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any good games about racing in ubuntu? | sudo apt-get install supertuxkart |
where in /proc can i get a list of my pcie cards? i can't remember the model numbers on each of my ati cards | lspci -vvv |
what is 'a semite connection point of view'? | i meant from a remote connection point of view |
is there a way to see if a hard disk has bad blocks on ubuntu? fsck does the job? | have you considered, however, monitoring your hd's state using the smart sensors? (the 'smartmontools' package can be used to query them) |
hey guys, is there a way to find out what all the available groups (for permissions) are via the terminal???? | or all groups that exist ? cat /etc/group |
ubuntu 12.04 has support for python 2.x or 3.x ? | both |
to install something, i need my kernel source or headers, where would i find these? | apt-get instal yourkernal-headers |
can i safely edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf --without conflict from the gnome network thingie | it should be safe |
can i use a 'public' proxy server for improve my internet connection ??? | there is only one situation in which using an open proxy server can improve your webbrowsing. |
i have installed 5.10 and setup 'root' and 'user' accounts, logged in to gnome as 'user' and try to run synaptic. it asks me for a password, but none of them (root's and user's) doing nothing (no error messages on screen). what's wrong? | if you want to make the 'user' account be able to use sudo add that user to the admin group |
how can i disable all of user's permission to connect to the server? and do not delete that user | remove the user from fuse group |
question: make command is not working. how to install 'essentials?' ?? <--------- | sudo apt-get install build-essential |
does awn navigator need ubuntu effects on normal like docky does? | wbar |
anyone here who knows how to get ie working on hoary? please? | in theory winetools should do it |
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 |
whats the command to report current system type (i386, 686, etc)? | uname -a |
hi, how do i set the default app for a certain file type in 12.04? | try looking in properties |
hello everyone, is it possible to get the new gaim (pidgin) on ubuntu 6.06? | find it at getdeb.net , works and installs fine |
when i see a window in nautilus, how do i get the path for that window? | press ctrl+l then copy and paste the adress |
to upgrade from hoary to breezy, can i just change 'hoary' to 'breezy' in /etc/apt/sources.list, or do i actually have to install from the cd? | that will update you to breezy |
hi. i cannot resolve any name of the machines in my local network. /etc/network/interfaces is configured like on all the other machines. where else could i have a possible mistake? e.g. i can ping 10.160.100.123 but i cannot ping thename.intern | /etc/resolv.conf |
does it matter where you put a swap partition on your hd? ie beginning vs end? | beginning is a good idea |
i'm dual booting ubuntu and win7. if i mount the windows partition under ubuntu and delete some files will windows know that those files have been deleted when it boots next time, or will the os not recognize that the files were deleted and still reserve space on disk for them | windows will notice the files were deleted. i do it all the time. |
please! a problem i could not solve via google: how can i convert .emf-files (windows enhanced metafile graphics) to .svg (scalable vector graphic) under linux/ubuntu?? | does batik do it? |
im getting a bad dns server from the vmware dhcp on ubuntu server . i changed /etc/resolv.conf manually but whenever i restart it overwrites my change. permanent fix? | add override to /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf |
what other guis can i get for ubuntu besides kde and gnome? i'm looking for something low profile and clean. can they be installed via apt-get if i were to do a server install of ubuntu? | try xubuntu with xfce |
will ubuntu 8.04 32 bit support 32gb of ram? | dunno check around their website |
hey what do i need to edit corew draw drawing files? | im almost positive draw can open them. pretty sure inkscape can too. |
hello, can i install grub under windows? in another word, are there any grub for windows? | windows uses its own boot loader, so i don't think so. |
i want to automate ubuntu install using pxe for my company, roll out about 50 or so machines. does anyone know of a good step by step article that may help me with this? i am no ubuntu expert but i have a couple of years support experience so i am not a newbie either. | there are some docs i was just reading to try to help a friend about it: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/powerpc/preseed-contents.html |
i'm looking to install a driver for my brother mfc 5100c. on brother's website is asks which linux (ubuntu) i am using for red hat / mandriva (mandrake) / suse / fedoracore users or debian? | debian is your best bet |
hello, i was thinkink about upgrading my ram and i know the its a pc2100 (266mhz) but how do you tell if you can go higher? | check the specs on your motherboard |
i'm getting error message '1 of your harddisks is failing' ... i'm in the process of moving my data over to my 2nd drive. once done what should i do to test/possibly repair the first drive? | http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ |
is there a way to get the console to do one thing after another? i would like wget to download about 22 files, and it would take a while, and i was wondering if i could get a list of commands to follow, without creating a bash script file. (just a little lazy) | use '&&' after every command, that means: run the next command if the last one was running correctly |
