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how do i change the editor used by crontab?	http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256778.html
an error occured in avast! engine: invalid argument ?	you are on channel ubuntu not avast :)
can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory	i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/
something better than xchat?	whats your question? i use irssi (a command line utility) and prefer it to xchat.
hi, i want to know how to reinstall grub, because i'm going to reinstall windows xp in the first partition and it will remove grub.	take a look at the faq (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/commonquestions) as linked to in the channel /topic
how do i umount a volume by uuid?	umount /dev/dist/by-id/uuid_here
- hobbes1 - before you start editing the resolv.conf - i would check if dhcp is being used to configure the connection and/or if the cable modem can issue dns servers via dhcp - saves hassle in the long run..	actually i use dhcp on my pc at work, with /etc/resolv.conf manually tweaked to avoid the broken horrible dns forwarder our office has
another question: after installing a new ubuntu on a different machine, is there a way to install all applications that are installed in another ubuntu on a different machine?	yes there is.. :) see above for one way
is there a place where i can download custom load screens?	perhaps http://www.gnome-look.org
i'm trying to install ubuntu on a compaq presario v3000 cto notebook, but it appears there are already three partitions on the four partitions, on the roughly 100gig hd, about 70% of which is one which i assume has windows and most files, then followed by an 8 megabyte blank partition, then two i don't recognize that split the rest about in half which are mostly filled, but i have no idea with what. apparently (this isn't my co	have you tried mounting them to see what they contain? what file system are they?
hi guys, sorry for being a lazy ass, asking this question : what software could i use to record my desktop and get a format that would easily give me an output for hd upload to youtube ?	ffmpeg
is there a command that will tell me when an application is found using path, what location it was found in specifically? (like if i type firefox, it would tell me /usr/bin/firefox or /usr/local/bin/firefox or wherever it ended up finding it first?)	try 'which'
why won't graveman accept any audio for burning to an audio cd except wav's?	sounds like a highly application specific error, i would search on their website
i have a netgear wireless router connecting 2 computers and 1 laptop. i am going to buy a network switch. which network switch should i buy, and which one goes well with ubuntu and win xp?	sure, why not.
when hardy is release does that mean that people running beta can dist-upgrade to the release version	http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/04/21/upgrading-from-beta-to-rc-and-beyond/
whats the command to show error messges,	dmesg?
you apparently _have_ to install openjdk if you want to use netbeans, it doesn't install without it, even if you have sun-java	the depends state you can use openjdk or sun-java6 packages.
after upgrading to 10.04, after booting has ended, vt7 is just the purple ubuntu screen, and there are no consoles connected to vt1-6. so how do i go about fixing my ubuntu without being able to login?	not sure bout your particular issue, but i've used a livecd to resolve issues on broken installs
what do you guys reccomend for burning mp3s to cd form?	k3b will do it, i think?
hello .. can i ask a q please .. why do i need phyton for ?	python is some sort of programming language, and i guess some programs go through it for things
what packages are recommended when building stuff from source? like make, gcc and the tools?	the 'build-essential' package holds everything you should need (at least, to start with).
ubuntu 10.04 netbook i plugged in a wireless mouse and kbd and now my touchpad doesnt work. suggestions?	check to make sure it isn't disabled in your system > mouse preferences.
geeksquid: yeah i just f**ked my ubuntu before always kicked me to login... after 1 easy post on ubuntuforums.org it was fixed in 30 mins!! best support ever :)	gta2 works! :-p
how could you disable 'su' for everybody but root?	ubuntu doesn't have root
is there a way to install ubuntu over the net by booting off floppy disks? if so, is there a document that details where to get the images or could someone point me where to get them from.	caveat: i don't know if this works
can somebody please explain to me why suddenly scd0 dissapeared? please!	does it appears in bios ?
is openjdk runtime the same as jre ?	the sun java should be available from the canonical partners repository
how to install codec (mp3 and video)??	hm?
how do i tell by looking at ps aux whether synaptics is performing operations?	then if it's active it moves near the top to top to top off the top output.
can anyone tell me when herd 6 is getting released?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/feistyreleaseschedule
would that also stop it from coming through the headphones?	xset b off # won't as that applies to the current user only - but hopefully if you've blacklisted the pcspkr module you won't have beeps at the login screen
where can i find info about 8.04 ubuntu server edition like php, mysql version?	that should be php5 btw, and no space before the /msg
i would like to write a script for the gnome desktop that pops up a window inviting the user to enter arguments. is there a trivial way to do this? i ask before looking into authoring a program in gtk/python/c.	well you can consider using zenity if you want to write a shell script
anyone know why a usb mouse would continually just stop working?	... have you looked at the output from dmesg?
