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please point me to a web page describing the purpose of scsi emulation of ide hard disks. i've looked for a long time now but can't find any explanation for this (plenty reasons for cd/dvd drives, but not hard drives).	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/libataforatadisks
anyone knows how to get the [file edit view go bookmarks etc] bar back to the applications in gnome (like windows has). its gone after disabling unity in the cairo-dock (gnome+effects) session	i don't know how, but the bar you want back, is called 'global menu' maybe this helps finding an answer.
is there any way to make a 'group' of panel icons in gnome?	try making a drawer. and add them into it
nobody knows? ok, well, if i reinstall ubuntu from iso-dvd, will i still have access to windows vista from the boot menu?	you should have access to windows vista - if its removed you can manually edit the grub menu to show up... - if you dont kno what i'm tlaking about, just back up the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and restore it afterwards
hi all i am trying to add call of duty (working) to xqf games but it ask's me for a command line how do i find it since i am running cod with wine???	wine /path/to/whatever/game.exe
had to shut my comp off in middle of jaunty > karmic upgrade. now all it says on reboot is '/etc/fstab cannot yet be mounted'... any help?	sounds like you might need a re-install on that box. that's probably the worst possible thing you could do to trash your system.
sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know how i could find out what ports an application is using on windows 7? #windows is being quiet on the subject :<	http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true
can anyone give me a hand with my wireless? it was working fine a week ago...but last night i turn my laptop on and it starts searching for the wireless network and never connects...it cycles through 3 or 4 that are in range and can't connect to any..i took all securities off my wireless router and it still won't connect. it is currently connected to one downstairs but it took about 10 minutes to connect to it...any ideas why thi	have you power cycled your modem & wirless router?
is that us.archive.ubuntu.com mirror down? keep getting can't connect errors in aptitude, but my network is fine (can ping, etc)	a lot of people remove the us. from that deb
hi. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 alternative. i remember typing in a password for the default user but i don't remember choosing a user name. what would the default user name be?	if you can't figure it out, boot in recovery mode and run 'grep 1000 /etc/passwd'
hey guys how do i use debhelper, i mean, i have it installed apparently, i did 'debhelper' and it says commadn not found	man debhelper
does anybody know if it is possible to append two remote files with ftp/sftp/scp ?	ssh user@host 'cat file1 file2 > file_total'
when i plug in my ipod, rhythmbox automatically starts. how can i make gtkpod start instead?	system > preferences > removable drives and media
does anyone know why there's no #banshee? are banshee dev's hanging out somewhere else?	try in the gnome irc networl
does anyone here know of good voip software for linux?	wengophone
i am running terminal in full screen on its own workspace. is there a way to hide the bottom automatically when i switch over to the full screened terminal?	press f11 in that gnome-terminal?
hello. has anyone tried to compile the ubuntu kernel? i've tried it but there are many drivers missing. for example no audio driver is selected. how can i exactly rebuild the ubuntu kernel?	i would reccomend: http://www.howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way
what is the correct mechanism for setting a background image for the grub menu in 12.04? i've tried various tutorials and grub-customizer, but always end up with a blank background.	you should research plymouth
anyone know where on my system i can find the thunderbird icon?	try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that
how to search for files which contain specific string? in shell	grep -r 'string' /path/*
hi i am trying to install apache and it says pacakge has no installation candidate	try apache2
hello all: i have the crossover office beta which is an install file with .sh, but when i click it it goes into gedit and there's an error. how do i install this?	you probably want to do 'bash file.sh' in a terminal (in the right directory)
am i in the right channel for wubi?	it may be best to file a bug or a brainstorm entry for that, rather than mentioning it here and having it get lost in the channel.
i can do mount --bind fine but its not perminent	normally you'd put 'auto' instead of 'none' if you're unsure or whatever, i think o:
when i cd into a particular dir i get this: cd rails_projects/carls-sinatra-jruby-heroku\ /	it's escaping the space character.
do i have 8.04 or earlier version? 2.6.24-19-generic	yes...this is ubuntu desktop version
i'm having problems with my xchat and trying to join a different server...any help?\	what happen/
can i install rpm and debian packages on ubuntu	better to search in repository, rpm sucks
on the top bar right click only let's me 'add panel...' where i can select from a bunch of already installed stuff. i want to add eclipse to the panel like i do with an already installed app by going into applications >[path to app like games] > right click on app > add this launcher to panel	does this help? http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.32/gospanel-34.html.en
hello all - multi-kernel question: how might i go about installing a 2.6.24 (hardy) kernel alongside my current karmic kernel?	- just install it sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, grub will create another entry and preserve the old kernel.
