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is it me or is the nvidia support getting worse? my new karmic install doesn't even see my graphics card as needing proprietry drivers =(	its you.
cat /etc/debian_version , anybody?	4.0
hey all, a friend of mine has his own page hosted on ubuntu server. and he has some kind of hidden adds, when you enter the page. can you give me some advice on how to fix this ?	have you looked at /var/www/?
hi all, 'nmap localhost' is showing ports 631 (ipp) and 5432 (postgres) running. how can i kill these now, and disable them for good	on the local interfaces i mean...
how can i install gspca?	and whats gspca? tryed a 'apt-cache search gspca' ?
can someone please suggest a good software that can rip a hard drive image? similar to acronis or norton ghost for windows. thanks!	partimage
does anyone know if it's possible to add a user to multiple user groups?	you can use the gnome groups and users config
i got a new isp today i can connect in windows but not in ubuntu. what do i have to change? i went from dsl to broadband.	go into system>administration>networking and look for your ethernet device. set it to dhcp mode and activate it, and make sure it is the default gateway
hi guys, any solution to record audio streaming in ubuntu ?	keepvid.com
is there a way to group open windows gnome panels?	right-click just bit left of first window on your panel and 'preferences'
maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only win xp / ie combo will work	it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. you can install windows media player in wine i think along with ie 6 and it might work (worth a shot)
when playing radio steams it turns of after about 1min 30s - 2mins after it stops playing after about 1min 30s - 2mins after its startedits started	i mean the connection to the radio station
is there something in oneiric like suspend? my machine's in a 'suspended' type of state when i come in to the office, it's a desktop...not sure what the deal is. i have to hit the power button to get my monitors to fire up and it's a desktop. power settings have no suspend/hybernate events defined	also that is a know issue
i also found the same problem on my ubuntu 12.04 box. to get it working, i have to start ccsm, uncheck the settings related to screen corners & then re-enable them. however, some reboots it works fine & sometimes you have to go back to ccsm...	yeah i know about that workaround. i don't want to set the setting each time. no fix?
anyone help with gcc errors? ld: cannot find -lreadline, how can i fix this?	you need to install libreadline5 and libreadline5-dev, i think
is there a utility that i can install to monitor network usage? vnstat is showing transfers (rx) of roughly 2gb/day, but the only network apps i have running are mutt, w3m and ssh...	you want to have a look at iptraf
how do extract a tar.bz2 file? preferably from the command line	tar -xzf file result
hello everyone, is there a channel for working on network cards?	yeah i've seen a few people have that problem. i do not know of a solution or what anyone answered
come on, please tell me how the default ubuntu gnome cursor theme is called	it's called 'human'
what is the current state of intel graphics drivers for linux (free/proprietary)?	xserver-xorg-video-intel and libva-driver-i965 for accelleration. for precise it is i965-va-driver
does installing ubuntu from usb make any changes to the usb?	usb should be yntouched
is ntfs3g known to be slow?	yeah i find ntfs incredibly slow in comparison to ext3 too...maybe something to do with the fact that it is a user-space filesystem
tar xvh file.tar.gz ?	whats problem
hi folks. anyone know how to create a script to run 'sudo mount -a' as a bootup item, after the network is established?	although i think that is done somewhere in the boot process already
here's my problem: i cant get any screen resolution other than 640x800. i tried reconfiguring xorg and it gave me the options for higher resolutions but in gnome i cant select any other resolution than 640x800. my video card is a 3dfx voodoo 3 3000, 16 megs of memory on it.	you could start here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fixvideoresolutionhowto
is there any way to transfer firefox profile from windows to ubuntu.........	sure, try ftp. you might want to try the febe addon, also.
as a new linux (ubuntu) user i was experimenting with dolphin and in the process i have set all folders to open with dolphin. i cannot find a way to undo this so now when i click on home or any other folder it opens with dolphin and i get this message: 'the file or folder /home/xxxx/'file:/home/xxxx/pictures' does not exist.' can anyone help me undo this please?	there is a page on the net with a script that does that and then a script to undo it, i just reinstalled though
can anyone recommend software for ubuntu that is equivalent to peerguardian in windows (an ip blocker thingie)	pg2 for linux
hej how can i install the kernel sources for my 3.0.0-14-virtual kernel???	tell us, what you are trying to do
just say no if you would rather not, i can take it!	im awesome ty :) you?
does that also work with ext3 ?	i've only use the explore2fs program myself, but i know of others that have used fs-driver
what can i do to modulate the backlighting to my laptop? it's way too dim.	don't know, that's handled by the kernel as far as i know.
how would i go about making the system monitor open by a set of key presses (i.e cntl+alt+delete)?	http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/defining-keyboard-shortcuts-for-commands/ look at comment 7
hey there! a quick question. do you find it worthy to be an ubuntu torrent seeder? or is it just a waste of mine and everybody else bandwidth?	at release lucid lynx, rour ratio will be higher
