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is there some command that i can run to check to see if i have an internet connection or not?	ping
i have some files on server, it has not gui, and i need to backup those files on dvd dl, is there some textual program (i used growisofs for iso images), so i could burn them?	http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-write-burn-data-to-dvd-or-dvdrw.html
what's the shortcut in xchat to go through people's nicks and auto insert them?	just type mobi <tab>
so no one has any idea why right clicking, hitting new appointment does nothing?	it maybe objects to your violent abuse. perhaps tap new appointment, rather than hit it
could anyone give a quick assist? what is the command to install a local (downloaded) .deb package?	sudo dpkg -i package.deb
what's the advantage of a nas over a regular external hard drive?	every nas should be accessed remotely, otherwise it'd be just a simple stupid hard disk ;-)
what is the command for opening nautilus with sudo power??? i forgot	: gksudo nautilus
slightly offtopic: anyone in here knows what this is? http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l84a3bf92be6919b52a021dlf5.jpg	probably a bad thing to inhale, but beyond that i couldn't say.
i am looking to use kvm in ubuntu 12.04 instead of virtualbox / vmware workstation. can someone suggest some good management tools (either gui or robust cli) to manage the application & vms?	the one i mentioned is
hey, what's the quickest way to mass encode a bunch of m4a songs to mp3?	http://linux.togaware.com/survivor/m4a_mp3.html
hi is there a simple notification software for ubuntu?	inotify
hmm, where does the trash can reside?	in your home directory, but it's hidden. .trash
pan nzb app doesnt seem to be in the repos for ibex, is that right? anyone know about this?	pan is in the intrepid repos.
hi, i added myself to the vboxusers group and i guess i deleted myself from the root group :/ the users and groups menu is gone, and i cant use sudo etc. any change i can re-add myself in another way? adduser wont work since i cant use sudo.	you need to be mamaber of 'admin' not 'root'
hey everyone, i was wondering what would be to be the best way to install ubuntu on a 2nd hard drive when i already have windows 7 on one?	download ubuntu, and follow instructions on screen =)
if i have two hard disks on my machine and i only want to partition the second one, how would i go about doing this.	boot up the live cd , in menu > system > admin > gnome partition editor will let you change your partitons
how do i allow a user sudo access	: you have to edit file named sudoers
how do i open system preferences in th terminal? like if i'm not the administrator and got that way on accident	2d = no dumb compiz glitches
quick question about chmod. will the -r option do what i want, if what i want is to change that directory, all its subdirectories, and files within those directories?	-r stands for recursive :)
hello,, it's me again. now, i've got another problem. i'm using mint 64-bit, on asus a43e, with graphic card, detected as intel sandybridge mobile and ram 2g. now, i've the following error (i upload in an image hosting) http://i.imgur.com/okzot.png could somebody help me out? fyi, if i maximized the window, the 'error' sometimes gone. and if it still there, i just minimized/ maximized/ restore the window till it's gone.	get mintsupport
correct, and not actually being on a partition is my number one reason for never recommending it	i'm still lacking an answer to my question
hello, im trying to completely remove mysql-server from my box to try and trigger the fresh install dialogue where i can set up passwords and users again	you can most likely sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-(whatever version it is)
does anyone have an external usb dvd rewriter that works?	i do, it's just a standard external usb case with a lg dvd writer... works just fine
anybody know of a nice database graphical designing tool, something to create the graphical layout for a database representation :? i do not want something that actually implements the database	uml things will, umbrello is one (qt), or you can just use something like dia
i have 8.04 working fine on this system .. is there a real compelling need to update it to 8.10?	there are no big changes.. you could as well try the live cd and decide later
hey any idea about mint 10 as an os?	i have all ssorts of different distri running from suse to mint and all are running fine )
hey guys, how would im running ubuntu 6.10 and love gnome but would like to install kde without it changing my usplash boot screen from the default ubuntu one is this possible?? i would also like to keep my gdm login screen	sudo apt-get install kde should do it
what packages do i need to install to get man pages for simple c functions, like fprintf, etc?	manpages-dev ??
does any one have idea	try totem /etc/skel/examples/experience\ ubuntu.ogg' as a test
what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application	then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process
hey guys. quick question: for a 1.6 ghz single core amd xp with a gig of ddr ram, is it worth going to xubuntu just for a quick boost of speed? it's fine running ubuntu but can struggle with some websites, esp. if there's quite a few tabs up. (i've read that xubuntu is quicker than ubuntu but actually not that much quicker, not as much as they make out anyway)	i'm sure the slowness it flash related
