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how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?	look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2
okay, shorter now: in ubuntu server 9.10, what is responsible for updating the /etc/motd file? is there a cron script? daemon? i can't find it.	take a look at the manpage for motd.tail, it explains the process.
i am unable to hear anything in my install of ubuntu, the mixer shows 2 defices.. alsa has an nvidia device and oss has a realtec one.. as far as i know it is a realtec audio system. ideas?	u sure you don't just have e.g. pcmoutput muted?
how to close the 'sudo' lease. for instance, when finished an operation with 'sudo', the system keeps ''open'' the previous given password permit also if i start another sudo instance and keeps 'open' for 10 mins. so, how can i stop/close that 'open elevation' status? i tried with 'exit' and 'sync' unsuccesfully	sudo -k
hi there, trying to use find command to find executable in my project. using find . -executable -name 'whatiamlooking' but it includes directories. how do i exclude directories	that is what comes off the top of my head.
would someone mind looking at this pastebin of my /var/log/syslog, could this be my problem? server running insanely slow, but not sure what this message means.	you have a severe hardware problem with your /dev/sda disk which is about to die.
is it bad if theres 6 instances of /sbin/getty -8 38400 ttyx? it makes me paranoid theres a bunch of people logged into my pc without me knowing it	those are completely normal- those are what manage the terminals you can access with ctrl-alt-f1 through f6
i have made a query from a database. is it possible to get the column names with the java api?	go to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/restrictedformats to find out all about mp3/dvd/flash/java/realplayer etc... support
how can i cd into a hidden directory in the terminal?	sudo -s for a root shell.
there's a graphical way?	yup :)
after upgrading to 8.04, while it appears that compiz is working (i get the wobbly windows and such), my previous settings have disappeared, and i can't seem to enable the emerald theme manager. when this happened in gutsy, there was an option in the preferences menu called 'gl desktop' that i guess would reload compiz, but that option is no longer available. how would i go about enabling the emerald themes and possibly getting my deskto	what about alt f2 emerald --replace
will someone help me figure out how to connect to my computer with my ds (running linux) using ssh? i have openssh-server installed, and ssh seems to be installed on the ds.	umm... you might want to ask a nds homebrew community
does anyone know a cli method that will tell me my external ip address, not the one my router gives me with ifconfig?	probably do some cool wget whatsmyip.org and fish it out of there :)
can i configure ubuntu with a fqdn for a domain name that is not currently pointing at the server? i am replacing one server with another	sure, just fill out the appropriate prompts when you install the os
hi.. i'm using ubuntu 5.10 on an acer travelmate 290. the sound i get from playing movies/mp3s is very 'noisy'. anyone knows how to fix this? thanks	try setting the pcm channel in alsamixer below 75%
hey guys, i'm wondering if there is a way to set up my system '10.10' to change the bandwidh priority. meaning, which applications get highest internet priority. example: right now, if i am downloading or uploading on transmission it has top priority and i have trouble browsing the web or even checking e-mail. i would like to set up so that my browser and such have top priority and transmission gets what evers left. can anyone hel	you can do it, with something to mark traffic and tools like tc. i seem to even recall a 'wondershaper' script you might be able to adapt to what you want. can't handhold you through the entire thing though.
guys i downloaded xine to compile manually and i find out that my system dosen't even have gcc, how is that possible :/	sudo apt-get install build-essential
is there a way to specify the current directory in terminal? i.e. mv /home/somefile to currentdirectory	notice the '.' at the end
hello, i have one question, exist template for create a wireless driver in ubuntu?, please	no, i'm not a developer.
what would the command be to symlink ~/home/files/ to a link at ~/homes/links/files	ln -s /home/files /home/links/files
looking for a good system benchmark tool that will measure the cpu capabilities and hdd read\write speeds and return the results of the calculations (which 'stress', for example, does not) so i can compare them against my other machine. any ideas?	not sure about cpu loading, but hdparm can run some tests to show read/write cache speeds of your drives
hi, how can i download man page 2 & man page 3 ? (for the system calls, chmod (2) for instance)	install manpages-dev
http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/61869/ >does that look good or bad?	sorry if i sound like mr obvious, but i would backup your data. that thing looks like your hd is failing.
has anybody experience in building a customized ubuntu install cd and give me any hints as to what approach i should try?	well check it - could be a possible solution
whats a good replacement for gaim? gaim keeps having some sort of segmentation fault even when i completely remove it then reinstall it.	centericq
hi all, would anyone be able to help me with a problem i'm having?	dpkg -s (or dlocate -s if you want it to be faster)
has any one here noticed problems installing addons for firefox from the mozilla website today? i've been having trouble all day	i just installed an addon with no issues
anyone know if there is an im client which supports the messenger games?	there are none out