i did an upgrade with do-release-upgrade and it got interrupted. now my system doesn't fully boot up (no xdm, no ssh daemon, etc). i tried to rerun do-release-upgrade but it failed. is there a way to force rerunning of whatever scripts should be run to get my system in a working state?	apt-get -f install
how do i check the idletime on my system. i am trying to write a script that will shutdown my computer if it has been idle for x number of minutes	/usr/bin/w
hello. when installing ubuntu, is the main partition and swap supposed go be primary or is the main supposed to be primary and swap logical?	primary and logical partitions are only interesting if you want to stay flexible with regard to your partition-scheme
gasseus my wireless light is blinking when ever there is data transfer. instead it was static with white light before. how to fix this bug?	thats probably going to be a kernel issue, it affected my girlfriend as well, and that is a very involved fix. i suggest filing a bug on launchpad.net and hopefully it will get fixed 'soon'.
hi. is there a way to just download the .deb files (instead of installing the package) with apt-get? i want to transfer a couple of programs via dvd to a computer that does not have an internet connection.	just make sure the arch (architecture of the package match your system ...i386 for 32-bit ...and amd64 for 64-bit) ...and remember to look up dependencies...you might need to transfer additional packages with your dvd
is 9.10 final the same as 9.10 rc ? do i need to download the iso again?	http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/md5sums
is it possible to create script that will run 'dhclient' and will not be requiring any password?	most startup scripts are run as root. they don't require you to type in your password.
can't get the dvd .torrent file, all 79,121 bits, to download without error, from http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/, link, http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/file?info_hash=%9aax%c2%90%87%a5%ca%05%d5f%13%ee%e3%da%7d%a0%17s%18 .	someone had that problem earlier, maybe try using a magnet link?
why does 'dmesg \| tail -f' return immediately ?	tailf
hi, how can i tell what version of the flash plugin i have for firefox?	type in address bar
its telling him to use finch ;)	is it? you recon i should give that a shot too?
why isn't kiba-dock not in the repository?	it's not stable
does ubuntu have a task manager?	system monitor
why do applications requiere so much memory ? kate 40mb , gaim 80mb, ksysguard 30 , kmix 30mb and so on. i find it too extreme gaim under windows to use 8mb-10mb and in linux 10x more . could be something wrong ?	ram not being used is ram being wasted :)
ok, i have the fglrx drivers installed. they work. xgl and beryl work. direct rending works. but, ctrl-alt-function key doesn't (it gives a garbled screen). does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?	i meant ctrl-alt-del
what is the nicest/easiest way to get kernel 2.6.25 (or 26) running in hardy (with nvidia drivers)?	well here ya go http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158
i which option i can change standard browser ?	system > preferences > preferred applications
hi all, i'd like to know what to do with this bug i've discovered (or not): when i boot a dapper 5 live cd, i can't get static networking to work. i've looked in bugzilla.gnome.org, where they say the bug is fixed, but i can't see any trace of said fix getting into dapper. i'va already asked on #launchpad, and they told me to come here.	sorry for the second redirection of the day, but the dapper channel is that :)
when i ssh into a box, my display variable isn't getting set.	try -x or -y ?
help ... the applications icon disappeared from the panel, i rebooted, and it said something about busy box and the prompt says (initramfs) ... how do i get applications icon back and get back into gui ... this is xbuntu 8.04	you should get more help inside kubuntu.
does someone, if running 8.04 we will have later a 2.6.26 and up kernel ? i ask that because there is a native support for uvc drivers in those kernels.	kernel versions won't change in a given ubuntu release. hardy will always have a 2.6.24 kernel,
is there a 'sid' for ubuntu?	what is sid?
i'm trying to use bmartin's script to set up ndiswrapper for my atheros wifi. i get this error: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/34093/ what do i do?	do you have build-essential installed?
how do i mount a cd image?	- mount -o loop foo.iso /mnt/iso
i've got a gutsy installed next to xp, using a non-default grub. if i use wubi to install the hardy beta for a few days will grub be restored identically to its current state?	if i understand wubi right, it makes no changes to partitions, and if thats the case, grub is not affected in a wubi install
i am connected to internet but when i use the apt-get install apache2(example..same with every package) i get e: couldn't find package apache2 please help????	sudo apt-get update
hi i'm getting an error when running 'sudo make' -> 'error: stdio.h: no such file or directory', this is when i'm try to install madwifi - any ideas?	you might need to install libc6-dev
how can i downgrade ubuntu karmic to jaunty?	you can't
is there anything i can run to test my nvidia driver?	glxinfo
what's the command to run all the mounts from fstab?	sudo mount -a
is there away to find out what the last program i installed on the system?	somewhere in /var/log
anyone knows of a machine/website which is currently down?	1.1.100.1
how can i find out what my touchpad scroll up/down buttons are called, i'd like to bind them to volume up/down	xev
