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does anyone know why the desktop version is always sending network traffic out? | you could get wireshark and find out |
you're kidding me. what good is an os that doesn't support dialup. | it does support dial up, it may not support your specific card but that is different |
is there a gui tool for scanning for bluetooth devices? | load synaptic and search for bluetooth |
how ready is karmic for primetime desktop usage? | backups |
my numpad is moving the mousearound instead of typing numbers, whats the key combination to disable that? | ctrl+alt+shift+num lock .. unsure if num lock needs to be on or off when doing this |
how can i install ubuntu with netboot? | (i assume that's for me) i don't know -- that is the only resource i can direct you to |
i'm using a dualscreen setup, can i turn out mouse sticking between the screens? rather annoying | it could be that you have 3d enabled i had that issue till i moved it to 2d |
what are console-based text editors resembling ms-dos edit.com? except emacs | nano |
how do i foind out what wireless card i have? | use lspci |
what's the non-interactive equivalent of starting aptitude and doing uugg? | update & upgrade ? |
how do i get a list of users logged into a specific channel? | /names |
is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system? | sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ? |
hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? it's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :p | dd? |
can anyone tell me how i set lxpanel as my default panel in openbox? :) | check the openbox docs and make it autostart lxpanel perhaps? |
how do i force to stop a service running in /etc/init.d/ ? | 'sudo invoke-rc.d servicename stop' |
guys how can i make a link to a ntfs mounted partition? the option is greyed out | ln -s also works fine |
avast ye scurvey dogs! how do i install this 'ere ubuntu? it boots straight to the live desktop | run the 'install' icon on the desktop |
i messed my xorg.conf with hoary. could someone paste me default lines for mouse configs? | you can get it back with sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
does anyone know of a program/script that can help in tagging and organizing music with lookups to cddb, gracenote, etc? | easytag does cddb lookups, not sure about other web-based song services. |
how do i change my username? | as far as i know, that is not possible (you can change your 'real name' however) in ubuntu. you would need to create a new account. |
hello all. is there a command to safely remove a usb wifi card? or do you only have to safely eject data-storing usb devices? | the latter |
anybody know how to change the default behaavior while dragging an item to a folder from move to copy? i don't see a way. | hold the shift key down while moving |
p3 650 mhz, 192 sdram computer--- what ubuntu flavor should/can i use? | xubuntu |
x crashed while i was playing a movie with vlc and now whenever i try to open a directory from my netbook remix desktop, it tries to open it with vlc. | i think you can change the default option to open the directory |
i am trying to install kwin-baghira on kubuntu breezy. when i try apt-get install baghira, it cant find the package (am i supposed to putting a version in here: apt-get install baghira-0.7?). apt-get update, that i can tell, does nothing, and updating adept seems to do nothing as well (no new packages). help. please. t... | the package in the repository is called kwin-baghira |
how do i run a process and detach it, leave it running in the background after i close the shell? | nohup <command> |
hey guys i have a problem. i have a pc with 2 500 gb sata harddisks. the ubuntu os-installer does not recognize those disks. gparted, too and in /dev there is no 'sda'-entry | check bios settings for tha sata controller enable ahci if aviable (intel chipsets) |
i am having problems with anything which accesses pgp keys (that is the plugin for thunderbird, seahorse, and even 'gpg' terminal command), things just sit there and wait for some lock to be released. i was thinking of nuking my configuration files and then re-importing all the keys, but i don't know where all this stu... | ~/.gpg |
hi, how do i install the latest nvidia drivers and beryl | http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/install/ubuntu/edgy/nvidia |
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? | you should move, but for that matters you'll only need nat, let the windows take care of networking for you |
xcom169:you mean 'create launcher...' ? i'm on 11.04 and i haven't got an add new shortcut. | does it work for you? |
does anyone have any ideas on increasing laptop battery life | i see similer questions/problems in here every week - theres proberly a huge thread on it in the forums. you may want toc heck the forumx for your exact make netbook. theres proberly somt tweaks to get it going |
how do i find out the uuid of my partitions ? | udev creates /dev/disk/by-uuid/* try to look there |
is anyone aware of some kind of program that watches port 22 and blocks the ip of anyone with 3 bad login attempts within 60 secs, or some such ? | i know that its possible to use iptables rules to limit login tries for port 22 |
where should i put an alias? i put it in ~/.bashrc but have to run 'source .bashrc' to get it to run... thoughts? | if you add new stuff to .bashrc you would have to start a new shell or use source .bashrc to get them read. |