can someone tell me in grub: what's the use of having a ubuntu recover mode | in case you screw things up |
which msn client is good in ubuntu? i tried emesene but there is a bug when adding people | amsn? |
where can i get live support for ies4linux? does anyone know? | dont think so |
any reason i can't get permission from terminal to change things. i tried to view sudoers with root and root password and it won't accept me. | just do a sudo-s at the start of the session, and enter your password? |
what do i use now instead of chkconfig? | update-rc.d |
does the vmware server has the create image feature? | vmware server lets you do anything |
my bluetooth-applet has gone haywire. it does not allow me to browse/detect usb devices. it suddenly started detecting two usb bluetooth dongles when there is definitely only one bluetooth device in the computer. i can pon scriptfilename and the latop connects to the usb bluetooth dongle and cellphone and works perfectly. please can someone help me sort out this stupid bluetooth applet nonsense.? | i use blueman instead, much better, too many problems with the default bluetooth applet |
holy crap. is this a right place to come and say just how awesome ubuntu is? the last time i used ubuntu was 6.04. boy have the improvements been awesome. practically everything works !!! | yeah i like it, i think it really encourages desktop users to get into the open source community |
i don't know if this file exist.. | i suggest you read /usr/share/doc/wordpress* (especially if there is a readme.debian). there may be a special way to install those things because of the packaging. however, if you want to find php.ini, just use locate |
is setting up gaim-2-beta easy on dapper? can someone point me to some help doing it? | http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=133179 |
i have debian on a p2, 233 mhz, don't know the ram | small games, some word processor(i'm not piky) |
hi - anyone know a good download link for intrepid - located in california, us ? ? | man ps > file.txt |
anybody a telnet guru? | use netcat |
does anybody know if samba will still properly share ext4 partitions with windows? | i believe samba works at the level above filesystems so they're unrelated. |
i using empathy and i am wondering how can people type other name at the beginning of the reply. is there a short cut or i have to type manually | my irc client allows me to type the first few characters and then hit 'tab' and it auto-fills it for me. |
hello. i'm using ubuntu 10.10. i can't understand at all how print screen works. when i press it, i get a dialogue, with an option for 'copy to clipboard'; when i press that, it copies the screenshot to clipboard. however when i then copy a piece of text, the screenshot is removed from clipboard. is this a bug? when i for example copy an image in gimp & then copy a piece of text, the image isn't removed from clipboard, so i don't think | you can use parcelite to manage multiple pastes nicely |
what is the command for the compiz fusion icon? | fusion-icon |
is vdpau enabled by default on the latest ubuntu? | not to my knowledge. iirc, there is a vlc ppa that has it enabled. |
hey guys, i have a linux workstation in work and we have a windows fileserver with a couple of shared drives. i need to access these drives from my linux workstation - which is the best/easiest way to do this? | smbclient |
does anyone know the name of that program that forks to background, and then matches new windows to rules, for the purpose of window resizing, location, etc...? (i can't find it in my bookmarks, nor on google) | devilspie? |
how can i access my hd files from the live cd | 'sudo fdisk -l' to find out the partition names that are available for mounting. |
how come #locate finds a file that is not on the folder it points to? | sudo updatedb |
anybody know how to get my logitech usb trackball to work with ubuntu, i used to be able to plug it in and go, now it's like it isn't recognized | try plugging it into a different usb slot |
hej how can i install the kernel sources for my 3.0.0-14-virtual kernel??? | tell us, what you are trying to do |
how do i install elm or some other dirt simple email reader ? | try mutt |
is there an ubuntu bootsplash howto somewhere ? | ubuntuforum search splashy |
how do i force a reinstall with apt-get? | apt-get install --reinstall foobar |
hi. can anyone tell me where doom3 stores it's resolution-to-restore, i.e. initial resolution? | you should ask alis /msg alis help |
what is intrepid-backports? | newer versions |
if i were to install windows on my machine, after linux, is there an easy way (perhaps via a live ubuntu cd) to restore the grub boot sector? | not sure if 'easy' is the word but there is this - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows |
whats the difference between the desktop iso download and the alternative iso? | alternative has text based installer with a few mor features (lvm, raid, full disk encryption) |
if i want to learn and understand how linux works and how debian works, can you then recommend a book or somewhat? | the ubuntu wiki is a great place to start |
what is the freaking super key on a pc? | windows key i believe |
is it fairly simple to switch from ubuntu to kubuntu? do you just sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop? | you dont need to remove ubuntu |
i have an old machine running 7.10 and i would like to update it to 8.04, being the next version and an lts version. what is the easiest way of doing this? as 7.10 is unsupported, apt-get upgrade isn't working. | sudo apt-get dist-upgrade |
hey, how could i write to ntfs on feisty? | sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfs-config |
any linux consultants in here? | give them some time to answer you |
