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how should i partition my hd when installing ubuntu? | new hardware standard, replaces bios, standard on mac hardware, some x86 now. |
how do i set abiword as default rtf ediitor in ubuntu? | right click on an rtf file, go to properties/open with and set the radio button to abiword |
hey has anyone run ubuntu with the open solaris kernel? | why would you run ubuntu using open solaris kernel? |
when i do a 'echo hello > file' is overwrite the hole file. how do i do to add it to the end instead? | echo hello >> file |
i have a genius eye 310 webcam and i can't get it to work on my kubuntu 10.04 laptop... | it is supported¿ |
anyone can tell me how to download a homesite with wget, where i get all pictures with me and only pictures and css etc with me, however some of the pictures and css files may be on another domain. | im not sure but there is a firefox extension called 'download them all' to do just that |
perhaps a trivial question, but i don't know how to connect to another computer (ssh), run a program there (command line) and then disconnect from that machine while the program is still running in the background. does anyone of you know how? | look into screen. i believe that will sort you out |
gentlemen,, end goal = send mail to the outside world from a local box. i understand exim4 is installed and running as a service default? does it need to be configured to speak to the outside world first? | postfix is default |
hey guys - can i somehow see who made the last change to a file? or is that information not stored at all? | not stored unless it's a new file |
hi- i'm trying to, while logged in to a remote machine, initialize an xserver on that machine to display on its monitor (this is a machine running edgy.) i have a barebones session in .xinitrc that i use when entering 'xinit' on the keyboard of the remote machine and that works fine | im not sure i know you can designate displays with xinit like xinit --:1 to launch |
i used to be able to get the xorg.conf into a usable configuration back in the good ole days of 6.06/6.10 but this new-fangled version in intrepid doesn't seem to care about xorg.conf much | that could be a good thing |
how does one go about downloading the source code for xorg? specifically xmodmap and related utilities. | i think, 'apt-get source thepackagenameyouneed' |
how do i browse files as root so that i can delete anything? | sudo filemanagerofchoixe |
how do i automatically mount a drive at startup? | you familiar with that? |
hijack :d, would that cause existing packages to re-download? | if there are still in the cache of the harddisk no. it would use the cache package. if you want to force a new download, clear the cache with synaptic. don't know the console command ;) |
on the 27th release do you reckon they'll do an excel and name it angsty bee or something? | yes, and in feisty |
hi, i'm using ubuntu 10.10 (it was suported until 10 april 2012). when i run 'update-manager -d' it show a button to upgrade to 11.04, but i want to upgrade to 12.04. how upgrade to 12.04? | the best thing to do is upgrade sequentially, or you might want to install over what you have (it keeps your documents, but not your applications) |
ok i'm planning on installing ubuntu on a dual-boot, xp and ubuntu, would the boot loader automatically detect xp? anyone ever do this? | it should, it did that for me. |
is there really no other way to make desktop shortcuts than to use gnome-panel and then gnome-desktop-item-edit? | make textfiles -- learn on gnome docs site |
how do you execute a command and have it execute from another /dev/pts/# ? i.e. execute clear from /dev/pts/2 but executes on /dev/pts/3 | clear > /dev/pts/* |
how would i turn off the obnoxious system beep? | system ->preferences ->sound |
in synaptics, under warty, i was able to configure the repositories without opening the /etc/apt, but under hoary i am unable to do it | others have the same issue |
how can i cd into a hidden directory in the terminal? | sudo -s for a root shell. |
does ubuntu support peap? it's some obscure authentication for wifi. | feisty supports peap out of the box (with wpa_supplicant) |
so, has anyone else had trouble with ubuntu not configuring x during setup? | have you tried vesa already? |
does it matter where you put a swap partition on your hd? ie beginning vs end? | beginning is a good idea |
can someone please help me out? im trying to give dev/sdb2 more space http://imgur.com/uak88.png | the swap is in the way |
is there any guide on howto using the 'remote desktop' feature, so i may assist someone remotely? i know how to configure vino-preferences, but how to connect to the remote desktop ? | you need the host (that is, the ip address of the destination you want to control) |
can i run vlc without a gui? | http://wiki.videolan.org/documentation:documentation |
anyone... what is involved in redoing the grub on an installation that has a messed up mbr? i assume you have to boot from a rescue disk, but then what do you do? | grub is the default ubuntu boot manager. lost grub after installing windows: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows - making grub floppies & other grub howtos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/grubhowto |
can someone give me a hand figuring out why my ubuntu box won't get a dhcp address? | check the cable? :) |
does anyone have a suggestion on how to get local filesharing to work? | using what protocol? |
