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i'm writing a script and i need to detect whether a laptop is on battery or mains. how do i detect that? thanks

this might help you http://www.basicallytech.com/blog/index.php?/archives/110-colour-coded-battery-charge-level-and-status-in-your-bash-prompt.html

does the 8.10 live cd for i386 really need 384mb ram?

yes, however the alternate cd needs less

anyone got any recommendations on a webcomic archiver that downloads every comic (in this case from ctrl-alt-del) so i can read them offline later?

wget

well, i should get to sleep. long past when i should have, the sun is rising, and instead of just getting work done on the windows box, i've once again blown several hours trying to imagine that there might be some benefit in trying to wrok under linux. one of these years i'll learn.

wine or virtualbox for your win programs

hi! how can i set the correct permissions to a non-root user in fstab to mount an external hd?

where xx is the id

i don't know if this is the case for server, but for xubuntu i just had to add vga=791 to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst

i think i'll have to install vesa-tng and nvidia drivers first

how do i open .xlsx files in open office 3/karmic? double clicking doesn't work, neither does file>open in calc.

rename to .xls and pray

i want ubuntu (6.10) to start without opening any windows from its previous use, so i have changed my session configuration, unchecking the save session changes automatically option. my problem is that i don't know how to prevent from appearing two windows: the session manager and a nautilus window showing my home directory. i have tried to remove the gnome-session-properties from the current session tab in the session manager

save a new session with nothing open, and _then_ disable the save session-feature

hey! i am trying to compile hip-hop (facebooks php converter). i have followed all the steps to compile but in one instruction i am getting this error: libmemcache is too old, found 0 and we need 0.39

apt-cache search libmemcache

i've got an etch floppy installer - wonder if i can hack it?

or better since you have a running linux box do it from the etch you have already there

is there any way to change volumes of different speakers or to change from 2 to 5.1 standard with gnome tools? when using oss

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

anyone knows how to retrieve your password on freenode or how to change it?? i forgot my password

the default sshd_config allows authentication with rsa keys, so no

sorry, linux crashed. not having great day. anyone know where to find ekiga crash log, pleasee?

see section on debugging ekiga http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/debugging_ekiga

how do you close a msg in irssi

if you do that in a window where you're connected to a channel, it'll also part the channel...

pls anybody know how i can get an offline english dictinary?

http://www.arulraj.net/2010/06/offline-dictionary-for-ubuntu-10-04.html

has anyone had success getting facebook chat to work through empathy?

no. i went back to pidgin just for fb chat...

how can i get the version number of an installed package? in this case libapache2-mod-auth-mysql

err, apt-cache policy that is

is there a way to reinitialize my mouse driver? my mouse just suddenly stopped working, and re-plugging it does nothing.

a reboot should work

i fire up a program in python. how can i fire up a program so that python gives me back the cursor?

either https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/softwaresynthesishowto or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/midi/hardwaresynthesissetup depending on what you want to do

i accidentally right clicked the application menu and said remove. how can i get it back?

right click -> add to panel

does anyone here use a thinkpad (t43?) or a computer that uses atheros for wifi?

yes to the former. the thinkwiki would be of some help i think

hey! so what do you guys prefer? chromium-browser or google chrome? :-/

it just runs a lot snappier than firefox or chromium-browser on my netbook ...

is it ok to ask general linux questions here?

what for? maybe you want a fifo ? « man mkfifo »

i guess i need to rebuild my nvidia driver after the xorg update today?

i read so yes

when you said 'noapi apci=off....' how do i specify that during a boot ? f6 ?

just append it to the end of the line.

is there a way to specify the current directory in terminal? i.e. mv /home/somefile to currentdirectory

notice the '.' at the end

hi, anyone knows if there's an irc channel for xtreamer ultra support? :)

chat.xtreamer.net

anyone know how to get to the login screen when your monitor does not support resolutions higher than 800x600? all i get at present is a black scree and the monitor light starts to flash...

ctrl+alt+f1 will get you the first terminal.

