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um an 'ubuntu' way would be no gcc at all so i wouldn't worry about it	that's a lame answer. ubuntu doesn't say you can't compile things, it just doesn't make you. it does however, give you packages for gcc, it should give me a way to select which to use.
hi - when i resume from a suspend, my eth0 connection does not come up automatically. even invoking dhclient does not work until i remove my network driver module and insert it again. can i fix this somewhat?	/etc/default/acpi-support : add the mod name to the modules list
how is the correct procedure to get somebody's attention??	type their name before text and it will get their attention
hm, is there a way to take a screenshot with a timer?	yes, apps->accessorioes->screenshot tool
what is the debian/ubuntu equivalent to redhat's chkconfig to turn off/on services on boot?	rcconf works (there are other ways)
(05:10:45 pm) and-ri: hello, how to disable the automatic opening windows if plug in an usb-stick?	in nautilus, go to edit --> preferences --> removable media... and uncheck the browse media when plugged check box.
can someone tell me where apps that i've downloaded are stored in the filesystem? i'm trying to open a file w/ a certain app, and i'm browsing endlessly looking for hte app's executable	eg: `which vim`
hey guys. if i copy everything (root and upwards) to an external hard disk, then after wiping the disk/installing another os/doing random stuff, could i put all that data back on the disk and do boot-repair to get it working again?	you could image your current install, then restore it.
when i open synaptic package manager i get this error- 'dkpg was interrupted- manually enter 'dpkg --configure -a'; how do i do that?	applications>accessories>terminal, in there type: sudo dpkg --configure -a
hello if i want to make an alias for all users, where to make that?	or a new file in /etc/profile.d
is there a specific way i can search the repos via the terminal like apt-get search 'blah' ?	apt-cache search stuff
i want to get rid of that droning sound that ubuntu does when i log on and log off. how do i do it?	system preferences sound
[ubuntu 8.04 and firefox 3.0b5] sound is working on all applications i've tried in ubuntu except for firefox. this comes in when at youtube, etc. i've searched ubuntuforums, but the prospects look bleak. is there anything anyone can recommend? thanks!	you should probably use 'gnash' for flash. you can search for it in synaptic. don't forget to remove other flash plugins.
to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd desktop' correct?	'cd ~/desktop'
hi! can someone tell me if the kernel source package 'linux-source-2.6.10' in hoary is kernel version 2.6.10-1 2.6.10-2 or 2.6.10-3	no, xcdroast is 'free' in both senses
i have 10.04 lts when comes next lts version, is it usually easy to dist-upgrade to it?	but with every upgrade, you run the risk of things breaking
hey where is the 'workspace switcher applet' i can't see it, where do i find it in gnome?	right-click a panel, then add to panel... workspace switcher
does #ubuntu-effects do compiz support too?	it's all that fancy swirly stuff
i cant start application in x-window from a linux remote desktop with ssh? any help please?	you must type ssh -x
hi all, in practice, is there any difference between dual-booting windows&ubuntu and using a virtual windows emmulator of some kind?	an emulator cannot run graphical programs with the same speed as an installed os, but it's sometimes faster to use.
grr 10.04, why did you have to go to grub 2 that is such a broken pile of crap?	i've gotten it to work last i recall, you just have to build a separate raid partition for /boot
what command can i use to check if my network connection is activated? and how can i activate it and deactivate it?	ifconfig
hi, anybody know of a good app for burning an avi to dvd?	k3b
hello, i have installed ubuntu-desktop on one test machine that i can access only via ssh, i was wondering how can i enable remote connections from the terminal to be able to access it using remote desktop connection 'vinagre' ?	with that you should be able to tunnel a vnc connection
does anyone know what package provides the man pages for getopt(3) (part of unistd.h)?	manpages-dev
can you get a version history for a given package?	you may want to lookup the changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/changelog.gz
if the first cdrom is hdc, what should the second one generally be ?	hda is the primary master, hdb is primary slave, hdc is secondary master, and hdd is secondary slave.
whats a quick cmdline that will tell someone if they are using dash or bash as sh?	ls -l $(which sh)
hello, i'm trying to get the 3m microtouch touchscreen to work and i hit the bug described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-mutouch/+bug/533502 . the end states that the bug is fixed in 11.04, does that mean that there is no way to use it in, say, 10.10?	let me take a look and see.
also... anybody know why youtube videos in firefox appear as gray boxes?	you need a flashplayer plugin
my kernel version for ubuntu is 2.6.20-15 straight from the installation, has a newer version been released in the updates? i can't get my wireless working to find out if there are any updates.	yes there is a newer kernel ....-16
how can i download a package from a repository without installing it?	go thru packages.ubuntu.com, there are links at the bottom for getting individual debs
with acpi disabled, will i be able to use a pmcia slot?	i don't see how acpi would affect pcmcia.
