'ocr' on the package manager, there are some ocr apps |
anyone available to help me with my screen resolution problem? i only get 800x600 and i tried different ways to get 1024 in intrepid | https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/50317 <--- maybe could help |
newbie needs help: my sound was working fine for quite some time. all of a sudden i can only hear the faintest noise when my speakers are at max volume. i've checked my volume levels and everything looks fine. i've rebooted and the problem did not resolve. | i had that problem, my cable was screwed, just a though :) |
is there any way to force the udev automounting magic to happen? | it is supposed to happen automagically. |
i've been having some trouble with my atheros wifi card. network manager seems to disable it when i suspend my computer, and doesn't 'forget' the ap's. therefor, if i move it tries to connect to an ap that isn't there. | i gave up on network manager and switched to wicd which does the job perfectly for me |
guys, i don't have the 'configuration editor' under applications -> system tools. anybody know what package this is part of please ? | it's in the menu, but hidden: alacarte can unhide it |
hi, i need to draw a plan for cutting, what program can i use for that? what i need is to be able to draw in precise dimensions and then show dimensions labels.. | http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/cadlinks.html might be helpful |
q: is there a command i can type ... to see what kind of hardware i have ? | try lspci |
hi! i have a small 'default browser' problem. if i click on links on pidgin, firefox doesnt start, if i use googlizer the no browser is started. what can be the problem? | have you set system > preferences > preferred applications correctly? |
is it possible to live monitor in/out-going tcp/ip connections? | tcpdump, ethereal... |
how do i execute a .rpm file? | if you want to install an rpm, use 'aline' to convert it to a deb and then install |
what was the name of the 'sudo' app for gui apps? | gksudo |
so, seriously, no antivirus? | clamav |
i have at least two questions, maybe more. question 1: how do i get photoshop running in ubuntu 12.04? | check winehq and maybe winetricks, a bunch of scripts for dotnet and stuff |
how do i install libstdc++? | sudo apt-get install libstdc++ ? |
i just upgraded to the lucid lts and the sound sucks. it seems like the volume is about 10% of what it should be when it is turned all the way up for both speakers and headphones. sound worked fine in 9.04 :( any ideas? i've looked through some bug reports but none are describing exactly this issue | did you check alsa mixer? |
how do i now if i use hoary or breezy? | lsb_release -a (in a terminal) |
'$?' contains the exit code of the previously run command so you can tell if it exited cleanly without any stdout | nice |
hi, i am using gnome and want to change the function of what f10 does when i am in a terminal window. when i press f10, it selects the window of the menu. this is causing me problems when i use jed to write c programs because f10 is used in jed to open its text-based menu. | just go to menu and deactivate show menubar |
does ubuntu server come with apache? | ive noticed that too on certain templates. i typically just stop it |
checksum is correct. any idea? i'm working form a mac osx at the moment, but i don't see how this could make any difference | well i have no idea which filesystems mac os recognizes, but i assumed a cd filesystem would be recognized. why do you need to mount it anyway? can't just burn it? |
my wireless monitor applet is shows a constant download road of ~200kbps when i am doing nothing. is there any way to see why process is drawing on my network connection? | in a term, netstat -tunap see what port/process is listening/receiving/transmitting |
anyone know some test app to try out my new nvidia card , something that will show off what it can do ? | usually glxgears is used for this |
hey guys when ever i sudo apt-get i recieve http://pastebin.com/m31903373 | sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com d739676f7613768d |
i have got an acer aspire 5633 laptop with the intel 3945 wifi chip. i am running feisty with all packages updated. the problem is that my wireless network does not appear most of the time when doing a scan (iwconfig eth1 scan), it does sometimes appear. if i manage to get a connection it just drops after a couple of seconds. i have got another laptop next to me and this can connect absolutely fine. signal strength is about 75%. does anyone have any sugges | to identical laptops? one works the other doesn't? |
any recommendations for apps to make screencasts on linux? | i use gtk-recordmydesktop |
hi all, a large copy operation (>200g) with nautilus got interrupted near the end. what is the best way to resume the copy without re-copying everything? | shell, rsync |
what is the name of the kernel package in ubuntu? | apt-cache linux-image |
what does it mean when someone has a dot followed by a filename, like '. build/envsetup.sh' ? is this equivalent to './build/envsetup.sh' ? | no, it's like 'source' |
can i use my java 1.6 apps in ubuntu? | unless they expect some windowsnesses like having a c:\, they'll work :) |
how do i install new icon themes in ubuntu? | then use the install routine cited in the readme for that icon set |
okay, i'm having a brain fart, isn't there a way to create a short cut to a webpage on your desktop? | have you tried dragging the icon next to the address to the desktop? |
