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in scripting how do i store the output of a command into a variable? | var=$(mycommand) |
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 ? | 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. |
hi, my university wants me to use their binary only cisco compatible vpn client ... is their a vpn client in the repos that can read .pcf files? | i have used ciscos vpn for something similar, iirc there is a linux version available, but i donot believe u will find it in the repositories |
um, i was advised to use synaptic to swith to kde but i can't seem to figure out how to do it :s can anyone help me with this please? | just select all repositories, and under kde section there will be 'kde' package, just select it |
i need to organize music on my walkman on ubuntu 10.10 whats the best to use | banshee and ryhtm box both have that ability i believe |
hey.. how do i run something from terminal and have the terminal not wait for it to finish? | command & |
hey guys, pretend i made a bash script (.sh) and i want it to run at startup, how would i go about this? (i don't want it to display 'run in terminal' ect, just want it to run (without terminal), and no prompts.. possible? | add the full path to your script to /etc/rc.local and it will run on boot |
$ sudo echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode $bash: /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode: permission denied. why? | sudo -s, then do it |
vim doesn't show background color, i think the terminal doesn't have 256 colors. am i right? what to do? | set t_co=256 ? |
who here is running 7.04? | yes, already ordered mine :) |
have you tried restarting your computer? | yeah, though i'll try another time and see what happens |
anyone know of a good alarm clock i could install on ubuntu? | the package alarm-clock is a gtk based application that should do everything you need |
where can i find md5 sums for lucid? | http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/md5sums |
can anyone tell me why it would say '192.168.0.256: unknown host' (192.168.0.256 being the static ip), 'failed to bring up eth0' after setting up a static ip in /etc/network/interfaces on a clean install of ubuntu in virtualbox(without x)? | did you get your address problem corrected? |
sorry, where are the system startup scripts? | /etc/init.d |
hi there. how can i revert back to my intel graphics? note: after installation it was intel already supported, then i installed nvidia through addinitional drivers, and it did not support as usual (optimus) and now im stucked with nouveau | have you tried removing the nvidia driver and blacklisting nouveau? |
hi, anybody know a good site that will show me how to overclock my amd 3000+? thanks | http://overclockers.com.au |
how do i unpack a .tar.gz? | tar xfvz ? |
does anyone know what the closest thing to photoshop i can get on this here linux | gimp i guess |
hi, which init script would i edit if i wanted to run a command at boot? | /etc/rc.local (if it's to be run as root) |
hey guys just a suggestion, which is the best project management and bug tracking system ?? i am going with trac, if you know any other than trac please do comment | sorry misspelled your name, check my previous message |
can anyone help me in installing mplayer and plugins to play mpg or avi files? | you need to enable multiverse |
what command can i run in the terminal to bring up the power/energy saver/settings pogram? | or maybe you were looking for this: gnome-screensaver-preferences |
hi. just installed ubuntu . i am looking a way to install a basic firewall (don't find how to launch iptables) and | try modconf go to kernel/drivers/net and try to disable that module |
cant anone tell me how to erase my harddrive completly (and propably reformat it with ntfs?) | do you already have the images backed up? |
so, i was doing some prodding around with cuda enhanced applications, and found myself at a hard-lock and had to hard-reset my desktop, and it appears my session has become corrupt (or something along those lines) i can login to gnome failsafe, but not my gnome session | rename .gnome and .gnome2 --> .gnome-old .gnome2-old. try to login then |
hi is it possible to configure apt-get to set a different install directory ? | inistallation directories is determined by the package not apt |
can netbook remix be run from usb only, no hard drive install? | anything can be run from usb only |
how do i make files like batch files for terminal? i'm getting tired of cding to certain directories and just want to run a file to do it. | you could make aliases in your .bashrc file |
in grub, does (hd0,0) refer to the first partition on the first disk or (hd0,1)? | hd0,0 is hda1 |
hi everyone. i'm having a problem with authenticating via console login and sudo commands after upgrading to 9.04. the console login times out, and running sudo commands take about 2 minutes to complete. the same delay exists when logging in through gnome - after entering my password the desktop doesn't come up for a f... | probably something in your pam setup |
hi, just installed samba on ubuntu 8.04 and when logging in from a winxp machine, following error: create_builtin_administrators: failed to create administrators | works fine here. |
iam trying to syslinux in the usb , syslinux /dev/sda the output was sh: mcopy: command not found ??? | you need to install a package called mtools |
i just want to list the ip addresses accessing me at what ports, how can i do this? | netstat -nap |