hi, i've got a crashing hd... normally i would use ubcd to scan it but i don't have any blank cds ... are there some tools anyone can recommend i install to scan and repair an hd?	try maybe dban
hey, how do i get that 3d cube thing in kubuntu?	system settings - desktop effects, desktop switching to cube animation
i feel that my upgrade to hardy was only partial, but the update manager is giving me problems. how do i complete the update from the cli	sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
if i just create another user account on my machine and than used putty on my windows box could i ssh into the account on my nix box?	plus you can get putty on your ubuntu if you feel like
if i apt-get kubuntu-desktop, what will happen with gdm and kdm?	it will stay with gdm
http://pastebin.arslinux.com/2808 is this corect for ubuntu sources? i'm following the http://ubuntuguide.org/#jre and after updating cant find any jre2 package at all	there's a j2re in multiverse
my gnome workspaces are gone from the panel, how can i readd them?	just right click the panel and add workspaces too it
i just installed kubuntu from within ubuntu by following a page. i get the kde login but gnome is still the window manager. here's the page - https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=forid%3a9&cx=003883529982892832976%3ae2vwumte3fq&ie=utf-8&q=installing+kubuntu	select session type at the login screen and change to kde
how do you check who has logged on your pc since last boot?	/var/log/auth.log
what is that :iceauthority file?	delete it from your home dir and try again, for me it was owned by root instead of my user
needing help with compiling support for my modem in the kernel. anyone willing to help?	is it a module you need to download 3rd party source from to compile against the kernel source?
how do i install a .deb package all that depends on it like if there is anything it would be downloaded ?	install it with gdebi
how can i tell if i'm running the 64 bit edition of ubuntu?	uname -a
pls... anyone... ive tried to install beryl and emerald themes in my edgy 6.10, ati x700 with 3d acceleration enabled, but the official guide didnt worked for me ;( ... anyone can help me?	compiz is supposedly smoother, faster, and more stable... look into that too.
hey, wonder if someone can help answer a question i have ? it is regarding the possibility of setting up a virtual enviroment in linux pointing to my windows particion ?	if you want to run your windows as a virtual machine you have to install a vm first then install windows into the vm.. otherwise if you're just looking to access the file structure of the windows side that should be an issue.. but it's not a virtual environment at that ponit
how do i disable avahi?	/etc/default/avahi-daemon
wheres a good place for getting ubuntu themes ?	i found some in http://gnome-look.org
how do i set permissions on /dir so that new subdirectories (e.g., /dir/sub1, /dir/sub2, etc) created by any user inherit the permissions given to /dir ?	-> erusul is correct i forgot about those setuid stuff..hehe
okay, so with the ipw3945, how do i get this going with edgy?	http://www.digitalvampire.org/blog/articles/2006/09/29/ubuntu-edgy-eft-on-a-thinkpad-x60s-how-to-make-ipw3945-work
have you checked the help..ubuntu.com wiki?	i'm just reading on ubuntu forums. someone had a suggestion there
i killed x-window, and now ubuntu loads directly to console and when i startx, it goes straight to gnome, skipping the session manager. i want to be able to choose my desktop environment again; how do i get the session manager to load on start up again. :( forgive my noobness. hehe..	but i'm not sure how to always get that
i've tracked an ubuntu bug i submitted, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/162410, to a kernel-level problem in the snd_hda_intel module -- a constant needs to change from 3 to 4. i'd like to rebuild that module from source, but thehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/kernel/compile page is giviung me an incorrect pointer to the location of the ubuntu kernel config files. where are they,...	/boot/config-`uname -r`
how do you keep a single window in the window list from taking up the entire panel in gnome?	shrink the 'minimum size' and increase the 'maximum size'
does anyone know how i can keep my cd rom from closing when i try to pull a disk out?	i think i saw something about that in the 8.10 release notes.
have a question. using the ubr and i have an issue where the bottom portion of popup windows get cut off so i can't click ok, cancel, etc. i try to move the window up, but it wont let me move it up past the top bar.	hold alt and click to move window freely
hi all. i have ubuntu running on a server, and i was just wondering how to list all mysql databases on the server. anyone help me?	http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-command-to-show-list-of-databases-on-server/
how do i make totem player, play a real media file? it doesn't pull up a codec list or anything. it just flat out, doesn't play.	or install the gstreamer packages
when i install kde, do i get the option to choose between kde/gnome at login?	yes... via gdm or kdm ... you can edit /etc/x11/default-desktop-manager to configure which is used (file isn't there to start, so you need to make it)
what is mib?	mib is men in black thats a movie comedy
you can't take a hint, can you?	it also helps to not feed the trolls
canucklehead	check your home page -- there is a syntax to open multiple tabs/windows
how can i get pidgin on ubuntu	just get the deb
hey guys, i am setting up a server @ home for a little wiki, nothing serious, and other test items... i already have an ubuntu desktop on my other laptop for working. should i go with ubuntu for server or centos?	you can use ubuntu desktop and put on the server stuff there
