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i have a relatively old videocard (nvidia riva tnt2, 32mb) in my system, but was able to run a 'quite decent' game of unreal tournament. how would i go about in ubuntu to install opengl drivers? or are they already installed?	i think the nvidia-glx package supports it yes
hey guys, how do i fing the icons for different programs? im trying to set up a launcher	many under /usr/share/icon
hello to all. can anyone tell me please a good and easy gui application to watermark videos with my own image ?	i've heard decent things about kdenlive its supposed to be a lot like imovie but i haven't personally tried it
hello all, i have a question. i was running synaptic for about 2 hours and i downloaded about 40 of 400 files, the thing is my internet died before they could all finish. and i dont think that the files that were finished installed... is there a way to find out??	just go to synaptic, and re-run the upgrade, you don't need to manually do anything.
i had updates today, and one said: flashplugin-nonfree. what is flashplugin-nonfree? and is it (c) software and not free?	nonfree means its not open source, it has nothing to do with cost.
my natty upgrade has gone horrible. apt has wedged my computer while unable to resolve some python version problem. http://pastie.org/1887726 i'm thinking to prune everything 'extra' from `dpkg -l` until the dependency problem is resolved. to get there, how do i get a proper list of a normal server's `dpkg -l` to compare against?	i think that ubuntu is not easy to upgrade like arch or gentoo.
anyone know the command to reconfigure xserver ?	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
what would someone recommend as a good c compiler?	sudo apt-get install build-essential
does sudo automatically keep a log in 9.04?	check in /var/log/ .. something with authentication i think
hi do you know a good tv tunner software ?	tvtime is what i use
i freshly installed ubuntu server edition 8.0.4 lts and want now installing syscp via apt-get install syscp but it doesnt install no output is given what can i do?	because syscp is not a valid package name
is it possible to enable direct rendering with an intel graphics media accelerator 950? and if so, how?	i think it will using the i915 tool.. but dont ask me how to do it,..
does anyone have a clue on installing .pcf fonts?	i've never added pcf fonts, but this page describes how to do it ... http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/gecg/x_font_procaddfn.html
when i change menu.lst do i need to run update-grub?	its dynamic
how can i tell what package provides an executable?	if you don't have it installed, you can either use apt-file, or http://packages.ubuntu.com
how to get the read/write-speed from a hdd?	hdparm -t\|-t
help me please. i uninstalled flash-plugininstaller, enabled partner repo and installed adobe-flash flugin and restarted chromium; yet i still get 'shockwave flash crashed'	if you want to use the repos flash plugin rather than chrome's type about:plugins
hi, how can i empty the apt-get cache?	sudo apt-get clean
hey, i have a question. if i upgrade ubuntu 7.4 yo 7.10, do i lose everything? like data, configuration, etc.	follow the instructions there and you should be all right, a backup is preferable
where is the log (verbose) of the boot sequence??? what is the log called???	if you've booted recently, you'll see what you're looking for.
how is this program called to start another x session in a window?	sudo apt-get install xnest; then use gdmflexiserver --xnest to start a session.
whats the command to add/alter runlevel items at startup?	update-rc.d
hi, i'm new to ubuntu, is there way to upgrade firefox on ubuntu 4.10 to 1.0?	use ubuntu-backports
does anyone know what the command is in terminal to automatically find an ip addy with dhcp? thanks =)	i've been waiting to have my question answered here for an hour, haven't received a response, but glad i could help :)
hi what is ubuntu live cd root password	type sudo su
any idea? =)	sry i'm not up on bootloader troubleshooting. i usually do pretty vanilla installs
hi. i installed ubuntu through wubi. i understand that hibernation works by dumping the ram contents into swap. but with wubi, ubuntu uses a swapfile i think, which is 256mb in size. i have 4gb ram. will hibernation work by itself or do i need to tweak some settings?	it's not going to work at all, you need a real install or at least a real swap partition >= 4gb
hi, qick question. im new to linux. i downloaded aptana radrails. unzipped it, and i can run the application just fine. conventionally where should i keep these application folders and how can i create a symbolic link, i.e. type radrails in terminal and have the app run	no need if you pick any of the folders in $path
sry i cant find the hashes in download page :s can anyone give me the address?	http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/gutsy/md5sums
does anyone know a text editor with an option to format collapsible text	a desktop wiki like zim might do what you want
hey, does anyone know where i can grab packages for latest stable kernel 3.5 release?	not supported if you use it
can anyone tell me how i can get flash appliations to run on firefox? when i try to play it, it says i should use adobe, but it doesn't work	i just sent a link
whats the erase file command?	rm file ?
is there any good programmer's editor for gnome (other than gedit)? i'm coding html/javascript	xfce
so. i define unix style copy paste as 'select to add to buffer' and 'middle click to retrieve from buffer'. it works everywhere but not open office. in open office 3.2.1 , ubuntu 10.04, unix-style paste works, but not copy. system fonts ('serif', 'monospace') are not listed in the fonts dropdown either. looks like open office lacks interation with the system.	i see your copy and paste is working just fine in irc