hi friends. i accidently rm'd my desktop folder. now my home folder symlinks to the desktop and the desktop mirrors the file structure. can anyone help me get back to the default desktop folder? | mkdir ~/desktop then edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and point the desktop var to the correct folder |
thats weird. mocaps problem is that x wont start, but everytime i tell him to sudo killall gdm he quits from irc :) | /msg memoserv help |
is there no j2re package for ubuntu? | read the wiki |
when i try to access a webpage that uses .cgi, firefox tries to download the file instead of rendering it. how can i fix this? | that needs to be fixed on the server side |
what do you need to do exactly? | so the maps aren't needed? |
i'm trying to upgrade an 8.04 desktop to 10.04, and do-release-upgrade is saying no new release found. i've gone into software sources and changed 'never' to 'lts' - is there anything else i'm missing? | dont upgrade, do a new install, ive heard lots of bad stuff bout upgrading |
sburwood:uninstall and reinstall thunderbird? will just start a new profile | (re)installing an application _never_ touches user's settings. |
hi guys.... i've installed ubuntu using wubi. i've just 10 gbs allotted to it. now i want to download something from ubuntu, but there is not enough space in the home folder. can i download this to windows partition from ubuntu without any problems? | yea look in the root folder should be one that says host thats your windows drive |
do we have to install an anti virus? | clamav is nice (free) antivirus software for linux. but honestly you should only worry if you're running a mail server that serves mail to windows users. otherwise if you're just talking about your desktop you're very safe without i |
when can i find information about that resume= arguments? | check out http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/pmtesting |
is it possible to get stuck in a loop of running the update manager to from 7.10 to 8.x? i've already run it once and it's running again for a partial update. http://www.papernapkin.org/pastebin/view/1398/ | can you run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and post the terminal output to pastebin? |
anyone know why i can't get an address bar to show up in internet explorer on wine? | any particular why you are using ie through wine in linux? |
does wine work in 64bit systems? | the easiest way is to set it up in a 32bit chroot environment |
hi! what's the name of the file dpkg keeps its list of installed packages? | /var/lib/dpkg/status? |
how can i get a lsit of realtime processes in terminal | i also like pstree for a nice overview. |
whats a cli calculator? | command line calculator |
is there any other way besides lspci to find out my pc specs/ | hardware |
i have a gigabyte t1028 with an atheros ar928x. it originally recognized the interface, but did not work properly (was unable to show available networks or even connect with a manually entered ssid). then, i followed some instructions that involved downloading a driver, unpacking it, running a shell script and then run... | i already told you. if you don't see your card then you need to enable the module that will get your card working. it's like a driver, without, you'll get no where |
can someone tell me how to probe hardware...such as video card etc. | go to a console and type lspci |
[q] what can i use to locate a file in terminal? | locate or find |
how do i find out the name of an program of which i know the shell command | dpkg -s $(which comaand_here) tells you the package name |
hello, i am trying to setup my smtpd ... i have esmtp postfix ... but am getting this error 554 5.7.1 <wakko9warner@gmail.com>: relay access denied <-- how do i setup relay access. | (i like the name) this is an old thread, but it could be helpful: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-125081.html |
nobody can help with my postfix question? | what's the problem you're having? |
are the broadcom drivers on feisty on board? | worked straight away with me on 64 bit feisty! |
is there someone way to see the dependency of a package in advance of installing it? | man pages are your friend :-) |
hello. how can i set an application to load after compiz for startup? to delay a little bit | how do you start compiz in the first place? |
question: i've lost sound when looking at youtube.... i've rebooted and i have sound on startup and when playing other media, but i can't watch youtube with sound any more??? anyone? | there are some commands that will probably fix that |
hello #ubuntu, my .bash_profile is not being evaluated when i start up gnome-terminal, how can i change that? | theres no .bash_profile in ubuntu by default.. |
hey guys.. does anyone know how to force a slower network connection? let's say that for a one-time connection i don't wanna connect via gigabit but via 100mbpse | i think you need ethtool to do it.. |
soooo we must be getting pretty close to the next ubuntu release? anyone know of a date? | june 1 |
hi all, after doing updates it seems flash isnt working on my system i tried reinstalling flashplugin-nonfree but it doesnt seem to fix it . any suggestions ? :d im on ubuntu hh 64 bit | the 32 bit flash player won't work unless you use 32 bit firefox |
- looks interersting - i really wish i could remember which distro i used about 3/4 years ago, when i had no ms os for a while. i'm determined to dump xp/vita | well, lsmod will give you a list of currently loaded modules, lsmod | grep snd should narrow it down quite a bit |
what about next release name? | hardy heron |
can anybody recommend a good python book ? | try http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkcspy/ |
in the places part of the above panel how can i add a folder there? | add a bookmark in nautilus |