is there a gnome program to help create and organize the gnome application menu? | applications > acessories > alcarte menu editor |
hello, is there a ubuntu version without gui? | it's the server edition |
hello, i have an unusable system that i would like to get a large amount of data off of. i can use a install cd to boot into rescue mode, is it possible to mount a network drive or at the very least use ssh/scp to transfer data? | i'd get an external hdd and backup all the stuff you need on to it with ubuntu livecd. then, install afreash and move everything back |
hey when i want to restart the window manager from the virtual terminal, i have to export the display, i just cant remember how, can someody help me? | 'display=:0.0 windowmanager' minus the quotes should work |
any unix users around ? | lots of unix-like users around ;) |
what is nohup for? | it prevents the launched program from terminating when you log out |
hi, i'm trying to make a debian package out of a source package but i'm facing some trouble... i've used dh_make to generate the debian but that doesn't seem to be enough... when the building reachs the make install, it tries to install the files to /usr directly instead of the directory it's supossed to isntall to (de... | edit the file debian/dirs so the rules-file is creating the directories before installing something into them |
is there a better desktop switcher for unity? some hotkey i don't know about? | i use desktop --> viewport switcher, in compiz |
help: how do i install common codecs (eg mp3) for gstreamer-based app? | sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras |
im hqaving trouble using 3rd gen ipod nano in ubuntu. can anyone help? | https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/225457 this might help. |
hi, i've seen once some sort of stuff that you install to make tty look like a gui (that is, give you more information, like the time in the upper-right side, the full path to the current directory somewhere else), do you know anything about it? (i don't mean ps1 customization) | byobu? |
is there anyway to back up or copy specific packages that i have downloaded through synaptic? | try out /var/cache/apt |
does ubuntu 9.04-desktop ship with a running apache2 by default? | no apache is not included with 9.04-desktop, i dont even think its included with server |
is anyone having problems connecting to msn in empathy? | no problems in pidgin, you can try msn-pecan an alternative msn plugin for pidgin and empathy |
what's the best screencast software to use on ubuntu? | the one you like best |
anyone know how i make it so when i link /dev/radio0 to /dev/radio it doesn't dissapear after a reboot? | ln -s |
do i need to tweak anything on my hd 120gb in ubuntu or is it ok by default? and i want to enable dma on my dvd and on my cdrw but where do i enable this so its on during boot? | /etc/hdparm.conf and look for dma cdrom on www.ubuntuforums.org |
can someone tell me in commandline how to find the word 'speedtouch' in my .xchat2/xchatlogs directory ? | or grep -inhr 'speedtouch' ~/.xchat2/xchatlogs |
guys, please help me. there is other way to install ubuntu? i`ve selected install ubuntu, test cd, test memory, live but everything i choose it`s just hanging on doing nothing. i haven`t got any spash screen, or progress bar.... ony the dvd reader led is showing activity, that`s all. thank you so much!!!!!!!!! | try the alternate cd |
it seems i also miss some gaim files in /usr/share... how can i force it to reinstall? | sudo apt-get install --reinstall foo |
what is the latest version of network manager for ubuntu 9.04? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=network-manager |
ok so i have the ubuntu iso, but i need to install from a usb stick seeing i have no cdrom. i've read that you have to create the partitions on the usb stick manually then copy files from cd etc. then i read on the ubuntu docs: copy iso image to any partition or flash drive which you have. then change kernel params. so... | sadly it is more complicated than copying the iso over--details can be found at www.pendrivelinux.com |
alternatively, does anybody know how to install libstdc++5 in karmic :-( | i only see libstdc++6 |
to set the default home directory permissions in the system so everytime a new user is added the permissions are set so their account can't access others and others can't access them i mean with cd they can view everyones folders | /etc/adduser.conf |
silly question.... start x to start gui... to stop gui??? | server gdm stop |
who needs ubotu when we've got managu :) | jksd: is it possible that there's a built-in ethernet card on jksd's machine that's not being used? |
is it possible to exchange files between to pc conencted by a lan cable or i need a router? | yes it's possible to connect two computers directly to eachother with a crossover cable or ordinary cable with modern nic's |
is there any sort of grub diagnostics bootable cd, after a ubuntu install went wrong and froze. now i cant access ubuntu or xp. ? | http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/ |
which channel do ubuntu guys usually hang around in? for fun? (no support and serious stuff) | this is all i chat on |
pan nzb app doesnt seem to be in the repos for ibex, is that right? anyone know about this? | pan is in the intrepid repos. |
i want to run windows 7 in a virtual machine, what vm runs well under ubuntu ? | virtualbox and vmware |
any1 here good with dns zones? | tail -f |
