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how does one use the hfsutils to mount a mac os x volume?
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support should be in the kernel; just mount it
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i've got 11.04 desktop on a desktop machine and i'm thinking of setting it up as the server for a vpn setup, do i need to reinstall with server edition or can i just add whatever packages i may need?
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no reinstallation needed. no need for server kernel either. just install/remove packages as needed
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is there anybody who can help me with getting my dual-boot to work?????
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what is the problem
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hey everyone! i have one of these multimedia keyboards. in gnome, the volume control wheel on the keyboard works great, but in enemy territory it does not function. could anyone help?
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enemy territory is probably grabbing the keyboard in some way.
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i have set up a shared folder on 'box1' and my windows xp laptop can see and access the folder. but how do i get my other linux laptop to see the shared folder on box1?
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make sure everything with 'samba' in the name is installed :p and then from nautilus use smb://computer_name
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i have a folder full of ttf fonts that i want to add to the system wide font folder however i cannot mount /media/sda1 as a normal user (its ntfs i believe) and copy it into fonts:///
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doesn't just draging them at fonts:/// under nautilus work?
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how to get c compiler
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sudo apt-get install build-essential
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hello everybody, i'v got a problem with a sd card reader (in a scaleo p fujitsu siemens computer). the card reader can read a 2gb kingston card but not a 8gb verbatim one (which is working). any idea ?
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it's probably that your sd card reader does not support sdhc. that is required for sd cards over 2gb. sorry, but i don't know what you can do about it.
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when does support on 7.10 run out?
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in a year.
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i have ubuntu 10.04 installed on virtualbox, i use mobile broadband in windows7 and ubuntu is not taking the connection...what should i use in network settings of virtualbox?
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you should move, but for that matters you'll only need nat, let the windows take care of networking for you
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question to anyone: i am having problems playing mp3s with xmms, using intel ich (alsa), xmms freezes when i try to play an mp3
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change the output plugin to esound
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what is the location and name of the file where you can add apps to start at boot?
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init.d and rc.d are what you're after
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does anyone have a suggestion on how to get local filesharing to work?
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using what protocol?
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hello, where could i find the folder 'theme' which stored all theme's files like 'human' theme? thanks
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copy it to ~/.themes/ and make your modifications there. the system-wide themes are in /usr/share/themes/
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is there a fuse filesystem i can use to create a union of two directories? ideally i could do this in the same directory (but i had a memory that just doesn't work) ie, ${home}/music merge 'in place' with /media/remote/music or something
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ln -s?
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connecting my laptop to projector or tv , can anybody suggest an application
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dunno i just plug mine into the tv. no software
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where is log file of pidgin? i want to view the log of #ubuntu channel
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its under ~/.purple/logs
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sorry but how do i direct my message at one person
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type the person username exactly as it is, and it would show as red to the reciever :)
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is there something to make continuous backups like that 'time machine' thing for mac os?
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an rsync is fine too
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can someone help me figure out why (k)ubuntu doesn't recognize my cd/dvd drive? see output of cdrecord -scanbus http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/58993/ . ide cd/dvd drive. running the two commands suggested in the pastebin produce similar results. output of 'cdrecord dev=ata -scanbus' here: http://pastebin.ca/935926
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did you md5 check the iso? perhaps a bad burn?
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is there a way to put your notebook in presentation mode (so that the screensaver is disabled) without altering power management options?
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/08/%e2%80%98caffeine%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-app-to-delay-screensaversuspend/
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hey guys, i'm trying to walk my dad through opening up a terminal prompt so i can run ifconfig to see why he has no net connection..
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applications -> terminal
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ah... is 'locate' the bash-equivalent of ksh's whence? or some super-'find'? it found a _lot_ of *.desktop files.
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i believe locate is uses find and a database to catalog all the files on the hd
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where does cron send errors to?
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/var/logs/system*
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hi, does anyone know any program for ubuntu gutsy 64bit that i can manage olympus sp-550 uz digital camera ?
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what about picasa?
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i have changed my display manager from gdm to xdm, and it seems i am having some problems with my keyboard layout. how do i turn back to gdm
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on the login screen choose sessions and change back to gdm or gnome.
