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like dude man, is it part of all foreign languages to have multiple question marks?
not really
want to ask a silly question please. i recieved many tabs stating nazi in them what was that about? were they refered to me
then he came back again. so he was shooting at everybody, not just you.
i need java for linux, what to download, is blackdown still ok?
i guess so
hello, how can i find out which version is available for a particular package?
apt-cache policy package
how can i make my user own a folder?
chown -r youruser:youruser /directory. the -r will make you own everyhing inside the folder too
where do i configure apach2/mod_rewrite under ubuntu? anyone knows this? its driving me mad.
sudo a2enmod rewrite; then add rules in either the host definition (/etc/apache2/hosts-available) on .htaccess files.
hi, is it possible to upgrade directly from 9.04 (jaunty) to 10.04 (lucid)?
you can use rescue mode and do: do-release-upgrade
i guess many are, what is your question?
are they specifically personal pgp keys or would a 'specific' team have one how do they work?
hey, help me out guys.. what pack provides build folder in /lib/modules/$kernel-version
kernel-headers-$(uname -r)
is it possible to use one ubuntu computer to give internet access to other computers on the local network? what software is needed?
you can use ssh for using socks proxy
does anyone know how can i open .sit file in ubuntu?
http://my.smithmicro.com/unix/stuffit/index.html any help ?
it does something else? on some other port?
'hostname' changes *your computer's* hostname. use it again immediately to reset to your normal hostname, please, or you might incur in problems.
guys i want to install the nvidia proprietary driver, however it must be done using the terminal and having xorg killed, how do i kill x and log to the terminal
i thought there were packages for the nvidia drivers?
can someone tell if there are buildin snmp tools in ubuntu ? if not, can you recommend one, gui preferably
tried apt-cache search snmp ?
how do i change so the active window is where the mouse is over?
system -> preferences -> windows
hi all.can anyone tell me if there is a way to implement a kde theme on my ubuntu gnome desktop?
i don't see how you could do it to be honest
hi, i have installed x via `apt-get install xorg`, does anyone know where the resolution is defined - i cannot find it in xorg.conf?
the xserver starts and it probes the hardware and determines the proper resolutions live. if you add properly formatted options in xorg.conf it will add them to the list available to the system.
can someone help me with installing java?
its in the repositories
i have 9.10 installed on my dell desktop, 1st hard drive is 640g, second hard drive is 1t. can i partition the 1t drive to the same size as the 640gig drive to use raid with no problems?
if ur interested in the subject have a read about it - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/raid
when i pull the power from my laptop the screen dims. where do i disable that?
power manager
how can i insert a dummy package into ubuntu? i mean, i've got an older ubuntu package that depends on package 'foo' that got renamed to 'bar' and 'bar' is installed, but the old package still wants 'foo'. how can i fool the system into thinking that 'foo' is installed?
try a forced install - but you probably don't want to do this, get the updated package
anyone knows of a good gtk based ftp client, besides gftp?
not sure about gtk based though
can someone teach me how to find where a program is installed?
dpkg -l packagename
is there a graphical tool for configuring tv-out?
there's grandr, but i've never gotten s-video to work with my intel card
how do you change colour from 16 bit to 24 bit
edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf (hoary) or /etc/x11/xf86config-4 (warty), change defaultdepth from 16 to 24
does anyone in here know the names of the packages for ghostscript?
gs-common
i use torrents what's tracker do
a tracker is basically the url that it connects to to find all the peers you need to connect to
i forgot whats the command that is typed in the address bar of firefox to change setting its something like confix : ???
it's about:config
i have an old machine running 7.10 and i would like to update it to 8.04, being the next version and an lts version. what is the easiest way of doing this? as 7.10 is unsupported, apt-get upgrade isn't working.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
is it possible to use kdm to log in to gnome session? i'm planning to set up a multiseat but the the new gdm doesn't seem to support multisessions but kdm does. the problem is that i don't want to use kde as desktop environment. i qant the default gnom desktop.
yeah there should be a dropdown menu somewhere on there
can someone pls tell me how i can overwrite the xorg.conf file? i get permission denied each time
try 'sudo'
anybody know how to create a directory and specify the user and group?
probably an easier way
so the upgrade to gutsy, any known issues? has it given many people trouble?
some people had problems with it, and some didnt, i had. you might have, or maybe not. but, the clean installation is less likely to give u problems
how can i load a list of all my drives?
sudo fdisk -l
any good resource online for learning terminal shortcut keys?