can i upload a package created with checkinstall (generated deb package, no deb source file) to my ppa?	you probably 'shouldn't' checkinstall is a 'cheat' and shouldn't be used to distribute the created debs...
anyone know why, if i can touch a file in a parent directory with the same dir permissions as the current directory, why can't i touch a file in the current directory?	what's the command you're typing?
hello, installed python-doc and python-examples via synaptic. how do i access them?	probably in /usr/share/doc/python/
is there a way to do an unblocked read from the bash shell? let's say i'm writing a game and i want to get a keypress but i don't want to hang my game up waiting for the read to complete, anyone know how to do that?	not possible in bash, as every bash 'command' is essentially a process (unless the command is declared as function, but still, a function may, and likely will, start subprocesses)
what filesystem would ya'll recommend i format my external hard drive to? right now it's fat32 but i heard that can't support files over 4gb which might be a problem because i'm going to be backing up my system onto this drive using sbackup which creates tar.gz files.	ext3 or reiserfs
hi, how to print a file? ps: i have already set up cups, and got a test page	from terminal? /usr/bin/lpr filename
i have one more quation.. how can i install visual studio 2005/8 by wine? or it's easy much more to use virtualbox?	you should install winbind and wine-gecko as well. then try installing your program
when i update ubuntu, a bunch of menu items are added to the grub menu. is there a way to prevent this from happening?	you probably want to be able to boot the new kernels though
hello, i cant add an iso (not ubuntu iso) to usb creator assistant in ubu 11.04	the usb creator in ubuntu only works for ubuntu isos - unetbootin perhaps?
hello everybody. how do i search for packages if i am not sure what are the names. for instance, how do i proceed with 'acroread'. i am runnung 'aptitude' but its search function is obscure to me...	aptitude search acroread (keep in mind that acroread is on 3th party medibuntu repo)
in which package can i find the ath9k module?	enable backports in your software sources then update and install
i'm having a problem with java. i can't view a java applet. http://www.javatester.org/enabled.html reports that java is not enabled, ff3 reports that it is. how do i procede?	what version of java does firefox say it has?
ok, so the question thats been answered a billion times, can someone just give me a quick opinion, is there really any benefit to using the amd64 version over the i386 version?, and is there any drawbacks?	if you don't have 4 gigs or more of memory there's not much point for now imo.
can anyone help me on wireless connections in ubuntu 9.10 on a laptop with no lan?	this might be helpful
how do i pass this whole command to sudo? so that the shell doesn't try to open /etc/fstab with my user's permissions, but with root's permissions? 'sudo grep music /mnt/etc/fstab >> /etc/fstab'	sudo bash -c 'foo >> /bar'
is it possible to get stuck in a loop of running the update manager to from 7.10 to 8.x? i've already run it once and it's running again for a partial update. http://www.papernapkin.org/pastebin/view/1398/	can you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and post the terminal output to pastebin?
is there a minimal ubuntu iso?	yes 20 mb iso
a few ubuntus ago there was totem with bbc... i can't find it no more.	you may need to install the totem-plugins or totem-plugins-extra pacakge.
can any1 tell me how to access windows network using cli? i have samba installed and running	or mount it with cifs
so , has anyone used a conexant modem in 11.10?	no haven't, but pure modems for dialup can try sudo pppoeconfig
which torrent client works on ubuntu?	try transmission it's very excellent and very safe (utorrent is non-free, no one knows what it does and how it works)
where would something downloaded using wget be found at?	whatever directory you were in when running wget
hi! anyone know how to open a dbf file in open office?	what about dbview
where do i complain about a package in core which depends on the package which was removed?	file a bug report
what's the command that i need to use to get rid of a .gz on the end of a d/l?	if it's a .tar.gz, simply use: tar xf somefile.tar.gz (this will remove .tar too)
anyone with experience of turning off webcam led? :)	i dont even want to know lol but if you search for cam in your package manager you should find some cool programs
hi everyone. i had tomcat6 installed on my ubuntu machine. however, last wednesday i got notified that there are security updates. and after updating, tomcat6 is really slow and takes up 101% of memory (1 cpu core out of 4). is there a way to fix this? installing tomcat7 didn't fix anything.	you're going to have to research that update and see what it changed and how it effects your config/system
where is usb's trash folder? i can't find it.	when you unmount it should prompt you to empty the trash
whats the difference between gksu and sudo, probably simple, i just never knew	i dont know really. gksu is supposed to eliminate some niche cases where sudo gedit /etc is not a good idea
hey guys. is there anyway a usb flash drive, when inserted into a ubuntu 8.10 machine autorun malicious code and infect my ubuntu box? thanks	are you asking if its possible? if so, yes.
q. how can i disable the automatic update everyday or so ?	system/admin/update something or other. its in there
how do you start a private chat with somebody?	/query nickname
how do you stop the connected drives from showing on your desktop?	to remove drive icons from desktop use terminal and type gconf-editor browse to /apps/nautilus/desktop and uncheck volumes_visable.. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/hide-removable-drive-icons-from-your-ubuntu-desktop/