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hey everyone, i have a gpg encrypted text file. is there any tool that i can use to decrypt the text file into memory, edit it, and save it again encrypted. i could use gpg to decrypt it into plain text, edit that and then encrypt it again, but i am wondering if there is a way to do that on the fly
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you could extract it to a ramdisk (like /dev/shm, i think), but there may be a tool to do what you want anyway
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is it possible to mount ext4 filesystem as ext2?
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anyway, i don't think it is possible
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how come i can't find '/home/hendri/.cairo-dock/current_themes/launchers' in nautilus ?
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do ctrl+h in nautilus to see hidden folders/files
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are there any pdf readers for a terminal?
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pdftotext
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so ubuntu uses debian kernel, debian installer, and debian packages (albiet in a custom repository), so the basic advantage is that it standardizes packages?
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and the three-past-releases security support
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can anybody help a newbie setting up a dhcp server? please?
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try this out; http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/06/1451231&tid=106
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in ubuntu 9.04 desktop on the gdm initial login screen there is/was a button which allowed the user to set the language/locale for their next session. in ubuntu 9.10 i am not seeing that button. what is the ubuntu 9.10 way to set language/locale at login time?
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the buttons don't show until a user is selected in the list
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why do i keep getting this error when i try to run update manager on 10.10 : w:failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/meerkat/stable/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/source/sources.gz 404 not found
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you can remove them under synaptic packagemanager under repositories
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hey guys, is 2.0ghz 512mb ram box enough to put ubuntu server on and it function as a web server/ssh for light load?
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yes more then plenty
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ok. i'm trying again: anyone can use 1152x864 resolution in their ubuntu?
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just add the res to the mode line in xorg.conf & restart x
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question: i would like to create a ubuntu live/install of my current configuration, is there a tool for this?
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remastersys
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does anyone know where to find the launchctl command?
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launchctl is from mac's osx, not ubuntu
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hi, i have a problem that when transfering files from my server (an old fit-pc 1-0) the transfers are at first as fast as one would expect (about 11-12 mb/sec) but then after a while drops a lot - down to about 1 mb/sec. i am using vsftp to transfer over a local network to another ubuntu machine connecting with gftp. any ideas what might be wrong? soe buffer filling up or..?
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have a look at http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/
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hey all, i've just upgraded to dapper (lts), and x session keeps restarting, returning to gdm login after a while, anyone knows how to fix this
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have you looked in ~/.xsession-errors for any info?
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what's the best, simplest backup solution for ubuntu to local nas?
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rsync?
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hi, whenever i try to start visualboyadvance-gtk it says 'bash: visualboyadvance-gtk: command not found' but i know i have it installed because when i try to install it again i get visualboyadvance-gtk is already the newest version.' what could stop this from opening?
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that will tell you the names of files in that package, then look for the name of the file in the /usr/bin folder
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bump.. anyone got a quick guide to installing java runtime environment and flash 8 ?
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for java thats the info
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hi guys how can i check if a domain has mx entries?
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there is, in every supported version of ubuntu as well.
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are there any ways to uninstall alsa? and then download and compile it manually myself?
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alsa drivers come on the kernel package
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do i need to reboot, for the system to recognize changes in asound.conf?
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or alsasound restart
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i'm running 7.10 on i386. my update manager is offering to upgrade me to '8.04 lts'. is upgrading this way as risky as this kinda' thing used to be? or should i just back up what i need, and reinstall all from scratch?
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i did it everything went fine
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i'm trying to install ubuntu on a toshiba portege - external cd drive. boot from cd, opt to install, find myself at a command prompt (busybox, ash). is this a known problem?
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to get live cd to run this often helps..at start or install press f6 and remove quiet and splash from the command line. if it still fails.. repeat and after removing quiet and splash add noapic acpi=off before the '--'
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hi could any one tell me if i download the new version of ubuntu tomorrow will it update to the stable version in 10 days. or shuld i wait 10 days to install thanks in advance
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it will upgrade to stable if you accept the proposed updates
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i am using xubuntu 9.10 and want to re-enable the ctrl-alt-backspace restart x ability. i have to make the command manually in xubuntu, does anyone know what the command is for restart x?
