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i had attached my keyboard to my laptop and now when i remove it and even if i do xorg reconfigure stuff the kb of laptop changes back to normal but after few seconds it agains starts working like keyboard with a keypad half of the keys like 'k' key types digit number 2 ... what should i do	uhh, are you sure you're not holding the 'fn' key, or that it isn't stuck? the operating system doesn't decide whether that button is a k or a 2, that's a hardware thing.
where can i find the sources file that tells ubuntu what repositories to use?	edgy is unsupported, and its packages aren't on *.archive.ubuntu.com. you'll need to edit your sources.list to point to a new server whose url i'm trying to find...
is it just me or do isos take ages to copy over usb 1? :(	they do, yes...
does anyone know software inlieu of edit plus in linux - should be able to edit files over sftp	vim?
to disable the gdm service you type this in the console: sudo service gdm stop	not yet
how to store the file names in a folder to a file on ubuntu? as in windows its dir /a -> file.txt	or some variant of ls/dir/echo *
so i put a menubar on top of another menubar and told it to autohide, in gnome. now whenever i try to log in i crash. can anybody tell me what i have to delete (i only have xterm access) to set the ap bar thingies back to default? hopefully that will keep me from crashing on login	in the terminal: rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/panel
what's the equivalent of 'apt-get update' in the software center ui?	use update-manager
is there a way to purge the application cache? i'm at 96% on / (8gb allocated), so i kind of need some more space.	try bleachbit it will help you clean whole ubuntu like cc cleaner in windows
how can i view hidden folders in console? im quite surprised they are even hidden from root	it will show all directories and files too that start with a dot
hi, i have a new & clean karmic (64bit) and so far i've encountered a hanging update-manager, hanging apport while it was 'gathering info for a report' on a 'kernel error' which popped up in my system tray at some random time, and even ps was hanging so i couldn't find out which processes to kill. none of those would close, ps (in gnome-terminal) wouldn't respond to ctrl+c and also this is reproducable. what can i do?	maybe is hardware malfunctioning ? i would do memtest
just curious, is there a way to configure gnome-terminal to always just show 'foo@bar:$' for the prompt instead of 'foo@bar:full path to working directory$'?	you'll have to edit your .bashrc file - it has plenty of comments that should help you find your way
i'll write about my problem again so anyone can help me. i'm on a server-install and the terminal is not using the whole height of my screen. it only uses half, positioned in the middle. i was told to press 'e' at boot prompt and add 'vga=normal' but when clicking 'e' i'm given a list of choices first (root, kernel, initrd, savedefault, boot) what should i edit?	df -h
what do i set/where do i look to enable switching desktops with my mouse wheel and have that cube effect?	you'll need to install compizconfig-settings-manager
hello fellows, once done upgrading or reinstalling... how would you restore an accounts access to its /home folder?	try chown -r username:username /home/username
how to make sure html gets redirected to an https url? apache	this should help you: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-apache-force-https-secure-connections.html
tell me one thing... sody because so lego... i cant understant that there isnt firewall automaticly when install ubuntu,xubuntu	no firewall manager is needed unless you need to tweak if for a particular app
when i use alt+f2 and type in 'update manager -d' it tells me its not found. i'm trying to update to the natty alpha. anyone know how to do this? i'm on ubuntu 10.10	it would be 'update-manager' not 'update manager'
problem 1 - is there a way to disable a twinview monitor from command line? problem 2 - mythtv crashing x when trying to play tv. problem 3 - bluetooth audio on minimal install not showing in sound preferences. any ideas?	1: alter /etc/x11/xorg.conf 2: check the logs 3: alsamixer -c <sound card>
hey guys i don't know what that applet is but the little mailbox looking icon in the top right on the bar in ubuntu 10.10 is there a way to change the empathy chat button to pidgin ?	you can remove the empathy chat item, but you can't change pidgin to chat (well, not easily anyway, empathy is hardcoded in the indicator code). just uninstall empathy or delete /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/empathy (which is just a text file that has the path to the empathy .desktop file)
i am a debian user thinking of defecting to ubunutu. first though, what version of kde4 is in kubuntu?	kde 4.4
hi, i'm getting the 'package sun-java6-jdk has no installation candidate' error even after running ' add-apt-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' '. any fix for this?	you can try openjdk wich already is on ubuntu repository or manually download and install java from it's webpage
so.. no useable gui for multihead setups, right?	it is a frontend for xrandr which replaced xinerama.
hey all :) could you tell me the file i need to create in order to define the dns servers of my provider ?	/etc/resolv.conf
those links the bot has are to add more features (buttons/commands) to a mouse, im looking to subtract a setting. my xorg.conf has no settings for my mouse, just 'configured mouse' so i cant change it there. any other ideas?	that might be more relevant. or a combination of the two. the mouse buttons are probably extra mouse buttons, (7, 8,9 etc) which is configured for a small part with the first link, the second might be more relevan if they are already found, and you need to remap
where can i change what sounds is played during startup?	you can't really do that. another solution is to put 'mplayer /path/to/your/sound.ogg' to startup apps, and remove 'gnome startup sound' from there