can someone tell me if i am running ubuntu 9.10 and am fully updated what kernel should i be running, whats the easiest way of finding out what the latest available is? | sudo apt-get update && lsb_release -a && uname -a && sudo apt-get upgrade |
i installed vmware and im using windows xp, now, the windows inside vmware doesnt recognize the ethernet card driver | i know there is something about that in the manual for vmware, xp removed the driver. that driver is in pretty much every other os. |
how can i get the terminal to show me my local ip adress? ipconfig in a way | ifconfig |
can someone remind me of the command that shows all currently installed packages? | dpkg -l or dpkg --get-selections |
is there still a limit for primary partitions in modern hard drives? | - i dont think so - i just setup my new machine today with a 250gb partition |
what is the recommended way of installing and using ubuntu on a mac intel? vm or bootcamp? if vm, which? had some trouble with virtualbox in the past... | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mactelsupportteam/communityhelppages |
is there a mysql frontend that does not require php/apache? | mysql-admin ;) gui / standalone |
whats a yakukake like thing for gnome | look what ubotu has said to you :) |
!nomodeset | shwouchk have you tried this? | i actually tried booting without the splash and quiet options and now see that the moment it stops is when it doesn't find the firmware for my wifi card |
can ubuntu be installed on ntfs? | no, ubuntu uses a filesystem called ext3. it's better than ntfs and fat32. |
how do i move a directory? i want to move /desktop/images to /media/driveb/new | what stormx2 told you will move the contents of the directory, not the directory itself |
good evening all... i have a laptop with a nice fresh install of 8.10 on it. what would be the simplest easiest quickest way of getting a forum running locally on it? | apt-cache search forum |
what do you get out of helping people on here? | it's all volunteers here |
how do i find out what my drives are? | gparted will let you view them easily |
could anyone see anything wrong with this crontab? '0 4 * * * ntpdate 0.se.pool.ntp.org >/dev/null 2&>1' i added it like 3 mouths ago... now i run i manually and the time was wrong over 100 seconds. so the crontab apparently does not work. | maybe you need the full path to ntpdate |
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 |
luciousmare: lemme see it! email it badeagle01@gmail.com or something, would ya? | tip: type 'luc' then press tab |
other question: how do i get the first char of a string in a bash script ? | ${var:0:1} |
i need to back some stuff from an infected win 2000 computer over an ethernet link. can i use a gutsy livecd, or should i use a hardy beta? or knoppix, systemrescue? | you can use the livecd for that |
what repo for karmic do i need to add to install icecast2? | its in universe |
kubuntu is just like ubuntu but with kde right? so ubuntu 6.10, kubuntu is up with ubuntu too? | for the most part, correct |
hi, i liked ubuntu 10.04 and planning to install @ home today. my question is, does the swap memory is physical or logical partition? | it doesn't matter. |
how to force a programm starting on e.g. the second workspace? e.g. 'firefox &' typed in the bash will start firefox on the same workspace. anybody knows where to find the info? thanks. | wmctrl naybe |
what's the keyboard shortcut for minimizing a window? | alt+f9 |
how can i make my computer use my version python3.2 as default python interpreter instead of python2.x | sterist; much better to leave it rw by owner only and setting the owner to the user |
hello, is there someone around? | convert nrg files to standard iso image using this package 'nrg2iso' |
packages.ubuntu.com seams to be down, does anyone know of a repos for qmail? | http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qmail |
hi, i cant watch wmv in firefox. i can if i download them to the desktop and i view them outside firefox. i have w64codecs (i'm on hardy 64), i uninstalled totem, installed mplayer, the mplayer plugin is in about:plugin. usually i get the sound but not the video | wmv videos work fine with totem-plugin for me |
can anyone point me to instructions on compiling an ubuntu package from source to apply a bug patch and make a new package to test with? | then you edit, but then to build a binary packages there are several ways, and i don't know the merits of each |
is anyone using edgy in the amd64 version? i am experiencing graphics problems on bootup. the ubuntu-logo is b/w and the throbber is screwed up. everything is fine once gdm kicks in, though. | hmm |
hi! i'm just updated to 10.10, yesterday the networking worked fine, but no the network-applet managger says 'no network devices available', anyone experiencing this? | i noticed my interface had no ip from dhcp, so yeah, i think there are some quirky things with 10.10 |
i'm getting this same error when trying to run a .sh in ubuntu > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=327108 however the suggested fix 'dos2unix' doesn't seem to be a valid package with apt-get install dos2unix. pleaes help? | it has been moved to the tofrodos package, the commands are now todos and fromdos |
ppl, since there seems to be no-one in the #openoffice.org channel, let me ask this here: can i get ooo in french via apt-get? i'm in xubuntu 7.04 | yes, install the french language in system > administration > language settings |
howdy, is there a fast (not involving vanilla kernel sources) way to keep modules i don't need from starting up (rmmod -f has had some unstable consequences). | blacklist them |