xixaq: i've done it a couple of times... what are you running into? | jb0nd38372, i've been trying to install the rpm version. |
after upgrading to 10.04, after booting has ended, vt7 is just the purple ubuntu screen, and there are no consoles connected to vt1-6. so how do i go about fixing my ubuntu without being able to login? | not sure bout your particular issue, but i've used a livecd to resolve issues on broken installs |
you know how to extract tar contents into a different dir thant he current one? | man tar, but i think it's '-c other/directory' |
who was i talking to about filezilla, ssh and ftp yesterday? | http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/02/ they are divided to days, and to channels |
what's the command to run all the mounts from fstab? | sudo mount -a |
how do i create a launcher to open a directory? i've right clicked the desktop, create launcher, type=location, name= <something>, location = /home/<uname>/<directory> and i've tried .. nautilus /home/<uname>/<directory> and nothing seems to work. any suggestions? | type file:///home/yourusername |
does ubuntu suport .exe? | open synaptic (menu:system, administration, synaptic package manager) and hit the search button on the right side after it loads. type in 'wine' and hit enter, select the package when it appears |
how can i restart my x after i've modified my xorg.conf ? | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart |
i ran clamav on my windows partition from ubuntu. it caught some viruses that i suspected being there (some kind of rootkit thing and a couple others) i was wondering is there anything else i should run/try before starting back up the windows partition. i've heard of viruses reinstalling themselves once windows boots up... also my clamav said that the engine was outdated but i couldn't find out where/how to update it can anyone hel | you need to boot into windows safe mode, download a rootkit uninstaller, and take it from there. |
i always type it in a terminal in case something goes awry | i always do it in a screen session with ssh turned on as well. |
is there a boot loader on that hard drive? you may need to install grub to it | thank you. i thought that when i did the install, i selected something to put a boot loader on that hd. how could i check to see that there is a boot loader on there that will work with my bios? |
help: anyone know how to copy a file from one ubuntu to another with rate limiting and resume? | wget |
quick question... how can you in some way 'map' a host name of another machine on the network to its ip address? eg. i have another computer on my network with the hostname 'patman-desktop2' and i want to be able to run 'ssh patman-desktop2' ? | this is the job of dhcp. as a hack you can hand edit /etc/hosts |
if i type 'apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop', will it just remove that package itself (while leaving alone all packages that depend on it) or will it start disassembling the entire distro (which depends on it)? i just want to get rid of kde-helpcenter4 which is preventing the upgrading of my other components. | the *buntu-desktop psackatges are just meta-packages. removing them wont affect much |
is there a way to only play the audio from a video file (in a terminal)? | i think you can do -vo null and mplayer won't play the video |
what is the command for the disk management gui? | apt-get install gparted |
how can i reset $path without loging out? | i don't know if it clears added ones though |
hi, does anybody know whether pulseaudio suppose to run in system mode or in a gnome-session? | the preferred way of doing things is to launch it using gnome. if you have the esound compatibility package installed you can get gnome to launch it by making sure 'system sounds' are turned on in system > preferences > sound |
andy que has hecho? ahora vas a ver! | use sudo before it |
i've just tried installing ubuntu (from usb drive), loading it from usb worked great, was able to do almost anything, but after installing i just get purple flicker... any ideas? (and is this the correct channel to ask?) | whats your video chipset. |
i'm trying to cd 'name' into a directory with ( and ) in the name, all i get back is: bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' - any thoughts? | or use the power of tab-key filename completion |
i want to download vmware player, but the version in the repositort wont install... it says that it is not compatible with my hardware. i see some versions listed on the website and was wondering if i should aim for .rpm or .tar? | you can easily convert rpm to deb, though i suggest you download vmware server .tar's |
hey, can someone tell me how to find out what version of a package is installed? i'm trying to help someone out and i am not really familiar with apt-get and such | apt-cache policy packagename |
hi, what do i need to get to 'compile' things? | build-essential |
i'm about to set up ubuntu with a separately partitioned home directory. will it wipe the contents of that partition before installing my home folder, or is it safe for me to leave my backup there? | i mean when reinstalling ubuntu, my home partition is not cleared |
hi! when installing ubuntu 8.10 on the acer aspire one a110l, is it possible to use two sd cards for swap and /home, respectively? | sure, just stick to the manual partitioning, if you're familiar with that |
i have a fresh 12.10 install and it keeps shutting down when i leave it idle, any ideas what might be causing this? | is this on a laptop? i guess power management might be responsible? |
does anyone know how to bring back the panel object that's like the systray in windows? | add notification area |
if i mount an ssh server, how do i cd to it in terminal? | should be in ~/.gvfs/, check |