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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 |
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 |
hello, i've acquired an ipod touch recently, i'm hating it thus far in windows with the restrictions itunes imposes, what are the linux alternatives like if any are worth doing? | gtkpod |
hi, anyone know the name of that script that allows you to check the file system when you turn the comp off instead of every 30 times you boot? | fsck |
hi im running hardy on an usb stick but after updating it apt stuck at 'running depmod' i waited for 20 minutes but nothing changed. i restarted the system and had to use 'dpkg --configure -a to get apt working, everything seemed fine but then 'running depmod' appeared again. cpu usage is up to 100% and i have been waiting for about 1 and a half hour without something happening. what can i do? | https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/40632 |
wo sind die paketquellen von edgy? gabs da nicht nen old stable archiv | you can find repositories for end-of-life releases at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ |
does anyone have any idea how i'd get 'error reading boot cd' when trying to boot the ubuntu desktop 8.04 x86_64 edition installer in qemu? the install disc is an iso, so physical medium problems is not an option. and the same command to launch qemu using knoppix 5.1.1 and the debian etch installers works fine. could something be broken in ubuntu's isolinux or do i need to add some flag to qemu? | i recently installed 8.04 and had nothing but problems i recommend waiting |
what's the command to show which files belong to a package? | ah, misread your question |
now, my second question is this: is there a 'prefered' way of adding new partitions to the /etc/fstab (like some graphical partition mounter) or can i just edit my /etc/fstab in vim? | attack it with vim, that's best in my experience |
what is the term to fix a package so that it is not update/upgraded etc ? | you can pin in synaptic if you have it. |
i had done a ./configure and was running the make when i got logged out of my desktop. how would i got about fixing this so i can continue compiling. | make clean, then make to start over. else just type make and it should continue where it left off. |
is it possible to get thunderbird email to label all emails as junk if they the sender isn't in my address book ? | i suppose you can make a filter rule to do it (but i'm not a tb user) |
how to turn off 'clear clipboard' after app was closed ? | as far as i know there is no way to stop that. i know there have been a few bugs logged, but i don't have their numbers in front of me. you may be able to skirt the problem by using a clipboard manager like glipper. |
how can i install mail support with apache ? | try apache channel. |
hello , do all files in /etc/init.d/ starts while os comes up ? | not neccessarily |
hello all - i am unable to eject my cdrom with the button or by selecting eject from the menu. does not work as root either! anyone experience something similar? | if that doesn't work it is a hardware problem |
is it possible to turn off the 'tap to click' functionality of my touchpad? i can't see anything about this in the system menus. | look at synclient (i think that is the name) |
i can`t see a restart button on ubuntu unity, how can i restart machine ? :\ | log out then restart, or run 'sudo reboot' |
does anyone know what package provides the man pages for getopt(3) (part of unistd.h)? | manpages-dev |
hi ! i have a .sh file to run .. what is the command to start it plsease ? | you could try nautilus cd burner |
how can i set beryl to start up during boot or login? | add it to system>preferences>sessions |
!tell mamoru about anjuta | try man setkeycodes... don't know too much about it |
when i type uname -a it doesnt show the same time from my clock how to fix that ? | - use hwclock to synchronize your hardware and software clocks |
i just downloaded aa (that native army game) and its a .run file and for some reason my wine won't run it? why is this? i click on it and nothing happens | if its native then surely you dont need wine? right click on it and make it executable (under permissions) and then try double clicking it |
how can i get my tablet stylus to work correctly in jaunty? | what's the problem with your stylus? |
right -- i have totem installed by default; i used to enjoy mplayer on xp before ubuntu; should i go for mplayer in favour of totem? (i will eventually want to use hardware accel on my radeon hd2600) | rather.. exaile.. |
what can i use to capture images from my webcam? | camorama |
awesome, another reason why i hate linux as a desktop. takes way too much time to install java | why is taht ? |
hello, how can i converte a file from .zip to tar.gz ? | unzip it, then recompress it as .tar.gz |
hey how do i mount a bin/cue/iso file to a virtual cd-rom? | i've heard 'bchunk' can handle bin/cue |
i just installed the debugger ddd, how i make it appear in a menu? specifically, the programming menu? | use gnome's menu editor to add it |
does anoboady can answer with one is the best boot loader for xubuntu: lilo or grub? | that said, i don't see why you can't use the default, supported and standard grub |
of course ext3 can be used in karmic, but better off using ext4 :) | yes, i find the best way is if people have a friend that knows what they are doing help them at first, but mainly help them think about solving problems themselves |
the installer for ubuntu, is it the new installer for debian? | yup |