how do i change the editor used by crontab?

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256778.html

an error occured in avast! engine: invalid argument ?

you are on channel ubuntu not avast :)

can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory

i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/

something better than xchat?

whats your question? i use irssi (a command line utility) and prefer it to xchat.

hi, i want to know how to reinstall grub, because i'm going to reinstall windows xp in the first partition and it will remove grub.

take a look at the faq (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/commonquestions) as linked to in the channel /topic

how do i umount a volume by uuid?

umount /dev/dist/by-id/uuid_here

- hobbes1 - before you start editing the resolv.conf - i would check if dhcp is being used to configure the connection and/or if the cable modem can issue dns servers via dhcp - saves hassle in the long run..

actually i use dhcp on my pc at work, with /etc/resolv.conf manually tweaked to avoid the broken horrible dns forwarder our office has

another question: after installing a new ubuntu on a different machine, is there a way to install all applications that are installed in another ubuntu on a different machine?

yes there is.. :) see above for one way

is there a place where i can download custom load screens?

perhaps http://www.gnome-look.org

i'm trying to install ubuntu on a compaq presario v3000 cto notebook, but it appears there are already three partitions on the four partitions, on the roughly 100gig hd, about 70% of which is one which i assume has windows and most files, then followed by an 8 megabyte blank partition, then two i don't recognize that split the rest about in half which are mostly filled, but i have no idea with what. apparently (this isn't my co

have you tried mounting them to see what they contain? what file system are they?

hi guys, sorry for being a lazy ass, asking this question : what software could i use to record my desktop and get a format that would easily give me an output for hd upload to youtube ?

ffmpeg

is there a command that will tell me when an application is found using path, what location it was found in specifically? (like if i type firefox, it would tell me /usr/bin/firefox or /usr/local/bin/firefox or wherever it ended up finding it first?)

try 'which'

why won't graveman accept any audio for burning to an audio cd except wav's?

sounds like a highly application specific error, i would search on their website

i have a netgear wireless router connecting 2 computers and 1 laptop. i am going to buy a network switch. which network switch should i buy, and which one goes well with ubuntu and win xp?