hey i'm trying to setup my ubuntu machines to print onto my windows shared printer. i set it all up. i watch it send a 127k file when i'm printing a test page, on the windows machine that 127k file stops at 64k and the file size keeps increasing. it was 64k/50mb by the time i purged the queue. any ideas, it won't print from ubuntu?	it's been a looong time, but i got cups to work after researching in the forums
what i realy want to see is a network play frozen-bubble	there's one installed by default
does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything	sudo service gdm start
hi, how do i set the default app for a certain file type in 12.04?	try looking in properties
how do i see more information from a package with apt-cache	apt-get show package
helo, i got a problem...i need to installl ubuntu-desktop, but i don't have internet, the only way to connect to internet is thru a browser, how can i install gnome in a pc without internet?	download the alternate cd, burn it (or mount the iso i guess), and then use apt-cdrom to add it as a repo
hi. while trying to install software with apt-get, apt-get also wants to remove software and i have no idea why. also, the to-be-removed software packages have a {u} after their name. what's going on here and is it safe to proceed? output: http://pastebin.com/uxcgapeg	they're probably marked as automatically installed and have no packages that depend on them. since they're all library packages or similar, should be fine to remove
anyone around running ubuntu on an asus eee pc ?	ask the room, it will respond
hello there i have a notebook with a excelent vga (nvidia 8700m 512mb gddr3) and i particually feel that compiz is not necessary..., my question is, by running gnome on metacity will it uses my vga power or not?	in all totality everything will use your card,i have a 8600 m gt
is there any good dvd iso recording software for linux?	check out gnome-files.org as a guide, then install those programs in synaptic
x crashed while i was playing a movie with vlc and now whenever i try to open a directory from my netbook remix desktop, it tries to open it with vlc.	i think you can change the default option to open the directory
i'm looking for a script or anything, that deletes my duplicate songs from my hardrive, any idea ?	sudo aptitude install fslint
device list in hardware tab of sound preferences is empty -- what do i do? works fine booting from livecd	ps on the cmd line is best
can i just delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (it looks wrong)? will it definitely get regenerated on reboot?	move it to some other place, reboot, and see
i updated to ubuntu dapper (from breezy) now i have about 3 versions of installed, which one do i really need?	you only need the latest 4.x version
what package do i use to open a winmail.dat file	do a 'file filename.dat' and see what it is
is there a good program which allows me to analyze information sent to the internet from a specific program?	wireshark
its the most unstable linux distri i ever tested so far :(	maby because nvidia suck ass, and ati radeon is the thing? :p
i got a problem with kde 4.3.4 when it's loggin in, plasma crashes and doesn't start... somebody knows why????	because kde4.x is lame
say, what are the defaults for wpa? tkip and psk, right?	wpa at home is usually setup with tkip psk
i wonder why multimedia codecs and (mp3 support) is not in universe or multiverse?	go to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/restrictedformats to find out all about mp3/dvd/flash/java/realplayer etc... support
is the entire ubuntu community swamped by idiots like me that ruined their computers trying to install the new edition?	define 'ruined', and how you went about to do so
how do i tell what version of xfree86 im running	then you have xorg
i've got a perculiar problem. i can connect to wifi, but random apps work, and others dont. chrome will connect, but firefox wont. pidgin will connect to freenode, but not to msn, or gtalk. what on earth could be causing this? (no i haven't done anything with a proxy, or any other network tweaks.)	probably dns issue
any recommendations to the best media player for playing dvd's?	have you tried vlc?
how do i view all packages i've installed?	dpkg -l
how do i open a file in a text editor using the terminal?	ctrl-alt-<arrows> should work
is there a recommended online resource to learn my way around the terminal? i've learned a few things, but i can see how that would be valuable and would like to learn more. thanks for your help.	see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/usingtheterminal
how to change the password of default keyring ?	applications > accessories > passwords and encryption keys. click the 'passwords' tab. right-click 'passwords: default', select 'change password'.
i'm setting up my ubuntu server, and i've installed xinetd via aptitude; however, it doesn't seem to be running. no pid is given when i do /etc/init.d/xinetd status	ps -ef \| grep xinetd
is apache web server already installed in ubuntu?	apache2
hello, which file system should i use on ubuntu server edition if i am going to be installing a bittorrent client on the server machine?	best to just go with the defaults. lots of though has gone into them to make sure they work.
does anyone have any good alternative suggestions to google-desktop... i just need a quick launcher for programs (kind of like osx's spotlight)	gnome-do?
when i start up with my usb harddrive connected, ubuntu will have it mounted as /media/sdb5. when i hotplug it, it will show up as /media/usbdisk, which confuses all my programs which expect stuff to be at /media/sdb5, not usbdisk. how can i fix this. the only entry in /etc/fstab is for sdb5. i have no idea where that usbdisk comes from.	that usbdisk comes from pmount
