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hi, i've a problem: my desktop display the content of my ~/ instead of ~/desktop, how i change this ? | edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure xdg_desktop_dir='$home/desktop' |
how can i allow a user to mount a device using the mount command without being a sudoer ? | typically you'd put a mount point in fstab with a 'user' option -- don't give all users mount access < unless you want too |
guys anyone experiencing really loud 'click' on new 9.10 when sound card awakes. for example if i was not using sound card (in any apps) for 1 minute, and then start watching movie on youtube is always starts with loud 'click' from speakers, and then goes to normal. same for other apps. anyone ? | that sounds like the power saving stuff kicking in on your hda audio card. (new in karmic.) comment out thelast line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with # |
does any one know what text editor xubuntu uses in terminal? | everything uses nano |
hi all. does anyone know if it is possible to load two grubs? i'd like to keep grub2 on my ubuntu install, and then from it be able to go to grub vanilla with my arch install. is this possible? if so, how? | you could install the second instance of grub to a partition, and then chainload +1 it from the first instance. |
how do i reinstall something properly? | to remove config files, use 'remove --purge' to remove config files too. read 'man apt-get' for more |
what do i add to /etc/fstab to turn off fsck? | the last two numbers .. normally 0 2 or 0 1 .. change the last number to a 0 .. it will skip that partition forever |
how do i shutdown the xserver so i just have the console left (i.e. no graphical interface whatsoever) | ctrl+alt+f1, sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop |
has anyone upgraded the to the newest 2.6.20.16 kernel? i have been on the forums and it seems that there are a few people that have had issues with the upgrade.. | you shouldn't have a problem as long as you used the restricted driver manager instead of installing from ati.com |
hey guys does anyone know if madwifi supports usb wireless adapters? | check out http://linux-wless.passys.nl to see for a specific model |
what command opens the application called 'eye of gnome' ? | i'm thinking eog. |
what's the terminal command to make a list go 1 page at a time instead of big long list? | or any other pager, like more or most |
does someone know how to make a file with a list of all of the folders in a particular directory, without permissions, only the names of the folders? | 'ls -1 > myfile' ?? |
i tried to update and got an error. w: gpg error: http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic release: the following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: no_pubkey d0d3c959db2035a6 | sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com d0d3c959db2035a6 |
im struggling trying to figure out how to get ati drivers and video out working :( | just get a well supported low end nvidia card and save your time and hair (from falling out due to frustration/anger/disappointment) |
guys i have a big problem, i tried to install my fglrx drivers as described in binarydriverhowto/ati but now when i boot i get ' the x server is now disabled, restart gdm when its configured correctly ', and i find myself in console mode, how do i get out of this please | run sudo fglrxconfig |
if i have os x and ubuntu dual booted on a macbook, is there really any great harm in going to gparted, blowing away the os x partition, and reclaiming the space for my ubuntu partition? | no lol if you want pure linux go for it |
hello, do u know if ubuntu has an option like windows to change the languaje for the keyboard, holden two or some keys | http://mygeekopinions.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-change-keyboard-layout-in-ubuntu.html |
can anyone recommend software for archiving my data drive to dvd's? | k3b, brasero |
hey channel: need some help with totem on a new installation: it keeps crashing right away after i try to get it to play a commercial dvd...have libdvdcss2 installed and tons of plugins, and totem does work with a flash video i downloaded for testing,...anyone available to help me test/troubleshoot/fix? | try vlc |
does anybody know if kde has any sort of application like gnome-keyring? i used to have my private key password saved on gnome-keyring, but couldn't do the same with kde wallet thing. | ssh-add on the command line can unlock a key for the session though |
what do i put instead of horay for bleeding edge | breezy... |
so i installed a maxtor external hard drive. for some reason around this time i can login with my username/password, but in the terminal when i type 'su' and try to type the same password, it says auth failure | su is disabled for non-root users. use sudo |
how can i install a local .deb that i have (downloaded from somewhere) but have all of its deps installed from apt? | sudo dpkg -i file.deb |
how do i set up where if i move my mouse to the bottom corner of my screen it will show my desktop? | ubuntu tweak |
hi, i've installed ubuntu 10.10 and my nvidia driver has stoped working, i get a blank screen on start, how can i solve it? | how did you install the driver? |
i'm thinking about installing ubuntu.. last time i install linux i had to configure swap.. do you still have to do that with ubuntu during the install process? | same as with page file 1.5x your ram |
is it usefull to learn python?? or not used much nowdays ? | it is used for app development and also for many ubuntu system utilities and scripts |