who knows about everything there is to know about wine? i want to know how to use it and how to know what programs i can run with it. thank you	you just run 'wine blah.exe'
hello all. when i ran the live disk, ubuntu was able to identify and install the propriettary drivers i needed. however, after installing the os to my harddrive, when i go to administration>hardware drivers the list is blank.	and checking again
wt.. is this distro... no gcc? please enlight me how would i install gcc without all the deps fuss	install the build-essential package
is there a way to download from repos using bittorrent? the us and main repos seem slow.	no, but you can try changing repos, i use the swedish ones for instance and find them very fast
thanks, kyle: of course. but that's not 'for human beings' <g> besides i need to use the live cd. guess no one with a dsl can connect via live cd.	gs -version
how would archive a folder to a tar.gz in the terminal?	if you want to use the terminal, you shouldn't be afraid to read the man page for tar, especially the examples section
hay, i can't download key from keyserver.ubuntu.com, show me 'server timeout', but i can ping to keyserver.ubuntu.com	people where having problems with the keyserver earlier today as well, someone had a working mirror - sorry i didn't copy it down.
i'd really like to rtfm, but i'm not sure what to even search for... what do i lookup to find out how to get rid of old/unnecessary kernels (they show up in grub, for example)? or even just to understand what's going on with kernel updates (does the old version 'go away', etc.)?	be sure to keep one old kernl that you know works.
is it normal for rhythmbox to rip cds at incredibly slow speeds?	most drives will slow down if they encounter read errors. are you sure your cd is clean?
hi all - if i have made changes to my /boot/menu.lst and want to update my boot menu to include them, is the correct command grub-install /dev/hda?	if you change menu.lst, that's all you need
hi guys i would like to download the amd64 version of skype does anybody know where i can get this?	also see http://macprolinux.blogspot.com/2007/10/skype-on-64-bit-gutsy.html which method also works on 8.04
anyone here running steam under wine on ubuntu ?	what problem?
can anyone tell me what package i need to install to get the 'c header files' (im trying to setup the vmware-tools stuff as im running in vmware)	have you install build essentials?
hi all, i read on some the forum that i can install synergy via synaptic, but i can't find it on the list... how do i fix this? (see http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%3fid%3d5313&prev=/search%3fq%3dhttp://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%253fid%253d5313%26hl%3den%26hs%3d1rx%26lr%3d%26client%3dfirefox%26rls%3dorg.mozilla:en-us:unofficial)	you need to activate the 'universe' repository
would it pose necessary to add 'main restricted universe multiverse' to the six ubuntu gutsy repositories that i have?	its whats gets used if you try to download source packages, you really dont need this unless you are planning on installing stuff from source
hey, i've a question: i started an ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 upgrade (with the new update-manager), but the power cut half way through. system is fine, but is there a way to continue from where it crashed?	sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
hello , i am running ubuntu 9.10 , how do i force file system check as i had some data loss	then restart
i am trying to mount an ntfs partition with ntfs-3g but i get this message: 'unprivileged user can not mount ntfs block devices using the external fuse library.'	use sudo
hey guys, how much space is recommended for a fresh ubuntu installation?	enough
hi, how do i start mysql?	/etc/init.d/mysql start, probably.
firefox-bin is eating up 90% of my cpu what should i do?	if you're seeing a flash animation, or something like that (youtube videos, etc) then it's totally normal... blame adobe)
what can i use to convert .ogg to .avi/.mpg ?? ffmpeg doesn't do it	mencoder input_file.ogg -ovc lavc -nosound -o output_file.avi
how do i burn a live cd	right click on the iso, and you should get the option 'open with cd/dvd creator'
what's a good wiki/blog that i can install locally to collect my notes/procedures? thanks	tomboy is great
how do set bind/named to start automatically on boot?	/etc/init.d/bind9 start
i have a new hardy installation; is there a way to disable compiz? it is causing too much trouble	system>preferences>appearance last tab
i doubt it, he probably doesn't wanna be bugged	alpha255 :would you guys mind helping out arrick? i think he's trying to get a print server up and samba was recommended by a couple of guys. i've just told him to get xubuntu-desktop to get a working desktop running. does he even need a gui for what he needs?
how much memory is trackerd supposed to consume? because it is using more than 100 mb on my low-memory system, and the usage increases steadily	u can set the amount of memory dedicated to indexing
how can i get rhythmbox to play online radios?	go to your repositorys and enable multiverse
can someone msg me the default grouplist for the initial user on an ubuntu install? i screwed up my assignments by doing usermod -g fuse, instead of usermod -a -g fuse	username = andy
how can i get the version number of pkg not yet installed with aptituted? for example if i want to check the version number of liferea in the repos?	or aptitude show packagename
hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?	use /channel add
hello room question: i have 2 linux installations , 11.10 and 10.04 dual boot, how can i run programs/binaries from 10.04 while being in 11.10 and vice versa	you tried it, it didnt work, now you know
is sed and awk still popular or do people just use small ruby and python scripts for small text processing tasks?	i would die without sed
so, has anyone else had trouble with ubuntu not configuring x during setup?	have you tried vesa already?
