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so how is it gnome can mount / umount things even though the user can't go into the command line and do a mount / umount? | er, maybe s/gvfs/fuse/ |
what for !find? | its a bot command |
does anyone know of a cli screenshot program which can take screenshots of a true terminal? without x | er, sorry, no.. fbdump or somesuch |
hi i'm looking for a guide to versioning filesystems that works with ubuntu. any ideas? | any time i hear people mention specilized filesystems.. i always think to look at the 'fuse' project and its fs's |
what is the best 3d modeling/animation tool? | keep in mind there is a learning curve |
how can i blacklist a kernel driver? | create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ , use blacklist in that directory for the syntax (create a new file, so ubuntu won't mess with it) |
hi! can anyone tell me if it is possible, and if so, how to change the 'desktop theme' of ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix so that it looks like a regular ubuntu desktop? | try right click on the desktop and change desktop background. |
hi. new ati driver (8.2) on ati web site! someone have tried? can i install without uninstall old driver? | erm, overwrite the old one, that is |
hi all. anyone knows if it's possible to recover deleted files ? | no, it isn't. |
hey guys. how do i run a command with root privilegs? | use sudo |
hi to everyone! i'm starting to code in c++, and i would like to know which editor is better for you.thanks. | have a look at kdevelop or eclipse (for full ides); or you can use emacs or kate as quite nice 'programmer |
how do i go back in directories in naitilus ? | backspace mebbe? |
hi, how do i tel my applicantions minized panel to group applications ? | click on the dragging handle left of the window list (the 10 gray dots) |
how can i make opera my default browser? | system > preferences > preferred applications |
how can i list the currently logged in users and their processes? | 'users' lists logged in users and 'ps -ef' lists all processes and their initiating user |
is there any utility like rc-update in ubuntu to launch apps at boot time? | : or symlinks to programs |
what is nautilus | it's the file manager used by gnome |
ok again: how do i change the default browser? | as root: rm /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser; ln -s path_to_new_browser /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser |
can someone help me with gedit ? anyone hwo use gedit for coding ? | shift+tab |
hmm, i found this with ps: root 8216 0.0 0.0 16968 2048 ? sn 10:12 0:00 apt-get -qq update -o apt::update::auth-failure::=cp /usr/share/apt/apt-auth-failure.note /var/lib/update-notifier/user.d/ | that is the aplication that periodically checks for upgrades maybe it is working right now and doing it slowly because of the server overload. you may terminate it, yes |
hello, i am trying to use my public ip to access my ubuntu server behind the same router as me, i want to use it like a local ip address so that i can test it as if someone was trying to connect from the internet, how would i get this to work? (it works from another network but not on the same one as the server) | that may or may not work depending on your router. if it's a storebought router, there's not much you can do to make it work. you can just use the local ip and it should be what anyone connecting from the net would get. |
how do i openoffice from via cmd? | /usr/bin/(name of open office app) press tab (mauybe twice to get all options) |
so.. how can i see now .. how much memory i have available ? | if you're in a virtual console, sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart |
any unix users around ? | lots of unix-like users around ;) |
ath0? what happened to eth0? | ath0 is wireless atheros card |
what does fermats have to do with ubuntu support? | nothing, or may be, i just like to know things |
haha how do i use nick complete in xchat? | e y e tab |
hi, my apache2 isn't working according to netstat...can anyone help? | ive had that problem. use apache2ctl restart and it will |
i'm looking for an image manipulation program (other than gimp) that has similar controls to the program 'fireworks' in windows xp/vista. does anybody have any suggestions for such a program/package? | not sure but maybe photoshop under wine |
hell, #ubuntu have not questions? the people is learning how to use ubuntu i like it :d | shhh. savor the silence. |
well, when you maximize an application those buttons get embedded into the main panel. if they were on the right they would get in the way of the indicators | sounds like they should have put the indicators at the bottom right. :) |
hi all. quick one. connecting ext2 formatted external drive to ubuntu 12.04 machine and i cannot create any folders on it. it is freshly formated but mounts as root | chown -r user:user /mnt/mountpoint |
when the xorg.conf has the serverflag entry option 'blanking' '0' but still blanks out, what does a person do? (a gnome user) | xset s off |
how can i get list of files installed by a package? | in synaptic you can right click on a package and check out which files it installs.. you might have to install the package first though.. not sure |
umm, my gnome-system-manager is crashing when i try to change my accounts password.. how do i do it from cli? | passwd |
can someone tell me what ' capabilities: <access denied>' means in relation to a built-in sd memory card reader on a laptop? | you need to run that command with sudo |