what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think	irssi
what's the command to print distro specific information?	lsb_release
what is the default root password when using the fiesty livecd?	there is none, use sudo
can you tell me a program for listing services in ubuntu	from the terminal: top or: ps -au
hello, what's the best fs type to use at present for a system disk and a separate data disk? ext2, 3, or 4? i don't need super high performance, priority is stability and i do want journaling	if you want to play it safe stick with ext3
hey, is there a way to make an xterm window go full-screen?	iirc there is a gnome-terminal menu option for going fullscreen.
i wonder if i should try seb128's gtk 2.7.0 packages. did they work for you?	they work quite fine
hi guys, in what package is the configure script located?	it's not part of a package. most programs have their own one as part of the source code
hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an \| grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?	nmap is very good at doing that
hello all, can someone please recommend some .ogv to .swf encoder? mencoder can convert only to .avi	or avidemux
hi- i'm trying to, while logged in to a remote machine, initialize an xserver on that machine to display on its monitor (this is a machine running edgy.) i have a barebones session in .xinitrc that i use when entering 'xinit' on the keyboard of the remote machine and that works fine	im not sure i know you can designate displays with xinit like xinit --:1 to launch
can anyone help me with the terminal commands to change the vlc theme so that i can read it.	screenshot?
how can i get ubuntu to load faster?	get a faster computer
hey, i have a problem. i just did a fresh install of ubuntu but i cant use sudo to run commands (its asking for a password even though i havent set one with `sudo passwd root`). what should i do?	it wants your user password
why does update manager update google-chrome?....i didn't add a repo for it, but installed it as a .deb myself.	i don't think it's possible to use compiz wallpaper + have desktop icons... i wish there was a way, but i've never seen one
is there a way to 'sudo' a file drag and drop?	cp -r
what is the recommended way of installing and using ubuntu on a mac intel? vm or bootcamp? if vm, which? had some trouble with virtualbox in the past...	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mactelsupportteam/communityhelppages
when is the next release of ubuntu live cd? please	10.10 refers to the date... oct of 2010
anyone have a way to permanently show the shutdown button on gnome 3 without using the alt key?	there is a plugin on the extension website for that
please help me i've an ubuntu netbook edition that doesn't want to be in italian language, just english. it's 10.04, how am i supposed to change language?	system>admin...>language support
cool ... i always forced it by tune2fs ... but how does it know which drives to check?	it looks for a 'forcefsck' file at the root of every volume in /etc/fstab.
is there a player which can play a video-file which i am downloading to my hdd? so i start watching the video while the download is not complete. the player should read the content which is downloaded after i start playing the incomplete file. vlc cant do this	nvm
hey, what's a good photo management program for ubuntu?	gthumb
question: [netstat] <defunct> in my process list is zombied. why? is this a concern?	didn't termonate properly, concer? they aren't a good thing, but not fatal either
will the gutsy release use the same repo's as gutsy rc?	yes. if you were using the rc repos, then you apt-get update and viola you are on the release.
does anybody know somba pretty well??	http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/cups-unable-to-connect-to-server-184088/
hi. is it possible to create an icon for firefox in the panel that opens up specific tabs? i have several projects which require me to open up a new firefox window with 3-5 tabs related to that project.	in the command line for the short cut 'firefox www.website.com www.otherwebsite.com www.otherotherwebsite.com
'use the largest continual free space'?	use the not used space (the one without partition)
how do i use/run wine? i used synaptic to install it.	wine nameofwindowsexecutable.exe
does anyone know of a way where i can view package descriptions/info in the terminal using apt-get?	apt-cache search <package>
hi. can i make nautilus display a directory tree?	i think so, try the dropdown menu in the side pane
anyone know a way to pull like 100 files at a time out of directory and move them to another directory?	for foo in $(ls \|head -100); do mv '$foo' /some/path; done
a (very limited) list can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupport	thanks for the list
is there any chance i killed my gfx card bios while trying to set up beryl? i cant get any signal to come from it	its software, not firmware, it doesn't flash. so no
how do i make a panel launcher prompt me to sudo it?	put gksudo in front of the command
err, i had vista on one partition & ubuntu on another. instead of uninstalling ubuntu like i should have, i just deleted the partition. now, when i try to boot, it gets stuck on 'loading grub, please wait..' is there a way to get rid of grub or what? :<	boot from vsta dvd/cd and do a repair
can anyone try http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?idlink=3750020 and tell me if theres sound?	i got sound there