heya, does the ubuntu live cd come with f-spot ?	f-spot is in universe, which is not on the livecd. but you can install it on the livecd.
how do i check what driver my blackbuntu machine is running? how do i check if it's either nvidia or nouvea itself who is managing my graphic card?	lsmod, lspci -k
is lxappearance in the repos?	software-center ??
lets say i have a desktop with two network cards. one card is connected to the wall, and has full internet access, the other is connected to a laptop without internet access (atm). i want to forward the connection from eth0 to eth1 and be able to connect my laptop to my desktop and in turn connect it to the internet, is this possible?	see if this helps http://tldp.org/howto/ethernet-bridge-netfilter-howto-3.html
how do i install midnight commander (mc)?	enable universe, then sudo apt-get install mc
so everything to alsa?	thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.
has any thunderbird user got threads working with one of the ubuntu mailinglists? no posts are nested as threads on my system.	click the icon in the 'thread' column to switch between threaded/nonthreaded view or use the menu or configfiles..
you wouldn't know that because you've been ignoring me up until i said something that bothered you.	sound does not work well in ubuntu for you, on your hardware, with your current configuration.
hos can i download ubuntu desktop on a ubuntu server	sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
what is the unity 2d shortcut key for doing expose? in unity 3d it's super + w, but that doesn't work in unity 2d.	clicking the workspaces?
how can you print a list of all the installed software?	you can further look at it a file called list if you do a redirect dpkg --list > list
is it true that edgy is coming out in october instead of december?	i read to day that its to be released in october
hi, how can i tell the linux kernel not to use too much memory for disk caching? i have a low-memory system and get '0-order allocation failed' errors while the kernel is wasting 8mb for disk caches.	tweak something in 'ls /proc/sys/vm/*' ??
hi can anyone tell me how to install libwxgtk on lucid?	sudo apt-get install libwxgt2.8-0 (for version 2.8 obviously)
anyway to su to become root?	sudo su -
does anyone here simply know what config file holds settings for screen resoluion in x??	/etc/x11/xorg.conf
question, are the .vob files all i need from a dvd to watch the movie without the disk ?	i believe so
is there a way to make ssh connect even if there is a rsa key sum failure?	remove the know key from the know keys file in ~/.ssh/
hey guys, i want to test my websites on ie in ubuntu - what are my options?	browsershots is a good site for that
\whois nalioth	look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois
how can i use the remove command, rm, to remove both a directory and a file in the same command?	rm -rf filename
why should you use gksudo over sudo?	it sets the graphical environment up properly - see http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to know why
im trying to change permissions of a foler using 'chmod a+w' but get reply operation not permitted. how to fix?	you may need to sudo
hello, i was wondering what the best bittorrent and p2p client fot ubuntu is? i am at the moment looking at azureus and gnutella respectivily. are these good? is it ok to talk about this, if not i will not mention it again?	the best is bittornado
hi. forgotten the name of some neat gpl program that allows multiple screens to be shared (including clipboard) and it can be linux/windows/other oss...only requires a single keyboard/mouse	http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
how do i chose the default browser for http:? firefox is too big for my computer	system > preferences > preferred apps
ubuntu can see the windows partitions, and that is good. i was wondering if there is a way to make windows see the linux partitions as well (even if read-only)	ext3 or higher will not work
how do i tell what graphics driver is installed?	run lpsci \| grep vga
hi, can someone tell me how to install otr (off-the record) plugin for gaim. there is a packet for kopete, but not for gaim, help?	install the pidgin-otr package
hello. ive got a problem with evolution. im using gmail. everytime i, for example, delete a mail, it doesnt get deleted in gmail. it does get deleted in evolution and does not appear again, however	meaning 'deleted messages' are purged
i have a machine booted to a ubuntu live usb stick. how do i get to a command prompt?	either ctrl+alt+t to open gnome-terminal, or ctrl+alt+f1 to go to the console.
hi. how do i change the screensaver timeout ?	sys > pref >screensaver
has anybody's flash player (nonfree) broken in firefox with the most recent update? i get the thing to install additional plugins, but tis already installed :\	you may need to sudo aptitude clean to clear out your package cache before sudo aptitude reinstall flashplayer-nonfree
!tell existenz about easysource	i believe with the .debs
it seems that the finding of youtube flash files in the /tmp folder does not work in ubuntu 10.10, even with hidden files shown. is this right or am i doing it wrong?	could use youtube-dl
how do i install java run time environment for mozilla?	sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
hi ! i'm looking for a compatible color laser multifunction printer. tried the dell 2135cn with no luck, i'm thinking of the 2145cn, but have no clue of what other manufacturers may offer. any idea ?	i would suggest you look for a hp one. hp have always had awesome print support in linux
i've got a pc with ubuntu server, and three harddrives in it, is there software that could make from those three one big one?	software raid or lvm does not require special hardware
i have a folder that i need to give access to user www, group www, but i need to edit the files with my user. the best way is to add my user to the group www and make the folder part of the group www?	and make the folder group-writable

