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how install file :vuze_installer.tar.bz2? please	sudo apt-get install vuze
hello all, i'm back again. i'm hoping that someone can still help me with this. i have 36 gigs or so of extra 'allocated' space on my drive that is not represented by files. i did delete 36 gigs of files, so that's probably related, but waiting, and using fsck at boot do not seem to clear the allocated space. is there any way to try a different type of fsck at boot, or pass options to it, or a utility that could fix this file allocati	that's not a solution, it's a problem
how do i search packages via console not via adept...	apt-cache search
can anyone point me to an article on how to .tar.gz your ubuntu installation a backup?	go here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087
dear ubuntu: how can i make the launcher work like older editions? i'm frustrated that i need to alt-tab to get to my various windows, and would like to actually see tabs for my various windows on the bottom, as i used to do. is there a setting that allows this, or am i stuck alt-tabbing forever?	you can use the old, 'classic', login
what's the best tool for doing advanced find and replace (e.g., if a word between two '\|' ends with 'en', move all words between the two before that word and between the two '\|' word after it)?	which you can use in e.g. vim etc.
hi folks... newbie question, trying to install on amd 64bit with nvidia 8400. both 64bit and 32bit install fine, but boot up to a blank screen with a movable mouse cursor, anyone else seen this?	both install fine but now on amd64 nothing ?
does anyone know how to make rsync delete files on the client pc ?	which files do you want deleted?
i tried to boot with ubuntu live so that i could repartition my drives, but it didnt have qtparted. anyone have any alternative suggestions?	http://www.sysresccd.org/
how do i make a folder shared across the network, so anyone can add/edit/delete files? ubuntu 7.10	you should be able to right click the folder and click share
hello there. how to resolve dependencies automatically, when apt-get does not do that? e.g. im trying to install ubiquity and there are unmet dependencies. ubuntu 11.10	apt-get will resolve deps if they are available
guys, what is the plug in that makes a window look like it gets burned as u close it?!	its under the animations plugin
where can i get darkroom theme for older versions of ubuntu?	check www.gnome-look.org if it doesn't have it then i dont know what to tell you
do i need any special packages to play a .avi?	i believe that the easiest would be to install vlc that should install the codecs required
was wondering what the w32codecs are called in the breezy release	just get them from the source
anyone know how commercial technical support weighs in? i mean 250 for premium technical support... how long does that last? 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or more or less?	it says 'coverage: 1 year'
quick question whats the command to mount an iso image?	more specifically: mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/cdrom <mountpoint>
on ubuntu 10.04 lts when checking for updates i get this error: http://paste.ubuntu.com/710786/	http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1221323.html
how do i check to see what filesystem a drive is formatted to?	type 'mount' in terminal, that gives a list of all filesystems currently mounted
hmm, any ideas why i wouldn't have a menu.lst? i need to enable showing of the grub menu and all the tuts reference that file...	/boot/grub/grub.cfg
how do i save modprobe ndiswrapper to turn on at boot?	you just put ndiswrapper in menu > system> prefs < session , and then save session in the 3rd tab
hey guys. im trying to install dapper on a graphically and ram disadvantaged computer. the live session is taking way too long to load, so far 45mins just to see a login screen. so, im wondering if it's possible to install using the text-based installer. is this possible?	yes, the alternate cd is the only one i use because i like the text-based installer. it's quick and best on an old machine
i have two computers (jaunty 9.04), how can i create a local wireless network between the two??	click on the wifi icon in the top right tray, and select 'create new wireless network...'
how can one add file-roller shortcut into accessories tab so he can start file-roller without need to type into terminal?	right click on menu > edit menu > new item
do you monitor your system temperature?	no i don't - worth trying?
that's not what i asked ;-)	it is just a frontend
i have installed mysql on my ubuntu 9.04 today. can somebody tell me the username and password for first run of mysql?	attleast thats hoes postgresql works
is there a repo to get intrepid / newer kernels for hardy ?	you might try proposed repos, but they are not fully tested.
anyone know if there is a desklet that lets you create and set timers to alert you after x time?	timer-applet
how big does a live cd usb have to be ? 700 mb?	the same as for a cd :)
i've moved my harddisks to another computer, and done some partition changes, so obviously the uuid numbers have changed. i'm now trying to make hibernation work again, but when i run update-initramfs i get 'cryptsetup: warning: found more than one resume device candidate: <2 uuid's>'. blkid shows one of those numbers, but where to look for the other one?? i can't find it anywhere whatsoever!	`grep -r uuid /etc`?
hey guys i have been sudo apt-get update'ing for a while is it advisable to sudo apt-get upgrade and will that change things for the worse?	in order to make sure that you are getting security and other updates, you should be doing regular apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrades.