hello, i wanted to upgrade to 12.04 from 11.04 but the upgrade manager only shows 11.10. from the console as well it only says oneiric is available via do-release-upgrade -c -d	from 11.04, you have to update to 11.10 first.
hi. where is the log of past and present printer jobs stored?	/var/log/cups/
i have problems with firefox. so, is there any way to upgrade firefox from the terminal??	try sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
it doesn't look like apt-get install php5 is enough to give a person a php executable.	apt-cache search php cli ? is that what you want?
hi guys, how do i keep my screen from going blank after 5 minutes, i tried messing around in power management, but it won't work.	if all else fails you can set it in xorg.conf if you have the file
quick question only semi-related to ubuntu, is there any obvious way of making wget perform a command upon completing a download i'm missing?	you can always put in at the end of your terminal command line.. wget bla bla bla bla ; echo finished
would somebody help me with a question about killing both parent and child processes please. see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1372445	try killing the child process first, then kill its parent process...
no compiz on 11.04?	install ccsm and edit the settings for the unity plugin in it
hello im doing apt-get update but don't know what it will do?	'apt-get update' just updates the database of ubuntu packages; 'apt-get upgrade' upgrades packages
are there any free multiplayer games that run on linux that a lot of people play?	i wonder that too
hey all, quick question. how can i make a tar.lzma from a massive text file via linux terminal?	tar --lzma -cf foo.tar.lzma /path/*
hello, i would like to know the name of program that permits me to register my ubuntu session in flash format. someone knows ?	don't know about flash, but check out istanbul:
is there a gui way to change my ubuntu computer's hostname?	tried sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin yet?
my sound dies after my last upgrade and i see this error in my dmesg: . emu10k1_audigy: probe of 0000:00:0e.0 failed with error -5 .. ideas?	check dmesg for additional clues
did anyone had luck with installing feisty on a hp nx9420?	after updating the bios to newest version it should work
i'm trying to install ubuntu on someone's laptop. i'm at the 'who are you?' part, but the foward button is dimmed out. the status says 'ready when you are...' what do i do now?	make sure that your username doesn't contain any capital letters.
sorry about that, auto complete really does, mess up at times though	you say i should better try 9.10, not 10.4? why?
how do i tell grub where to find /boot? i installed 8.04rc in a spare partition on my boot hard disk (ide/ata) but it still points to the old install for /boot; i have a new /boot in a separate part. on another (sata) disk. this should work right? i don't want grub to re-build the menu.lst thogh. ideas?	:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351&highlight=grub
is there a way to get a list of packages that no package depends on?	that none? use deborphan.
was thinking of giving ubuntu server a try, does it require x? i intend to build an xless server	does not require x
hi, maybe an easy question, but how can i disable the bootsplash in edgy, so that i just see the bootup-messages in the console?	remove 'splash' from the kernel lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst
is it possible to install and run superkaramba in gnome?	its possible... don't know how well it works
how do i get the 10.4 desktop in 11.10	only thing close is the fallback not exactly the same, install the gnome-shell to get it.
i'd like to install ubuntu-desktop on a server (so i have to login screen and desktop) but i don't want all the office and email stuff, can i use apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --without-recommends?	it will give you the login screen, unity is a separate package though
anyone suggest a ruby editor?	gedit. it doesn't look like much, but actually enable the plugins and it's a lot like that editor that the mac paople have
i want to use my linux machine to make a phone menu. you know, 'press 1 to...'. i don't know where to even start looking. does anyone have any idea?	i'd suggest heading to the asterisk site and asking around there
i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.	try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php
can someone please explain what this guy means when he says 'then i added ndiswrapper to /etc/modules' in this article: 'https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/32275' ?	echo ndiswrapper \| sudo tee -a /etc/modules
how can i install splash screens?	for grub install apt-get install startupmanager
is there any way to do a complete reinstall of all soundrelated stuff on ubuntu?	sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base
i want to execute a bash script before the x server starts, how is that possible?	getting a script to run at boot before login: put it in you ~/.bashrc. something like: export path=$path:~/bin ...
hi. i have a quick bash question. i know that if i have a process running in the foreground, i can hit ctrl+z to stop it, followed by 'bg' to run it in the background. is there a single keystroke to take a foreground process and background it?	you can append & to the command line