i am going to do a fresh install with the 10.10 release candidate. is there a problem if i use: sudo cp -r /home /media/'my passport' to backup my home directories and then put them back once the upgrade is done? might i have permissions issues? or problems with incompatible config files?	i have useed it and found it to work quite well
hey, can anyone give me a link to the project status page?	http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudownunder/breezygoals
tomcat:_ ok so is there a apt-get for ff2 in dapper , manually as in what for example?	http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/ will install it for you. :-)
anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?	right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'
i was editing the applications menu to move stuff around when it lost focus and i accidentally deleted one of the root folders. i clicked 'revert' on menu changes i made, and it reverted the structure but just deleted any things i had in custom folders i made... how do i restore them?	how do you accidently delete the root folder? thats pretty impossible
hi, can someone please help me set up a iptable ?	iptables via cli isn't the easiest way, try a front-end like firestarter, or a simple one such as lokkit.
how can i get the uid of the logged in user?	type 'id'
i am running the rc on this laptop, how can i have it updated so it is at the 8.04 lts version?	you probably already are up to 8.04 level, there is no specific difference with rc if rc is uptodate
which gcc is being used in edgy?	gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)
can someone please tell me the name of the program that lists all of your processes?	top ?
what is the simplest way to set up a caching dns server on my system, which is only available locally?	dnsmasq is a caching dns forwarder, if that's all you want
how to insert a bulleted list in openoffice.org impress text?	select text , that you wana number >> bull >> bullet and numbering
how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
anyone else having problems with the update mirrors?	everyone... please see the topic
hello, my webcam was working fine wit ubuntu 10.10. it is now not working with 11.04. how to treble shoot this?	have you tested it in cheese?
hi! how can i fugure out what version of a package ubuntu 5.10 uses, without like, installing it? :)	http://packages.ubuntu.com
which irc channel should i use to ask questions about apps compilation for ubuntu?	you might find this interesting: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/compilingsoftware?highlight=%28%28compilingeasyhowto%29%29
is there a command to get a list of my executible dirs?	echo $path
where is the default make path?	/usr/bin/make
is there a tool for ubuntu that i can use to partition my disks with	qtparted
hi there, when i connect to wirless router, the wirless connection icon is changed to volume icon in 10.04, why is that? how to chane to normal? thanks , note: my system is updated , no new updates for my system	a volume icon facing which way
question: is there a src-deb concept ? if so, how do i find a source package for a given package ? (i need to apply a patch to it)	apt-get source <package>
how do i beautify my grub menu and multinest my gnome menu?	there is the grub-splashimages package.
what is hte concurrency level (i.e. the --jobs variable in make) for an 8 thread cpu (i7- 2600k)? i want to use 8. too many could lead in a conflict, too less wouldn't use entire power of the cpu. right?	use -j9
which packet proviles the mail command and the mailbox under /home/user/mail ???	mailutils or heirloom-mailx
question: how to power of computer at a certain time / in enter:amount:here ?	sudo shutdown -h 14:30 or sudo shutdown -h +45 (in minutes). man shutdown for more info.
how do i make grub use my actual resolution (1280x800) instead of 4:3 ratio ones?	http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-119696.html
sometimes when i run aptitude install it installs without asking me if it's ok and sometimes it asks me if what it is going to install is ok. can i force the question? or is it that it always asks when there are dependencies that will be isntalled to and not when it's only one package?	it only asks you if there is dependencies and/or downgrade/removals
'note for ubuntu feisty users: currently (as april 20, 2007), the mplayer/mencoder version in ubuntu feisty is buggy and produces noisy sound when used with devede' does anyone else have this same experience? that quote was taken directly from the devede website	i used mencoder in feisty and it worked well
is there anyway to get gnome terminal to remember my settings? for example.. i want it to start max size, with no menu bar.. it did it in 8.04 but it's not in 9.10	devilspie probably takes care of that also (in a non-app-specific way)
is there a difference between using 'bash script.sh' and './script.sh'?	./foo.sh executes the file. if the file starts with #!/bin/bash, then bash will interpret it, but not otherwise. on the other hand, « bash foo.sh » tells bash to interpret foo.sh.
whats wrong if gparted takes very long time to scann?	it should not. are some of your devices external usb?
is there a way to migrate my current /home to another partition and use it as the /home mountpoint when i reinstall?	depending on the files you may need to use somting other then cp
why does apt-get find some packages but not others?	it finds just the packages in the repositories you have subscribed. not all existing packages. add more repos and it will find more
what is the name of the default windows manager used in ubuntu ? is it gnome ?	gnome
i need basic knowledge, like if i'm not root and want to paste a file in a folder that i don't have write permission to; will i just be prompted for the root password or do i need to log out and then in again as root?	http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/104-5061484-7694347?initialsearch=1&url=search-alias%3dstripbooks&field-keywords=ubuntu&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=go :)