what else is available for image creation/manipulation? or is the gimp pretty much the best thing available? | krita? |
how do i turn ubuntu into xubuntu? (already installed xfce4) | sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop |
.... 3d acceleration on my ati radeon 8500le card just stopped working after i had configured x to use two monitors. the monitor things works great, but now my 3d doesn't work.. =/ anyone know what to do? | can you set up two different sized monitors in a fashion something like extend desktop in windows xp |
hi. what is the name of the application that is similar to the os x taskbar? | avant window navigator |
hello, can anyone recommend any dark gtk3 theme that has readable text on the white background (like in software center)? | try gnome-look |
hello. i am using ubuntu 10.10 and would like to upgrade so i can use libreoffice (it freezes up my system in 10.10. would it be better to do a fresh install or will an udate work correctly. i am fairly new to ubuntu. thanks. | you will need to go from 10.10 to 11.04 to 11.10 |
how do i log a script's output? as in, redirect to a file what is being reported on screen? | if you want both, 'script | tee log' |
how do i check which port my ethernet card is on 'eth0 or so' and how do i make it go back to eth0 | aptitude purge apache |
hey, me again. i still can't compile alsa-driver. i have all the proper headers installed (afaik) but i still get the same error: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/54655/ | here is the best sound help page i can find.. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/debuggingsoundproblems |
i just did a fresh draper install. when i try to login it flickers and puts me back at the login screen. | - try to reconfigure the xserver by 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' and set the correct refreshrates |
is there a way to hide file extensions in nautilus in feisty or gutsy? i think i remember it used to do that by default and i always turned it off, but now i can't find the option anywhere. now that i want it back on, of course. :) | if it's a gnome session aware apps, you can change it's style to restart in system->prefs->session |
how can i list the currently logged in users and their processes? | 'users' lists logged in users and 'ps -ef' lists all processes and their initiating user |
can anyone recommend a digial tv card which is simple to set up under ubuntu? | i was thinking the haupage pvr2500 was a popular one |
how do i resize a ntfs partition from ubuntu? | gparted in live cd can |
-how do i retrieve the uuid for a new partition | try blkid |
hey guys, here's a question, how do i know which eth number is the network card i have ? | also dmesg | grep eth |
hey guys some halp pl0x ;) how to install a live version of ubuntu onto a portable hardrive, then create a writeable partition on it, so the live ubuntu can write onto it? | thers also guides at pendrivelinux.com on making a 'casper' save file on a usb drive/live install. |
hi, my ubuntu menu crashed and closed.. what is the command to reopen it? | which menu? 'applications places system'? |
how do i change what is said before the $ on the command line? i dont like user@computer | you need to set the ps1 variable - you can see the options in 'man bash' |
hey i just installed kde and was wondering how to i completely remove gnome & its applications | go to your application manager software/sympatic and do a search for gnome and uncheck them to uninstall. hit apply. |
hi! does someone know the name of the sidebar tool that is on the right (behind oo) on this image http://www.mikesplanet.net/images/darktheme.png? | your link is timing out |
hi everyone: when i run ruby from the bash shell, it uses the ruby found in /usr/bin. i want it to use a different ruby - the path name of which is also in my path variable - how do i do that? | call it with the full path |
anyone know how to change scrollbars so that there's a 'jump to top' button on them? | are you sure the 'home' key won't do it? |
hi, i got some old kernel versions (.21 and so on) that all appear in grub. how can i remove them from the boot menu? is deleting the appropriate files from /boot/ and re-running grub-update enough? | uninstall them in synaptic package manager |
is it possible to make a live usb of a fedora iso from ubuntu? (i was planning on testing the shell alpha live usb and was hoping to make the usb from ubuntu using startup disk creator) | you can use unetbootin |
hello! my question is a simple one about the upgrade facilities in ubuntu. are there, in general, separate packages for various hardware drivers that can be installed via a package manager, if i didn't want to compile the driver myself? | that's the idea - you use kernel modules for drivers |
what's the easiest way to get terminial access tn another ubuntu machine within your network? | get it's ip / host address and use ssh |
anyone knows how to successfully change the low-res bootsplash in ubuntu 10.10? i think i have to edit the /lib/plymouth/ubuntu-text.so however that doesn't do it. i just edited it with ghex and tried it but i broke something by doing so. so now i'm back to scratch :-/ | go to system-> administration ->start up manager |
i have a bunch of files in nested directories. does anyone know how to get the files out of those directories and into one central location? | using command-line, something like this: find . -type f -exec cp '{}' /the/place/you/want/to/put/them/ ';' |
does anyone know where i can find additional printer drivers to use with ubuntu 5.10? | www.linuxprinting.org |
hi, how can i open a blog? | http://lmgtfy.com/?q=start+a+blog |
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