how do i enable antialiasing in opengl? (nvidia driver)	have you installed nvidia-settings?
any idea what i can do to make numlock enabled by default!?	apt-get install numlockx
what do i install to have the get command available?	ssh i believe
i am having a problem making a ubuntu package for my work, can someone give me a little help?	could help http://www.schotty.com/wordpress/?p=47
i want to minimize the size of my root partition to maxamize space for a /home partition. i haev a 250 gb hard drive, about how big should i make the / partition?	i'd probably make it 20 gb, which will give you plenty of room
i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?	/boot/grub/grub.cfg
any suggestions how i can change my bit depth?	'defaultdepth 16' under 'screen' in /etc/x11/xorg.conf
hello, how do i edit the grub boot loader on the mbr?	gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
is there a firefox 1.0.3 update deb around in any repository?	backports has 1.0.3
i have^h^hd a problem with the shell (bash). :( i want to traverse a file in a for loop and execute it for every line. but 'for line in $(cat $file);do foo;done' treats every `word' separated by any whitespace as one iteration - and i've found my answer! the variable $ifs holds the field separator. :)	or even better. while read line; do echo '$line'; done < file
my bluetooth-applet has gone haywire. it does not allow me to browse/detect usb devices. it suddenly started detecting two usb bluetooth dongles when there is definitely only one bluetooth device in the computer. i can pon scriptfilename and the latop connects to the usb bluetooth dongle and cellphone and works perfectly. please can someone help me sort out this stupid bluetooth applet nonsense.?	i use blueman instead, much better, too many problems with the default bluetooth applet
my network notification disappeared - what package can i install to make it come back?	that'd be 'networkmanager' (or something along the lines. might be 'nm-applet' or 'networkmanager-gnome' or somesuch)
dear helpers, how do i burn audio cd in k3b from mp3 files ?	you need install libk3b2-mp3
how do i go about installing ubuntu on a notebook with ati card	very carefully. it's not so fun as on well supported hardware.
how do i do auto login on a command line system? i have googled and tried things but cant get it to work :s	is it even doable?
how do i check to se that i have the latest version of wine?	in the terminal enter 'wine --version' and compare to their website
how are the uids in /etc/fstab generated?	on fs creation
hey all. here is a very specific question (hope you like those) ... when using 'sed' to replace text with some other text in a text-stream, how does one replace a text with nothing (not a space, just nothing) ?	sed 's/magic//'
i downloaded an ubuntu cd image, but all i can find is a blank dvd. can i use the image i have at all to make a bootable dvd?	just write as an image in the dvd
any linux consultants in here?	give them some time to answer you
some people in here have experience with eclipse and maven?	a) don't ask to ask b) better ask a java channel
is sunbird or qorganizer a good choice for a non email client calendar that will pop up and remind me of events soon to come?	the program will have to either be running in the background or have some sort of trigger tied to the system calendar so that it could pop up on specified dates/times...as far as which specific application, i cant help you there...just takes a lot of searching, or you can write the program yourself
hi, how can i stop someone from resetting my root password by booting in rescue mode (when they have physical access to the computer)?	you may be able to disable usb & cd booting in bios and then set a password on the bios to somebody re-enabling them
how do i add a user to a group?	usermod -g the-new-group-you-want-them-to-be-added-to username <-- works too
with ubuntu 8 is there a text install available?	need a link?
is there a way to only play the audio from a video file (in a terminal)?	i think you can do -vo null and mplayer won't play the video
anybody know a good wallpaper site?	http://www.deviantart.com/
it it possible to make an ubuntu installation cd out of an ubuntu installation?	there is a program. i think its called reconstructor.
anyone notice a difference between dejavu and bistream fonts?	iirc bitstream is more suitable for print, dejavu more for screen reading
i have a problem with ubuntu 9.10. whenever i install packages like g++, hardware drivers, the message 'please insert cd ubuntu 9.10..' or something like that.. but when i insert the installation cd (which created a dual os), it says the same thing.. i can't connect to internet because i cant install the wireless drivers.. can someone help me?	sorry that does no solve your problem ...
i need to know whats the different with ubuntu 32bit and 64bit. i got amd turion 64x2 in my laptop. why in the ubuntu download page 64bit in not recommended for daily desktop usage?	personally i think the 'not recommended' on the web site is a bug - and look it's already filed as one ;) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/585940
what patents? o.o	hinting i think, or i had searched like a month for a solution for the ugly font rendering and didn't see this: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/957788-installing-calibri-font/
everyone: is there a reason to install windows 64 bit yet?	yeah, it works
question: how well would xubuntu run on a 550mhz p3 machine with 256 megs of ram?	adequate
how to restore the functionality where if i click on a url in gaim for example, the url is opened in firefox? currently when i click, nothing happens. it used to work before.	it's in the settings/preferences