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take a look at this http://maketecheasier.com/restore-ctrl-alt-backspace-in-ubuntu-jaunty/2009/05/17
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ok. another question. is there a french ubuntu channel here for my friend. he can't speak english
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ubuntu-fr
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i had to reset my mbr using a vista cd, but now my ubuntu live cd can't see a couple of ext3 partitions i had
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: use supergrub
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hey guys, im having trouble connecting to a cisco vpn with ubuntu 9.04. everytime i try to connect with the network manager it fails. is there any way i can see an output or log somewhere so i can see exactly what fails? thanks
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or one of the other files in that directory. i'd use something like this to find out. sudo tail -f /var/log/*
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is there a recommended tool for browsing fonts? something better than xlsfonts.
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how about just typing 'fonts:///' into nautilus's location bar
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how can i pipe a file to gzip?
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see man gzip for options
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can i convert a ntfs disk into a ext3 without loosing data?
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yes you can read/write to ntfs
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ummm... i am able to use sudo to run commands as root but for some reason i cant login to my root account.. ? wtf?
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the root account is disabled by default
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is there anyway to start ubuntu in some sort of 'verbose' mode to see why my pcmcia card won't let it load?
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actually, remove quiet and 'splash'
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why? .13 is so beautiful
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basically the point is 'well-tested on everything' so that 'it just works' for newbies, etc
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ok, another approach: if i have 2 disks, one with that huge delay on grub loading and one which works fine (same disks, and almost the same partition layout (at least / and /boot)), what configs i should try to compare? (same kernel versions also)
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also see if they are both ext3 or one is ext2 (which will be slightly slower)
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what is the command to insert something at the end of a file, like '[command] this is now the last line in the file.' ?
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you could do , echo 'blah' >>file
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blender's interface takes a lot of getting used to (but i hear that it is very powerful when you master it, which i haven't yet)
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yes, it's insane at first, but insanely awesome if you keep at it ;)
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does anyone know how to change my system to use the gnu java instead of the sun one?
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update-alternatives
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is there any way to compress a rar file better than just 'rar -m5'? that compresses a 122mb file just to a 121.6mb rar
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.jpg files are already compressed... there's no real way to get them much smaller...
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so i'm in a weird situation. i'm on a windows network with completely screwed up dns tables and i'm trying to find the ip of another ubuntu box on the network. out of 2,000 clients, there's only 5 linux boxes on the network. is there any way i can 'scoop' up the clients that are linux based and not windows based so i can probe each one to find which is the file server i need?
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you might want to check out spiceworks. we use it at my office and it's amazing how much information it can tell you about the machines on your network.
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hello everyone how can i use chmod recursively ? i want to chmod 777 /directory/*all contents*
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try the man page
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the apps you run will spawn new processes and display on the client only, so no.why do you want to access the remote desktop?
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to show my friend how to effectively use some linux stuff whilst talking over skype
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hello, i'm trying to update my nvidia drivers to the latest and the installer wants me to kill x, but when i kill x it redscreens.
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so? do they work? is there some major issue?
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nice (didnt know)
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there are more. system settings -> keyboard -> shortcuts -> screenshots (in unity)
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how can i shut down the x-server in ubuntu desktop?? i want to install the nvidia drivers
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then you can proceed to install the drivers.
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ok - this may be n00bish, but how do i compile a .tar.gz file?
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you try to avoid it
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i didnt know that command
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havent seen you before, seem very adept, cool, hope i helped a bit, hope to see ya more, l8tr
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does anyone have dvd playback working on ubuntu? if so, where did you get libdvdcss from?
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looked here? http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/deb/ -- that's from /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
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what packages do i need to download that include files such as stdio.h so i can use gcc to compile programs?
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start with sudo apt-get install build-essential
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is it possible to run a 64bit virtual os on a 32 bit installed os?