hi, i'm booting from a 12.04 cd, but all i get is a mostly blank screen with the 'keyboard = vitruvian' image at the bottom before it launches what looks like a live mode. how do i get an install menu?	just try to type any key just after the cd boots, you should be able to see a menu then.
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
okay, the time command isn't working in doing time > file.txt how do i get the current time to the file. this is in a bash script	date?
a quick question... if i install ubuntu 10.04 beta now and install all updates from canonical till 10.04 final release is out...would my ubuntu installation be then equivalent to final release...	thats a top 10 faq.. and the answer is yes..
one of my fat32 drives goes read-only everytime i start my computer. i'm pretty sure there's an error on it. how can i fix the error without wiping everything on it?	check out for a software called spinrite
why would apache serve php files fine to one of my domains and then serve me a php file as plain text to the other domain?	the broken domain might not be configured properly
where can i find the release schedule for ubuntu	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/dapperreleaseschedule
there is a normal install cd for the new release? i thought it only had install from the livecd	they are both on the download page
what's the difference between telepathy-gabble and telepathy-gabble-dbg ?	-dbg packages contain debug information, required if you plan to debug a crash
where i can find reading material on ubuntu (to download) (learning) basic etc... please let me know...anyone.	download the infamous rute tutorial for linux and i remember there was some free pdf version of ubuntu (pocket) guide
how do i check which groups come user belongs?	menu>system>users and groups
hi, i would like to disintall gnome in ubuntu how can i do that ? thx by advance	and use debfoster to clean up the bits it leaves behind
ok.. i have shiretoko installed.. and yes, it's what firefox 3.5 shows up as on linux. i love that the stable firefox stays installed as well.. wtg!	i don't think so. it will likely be a separate package
hi there - i'm a long term linux user, returning after a break of a couple of years and i'd like to try ubuntu - i understand the installation routine is different to what i'm used to (anaconda). is there a way to burn a boot cd image, and then continue the install pulling it off the net?	the livecd comes with a full system and is most likely the best solution though.
when i tried command 'ffmpeg -i blah.wma blah.mp3' it gave an error output of: 'unsupported codec for output stream #0.0'... i made sure it was the most current version before passing the command... any ideas?	search for codec in software center
i have a 5 button mouse. anyone know how i would configure the additional buttons to page up and page down in firefox?	use btnx
do anyone here have a gp2x?	i have a gp32 :)
hi i need an application that will let me combine a bunch of mp3's together into 1 mp3, and i need to be able to make 1 minute pauses every 2 minutes or so	: audacity
hi there, i need to create ubuntu usb stick but i haven't any compatible os at the moment (only netbsd and openbsd), is it possible to just download an .img file and simply dd it (copy) to usb stick device ?	that only works with 11.10 - not the earlier ubuntu releases
i have an old laptop dell inspiron 1150 celeron 2.5ghz would i be advised to install the netbook remix on it or will i gain no advantage on older hardware?	you would gain very little speed advantage using the netbook remix. perhaps xubuntu
hello, my autocomplete does not work well with natty anymore. if i press tab with a letter for a directory it does not stop with the directoryname and a slash it completes the directoryname and a space, how can i fix it?	you installed acroreader? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2011-february/003350.html
is there a way to stop certain mounted drives from having icons on my desktop?	note that's for all mounted volumes
does nvidia geforce 4400 will work better in gutsy?	best way to find out is just try.
how do i cheat on four-in-a-row at the games-menu? :o	install the source and hack a cheat function into it?
i need to find a pid of a process in a script and get the number so i can kill that particular process, i tried kill $! and that didn't work, any ideas??	ps -ax <process name>
hi! is it possible to upgrade warty to hoary with 'hoary live cd preview' ?	not to my knowledge
does anyone know how to view all the computers on your network?	sorry, administration not preferences
i just upgraded to 11.04, and can't log in to ubuntu or ubuntu classic, but ubuntu classic (no effects) works. when i log in with effects, i just get a plain desktop background, no panels or unity... help?	you installed the fglrx/ati drivers from the 'addational drivers' tool? jockey-gtk from the cli.
if i want a user to only be able to use ssh forwarding/tunneling/proxying on my box would it be secure to simply create them an account but set their login shell as /bin/true?	yes, it should.
when can we start testing breezy?	currently its not even compiled completely...
how do i change language? (menues, helptext etc, not keyboard)	isn't that the purpose of locales? dpkg-reconfigure locales <-- choose the right one....
hey guys, i just updated to 12.04 64. in the last version my additional mediakeys on my keaboard worked just fine but now they dont. any ideas?	it's often the case with these programs that you need to delete the config files and start over. you will lose you settings though