hello guys, anyone using gridsim ? i need some help !!! | you may have better luck using the gridsim mailing list. thats a pretty specialist app. |
there a way i can force 1024 x 768 with my nvidia 185 driver? | take a look at the 'xrandr' command |
how do i express a logical 'and' in regular expression? | apt-cache search chm | grep view |
if i update my hosts file ( /etc/hosts ), do i need to refresh anything to get it to read? or does that file get called on the use? | its read each time a resolution is needed |
hello, i have an unusable system that i would like to get a large amount of data off of. i can use a install cd to boot into rescue mode, is it possible to mount a network drive or at the very least use ssh/scp to transfer data? | i'd get an external hdd and backup all the stuff you need on to it with ubuntu livecd. then, install afreash and move everything back |
i've got a terribly old computer i'm running ubuntu on, how can i get it to stop starting up x on boot. i'm used to init levels, but ubuntu does something different. | /etc/x11/default-*manager* |
question: what group must a user be a member of in order to ssh into a machine? | fresh install |
hey everyone. i need a little help, i removed my trash icon by mistake. how can i get it back? | right click the panel. add a trash applet |
i ask everyone who has ubuntu karmic running on his/her notebook without any issues to tell me their model number b/c i d like to buy one that i can be shure it works with karmic. | would you like to buy my netbook? i don't use it much. :) |
totem-gstreamer does not work at all on my box. multiple crashes with 'this app has closed unexpectedly', 'unable to read dvd chapter info' etc. | try totem-xine |
between firestarter and guarddog, which would you suggest? | check popcon.debian.org stats maybe |
hi, is every nc10 mousepad multi touch capable? i've got the one with the small touchpad and physical keys | yeah every nc10 is multitouch, i don't know about the special edition (the glossy screen one) though. but it doesn't work on ubuntu (multitouch) |
hi. where must i copy a .so file so epiphany finds it? | did you install mozilla-plugin-gnash? |
btw, how do i install skype on ubuntu | get the pkg from skkypes site and install it ...thats the way i did it |
is there a good dvd author software anyone can recommend? | i like tovid |
how do i enable ip forwarding ? | it's not iptables |
there must be something wrong with the uploaded amd64 iso...no matter where i download it, it has a different md5 :/ | installed it fine here using the iso from oxford computing in the uk |
hi, i'm looking for a tool where i can choose special charakters... especially utf-8 ones! | applications > accessories > character map |
is there any advice on fine tunning ubuntu to get smoother laptop performance? any link would do, i'm not sure what on the net is bullshit and what isnt | xfce is fast fast fast |
is it possible to transfer files from a telnet connection? | ftp is usually allowed if they're still allowing telnet |
could anyone recommend a wireless card for pc that would work with ubuntu? | sorry i am no help at this point... but can suggest this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/wirelesscardssupported |
does anyone know a nice alternative for the ipod that does work well with ubuntu? | check the maxfield players. |
does anyone know of a good midi player for linux? | timidity, i guess, is the only real option |
i erased my xorg.conf and now i don't know what driver is running and i want to run the nvidia driver for my 6200. with this new xorg, how do i tell it to use nvidia driver so i can then run nvidia-settings? | try nvidia-xconfig |
how can i 'listen' to a port? that is, see all the data being sent through it. | (thats a program) |
hey guys....... having trouble with mupen64plus still....... i figured out what my problem was but now i can't get cutemupen to work on ubuntu 10.10? =| can anyone help me? | what happens when you try to get it to work? |
how can i make the gnome terminal default to nordic character encoding? | luit might be one solution |
how do i encode in h263 using ffmpeg... in spite of installing all missing codecs its showing 'incorrect parameters' though i use standard qcif resolution | isnt' the ffmpeg in ubuntu crippled or did they resolve that? |
sgtfox: is ur system just not loading up properly? | mine works fine |
anyone know if quad cores are worth the extra money - does ubuntu take advantage of all the cores? | ubuntu can use all cores |
hey everyone, any ubuntu tutorial that uses a lot of dbus? :) id like to try and read some code that uses a lot of it | perhaps empathy? |
in gnome 3.2, how do i open the empathy buddy window after i close it? | i haven't used gnome 3.2, but prior to gnome 3 the empathy icon was in the 'tray' or on the panel. so the icon is nowhere on scree? other than relaunching the app, which it should just bring up the active window, i don't know of any other way. |
what is more 'standard'? lzma or xz? do they keep file permissions? | torrents typically do checksums on each piece but the other week i had a corrupt iso from a torrent, so you'd better double check just in case. |
what is the difference between shockwave player, and flash player? | shockwave is for advertisements and stuff |
problem: i broke sudo, now i can't get root to fix it! | reboot into rescue mode |
oops i accidentally set a password for root, how do i set it to becomre random again? (like in a default install) | try somthing like sudo passwd -l |
how can i check if my internal speakers have been detected correctly? (asus f3sv) | sudo apt-get install beep && beep |
