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what's the easiest way to get terminial access tn another ubuntu machine within your network? | get it's ip / host address and use ssh |
i'd installed ubuntu in my notebook, can i make a partition ? how ? | when you run the live cd, you'll find it in system -> administration i think |
how do i run commands while using nano? | ctrl-what it says at the bottom. |
i need to control a router. is there a program i could use to open my serial port and take control??? | gtkterm |
does ubuntu feisty come with a dock? | that's the best dock program i know of |
now with nv as driver, it says 'unable to find valid framebuffer device' | there will be a default for your system, but not a general default for everyone |
any ideas why fdisk can't open /dev/sda if that's where all of my partitions are? | try with sudo |
i cannot see the title bar for any windows, can somebody help me to get it bback? | probably metacity (the window manager) crashed; press alt-f2 and enter: metacity |
anyone tell me how i edit my grub menu.lst to make my windows my defualt/ | so you only have to count the 'paragraph' in menu.list from the top, subtract 1 and put the result in 'default' in menu.list |
i've a question for you. i've a macbook. i was looking to install ubuntu only on it. on the download page of the official ubuntu site i followed the instructions to create an usb stick bootable with ubuntu for mac. the instructions i followed are here: http://nopaste.info/2adf6c7c89.html but i can't boot it. it doesn't recognize the usb stick. someone knows which is the solution to this problem cd burning excluded? thank you in advance to | where'd you find these instructions?... |
how can i get the old style system/administration/etc taskbar to show up. it was there when i first installed ubuntu, but after i updated graphics drivers it disapeared and got replaced by taskbar on the left with the massive icons | in the unity app window on the upper right you can chose the system category to see all those apps too |
okay, so i've downloaded lightzone, and it's a tar.gz file...now if i want to run the program i navigate over to the folder in terminal, and then i type in ./lightzone, or i can just double click lightzone in the folder....but how do i add a shortcut to this, and how do i make it so im not told that it's an executable text file and how would i like to run it... | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/compilingeasyhowto |
eliveer where ? | found it---http://www.tldp.org/howto/irc/index.html |
so i have a question about elevated privileges from update manager: if the icon does not turn off in panel, the elevation is still present right? | which is usually desirable, but the icon is in the tray so you can click it and lock it up tight again immediately |
in ubuntu karmic, i can't hear sound on my speaker while my guitar plug in on my line-in, but in jaunty i can. is some clue here? | play with the mixer controlls and pavucontrol |
uhm can anyone recomend me a sound control program? | alsamixer |
where are sftp filesystems mounted in nautilus kept? | .gvfs? |
how to run a sh file in a terminal? | sh <file> |
what does it mean when apt-get upgrade says packages have been held back, and what should i do to upgrade them? | aptitude full-upgrade |
does anyone know how to make ddclient report my wan address to zoneedit, as opposed to my lan ip? | on their website (the one from ddclient) it is described how to make ddclient to get the ip (wan) from a website and transmit it |
hi! what's the command to see the current permissions on a file? | use 'ls -l' or 'stat' |
i killed my login screen by accident with apt-get remove, does anyone know the pkg name to re-install the login screen? | apt-get install xdm (x-window-system) or kdm or gdm |
how big should ubuntu be after install? | for a standard ubuntu install, everything normally takes up about 2 gigs of space |
in xchat, how do i specify a port number for a server? | like - chat.us.freenode.net/8001 |
any way to make xchat start hidden in the notification area? | settings, preference, chatting, alerts has a check box in version 2.8.7c |
hello, what is the correct term when talking about the latest version and not the lts one. what should i say, non-lts?normal version or what? | latest version usually does it (11.04 btw) |
_spire_, url please? | or any other 2 letter country code |
will it be possible to perpetually upgrade ubuntu releases, just like one can upgrade debian 3.0 to 3.1? | yes, we'll support constant upgrades from version to version |
restricting root (or very root-like user) from writing to a partition -- is it possible? | unless they ran inside a chroot jail, cant see how |
q: what package should i install for this (checking for qt... configure: error: qt (>= qt 3.0) (headers and libraries) not found. please check your installation!), thanks | libqt-dev |
how can i see the error msg for my x server when he crashed and restart ? | cat /var/log/xorg.0.log |
does ubuntu support bluetooth mice and keyboards? | i believe so |