how can i regenerate xorg.conf coz i installed ati and gl doesn't work well want initial xorg.conf and no longer have it	in 9.10 many setups use a empty xorg.conf
what should i do	what are you talking aobut?
how can i run something through the terminal without dedicating that terminal to the application?	you can add a & at the end of the line. this forces the process to run in the background
is it normal thatt launchpad/rosetta is extremely slow? its not fun to translate when i need to wait 90% of my time	launchpad is indeed very slow
i know about the dailies, but they seem to be for the regular install-to-disk pre-release builds. just wanted to see if someone would suggest which livecd would be best to download	the livecds are built by hand
i can see it listed on the packages website, but aptitude does not see it	it is in universe repos.
real quick . . . does anyone know where the music app 'amarok' stores it's sqlite database file? in the $home dir???	i think its ~/.kde/config someplace
hi, how can i open or convert chm files. thanks	open with gnochm or xchm
i find that a very large amount of space on my root partition is being used by /var/cache/apt/archives. does it make sense to try to delete some of this? if so, is there an apt-* tool that does the cleanup?	apt-get clean
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches question: how do i run that command as root?	either su - to root, or sudo <command here>
hi, how do i share files with a windoze computer?	setup folder sharing, and have your music in that folder, then go to my network places or equivelent and do that
i wanted to know, what is the path to the ps file? under ubuntu jaunty?	type which ps
got a link for that?	you can find it in software center
arg i downloaded it and unpacked it with the dpkg -i thing and i still cant open the wma and i know the wma works to!	microsoft changes their codecs all the time
erm. how do i figure out what package contains a library or file i am hunting down?	you can do either (apt-get dist-upgrade; or apt-get install linux-image-virtual linux-virtual;) the second is mostly if you have other upgrades that you don't currently want to install
since i installed compiz i am not able to see the window cross, maximize and minimize sign	try pressing alt+f2 and running gtk-window-decorator --replace
hi there, just installed fresh 11.04 along with updates, however for some reason it uses vesa which doesn't support 3d acceleration instead of xorg's open-source intel driver (it's installed however), how do i fix that ?	we should form a support group for people who were crippled by the upgrade to 11.04
what is a 'transitional package'? (for example 'adobe flash player plugin installer'.)	http://askubuntu.com/questions/20377/what-exact-purpose-have-transitional-packages
i have really big problem, i burned the ubuntu files on a data-cd and rebooted my computer, i chooses boot from cd-rom but ubuntu didnt boot... do i need to burn the files on special way?	root account pass is disabled
i'm not sure if lyx would go in the gnome menu, but yes, you can kill the panel from the root console.	like sudo cdrecord ..., i tried that and didnt work
is xchat available on windows ?	nickrud http://www.silverex.org/download/
how do i list the files in a deb? to find location of specific file of a package?	even
hi guys. are there any documents out there that explain ubuntu's root policy? i seem to be able to use kdesu with my own password to run commands as root, but not su in a konsole session. anyone clarify?	did u edit /etc/sudoers?
why would anyone waste an nvidia video card on a ubuntu machine?	lots of games work in wine, and doom3, quake4, unreal tournament 200x, and others have native ports
i'm running fluxbox as wm and it's great, except one thing :/ my ipod won't load in rhythmbox. when i switch to my gnome-session it works fine but not using fluxbox (it connects without problem, but not listed in rhythmbox). how do i solve this? or is there another good music manager that i can use with ipod support (playing from the ipod) and last.fm scrobble?	im using exale media player, and i beleive it has support for what your wanting.
anyone know of a message box application that can be given a message from a command prompt and pop up on the screen? like ./messagebox 'hello'	zenity
does anybody know where i can find tcl8.5 tcl8.5-dev tk8.5 tk8.5-dev please?	why do you need them?
how do i commit my disk cache to disk (ext3) ?	sync
hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to mount and be able to write to an ntfs partition	create a fat32 that both windows/linucx can read /write is your best choice
how to add file contents with sudo? when i do sudo echo new_data > /etc/sysfile - redirect works not for root but for my user. so file cannot be opened	sudo bash -c 'echo new_data > /etc/sysfile'
whats fixres?	it was just a factoid the bot ubotu gave you. read it again.
how do i get the beryl options to appear under my 'appearance tab' in gnome?	beryl is not included with ubuntu, you may want to install 'compiz-settings-manager' though.
hello, i would like to install zend optimizer on my ubuntu server, does ubuntu have some package that include the zend optimizer?	whats the error
anything better than oo impress?	free money
hello, the cat utility in ubuntu, what does -u means? i just see 'ignored'?	it is ignored. it probably meant something on some old version of unix so the flag exists so as not to break things
guys any1 , i downloaded the torrent alternate i386 file , i dont have cd's , can i still upgrade from this file i have	if you have a working install of ubuntu i would just use update manager

