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hello , can you help me ? i changed profile on my ubuntu 12.04 from unity to something another using compiz . now i see just black background and system is unusable . now im logged to guest account . is there some possible way how to restore my admin acc ? thanks for answers | log off and log in to unity2d and you can fix things |
hey all, i installed 6.06, everything worked beautifully, i left it for two weeks, and now when i turn it on there's no network connection | check the obvious yet? dog dident chew through a cable? |
how do i repair grub after installing windows? | http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-restore-grub-boot-loader-after-installing-windows.html |
why i can't edit or modify the file 'etc/default/grub' ??? i have gedit installed :-s | it would be /etc/default/grub and chances are you need to do what celthunder said. |
is there a smaller ubuntu channel? i find it hard to get questions answered here, since it's so large. | you could try your local ubuntu channel |
hi im lucid right now and id like to have something like an 'open terminal here' option when i browse through folders using nautilus; any help? | sudo aptitude install nautilus-open-terminal i don't know why it's not installed by default |
hello, i've installed ubuntu 8.10 from a 'minimal' cd and i'm having a hard time installing 'restricted drivers manager'. anyone have a clue in which package that thing is? | restricted-manager i think |
i installed vim-gnome and cannot use it in graphical mode when i type vim.gnome i see the standart vim in conseol | try 'gvim' |
hey, i was here a while ago and someone suggested a gnome-panel app to put the computer into presentation mode (stops screensaver) --does anyone know the name of it? | there is the classic inhibit applet for gnome-panel and there is kaffine for unity. |
i need to tune x.org configuration, after upgrade to 8.10, display is bad like wrong color setting, which app i can use? | did you tryp 'sudo dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' |
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 |
hi! i have the port open on conky. i see that sometimes ubuntu uses wget automatically. why ubuntu use wget himself ? | ubuntu is set to fetch update info automatically |
how do i open a java program from within the gnome taskbar or shortcut bar ... i would like to add it but dont know how | use launcher. put the proper command in it. |
can anyone recommend a text editor with basic formatting, suitable for writing notes, similar to ms wordpad or apple textedit? | it's called tomboy |
are there any good webkit based browsers for ubuntu? | midori |
and i don't know how to scroll down in top | try htop |
i am sure i will kick myself when i here the answer but, how do i figure out what my workgroup is in ubuntu? (used to know how...) | smb.conf |
i got random x freezes in karmic and after updating to lucid, i get a black screen with flashing white vertical bars instead. the syslog at the time of crash is at http://paste.ubuntu.com/433960/. any ideas as to what's going on? | seems that there are intel 915 errors in the logs |
does 3.5.4 come with something absolutely fabulous new things? | mainly bug fixes i think |
is there a better desktop switcher for unity? some hotkey i don't know about? | i use desktop --> viewport switcher, in compiz |
one thing though, fonts don't look as smooth in linux, do i need to turn on smoothing in the options? | you should be able to turn it on |
is there a simple way to get 10.10 to authenticate with our osx ldap server? i'm not sure what i should be looking at and as we're considering setting up several ubuntu boxes we don't want to have to edit shit loads of files to do it if we can help it. | i think pam (pluggable authentication modules) has an ldap module |
is it just me, or is evolution really buggy? | you and the whole internet |
how do i list all groups on ubuntu? | cat /etc/group |
hi guys.. simple question, how can i get disable pcmcia for automatically starting up on my destkop on every boot - seeing as i dont need it? | apt-get remove --purge pcmcia-cs :-) |
isn't 11.10 alpha 2 coming out today? | alpha 2 july 7th https://wiki.ubuntu.com/oneiricreleaseschedule |
where can i see opengl version? | /opt/ is usually empty |
hello, every time during boot, i get an error message along the lines of 'kinit: no resume image, doing normal boot'. is this something i should be worried about? i have no problems with the installation, everything works, just kind of an annoying message. | at least that's always been my take on it o.o |
im having an issue with my display. i have a nvidia gtx 260 with a vga resolution max of 2048x1536 , and my tv that its connected to has a max of 1,280 × 1,024, but 1280 x 1024 is not listed in my nvidia display settings. i've tried usign xrandr to set the display and it is not working, says 'configure crtc 0 failed' anyone have any ideas? | xrandr is a world of pain, the documentation isnt great, just to warn you and good luck |
what's the command to see if i have a packaged installed or not? | aptitude show {package name} |
does anyone here know how i can batch encode several .wav files to flac? in windows, flac had several 'front end' gui's that made batch encoding a drag & drop affair... from the command line in ubuntu, however, i cannot figure out how to batch anything; only one file at a time | for file in *.wav ; do flacenc -o '`basename $file .wav`.flac' $file ; done , or something along those lines |