duh - how do i reset my password in hoary? | boot from livecd, chroot to your system (as root), then 'passwd yourlogin' |
hi, i installed gcc, 4.0. but how do i compile the simplest program? /usr/include is almost empty! | install build-essential |
is there anyway to open a new terminal shell in a tab of an existing terminal window, rather than opening a new window everytime.? | check gnome-terminal --help. it suggests --tab |
hmm concerning launchpad, is there a way to specify the importance field when adding a comment ? | s/menebers/members |
for some reason, when i open update-manager, it isn't showing me the upgrade to 9.04. what can i do to upgrade? | try hitting alt+f2 then typing 'gksudo update-manager -d' |
after i set my options in firestarter, i don't have to it running to be protected right? | you only need to run the gui to change settings, and don't need to keep it running |
i run the command 'export cc=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4'. the question is how do i remove it. do i have to run 'export cc=' | unset cc |
how to swith back to gnome from unity ? im running 9.x | u need to choose the session type during login |
is there a way to use 3 monitors on 2 graphic cards and still be able to use 3d accelleration? | windows does it, so linux can, i think |
incomplete? it works great for me | o is actually for other owner is u |
anybody noticed that the scale plugin for compiz slows down (only) when firefox is open? | it's probably your graphics driver being slow |
is there a way that i can mount an iso image to a cdrom drive, as if i had put a cd in? | sudo mount -t iso9660 image.iso /folder |
ok, since no one has any useful advice for me, i have a general question. why does ubuntu by default make filesystems mount read-only on error, if x and everything else utterly fails when / is read-only? | feel free to propose it via brainstorm/blueprint |
question regarding gnome applets. some people have a system monitor that runs in the panel. what is that called. i checked all my applets and never found it. | system monitor |
does anyone know what the logout menu hibernation and standby exactly do? are they hard coded or do they execute the /etc/acpi/ scripts | the scripts |
can anyone recommend anything better the xmms, kind of like amarok? (i cant run amarok slows my system down real bad) | cynthiune.app |
anyone got a decent tutorial on selecting the proper kernel for your machine? i'm on an athlon xp but running linux-image-386 for some reason? | the old one will be left alone...so you can choose at boot |
hi. about to install ubuntu desktop on a fujitsu siemens laptop. any known issues with this laptop. its esprimo mobile v5505 | this may be of use https://wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam/fujitsuesprimov5505 |
hi all...i have a ati radeon 9600 pro graphic card and i would like to know could i play 3d games under ubuntu with the graphic card i have ? does ubuntu support that ...? | https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/binarydriverhowto |
anyone using privoxy, on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/privoxy says to run sudo vi /etc/privoxy/config but with that i can't edit in the terminal; can i just edit the file directly? | use nano instead, if thats what you like |
how do i kill firefox when not responding.. i have closed the window but when i try to start a new firefox i get a error saying that firefox is already running | alt+f2, run 'killall firefox' |
hello, my autocomplete does not work well with natty anymore. if i press tab with a letter for a directory it does not stop with the directoryname and a slash it completes the directoryname and a space, how can i fix it? | you installed acroreader? http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2011-february/003350.html |
hello everyone, is there a way to highlight colour syntax of c source file through vim.tiny | and apt-cache policy vim will show if the vi (full) package is installed |
what is a good usenet news reader with a friendly gui?, thx | i used to use klibido |
can anyone reach http://alvi.homeip.net ? | i can |
i want to install the latest stable ati drivers (8.40.4) but the newest in the restricted driver manager are 8.37.6 -- i know they work fine from word of mouth, but i have no clue what i'm doing and want to know just how to remove them and go back to the restricted manager version if they do mess up for me. anyone able... | can't wait? |
when i mount a smb share using cifs, symlinks on the remote share are treated as absolute on my system. for example if i navigate to //host/share/mnt (which on the remote system is a symlink to /mnt) directs my system to it's local /mnt. how can i make it work correctly? | iirc there's a server-side switch to change that |
how do i change my hostname? i know it's by editing the /etc/hosts file, but what do i put in there? | you can just use the hostname command, man hostname |
if they found out you are circumventing policies, what will they do to you? | i expect they wouldn't mind me bypassing, as i'd be using my personal laptop anyway :) |
anyone know the specific wiki software the wiki runs on? | http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ |
whats the hot key to rapidly switch workspaces? | + instead of # :) |
is mutter on my ubuntu 10.shortcuts4 net-book essential ? | if you are using unity, yes; in 11.04 unity will use compiz |
what does ubuntu server use as a text editor? | nano and vim (vim-tiny) are installed by default |
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