question - when i goto: system > admin > printing > then under my printer properties, under driver tab, i have what appears to be names of drivers (and one of it is gutenprint, which matches what was suggested at openprinting.org) my question is, would selecting that from the list okay? or do i need to install it manually by clicking on install driver button next to the list?

just selecting is fine, install is for if/when you have a custom driver.

guys is there a program in linux that detects what kind of cpu one has?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

anyone knows of an mp3 player app like amarok but for gnome, i want to be able to create playlists and burn them and with a nice gui like amarok but i want the app for gnome

like this? http://www.listen-project.org/

i was worried about buying things from stores theyre almost are the lowend of what magazines advertise (bestbuy) and i'd rather not wait 6-8 weeks for delivery

i often order from ebay and make sure they have a good seller rating, and i usually get the best price, or close to it ... i also try to buy from sellers near me .... just a thought

hi guys i have this proble..... i have firstcommand -o option1 -t option2 and secondcommand -t option1 -l option2 and i want that the option2 of the secondcommand is the output of 'firstcommand -o option1 -t option2' ... how can i do that?????

i think you want this: secondcommand -t option1 -l $(firstcommand -o option1 -t option2)

hi just one question about wifi usb card is possible it will work in master mode (like aces point / ap) under ubuntu/linux while manufacturer says it works under windows in software ap mode .. no exactly sure what it means but just if someone has any idea

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/drivers if you can figure out your manufacturer or chipset then this list will tell you the current capabilities of your device in linux

is there a more efficient method of stopping/restarting services than sudo /etc/init.d/foo bar ?

with sudo perhaps

what is the command to completely remove a package? i did sudo apt-get remove pure-ftpd, but pure-ftpd configs and stuff still exist under /etc

usually you do 'apt-get --purge remove <package>' to remove all confs... you can remove confs after a package is removed is 'dpkg --purge package' to remove conf files

i just installed ubuntu and am getting used to the commands, i forgot to make a fat32 partition so i want to do one now, the fat32 part. will be called 'shareddrive' and i want it to be 40gb, may i ask what the command for that would be?

use qtparted

does anyone ever use the asynchronous mode for samba? i tried it but failed.

the article pointed to here: http://pkill-9.com/wordpress/?p=309 might help - ymmv applies

is there a default installed firewall with ubuntu 10.04 and what is the name?

gufw is you need a gui

i am using gimp, but i closed the window on the right side. how to call out it?

you can use windows --> recently closed docks

hello, is it possible to install xubuntu with a regular dapper iso or should i download the separate xubuntu iso? the point is that want a non-xubuntu install and a xubuntu one, so if one iso is sufficient then that'll probably save some time.

and then do apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

hi there, i'm sorry for my english but in the italian irc chan nobody know how to help me! i've an alc272x audiocard on ubuntu 11.04 and my microphone doesn't work. please help me

install pavcontrol and have a look

!tell existenz about easysource

i believe with the .debs

can someone do me a favour, do apt-cache search enlightenment, and tell me what version they find

dr17

hello i just tried installing beryl and there is something wrong with my xorg.conf settings right now. x-server cant start! i tried to sudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf but it cant display it or something :p ?

use sudo nano /etc/x11/xorg.conf

i did, 'apt-get install mysqltcl' a while back.. how do i figure out what version it is? or well better yet, how to find out what version is on the repositories

apt-cache policy packagename

does that mean i just need to add the rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other stuff

it is but i won't remove you ;-)

can anyone recommend a text editor with basic formatting, suitable for writing notes, similar to ms wordpad or apple textedit?

it's called tomboy

is there an x64 version of compiz available? want to determine whether i should install 32 or 64bit ubuntu

i use compiz on my x64 ubuntu

hi, i want to install my graphic card driver. but i dont know my card series, driver.

sudo lshw -c display

how to let archive manager support rar...?