has a load of broken updates been pushed to the repository? i'm getting stuff like 'libssl-dev: depends: libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3) but 0.9.8g-15ubuntu3.2 is installed.' | do you have the updates repository enabled? |
hi, how can i add the bottom menu (in picture) to my linux : http://www.linuxmint-art.org/content/content-pre1/92774-1.jpg | you'd need a dock such as awn. its the avant-window-navigator package in the repos. |
how to know memory use in ubuntu on terminal? | top |
does anyone know how to defrag ext4 in karmic? thanks. | extents |
ok, any idea how to make ntpd actually update the system time? | 'sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com' |
is there a way to shut down the x-server without it restarting again? | 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' from a console |
have you run '/etc/init.d/networking restart'? | nope, how do i do that? |
anyone know how to get the old update notifier behaviour back in 11.10? | old behaviour? like what? i think it's the same |
hi. people, please, tell me, what exists system manage project on ubuntu, such as ms project on windows | - there is a package called planner...supposed to be a project management tool. not sure how good it is though ... |
hey. my gnome session hangs, mouse events are not registered anymore. using strg+alt+f1 i changed to another terminal. how to log out / kill the gnome session from there? | so display=:0.0 gnome-session-save --force ...... and so on |
suddenly my internal speakers on my hp laptop do not work anymore. only the audio output works. know problem? | no, if you find out let me know ;-) |
sorry, what was the kernel option to disable acpi ? | acpi=off |
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 |
help: do you know any offline browser that can download websites??? | you can use wget to do that, though there's httrack also |
what is the easiest way to configure which daemons should start on system boot? i have install sshd and lightppd for testing purposes, but don't want them running all the time | chkconfig |
is there a way i can launce xcfe settings from cli? | just looked, it is called 'xfce-setting-show' |
reetingss.i have install ubuntu in my laptop where at the beginning windows 7 already installed.now how do i configure to make it ubuntu as my defult login when its came to dual boot menu(currently its will go to windows 7)... | grub --version |
the process popularity-contest has the user »nobody«. what is the function of the »nobody« user? | it's a system user with lowered permissions. |
is there any way to avoid multiple sudo's in something like: sudo sleep 5 && sudo sleep 10........ is there any way i can just do something like: sudo (sleep 5 && sleep 10)? | sudo sh -c 'commands' |
any quick way to install the necessary packages for a lamp server? a single apt-get line, for example. | sudo tasksel |
hmm, how can i make a video recording of my desktop? | good q, i also have that q |
'ello, me again. question; is there a way to 'chain' commands? for example, 'do this' then 'do that' followed by 'do something else', all in the same line? | http://tldp.org, there's a lot of docs there. i'd suggest starting with the bash guides |
anyone know of a program similar to dreamweaver? | screem |
hi people! is there any programs to edit pdf files?? | pdfedit |
anyone has tried a usb cd-rw with luck in linux? planning to buy one of those but i would like to hear if they really work out of the box (as usb sticks does) | yes they work fine |
how do i burn audio cd? from mp3's ... wanna play it in my carstereo | you've got to read about restriced formats in ubuntu. try on www.ubuntulinux.org |
i have a xen guest. i upgraded it's kernel, which looked like it worked. now it's booting the old kernel again... how do i cause it to boot the new kernel? | edit /etc/default/grub to set the default. |
so, no ideas on why suspend/hibernate would wake back up right away? | maybe your mouse is moving a tad |
i'm running ardour with ubuntu 7.04 with 'standard' kernel.... i have a lot of xruns... could someone help me to configure jack in order to reduce xruns? | try installing the -lowlatency kernel (universe) and configuring pam for audio usage. |
is there a way in gnome to disable workspace switching (or set the number of workspaces to 1)? | right-click on the workspace switcher applet on the panel, and go to properties. it should let you choose the number of workspaces from there. |
what package do i need to run 32 bit apps on a 64bit system? | ia32-libs or something |
i'm getting these errors: e: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: resource temporarily unavailable) | do you have synaptic or software center or update manager running togerther? |
anyone know what root password is by default | nope do this : sudo passwd root |
question: i'm establishing my system in ubuntu, but need to get my hands on lilypond. i'm not finding it through either apt-get or synaptec, and i'm not sure (being a newb) how to go about installing it from the lilypond site (http://www.lilypond.org/web/download/) | follow the directions here |
does anyone know a low-ram file manager? naut whatever uses too much | pcmanfm? lxde filemanager |
hi everyone, how do i run a script in a terminal in the background ? i don't need to see scrolling text | screen is a good way to do things like that. run screen, start your script, press ctrl-a ctrl-d to put the screen in the background. type screen -r to resume the screen into the foreground |