is there some command that i can run to check to see if i have an internet connection or not?

ping

i have some files on server, it has not gui, and i need to backup those files on dvd dl, is there some textual program (i used growisofs for iso images), so i could burn them?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-write-burn-data-to-dvd-or-dvdrw.html

what's the shortcut in xchat to go through people's nicks and auto insert them?

just type mobi <tab>

so no one has any idea why right clicking, hitting new appointment does nothing?

it maybe objects to your violent abuse. perhaps tap new appointment, rather than hit it

could anyone give a quick assist? what is the command to install a local (downloaded) .deb package?

sudo dpkg -i package.deb

what's the advantage of a nas over a regular external hard drive?

every nas should be accessed remotely, otherwise it'd be just a simple stupid hard disk ;-)

what is the command for opening nautilus with sudo power??? i forgot

: gksudo nautilus

slightly offtopic: anyone in here knows what this is? http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l84a3bf92be6919b52a021dlf5.jpg

probably a bad thing to inhale, but beyond that i couldn't say.

i am looking to use kvm in ubuntu 12.04 instead of virtualbox / vmware workstation. can someone suggest some good management tools (either gui or robust cli) to manage the application & vms?

the one i mentioned is

hey, what's the quickest way to mass encode a bunch of m4a songs to mp3?

http://linux.togaware.com/survivor/m4a_mp3.html

hi is there a simple notification software for ubuntu?

inotify

hmm, where does the trash can reside?

in your home directory, but it's hidden. .trash

pan nzb app doesnt seem to be in the repos for ibex, is that right? anyone know about this?

pan is in the intrepid repos.

hi, i added myself to the vboxusers group and i guess i deleted myself from the root group :/ the users and groups menu is gone, and i cant use sudo etc. any change i can re-add myself in another way? adduser wont work since i cant use sudo.

you need to be mamaber of 'admin' not 'root'

hey everyone, i was wondering what would be to be the best way to install ubuntu on a 2nd hard drive when i already have windows 7 on one?

download ubuntu, and follow instructions on screen =)

if i have two hard disks on my machine and i only want to partition the second one, how would i go about doing this.

boot up the live cd , in menu > system > admin > gnome partition editor will let you change your partitons

how do i allow a user sudo access

: you have to edit file named sudoers

how do i open system preferences in th terminal? like if i'm not the administrator and got that way on accident

2d = no dumb compiz glitches

quick question about chmod. will the -r option do what i want, if what i want is to change that directory, all its subdirectories, and files within those directories?

-r stands for recursive :)

hello,, it's me again. now, i've got another problem. i'm using mint 64-bit, on asus a43e, with graphic card, detected as intel sandybridge mobile and ram 2g. now, i've the following error (i upload in an image hosting) http://i.imgur.com/okzot.png could somebody help me out? fyi, if i maximized the window, the 'error' sometimes gone. and if it still there, i just minimized/ maximized/ restore the window till it's gone.

get mintsupport

correct, and not actually being on a partition is my number one reason for never recommending it

i'm still lacking an answer to my question

hello, im trying to completely remove mysql-server from my box to try and trigger the fresh install dialogue where i can set up passwords and users again

you can most likely sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-(whatever version it is)

does anyone have an external usb dvd rewriter that works?

i do, it's just a standard external usb case with a lg dvd writer... works just fine

anybody know of a nice database graphical designing tool, something to create the graphical layout for a database representation :? i do not want something that actually implements the database

uml things will, umbrello is one (qt), or you can just use something like dia

i have 8.04 working fine on this system .. is there a real compelling need to update it to 8.10?

there are no big changes.. you could as well try the live cd and decide later

hey any idea about mint 10 as an os?

i have all ssorts of different distri running from suse to mint and all are running fine )

hey guys, how would im running ubuntu 6.10 and love gnome but would like to install kde without it changing my usplash boot screen from the default ubuntu one is this possible?? i would also like to keep my gdm login screen

sudo apt-get install kde should do it

what packages do i need to install to get man pages for simple c functions, like fprintf, etc?

manpages-dev ??

does any one have idea

try totem /etc/skel/examples/experience\ ubuntu.ogg' as a test

what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application

then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process

hey guys. quick question: for a 1.6 ghz single core amd xp with a gig of ddr ram, is it worth going to xubuntu just for a quick boost of speed? it's fine running ubuntu but can struggle with some websites, esp. if there's quite a few tabs up. (i've read that xubuntu is quicker than ubuntu but actually not that much quicker, not as much as they make out anyway)

i'm sure the slowness it flash related

what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think

irssi

what's the command to print distro specific information?