hi all, i've been trying to download b0146b3d658d2471c7d4e9e43d32f24431d5a9bf ubuntu-9.10-desktop-powerpc+ps3.iso torrent for 2 days now, and nothing happens. i've got the normal 9.10 32 and 64bit cd's to download via bittorrent, but the ps3 one does not want to budge, not one bit. | do you have any peers that are seeding it? |
i created this tuturial, can a few people tell me if it is easy to follow and understandable? http://techystuff.info/?p=62 | looks fine to me |
hello everyone! i'm hoping someone could answer a quick question for me about migrating my wubi installation to a separate partition. does anyone here feel comfortable helping me with this? | very few people here use wubi. but i wouldn't trust a script without looking at the contents of it. for the most part migrating a debian/ubuntu system is 3 things: 1) copy the home directory 2) copy the dpkg --get-selections 3) copy any modifications made to /etc |
hi everyone, i'm trying to do a fresh install of ubuntu so want to completely whipe my current version off and start fresh. i'm not to sure how i go about acheiving this though. i'm running the live disk now and my hdd looks like this: http://i50.tinypic.com/34hgjh5.png do i just delete /dev/sda4/ then re-install from disk ? | well, if you want to delete everything, delete everything |
excuse me, is it ok if i burn the jaunty cd iso to dvdr and install it like that? | i've done that |
anyone knows something fun to do with my clean install? | if you feel like some games, try playdeb at http://www.playdeb.net/welcome/ |
ok again: how do i change the default browser? | as root: rm /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser; ln -s path_to_new_browser /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser |
hi folks ! is there a way in 'command-line' to remove the lines starting with the char '*' or containing the char'*' at a fixed position ? | it sounds like you need grep or sed |
is there a command to see how much free space there is left? | df -h |
[ubuntu 9.04] what file stores the names of programs to start automaticallly after a computer cold start? | its on the system tab on the menu button thingy |
hi, is there an ubuntu based distro that's lighter than xubuntu? | fluxbuntu |
can anyone explain why my belkin f5d7050 card isn't working after following the instructions on http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/rt2x00drivers | i gave up a long time ago :) |
hi guys, do you think i can trust ubuntu 9.04 to resize an ntfs partition without losing the data on it? | make the backup first. |
hi. does anyone know how to find out which repository in my sources.list a given package comes from? | apt-cache policy package_name may help but it is not the answer to your question |
anyone know why audacity's built in effects are disabled? | they aren't you have to highlight a section of audio to use them |
could anyone tell me how to launch a bash script by alias? for example i can just type in 'myapp' anywhere in the terminal and it will launch. | bash basics.. make a 'bin' directory. keep all your scripts in there.. thats in your 'default path' so it will work that way |
hello ,when i use vim to create an text ,how did i quit from it without reserve it | :q! |
how do you add an extension in the mozilla browser if you have .xpi file? apparently it's different from ff's tools > extensions. | enter the path to the file in the address bar |
hi, all. i'm wondering, is there an easy solution to setting up a lamp-type web server on ubuntu 7.10 desktop through synaptic, etc.? if not, what's the simplest way to get a phpmyadmin, mysql, php, apache server set up? security is not important, its for personal site testing on my lan. | use the task select |
hey, if you setup apache on ubuntu, can you have your own pop3 account? | apache doesn't do pop |
where is pidgin installed to on ubuntu? | /usr/bin/pidgin |
i have an .ogg video (with sound) and i would like to remove the sound from it so it's all silent (no audio)... how can i do that?? | ffmpeg -i input.ogg -acodec copy -sameq -vn output.ogg |
hello all. i just installed ubuntu on my thinkpad x31. everything works perfectly except for the bootsplash (it's just black). what would be the recommended way to debug the problem? | try modifying your usplash.conf |
does anyone know software inlieu of edit plus in linux - should be able to edit files over sftp | vim? |
hi, how to print a file? ps: i have already set up cups, and got a test page | from terminal? /usr/bin/lpr filename |
i thought broadcom chipsets were supported in the 2.6.178 kernels. i just installed ubuntu edgy on my laptop hoping i wouldn't have to do the ndiswrapper runaround, but it's looking like i'll have to. anyone have any input? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&subword=1&version=edgy&release=all&keywords=ndiswrapper&sourceid=mozilla-search |
is there a way to suppress the 'entered the room' and 'left the room' messages here? (using pidgin, if it matters) | with a plugin called join/part hide |
is mangler no longer in the repos? | have a look at apt-cache search or packages.ubuntu.com |
hi, i'm just looking for an howto to upgrade my ubuntu server dapper to edgy | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/edgyupgrades im guessing this will work for server too |
when will ubuntu support msn video chat ?????????????????????????????????????? | when it magically becomes windows |
how to i get 'apt-get' to show me all packages with 'kernel' in them? | apt-cache search kernel |
can someone help me? i need to know which programm this is: http://gnomelook.org/content/content-pre1/19839-1.png (the window with all information about your compuer) | gkrellm |