hi, i'm using the amd64 version of ubuntu, is it possible to mix amd64 and x86 package sources and is it possible to force something in /etc/apt/sources.list so that you can override the default architecture?	not yet, we haven't done multiarch but we plan to
hi. i use kubuntu, but i use evolution as my mail client. i upgraded to 11.10 and now evolution looks hidius. font size is to large, icons are missing, etc ... any ideas on what happend?	its always best to do a fresh install for best results
why is there competition between linux distros? they are all free...	not really ontopic here but just personal preference
does anyone know of a way to create a symlink which can be opened in both windows and ubuntu? ... whenever i make a linux symlink, windows fails to recognize it; and whenever i create a symlink in windows (using the mklink command) ubuntu fails to recognize it.	not that i know of, sorry. in windows, symlinks are small text files with meta information while in linux they are special inodes without file content
to completly uninstall a program using apt-get, what do i write? apt-get remove <program> ?	sudo apt-get remove --purge package
i'm trying to find out what chipset an installed sata controller uses... how can i do that?	lspci ?
where can i get information about my installed memory?	dmesg
can anyone help me with 'no package 'gtk+-2.0' found'	libgtk2.0-dev
quick question, where in mysql is the settings to allow remote hosts to access the server.... i have a laptop and i had it set to the old laptop ip but since then my laptop ip has changed and i am unable to login	try /etc/mysql/my.cnf
how do you trick a website into thinking you're running windows or ie?	usr the 'user agent switcher' plugin for firefox
i'm setting up ircd-hybrid for a internal irc server, but chanserv and nickserv aren't there. is there any settings that need to be changed to get them working?	you need a separate services package for that, such as anope or atheme
i'm wanting to setup an ubuntu server. does the server install cd allow you to do lvm? or do i need the alternate cd for that?	your server cd should handle lvm
does anyone know if you can run hardware drivers (restricted drivers) from the command line? or how to search for the available commands like that?	like i said, jockey-gtk will lauch the restricted drivers manager
who's winning??? mccain or obama bin laden???	stay on topic here
my internal intel graphics (hd 3000) are giving me trouble and i'm thinking about buying a dedicated graphics card. what works better on linux, nvidia or amd/ati?	just research the card you want to buy, before you buy it
what does this command do '. /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup'	the '.' there means 'read and execute this shell script in the current shell'
help! i've installed win7 and created some space on the hd for a karmic install. but when i try to install karmic, it says the hd has no operating systems on it. i am using the 64-bit versions of the os. any idea why it's not being detected?	just select the free space
hi there, my friend is using kubuntu and she doesn't know how to get java for firefox. does anyone know the name of the package she would have to download using apt-get install?	sun-java5-plugin
really? that's strange then. is it 3+ in 10.04?	3.1 and 2.6
hello, i have a weird problem with an ubuntu box, it just take all the bandwidth of my network when i connect it. i review the use of the eth0 interface. even i disabled the interface and still have this problem.	run iptraf to see what ses up your bandwith
hello, can someone help me setup my wireless connection? i'm using a broadcom b43 driver and i just installed ndiswrapper. i'm not sure what to do now.	that ought to be all if ndiswrapper is set up properly.
how can i boot ubuntu from a scsi cdrom?	check out the links from ubotu your problem may be described there. you may have to create floppies to boot to the cd.
how do i create a tarball from the terminal?	and see man tar
what's the most common reason for conky not appearing?	- not being installed :p
anyone know how to get to the login screen when your monitor does not support resolutions higher than 800x600? all i get at present is a black scree and the monitor light starts to flash...	ctrl+alt+f1 will get you the first terminal.
can anyone recommend video editing software? something casual is fine, i don't need anything fancy	pitivi is good as is kdenlive, cinelerra is _really_ good but the gui is naff
hey all. i'm looking for a good tool that i can use to find out how big my tcp packets receiving/transmitting are	tcpdump
i just want to list the ip addresses accessing me at what ports, how can i do this?	netstat -nap
after i've been idle for a while, my monitors turn off, and when i get back only one monitor turns on again after touching the mouse. i have disabled screensaver. how can i disable the feature that turns my monitors off ?	oh, it's dpms
does ubuntu suport .exe?	open synaptic (menu:system, administration, synaptic package manager) and hit the search button on the right side after it loads. type in 'wine' and hit enter, select the package when it appears
is it possible to repair ubuntu 11.10 by a live cd ? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157250 :: what packages must be installed to get the login mask?	that depends on what you want to repair.
hiya, anyone know of a way to get a save-able list of all installed program? (planning a reinstall and would like to recover all my apps)	dpkg --get-selections >packagelist
hello i just installed ubuntu on a virtual machine and am trying to edit the sources.list file but keep getting told that i don't have permission to edit this file. how can i change this? i already tried changing permissions through terminal but still nothing	at your terminal do sudo vi sources.list