lsb_release

what is the default root password when using the fiesty livecd?

there is none, use sudo

can you tell me a program for listing services in ubuntu

from the terminal: top or: ps -au

hello, what's the best fs type to use at present for a system disk and a separate data disk? ext2, 3, or 4? i don't need super high performance, priority is stability and i do want journaling

if you want to play it safe stick with ext3

hey, is there a way to make an xterm window go full-screen?

iirc there is a gnome-terminal menu option for going fullscreen.

i wonder if i should try seb128's gtk 2.7.0 packages. did they work for you?

they work quite fine

hi guys, in what package is the configure script located?

it's not part of a package. most programs have their own one as part of the source code

hmm to check open ports i could ' netstat -an | grep 'listen' ' but that only sees for the machine correct?

nmap is very good at doing that

hello all, can someone please recommend some .ogv to .swf encoder? mencoder can convert only to .avi

or avidemux

hi- i'm trying to, while logged in to a remote machine, initialize an xserver on that machine to display on its monitor (this is a machine running edgy.) i have a barebones session in .xinitrc that i use when entering 'xinit' on the keyboard of the remote machine and that works fine

im not sure i know you can designate displays with xinit like xinit --:1 to launch

can anyone help me with the terminal commands to change the vlc theme so that i can read it.

screenshot?

how can i get ubuntu to load faster?

get a faster computer

hey, i have a problem. i just did a fresh install of ubuntu but i cant use sudo to run commands (its asking for a password even though i havent set one with `sudo passwd root`). what should i do?

it wants your user password

why does update manager update google-chrome?....i didn't add a repo for it, but installed it as a .deb myself.

i don't think it's possible to use compiz wallpaper + have desktop icons... i wish there was a way, but i've never seen one

is there a way to 'sudo' a file drag and drop?

cp -r

what is the recommended way of installing and using ubuntu on a mac intel? vm or bootcamp? if vm, which? had some trouble with virtualbox in the past...

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mactelsupportteam/communityhelppages

when is the next release of ubuntu live cd? please

10.10 refers to the date... oct of 2010

anyone have a way to permanently show the shutdown button on gnome 3 without using the alt key?

there is a plugin on the extension website for that

please help me i've an ubuntu netbook edition that doesn't want to be in italian language, just english. it's 10.04, how am i supposed to change language?

system>admin...>language support

cool ... i always forced it by tune2fs ... but how does it know which drives to check?

it looks for a 'forcefsck' file at the root of every volume in /etc/fstab.

is there a player which can play a video-file which i am downloading to my hdd? so i start watching the video while the download is not complete. the player should read the content which is downloaded after i start playing the incomplete file. vlc cant do this

nvm

hey, what's a good photo management program for ubuntu?

gthumb

question: [netstat] <defunct> in my process list is zombied. why? is this a concern?

didn't termonate properly, concer? they aren't a good thing, but not fatal either

will the gutsy release use the same repo's as gutsy rc?

yes. if you were using the rc repos, then you apt-get update and viola you are on the release.

does anybody know somba pretty well??

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/cups-unable-to-connect-to-server-184088/

hi. is it possible to create an icon for firefox in the panel that opens up specific tabs? i have several projects which require me to open up a new firefox window with 3-5 tabs related to that project.

in the command line for the short cut 'firefox www.website.com www.otherwebsite.com www.otherotherwebsite.com

'use the largest continual free space'?

use the not used space (the one without partition)

how do i use/run wine? i used synaptic to install it.

wine nameofwindowsexecutable.exe

does anyone know of a way where i can view package descriptions/info in the terminal using apt-get?

apt-cache search <package>

hi. can i make nautilus display a directory tree?

i think so, try the dropdown menu in the side pane

anyone know a way to pull like 100 files at a time out of directory and move them to another directory?

for foo in $(ls |head -100); do mv '$foo' /some/path; done

a (very limited) list can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupport

thanks for the list

is there any chance i killed my gfx card bios while trying to set up beryl? i cant get any signal to come from it

its software, not firmware, it doesn't flash. so no

how do i make a panel launcher prompt me to sudo it?

put gksudo in front of the command

err, i had vista on one partition & ubuntu on another. instead of uninstalling ubuntu like i should have, i just deleted the partition. now, when i try to boot, it gets stuck on 'loading grub, please wait..' is there a way to get rid of grub or what? :<

boot from vsta dvd/cd and do a repair

can anyone try http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?idlink=3750020 and tell me if theres sound?

i got sound there

hello, i wanted to upgrade to 12.04 from 11.04 but the upgrade manager only shows 11.10. from the console as well it only says oneiric is available via do-release-upgrade -c -d

from 11.04, you have to update to 11.10 first.

hi. where is the log of past and present printer jobs stored?