how many cd's does the 7.10 release use? is there a way to download all the iso's for a complete 7.10 release so that a network is not needed?	but be aware, a lot of packages have been updated, you'll still need a net to be up to date
if i want to just read lines in a file with george i will do cat file.txt \| grep george > georgefile.txt. but what if i want all lines with george or fred?	then do: cat file.txt \| grep 'george\|fred' > georgefile.txt
any software to auto detect sniffer machine that have promisic network in a subnet in ubuntu?	might be able to detect it detect it with that
i just added a new hard drive and i am editing the fstab could any tell me if this looks right?	just remove the 1 at the end
what's the package name for gtk+ 2.4 or later	search for packages via terminal using 'apt-cache search x' where x is a search parameter
hey all. i am recovering grub after reinstalling windows, and am getting an error message. 'grub-reinstall failed with exit code 20'. i searched on google, and can't find anyone with same problem. help please?	any messages before that?
does xmms support mpeg? because i just tried an mpeg video and it didnt work	use vlc for mpeg
greetings. how can i create a .deb file?	http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debpkg.html
hello!! i need to figure out a way to run samba on user logon instead of at startup.. i only want samba to run if a specific user logs in.	the samba-doc pakcage has all the info you would ever want on samba - if its doable - it may be mentioned in there.
whew, i dunno why someone said xchat is better than pidgin this looks really garbled	i use pidgin and its not bad, but try amsn its much better
how do i check my version of ubuntu?	i think 'cat /proc/version'
as root? is your user in group audio?	i have tryed everyting
is there a simple way to add a boot partition to grub?	go in the network preferences and tell it to allow all users
a bit off-topic but; does anyone know of some sort of opensource webbased software development collaboration tool exist? one that can be easily installed using a standard hosting plan (php/mysql)?	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_content_management_systems
hey guys, when i 'chmod g-r *' in my home directory, only files not starting with '.' have permissions set -r, how can i get chmod to change hidden files too?	chmod g-r .*
is there anything like vmware fusion for linux? i know that particular program is available on mac os x.	in case you missed it, vmware workstation works in ubuntu and has unity support and the likes.
why don't the icons on my new docky work.. they just bounce but will not open.	ask the makers of your dock.
anyone know how to set up ubuntu so it automagically log in a specific user?	sudo gdmsetup
hello ! how can i install rpm files under ubuntu ? i tried rpm -i filename and it does not work !? thanks	use alien to convert into .deb
is there an easy way of using also kde on my ubuntu without having to get rid of gnome?	you can set it up as a alternate
we have a centralized samba share for mounting all the /var/cache/apt/archives of all the ubuntu machines. this allows less downloads when doing updates. we also have the repositories download from a centralized location. so we update the main machine, and then the other machines update from the local network.	why samba instead of http?
how can i make ubuntu (7.10) re-auto-generate my x.org conf? the list of resolutions and refresh rates is all weird :s	sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
how can i add a gateway for an interface? i put the static ip in /etc/network/interfaces	'man interfaces' has the file syntax for you
how do i cat a file from teh bottom?	tac
i installed xchat-gnome a while ago, but removed it again as i like the normal xchat better. but in firefox everytime i try to enter a irc:// link it want to open xchat-gnome, how can i change this to the right application?	in the >.> i know this let me think
is there a learn to type programf or ubuntu?	tuxtype
hey guys. im running ubuntu 10.04 (great so far), and would like to know if there is any way to play back hd video (.m2ts, .mkv, etc) or flash video with hardware acceleration. i have an ati card (radeon 4650) btw. thanks	with hardware acceleration you will neet to wait to the next version of vlc, 1.2 i believe
hello. i'm trying to add a music directory to fstab so the notebook i'm building a guy will see his windows music as if it's his /home/user/music directory .. but there are spaces in the file names; can i use same syntax with fastab as cli? /media/windows\ hd/documents\ and\ settings/ etc etc?	no you can't
my disk is too full, and i have too many kernels listed in grub, can anyone help me to delete the old kernels and to remove them from grub	http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/
does anyone know the name of that program that forks to background, and then matches new windows to rules, for the purpose of window resizing, location, etc...? (i can't find it in my bookmarks, nor on google)	devilspie?
hey, if my firefox crashed, how can i kill it? its not going away	pkill firefox or killall firefox or use -9 if that doesnt work
any recommendations on a disk recovery utility? i am going to repartition a drive, and then try to recover the data on it...	http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/testdisk
hey folks. got a problem here. just installed ubuntu and i'm loving it. i finally got the install for my graohics card to work, and boom. i boot up, and then my mouse stops working. it's a ps/2 mouse. i know most people use usb, but my 4 usb ports are filled by my keyboard, my mic, my webcam, and my ipod. any help would be great, thanks!	i think your mouse is not configured properly in the xorg.conf file

