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hi, guys. i just tried to install alien via synaptic and it's asking me for my ubuntu cd (i don't have one) to install html2text, which is a dependency of alien. what gives?	you might try commenting out the first line in /etc/apt/sources.list
hi, does anyone here have information about where i can get release version of 11.04?	not out yet, release manager will announce at some time today
a few hours ago someone said that if you upgraded from 9.04 instead of doing a fresh install it would be more 'buggy'- i am not having any problems that i know of but i went ahead and dloaded the iso--since i did the upgrade would i be better off to do a install from the cd or should i be ok?	if it ain't broke, don't break it :) i'd say ou're probably fine :)
how do i modify the startup boot loader, so that it could autoload to run windows instead of linux?	sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst find the line commented out that says like default 0 uncomment line and change 0 to whatever entry windows is counting down
alrigh, so i have a radeon 9600 with dual heads (vga & dvi). i want to add a second monitor to the dvi port and have a spanning or extra wide desktop. someone told me not to use xinerama anymore and to look into randr 1.2. i've searched around and everything i find is a bit confusing.. is there a coherent guide for setting this up?	yes there is a wiki for using randr http://wiki.debian.org/xstrikeforce/howtorandr12
hi: i'm trying to install a new soundblaster x-fi sound card (sb0790), does anyone know where i should begin?	opensource.creative.com
does anyone here use netapplet? should there be a /bin/netapplet executable?	i seem to remember a bug about that, but can't find it :0
i accidentally removed the button on the top right of my gnome panel...the one with your name that drops down with logout/shutdown options..how do i get it back?? there is nothing the same when you right_click->add-to-menu ????	is indicator-applet-sesion
about the ascii, in the down left corner i see u+00f1 latin small letter n with tilde, how can i use that in openoffice?	then that probably isn't a ascii char...but you can still copy it using the copy button and then just paste into open office
how do i use apt-get to determine the version of a software package that i installed with it?	sorry, that's not quite it. you can try `dpkg -l \| grep -i package`
what is the command that i set random white noise to my audio output?	once upon the time, it was cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
there has to be someone who knows either sed or awk???	i would expect it to be faster if anything, since cut is more speciallized for exctly this.
anyone get very slow boot-up after selecting ubuntu in grub? sits there for 5 minutes for me...	mine hung for a while until a turned off my wireless card on my laptop
so, why is it that just after boot, i get the message 'stopping ntp server, starting ntp server' over and over again?	thats cos taht service is configured to run at start up
is there some easy way to hook a shell script to a 'cd-insertion' event?	theres likely a udev event for that.
hi all, i am trying to install 11.04 server on hp microserver n36l from usb stick and after selecting language installer complains about not finding cd-rom, anyone can help please?	did you verify md5sum on your download? i had major problems on some installs lately due to corrupted downloads
hi -- is the right channel for 8.10 beta questions?	ubuntu+1
i have just upgraded to 11.04 and on unity there are no toolbars anywhere, i just see a desktop. moving the mouse to the edges of the screen doesn't do anything. i am using an nvidia 8600m gt. is this a known problem?	try changing to gnome classic
hi there. i've been installing ubuntu on an acer travelmate 4100, and a problem has turned out. the live cd worked fine, but when i try to boot to it, i get a blank, black screen. the laptop has an ati card of some sort, and i've heard that it doesn't go too well with x. is there anything i can do?	should get you back up
anyone familar with imaging hard drives of installed windows and linux distrubutions for fast reinstalls of a specific current state? i am trying to find a program ideal for this	for imaging there is clonezilla, for creating a custom distro there is remastersys
heya - what's the sftp gui client that comes shipped with ubuntu? (i'm assuming there is one)	nautilus, the default file browser, can be used as an sftp client
i've been reading the man for apt but i can't find anything on installing packages i d/l from proiders like skype. i'm a rank noobie. can anyone please point me to a place where i can learn to install packages that aren't in the distros oor in the universe depository?	you use the 'dpkg' command to install local .deb files. that said, the skype package on their website doesn't work in ubuntu, see the /msg ubotu has sent you
hello im having problems with audio when i play youtube videos, the sound seems to get stuck and rerpetitive	that's the error from old version of flash player, so you have to update to the lastest version
hi all, does anyone know a video screen capture application ?	or xvidcap i think or xscreencap
how do i know which in the /dev directory is my cd?	no, it depends on where your cdrom is. usually it makes a symlink to /dev/cdrom
hi, i just noticed that rhythmbox in hoary has an ipod icon at its 'source' list. do anyone know how to use that?	you need to mount your ipod on /mmt/ipod
hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted	does the sound come back when you run gnome again?