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there may be a paravirtualization solution out there which is capable of doing that, perhaps qemu, that is one of the most flexible vms... but i can't speak for vmware or virtualbox
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hey, i just installed windows onto a spare partition, however it must have removed grub or something so i dont have the option to dual boot
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/msg ubottu grub
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hello everyone. i have used vlc and mplayer but neither of these tools have an option for watching a video in slow motion... is there a player that have this feature?
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mplayer -fps 5 movie.avi
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i want to use the command tar -cvf backup.tar ~ to make a backup of my homedirectory, is there a way to automaticly put the date in the name? like backup 160708.tar
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put that in the filename
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how do i put bullets in gedit? :d
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copy/paste this • to gedit
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can someone point me in the direction of how to get maverick to recognize and use my laptop fingerprint reader?
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libfprint
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i just changed monitors on my ubuntu 6.06.1 lts system and would like to have x reconfigure for the new refresh rates (like it did at install); how can i do this?
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just hit enter for everything to accept the detected values
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any one help i am running a internet cafe. some of the children are using java games what are not written in the best way and use all cpu power slowing all everyone else down. any one know how i can limit the resources given to java_vm permanently please rather than renice every time
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that is a very interesting question. i'd try it by writing a script to replace the link in /usr/bin/java
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ok, no blackberry... how about outlook + wine?
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forget outlook with wine xd
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will dell ship linux laptops? i was thinking either to get a dell or a mac loptop
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dell.com/linux
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anyone running a win7 vm in virtualbox with 3d enabled, and running ok?
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null. i'm not running any of that, so no troubles to report.
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hi, my mouse cursor disappears when pointing at certain things, such as jpegs in firefox or the firefox customize toolbar, it happens in other places as well, not just firefox. any suggestions on fixing this? haven't found any help yet. i'm using the default cursor on gnome, the other cursors do no different
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then don't point at those things
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does ubuntu use xfree or x.org?
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from my experience (64 bit) the ati linux experience is a bit... rocky
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when the update manager starts an upgrade, it always gets stuck waiting for me to open the 'details' section, read the change log, and press 'q'. surely new users would have no idea it was waiting for that, so this is a bug. what package or config setting did i add that is making it do this?
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sounds like apt-listchanges
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hi. how to change user's initial group?
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edit /etc/passwd
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could someone tell me if there is a way to totally disable a laptops internal speakers short of tearing into the laptop and unplugging them? i have a sony vaio, vgn-nr385e, and when i plug in head phones the internal speakers still broadcast. it is annoying and makes the laptop unusable in public if i want to hear web content
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i had the same problem on a dell laptop...i don't remember what i did, but i removed something -- i'm pretty sure it was a package
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hi all, i installed chromium, and am having a really tough time configuring java on the browser(it fails the test on the java website), can someone please help me
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(ubuntu no longer uses /etc/inittab because of upstart )
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what kind of problems would cause ubuntu/linux to freeze on a laptop with no error messages?
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power and/or hardware failure (like overheating)
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can anyone point me to a simple setup how to on setting up a mailserver?
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try howtoforge.org
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my firefox browser takes the full screen and doesn't display the toolbar!!
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press f11
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what's the package that with some tab key combination, like alt-tab, not only shows you the _names_ of the windows it can switch to, but shows an _image_ of that window? compiz???
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ccsm to configure compiz
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i tried the latest debian and am having difficulties with the s3 trio3d in my ibm 300gl. it isn't supported by debian, but will it work with ubuntu?
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you're likely to have the same trouble here and there.
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hi. i munged my sudousers file. i tried using the livecd as a rescue, but once there i can't find /etc on my hardrive ( as opposed to the disc ). i guess i need to mount my hard drive. any ideas how to do this or where to read about it?
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during the boot, after the bios messages, you can get to the grub menu (may need to press esc). recovery is an option you can select from that menu.
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there are any script that downloads youtube videos?
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handy script, written in python.. support restricted youtube video too
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what is the best terminal irc client?
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i would suggest trying irssi, and check freshmeat.net for other console/text based irc clients
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my normal users don't have cmd line features like history, auto-completetion, but root does. what could be wrong? (server)
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are they using bash as default shell? maybe theyre in sh?
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