: try also www.tldp.org
ok, so you're good?
i wish, same thing happened to me once when i first installed :)
what's the terminal command to launch the ubuntu/gnome file viewer for a specific location?
open nautilus with places -> home for example
how to install and update new softwares in my home system .. which is not having internet .. i have install 10.04 desktop in home
but if the 10.4 cd you have is not newer than the one you installed, the point is moot
guess i'll just reinstall trusty old windows if nobody can help.
whats ya com specs, cpu, ram?
where's the code for dash? in unity, libunity? or one of the lenses?
unity
is it possible to disable the 'tap to click' with a trackpad on a laptop?
yes - should be doablbe by editing the xorg.conf
hey guys... does anybody knows why when i try to compile a helloworld.c it says 'world.c:1:19: error: stdio.h: no such file or directory' ??
did you install build-essential?
i am having problems with wireless... wlan0 is not created, and is not availible... lsusb shows the device correctly, ath9k_htc is loaded but no joy
pastebin your dmesg output
anyone got a decent tutorial on selecting the proper kernel for your machine? i'm on an athlon xp but running linux-image-386 for some reason?
the old one will be left alone...so you can choose at boot
you using 11.04?
10.10
anyone know how i make it so when i link /dev/radio0 to /dev/radio it doesn't dissapear after a reboot?
ln -s
what's the next version called?
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove package ?
how do i assign a keyboard shortcut to run my shell script?
you can have xkeybinds or something to run your keyboard shortcuts. it is easily customizable
in ubuntu 12.04, i am attempting to project the display onto a diagonal mirror for an interactive project, is there an option in ubuntu's x display system to flip the display vertically so the display appears reversed?
xrandr?
anyone able to instruct on me how to install java3d in 10.04?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/java3dubuntu
what's difference beetween ext2 ext3 and ext4
better studied rather then asking here. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/05/ext2-ext3-ext4/
where can i find a log of the latest updates ubuntu has done?
/var/log/dpkg
hello. has anyone tried to install vmware 5.5.5 on gutsy? i get errors in the vmmon module
on the forums theres a script to install vmware server
how well does ubuntu run kde programs? like katapult?
they work great
what does ppa vs pae mean?
pae afaik allows a 32bit kernel to handle more then 4 gbs of ram. ppa is a personal package archive -- a custom software source
hey guys how do you install remastersys on oncelot?
http://dedoimedo.com/computers/remastersys.html
i been having trouple with flash on chrome on xubuntu 12.04 i dont know if it going around but i think i heard some people talking about it and i was wondering if there was any other people in here got it fix or something.
flash in chrome is different, i believe a 'special' flash is built right into chrome..
how do i search for a file using a text inside of it instead its name?
cat ./* | grep text
what does the 5 mean when the source says something like 'see fstab(5).'? does this have to do with a man page?
its not page 5, its section 5.
hello, what are the notification 'bubbles' in ubuntu called? i'd like to pop one up programmatically.
use notify-send or zenity packages
hey what is the package name for libcurl?
libcurlz-dev
does anyone here have a pci-e video card working with the ati drivers? just out of interest?
not on hoary, hoary kernels don't support it out of the box
im looking for a program like k9copy, that copy dvd's (not to avi/mpg). k9copy crashes so im looking for something else, any suggestions?
dvd95
how does one go about downloading the source code for xorg? specifically xmodmap and related utilities.
i think, 'apt-get source thepackagenameyouneed'
where do i change the global $path variable, i can't find it in /etc/profile.
i think /etc/environment
do i have to close the apps if i'm doing a apt-get upgrade?
just restart any aps that get upgraded when the upgrade is done.
hi i just got this new dual core amd64 laptop, runnig 686 version of ubuntu edgy, i was wondering can i just switch to the smp kernel and it actually use both processors or do i need the 64 bit os for that?
using an smp kernel is sufficient.
whats the paste page for ubuntu
java -version, in a terminal
i need little help with ettercap on ubuntu... when i try to log infos... i get error! it says that i can't make a file that i wish to log infos.. permission denied.. i'm talking about gui ettercap, any help (sorry for bad english)
well if you run the app as you, you don't have write access there do you. you will need to find where the logs are written and give yourself write access there, or run the app with gksudo
how do i search the channel list for a keyword?
include the *s; it's regex-based as far as i can tell.