how do i install a .dmg app.?	those are for mac os x
how do i format a partition? and what is the equivalent of scandisk in ubuntu?	scandisk=checkdisk but not the same or neccessary.. your sys will self check every 30 days.
heya i have a question about livecd not working on a compaq system... is this the right place or is there a chan for livecd support?	what's the specific issue?
hi, guys. i prefer yakuake to tilda. is it less efficient to use yakuake in gnome?	i use guake, very similar to yakuake, not sure about efficiencies though.
hi.. i'm up to moving my ubuntu partition to another disk.. i'm not using dd but the cp -a command.. now i need to change /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst.. i've changed the uuid in the fstab but the disk wont boot.. any ideas?	you need to reinstall grub to the mbr
ok b4 i thrash my new cpu, can someone confirm again that i can transfer a hdd with an ubuntu install to a completely different pc?	usually that should be fine
hey guys, curious -- is there a gotoassist equivalent in linux? like, some way for me to help my mom and her ubuntu system remotely easily? note that she has a dynamic ip.	vinagre/vino is built in to ubuntu and does that using vnc
how do i install svn client?	sudo apt-get install subversion
i put the updatedb command into a cronjob. was this necessary or does ubuntu run updatedb on its own?	correction... not a symlink... an actual script!
how can i theme gdm? is there a tutorial/manual?	sabayon should work for both gnome and kde i think. it just makes a default set of dot-files
hi folks. is there a database in the internet with all known usb-ids as used by lsusb?	look at: less $(which update-pciids)
anyone have a suggestion for an ipod shuffle-ish mp3 player that plays nicely with linux?	you might look into rockbox's firmware, on whatever hardware you prefer.
ping/nslookup works, but i gen connection refused on everything else. can anyone please help me debug?	look in /etc/resolve.conf, is your name server there
hey, what is a good usenet binary downloader for ubuntu?	check pan
hi guys, in my ubuntu internet is working fine ... i can go to google, medibuntu ... but when i do ping from cmd line it isn't working .. more logs @ http://paste.ubuntu.com/543628/ ... is there anythingi have to install .. any help ??	you can also try pinging something locally by it's ip address, e.g. your gateway router or your next hop out, to verify if network connectivity is working.
how i do to change emerald to metacity?	try in terminal metacity --replace
excuse me, is it ok if i burn the jaunty cd iso to dvdr and install it like that?	i've done that
how do i check which device drivers are loaded ?	lsmod
something akin to 'yum provides xxx.h' is what i'm looking for	usage: iniitially you must 'sudo apt-file update', then just do 'apt-file search name_of_file_i_looking_for'
hi! i'm trying to undelete some files from a fat16 partition (photo camera memo card). is there a command to do that?	there is a program called 'photorec' i don't know if it's in the repos though
how can i get swiftfox to play sound? sound works fine for other browsers and applications.	in swiftfox
hello, is there a ubuntu version without gui?	it's the server edition
anybody know of a util that i can use the share my clipboard w/my powerbook?	http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
is there a edgy bluetooth howto? i'm trying to get my dell 355 bluetooth chip working	have you checked https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bluetooth/docs
hi all. i want to use linux without internet and i need a virtual machine to test ubuntu and soft that a already downloaded. what good vm software is good for use? i,m on ubuntu 12.04 now	virtualbox
(sighhhh) will anyone check if the 'xserver-xorg-video-radeon' even exist in the package tree ? i remembered i did have installed that before, but now i couldn't find it.	not on mine...
is there a way a program is initialized but does not appear in ps -a	i think you hae to do something like: update-rc.d -n scriptname defaults
question: does anyone know how to encrypt more than just ubuntu's home directory? including the system and swap partitions? my computer also has a windows xp partition, but i can take care of that with truecrypt.	cryptsetup+luks *
help please,what port does apt-get use?	or ftp (port 20+21)
what does aptitude safe-upgrade do?	does this help? http://pthree.org/2007/09/24/aptitude-full-upgrade-versus-safe-upgrade/
any answers plz? :(	i supose is an nautilus plugin, search for 'nautilus terminal' or so,ething like that
does anyone know how to auto detect the compression format of a file?	you can try 'file [filename] ' or open it in vlc and look under stream properties
what is the cmd to show your ip address from shell ?	ip a
hmm, when i start 'firefox' i am getting a segmentation fault core dumped...... a	strace firefox
hi again. how to list the dependancies of a given paquet p ?	apt-cache depends <package>
hmmm what adobe flash is used for android systems? since android is based on linux i was wondering if maybe it would be possible to get adobe flash to work on linux for arm processors	android is about as close to linux as macos is to freebsd unfortunately
what do i need to do to get networking started up from a text-only installation of xubuntu?	what are you looking at, just a standard ethernet?
how can i disable compiz	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install cinelerra
is there any tool available to convert to/from windows linebreaks?	sudo apt-get install tofrodos