anyone know if its possible to get flash working on a live boot distro?	the same way you would get it to work n a regular install
what is the best and simple ipod manager	gtkpod maybe?
at the point of partitioning when installing ubuntu, how do i tell where what partition gets mounted?	debian has screenshots of every single step of the install process - perhaps ubuntu has similar screenshots?
hi, is there mac-like dock for gnome or kde?	iirc, kde has one and gdesklets (for gnome) has starterbar that mimics the mac bar
how do i open .xlsx files in open office 3/karmic? double clicking doesn't work, neither does file>open in calc.	rename to .xls and pray
how can i turn off utf-8	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
are there commands to disable/enable and/or prioritize network interfaces? i.e. eth1 and wlan0	disable/enable? 'ip link set face up' (replace face with eth1, wlan0, etc). i'm sure there's some way to prioritize, but that's beyond me
how can i increase the amount ov video memory in my x config file?	only way i knoe.. or wait til someone else answers
what is the command to check the current version of ubuntu	lsb_release -a
anyone by chance play neverwinter nights on thier ubuntu system? just wondering if it works well enough	yeah, my neverwinter works beautifully.
guys i got a pretty odd problem. i'm trying to use the restricted ati driver, but when i turn it on, it seems that the highest resolution is 1024x768. my default (and what i prefer it at) is 1280x1024. but when i try to use 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh' to reinstate the 1280x1024 resolution, it reverts back to the original driver.	you can edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf manually and add 'fglrx' as driver ;) you sure you're selecting the right driver in dpkg?
hi, i've just upgraded from (ubuntu 9.04) to (ubuntu 9.10) and i have exactly the same problems with firefox, mentioned here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1344501).	im not sure about the firefox problem, but doing a clean install usually fixes alot of common updgrade issues.... if that helps
noob question; how do i know from which repo a package come?	the one with *** is the installed one
maybe someone could help me.. i'm trying to look for all files (recursively) that have the owner as root and the group as root.. how could i do that using ls and grep please?	find path/ -uid 0 -gid 0
anyone know the default key servers list for seahorse? (passwords and encryption keys), so that i can sync my keys,, for some reason the list is empty,, i know one of them was pgp.mit.edu but i don't know the port, and there was other listed too	hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371
can anyone tell me how to list all the files on my drive in size order so i can determine where all my disk space has gone?	find / -size +100m -exec ls -l {} \;
hi, what did happen with nvu web editor in repositories? if it's no more, what easy editor can i use?	any editor is good? i prefer mcedit and emacs
is there a way to simulate an x session to test a program from inside an existing x session? (a windowed 2nd x session essentially)	xephyr or xnest
can anyone think of fun ways to mess around with the apple store?	atd?
woha - mplayer is not in the package tree?!	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9850&highlight=mplayer might need to update the urls for latest codecs and stuff
i can't get past setting new software channels when trying to upgrade to natty. help??	can you give the output of: sudo do-release-upgrade
can someone approve an iptables firewall tool? somethin in x for examble	firestarter
how to change the default locale ( ansi_x3.4-1968 ) to unicode ( utf-8 ) ?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
hey guys i was just changing the color of my download speed in the little realtime chart in my system monitor and it worked fine. then for some reason it said my download or upload speed was zero when it wasnt so i closed the system monitor and reopened it. now i can only see my download speed, not my upload speed and i cant/dont know how to add the upload speed sensor. any help? thanks	sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras
how can i disable ipv6 without restarting?	i'm pretty unsure but, have you tried init1 and init 5?
can anyone help? hiya. i'm running jaunty, but all of a sudden when i click on any of my non linux drives to mount them, nothing happens. it worked fine until tiday. i don't get an error message or anything so i don't know how to troubleshoot. will there be a log file or something somewhere? cheers.	check dmesg froma shell
is there a way to move all windows to a specified display via commandline?	wmctrl may help
q: i have 8 gb of ram, and using 64bit kernel, why system monitor shows that i have 7.7 gb of ram? :s	or gib instead of gb
anyone who will help me, install deb packages?	sudo dpkg -i <packagename>
hi all. i have a question about partitioning: currently there are 3 partitions on my hdd. 1. windows (80gb) 2. linux swap (2gb) 3. linux (ubuntu) ... i want to remove windows completely to have more space for my linux partiton. is there any possibilty to merge the 80gb with the linux partition?	you need to run it from a livecd
is there something for linux like nlite or vlite to make custom live cds???	there's tons of guides on the net on how to make your own custom ubuntu cd
hey.. i'm an os x user, trying to make the move over to ubuntu. i'd like to help out in anyway i can, getting dapper to run on my imac g5... i have it booted, at least :)	well i cant help ya there..
sup guys. does anyone use linux mint?	many people do