/var/log/cups/

i have problems with firefox. so, is there any way to upgrade firefox from the terminal??

try sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0

it doesn't look like apt-get install php5 is enough to give a person a php executable.

apt-cache search php cli ? is that what you want?

hi guys, how do i keep my screen from going blank after 5 minutes, i tried messing around in power management, but it won't work.

if all else fails you can set it in xorg.conf if you have the file

quick question only semi-related to ubuntu, is there any obvious way of making wget perform a command upon completing a download i'm missing?

you can always put in at the end of your terminal command line.. wget bla bla bla bla ; echo finished

would somebody help me with a question about killing both parent and child processes please. see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1372445

try killing the child process first, then kill its parent process...

no compiz on 11.04?

install ccsm and edit the settings for the unity plugin in it

hello im doing apt-get update but don't know what it will do?

'apt-get update' just updates the database of ubuntu packages; 'apt-get upgrade' upgrades packages

are there any free multiplayer games that run on linux that a lot of people play?

i wonder that too

hey all, quick question. how can i make a tar.lzma from a massive text file via linux terminal?

tar --lzma -cf foo.tar.lzma /path/*

hello, i would like to know the name of program that permits me to register my ubuntu session in flash format. someone knows ?

don't know about flash, but check out istanbul:

is there a gui way to change my ubuntu computer's hostname?

tried sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin yet?

my sound dies after my last upgrade and i see this error in my dmesg: . emu10k1_audigy: probe of 0000:00:0e.0 failed with error -5 .. ideas?

check dmesg for additional clues

did anyone had luck with installing feisty on a hp nx9420?

after updating the bios to newest version it should work

i'm trying to install ubuntu on someone's laptop. i'm at the 'who are you?' part, but the foward button is dimmed out. the status says 'ready when you are...' what do i do now?

make sure that your username doesn't contain any capital letters.

sorry about that, auto complete really does, mess up at times though

you say i should better try 9.10, not 10.4? why?

how do i tell grub where to find /boot? i installed 8.04rc in a spare partition on my boot hard disk (ide/ata) but it still points to the old install for /boot; i have a new /boot in a separate part. on another (sata) disk. this *should* work right? i don't want grub to re-build the menu.lst thogh. ideas?

:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351&highlight=grub

is there a way to get a list of packages that no package depends on?

that none? use deborphan.

was thinking of giving ubuntu server a try, does it require x? i intend to build an xless server

does not require x

hi, maybe an easy question, but how can i disable the bootsplash in edgy, so that i just see the bootup-messages in the console?

remove 'splash' from the kernel lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst

is it possible to install and run superkaramba in gnome?

its possible... don't know how well it works

how do i get the 10.4 desktop in 11.10

only thing close is the fallback not exactly the same, install the gnome-shell to get it.

i'd like to install ubuntu-desktop on a server (so i have to login screen and desktop) but i don't want all the office and email stuff, can i use apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --without-recommends?

it will give you the login screen, unity is a separate package though

anyone suggest a ruby editor?

gedit. it doesn't look like much, but actually enable the plugins and it's a lot like that editor that the mac paople have

i want to use my linux machine to make a phone menu. you know, 'press 1 to...'. i don't know where to even start looking. does anyone have any idea?

i'd suggest heading to the asterisk site and asking around there

i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.

try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php

can someone please explain what this guy means when he says 'then i added ndiswrapper to /etc/modules' in this article: 'https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/32275' ?

echo ndiswrapper | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

how can i install splash screens?

for grub install apt-get install startupmanager

is there any way to do a complete reinstall of all soundrelated stuff on ubuntu?

sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base

i want to execute a bash script before the x server starts, how is that possible?

getting a script to run at boot before login: put it in you ~/.bashrc. something like: export path=$path:~/bin ...

hi. i have a quick bash question. i know that if i have a process running in the foreground, i can hit ctrl+z to stop it, followed by 'bg' to run it in the background. is there a single keystroke to take a foreground process and background it?

you can append & to the command line