i had attached my keyboard to my laptop and now when i remove it and even if i do xorg reconfigure stuff the kb of laptop changes back to normal but after few seconds it agains starts working like keyboard with a keypad half of the keys like 'k' key types digit number 2 ... what should i do

uhh, are you sure you're not holding the 'fn' key, or that it isn't stuck? the operating system doesn't decide whether that button is a k or a 2, that's a hardware thing.

where can i find the sources file that tells ubuntu what repositories to use?

edgy is unsupported, and its packages aren't on *.archive.ubuntu.com. you'll need to edit your sources.list to point to a new server whose url i'm trying to find...

is it just me or do isos take ages to copy over usb 1? :(

they do, yes...

does anyone know software inlieu of edit plus in linux - should be able to edit files over sftp

vim?

to disable the gdm service you type this in the console: sudo service gdm stop

not yet

how to store the file names in a folder to a file on ubuntu? as in windows its dir /a -> file.txt

or some variant of ls/dir/echo *

so i put a menubar on top of another menubar and told it to autohide, in gnome. now whenever i try to log in i crash. can anybody tell me what i have to delete (i only have xterm access) to set the ap bar thingies back to default? hopefully that will keep me from crashing on login

in the terminal: rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/panel

what's the equivalent of 'apt-get update' in the software center ui?

use update-manager

is there a way to purge the application cache? i'm at 96% on / (8gb allocated), so i kind of need some more space.

try bleachbit it will help you clean whole ubuntu like cc cleaner in windows

how can i view hidden folders in console? im quite surprised they are even hidden from root

it will show all directories and files too that start with a dot

hi, i have a new & clean karmic (64bit) and so far i've encountered a hanging update-manager, hanging apport while it was 'gathering info for a report' on a 'kernel error' which popped up in my system tray at some random time, and even ps was hanging so i couldn't find out which processes to kill. none of those would close, ps (in gnome-terminal) wouldn't respond to ctrl+c and also this is reproducable. what can i do?

maybe is hardware malfunctioning ? i would do memtest

just curious, is there a way to configure gnome-terminal to always just show 'foo@bar:$' for the prompt instead of 'foo@bar:full path to working directory$'?