i have a relatively old videocard (nvidia riva tnt2, 32mb) in my system, but was able to run a 'quite decent' game of unreal tournament. how would i go about in ubuntu to install opengl drivers? or are they already installed?

i think the nvidia-glx package supports it yes

hey guys, how do i fing the icons for different programs? im trying to set up a launcher

many under /usr/share/icon

hello to all. can anyone tell me please a good and easy gui application to watermark videos with my own image ?

i've heard decent things about kdenlive its supposed to be a lot like imovie but i haven't personally tried it

hello all, i have a question. i was running synaptic for about 2 hours and i downloaded about 40 of 400 files, the thing is my internet died before they could all finish. and i dont think that the files that were finished installed... is there a way to find out??

just go to synaptic, and re-run the upgrade, you don't need to manually do anything.

i had updates today, and one said: flashplugin-nonfree. what is flashplugin-nonfree? and is it (c) software and not free?

nonfree means its not open source, it has nothing to do with cost.

my natty upgrade has gone horrible. apt has wedged my computer while unable to resolve some python version problem. http://pastie.org/1887726 i'm thinking to prune everything 'extra' from `dpkg -l` until the dependency problem is resolved. to get there, how do i get a proper list of a normal server's `dpkg -l` to compare against?

i think that ubuntu is not easy to upgrade like arch or gentoo.

anyone know the command to reconfigure xserver ?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

what would someone recommend as a good c compiler?

sudo apt-get install build-essential

does sudo automatically keep a log in 9.04?

check in /var/log/ .. something with authentication i think

hi do you know a good tv tunner software ?

tvtime is what i use

i freshly installed ubuntu server edition 8.0.4 lts and want now installing syscp via apt-get install syscp but it doesnt install no output is given what can i do?

because syscp is not a valid package name

is it possible to enable direct rendering with an intel graphics media accelerator 950? and if so, how?

i think it will using the i915 tool.. but dont ask me how to do it,..

does anyone have a clue on installing .pcf fonts?

i've never added pcf fonts, but this page describes how to do it ... http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/gecg/x_font_procaddfn.html

when i change menu.lst do i need to run update-grub?