um an 'ubuntu' way would be no gcc at all so i wouldn't worry about it

that's a lame answer. ubuntu doesn't say you can't compile things, it just doesn't make you. it does however, give you packages for gcc, it should give me a way to select which to use.

hi - when i resume from a suspend, my eth0 connection does not come up automatically. even invoking dhclient does not work until i remove my network driver module and insert it again. can i fix this somewhat?

/etc/default/acpi-support : add the mod name to the modules list

how is the correct procedure to get somebody's attention??

type their name before text and it will get their attention

hm, is there a way to take a screenshot with a timer?

yes, apps->accessorioes->screenshot tool

what is the debian/ubuntu equivalent to redhat's chkconfig to turn off/on services on boot?

rcconf works (there are other ways)

(05:10:45 pm) and-ri: hello, how to disable the automatic opening windows if plug in an usb-stick?

in nautilus, go to edit --> preferences --> removable media... and uncheck the browse media when plugged check box.

can someone tell me where apps that i've downloaded are stored in the filesystem? i'm trying to open a file w/ a certain app, and i'm browsing endlessly looking for hte app's executable

eg: `which vim`

hey guys. if i copy everything (root and upwards) to an external hard disk, then after wiping the disk/installing another os/doing random stuff, could i put all that data back on the disk and do boot-repair to get it working again?

you could image your current install, then restore it.

when i open synaptic package manager i get this error- 'dkpg was interrupted- manually enter 'dpkg --configure -a'; how do i do that?

applications>accessories>terminal, in there type: sudo dpkg --configure -a

hello if i want to make an alias for all users, where to make that?

or a new file in /etc/profile.d

is there a specific way i can search the repos via the terminal like apt-get search 'blah' ?

apt-cache search *stuff*

i want to get rid of that droning sound that ubuntu does when i log on and log off. how do i do it?

system preferences sound

[ubuntu 8.04 and firefox 3.0b5] sound is working on all applications i've tried in ubuntu except for firefox. this comes in when at youtube, etc. i've searched ubuntuforums, but the prospects look bleak. is there anything anyone can recommend? thanks!

you should probably use 'gnash' for flash. you can search for it in synaptic. don't forget to remove other flash plugins.

to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd desktop' correct?