is it me or is the nvidia support getting worse? my new karmic install doesn't even see my graphics card as needing proprietry drivers =(

its you.

cat /etc/debian_version , anybody?

4.0

hey all, a friend of mine has his own page hosted on ubuntu server. and he has some kind of hidden adds, when you enter the page. can you give me some advice on how to fix this ?

have you looked at /var/www/?

hi all, 'nmap localhost' is showing ports 631 (ipp) and 5432 (postgres) running. how can i kill these now, and disable them for good

on the local interfaces i mean...

how can i install gspca?

and whats gspca? tryed a 'apt-cache search gspca' ?

can someone please suggest a good software that can rip a hard drive image? similar to acronis or norton ghost for windows. thanks!

partimage

does anyone know if it's possible to add a user to multiple user groups?

you can use the gnome groups and users config

i got a new isp today i can connect in windows but not in ubuntu. what do i have to change? i went from dsl to broadband.

go into system>administration>networking and look for your ethernet device. set it to dhcp mode and activate it, and make sure it is the default gateway

hi guys, any solution to record audio streaming in ubuntu ?

keepvid.com

is there a way to group open windows gnome panels?

right-click just bit left of first window on your panel and 'preferences'

maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only win xp / ie combo will work

it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. you can install windows media player in wine i think along with ie 6 and it might work (worth a shot)

when playing radio steams it turns of after about 1min 30s - 2mins after it stops playing after about 1min 30s - 2mins after its startedits started

i mean the connection to the radio station

is there something in oneiric like suspend? my machine's in a 'suspended' type of state when i come in to the office, it's a desktop...not sure what the deal is. i have to hit the power button to get my monitors to fire up and it's a desktop. power settings have no suspend/hybernate events defined

also that is a know issue

i also found the same problem on my ubuntu 12.04 box. to get it working, i have to start ccsm, uncheck the settings related to screen corners & then re-enable them. however, some reboots it works fine & sometimes you have to go back to ccsm...

yeah i know about that workaround. i don't want to set the setting each time. no fix?

anyone help with gcc errors? ld: cannot find -lreadline, how can i fix this?