its dynamic

how can i tell what package provides an executable?

if you don't have it installed, you can either use apt-file, or http://packages.ubuntu.com

how to get the read/write-speed from a hdd?

hdparm -t|-t

help me please. i uninstalled flash-plugininstaller, enabled partner repo and installed adobe-flash flugin and restarted chromium; yet i still get 'shockwave flash crashed'

if you want to use the repos flash plugin rather than chrome's type about:plugins

hi, how can i empty the apt-get cache?

sudo apt-get clean

hey, i have a question. if i upgrade ubuntu 7.4 yo 7.10, do i lose everything? like data, configuration, etc.

follow the instructions there and you should be all right, a backup is preferable

where is the log (verbose) of the boot sequence??? what is the log called???

if you've booted recently, you'll see what you're looking for.

how is this program called to start another x session in a window?

sudo apt-get install xnest; then use gdmflexiserver --xnest to start a session.

whats the command to add/alter runlevel items at startup?

update-rc.d

hi, i'm new to ubuntu, is there way to upgrade firefox on ubuntu 4.10 to 1.0?

use ubuntu-backports

does anyone know what the command is in terminal to automatically find an ip addy with dhcp? thanks =)

i've been waiting to have my question answered here for an hour, haven't received a response, but glad i could help :)

hi what is ubuntu live cd root password

type sudo su

any idea? =)

sry i'm not up on bootloader troubleshooting. i usually do pretty vanilla installs

hi. i installed ubuntu through wubi. i understand that hibernation works by dumping the ram contents into swap. but with wubi, ubuntu uses a swapfile i think, which is 256mb in size. i have 4gb ram. will hibernation work by itself or do i need to tweak some settings?

it's not going to work at all, you need a real install or at least a real swap partition >= 4gb

hi, qick question. im new to linux. i downloaded aptana radrails. unzipped it, and i can run the application just fine. conventionally where should i keep these application folders and how can i create a symbolic link, i.e. type radrails in terminal and have the app run

no need if you pick any of the folders in $path

sry i cant find the hashes in download page :s can anyone give me the address?

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/gutsy/md5sums

does anyone know a text editor with an option to format collapsible text

a desktop wiki like zim might do what you want

hey, does anyone know where i can grab packages for latest stable kernel 3.5 release?

not supported if you use it

can anyone tell me how i can get flash appliations to run on firefox? when i try to play it, it says i should use adobe, but it doesn't work

i just sent a link

whats the erase file command?

rm file ?

is there any good programmer's editor for gnome (other than gedit)? i'm coding html/javascript

xfce

so. i define unix style copy paste as 'select to add to buffer' and 'middle click to retrieve from buffer'. it works everywhere but not open office. in open office 3.2.1 , ubuntu 10.04, unix-style paste works, but not copy. system fonts ('serif', 'monospace') are not listed in the fonts dropdown either. looks like open office lacks interation with the system.

i see your copy and paste is working just fine in irc

hi, i'm booting from a 12.04 cd, but all i get is a mostly blank screen with the 'keyboard = vitruvian' image at the bottom before it launches what looks like a live mode. how do i get an install menu?

just try to type any key just after the cd boots, you should be able to see a menu then.

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

okay, the time command isn't working in doing time > file.txt how do i get the current time to the file. this is in a bash script

date?

a quick question... if i install ubuntu 10.04 beta now and install all updates from canonical till 10.04 final release is out...would my ubuntu installation be then equivalent to final release...

thats a top 10 faq.. and the answer is yes..

one of my fat32 drives goes read-only everytime i start my computer. i'm pretty sure there's an error on it. how can i fix the error without wiping everything on it?

check out for a software called spinrite

why would apache serve php files fine to one of my domains and then serve me a php file as plain text to the other domain?

the broken domain might not be configured properly

where can i find the release schedule for ubuntu

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/dapperreleaseschedule

there is a normal install cd for the new release? i thought it only had install from the livecd

they are both on the download page

what's the difference between telepathy-gabble and telepathy-gabble-dbg ?