anybody know of a tool to convert .mdf files to .iso?	mdf2iso
hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar	java blabla.jar
i plenty of ram and set 2gb to swap when i installed. can i reduce swap, or is it wise to just leave things alone?	just moutn half the swap as /tmp or something via tmpfs.
i'm moving over from fedora (downloading the iso right now :d), and i'd like to keep my data. i hear i just go to custom partitioning and choose to keep the /home partition. is there anything else i should know?	that's it. just keep your home partition and you'll keep your data
i was dualbooting xp and ubuntu. i put vista on partition 3, and now cant boot either xp or ubuntu. how to fix....?	check the link for 'lost grub after installing windows'
hi. does anyone know how to exit to shell_	instead of exting to gdm? i often hit ctrl+alt+f2 for tty2
i want to install a program in wine and all the howtos are for 32bit and in running 64bit ... does wine care ?	64bit wine works fine for me so far.
hi. can someone recommend a decent file backup utility that can copy directories which only replaces the files which have been altered and leaves the unaltered ones? i had one in windoze but not now	try konserve?
who can advise me? i have a ati radeon 9600 pro, but it is laggy (dri is on). should i buy a gforce fx5200?	an fx5200 won't be much better, you'd really need a 5700+ for reasonable performance
ubuntu in a laptop, when typing some text all the sudden other application takes focus. this makes typing a pain any ideas?	- hoary or breezy?>
how do i restore the desktop panels?	ctrl + alt + t
hello guys any news for broadcom corporation device [14e4:4357] (rev 01) i ve got an hp2137 sl and aircrack (used for testing my wireless security)doesn' work with this card , when open driver will be avaible?(hope it isn't wrong talk about this but as i sad before itìs for legal testing)	best to get a pcmcia card that will work with you program, or replace the internet minipci card with one that will work
hi, i'm following a gvim tutorial, what it means 'goto normal mode and press \ll'??	to enter commands, you need to enter the normal mode. just press esc key when in the insert/editing mode to enter the normal mode
i have suse linux enterprise desktop 10 certified on my notebook. can i switch to linux ubuntu ?	you can install wht ever you want
hello how can i print in my screen the name of the partitions i currently have in my harddrive im not sure if they are hda or sda	df -h
i'm trying to run a java app, but i get 'no java virtual machine could be found from your path variable'.... i have all the sun java stuff installed. what can i do to fix?	: set environments
what tool would you all recommend for resizing an ntfs partition?	i'd have thought it would make little difference on a single home pc. on a server with millions of files and hundreds of concurrent accesses it makes a huge difference
can anyone help me with a driver problem ? i have a hp pavilion dv6162ea but i cant get the webcam to work in gutsy.	some webcams are tricky
what command lists what each tty is connected to?	who ?
guys, please help me ;( i'm going to travel 12h by train, without working internet it will be nightmare :/ anyone got idea why i get those errors in syslog? http://pastebin.com/m5adf6fa9 thanks in advice!	have you asked at forums already?
what is the difference between a .ko and a .o file?	a k
does anyone know what the ppa to upgrade transmission 1.51 to 1.73 is for ubuntu 9.04? it doesn't seem to load when i try clicking the link for it from the transmission site...	http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/packages.ubuntu.com
<gsommer> : which ubuntu version are you using ?	11.04 i think it was calles..
i have the acer eee laptop but i prefer to run the desktop version of ubuntu over the notebook remix, unforuantely i can't get the desktop iso onto a usb stick correctly for installation but i can get the notebook remix disk .img file to install without issue, so i'm wondering if there is a disk img file of the desktop iso i can use. or where i can find a program that will use the iso file to be able to be installed via a usb stick.	have you tried useing unetbootin?
what's a good way to search through all text files within a directory and see if any of them contain a certain text?	cat *.txt \| grep 'text'
hi, anyone knows if there is a packaged version of cinerella for ubuntu?	yes there is, should be in the repo
does anyone know where i could get some mplayer debs or at least make totem work?	all th ethings you need are explained there
ncmpcpp --now-playing doesn't show anything	if you just run ncmpcpp you should get an ncurses gui
i wrote a helper script to help automate lucent winmodem setup under breezy and dapper. what's best place to share it with the community ?	file a bug reprt and attach it, that way it may get properly integrated
hi folks, how would i copy a directory and all it's contents from one place to another? i've tried 'cp /home/user/folder -r /home/user2/folder' but it doesn't seem to work?	use -r not -r
anyone know of a good audio mixing/editing program besides stupid audacity that's not working	you might also say why audacity isn't working... it's actually pretty good
how do i tell aptitude to purge a package and also purge the packages that will be autoremoved?	sudo apt-get autoremove
how to log in and test my vsftpd????????????????/	ftp localhost
how to make gedit my default editor instead of nano whn i run crontab -e ?	invoke crontab like this: editor='gedit' crontab -e