anybody up for a little x debugging? using ubuntu studio. x failed.	sudo apt-get install pastebinit
hey guys, i'm following the instructions for installing java, and it asks me to type in ' chmod +x jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin' to install. but this doesnt do anything	to actually run if.. type './jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin'
does the migrate documents and settings copy my documents and everything or does it create links?	it actually copies the files
what package can i download to record my dekstop and have also mic supported?	recordmydesktop
can any1 tell me what is the kernel version of ubuntu build 8.04?	ask someone to run uname -r or see packages.ubuntu.org
is it possible to make repositories that aren't signed without gpg keys? and does this cause the 'packages cannot be authenticated!' message from apt-get?	theres a few popular un authenticated repos like the transmission one
new to ubuntu. sometimes a window will get stuck in 'drag mode' (where the hand that's moving it has a clenched fist) and i can't drop the window anywhere. ideas?	xdg-open
could anybody tell how would i list files in a package by it's package name after it's installed, rather having the .deb file and dpkg -l on it?	so use dpkg -l
do ubuntu need a swap partition to boot? i'm either going to make a raid 1, or raid 0 software array for swap or i'm going to not use raid and set multiple partitons with the same priority. if i use raid 0 and one drive dies, will ubuntu boot w/o a swap file?	you can either make a swap partition or a swap file if you want later
hmmm, how can i save my chromium history so that the next time when i install ubuntu i resume from there?	start putting /home on a seperate partition.
whats the command to see info about my ram?	'free'?
does ubuntu use the debian-installer?	yup
-- what were those commands you sent me on reconfigging x's vid driver? (i put in a diff vid card)	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
i compiled my own kernel, so i couldn't install the proprietary nvidia drivers through the restricted drivers manager application (says i need to have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24.2-mykernel, which doesn't exist obviously), so i used envy to install the drivers, but now i can't select custom settings in the appearance configuration, to use compiz, is there any workaround?	can't select or doesn't appear?
is there a way to force my eth0 to 10mbit instead of 100mbit?	try ethtool
where are the mysql binaries? such as mysqldump?	thats a terminal cmd
how can i completely hide the gnome desktop toolbars so that there isn't that annoying strip of it showing, i know how to set it to autohide that's not what i'm looking for... and if possible, how to change it's response rate.	have a look at the extra settings you can make under /apps/panel in gconf-editor
is there a hotkey for a 'run' command?	in gnome, alt+f2
question: i have just installed oss and it is working fine based on running osstest. i am attempting to play a file using totem movie player and i am unable to get sound and the file won't play at all. i receive this error message whenever i try to open anything with totem: 'failed to connect stream: invalid argument' this has only happened since i installed oss	use alsa
is there some command that i can run, to reconfigure a package, that has already been installed, but whose configuration has been messed up? for example, supopse a symlink need tobe recreated. i have tried, 'dpkg -configure' but it gives me an error 'package foo is already installed and configured'	try dpkg-reconfigure
is there a driver for the ati radeon 320m?	probably flgrx
hey all. in unity, how can i get find files to search my mounted drives?	meh... find / -iname 'whatever' -print 2>/dev/null
i am doing 'su echo 'blacklist pcspkr' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' and getting a 'permission denied' - is it file in use, or why is it rejecting me?	try using 'sudo -s' for a root shell.
can i get some input please, if anyone here has a bluray player can they let me now if having libbluray installed, with xbmc compiled from source actually playbacks the bluray disc	build it your self so you can upload it via ppa ;) for other users.
is there a way to connect to beta distribution of ubuntu (just upgrade through apt-get)?	you can use the upgrader tool or follow the same directions as upgrading to breezy through apt except use dapper instead of breezy of course
how do i open an xslx file?	gutsy's openoffice will open that spreadsheet
anyone knows how to disable compiz??? must i install it to disable it???	system -> preferences -> appearance goto visual effects and choose none
hi, does anyone have experience with setting up a linux htpc? i'm looking at integrated chipsets and can't decide whethet to go with ati 780g or nvidia 8300	personnaly, i'd say take nvidia. i had a ati-card in my old laptop and it made all kinds of trouble.
there is a command line tool to read the uuid of any fs... anyone remember what that was?	/sbin/vol_id
there was a wrapper package which include refs to all needed for compiling stuff. what was the name?	build-essential
within the past couple of weeks my numpad (even when numlock is on) no longer puts in numbers, but always moves the mouse cursor...any idea how to turn this off?	sorry, 4th tab
is there a way to uninstall packages without uninstalling dependant packages?	kde uses adept, you could try that, might have similar issues though
can someone help me list all files in a directory and subdirectories and put it all in a text file	terminal. type: tree > list.txt