hey all, quick question. i'm going to be setting up ubuntu for a friend of mine this week and he has dsl. he also has a router. if it's a ppoe connection, will that be taken care of by the router or do i have to set up something in the os? | other wise pppoeconf |
what's a good program to browse and download usenet binaries? | sudo apt-get install pan |
how can i put suspend my notebook on konsole ? | sudo /etc/acpi/sleep.sh |
hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer? | use xv as the video output |
hi. i want to change my firewall front-end from guarddog to firestarter. can i just uninstall one and install the other, or do i need to worry about iptables stuff? | just use the one you want |
how do i set the 'search' button on my logitech mouse *not* to open beagle or tracker search tool? | check system->preferences->keyboard shortcuts, you can reassign most of the stuff from there |
any ideas why when i install something with ubuntu using apt or synaptic it asks me to insert the ubuntu disk? can i stop this? | in system > administration > software sources you can set where you want to get software from |
is it possible to use the live cd / dvd in the package manager so that i don't have to download the pakages? | yes. go to add repositories, and add the cd |
could i convert an rpm of vm server to deb and install vm server that way? | not the best way to get that done |
what do i have to do on my ubuntu pc? | install wine, and then install teamviewer on that as well |
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 |
i am trying to partition a usb memory stick that was setup by damn small linux, i've booted from the ubuntu live dvd and am trying to run cfdisk. it says i only have write permission? | run the command through sudo: 'sudo <command>' |
what do i need to type to get xfce desktop environment from the repos? | sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop |
can anybody help me with ltsp? | /msg nick. don't do it without permission though. |
can't connect to ppa.launchpad.net. anyone else having this trouble? | it's a bit slow today - but it works |
hey, is it safe to update to dapper drake now, or should i wait till next month for the full version to be released ? | i've been running it for a copule of weeks now, runs fine for me |
does anyone here use bitlbee? i found it through synaptic package manager, installed it, and now i don't see it anywhere... | - it's in /usr/sbin |
how do i use apt-get to manipulate the files that were held back in upgrade? | first do a upgrade, too, and unless kernel (reboot required there) can try sudpt-get dist-upgrade |
what is the actual difference between fedora and ubuntu, apt and rpm aside? | there is i guess upstart |
i reinstalled windows after i'd installed ubuntu and now grub doesn't show up. how can i fix grub? | first link |
can anyone please run sudo apt-get remove wpasupplicant (and say no when it asks you if you want to remove it) and just tell me what packages it says it will remove? it's pretty simple and it'll help me be able to use the internet again with ubuntu. | network-manager network-manager-gnome ubuntu-minimal wpasupplicant |
anyone know what the develpment package for 'file' is? | libmagic-dev |
in ubuntu cant i have a lan connection and my wireless connection running at the same time? | ath0 is wireless eth0 is wired |
hello.. does the normal ubuntu 8.04 iso has the windows installer thingy, or is it in another distribution ? | yes 8.04 has the wubi installer |
what is the best audio player for ubuntu ? | i like amarok quite a bit |
- does this happen when you delete from the command line? | no, only through thunar |
if i install ubuntu, will all the drivers (sound, graphics, cd-rom) be installed automatically like in windows xp? | most likely |
whats the best audio program for gnome? | an $ isnt an s, an s is a letter in the english alphabet, a $ is a currency value... so micro$oft isnt a word.. but microsoft is |
hi..has anyone tried the livecd/installer and found getting livecd enviornment was a vvvvery long boot ?? ( want to make sure its not my cdrom drive) | yes, it's a long process |
what is the password i need to enter for 'system / administration / ...' (in gnome)? i set the root password but this does not work there | in ubuntu there is no root afaik. you must use sudo |
loneshadow can you help me | type !flash |
hey does anyone know a good 'all-in-one' package to install that will setup apache, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin? | lamp = linux, apache, php (the p cann also mean python or perl, so look out) |
hi how would i add language support for chinese to xchat so i can read/write ? | network settings -> edit -> charset: utf-8 |
hi everyone, can someone tell me how can i restart xserver from console? | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart |
last night i set up gnupg. gnupg responded: 'the key 1024d/7c52bc42 was successfully validated.' what does the letter 'd' mean? | that you are using dsa as algorithm |
could somebody tell me what their dependencies are for 'screen' on ubuntu? | 'apt-cache showpkg screen' |