hi, guys. i just tried to install alien via synaptic and it's asking me for my ubuntu cd (i don't have one) to install html2text, which is a dependency of alien. what gives?

you might try commenting out the first line in /etc/apt/sources.list

hi, does anyone here have information about where i can get release version of 11.04?

not out yet, release manager will announce at some time today

a few hours ago someone said that if you upgraded from 9.04 instead of doing a fresh install it would be more 'buggy'- i am not having any problems that i know of but i went ahead and dloaded the iso--since i did the upgrade would i be better off to do a install from the cd or should i be ok?

if it ain't broke, don't break it :) i'd say ou're probably fine :)

how do i modify the startup boot loader, so that it could autoload to run windows instead of linux?

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst find the line commented out that says like default 0 uncomment line and change 0 to whatever entry windows is counting down

alrigh, so i have a radeon 9600 with dual heads (vga & dvi). i want to add a second monitor to the dvi port and have a spanning or extra wide desktop. someone told me not to use xinerama anymore and to look into randr 1.2. i've searched around and everything i find is a bit confusing.. is there a coherent guide for setting this up?

yes there is a wiki for using randr http://wiki.debian.org/xstrikeforce/howtorandr12

hi: i'm trying to install a new soundblaster x-fi sound card (sb0790), does anyone know where i should begin?

opensource.creative.com

does anyone here use netapplet? should there be a /bin/netapplet executable?

i seem to remember a bug about that, but can't find it :0

i accidentally removed the button on the top right of my gnome panel...the one with your name that drops down with logout/shutdown options..how do i get it back?? there is nothing the same when you right_click->add-to-menu ????

is indicator-applet-sesion

about the ascii, in the down left corner i see u+00f1 latin small letter n with tilde, how can i use that in openoffice?

then that probably isn't a ascii char...but you can still copy it using the copy button and then just paste into open office

how do i use apt-get to determine the version of a software package that i installed with it?