you'll have to edit your .bashrc file - it has plenty of comments that should help you find your way

i'll write about my problem again so anyone can help me. i'm on a server-install and the terminal is not using the whole height of my screen. it only uses half, positioned in the middle. i was told to press 'e' at boot prompt and add 'vga=normal' but when clicking 'e' i'm given a list of choices first (root, kernel, initrd, savedefault, boot) what should i edit?

df -h

what do i set/where do i look to enable switching desktops with my mouse wheel and have that cube effect?

you'll need to install compizconfig-settings-manager

hello fellows, once done upgrading or reinstalling... how would you restore an accounts access to its /home folder?

try chown -r username:username /home/username

how to make sure html gets redirected to an https url? apache

this should help you: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-apache-force-https-secure-connections.html

tell me one thing... sody because so lego... i cant understant that there isnt firewall automaticly when install ubuntu,xubuntu

no firewall manager is needed unless you need to tweak if for a particular app

when i use alt+f2 and type in 'update manager -d' it tells me its not found. i'm trying to update to the natty alpha. anyone know how to do this? i'm on ubuntu 10.10

it would be 'update-manager' not 'update manager'

problem 1 - is there a way to disable a twinview monitor from command line? problem 2 - mythtv crashing x when trying to play tv. problem 3 - bluetooth audio on minimal install not showing in sound preferences. any ideas?

1: alter /etc/x11/xorg.conf 2: check the logs 3: alsamixer -c <sound card>

hey guys i don't know what that applet is but the little mailbox looking icon in the top right on the bar in ubuntu 10.10 is there a way to change the empathy chat button to pidgin ?

you can remove the empathy chat item, but you can't change pidgin to chat (well, not easily anyway, empathy is hardcoded in the indicator code). just uninstall empathy or delete /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/empathy (which is just a text file that has the path to the empathy .desktop file)

i am a debian user thinking of defecting to ubunutu. first though, what version of kde4 is in kubuntu?

kde 4.4

hi, i'm getting the 'package sun-java6-jdk has no installation candidate' error even after running ' add-apt-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' '. any fix for this?

you can try openjdk wich already is on ubuntu repository or manually download and install java from it's webpage

so.. no useable gui for multihead setups, right?

it is a frontend for xrandr which replaced xinerama.

hey all :) could you tell me the file i need to create in order to define the dns servers of my provider ?

/etc/resolv.conf

those links the bot has are to add more features (buttons/commands) to a mouse, im looking to subtract a setting. my xorg.conf has no settings for my mouse, just 'configured mouse' so i cant change it there. any other ideas?

that might be more relevant. or a combination of the two. the mouse buttons are probably extra mouse buttons, (7, 8,9 etc) which is configured for a small part with the first link, the second might be more relevan if they are already found, and you need to remap

where can i change what sounds is played during startup?

you can't really do that. another solution is to put 'mplayer /path/to/your/sound.ogg' to startup apps, and remove 'gnome startup sound' from there

who knows about everything there is to know about wine? i want to know how to use it and how to know what programs i can run with it. thank you

you just run 'wine blah.exe'

hello all. when i ran the live disk, ubuntu was able to identify and install the propriettary drivers i needed. however, after installing the os to my harddrive, when i go to administration>hardware drivers the list is blank.

and checking again

wt.. is this distro... no gcc? please enlight me how would i install gcc without all the deps fuss

install the build-essential package

is there a way to download from repos using bittorrent? the us and main repos seem slow.

no, but you can try changing repos, i use the swedish ones for instance and find them very fast

thanks, kyle: of course. but that's not 'for human beings' <g> besides i need to use the live cd. guess no one with a dsl can connect via live cd.

gs -version

how would archive a folder to a tar.gz in the terminal?

if you want to use the terminal, you shouldn't be afraid to read the man page for tar, especially the examples section

hay, i can't download key from keyserver.ubuntu.com, show me 'server timeout', but i can ping to keyserver.ubuntu.com

people where having problems with the keyserver earlier today as well, someone had a working mirror - sorry i didn't copy it down.

i'd really like to rtfm, but i'm not sure what to even search for... what do i lookup to find out how to get rid of old/unnecessary kernels (they show up in grub, for example)? or even just to understand what's going on with kernel updates (does the old version 'go away', etc.)?

be sure to keep one old kernl that you know works.

is it normal for rhythmbox to rip cds at incredibly slow speeds?

most drives will slow down if they encounter read errors. are you sure your cd is clean?