how can i stop daylight savings on my ubuntu server? | tzconfig |
i want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would i do that? | sudo apt-get upgrade screem |
i have a microcontroller which is connected trough a usb-port on the computer. although, it emulates a serial port. which device should i use under /dev? | probably /dev/ttyusb0 for a usb serial device |
hi guys any dvd version of feisty available in torrent ? | http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/7.04/release/ |
anyone know to set up anti aliasing in hoary | aa fonts should be enabled by default |
help please...-> installed 10.04 fine. now i need to get the raid card recognized. found the card in the dmesg, but it's listed as scsi7.. when i was expecting it to have like a sda1 or something. does that mean the bios sees it but a driver has not been loaded, or...? | if you run: lspci ,you will see the chip it uses and you can find guides using that. you may just see your drives with: sudo fdisk -l ,in which case you are good to go |
which version would that be? | which version of what? |
hi, im running the 6.06 desktop version and i can access the internet with a ethernet cable but how can i select wireless access points | ... if you don't mind running kde applications, apt-get install kwificonfig ... |
what is the general consensus on ssds at the moment? | getting affordable ;) |
is gimp 2.8 in the ubuntu repos? | not for 12.04 no, quantal (ubuntu 12.10 will have it), but there's a ppa if you want it on precise |
is there something i can use to watch quicktime videos with firefox on ubuntu? | there might be some extensions that let you download then watch the clips |
i've managed to set a theme that crashes the gnome-menu for some reason, how do i start the theme-manager from the terminal? | try alt+f2 the 'gnome-theme-manager' |
anyone know any online rpgs that will work on linux ubuntu??/ | go try ikariam |
can someone help please, my ubuntu keeps crashing, i thikn its x related, something about ati cards not liking 3d acceleratgion or something | i would try a reinstall |
how can i tell if a driver is loaded, so i may blacklist it if desired | lsmod | grep 'module name' |
i just did a dist-upgrade to breezy, the power icon says that my system is running on battery power, but i think it really is running on ac power, anyway to get it to display correctly? | acpi is prob having problems |
i can't seem to activate my wireless connection... it's an old linksys pci card... it detected it as a broadcom chip | u using ndiswrapper? |
does ubuntu 11.04 use wayland for graphics? | i don't think 11.10 will use it |
quick question- i am a long time fedora/redhat user, but am thinking of giving ubuntu a try. i have noticed that there is a desktop and a server version. i do both desktop (web development) and light serving (web/php/mysql for said web dev). if i go with the desktop version, is it still easy to install the server apps? | the server install is basically just a stripped desktop install sans gui. |
what are console-based text editors resembling ms-dos edit.com? except emacs | nano |
hi i think i have a 64bit cpu how can i tell? | sudo lshw |
hi, i know repos stored in sources.list file. but what if i add a ppa? which file stores the ppa information? and btw how to check all repos that i am using? thanks. | i don't know of one command, but /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list are what you are using. |
greppy: what about x forwarding is that secure? i.e no back tunneling. | i think so |
can anyone tell me how to get back the low and top bars where u can see the hour/date and minimized windows???? i am on xubuntu | read this http://ubuntu.igameilive.com/2009/01/how-to-restore-xfce-lost-panel.html |
i was wondering.. i'm running a dual boot with kubuntu and windoze, is there a way where i can edit the fstab so i can get into my windoze partition? | see what i did for a window partition -> /dev/hdb6 /mnt/download ntfs auto,owner,exec,umask=000 0 0 |
which file contains the programs the start when booting? | system -> prefrences -> sessions |
is there a program like top that could display what's to my disc all the time? | iotop ? |
why did freenode ditch mibbit? | short answer is excessive abuse |
i would like to test cgi scripts without having to copy them to my usual server. i *think* installing apache2 will automatically start up a web server on my computer. will i be left with hours of config'ing, or is it straightforward to enable cgi scripts? | not sure about the python stuff, but apache itself is easy to install on ubuntu |
is their any way to search the filesystem for files owned by a specific user? | from the command line, sudo find / -user $username |
having issues installing ubuntu on a machine that has 4 drives in raid using the onboard chipset. grub won't load (no such disk). can anyone help? | are you booting from the correct drive in your bios? |
hello evrybody !! i have a one simple question - when is come the ubuntu 10.04 final realise :? | just wait. |
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