sorry, that's not quite it. you can try `dpkg -l | grep -i package`

what is the command that i set random white noise to my audio output?

once upon the time, it was cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp

there has to be someone who knows either sed or awk???

i would expect it to be faster if anything, since cut is more speciallized for exctly this.

anyone get very slow boot-up after selecting ubuntu in grub? sits there for 5 minutes for me...

mine hung for a while until a turned off my wireless card on my laptop

so, why is it that just after boot, i get the message 'stopping ntp server, starting ntp server' over and over again?

thats cos taht service is configured to run at start up

is there some easy way to hook a shell script to a 'cd-insertion' event?

theres likely a udev event for that.

hi all, i am trying to install 11.04 server on hp microserver n36l from usb stick and after selecting language installer complains about not finding cd-rom, anyone can help please?

did you verify md5sum on your download? i had major problems on some installs lately due to corrupted downloads

hi -- is the right channel for 8.10 beta questions?

ubuntu+1

i have just upgraded to 11.04 and on unity there are no toolbars anywhere, i just see a desktop. moving the mouse to the edges of the screen doesn't do anything. i am using an nvidia 8600m gt. is this a known problem?

try changing to gnome classic

hi there. i've been installing ubuntu on an acer travelmate 4100, and a problem has turned out. the live cd worked fine, but when i try to boot to it, i get a blank, black screen. the laptop has an ati card of some sort, and i've heard that it doesn't go too well with x. is there anything i can do?

should get you back up

anyone familar with imaging hard drives of installed windows and linux distrubutions for fast reinstalls of a specific current state? i am trying to find a program ideal for this

for imaging there is clonezilla, for creating a custom distro there is remastersys

heya - what's the sftp gui client that comes shipped with ubuntu? (i'm assuming there is one)

nautilus, the default file browser, can be used as an sftp client

i've been reading the man for apt but i can't find anything on installing packages i d/l from proiders like skype. i'm a rank noobie. can anyone please point me to a place where i can learn to install packages that aren't in the distros oor in the universe depository?

you use the 'dpkg' command to install local .deb files. that said, the skype package on their website doesn't work in ubuntu, see the /msg ubotu has sent you

hello im having problems with audio when i play youtube videos, the sound seems to get stuck and rerpetitive

that's the error from old version of flash player, so you have to update to the lastest version

hi all, does anyone know a video screen capture application ?

or xvidcap i think or xscreencap

how do i know which in the /dev directory is my cd?

no, it depends on where your cdrom is. usually it makes a symlink to /dev/cdrom

hi, i just noticed that rhythmbox in hoary has an ipod icon at its 'source' list. do anyone know how to use that?

you need to mount your ipod on /mmt/ipod

hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted

does the sound come back when you run gnome again?

how do i install a .dmg app.?

those are for mac os x

how do i format a partition? and what is the equivalent of scandisk in ubuntu?

scandisk=checkdisk but not the same or neccessary.. your sys will self check every 30 days.

heya i have a question about livecd not working on a compaq system... is this the right place or is there a chan for livecd support?

what's the specific issue?

hi, guys. i prefer yakuake to tilda. is it less efficient to use yakuake in gnome?

i use guake, very similar to yakuake, not sure about efficiencies though.

hi.. i'm up to moving my ubuntu partition to another disk.. i'm not using dd but the cp -a command.. now i need to change /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst.. i've changed the uuid in the fstab but the disk wont boot.. any ideas?

you need to reinstall grub to the mbr

ok b4 i thrash my new cpu, can someone confirm again that i can transfer a hdd with an ubuntu install to a completely different pc?

usually that should be fine

hey guys, curious -- is there a gotoassist equivalent in linux? like, some way for me to help my mom and her ubuntu system remotely easily? note that she has a dynamic ip.

vinagre/vino is built in to ubuntu and does that using vnc

how do i install svn client?

sudo apt-get install subversion

i put the updatedb command into a cronjob. was this necessary or does ubuntu run updatedb on its own?

correction... not a symlink... an actual script!

how can i theme gdm? is there a tutorial/manual?