how install file :vuze_installer.tar.bz2? please

sudo apt-get install vuze

hello all, i'm back again. i'm hoping that someone can still help me with this. i have 36 gigs or so of extra 'allocated' space on my drive that is not represented by files. i did delete 36 gigs of files, so that's probably related, but waiting, and using fsck at boot do not seem to clear the allocated space. is there any way to try a different type of fsck at boot, or pass options to it, or a utility that could fix this file allocati

that's not a solution, it's a problem

how do i search packages via console not via adept...

apt-cache search

can anyone point me to an article on how to .tar.gz your ubuntu installation a backup?

go here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087

dear ubuntu: how can i make the launcher work like older editions? i'm frustrated that i need to alt-tab to get to my various windows, and would like to actually see tabs for my various windows on the bottom, as i used to do. is there a setting that allows this, or am i stuck alt-tabbing forever?

you can use the old, 'classic', login

what's the best tool for doing advanced find and replace (e.g., if a word between two '|' ends with 'en', move all words between the two before that word and between the two '|' word after it)?

which you can use in e.g. vim etc.

hi folks... newbie question, trying to install on amd 64bit with nvidia 8400. both 64bit and 32bit install fine, but boot up to a blank screen with a movable mouse cursor, anyone else seen this?

both install fine but now on amd64 nothing ?

does anyone know how to make rsync delete files on the client pc ?

which files do you want deleted?

i tried to boot with ubuntu live so that i could repartition my drives, but it didnt have qtparted. anyone have any alternative suggestions?

http://www.sysresccd.org/

how do i make a folder shared across the network, so anyone can add/edit/delete files? ubuntu 7.10

you should be able to right click the folder and click share

hello there. how to resolve dependencies automatically, when apt-get does not do that? e.g. im trying to install ubiquity and there are unmet dependencies. ubuntu 11.10

apt-get will resolve deps if they are available

guys, what is the plug in that makes a window look like it gets burned as u close it?!