trying to get away from the cli as much as possible, decided it was time to join the 21st century | the cli is still alive and well in the 21st century :) |
sorry for this, but i seem to have forgotten how to become root in ubuntu... what's the secret? | wiki.ubuntu.com/rootsudo |
does anyone know a terminal-based image viewer? | fbi |
i have a question, when i get into the operating system ,then i hear a small piece of music ,how to turn if off ? | go to 'sounds' |
ok..i need help anyone know how to convert .ogg file video codec theora..? i'm super confused | try avidemux |
anyone know why, when i try to open more than one bittorrent at a time using the standard ubuntu bittorrent app, i get the error : 'couldn't listen - (98, 'address already in use)' | because the first instance is already listening on your bit torrent port |
hello everyone, quick question. i like using geany to edit .c .java .html, and pretty much all source files that i deal with. though currently i have to either open geany and then use that to open a file, or right click the file and choose geany to open it. if i just open the file on its own it opens up in gedit. how can i set it so all source files are opened with geany? i tried looking in 'preferred applications' under system>pre | i think you have to have nautilus scripts for that - the easiest way would be to install 'ubuntu tweak' and use their menu for doing that |
how big should i make my / and /boot partitions? | / should be at least 2gb probably more |
any chance you use ubuntu with ham radio? i'm wondering specifically about stuff that directly interfaces with a rig like a logger or satellite tracker. | not personally, but two months ago there was a whole issue on it from linux journal. |
kk guys. im trying to make a romantic compiz-fusion video for my girl and post it on youtube. i need a way to write her name on something in some sort of text editor i need the letters to be big though so its decipherable. any suggestions? | use gedit or such |
is it possible to pxe install ubuntu 6.06 server release? | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/installation/netboot |
is there a repo for dr.java ? or know of any java ide's other than eclipse ? | there are numerous ides for java.. netbeans.org is one |
hey, folks. i'm considering ubuntu for a small office server, but i'm having trouble finding docs on what actual versions of various packages ubuntu ships with. is that information available anywhere? (eg, php 4.what? samba 3.what? subversion 1.what?) | http://packages.ubuntu.com/ |
how can you see you ip using the terminal? (like ipconfig in win) | ifconfig |
is there anything like dreamweaver that i can get on my linux machine here for free? | lookup bluefish |
how do i open opt folder with root rights? | i don't know if there's a menu item for it, but i bet you could do gksu -c nautilus |
how to upgrade to hoary? change my source.list to hoary, and apt-get upgrage?? is apt-install dist-upgrade needed? | www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/guidetohoary |
i am trying to remember the name of a very cool network monitoring program called ether monkey or some such... anyone got a clue? | etherape |
hi. im in the livecd, how do i mount my sda1? | and the same live cd will let you at the hard drive of a windows machine |
zoss0: any luck? | yep, thanks alot. |
if i run 'sudo synaptic' then the password works fine, but if i select synaptic from the gui menu then the password is not accepted... any help? | strange, what about running `gksudo synaptic` from the cli? |
my friend installed this for me...where can i get one? | you'll want one of the 'desktop' -cd releases |
hi, dist-upgrade'ed into breezy. now x11 wont work... if i apt-get install x-window-system it complains about twm error... i know many ppl has been in this situation... could anybody please tell me how to fix it? i sort of cant search the web in this terminal | also, the wiki has stuff on fixing that...apt-cache search surfraw apt-cache search lynx |
something better than xchat? | whats your question? i use irssi (a command line utility) and prefer it to xchat. |
how do i blacklist a specific soundcard so that the drivers for it won't load. | figure out the name of the kernel module and use those instructions to blacklist it |
10.10 here: my battery indicator is stuck at 'estimating' any fix for this??? | known issue |
someone got experience with vncserver/tightvncserver? my problem is, that by autostart my startup config is ignored. | i would highly recommend freenx over any vnc. |
hm... i find it completely unacceptable that the resolution of x11 is impossible to control in 7.04.... no matter what i write in xorg.conf, i still have the exactly same choices in the 'screen resolution' app.... | try sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xorg-server |
is there a way to have a different wallpaper per virtual desktop? | you can manually assemble a wallpaper and if you don't have it stretch it might do what you expect, but i haven't tried it |
hey. does anyone know how to change ubuntu's install of apache2 to run apache as root instead of www-data? | i believe you can set the user it runs as in the conf |
hey, i can't see anything shared via avhi, even though i know there is stuff being shared, any ideas? | try to off the firewall 'am not sure' |
how do i remove a package without removing any of its dependences? | to clean up the dependencies later use auto-remove |
i am trying to setup dual screens on an nvidia 8800gtx and i save the changes to xorg.conf but it keeps saving the screens in the incorrect order. | try dragging the other monitor to the other side |
how do i get vim to stop autoindenting ? | echo 'set noai' >> ~/.vimrc |