how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?

look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2

okay, shorter now: in ubuntu server 9.10, what is responsible for updating the /etc/motd file? is there a cron script? daemon? i can't find it.

take a look at the manpage for motd.tail, it explains the process.

i am unable to hear anything in my install of ubuntu, the mixer shows 2 defices.. alsa has an nvidia device and oss has a realtec one.. as far as i know it is a realtec audio system. ideas?

u sure you don't just have e.g. pcmoutput muted?

how to close the 'sudo' lease. for instance, when finished an operation with 'sudo', the system keeps ''open'' the previous given password permit also if i start another sudo instance and keeps 'open' for 10 mins. so, how can i stop/close that 'open elevation' status? i tried with 'exit' and 'sync' unsuccesfully

sudo -k

hi there, trying to use find command to find executable in my project. using find . -executable -name 'whatiamlooking' but it includes directories. how do i exclude directories

that is what comes off the top of my head.

would someone mind looking at this pastebin of my /var/log/syslog, could this be my problem? server running insanely slow, but not sure what this message means.

you have a severe hardware problem with your /dev/sda disk which is about to die.

is it bad if theres 6 instances of /sbin/getty -8 38400 ttyx? it makes me paranoid theres a bunch of people logged into my pc without me knowing it

those are completely normal- those are what manage the terminals you can access with ctrl-alt-f1 through f6

i have made a query from a database. is it possible to get the column names with the java api?

go to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/restrictedformats to find out all about mp3/dvd/flash/java/realplayer etc... support

how can i cd into a hidden directory in the terminal?

sudo -s for a root shell.

there's a graphical way?

yup :)

after upgrading to 8.04, while it appears that compiz is working (i get the wobbly windows and such), my previous settings have disappeared, and i can't seem to enable the emerald theme manager. when this happened in gutsy, there was an option in the preferences menu called 'gl desktop' that i guess would reload compiz, but that option is no longer available. how would i go about enabling the emerald themes and possibly getting my deskto

what about alt f2 emerald --replace

will someone help me figure out how to connect to my computer with my ds (running linux) using ssh? i have openssh-server installed, and ssh seems to be installed on the ds.