its under the animations plugin

where can i get darkroom theme for older versions of ubuntu?

check www.gnome-look.org if it doesn't have it then i dont know what to tell you

do i need any special packages to play a .avi?

i believe that the easiest would be to install vlc that should install the codecs required

was wondering what the w32codecs are called in the breezy release

just get them from the source

anyone know how commercial technical support weighs in? i mean 250 for premium technical support... how long does that last? 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or more or less?

it says 'coverage: 1 year'

quick question whats the command to mount an iso image?

more specifically: mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/cdrom <mountpoint>

on ubuntu 10.04 lts when checking for updates i get this error: http://paste.ubuntu.com/710786/

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1221323.html

how do i check to see what filesystem a drive is formatted to?

type 'mount' in terminal, that gives a list of all filesystems currently mounted

hmm, any ideas why i wouldn't have a menu.lst? i need to enable showing of the grub menu and all the tuts reference that file...

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

how do i save modprobe ndiswrapper to turn on at boot?

you just put ndiswrapper in menu > system> prefs < session , and then save session in the 3rd tab

hey guys. im trying to install dapper on a graphically and ram disadvantaged computer. the live session is taking way too long to load, so far 45mins just to see a login screen. so, im wondering if it's possible to install using the text-based installer. is this possible?

yes, the alternate cd is the only one i use because i like the text-based installer. it's quick and best on an old machine

i have two computers (jaunty 9.04), how can i create a local wireless network between the two??

click on the wifi icon in the top right tray, and select 'create new wireless network...'

how can one add file-roller shortcut into accessories tab so he can start file-roller without need to type into terminal?

right click on menu > edit menu > new item

do you monitor your system temperature?

no i don't - worth trying?

that's not what i asked ;-)

it is just a frontend

i have installed mysql on my ubuntu 9.04 today. can somebody tell me the username and password for first run of mysql?

attleast thats hoes postgresql works

is there a repo to get intrepid / newer kernels for hardy ?

you might try proposed repos, but they are not fully tested.

anyone know if there is a desklet that lets you create and set timers to alert you after x time?

timer-applet

how big does a live cd usb have to be ? 700 mb?

the same as for a cd :)

i've moved my harddisks to another computer, and done some partition changes, so obviously the uuid numbers have changed. i'm now trying to make hibernation work again, but when i run update-initramfs i get 'cryptsetup: warning: found more than one resume device candidate: <2 uuid's>'. blkid shows one of those numbers, but where to look for the other one?? i can't find it anywhere whatsoever!

`grep -r uuid /etc`?

hey guys i have been sudo apt-get update'ing for a while is it advisable to sudo apt-get upgrade and will that change things for the worse?

in order to make sure that you are getting security and other updates, you should be doing regular apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrades.

how do i enable antialiasing in opengl? (nvidia driver)

have you installed nvidia-settings?

any idea what i can do to make numlock enabled by default!?

apt-get install numlockx

what do i install to have the get command available?

ssh i believe

i am having a problem making a ubuntu package for my work, can someone give me a little help?

could help http://www.schotty.com/wordpress/?p=47

i want to minimize the size of my root partition to maxamize space for a /home partition. i haev a 250 gb hard drive, about how big should i make the / partition?

i'd probably make it 20 gb, which will give you plenty of room

i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

any suggestions how i can change my bit depth?

'defaultdepth 16' under 'screen' in /etc/x11/xorg.conf

hello, how do i edit the grub boot loader on the mbr?

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

is there a firefox 1.0.3 update deb around in any repository?

backports has 1.0.3

i have^h^hd a problem with the shell (bash). :( i want to traverse a file in a for loop and execute it for every line. but 'for line in $(cat $file);do foo;done' treats every `word' separated by any whitespace as one iteration - and i've found my answer! the variable $ifs holds the field separator. :)

or even better. while read line; do echo '$line'; done < file

my bluetooth-applet has gone haywire. it does not allow me to browse/detect usb devices. it suddenly started detecting two usb bluetooth dongles when there is definitely only one bluetooth device in the computer. i can pon scriptfilename and the latop connects to the usb bluetooth dongle and cellphone and works perfectly. please can someone help me sort out this stupid bluetooth applet nonsense.?