sure, why not.

when hardy is release does that mean that people running beta can dist-upgrade to the release version

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/04/21/upgrading-from-beta-to-rc-and-beyond/

whats the command to show error messges,

dmesg?

you apparently _have_ to install openjdk if you want to use netbeans, it doesn't install without it, even if you have sun-java

the depends state you can use openjdk or sun-java6 packages.

after upgrading to 10.04, after booting has ended, vt7 is just the purple ubuntu screen, and there are no consoles connected to vt1-6. so how do i go about fixing my ubuntu without being able to login?

not sure bout your particular issue, but i've used a livecd to resolve issues on broken installs

what do you guys reccomend for burning mp3s to cd form?

k3b will do it, i think?

hello .. can i ask a q please .. why do i need phyton for ?

python is some sort of programming language, and i guess some programs go through it for things

what packages are recommended when building stuff from source? like make, gcc and the tools?

the 'build-essential' package holds everything you should need (at least, to start with).

ubuntu 10.04 netbook i plugged in a wireless mouse and kbd and now my touchpad doesnt work. suggestions?

check to make sure it isn't disabled in your system > mouse preferences.

geeksquid: yeah i just f**ked my ubuntu before always kicked me to login... after 1 easy post on ubuntuforums.org it was fixed in 30 mins!! best support ever :)

gta2 works! :-p

how could you disable 'su' for everybody but root?

ubuntu doesn't have root

is there a way to install ubuntu over the net by booting off floppy disks? if so, is there a document that details where to get the images or could someone point me where to get them from.

caveat: i don't know if this works

can somebody please explain to me why suddenly scd0 dissapeared? please!

does it appears in bios ?

is openjdk runtime the same as jre ?

the sun java should be available from the canonical partners repository

how to install codec (mp3 and video)??

hm?

how do i tell by looking at ps aux whether synaptics is performing operations?

then if it's active it moves near the top to top to top off the top output.

can anyone tell me when herd 6 is getting released?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/feistyreleaseschedule

would that also stop it from coming through the headphones?

xset b off # won't as that applies to the current user only - but hopefully if you've blacklisted the pcspkr module you won't have beeps at the login screen

where can i find info about 8.04 ubuntu server edition like php, mysql version?

that should be php5 btw, and no space before the /msg

i would like to write a script for the gnome desktop that pops up a window inviting the user to enter arguments. is there a trivial way to do this? i ask before looking into authoring a program in gtk/python/c.

well you can consider using zenity if you want to write a shell script

anyone know why a usb mouse would continually just stop working?

... have you looked at the output from dmesg?

hi, i've got a crashing hd... normally i would use ubcd to scan it but i don't have any blank cds ... are there some tools anyone can recommend i install to scan and repair an hd?

try maybe dban

hey, how do i get that 3d cube thing in kubuntu?

system settings - desktop effects, desktop switching to cube animation

i feel that my upgrade to hardy was only partial, but the update manager is giving me problems. how do i complete the update from the cli

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

if i just create another user account on my machine and than used putty on my windows box could i ssh into the account on my nix box?

plus you can get putty on your ubuntu if you feel like

if i apt-get kubuntu-desktop, what will happen with gdm and kdm?

it will stay with gdm

http://pastebin.arslinux.com/2808 is this corect for ubuntu sources? i'm following the http://ubuntuguide.org/#jre and after updating cant find any jre2 package at all

there's a j2re in multiverse

my gnome workspaces are gone from the panel, how can i readd them?

just right click the panel and add workspaces too it

i just installed kubuntu from within ubuntu by following a page. i get the kde login but gnome is still the window manager. here's the page - https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=forid%3a9&cx=003883529982892832976%3ae2vwumte3fq&ie=utf-8&q=installing+kubuntu

select session type at the login screen and change to kde

how do you check who has logged on your pc since last boot?