i can't start tilda due to a 'segmentation error' what's that and what can i do about it? | i have no idea how to fix that. you should try rebooting, doing sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get upgrade, then restarting tilda |
why is it i got access denied when editing samba/smb.conf in my ubuntu server? | you need to edit as root, ie sudo gedut smb.conf (or vi, nano, etc) |
hi all this is a bit embarrassing... um how do i find out what version of ubuntu i'm currently running (7.04, 7.10...)? | lsb_release -a |
how to add the latest version openoffice in xubuntu? | apt-get install openoffice |
anyone know the kernel string for fb 1280x800? | 985 sorry |
how can i run in a cli environment away from x? | ctrl+shift+f7 to get back to x |
i moved home on separate partition and now xface is whining about .dmrc need to have 644 permission (or something) and it says that home should be owned only by user and only user can have privilages.so what do i need to do with .dmrc and what 'options' i need to set in fstab for home partition? | the command to set ownership is: $ 'sudo chown user:user filename' the one for permissions is: $ 'chmod 644 filename' |
what happened to the firefox package in universe ? | yes, due to java bugs... |
what is the best irc client for linux? | irssi |
how can i start notify-osd manually? | just run it: /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd; although there isn't any reason to, since it is started automatically when someone sends a notification |
hi, i need linux 2.6.37 because of missing hardware support in 10.10's kernel. is there an easy way to achieve this including fglrx drivers? is there an easy way to use natty packages? | http://www.mindwerks.net/2010/11/ubuntu-10-10-maverick-with-2-6-37-kernel/ |
can anyone recommend a got gnome ftp client (not gftp)? | foff |
hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04? | it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken. |
people, is there any program like macromedia dreamweaver, to design webpages under linux? i'm using ubuntu 6.10 | mozilla composer? |
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 |
can anyone tell me why sound doesnt work in firefox? | what kind of sound? media files? flash? |
anyone know how to get ubuntu to offer me kde at login (i installed kubuntu-desktop, but i still get gnome only) | kde should be an option in the sessions menu of the login screen |
iam connect to irc from ssh can scrole the converstion history? | pageup and pagedown |
can you please suggest me a open-source software for ubuntu which use internet connection and we can can listen all radios from world. i see that there are sites like this : http://www.mikesradioworld.com/ which are supports million radios channel all over the world. i do not think that they use their own server. | also, http://classic.shoutcast.com has a great selection |
how do i keep eth0 from binding to a specific network card? whenever i swap cards, it increments from eth0 to eth1, but i always want it to redetect the first one as eth0 | i'm not sure exactly what you do in that file but i'm pretty sure that's where you need to be |
elliot__ what was the ubuntu apt source list generator url? | www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic |
where can one find a good tutorial on editing/creating themes and icons? or at the very least, how to open the .theme files? | i belive the .theme files are textfiles.. in xml |
i have a laptop which dual boots ubuntu and xp. how can i create a restore dvd to install both in one go? like the restore dvd comes with laptop | try 'ghost for linux' |
i have an mp3 player that doesn't automount in ubuntu. (running gnome desktop) i just discovered by accident that, if i am logged onto the computer in my daughter's account, it automounts fine as soon as you plug in the usb ... so what hidden config file do i need to delete to get it to work again on my account? | tried nautilus preferences¿ |
if i want to load windows 7 on a second hard drive after ubuntu (on the first hard drive) in order to dual-boot do i have to do anything special with the mbr? | if using 2 differnt hard drives. (not just 2 partitions on 1 hard drive) i often use the bios feature to boot what hd i want. nothing special needed to be done. i keep the linux/grub mbr on the linux hd. that way windows stays by itself on the other hd. |
how do i see what things my ubuntu is starting op, when the system is booting?? (need to figure out if snmptrapd is running) | or edit menu.lst to not have splash screen |
hi, how do i make the console transparent? | your probably want xterm. try xterm --help |
well jamili, i'm swayed by your powerful argument. tell me what are these windows you talk of? are they vinyl? | what are you feeding that troll? |
nlite? never heard of it | its under the 'customize' button where you set your theme/appearance settings |
is there any 'defrag' type programs included with ubuntu?, and does linux even need a defrag once in a while for that matter?? | linux filesystems don't need defragging |
alright, what package do i need for apache's authdigestfile setting to work? | no extra package, just enable the apache module with 'sudo a2enmod auth_digest' |
hi guys, is there any channel available for gimp support? | http://www.gimp.org/irc.html |
is there any soft for driver finding ? ?? | system administration hardware drivers |
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