umm... you might want to ask a nds homebrew community

does anyone know a cli method that will tell me my external ip address, not the one my router gives me with ifconfig?

probably do some cool wget whatsmyip.org and fish it out of there :)

can i configure ubuntu with a fqdn for a domain name that is not currently pointing at the server? i am replacing one server with another

sure, just fill out the appropriate prompts when you install the os

hi.. i'm using ubuntu 5.10 on an acer travelmate 290. the sound i get from playing movies/mp3s is very 'noisy'. anyone knows how to fix this? thanks

try setting the pcm channel in alsamixer below 75%

hey guys, i'm wondering if there is a way to set up my system '10.10' to change the bandwidh priority. meaning, which applications get highest internet priority. example: right now, if i am downloading or uploading on transmission it has top priority and i have trouble browsing the web or even checking e-mail. i would like to set up so that my browser and such have top priority and transmission gets what evers left. can anyone hel

you can do it, with something to mark traffic and tools like tc. i seem to even recall a 'wondershaper' script you might be able to adapt to what you want. can't handhold you through the entire thing though.

guys i downloaded xine to compile manually and i find out that my system dosen't even have gcc, how is that possible :/

sudo apt-get install build-essential

is there a way to specify the current directory in terminal? i.e. mv /home/somefile to currentdirectory

notice the '.' at the end

hello, i have one question, exist template for create a wireless driver in ubuntu?, please

no, i'm not a developer.

what would the command be to symlink ~/home/files/ to a link at ~/homes/links/files

ln -s /home/files /home/links/files

looking for a good system benchmark tool that will measure the cpu capabilities and hdd read\write speeds and return the results of the calculations (which 'stress', for example, does not) so i can compare them against my other machine. any ideas?

not sure about cpu loading, but hdparm can run some tests to show read/write cache speeds of your drives

hi, how can i download man page 2 & man page 3 ? (for the system calls, chmod (2) for instance)

install manpages-dev

http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/61869/ >does that look good or bad?

sorry if i sound like mr obvious, but i would backup your data. that thing looks like your hd is failing.

has anybody experience in building a customized ubuntu install cd and give me any hints as to what approach i should try?

well check it - could be a possible solution

whats a good replacement for gaim? gaim keeps having some sort of segmentation fault even when i completely remove it then reinstall it.

centericq

hi all, would anyone be able to help me with a problem i'm having?

dpkg -s (or dlocate -s if you want it to be faster)

has any one here noticed problems installing addons for firefox from the mozilla website today? i've been having trouble all day

i just installed an addon with no issues

anyone know if there is an im client which supports the messenger games?

there are none out

i am going to do a fresh install with the 10.10 release candidate. is there a problem if i use: sudo cp -r /home /media/'my passport' to backup my home directories and then put them back once the upgrade is done? might i have permissions issues? or problems with incompatible config files?

i have useed it and found it to work quite well

hey, can anyone give me a link to the project status page?

http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudownunder/breezygoals

tomcat:_ ok so is there a apt-get for ff2 in dapper , manually as in what for example?

http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/ will install it for you. :-)

anyone know how to add the gnome menu to avant window navigator?

right-click on the channel tab 'hide join/part messages'

i was editing the applications menu to move stuff around when it lost focus and i accidentally deleted one of the root folders. i clicked 'revert' on menu changes i made, and it reverted the structure but just deleted any things i had in custom folders i made... how do i restore them?

how do you accidently delete the root folder? thats pretty impossible

hi, can someone please help me set up a iptable ?

iptables via cli isn't the easiest way, try a front-end like firestarter, or a simple one such as lokkit.

how can i get the uid of the logged in user?

type 'id'

i am running the rc on this laptop, how can i have it updated so it is at the 8.04 lts version?

you probably already are up to 8.04 level, there is no specific difference with rc if rc is uptodate

which gcc is being used in edgy?

gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)

can someone please tell me the name of the program that lists all of your processes?

top ?

what is the simplest way to set up a caching dns server on my system, which is only available locally?

dnsmasq is a caching dns forwarder, if that's all you want

how to insert a bulleted list in openoffice.org impress text?

select text , that you wana number >> bull >> bullet and numbering

how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

anyone else having problems with the update mirrors?

everyone... please see the topic

hello, my webcam was working fine wit ubuntu 10.10. it is now not working with 11.04. how to treble shoot this?

have you tested it in cheese?

hi! how can i fugure out what version of a package ubuntu 5.10 uses, without like, installing it? :)

http://packages.ubuntu.com

which irc channel should i use to ask questions about apps compilation for ubuntu?

you might find this interesting: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/compilingsoftware?highlight=%28%28compilingeasyhowto%29%29

is there a command to get a list of my executible dirs?

echo $path

where is the default make path?