hi all - if i have made changes to my /boot/menu.lst and want to update my boot menu to include them, is the correct command grub-install /dev/hda?

if you change menu.lst, that's all you need

hi guys i would like to download the amd64 version of skype does anybody know where i can get this?

also see http://macprolinux.blogspot.com/2007/10/skype-on-64-bit-gutsy.html which method also works on 8.04

anyone here running steam under wine on ubuntu ?

what problem?

can anyone tell me what package i need to install to get the 'c header files' (im trying to setup the vmware-tools stuff as im running in vmware)

have you install build essentials?

hi all, i read on some the forum that i can install synergy via synaptic, but i can't find it on the list... how do i fix this? (see http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%3fid%3d5313&prev=/search%3fq%3dhttp://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php%253fid%253d5313%26hl%3den%26hs%3d1rx%26lr%3d%26client%3dfirefox%26rls%3dorg.mozilla:en-us:unofficial)

you need to activate the 'universe' repository

would it pose necessary to add 'main restricted universe multiverse' to the six ubuntu gutsy repositories that i have?

its whats gets used if you try to download source packages, you really dont need this unless you are planning on installing stuff from source

hey, i've a question: i started an ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 upgrade (with the new update-manager), but the power cut half way through. system is fine, but is there a way to continue from where it crashed?

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

hello , i am running ubuntu 9.10 , how do i force file system check as i had some data loss

then restart

i am trying to mount an ntfs partition with ntfs-3g but i get this message: 'unprivileged user can not mount ntfs block devices using the external fuse library.'

use sudo

hey guys, how much space is recommended for a fresh ubuntu installation?

enough

hi, how do i start mysql?

/etc/init.d/mysql start, probably.

firefox-bin is eating up 90% of my cpu what should i do?

if you're seeing a flash animation, or something like that (youtube videos, etc) then it's totally normal... blame adobe)

what can i use to convert .ogg to .avi/.mpg ?? ffmpeg doesn't do it

mencoder input_file.ogg -ovc lavc -nosound -o output_file.avi

how do i burn a live cd

right click on the iso, and you should get the option 'open with cd/dvd creator'

what's a good wiki/blog that i can install locally to collect my notes/procedures? thanks

tomboy is great

how do set bind/named to start automatically on boot?

/etc/init.d/bind9 start

i have a new hardy installation; is there a way to disable compiz? it is causing too much trouble

system>preferences>appearance last tab

i doubt it, he probably doesn't wanna be bugged

alpha255 :would you guys mind helping out arrick? i think he's trying to get a print server up and samba was recommended by a couple of guys. i've just told him to get xubuntu-desktop to get a working desktop running. does he even need a gui for what he needs?

how much memory is trackerd supposed to consume? because it is using more than 100 mb on my low-memory system, and the usage increases steadily

u can set the amount of memory dedicated to indexing

how can i get rhythmbox to play online radios?

go to your repositorys and enable multiverse

can someone msg me the default grouplist for the initial user on an ubuntu install? i screwed up my assignments by doing usermod -g fuse, instead of usermod -a -g fuse

username = andy

how can i get the version number of pkg not yet installed with aptituted? for example if i want to check the version number of liferea in the repos?

or aptitude show packagename

hi, can you tell me can i set up irssi to autojoin some silly channels upon startup?

use /channel add

hello room question: i have 2 linux installations , 11.10 and 10.04 dual boot, how can i run programs/binaries from 10.04 while being in 11.10 and vice versa

you tried it, it didnt work, now you know

is sed and awk still popular or do people just use small ruby and python scripts for small text processing tasks?

i would die without sed

so, has anyone else had trouble with ubuntu not configuring x during setup?

have you tried vesa already?

heya, does the ubuntu live cd come with f-spot ?

f-spot is in universe, which is not on the livecd. but you can install it on the livecd.

how do i check what driver my blackbuntu machine is running? how do i check if it's either nvidia or nouvea itself who is managing my graphic card?

lsmod, lspci -k

is lxappearance in the repos?

software-center ??

lets say i have a desktop with two network cards. one card is connected to the wall, and has full internet access, the other is connected to a laptop without internet access (atm). i want to forward the connection from eth0 to eth1 and be able to connect my laptop to my desktop and in turn connect it to the internet, is this possible?

see if this helps http://tldp.org/howto/ethernet-bridge-netfilter-howto-3.html

how do i install midnight commander (mc)?

enable universe, then sudo apt-get install mc

so everything to alsa?