can somebody help me i'm trying to run a .run script but it keeps saying there's an error in the md5 checksum | it means your download is incorrect |
hi everyone, i'm trying to do a fresh install of ubuntu so want to completely whipe my current version off and start fresh. i'm not to sure how i go about acheiving this though. i'm running the live disk now and my hdd looks like this: http://i50.tinypic.com/34hgjh5.png do i just delete /dev/sda4/ then re-install from disk ? | well, if you want to delete everything, delete everything |
does anyone know what is the backend/platform that ubuntu forums runs on? | as far as os - don't know, but probably linux ;) as far as the forum software, they use vbulletin, iirc |
it can be a real pain if it doesnt work (take my atheros 5007 eg for example) | ndiswrapper fixes everything :) |
where can i find a list of games to check out gaming support in ubuntu? | appdb.winehq.org |
correct.... why goup wrx? | its a shared folder |
what's the command to check a programs version from terminal? | apt-cache policy <package name> |
is security.ubuntu.com down at the moment? i can't seem to do an update | are you able to conenct at all? i am on westnet in nsw, and found out that my isp has an upstream carrier problem. it may be effecting you. |
any luck with quakelive fullscreen, or you didn't try yet? :p | haven't tried since i have been spending all morning trying to rip this movie dvd for my son :( |
anyone know a decent screen capture prog please? | istanbul |
the installer dies while trying to fsck one of the windows partitions, how do i keep it from doing the fsck? | try hiren's boot disc, it has partition magic on it, set up your partitions then run the installer |
last question, since i'm not sure the hard lock problem is anything that can be easily fixed.. i have vista running virtually under innotek virtualbox so that i can use itunes and watch netflix on demand movies.. when netflix plays it's video in the browser using it's plugin that uses wmp 11, the video is very choppy. i have high bandwidth and a powerful enough computer, so i don't understand what i'm doing wrong. | probably virtual machines do not have full video power like a normal operating system |
hmm i wonder what this means ? : someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! | without context, it's hard to say what it means. but generally speaking, a man-in-the-middle attack is when you're transfering information with someone else, and there is an unwanted third party 'in the middle' that has access to the transmission channel. |
hey guys, my problem is this .... there is a button at the top-right corner in ubuntu, wich you click ti shutdown/restart/logoff etc etc .... but something happened and i now only see (guest session, lock screen and log off) ... does anyone know how to get the old layout back ? ... using ubuntu 8.10 | sudo poweroff or sudo init 0 or sudo shutdown -h now |
what command do i use to reconfigure a package? | sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package> |
how can i set the number of workspaces in gnome 3 | gnome 3 autocreates workspaces as you need them. i'm not sure that you can set a specific amount. |
hi i'm a bit confused: ubuntu.com states 8.04 is already released (http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop) but the download link only points to 7.10. is 8.04 already released? | then news is abt announcing the upcoming release not that it had been released, please learn to read |
anyone know the name of the plugin in xfce that provides the volume control thing that also has play/pause/etc buttons in the menu for banshee/rythmbox? | oh, add rythmbox to it. |
what sound card do you have again? | arock k7vt4a + |
hello walking people my hd has fucked i can't format or install ubuntu e decide use the live cd but swap is not good space.. how i can set the ext3 bugued partition to swap temp ? | you have to mkswap <drive>, but if you can't format it it's unlikely |
hey, any body in here know what could have caused this to happen during an update 'http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2061/screenshot3k.png'? | you can try downloading the .deb package direct from packages.ubuntu.com and installing it by clicking on it. |
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. |
is there a way to have a different wallpaper per virtual desktop? | you can manually assemble a wallpaper and if you don't have it stretch it might do what you expect, but i haven't tried it |
hi, i've a second harddrive with an ntfs filesystem, i can't access it because of 'permission denied'. i tried with chmod 555 /media/hdc2 but it didn't help. any tip ? | you can add these to the options in your fstab file. alternatively, you could become root while browsing it using the 'sudo -s' command |
what is the best mp3... general audio player? hoping to find something along the lines of winamp.... | audacious is nice |
hey thoreauputic - in irssi, how do i enable automatic logging? can i? (i've been looking at irssi scripts, but man, that's a lot to look through...;-( | /help log |
does anyone know of a free voip program that can make landline calls? | i don't know that such a program exists. telco companies normally charge for this kind of connectivity. |
is it possible to create a desktop icon that will launch a bash script? | put |
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 |
with the compiz desktop wall, is there a way to get a different background on each desktop? | you can set different wallpapers with compiz, don't know if wall copies that, would expect so |
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