/usr/bin/make

is there a tool for ubuntu that i can use to partition my disks with

qtparted

hi there, when i connect to wirless router, the wirless connection icon is changed to volume icon in 10.04, why is that? how to chane to normal? thanks , note: my system is updated , no new updates for my system

a volume icon facing which way

question: is there a src-deb concept ? if so, how do i find a source package for a given package ? (i need to apply a patch to it)

apt-get source <package>

how do i beautify my grub menu and multinest my gnome menu?

there is the grub-splashimages package.

what is hte concurrency level (i.e. the --jobs variable in make) for an 8 thread cpu (i7- 2600k)? i want to use 8. too many could lead in a conflict, too less wouldn't use entire power of the cpu. right?

use -j9

which packet proviles the mail command and the mailbox under /home/user/mail ???

mailutils or heirloom-mailx

question: how to power of computer at a certain time / in enter:amount:here ?

sudo shutdown -h 14:30 or sudo shutdown -h +45 (in minutes). man shutdown for more info.

how do i make grub use my actual resolution (1280x800) instead of 4:3 ratio ones?

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-119696.html

sometimes when i run aptitude install it installs without asking me if it's ok and sometimes it asks me if what it is going to install is ok. can i force the question? or is it that it always asks when there are dependencies that will be isntalled to and not when it's only one package?

it only asks you if there is dependencies and/or downgrade/removals

'note for ubuntu feisty users: currently (as april 20, 2007), the mplayer/mencoder version in ubuntu feisty is buggy and produces noisy sound when used with devede' does anyone else have this same experience? that quote was taken directly from the devede website

i used mencoder in feisty and it worked well

is there anyway to get gnome terminal to remember my settings? for example.. i want it to start max size, with no menu bar.. it did it in 8.04 but it's not in 9.10

devilspie probably takes care of that also (in a non-app-specific way)

is there a difference between using 'bash script.sh' and './script.sh'?

./foo.sh executes the file. if the file starts with #!/bin/bash, then bash will interpret it, but not otherwise. on the other hand, « bash foo.sh » tells bash to interpret foo.sh.

whats wrong if gparted takes very long time to scann?

it should not. are some of your devices external usb?

is there a way to migrate my current /home to another partition and use it as the /home mountpoint when i reinstall?

depending on the files you may need to use somting other then cp

why does apt-get find some packages but not others?

it finds just the packages in the repositories you have subscribed. not all existing packages. add more repos and it will find more

what is the name of the default windows manager used in ubuntu ? is it gnome ?

gnome

i need basic knowledge, like if i'm not root and want to paste a file in a folder that i don't have write permission to; will i just be prompted for the root password or do i need to log out and then in again as root?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/104-5061484-7694347?initialsearch=1&url=search-alias%3dstripbooks&field-keywords=ubuntu&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=go :)

how can i regenerate xorg.conf coz i installed ati and gl doesn't work well want initial xorg.conf and no longer have it

in 9.10 many setups use a empty xorg.conf

what should i do

what are you talking aobut?

how can i run something through the terminal without dedicating that terminal to the application?

you can add a & at the end of the line. this forces the process to run in the background

is it normal thatt launchpad/rosetta is extremely slow? its not fun to translate when i need to wait 90% of my time

launchpad is indeed very slow

i know about the dailies, but they seem to be for the regular install-to-disk pre-release builds. just wanted to see if someone would suggest which livecd would be best to download

the livecds are built by hand

i can see it listed on the packages website, but aptitude does not see it

it is in universe repos.