install unrar or rar

the font is somewhere on the wiki... if i can only find it

thanks, at leats i know where to start looking

i edited my grup's menu.lst, and now, when i do a dpkg-reconfigure linux-image... it dont regenerate correctlt my menu.lst. how can i tell dpkg to regenerate my menu.lst ?

what is it not doing? i think the command might be 'update-grub' -- i don't know if the dpkg-reconfigure will call that

how to uninstall something i installed manually (compiled) ?

you have a small list here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/screencasts

question: i have just installed oss and it is working fine based on running osstest. i am attempting to play a file using totem movie player and i am unable to get sound and the file won't play at all. i receive this error message whenever i try to open anything with totem: 'failed to connect stream: invalid argument' this has only happened since i installed oss

use alsa

hi. i have a problem with my firefox. im on an ubuntu machine, and when im on a webpage, say msn.com, then when i open a new tab, the address bar does change to blank one but rahter keeps msn.com. anyone know how to fix this? it works fine when i run it from root (sudo firefox).

move your ~/.mozilla directory to ~/.mozilla_bak and see if that fixes it

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

is there a command to reveal the location of a program in $path, i'm trying to set deluge as a default program and need the core executable, needs its path

which file

i'm having a problem with java. i can't view a java applet. http://www.javatester.org/enabled.html reports that java is not enabled, ff3 reports that it is. how do i procede?

what version of java does firefox say it has?

how do i change the ubuntu logo next in the applications menu?

wiki.ubuntu.com/quicktips

i have 2 computers at home. i made an ssh connection from one to another but i don't know how to open some gui application from terminal which will work after i close my ssh connection. can someone help me? i tried 'screen' and it kinda works but then i get a application window on client computer, not server computer

yourapp &&

im at the point where im just going to stick with fedora since i dont have the error with it.

i wouldn't blame you. i don't see this as an easy thing to track down. you could try a different ubuntu version too and see if that works out better

confrey-> maybe you can try wicd?

i don't think so, in kde network-manager works

is there a command i can use to know if a hard disk is sata or ide?

if it does, it is sata, otherwise ide

checking for c compiler default output file name... configure: error: c compiler cannot create executables

it means you need to install 'build-essential'

is there an application for linux where i am able to download full websites?.. i've heard wget is bad at doing this

httrack

which came first -- gnome's menu bar or mac's menu bar?

mac menu bar was first

hey guys, does any1 know if ubuntu 10.10 has good support for atir radeon hd cards?

there is a proprietary driver installer for them

when will 10.04 be available exactly?

sometime within the next 32 hours, but we can't be more specific than that.

hi guys! i have a gui issue. how can i change ubuntu9.10 default desktop, menu,task bars, ...into something like windows 7/vista (i hate having two bars on my screen, for one) or an apple look? also is there a theme which is neater than the default one (i have seen themes on the net but not sure hot to install them)? thanks (many of the desktop-screencaptures i see from people, they are very nice but no guide how to get there)

you can right click the panels and customize them

remasters can if you have a custom set up

thanks, but... ' it is with regret that i have decided to stop developing remastersys. there are forks of it out there so please search for them to replace remastersys for your needs.'

whats the command to do an upgrade of a feisty system to take it to gusty?

just run update-manager

any xiphos users here?\

hrm, odd. i haven't experienced that. occasionally, xiphos got confused and i had to close it and reopen it, but verse selection hasn't been an issue for me.

so.. uhm.. how can i make .xinitrc or .xsession work?

you need to create /usr/share/xsessions/xsession.desktop with the following information: [desktop entry] (new line) name=xsession (new line) comment=this runs .xsession files (new line) exec=/etc/x11/xsession

what's the default theme in ubuntu? (the gnome theme in preferences > appearance)

ambiance or radiance.

interesting. my eth0 sometimes disconnects, and can't get dhcp again until i reboot. 10.04

dhclient eth0 ?

hi, is the new ubunty worth it, should i upgrade it?

if you do, maek sure you know how to continue the upgrade from the command line.. mine froze mid-upgrand and the gui wouldnt load.