what can i download to open .rar files? | - sudo apt-get install unrar |
'mount -t ........' what does '-t' means? | just a second let me read man mount |
what is that website where you can download install packages? debs or something? | http://www.getdeb.net/ |
hm. is there a simple command for putting the system in suspend/hibernation mode? | pm-suspend |
is the nvidia 180.xx glx plug and play when changing between graphhics cards in the 8xxx and 9xxx series. it worked for me. can anyone confirm? | the clock and gpu settings are controlled in hardware, you shouldn't have anything to worry about |
any way to disable ipv6 on jaunty? | you can put 'blacklist ipv6' in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist |
where is the documentation of irssi.conf? | their website is usually where i get most of my info |
'world', i've just installed firestarter. is it recommended, to have it boot at startup, and how would one give it the proper permission, as it asks for root permission to run it at start? | it will setup rules at bootup automaticlly. you can see this if you sudo iptables -l normally by default youd just get a few inbound outbound forward labeled accept with firestarter ran itll have alot more stuff but it only needs to set the rules not run all the time |
is there a way to fake edid sent from monitor. i have ubuntu on arm and it seems that it can display only max res sent by edid. | via xorg.conf |
what user do jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ run as? | root |
i have xfce. when i go log-out-button -> suspend, what command is actually used? | i expect it is something to the effect of service xfce4 suspend. |
hey guys on edgy what is the proper place to set $java_home system wide? | or /etc/environment |
i just switched over from fedora. how do i get apt to fetch and install all packages that have been updated? | either synaptic add/remove or apt-get |
what file do i edit to change the color of the background as i am logging in? i have changed the desktop background color and the login screen background color.. i think its using some gtkrc file... | i've got few more links for that, just tell me if the first one won't help you |
does ubuntu feisty come with a dock? | that's the best dock program i know of |
hi, i installed kde-desktop environment on my ubuntu 9.04 gnome machine for testing purposes. now, i have lots of kde stuff on my hd and i dont know how to get rid of it. | see here http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome |
i need to know whats the different with ubuntu 32bit and 64bit. i got amd turion 64x2 in my laptop. why in the ubuntu download page 64bit in not recommended for daily desktop usage? | personally i think the 'not recommended' on the web site is a bug - and look it's already filed as one ;) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/585940 |
hello. i was wondering: i have a 1tb harddisk in my ubuntu box. i know that they calculate that in gb, not gib. so actually that should be equal to 931 gib. but then there's a large discrepency when i do 'df -h'. it tells me the actual size of the drive is 917 gib, it says 131 gib are used, and 740 gib are free (131 gi... | ext4 allocates 5% of the drive to root-only use, it might be that |
hi, would someone mind running a whereis bzip2 and gzip, and tell me where those files are located? i am doing some cross os development, and need to make it work for openbsd. | /usr/bin for bzip2, /bin for gzip, in the standard ubuntu installation |
you can type $cd ~ | or just cd |
should i run a firewall in ubuntu? | if you're not running any services, i wouldn't bother |
ive got a question, first time really ever using ubuntu as a desktop, how do you easily track what you have already opened? when something is below another window i find it hard to find | alt-tab |
i have to resize my / (root) partition and i wanted to ask is it possible to do it without losing data from /home partition? | but back up /home anyway |
how do i list connected bluetooth devices....is there something like lsusb? | the command i posted scans for bluetooth devices in the air, such as phones and mice etc.. if you want to scan attached bluetooth adapter on your box, try: lsusb , or: lspci |
what is this 'lost+found' folder taking up 15 gb of my new hard drive? | delete it |
anyone know where sounds are stord in xchat ? | undersound in prefeence/ |
hi all! anyone with ubuntu ppc? | i had ubuntu ppc until my fbt faile |
i want to read from a windows-formatted floppy disk. are there a few simple commands i can try to mount the drive? (pretty new to linux here) | -> yes, they are calle the 'm' commands,, mdir is one |
please can someone tell me the default partitions for lucid server edition? | ext4 and swap |
ok, would somebody please give me a hand here with my sound problems? | alsamixer |
can anyone recommend a good linux alternative to dreamweaver? or are linux users too hardcore for wysiwyg editors? i know html, of course, but coding elaborate css based web sites in kate can be a nuisance | nvu or bluefish |
brakso_: did you try installing gnome as i instructed? :) | gcc 3.4 is what the kernel for breezy is built with. vmware needs to build a module with that compiler |
in the hosts file if i want to specify a ip range to allow instead of adding each host name and ip how would this look? would it just be 192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.1.254? | i dont think the hosts file can do a range like that. |
what package do i need to calculate sha-1 hashes? | gtkhash and jacksum can do it too :) |
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