i use blueman instead, much better, too many problems with the default bluetooth applet

my network notification disappeared - what package can i install to make it come back?

that'd be 'networkmanager' (or something along the lines. might be 'nm-applet' or 'networkmanager-gnome' or somesuch)

dear helpers, how do i burn audio cd in k3b from mp3 files ?

you need install libk3b2-mp3

how do i go about installing ubuntu on a notebook with ati card

very carefully. it's not so fun as on well supported hardware.

how do i do auto login on a command line system? i have googled and tried things but cant get it to work :s

is it even doable?

how do i check to se that i have the latest version of wine?

in the terminal enter 'wine --version' and compare to their website

how are the uids in /etc/fstab generated?

on fs creation

hey all. here is a very specific question (hope you like those) ... when using 'sed' to replace text with some other text in a text-stream, how does one replace a text with nothing (not a space, just nothing) ?

sed 's/magic//'

i downloaded an ubuntu cd image, but all i can find is a blank dvd. can i use the image i have at all to make a bootable dvd?

just write as an image in the dvd

any linux consultants in here?

give them some time to answer you

some people in here have experience with eclipse and maven?

a) don't ask to ask b) better ask a java channel

is sunbird or qorganizer a good choice for a non email client calendar that will pop up and remind me of events soon to come?

the program will have to either be running in the background or have some sort of trigger tied to the system calendar so that it could pop up on specified dates/times...as far as which specific application, i cant help you there...just takes a lot of searching, or you can write the program yourself

hi, how can i stop someone from resetting my root password by booting in rescue mode (when they have physical access to the computer)?

you may be able to disable usb & cd booting in bios and then set a password on the bios to somebody re-enabling them

how do i add a user to a group?

usermod -g the-new-group-you-want-them-to-be-added-to username <-- works too

with ubuntu 8 is there a text install available?

need a link?

is there a way to only play the audio from a video file (in a terminal)?

i think you can do -vo null and mplayer won't play the video

anybody know a good wallpaper site?

http://www.deviantart.com/

it it possible to make an ubuntu installation cd out of an ubuntu installation?

there is a program. i think its called reconstructor.

anyone notice a difference between dejavu and bistream fonts?

iirc bitstream is more suitable for print, dejavu more for screen reading

i have a problem with ubuntu 9.10. whenever i install packages like g++, hardware drivers, the message 'please insert cd ubuntu 9.10..' or something like that.. but when i insert the installation cd (which created a dual os), it says the same thing.. i can't connect to internet because i cant install the wireless drivers.. can someone help me?

sorry that does no solve your problem ...

i need to know whats the different with ubuntu 32bit and 64bit. i got amd turion 64x2 in my laptop. why in the ubuntu download page 64bit in not recommended for daily desktop usage?

personally i think the 'not recommended' on the web site is a bug - and look it's already filed as one ;) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/585940

what patents? o.o

hinting i think, or i had searched like a month for a solution for the ugly font rendering and didn't see this: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/957788-installing-calibri-font/

everyone: is there a reason to install windows 64 bit yet?

yeah, it works

question: how well would xubuntu run on a 550mhz p3 machine with 256 megs of ram?

adequate

how to restore the functionality where if i click on a url in gaim for example, the url is opened in firefox? currently when i click, nothing happens. it used to work before.

it's in the settings/preferences

anybody up for a little x debugging? using ubuntu studio. x failed.