if a friend is having issues with the livecd having too small of a resolution, how can he modify it so he can see the entire screen in order to install? | there should be a vga/resolution selector on the menu... f6 i think |
damnit, why does it always ask for the ubuntu release i386 cd | take it out of your sources.list |
hello, i scanned myself and found an open port, now how do i trail this back to the service ? | sudo netstat -tulpen |grep portnumber |
is there a way to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 from the command line? | first upgrade to desktop, then install server-kernel |
where is the apt config file | /etc/apt/sources.list |
how can i kill a program from terminal? | see kill and pkill |
hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled | ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz |
i have a large amount of .rar archives. is there a way to enumerate all their contents into a file so i can see everything that is archived, but not actually unpack anything? | rar/unrar almost certainly has a 'test' option that will show the contents and verify the package integrity, does that help? |
hey all... a lot of my memory is used as cache. i've never had this issue with ubuntu before. how can i check which processes are holeing up all of this memory? | it's supposed to be that way, not a problem |
is it possible to make files created in a folder to have a specific set of permissions, even if they are altered with chmod? | for files that already exist - you can use chmod again |
hey, can anybody help me ? i want to change my default terminal | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/dashasbinsh |
hello. if i am running ubuntu 11.4 off a live cd where does an app i install install to? | save what setting? |
how do i find out each file contained in a particular package? i installed libtorrent-dev and am looking for the headder file but cant find it in /usr/src/include if i can query the pkg then i might be able to track it down | dpkg -l packagename |
i have a list of city names in text file seperated by new line, how can i sort them aphabeticaly ? | sure there is... menu, tools / preferences / conversation / font |
how to add more irc servers to xchat? | click on server then join a channel |
hi, i'm trying to use a shared directory, but it doesnt show in 'network'. more over, adfter an smbclient -l localhost, server and master remain empty. any help welcome. | ive noticed those tools and samba tends to not see all my shares. i just enter the actual path in the gnome file manager - ctrl-l smb://servername/sharename and it sees them here.. i naver seen them when i browse the network. |
hey guys, anyone can tell me how can i mount an iso file (extracted from an audio cd) ? it doesn't work with mount -o loop | you could try a 'vlc whateverthethingis.iso' and see if it plays it.. |
hello, when i try to open a mp3 file with totem> 'movie player' the player opens, but closes right away after. | you could open a terminal and try totem file.mp3 and see what error it spits out |
what's that command again to list all connected usb devices? | lsusb |
what package do i need to install to have standard c headers for gcc? | you need the build-essential package |
how to setup a static ip address in ubuntu ? | you need to be always root if using apt-get, if you build it from source in ~/ you dont need to be root |
is it possible to access my wubi files from within windows? ubuntu isn't starting up after ati driver installs and i want to back things up first. | assuming you are using ext2 or ext3 filesystem you can install ext2ifs in windows to gain access to your linux partitions from within windows |
i want to run windows 7 in a virtual machine, what vm runs well under ubuntu ? | virtualbox and vmware |
so which pattern you dragged? | bit late but try this >> http://browse.deviantart.com/wallpaper/minimalistic/?view=1&order=5&limit=24 |
hi, is it possible to run football manager 2010 in ubuntu? | fmtux.net |
i recently mounted a filesystem 9.10 using a live cd, ubuntu 9.04 and was able to access my old files on /home by changing the permissions without giving a password. isn't that a security flaw? | you always have the option of encrypted /home folders if you're worried about that |
anyone know of a good oss cad program | qcad, perhaps. i can't testify to its quality, though |
does anybody know how i can make the terminal window transparent? | , then select transparent background, and set the transparency |
is it possible to install w32codecs in amd64? i am not able to play .dat files in mplayer | i installed it manually from mplayer's website |
i'm getting extremely poor video performance on my laptop, i'm trying to use the radeon open source driver on a thinkpad t41, (radeon 9000 mobile.... m9, r250) glxinfo output is here:http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/28016/ it seems that its using mesa3d? is that right? | you con use the fglrx driver i think |
given a directory with a bunch of files and child directories, is there a command i can use to recursively go through that directory and have it output to me the group owners that exist in the recursive list? | it'd be ls -alr, but then you may want to sort/grep/etc that |
sound is hell on ubuntu. i don't remember a day, when i had no any problem with it. i'm almost lost hope it will work one day, like on windows. | pulseaudio uses alsa |