'cd ~/desktop'

hi! can someone tell me if the kernel source package 'linux-source-2.6.10' in hoary is kernel version 2.6.10-1 2.6.10-2 or 2.6.10-3

no, xcdroast is 'free' in both senses

i have 10.04 lts when comes next lts version, is it usually easy to dist-upgrade to it?

but with every upgrade, you run the risk of things breaking

hey where is the 'workspace switcher applet' i can't see it, where do i find it in gnome?

right-click a panel, then add to panel... workspace switcher

does #ubuntu-effects do compiz support too?

it's all that fancy swirly stuff

i cant start application in x-window from a linux remote desktop with ssh? any help please?

you must type ssh -x

hi all, in practice, is there any difference between dual-booting windows&ubuntu and using a virtual windows emmulator of some kind?

an emulator cannot run graphical programs with the same speed as an installed os, but it's sometimes faster to use.

grr 10.04, why did you have to go to grub 2 that is such a broken pile of crap?

i've gotten it to work last i recall, you just have to build a separate raid partition for /boot

what command can i use to check if my network connection is activated? and how can i activate it and deactivate it?

ifconfig

hi, anybody know of a good app for burning an avi to dvd?

k3b

hello, i have installed ubuntu-desktop on one test machine that i can access only via ssh, i was wondering how can i enable remote connections from the terminal to be able to access it using remote desktop connection 'vinagre' ?

with that you should be able to tunnel a vnc connection

does anyone know what package provides the man pages for getopt(3) (part of unistd.h)?

manpages-dev

can you get a version history for a given package?

you may want to lookup the changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/changelog.gz

if the first cdrom is hdc, what should the second one generally be ?

hda is the primary master, hdb is primary slave, hdc is secondary master, and hdd is secondary slave.

whats a quick cmdline that will tell someone if they are using dash or bash as sh?

ls -l $(which sh)

hello, i'm trying to get the 3m microtouch touchscreen to work and i hit the bug described here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-mutouch/+bug/533502 . the end states that the bug is fixed in 11.04, does that mean that there is no way to use it in, say, 10.10?

let me take a look and see.

also... anybody know why youtube videos in firefox appear as gray boxes?

you need a flashplayer plugin

my kernel version for ubuntu is 2.6.20-15 straight from the installation, has a newer version been released in the updates? i can't get my wireless working to find out if there are any updates.

yes there is a newer kernel ....-16

how can i download a package from a repository without installing it?

go thru packages.ubuntu.com, there are links at the bottom for getting individual debs

with acpi disabled, will i be able to use a pmcia slot?

i don't see how acpi would affect pcmcia.

hey i'm trying to setup my ubuntu machines to print onto my windows shared printer. i set it all up. i watch it send a 127k file when i'm printing a test page, on the windows machine that 127k file stops at 64k and the file size keeps increasing. it was 64k/50mb by the time i purged the queue. any ideas, it won't print from ubuntu?

it's been a looong time, but i got cups to work after researching in the forums

what i realy want to see is a network play frozen-bubble

there's one installed by default

does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything

sudo service gdm start

hi, how do i set the default app for a certain file type in 12.04?

try looking in properties

how do i see more information from a package with apt-cache

apt-get show package

helo, i got a problem...i need to installl ubuntu-desktop, but i don't have internet, the only way to connect to internet is thru a browser, how can i install gnome in a pc without internet?

download the alternate cd, burn it (or mount the iso i guess), and then use apt-cdrom to add it as a repo

hi. while trying to install software with apt-get, apt-get also wants to remove software and i have no idea why. also, the to-be-removed software packages have a {u} after their name. what's going on here and is it safe to proceed? output: http://pastebin.com/uxcgapeg

they're probably marked as automatically installed and have no packages that depend on them. since they're all library packages or similar, should be fine to remove

anyone around running ubuntu on an asus eee pc ?