usb hdd it tells me no kernel found if i do it with the xubuntu iso it works perfectly so i don't see the difference between lubuntu and xubuntu lubuntu should have a kernel as well no ?

what is the benefit of a usb bootable ubuntu? why not just make a livecd usb stick that you can run on any machine

hi guys, i'm sharing windows xp's files, but i can't access 'program files'. how do i enter the username/password

there may be some xp setting to remove the lock on it. but ive never found it. - i have shared direcories inside the 'program files' directory

hi all, trying to work out what the cause of an apt-get upgrade saying packages are being kept back. is there some good documentation on this someplace, more particularly on how to resolve it?

use aptitude

where could i ask my performance related question on ubuntu-server?

maybe run transmission with idle i/o priority? ionice -c 3 -p `pidof transmission`

hi people, how do i find which applications accesses a file or device ?

lsof

how do i figure out where an executable file resides? is there a simple command?

'which app'

i got a thinkpad t60... one problem i have is that the battery doesnt charge more than 68% .... it just hangs when it reaches 68%... anyone knows of a solution?

battery charging is handled by code in the bios... gnome may not be reflecting the correct status of your battery, but that'd be pretty rare

hi, i just installed feisty. i had to install the ati drivers because x couldn't find the drivers.... i installed the ubuntu way :) know i decided to install the other method found on http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/ubuntu_feisty_installation_guide#method_2:_install_the_8.36.5_driver_manually but when i did: fglrxinfo it showed xlib: extension 'xfree86-dri' missing on display ':0.0'. display: :0.0 screen: 0 opengl vendor string: mesa project: www

get the envy script and install the drivers that way

gnome-display-properties, is telling me, when i try to switch resolutions on my dual screen setup. 'monitor resolution settings has detected that the virtual resolution must be set in your configuration file in order to apply your settings' although it will do it automatically for me.. it messes it up. how can i edit the config file myself?

scp host:file .

is it 'ok' to remove a swap partition without affecting the rest of the system?

2gb ram should be plenty for simple use of the system. you should get 'out of memory' messages, if your ram is consumed. i think its relatively safe to turn of swap.

hmm i installed a fresh 10.10 but grub won't show a boot menu (at least i should be able to select normal and recovery?) and i also miss the nice framebuffer boot animation, x11 then shows up normally...what might be wrong?

just when booting starts press and hold shift

i am going to install clamav. i do not use any additional repositories (backports or marillat), does that affect to the security of the program?

or enable backports/marillat just for clamav

help please,what port does apt-get use?

or ftp (port 20+21)

where do i change the global $path variable, i can't find it in /etc/profile.

i think /etc/environment

i thought the shift-key during booting should display the grub-menu in newer ubuntus?

a live cd/single user mode would let you change it.

is it possible to install a minimal ubuntu with a standard install cd?

i dont think so.

hi. i have two pc's of a similar ilk and performance. i want to test which is best before choosing one as my main pc. i have ubuntu installed on both currently. are there any tests that ship with ubuntu that i could run on them both in order to compare the results like for like?

lmbench, tiobench, dbench (i just search for packages with bench in their names).

since i upgraded to jaunty, i am having slow video (youtube, mplayer, everything...) when i watch the video at its normal size, it's faster. if i full-screen it, it's slow. i suspect that perhaps x is no longer using the 'xv' driver or using a poorly-chosen video driver. any ideas?

guessing, does mplayer -vo xv vid.avi exhibit that behavior? or does it whine that it can't use xv

installed 8.10 server last night with the gnome desktop pkg. was wondering if it i attach an ntfs volume to the sata and pull data from that old drive to this one?

ubuntu should mount it for you

sgtfox: is ur system just not loading up properly?

mine works fine

does anyone know if its normal for firefox-bin and plugin-container, in system monitor, to take up a total of 400mb of memory?

http://linuxatemyram.com

what's the password (if you've never set one up) to go into the cups admin (localhost:631) and mess with jobs?

just your normal user account and password, i expect

hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? i have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but i still can't modify the disk

unless you want to lose your data