sabayon should work for both gnome and kde i think. it just makes a default set of dot-files

hi folks. is there a database in the internet with all known usb-ids as used by lsusb?

look at: less $(which update-pciids)

anyone have a suggestion for an ipod shuffle-ish mp3 player that plays nicely with linux?

you might look into rockbox's firmware, on whatever hardware you prefer.

ping/nslookup works, but i gen connection refused on everything else. can anyone please help me debug?

look in /etc/resolve.conf, is your name server there

hey, what is a good usenet binary downloader for ubuntu?

check pan

hi guys, in my ubuntu internet is working fine ... i can go to google, medibuntu ... but when i do ping from cmd line it isn't working .. more logs @ http://paste.ubuntu.com/543628/ ... is there anythingi have to install .. any help ??

you can also try pinging something locally by it's ip address, e.g. your gateway router or your next hop out, to verify if network connectivity is working.

how i do to change emerald to metacity?

try in terminal metacity --replace

excuse me, is it ok if i burn the jaunty cd iso to dvdr and install it like that?

i've done that

how do i check which device drivers are loaded ?

lsmod

something akin to 'yum provides xxx.h' is what i'm looking for

usage: iniitially you must 'sudo apt-file update', then just do 'apt-file search name_of_file_i_looking_for'

hi! i'm trying to undelete some files from a fat16 partition (photo camera memo card). is there a command to do that?

there is a program called 'photorec' i don't know if it's in the repos though

how can i get swiftfox to play sound? sound works fine for other browsers and applications.

in swiftfox

hello, is there a ubuntu version without gui?

it's the server edition

anybody know of a util that i can use the share my clipboard w/my powerbook?

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

is there a edgy bluetooth howto? i'm trying to get my dell 355 bluetooth chip working

have you checked https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bluetooth/docs

hi all. i want to use linux without internet and i need a virtual machine to test ubuntu and soft that a already downloaded. what good vm software is good for use? i,m on ubuntu 12.04 now

virtualbox

(sighhhh) will anyone check if the 'xserver-xorg-video-radeon' even exist in the package tree ? i remembered i did have installed that before, but now i couldn't find it.

not on mine...

is there a way a program is initialized but does not appear in ps -a

i think you hae to do something like: update-rc.d -n scriptname defaults

question: does anyone know how to encrypt more than just ubuntu's home directory? including the system and swap partitions? my computer also has a windows xp partition, but i can take care of that with truecrypt.

cryptsetup+luks *

help please,what port does apt-get use?

or ftp (port 20+21)

what does aptitude safe-upgrade do?

does this help? http://pthree.org/2007/09/24/aptitude-full-upgrade-versus-safe-upgrade/

any answers plz? :(

i supose is an nautilus plugin, search for 'nautilus terminal' or so,ething like that

does anyone know how to auto detect the compression format of a file?

you can try 'file [filename] ' or open it in vlc and look under stream properties

what is the cmd to show your ip address from shell ?

ip a

hmm, when i start 'firefox' i am getting a segmentation fault core dumped...... a

strace firefox

hi again. how to list the dependancies of a given paquet p ?

apt-cache depends <package>

hmmm what adobe flash is used for android systems? since android is based on linux i was wondering if maybe it would be possible to get adobe flash to work on linux for arm processors

android is about as close to linux as macos is to freebsd unfortunately

what do i need to do to get networking started up from a text-only installation of xubuntu?

what are you looking at, just a standard ethernet?

how can i disable compiz

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install cinelerra

is there any tool available to convert to/from windows linebreaks?

sudo apt-get install tofrodos

anybody know of a tool to convert .mdf files to .iso?

mdf2iso

hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar

java blabla.jar

i plenty of ram and set 2gb to swap when i installed. can i reduce swap, or is it wise to just leave things alone?

just moutn half the swap as /tmp or something via tmpfs.

i'm moving over from fedora (downloading the iso right now :d), and i'd like to keep my data. i hear i just go to custom partitioning and choose to keep the /home partition. is there anything else i should know?

that's it. just keep your home partition and you'll keep your data

i was dualbooting xp and ubuntu. i put vista on partition 3, and now cant boot either xp or ubuntu. how to fix....?

check the link for 'lost grub after installing windows'

hi. does anyone know how to exit to shell_

instead of exting to gdm? i often hit ctrl+alt+f2 for tty2

i want to install a program in wine and all the howtos are for 32bit and in running 64bit ... does wine care ?