ask the room, it will respond

hello there i have a notebook with a excelent vga (nvidia 8700m 512mb gddr3) and i particually feel that compiz is not necessary..., my question is, by running gnome on metacity will it uses my vga power or not?

in all totality everything will use your card,i have a 8600 m gt

is there any good dvd iso recording software for linux?

check out gnome-files.org as a guide, then install those programs in synaptic

x crashed while i was playing a movie with vlc and now whenever i try to open a directory from my netbook remix desktop, it tries to open it with vlc.

i think you can change the default option to open the directory

i'm looking for a script or anything, that deletes my duplicate songs from my hardrive, any idea ?

sudo aptitude install fslint

device list in hardware tab of sound preferences is empty -- what do i do? works fine booting from livecd

ps on the cmd line is best

can i just delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (it looks wrong)? will it definitely get regenerated on reboot?

move it to some other place, reboot, and see

i updated to ubuntu dapper (from breezy) now i have about 3 versions of installed, which one do i really need?

you only need the latest 4.x version

what package do i use to open a winmail.dat file

do a 'file filename.dat' and see what it is

is there a good program which allows me to analyze information sent to the internet from a specific program?

wireshark

its the most unstable linux distri i ever tested so far :(

maby because nvidia suck ass, and ati radeon is the thing? :p

i got a problem with kde 4.3.4 when it's loggin in, plasma crashes and doesn't start... somebody knows why????

because kde4.x is lame

say, what are the defaults for wpa? tkip and psk, right?

wpa at home is usually setup with tkip psk

i wonder why multimedia codecs and (mp3 support) is not in universe or multiverse?

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

is the entire ubuntu community swamped by idiots like me that ruined their computers trying to install the new edition?

define 'ruined', and how you went about to do so

how do i tell what version of xfree86 im running

then you have xorg

i've got a perculiar problem. i can connect to wifi, but random apps work, and others dont. chrome will connect, but firefox wont. pidgin will connect to freenode, but not to msn, or gtalk. what on earth could be causing this? (no i haven't done anything with a proxy, or any other network tweaks.)

probably dns issue

any recommendations to the best media player for playing dvd's?

have you tried vlc?

how do i view all packages i've installed?

dpkg -l

how do i open a file in a text editor using the terminal?

ctrl-alt-<arrows> should work

is there a recommended online resource to learn my way around the terminal? i've learned a few things, but i can see how that would be valuable and would like to learn more. thanks for your help.

see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/usingtheterminal

how to change the password of default keyring ?

applications > accessories > passwords and encryption keys. click the 'passwords' tab. right-click 'passwords: default', select 'change password'.

i'm setting up my ubuntu server, and i've installed xinetd via aptitude; however, it doesn't seem to be running. no pid is given when i do /etc/init.d/xinetd status

ps -ef | grep xinetd

is apache web server already installed in ubuntu?

apache2

hello, which file system should i use on ubuntu server edition if i am going to be installing a bittorrent client on the server machine?

best to just go with the defaults. lots of though has gone into them to make sure they work.

does anyone have any good alternative suggestions to google-desktop... i just need a quick launcher for programs (kind of like osx's spotlight)

gnome-do?

when i start up with my usb harddrive connected, ubuntu will have it mounted as /media/sdb5. when i hotplug it, it will show up as /media/usbdisk, which confuses all my programs which expect stuff to be at /media/sdb5, not usbdisk. how can i fix this. the only entry in /etc/fstab is for sdb5. i have no idea where that usbdisk comes from.

that usbdisk comes from pmount

how many cd's does the 7.10 release use? is there a way to download all the iso's for a complete 7.10 release so that a network is not needed?

but be aware, a lot of packages have been updated, you'll still need a net to be up to date

if i want to just read lines in a file with george i will do cat file.txt | grep george > georgefile.txt. but what if i want all lines with george or fred?

then do: cat file.txt | grep 'george|fred' > georgefile.txt

any software to auto detect sniffer machine that have promisic network in a subnet in ubuntu?

might be able to detect it detect it with that

i just added a new hard drive and i am editing the fstab could any tell me if this looks right?

just remove the 1 at the end

what's the package name for gtk+ 2.4 or later

search for packages via terminal using 'apt-cache search x' where x is a search parameter

hey all. i am recovering grub after reinstalling windows, and am getting an error message. 'grub-reinstall failed with exit code 20'. i searched on google, and can't find anyone with same problem. help please?

any messages before that?

does xmms support mpeg? because i just tried an mpeg video and it didnt work

use vlc for mpeg

greetings. how can i create a .deb file?