real quick . . . does anyone know where the music app 'amarok' stores it's sqlite database file? in the $home dir???

i think its ~/.kde/config someplace

hi, how can i open or convert chm files. thanks

open with gnochm or xchm

i find that a very large amount of space on my root partition is being used by /var/cache/apt/archives. does it make sense to try to delete some of this? if so, is there an apt-* tool that does the cleanup?

apt-get clean

echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches question: how do i run that command as root?

either su - to root, or sudo <command here>

hi, how do i share files with a windoze computer?

setup folder sharing, and have your music in that folder, then go to my network places or equivelent and do that

i wanted to know, what is the path to the ps file? under ubuntu jaunty?

type which ps

got a link for that?

you can find it in software center

arg i downloaded it and unpacked it with the dpkg -i thing and i still cant open the wma and i know the wma works to!

microsoft changes their codecs all the time

erm. how do i figure out what package contains a library or file i am hunting down?

you can do either (apt-get dist-upgrade; or apt-get install linux-image-virtual linux-virtual;) the second is mostly if you have other upgrades that you don't currently want to install

since i installed compiz i am not able to see the window cross, maximize and minimize sign

try pressing alt+f2 and running gtk-window-decorator --replace

hi there, just installed fresh 11.04 along with updates, however for some reason it uses vesa which doesn't support 3d acceleration instead of xorg's open-source intel driver (it's installed however), how do i fix that ?

we should form a support group for people who were crippled by the upgrade to 11.04

what is a 'transitional package'? (for example 'adobe flash player plugin installer'.)

http://askubuntu.com/questions/20377/what-exact-purpose-have-transitional-packages

i have really big problem, i burned the ubuntu files on a data-cd and rebooted my computer, i chooses boot from cd-rom but ubuntu didnt boot... do i need to burn the files on special way?

root account pass is disabled

i'm not sure if lyx would go in the gnome menu, but yes, you can kill the panel from the root console.

like sudo cdrecord ..., i tried that and didnt work

is xchat available on windows ?

nickrud http://www.silverex.org/download/

how do i list the files in a deb? to find location of specific file of a package?

even

hi guys. are there any documents out there that explain ubuntu's root policy? i seem to be able to use kdesu with my own password to run commands as root, but not su in a konsole session. anyone clarify?

did u edit /etc/sudoers?

why would anyone waste an nvidia video card on a ubuntu machine?

lots of games work in wine, and doom3, quake4, unreal tournament 200x, and others have native ports

i'm running fluxbox as wm and it's great, except one thing :/ my ipod won't load in rhythmbox. when i switch to my gnome-session it works fine but not using fluxbox (it connects without problem, but not listed in rhythmbox). how do i solve this? or is there another good music manager that i can use with ipod support (playing from the ipod) and last.fm scrobble?

im using exale media player, and i beleive it has support for what your wanting.

anyone know of a message box application that can be given a message from a command prompt and pop up on the screen? like ./messagebox 'hello'

zenity

does anybody know where i can find tcl8.5 tcl8.5-dev tk8.5 tk8.5-dev please?

why do you need them?

how do i commit my disk cache to disk (ext3) ?

sync

hey can anyone tell me if it is possible to mount and be able to write to an ntfs partition

create a fat32 that both windows/linucx can read /write is your best choice

how to add file contents with sudo? when i do sudo echo new_data > /etc/sysfile - redirect works not for root but for my user. so file cannot be opened

sudo bash -c 'echo new_data > /etc/sysfile'

whats fixres?

it was just a factoid the bot ubotu gave you. read it again.

how do i get the beryl options to appear under my 'appearance tab' in gnome?

beryl is not included with ubuntu, you may want to install 'compiz-settings-manager' though.

hello, i would like to install zend optimizer on my ubuntu server, does ubuntu have some package that include the zend optimizer?

whats the error

anything better than oo impress?

free money

hello, the cat utility in ubuntu, what does -u means? i just see 'ignored'?

it is ignored. it probably meant something on some old version of unix so the flag exists so as not to break things

guys any1 , i downloaded the torrent alternate i386 file , i dont have cd's , can i still upgrade from this file i have

if you have a working install of ubuntu i would just use update manager