/var/log/auth.log

what is that :iceauthority file?

delete it from your home dir and try again, for me it was owned by root instead of my user

needing help with compiling support for my modem in the kernel. anyone willing to help?

is it a module you need to download 3rd party source from to compile against the kernel source?

how do i install a .deb package all that depends on it like if there is anything it would be downloaded ?

install it with gdebi

how can i tell if i'm running the 64 bit edition of ubuntu?

uname -a

pls... anyone... ive tried to install beryl and emerald themes in my edgy 6.10, ati x700 with 3d acceleration enabled, but the official guide didnt worked for me ;( ... anyone can help me?

compiz is supposedly smoother, faster, and more stable... look into that too.

hey, wonder if someone can help answer a question i have ? it is regarding the possibility of setting up a virtual enviroment in linux pointing to my windows particion ?

if you want to run your windows as a virtual machine you have to install a vm first then install windows into the vm.. otherwise if you're just looking to access the file structure of the windows side that should be an issue.. but it's not a virtual environment at that ponit

how do i disable avahi?

/etc/default/avahi-daemon

wheres a good place for getting ubuntu themes ?

i found some in http://gnome-look.org

how do i set permissions on /dir so that new subdirectories (e.g., /dir/sub1, /dir/sub2, etc) created by any user inherit the permissions given to /dir ?

-> erusul is correct i forgot about those setuid stuff..hehe

okay, so with the ipw3945, how do i get this going with edgy?

http://www.digitalvampire.org/blog/articles/2006/09/29/ubuntu-edgy-eft-on-a-thinkpad-x60s-how-to-make-ipw3945-work

have you checked the help..ubuntu.com wiki?

i'm just reading on ubuntu forums. someone had a suggestion there

i killed x-window, and now ubuntu loads directly to console and when i startx, it goes straight to gnome, skipping the session manager. i want to be able to choose my desktop environment again; how do i get the session manager to load on start up again. :( forgive my noobness. hehe..

but i'm not sure how to always get that

i've tracked an ubuntu bug i submitted, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/162410, to a kernel-level problem in the snd_hda_intel module -- a constant needs to change from 3 to 4. i'd like to rebuild that module from source, but thehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/kernel/compile page is giviung me an incorrect pointer to the location of the ubuntu kernel config files. where are they,...

/boot/config-`uname -r`

how do you keep a single window in the window list from taking up the entire panel in gnome?

shrink the 'minimum size' and increase the 'maximum size'

does anyone know how i can keep my cd rom from closing when i try to pull a disk out?

i think i saw something about that in the 8.10 release notes.

have a question. using the ubr and i have an issue where the bottom portion of popup windows get cut off so i can't click ok, cancel, etc. i try to move the window up, but it wont let me move it up past the top bar.

hold alt and click to move window freely

hi all. i have ubuntu running on a server, and i was just wondering how to list all mysql databases on the server. anyone help me?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-command-to-show-list-of-databases-on-server/

how do i make totem player, play a real media file? it doesn't pull up a codec list or anything. it just flat out, doesn't play.

or install the gstreamer packages

when i install kde, do i get the option to choose between kde/gnome at login?

yes... via gdm or kdm ... you can edit /etc/x11/default-desktop-manager to configure which is used (file isn't there to start, so you need to make it)

what is mib?

mib is men in black thats a movie comedy

you can't take a hint, can you?

it also helps to not feed the trolls

canucklehead

check your home page -- there is a syntax to open multiple tabs/windows

how can i get pidgin on ubuntu

just get the deb

hey guys, i am setting up a server @ home for a little wiki, nothing serious, and other test items... i already have an ubuntu desktop on my other laptop for working. should i go with ubuntu for server or centos?

you can use ubuntu desktop and put on the server stuff there

can i upload a package created with checkinstall (generated deb package, no deb source file) to my ppa?

you probably 'shouldn't' checkinstall is a 'cheat' and shouldn't be used to distribute the created debs...

anyone know why, if i can touch a file in a parent directory with the same dir permissions as the current directory, why can't i touch a file in the current directory?

what's the command you're typing?

hello, installed python-doc and python-examples via synaptic. how do i access them?

probably in /usr/share/doc/python/

is there a way to do an unblocked read from the bash shell? let's say i'm writing a game and i want to get a keypress but i don't want to hang my game up waiting for the read to complete, anyone know how to do that?

not possible in bash, as every bash 'command' is essentially a process (unless the command is declared as function, but still, a function may, and likely will, start subprocesses)

what filesystem would ya'll recommend i format my external hard drive to? right now it's fat32 but i heard that can't support files over 4gb which might be a problem because i'm going to be backing up my system onto this drive using sbackup which creates tar.gz files.