i need to download some ubuntu-packages (for gutsy gibbon) form a non-ubuntu pc (fedora) is there any webfrontend for the ubuntu-repositories? | packages.ubuntu.com |
how do i check which is the file system of a partition from cli? | if you just type 'mount' with no arguments, it'll tell you the type of every mounted filesystem |
where do you get that | sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-desktop |
how do you make it use a different mirror? im trying to upgrade and it gets 404 on 4 packages | you could edit /etc/apt/sources.list |
does anybody know if it is possible to append two remote files with ftp/sftp/scp ? | ssh user@host 'cat file1 file2 > file_total' |
i need to find out the info of my ntfs partition to add it to the fstab, how would i do that? | sudo fdisk -l |
is there a website where i can download a new iso of gutsy? i lost my disc and need to live boot off of it to recover some files | http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ |
how to let archive manager support rar...? | install unrar or rar |
is there any over-riding command to eject the cd tray? | guess what 'eject' will do |
can't you add your dns servers directly throught the /etc/resolv.conf file? | just tried that and it succeeded, cheers, the file claims to be generated by network-manager though, so i'm not sure why that isn't working in the applet... |
is it possible to install and boot ubuntu from a usb stick? | that is what damn small linux is for |
where should i put an alias? i put it in ~/.bashrc but have to run 'source .bashrc' to get it to run... thoughts? | if you add new stuff to .bashrc you would have to start a new shell or use source .bashrc to get them read. |
i have tryed 3 days to get gftp. allways the same problem 'e: couldn't find package gftp' | it's in universe |
hey, i can't see anything shared via avhi, even though i know there is stuff being shared, any ideas? | try to off the firewall 'am not sure' |
will ubuntu 8.04 32 bit support 32gb of ram? | dunno check around their website |
guys, can someone go to computer->desktop preferences->theme manager and tell me what command that executes in gnome? | yes, that's it |
i get the following message in synaptic: 'the repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. if available an older version of the failed index will be used. otherwise the repository will be ignored. check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.' what is wrong? | can you get to websites ok using a web browser? |
just installed 9.04 on my dell inspiron 6000, it boots up fine but when i log in the display looks all wierd and if i try to do anything much x11 crashes and i get logged out | run your updates from terminal with: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade |
what are 'flood bot1-3' ? | or excessive posting |
[kernel help] sudo modprobe driver works for me. but i have to do it on every boot. how do i have it automated? | ya that too can be done... what fde said |
does anyone know what this package is 'linux-headers-2.6.20-16 (2.6.20-16.29)' | you need the header files to match your kernel if you will be compiling programs (generally c) thathave to interact with the kernel or use kernel structures and definitions. |
how do we enable sasl? | dont pay attation to it its not a freenode message |
is there any way to upgrade a 32bit system to 64bit? i'm having a problem with a kvm virtualisation bug which is a problem only on a 32bit userspace running on an amd64 processor. | you can't upgrade that way , you need ot reinstall , but it you have your /home on a seperate partiton that should be easy enougth, you can probabloy also use get-selection to save a list of all your packages for a one command reinstall of your appl afterwards |
if i had hardy beta, do the regular updates just make it into the final version? or do i have to dist-upgrade? | youre done |
how to take mbr backup | http://embraceubuntu.com/2005/10/20/backing-up-the-mbr/ |
resume from suspend works before i login to my laptop, but not after. i'm guessing some hardware driver isn't resuming correctly. i'd like to figure out which hardware drivers are loaded before login and which are loaded after so i can compare the two lists and come up with a list of suspect drivers. what's the best way of doing this? | /var/log/syslog |
and no one can fix it yet (i don't htink) | doesn't seem to be any progress on a kde release |
hello, what is it called when, well lets say you have the number 252 and you know then that you need to run a loop 25 times coz thats how many times ten goes into 252 .... heh | modulo? |
can someone try vnc on my computer to see if it is working | that is really, really not a smart thing to ask |
how can i set empathy to do google voice chat? | i don't think that's implemented yet |
hum, cant find out where to define a shortcut for changing the keyboard layout (de-us), anybody knows sth.? | right click on the top panel, select add to panel and then keyboard selector or something |
i wanna get rid of gcj/gci and wanna install the lates sun java. how can i do that? | you may have to change the links in /usr/bin as well |
hi there, i'm trying to compile eet, for dr17, but it's complaining that i don't have a suitable compiler. i've installed gcc 3.3, but it doesn't find it. anyone know why? | try installing build-essential |
pls anybody know how i can get an offline english dictinary? | http://www.arulraj.net/2010/06/offline-dictionary-for-ubuntu-10-04.html |
hi. is there someone who knows how to list the current list of all users on system? (not just the curently connected ones). thanks a lot. | better yet: cat /etc/passwd | cut -d ':' -f 1 |
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