does any1 exactly where the ubuntu distribution id value is stored? example, ubuntu 8.10 - where is the value '8.10' actually stored? i have loo9ked at the lsb_release function but having read the code i can't work out exactly where the program is pulling the value from
/etc/issue
i messed up the settings for ubuntu window manager so i have to log in with ubuntu-2d now, is there a way to reset the settings for just his window manager and not the ubuntu-2d window manager
click and hold the icon, wait a few seconds, then drag it where you want
is there a way to have it so ubuntu loads without entering any password or selecting any user. i am the sole user fo this machine and would like it if as soon as i power on my machine i can bypass the login screen
then click 'security'
hello what is name of package that say in console 'the program ... is currently not installed. you can install it by typing:'
command-not-found afaik
hi everybody is there a special channel for ubuntu labtop problems? i thought #ubuntu-labtop but there is activity.
just ask pls ..
hello -- i'm trying to install ubuntu 12.04 on an asus zenbook, but it doesn't respond after i click `install ubuntu', and syslog shows squashfs errors (unable to read ...)
yeah first suspect your media/burn/image, and then your devices
are tv tuner cards configurable on ubuntu 7.10 i have a techcom internal one ? please note i'm a total newbie with linux
you can depends on what you want usually youll just be selecting the top title entry when grub boots though
whats the cli app to make a command wait before executing?
yes but onlt up to a few seconds, plus iwouldn't mess around unless you knew what you're doing
quick question... i'm thinking of upgrading my video card. given that the only graphic intensive things i'll be doing is playing wow, running mythtv frontend, and possibly running compiz fusion/beryl, which manufacturer's card/driver has the best support/performance on a linux machine? ati or nvidia?
the ati is a real pain to get working; trust me on this ;]
is it hard for me to upgrade my mysql server to 5.0 from 4.0 if it's already set up and all?
from 4.0 to 4.1 it was no swaet just 'apt upgrade' can't give any gurantee about 5 though, i suppose you should just 'mysqldump' and go for it
hey.. very basic question. i'm not familiar with apt. how do i check if a specific package is installed?
choose synaptic, its a gui for apt
nick registration - i think i have done this for this #ubuntu (i think....) but will it valid also on other ubuntu channels such as #ubuntu-meeting?
but you need to check your email first to verify your account
i found my user account, is there any way to get or reset the password? or even check who changed it?
'passwd username' changes a user password (as long as you have the privileges to reset it'
what command in linux is equivalent to netstat in windows ?
it's part of the package, net-tools, on the off-chance you don't have it.
gibbons has installed the ethernet and wireless as eth0 and eth1. how do i rename the wifi card as ath0?
see /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
what's everyone using to manage music library in gnome on ubuntu?
rhythmbox + easytag
question: best software to run windows7 as a vm from ubuntu's 32 bit desktop?
check out virtualbox
what's the sure way to kill all instances of networkmanager?
pkill networkmanager
hey guys! any1 know how to get the grub booting list instead of the auto ubuntu load?
from memory, if you hold down the left shift key at bootup, that'll dislpay the boot list for grub
is this channel logged and public?
yes, at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com
does anybody know of some network hardware that actually reliably works in linux? i have intel pro/wireless 4965 and after a period of use, it just magically stops working.... and i have realtek rtl8111/8168b ethernet hardware and it randomly stops working too. and they stop working at different times. i've never had them both stop working at the same time. honestly ubuntu 10.10 needs rebooting more than win 95.
i'd suspect some sort of hardware issue.. cuz i have that same realtek device, and it never has caused me a problem
does anybody know if there is a problem with apache2 and php4 on hoary?
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-28241.html
is there a gnu equivelent of webex or gotomeetingtop shring?
but a gnu version - i don't think so
when installing, it the ubuntu flash screen supposed to be all fuzzy and blury or is it my comp and/or monitor?
go in synaptic and remove completely the previous versions , check in the status display to make sure there aren't any auto remove packages left
does kvm easy to use?
opinions differ. ;) i do have to say that virtualbox is highly polished. :)
for some reason nothing in gutsy will automount for me via usb (ipod, flash drives, etc). anyone know the problem?
i have the same problem, not sure of the solution
my ubuntu machine is getting about 1/4th the download speed it should, anyone know how to try to fix this?
can you try a speed test connecting wired, if it works wired we can focus on wireless being the problem
can someone help me configure an nvidia video card?
there's a nice tutorial in the wiki, if you get stuck a specific question just ask here
and which java version is in question? :)
exactly.
evening. what kernel is used in ubuntu 6.06 ?
2.6.15 modified by the ubuntu kernel manteiner (ben collins iirc)