ext3 or reiserfs

hi, how to print a file? ps: i have already set up cups, and got a test page

from terminal? /usr/bin/lpr filename

i have one more quation.. how can i install visual studio 2005/8 by wine? or it's easy much more to use virtualbox?

you should install winbind and wine-gecko as well. then try installing your program

when i update ubuntu, a bunch of menu items are added to the grub menu. is there a way to prevent this from happening?

you probably want to be able to boot the new kernels though

hello, i cant add an iso (not ubuntu iso) to usb creator assistant in ubu 11.04

the usb creator in ubuntu only works for ubuntu isos - unetbootin perhaps?

hello everybody. how do i search for packages if i am not sure what are the names. for instance, how do i proceed with 'acroread'. i am runnung 'aptitude' but its search function is obscure to me...

aptitude search acroread (keep in mind that acroread is on 3th party medibuntu repo)

in which package can i find the ath9k module?

enable backports in your software sources then update and install

i'm having a problem with java. i can't view a java applet. http://www.javatester.org/enabled.html reports that java is not enabled, ff3 reports that it is. how do i procede?

what version of java does firefox say it has?

ok, so the question thats been answered a billion times, can someone just give me a quick opinion, is there really any benefit to using the amd64 version over the i386 version?, and is there any drawbacks?

if you don't have 4 gigs or more of memory there's not much point for now imo.

can anyone help me on wireless connections in ubuntu 9.10 on a laptop with no lan?

this might be helpful

how do i pass this whole command to sudo? so that the shell doesn't try to open /etc/fstab with my user's permissions, but with root's permissions? 'sudo grep music /mnt/etc/fstab >> /etc/fstab'

sudo bash -c 'foo >> /bar'

is it possible to get stuck in a loop of running the update manager to from 7.10 to 8.x? i've already run it once and it's running again for a partial update. http://www.papernapkin.org/pastebin/view/1398/

can you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and post the terminal output to pastebin?

is there a minimal ubuntu iso?

yes 20 mb iso

a few ubuntus ago there was totem with bbc... i can't find it no more.

you may need to install the totem-plugins or totem-plugins-extra pacakge.

can any1 tell me how to access windows network using cli? i have samba installed and running

or mount it with cifs

so , has anyone used a conexant modem in 11.10?

no haven't, but pure modems for dialup can try sudo pppoeconfig

which torrent client works on ubuntu?

try transmission it's very excellent and very safe (utorrent is non-free, no one knows what it does and how it works)

where would something downloaded using wget be found at?

whatever directory you were in when running wget

hi! anyone know how to open a dbf file in open office?

what about dbview

where do i complain about a package in core which depends on the package which was removed?

file a bug report

what's the command that i need to use to get rid of a .gz on the end of a d/l?

if it's a .tar.gz, simply use: tar xf somefile.tar.gz (this will remove .tar too)

anyone with experience of turning off webcam led? :)

i dont even want to know lol but if you search for cam in your package manager you should find some cool programs

hi everyone. i had tomcat6 installed on my ubuntu machine. however, last wednesday i got notified that there are security updates. and after updating, tomcat6 is really slow and takes up 101% of memory (1 cpu core out of 4). is there a way to fix this? installing tomcat7 didn't fix anything.

you're going to have to research that update and see what it changed and how it effects your config/system

where is usb's trash folder? i can't find it.

when you unmount it should prompt you to empty the trash

whats the difference between gksu and sudo, probably simple, i just never knew

i dont know really. gksu is supposed to eliminate some niche cases where sudo gedit /etc is not a good idea

hey guys. is there anyway a usb flash drive, when inserted into a ubuntu 8.10 machine autorun malicious code and infect my ubuntu box? thanks

are you asking if its possible? if so, yes.

q. how can i disable the automatic update everyday or so ?

system/admin/update something or other. its in there

how do you start a private chat with somebody?

/query nickname

how do you stop the connected drives from showing on your desktop?

to remove drive icons from desktop use terminal and type gconf-editor browse to /apps/nautilus/desktop and uncheck volumes_visable.. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/hide-removable-drive-icons-from-your-ubuntu-desktop/