you need to install libreadline5 and libreadline5-dev, i think

is there a utility that i can install to monitor network usage? vnstat is showing transfers (rx) of roughly 2gb/day, but the only network apps i have running are mutt, w3m and ssh...

you want to have a look at iptraf

how do extract a tar.bz2 file? preferably from the command line

tar -xzf file result

hello everyone, is there a channel for working on network cards?

yeah i've seen a few people have that problem. i do not know of a solution or what anyone answered

come on, please tell me how the default ubuntu gnome cursor theme is called

it's called 'human'

what is the current state of intel graphics drivers for linux (free/proprietary)?

xserver-xorg-video-intel and libva-driver-i965 for accelleration. for precise it is i965-va-driver

does installing ubuntu from usb make any changes to the usb?

usb should be yntouched

is ntfs3g known to be slow?

yeah i find ntfs incredibly slow in comparison to ext3 too...maybe something to do with the fact that it is a user-space filesystem

tar xvh file.tar.gz ?

whats problem

hi folks. anyone know how to create a script to run 'sudo mount -a' as a bootup item, after the network is established?

although i think that is done somewhere in the boot process already

here's my problem: i cant get any screen resolution other than 640x800. i tried reconfiguring xorg and it gave me the options for higher resolutions but in gnome i cant select any other resolution than 640x800. my video card is a 3dfx voodoo 3 3000, 16 megs of memory on it.

you could start here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fixvideoresolutionhowto

is there any way to transfer firefox profile from windows to ubuntu.........

sure, try ftp. you might want to try the febe addon, also.

as a new linux (ubuntu) user i was experimenting with dolphin and in the process i have set all folders to open with dolphin. i cannot find a way to undo this so now when i click on home or any other folder it opens with dolphin and i get this message: 'the file or folder /home/xxxx/'file:/home/xxxx/pictures' does not exist.' can anyone help me undo this please?

there is a page on the net with a script that does that and then a script to undo it, i just reinstalled though

can anyone recommend software for ubuntu that is equivalent to peerguardian in windows (an ip blocker thingie)

pg2 for linux

hej how can i install the kernel sources for my 3.0.0-14-virtual kernel???

tell us, what you are trying to do

just say no if you would rather not, i can take it!

im awesome ty :) you?

does that also work with ext3 ?

i've only use the explore2fs program myself, but i know of others that have used fs-driver

what can i do to modulate the backlighting to my laptop? it's way too dim.

don't know, that's handled by the kernel as far as i know.

how would i go about making the system monitor open by a set of key presses (i.e cntl+alt+delete)?

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/defining-keyboard-shortcuts-for-commands/ look at comment 7

hey there! a quick question. do you find it worthy to be an ubuntu torrent seeder? or is it just a waste of mine and everybody else bandwidth?

at release lucid lynx, rour ratio will be higher

i did an upgrade with do-release-upgrade and it got interrupted. now my system doesn't fully boot up (no xdm, no ssh daemon, etc). i tried to rerun do-release-upgrade but it failed. is there a way to force rerunning of whatever scripts should be run to get my system in a working state?

apt-get -f install

how do i check the idletime on my system. i am trying to write a script that will shutdown my computer if it has been idle for x number of minutes

/usr/bin/w

hello. when installing ubuntu, is the main partition and swap supposed go be primary or is the main supposed to be primary and swap logical?

primary and logical partitions are only interesting if you want to stay flexible with regard to your partition-scheme

gasseus my wireless light is blinking when ever there is data transfer. instead it was static with white light before. how to fix this bug?

thats probably going to be a kernel issue, it affected my girlfriend as well, and that is a very involved fix. i suggest filing a bug on launchpad.net and hopefully it will get fixed 'soon'.

hi. is there a way to just download the .deb files (instead of installing the package) with apt-get? i want to transfer a couple of programs via dvd to a computer that does not have an internet connection.

just make sure the arch (architecture of the package match your system ...i386 for 32-bit ...and amd64 for 64-bit) ...and remember to look up dependencies...you might need to transfer additional packages with your dvd

is 9.10 final the same as 9.10 rc ? do i need to download the iso again?