-dbg packages contain debug information, required if you plan to debug a crash

where i can find reading material on ubuntu (to download) (learning) basic etc... please let me know...anyone.

download the infamous rute tutorial for linux and i remember there was some free pdf version of ubuntu (pocket) guide

how do i check which groups come user belongs?

menu>system>users and groups

hi, i would like to disintall gnome in ubuntu how can i do that ? thx by advance

and use debfoster to clean up the bits it leaves behind

ok.. i have shiretoko installed.. and yes, it's what firefox 3.5 shows up as on linux. i love that the stable firefox stays installed as well.. wtg!

i don't think so. it will likely be a separate package

hi there - i'm a long term linux user, returning after a break of a couple of years and i'd like to try ubuntu - i understand the installation routine is different to what i'm used to (anaconda). is there a way to burn a boot cd image, and then continue the install pulling it off the net?

the livecd comes with a full system and is most likely the best solution though.

when i tried command 'ffmpeg -i blah.wma blah.mp3' it gave an error output of: 'unsupported codec for output stream #0.0'... i made sure it was the most current version before passing the command... any ideas?

search for codec in software center

i have a 5 button mouse. anyone know how i would configure the additional buttons to page up and page down in firefox?

use btnx

do anyone here have a gp2x?

i have a gp32 :)

hi i need an application that will let me combine a bunch of mp3's together into 1 mp3, and i need to be able to make 1 minute pauses every 2 minutes or so

: audacity

hi there, i need to create ubuntu usb stick but i haven't any compatible os at the moment (only netbsd and openbsd), is it possible to just download an .img file and simply dd it (copy) to usb stick device ?

that only works with 11.10 - not the earlier ubuntu releases

i have an old laptop dell inspiron 1150 celeron 2.5ghz would i be advised to install the netbook remix on it or will i gain no advantage on older hardware?

you would gain very little speed advantage using the netbook remix. perhaps xubuntu

hello, my autocomplete does not work well with natty anymore. if i press tab with a letter for a directory it does not stop with the directoryname and a slash it completes the directoryname and a space, how can i fix it?

you installed acroreader? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2011-february/003350.html

is there a way to stop certain mounted drives from having icons on my desktop?

note that's for all mounted volumes

does nvidia geforce 4400 will work better in gutsy?

best way to find out is just try.

how do i cheat on four-in-a-row at the games-menu? :o

install the source and hack a cheat function into it?

i need to find a pid of a process in a script and get the number so i can kill that particular process, i tried kill $! and that didn't work, any ideas??

ps -ax <process name>

hi! is it possible to upgrade warty to hoary with 'hoary live cd preview' ?

not to my knowledge

does anyone know how to view all the computers on your network?

sorry, administration not preferences

i just upgraded to 11.04, and can't log in to ubuntu or ubuntu classic, but ubuntu classic (no effects) works. when i log in with effects, i just get a plain desktop background, no panels or unity... help?

you installed the fglrx/ati drivers from the 'addational drivers' tool? jockey-gtk from the cli.

if i want a user to only be able to use ssh forwarding/tunneling/proxying on my box would it be secure to simply create them an account but set their login shell as /bin/true?

yes, it should.

when can we start testing breezy?

currently its not even compiled completely...

how do i change language? (menues, helptext etc, not keyboard)

isn't that the purpose of locales? dpkg-reconfigure locales <-- choose the right one....

hey guys, i just updated to 12.04 64. in the last version my additional mediakeys on my keaboard worked just fine but now they dont. any ideas?

it's often the case with these programs that you need to delete the config files and start over. you will lose you settings though

anyone know if its possible to get flash working on a live boot distro?

the same way you would get it to work n a regular install

what is the best and simple ipod manager

gtkpod maybe?

at the point of partitioning when installing ubuntu, how do i tell where what partition gets mounted?

debian has screenshots of every single step of the install process - perhaps ubuntu has similar screenshots?

hi, is there mac-like dock for gnome or kde?

iirc, kde has one and gdesklets (for gnome) has starterbar that mimics the mac bar

how do i open .xlsx files in open office 3/karmic? double clicking doesn't work, neither does file>open in calc.