ls -d list directories? | found it.. ls -d */ .. to get a list of the directories in the directory that you're in. |
hi, i just upgraded to onery and im wondering is there a netbook version of it? | unitiy is the old netbook-remix |
does anyone know of a php editor with ftp for ubuntu? | zend studio |
please help, ive installed ubuntu karmic, and everything worked perfectly. i updated through 'update manager' and after a restart, my cpu is being used constantly. it wasnt like that before the update. ive even reformated and reinstalled ubuntu thinking it was something i did, with the same results. any suggestions? | start ubuntu and press (and hold) the <shift>button at boot. then choose an olde kernel (not recovery) |
is there a way to have chromium as my browser that opens from links in terminal | system > preferences > prefered applications > web browser > pick chromium |
anyone know of a good tutorial for creating firefox themes? | golly, no, haven't seen something like that. have you tried just dissecting the xml file of a decent theme and seeing what it's made out of |
i just ordered those freebies.. i can't wait to distro them to friends now! | clamav |
i accidentally recursively chmodded my www folder and i assume thats bad, so im trying to get it back to default -rw-x---- or something, and i read thats chmod -r 644 ./, works for 777, but 644 makes all files say 'unknown type' and disappear | directories need 755, so you need to run 2 `find` commands (find -type d and find -type f -exec chmod...) |
hello, is someone familiar with compilig using gcc/g++ ? | recompile them on your 32 bit system. |
how do i avoid to be prompted for password when ubuntu starts up? | try 'user accounts' |
has anyone installed sendmail? | postfix doesn't cut it? |
whats the best tool in ubuntu for rar files? 7z? | unrar i think. look in repos for rar |
can someone please check what version of gcc is default on oneiric, so i don't have to reboot to linux now? | gcc | 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 | |
so what do i look for when buying online media to be sure i can listen/watch it in linux? | there is some information at defectivebydesign.org |
what command can i run in the terminal to bring up the power/energy saver/settings pogram? | or maybe you were looking for this: gnome-screensaver-preferences |
two quick questions. how do i display a list of packages that can be installed with apt-get (through the command line). and how do i upgrade to the latest version of ubuntu (i have 5.04 currently) | with all the repos, more like 17,000. |
i know this is #ubuntu, but i'm just curious about gmail because i've been having on/off problems with it for a week or so, ever since upgrade to lucid. is that a coincidence or are others having problems too. anyone with a gmail account, can you connect right now? | install some other browser and check it like that is what i'd do |
can anybody of you point me a good website or a book for learing subnetting | check out also: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/701/3.html |
!away > hasdhaq_ | sorry, i go to disable now |
is there a way to see what program was last apt-get installed? | cheap way - 'history | grep apt-get install' |
hi guys! what is there in ubuntu to make panorama photos? | ale. don't expect anything fancy, though. |
hello, i have a weird problem with a .xauthority file that keeps reverting on a seemingly random basis to root ownership, is there anyway to track not so much who changed a file but why a file was changed? | that would mean that x is writing to the file |
i just tried hardy heron installation livecd feature, my network is not working. i don't see my module. should i hope for better after installation or this aspect won't change? | if it doesn't work on the live cd, then it doesn't work in the installation. out of the box, that is - it's entirely possible that you *can* get it to work! |
how does one go about mounting a usb hd via command line? is it that much more complex then mounting a regular drive or cd drive? | just do dmesg to find that out |
hi anybody know how to move a window only with the keyboard, i dont want to touch the mouse | alt+f7 |
when i first installed gutsy, i could access my computer in the network, but now, i can't... anyone experiencing this? | i'm getting similar problems -- samba says it can't find the local windows machine, possibly because of firewall settings. i ought to see what's going on there, but i'm swamped with so many other little things. |
when is the release about new ubuntu? | please see here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/precisepangolin/releaseschedule |
how do i make someones name red when i reply to them? | you only need to type 'lj' then tab and the the program will complete the name for you. if many names start the same press tab many times |
can any one suggest me how to disconnect memory card, i have connected it using card reader through usb port????? | right click on the icon on the desktop and go to 'unmount' or 'eject' |
installing ubuntu these days is a breeze compared to when i first tried to install redhat back in the day | try installing slackware in the beginning, it came on ~30 1.44m floppys :p |
hi, netstat shows me an | netstat -alp |
is there powermizer option for opensourced nv drivers? | iam not sure if the binary drivers support that at all under linux |
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