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

hey guys, i'm following the instructions for installing java, and it asks me to type in ' chmod +x jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin' to install. but this doesnt do anything

to actually run if.. type './jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin'

does the migrate documents and settings copy my documents and everything or does it create links?

it actually copies the files

what package can i download to record my dekstop and have also mic supported?

recordmydesktop

can any1 tell me what is the kernel version of ubuntu build 8.04?

ask someone to run uname -r or see packages.ubuntu.org

is it possible to make repositories that aren't signed without gpg keys? and does this cause the 'packages cannot be authenticated!' message from apt-get?

theres a few popular un authenticated repos like the transmission one

new to ubuntu. sometimes a window will get stuck in 'drag mode' (where the hand that's moving it has a clenched fist) and i can't drop the window anywhere. ideas?

xdg-open

could anybody tell how would i list files in a package by it's package name after it's installed, rather having the .deb file and dpkg -l on it?

so use dpkg -l

do ubuntu *need* a swap partition to boot? i'm either going to make a raid 1, or raid 0 software array for swap or i'm going to not use raid and set multiple partitons with the same priority. if i use raid 0 and one drive dies, will ubuntu boot w/o a swap file?

you can either make a swap partition or a swap file if you want later

hmmm, how can i save my chromium history so that the next time when i install ubuntu i resume from there?

start putting /home on a seperate partition.

whats the command to see info about my ram?

'free'?

does ubuntu use the debian-installer?

yup

-- what were those commands you sent me on reconfigging x's vid driver? (i put in a diff vid card)

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

i compiled my own kernel, so i couldn't install the proprietary nvidia drivers through the restricted drivers manager application (says i need to have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24.2-mykernel, which doesn't exist obviously), so i used envy to install the drivers, but now i can't select custom settings in the appearance configuration, to use compiz, is there any workaround?

can't select or doesn't appear?

is there a way to force my eth0 to 10mbit instead of 100mbit?

try ethtool

where are the mysql binaries? such as mysqldump?

thats a terminal cmd

how can i completely hide the gnome desktop toolbars so that there isn't that annoying strip of it showing, i know how to set it to autohide that's not what i'm looking for... and if possible, how to change it's response rate.

have a look at the extra settings you can make under /apps/panel in gconf-editor

is there a hotkey for a 'run' command?

in gnome, alt+f2

question: i have just installed oss and it is working fine based on running osstest. i am attempting to play a file using totem movie player and i am unable to get sound and the file won't play at all. i receive this error message whenever i try to open anything with totem: 'failed to connect stream: invalid argument' this has only happened since i installed oss

use alsa

is there some command that i can run, to reconfigure a package, that has already been installed, but whose configuration has been messed up? for example, supopse a symlink need tobe recreated. i have tried, 'dpkg -configure' but it gives me an error 'package foo is already installed and configured'

try dpkg-reconfigure

is there a driver for the ati radeon 320m?

probably flgrx

hey all. in unity, how can i get find files to search my mounted drives?

meh... find / -iname 'whatever' -print 2>/dev/null

i am doing 'su echo 'blacklist pcspkr' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf' and getting a 'permission denied' - is it file in use, or why is it rejecting me?

try using 'sudo -s' for a root shell.

can i get some input please, if anyone here has a bluray player can they let me now if having libbluray installed, with xbmc compiled from source actually playbacks the bluray disc

build it your self so you can upload it via ppa ;) for other users.

is there a way to connect to beta distribution of ubuntu (just upgrade through apt-get)?

you can use the upgrader tool or follow the same directions as upgrading to breezy through apt except use dapper instead of breezy of course

how do i open an xslx file?

gutsy's openoffice will open that spreadsheet

anyone knows how to disable compiz??? must i install it to disable it???

system -> preferences -> appearance goto visual effects and choose none

hi, does anyone have experience with setting up a linux htpc? i'm looking at integrated chipsets and can't decide whethet to go with ati 780g or nvidia 8300

personnaly, i'd say take nvidia. i had a ati-card in my old laptop and it made all kinds of trouble.

there is a command line tool to read the uuid of any fs... anyone remember what that was?

/sbin/vol_id

there was a wrapper package which include refs to all needed for compiling stuff. what was the name?

build-essential

within the past couple of weeks my numpad (even when numlock is on) no longer puts in numbers, but always moves the mouse cursor...any idea how to turn this off?

sorry, 4th tab

is there a way to uninstall packages without uninstalling dependant packages?

kde uses adept, you could try that, might have similar issues though

can someone help me list all files in a directory and subdirectories and put it all in a text file

terminal. type: tree > list.txt