64bit wine works fine for me so far.

hi. can someone recommend a decent file backup utility that can copy directories which only replaces the files which have been altered and leaves the unaltered ones? i had one in windoze but not now

try konserve?

who can advise me? i have a ati radeon 9600 pro, but it is laggy (dri is on). should i buy a gforce fx5200?

an fx5200 won't be much better, you'd really need a 5700+ for reasonable performance

ubuntu in a laptop, when typing some text all the sudden other application takes focus. this makes typing a pain any ideas?

- hoary or breezy?>

how do i restore the desktop panels?

ctrl + alt + t

hello guys any news for broadcom corporation device [14e4:4357] (rev 01) i ve got an hp2137 sl and aircrack (used for testing my wireless security)doesn' work with this card , when open driver will be avaible?(hope it isn't wrong talk about this but as i sad before itìs for legal testing)

best to get a pcmcia card that will work with you program, or replace the internet minipci card with one that will work

hi, i'm following a gvim tutorial, what it means 'goto normal mode and press \ll'??

to enter commands, you need to enter the normal mode. just press esc key when in the insert/editing mode to enter the normal mode

i have suse linux enterprise desktop 10 certified on my notebook. can i switch to linux ubuntu ?

you can install wht ever you want

hello how can i print in my screen the name of the partitions i currently have in my harddrive im not sure if they are hda or sda

df -h

i'm trying to run a java app, but i get 'no java virtual machine could be found from your path variable'.... i have all the sun java stuff installed. what can i do to fix?

: set environments

what tool would you all recommend for resizing an ntfs partition?

i'd have thought it would make little difference on a single home pc. on a server with millions of files and hundreds of concurrent accesses it makes a huge difference

can anyone help me with a driver problem ? i have a hp pavilion dv6162ea but i cant get the webcam to work in gutsy.

some webcams are tricky

what command lists what each tty is connected to?

who ?

guys, please help me ;( i'm going to travel 12h by train, without working internet it will be nightmare :/ anyone got idea why i get those errors in syslog? http://pastebin.com/m5adf6fa9 thanks in advice!

have you asked at forums already?

what is the difference between a .ko and a .o file?

a k

does anyone know what the ppa to upgrade transmission 1.51 to 1.73 is for ubuntu 9.04? it doesn't seem to load when i try clicking the link for it from the transmission site...

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/packages.ubuntu.com

<gsommer> : which ubuntu version are you using ?

11.04 i think it was calles..

i have the acer eee laptop but i prefer to run the desktop version of ubuntu over the notebook remix, unforuantely i can't get the desktop iso onto a usb stick correctly for installation but i can get the notebook remix disk .img file to install without issue, so i'm wondering if there is a disk img file of the desktop iso i can use. or where i can find a program that will use the iso file to be able to be installed via a usb stick.

have you tried useing unetbootin?

what's a good way to search through all text files within a directory and see if any of them contain a certain text?

cat *.txt | grep 'text'

hi, anyone knows if there is a packaged version of cinerella for ubuntu?

yes there is, should be in the repo

does anyone know where i could get some mplayer debs or at least make totem work?

all th ethings you need are explained there

ncmpcpp --now-playing doesn't show anything

if you just run ncmpcpp you should get an ncurses gui

i wrote a helper script to help automate lucent winmodem setup under breezy and dapper. what's best place to share it with the community ?

file a bug reprt and attach it, that way it may get properly integrated

hi folks, how would i copy a directory and all it's contents from one place to another? i've tried 'cp /home/user/folder -r /home/user2/folder' but it doesn't seem to work?

use -r not -r

anyone know of a good audio mixing/editing program besides stupid audacity that's not working

you might also say why audacity isn't working... it's actually pretty good

how do i tell aptitude to purge a package and also purge the packages that will be autoremoved?