thats what i did... all fo my apps are set to alsa, and i have all preferences set to alsa in my system sound prefs.

has any thunderbird user got threads working with one of the ubuntu mailinglists? no posts are nested as threads on my system.

click the icon in the 'thread' column to switch between threaded/nonthreaded view or use the menu or configfiles..

you wouldn't know that because you've been ignoring me up until i said something that bothered you.

sound does not work well in ubuntu for you, on your hardware, with your current configuration.

hos can i download ubuntu desktop on a ubuntu server

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

what is the unity 2d shortcut key for doing expose? in unity 3d it's super + w, but that doesn't work in unity 2d.

clicking the workspaces?

how can you print a list of all the installed software?

you can further look at it a file called list if you do a redirect dpkg --list > list

is it true that edgy is coming out in october instead of december?

i read to day that its to be released in october

hi, how can i tell the linux kernel not to use too much memory for disk caching? i have a low-memory system and get '0-order allocation failed' errors while the kernel is wasting 8mb for disk caches.

tweak something in 'ls /proc/sys/vm/*' ??

hi can anyone tell me how to install libwxgtk on lucid?

sudo apt-get install libwxgt2.8-0 (for version 2.8 obviously)

anyway to su to become root?

sudo su -

does anyone here simply know what config file holds settings for screen resoluion in x??

/etc/x11/xorg.conf

question, are the .vob files all i need from a dvd to watch the movie without the disk ?

i believe so

is there a way to make ssh connect even if there is a rsa key sum failure?

remove the know key from the know keys file in ~/.ssh/

hey guys, i want to test my websites on ie in ubuntu - what are my options?

browsershots is a good site for that

\whois nalioth

look in the tab called 'ubuntu servers' there is the whois

how can i use the remove command, rm, to remove both a directory and a file in the same command?

rm -rf filename

why should you use gksudo over sudo?

it sets the graphical environment up properly - see http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to know why

im trying to change permissions of a foler using 'chmod a+w' but get reply operation not permitted. how to fix?

you may need to sudo

hello, i was wondering what the best bittorrent and p2p client fot ubuntu is? i am at the moment looking at azureus and gnutella respectivily. are these good? is it ok to talk about this, if not i will not mention it again?

the best is bittornado

hi. forgotten the name of some neat gpl program that allows multiple screens to be shared (including clipboard) and it can be linux/windows/other oss...only requires a single keyboard/mouse

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

how do i chose the default browser for http:? firefox is too big for my computer

system > preferences > preferred apps

ubuntu can see the windows partitions, and that is good. i was wondering if there is a way to make windows see the linux partitions as well (even if read-only)

ext3 or higher will not work

how do i tell what graphics driver is installed?

run lpsci | grep vga

hi, can someone tell me how to install otr (off-the record) plugin for gaim. there is a packet for kopete, but not for gaim, help?

install the pidgin-otr package

hello. ive got a problem with evolution. im using gmail. everytime i, for example, delete a mail, it doesnt get deleted in gmail. it does get deleted in evolution and does not appear again, however

meaning 'deleted messages' are purged

i have a machine booted to a ubuntu live usb stick. how do i get to a command prompt?

either ctrl+alt+t to open gnome-terminal, or ctrl+alt+f1 to go to the console.

hi. how do i change the screensaver timeout ?

sys > pref >screensaver

has anybody's flash player (nonfree) broken in firefox with the most recent update? i get the thing to install additional plugins, but tis already installed :\

you may need to sudo aptitude clean to clear out your package cache before sudo aptitude reinstall flashplayer-nonfree

!tell existenz about easysource

i believe with the .debs

it seems that the finding of youtube flash files in the /tmp folder does not work in ubuntu 10.10, even with hidden files shown. is this right or am i doing it wrong?

could use youtube-dl

how do i install java run time environment for mozilla?

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin

hi ! i'm looking for a compatible color laser multifunction printer. tried the dell 2135cn with no luck, i'm thinking of the 2145cn, but have no clue of what other manufacturers may offer. any idea ?

i would suggest you look for a hp one. hp have always had awesome print support in linux

i've got a pc with ubuntu server, and three harddrives in it, is there software that could make from those three one big one?

software raid or lvm does not require special hardware

i have a folder that i need to give access to user www, group www, but i need to edit the files with my user. the best way is to add my user to the group www and make the folder part of the group www?

and make the folder group-writable