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/md5sums

is it possible to create script that will run 'dhclient' and will not be requiring any password?

most startup scripts are run as root. they don't require you to type in your password.

can't get the dvd .torrent file, all 79,121 bits, to download without error, from http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/, link, http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/file?info_hash=%9aax%c2%90%87%a5%ca%05%d5f%13%ee%e3%da%7d%a0%17s%18 .

someone had that problem earlier, maybe try using a magnet link?

why does 'dmesg | tail -f' return immediately ?

tailf

hi, how can i tell what version of the flash plugin i have for firefox?

type in address bar

its telling him to use finch ;)

is it? you recon i should give that a shot too?

why isn't kiba-dock not in the repository?

it's not stable

does ubuntu have a task manager?

system monitor

why do applications requiere so much memory ? kate 40mb , gaim 80mb, ksysguard 30 , kmix 30mb and so on. i find it too extreme gaim under windows to use 8mb-10mb and in linux 10x more . could be something wrong ?

ram not being used is ram being wasted :)

ok, i have the fglrx drivers installed. they work. xgl and beryl work. direct rending works. but, ctrl-alt-function key doesn't (it gives a garbled screen). does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

i meant ctrl-alt-del

what is the nicest/easiest way to get kernel 2.6.25 (or 26) running in hardy (with nvidia drivers)?

well here ya go http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158

i which option i can change standard browser ?

system > preferences > preferred applications

hi all, i'd like to know what to do with this bug i've discovered (or not): when i boot a dapper 5 live cd, i can't get static networking to work. i've looked in bugzilla.gnome.org, where they say the bug is fixed, but i can't see any trace of said fix getting into dapper. i'va already asked on #launchpad, and they told me to come here.

sorry for the second redirection of the day, but the dapper channel is that :)

when i ssh into a box, my display variable isn't getting set.

try -x or -y ?

help ... the applications icon disappeared from the panel, i rebooted, and it said something about busy box and the prompt says (initramfs) ... how do i get applications icon back and get back into gui ... this is xbuntu 8.04

you should get more help inside kubuntu.

does someone, if running 8.04 we will have later a 2.6.26 and up kernel ? i ask that because there is a native support for uvc drivers in those kernels.

kernel versions won't change in a given ubuntu release. hardy will always have a 2.6.24 kernel,

is there a 'sid' for ubuntu?

what is sid?

i'm trying to use bmartin's script to set up ndiswrapper for my atheros wifi. i get this error: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/34093/ what do i do?

do you have build-essential installed?

how do i mount a cd image?

- mount -o loop foo.iso /mnt/iso

i've got a gutsy installed next to xp, using a non-default grub. if i use wubi to install the hardy beta for a few days will grub be restored identically to its current state?

if i understand wubi right, it makes no changes to partitions, and if thats the case, grub is not affected in a wubi install

i am connected to internet but when i use the apt-get install apache2(example..same with every package) i get e: couldn't find package apache2 please help????

sudo apt-get update

hi i'm getting an error when running 'sudo make' -> 'error: stdio.h: no such file or directory', this is when i'm try to install madwifi - any ideas?

you might need to install libc6-dev

how can i downgrade ubuntu karmic to jaunty?

you can't

is there anything i can run to test my nvidia driver?

glxinfo

what's the command to run all the mounts from fstab?

sudo mount -a

is there away to find out what the last program i installed on the system?

somewhere in /var/log

anyone knows of a machine/website which is currently down?

1.1.100.1

how can i find out what my touchpad scroll up/down buttons are called, i'd like to bind them to volume up/down

xev

hi, i'm using the amd64 version of ubuntu, is it possible to mix amd64 and x86 package sources and is it possible to force something in /etc/apt/sources.list so that you can override the default architecture?

not yet, we haven't done multiarch but we plan to

hi. i use kubuntu, but i use evolution as my mail client. i upgraded to 11.10 and now evolution looks hidius. font size is to large, icons are missing, etc ... any ideas on what happend?

its always best to do a fresh install for best results

why is there competition between linux distros? they are all free...

not really ontopic here but just personal preference

does anyone know of a way to create a symlink which can be opened in both windows and ubuntu? ... whenever i make a linux symlink, windows fails to recognize it; and whenever i create a symlink in windows (using the mklink command) ubuntu fails to recognize it.