rename to .xls and pray

how can i turn off utf-8

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

are there commands to disable/enable and/or prioritize network interfaces? i.e. eth1 and wlan0

disable/enable? 'ip link set face up' (replace face with eth1, wlan0, etc). i'm sure there's some way to prioritize, but that's beyond me

how can i increase the amount ov video memory in my x config file?

only way i knoe.. or wait til someone else answers

what is the command to check the current version of ubuntu

lsb_release -a

anyone by chance play neverwinter nights on thier ubuntu system? just wondering if it works well enough

yeah, my neverwinter works beautifully.

guys i got a pretty odd problem. i'm trying to use the restricted ati driver, but when i turn it on, it seems that the highest resolution is 1024x768. my default (and what i prefer it at) is 1280x1024. but when i try to use 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh' to reinstate the 1280x1024 resolution, it reverts back to the original driver.

you can edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf manually and add 'fglrx' as driver ;) you sure you're selecting the right driver in dpkg?

hi, i've just upgraded from (ubuntu 9.04) to (ubuntu 9.10) and i have exactly the same problems with firefox, mentioned here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1344501).

im not sure about the firefox problem, but doing a clean install usually fixes alot of common updgrade issues.... if that helps

noob question; how do i know from which repo a package come?

the one with *** is the installed one

maybe someone could help me.. i'm trying to look for all files (recursively) that have the owner as root and the group as root.. how could i do that using ls and grep please?

find path/ -uid 0 -gid 0

anyone know the default key servers list for seahorse? (passwords and encryption keys), so that i can sync my keys,, for some reason the list is empty,, i know one of them was pgp.mit.edu but i don't know the port, and there was other listed too

hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371

can anyone tell me how to list all the files on my drive in size order so i can determine where all my disk space has gone?

find / -size +100m -exec ls -l {} \;

hi, what did happen with nvu web editor in repositories? if it's no more, what easy editor can i use?

any editor is good? i prefer mcedit and emacs

is there a way to simulate an x session to test a program from inside an existing x session? (a windowed 2nd x session essentially)

xephyr or xnest

can anyone think of fun ways to mess around with the apple store?

atd?

woha - mplayer is not in the package tree?!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9850&highlight=mplayer might need to update the urls for latest codecs and stuff

i can't get past setting new software channels when trying to upgrade to natty. help??

can you give the output of: sudo do-release-upgrade

can someone approve an iptables firewall tool? somethin in x for examble

firestarter

how to change the default locale ( ansi_x3.4-1968 ) to unicode ( utf-8 ) ?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

hey guys i was just changing the color of my download speed in the little realtime chart in my system monitor and it worked fine. then for some reason it said my download or upload speed was zero when it wasnt so i closed the system monitor and reopened it. now i can only see my download speed, not my upload speed and i cant/dont know how to add the upload speed sensor. any help? thanks

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras

how can i disable ipv6 without restarting?

i'm pretty unsure but, have you tried init1 and init 5?

can anyone help? hiya. i'm running jaunty, but all of a sudden when i click on any of my non linux drives to mount them, nothing happens. it worked fine until tiday. i don't get an error message or anything so i don't know how to troubleshoot. will there be a log file or something somewhere? cheers.

check dmesg froma shell

is there a way to move all windows to a specified display via commandline?

wmctrl may help

q: i have 8 gb of ram, and using 64bit kernel, why system monitor shows that i have 7.7 gb of ram? :s

or gib instead of gb

anyone who will help me, install deb packages?

sudo dpkg -i <packagename>

hi all. i have a question about partitioning: currently there are 3 partitions on my hdd. 1. windows (80gb) 2. linux swap (2gb) 3. linux (ubuntu) ... i want to remove windows completely to have more space for my linux partiton. is there any possibilty to merge the 80gb with the linux partition?

you need to run it from a livecd

is there something for linux like nlite or vlite to make custom live cds???

there's tons of guides on the net on how to make your own custom ubuntu cd

hey.. i'm an os x user, trying to make the move over to ubuntu. i'd like to help out in anyway i can, getting dapper to run on my imac g5... i have it booted, at least :)

well i cant help ya there..

sup guys. does anyone use linux mint?

many people do