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debpkg.html

hello!! i need to figure out a way to run samba on user logon instead of at startup.. i only want samba to run if a specific user logs in.

the samba-doc pakcage has all the info you would ever want on samba - if its doable - it may be mentioned in there.

whew, i dunno why someone said xchat is better than pidgin this looks really garbled

i use pidgin and its not bad, but try amsn its much better

how do i check my version of ubuntu?

i think 'cat /proc/version'

as root? is your user in group audio?

i have tryed everyting

is there a simple way to add a boot partition to grub?

go in the network preferences and tell it to allow all users

a bit off-topic but; does anyone know of some sort of opensource webbased software development collaboration tool exist? one that can be easily installed using a standard hosting plan (php/mysql)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_content_management_systems

hey guys, when i 'chmod g-r *' in my home directory, only files not starting with '.' have permissions set -r, how can i get chmod to change hidden files too?

chmod g-r .*

is there anything like vmware fusion for linux? i know that particular program is available on mac os x.

in case you missed it, vmware workstation works in ubuntu and has unity support and the likes.

why don't the icons on my new docky work.. they just bounce but will not open.

ask the makers of your dock.

anyone know how to set up ubuntu so it automagically log in a specific user?

sudo gdmsetup

hello ! how can i install rpm files under ubuntu ? i tried rpm -i filename and it does not work !? thanks

use alien to convert into .deb

is there an easy way of using also kde on my ubuntu without having to get rid of gnome?

you can set it up as a alternate

we have a centralized samba share for mounting all the /var/cache/apt/archives of all the ubuntu machines. this allows less downloads when doing updates. we also have the repositories download from a centralized location. so we update the main machine, and then the other machines update from the local network.

why samba instead of http?

how can i make ubuntu (7.10) re-auto-generate my x.org conf? the list of resolutions and refresh rates is all weird :s

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

how can i add a gateway for an interface? i put the static ip in /etc/network/interfaces

'man interfaces' has the file syntax for you

how do i cat a file from teh bottom?

tac

i installed xchat-gnome a while ago, but removed it again as i like the normal xchat better. but in firefox everytime i try to enter a irc:// link it want to open xchat-gnome, how can i change this to the right application?

in the >.> i know this let me think

is there a learn to type programf or ubuntu?

tuxtype

hey guys. im running ubuntu 10.04 (great so far), and would like to know if there is any way to play back hd video (.m2ts, .mkv, etc) or flash video with hardware acceleration. i have an ati card (radeon 4650) btw. thanks

with hardware acceleration you will neet to wait to the next version of vlc, 1.2 i believe

hello. i'm trying to add a music directory to fstab so the notebook i'm building a guy will see his windows music as if it's his /home/user/music directory .. but there are spaces in the file names; can i use same syntax with fastab as cli? /media/windows\ hd/documents\ and\ settings/ etc etc?

no you can't

my disk is too full, and i have too many kernels listed in grub, can anyone help me to delete the old kernels and to remove them from grub

http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/

does anyone know the name of that program that forks to background, and then matches new windows to rules, for the purpose of window resizing, location, etc...? (i can't find it in my bookmarks, nor on google)

devilspie?

hey, if my firefox crashed, how can i kill it? its not going away

pkill firefox or killall firefox or use -9 if that doesnt work

any recommendations on a disk recovery utility? i am going to repartition a drive, and then try to recover the data on it...

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/testdisk

hey folks. got a problem here. just installed ubuntu and i'm loving it. i finally got the install for my graohics card to work, and boom. i boot up, and then my mouse stops working. it's a ps/2 mouse. i know most people use usb, but my 4 usb ports are filled by my keyboard, my mic, my webcam, and my ipod. any help would be great, thanks!

i think your mouse is not configured properly in the xorg.conf file