not that i know of, sorry. in windows, symlinks are small text files with meta information while in linux they are special inodes without file content

to completly uninstall a program using apt-get, what do i write? apt-get remove <program> ?

sudo apt-get remove --purge package

i'm trying to find out what chipset an installed sata controller uses... how can i do that?

lspci ?

where can i get information about my installed memory?

dmesg

can anyone help me with 'no package 'gtk+-2.0' found'

libgtk2.0-dev

quick question, where in mysql is the settings to allow remote hosts to access the server.... i have a laptop and i had it set to the old laptop ip but since then my laptop ip has changed and i am unable to login

try /etc/mysql/my.cnf

how do you trick a website into thinking you're running windows or ie?

usr the 'user agent switcher' plugin for firefox

i'm setting up ircd-hybrid for a internal irc server, but chanserv and nickserv aren't there. is there any settings that need to be changed to get them working?

you need a separate services package for that, such as anope or atheme

i'm wanting to setup an ubuntu server. does the server install cd allow you to do lvm? or do i need the alternate cd for that?

your server cd should handle lvm

does anyone know if you can run hardware drivers (restricted drivers) from the command line? or how to search for the available commands like that?

like i said, jockey-gtk will lauch the restricted drivers manager

who's winning??? mccain or obama bin laden???

stay on topic here

my internal intel graphics (hd 3000) are giving me trouble and i'm thinking about buying a dedicated graphics card. what works better on linux, nvidia or amd/ati?

just research the card you want to buy, before you buy it

what does this command do '. /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup'

the '.' there means 'read and execute this shell script in the current shell'

help! i've installed win7 and created some space on the hd for a karmic install. but when i try to install karmic, it says the hd has no operating systems on it. i am using the 64-bit versions of the os. any idea why it's not being detected?

just select the free space

hi there, my friend is using kubuntu and she doesn't know how to get java for firefox. does anyone know the name of the package she would have to download using apt-get install?

sun-java5-plugin

really? that's strange then. is it 3+ in 10.04?

3.1 and 2.6

hello, i have a weird problem with an ubuntu box, it just take all the bandwidth of my network when i connect it. i review the use of the eth0 interface. even i disabled the interface and still have this problem.

run iptraf to see what ses up your bandwith

hello, can someone help me setup my wireless connection? i'm using a broadcom b43 driver and i just installed ndiswrapper. i'm not sure what to do now.

that ought to be all if ndiswrapper is set up properly.

how can i boot ubuntu from a scsi cdrom?

check out the links from ubotu your problem may be described there. you may have to create floppies to boot to the cd.

how do i create a tarball from the terminal?

and see man tar

what's the most common reason for conky not appearing?

- not being installed :p

anyone know how to get to the login screen when your monitor does not support resolutions higher than 800x600? all i get at present is a black scree and the monitor light starts to flash...

ctrl+alt+f1 will get you the first terminal.

can anyone recommend video editing software? something casual is fine, i don't need anything fancy

pitivi is good as is kdenlive, cinelerra is _really_ good but the gui is naff

hey all. i'm looking for a good tool that i can use to find out how big my tcp packets receiving/transmitting are

tcpdump

i just want to list the ip addresses accessing me at what ports, how can i do this?

netstat -nap

after i've been idle for a while, my monitors turn off, and when i get back only one monitor turns on again after touching the mouse. i have disabled screensaver. how can i disable the feature that turns my monitors off ?

oh, it's dpms

does ubuntu suport .exe?

open synaptic (menu:system, administration, synaptic package manager) and hit the search button on the right side after it loads. type in 'wine' and hit enter, select the package when it appears

is it possible to repair ubuntu 11.10 by a live cd ? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=157250 :: what packages must be installed to get the login mask?

that depends on what you want to repair.

hiya, anyone know of a way to get a save-able list of all installed program? (planning a reinstall and would like to recover all my apps)

dpkg --get-selections >packagelist

hello i just installed ubuntu on a virtual machine and am trying to edit the sources.list file but keep getting told that i don't have permission to edit this file. how can i change this? i already tried changing permissions through terminal but still nothing

at your terminal do sudo vi sources.list