gma950 + s-video... has anyone gotten this to work?	that card should work out of the box
how to make classics desktop as the main desktop theme? now, i have to always choose at the login page. mine is ubuntu 11.04	in system->administration->login screen, you can choose the default session
how do i deal with: 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.	look in the logs
how do i upgrade from 9.04 jaunty to 10.04?	you need to take the intermediate step first
how can i fix my audio? i installed ubuntu soon and i get no audio	check sound levels, and raise all of them to middle
hello, is there someone around?	convert nrg files to standard iso image using this package 'nrg2iso'
is there any way to tell apt-get or aptitude to install some custom .deb file that you've downloaded, and to automatically install all dependencies?	try just double clicking on it.. i think the gdebi (?) tool does that
hey guys, sorry to bother you, i just installed the latest ubuntu distrib on a usb drive. console works fine, but gdm does nothing after login. shutting down gdm and running 'startx' gives a working gnome. any ideas ?	take a look at /var/log/gdm , might be a clue there
okay guys, does this look reasonable?	that should work.
i'm using xchat right now -- is there a way to get it to automatically connect to servers and channels? (if yes ill look up the docs on howto)	then edit the server
i just changed monitors on my ubuntu 6.06.1 lts system and would like to have x reconfigure for the new refresh rates (like it did at install); how can i do this?	just hit enter for everything to accept the detected values
is there any way to remove the startup sound event? i tried setting it to none in the sound events settings, but it doesn't seem to work	try configuring gdm and check accessbility tab
how do i swich between unity and ubuntu classic?	at the gdm (login screen) click on your username. at the bottom a drop down box will appear
how would i charge the resolution in vncviewer to 1440x900? this config doesn't do it: xterm -geometry 1440x900 -ls -title '$vncdesktop desktop' &	if the window is bigger than your current screen, you use right-click aroud where the scrollbars are to scroll (lame imo)
ah this is fucking annoying. how can the default be that you can't access the grub menu?!	you've tried shift-key?
is it better to use simple file permissions for users not to execute apps, or are acls better?	us ethe simplest method that works; if file perms will do the trick, use those
hi, i'd like to change my unity settings so that i can move windows upwards past the top bar (i have a small screen and need to do this to see the bottom of some windows).	see if holding alt while dragging the window will allow moving past top - compiz might prevent this...
hello, can anyone tell me something about fluxbox?	yes fluxbox is very light but it's not a desktop enviroment like gnome it's only a windowmanager so it lacks alot of functionallity that gnome and kde has.
like dude man, is it part of all foreign languages to have multiple question marks?	not really
what is the proper way to change boot options in grub2?	edit the default kernel options in /etc/default/grub (you don't need to do anything with /etc/grub.d for this docteh)
anyone know what the name of the windows fonts package is?	oops, no dash: msttcorefonts
how can i look at my boot up errors ?	run dmesg \|less from the terminal
i have a problem with fluxbox... can anyone help me about how to completely uninstall it and back again?	to uninstall : 'sudo apt-get autoremove --purge nameofpackage'
im trying to move a folder into root but it says access denied.... how can i overturn this?	use sudo mv <file> <new location>
anyone know how to force an ntp update?	https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/c/ntp.html i suggest ntpd over ntpdate (and cron)
hi everyone. how do i tell what user apache is running after? (xubuntu instal + apt-get apache3 php5 php5-mysql)	apapche runs as www-data:www-data by default in ubuntu
hi, i have this line: /dev/hda7 /media/shared hfsplus defaults,user,noauto 0 0 in my /etc/fstab but it doesn't mount when i boot, i have to type in mount /media/shared manually anyone know what i'm doing wrong?	remove the noauto option (that's what it means)
this is stupid... i can't change my wallpaper.	desktop --> preferences --> background
hi. i've got an options dialog that is too big for my netbook screen, and it doesn't have a scrollbar. what can i do to see the lower part of it?	use alt+click to move it
can i install nvidia drivers inside gnome?	.config/foobnix ?
how do i create a .deb file from the source file? my wiki says 'after that go back to the ndiswrapper-(version) directory and make deb, and then dpkg -i ndiswrapper*amd64.deb.'	how about entering 'make deb' in that directory?
thanks guyz, trying :)	find -type f -not -name '*.abc'
there's no ubuntu for sparc huh? ^_^	you got me there
i have suddenly lost the new gnome notifications, how can i enable them?	i had a customer turn it off somehow. go to system/preferences/startup applications and turn it back on.
hey, what is the package i have to download to have the kde graphical interface ? i am finding for kde in the synaptic i only found 'kde-devel' but i am not sure whether it is the correct package, is it ? obs: i know, it seems a stupid doubt , it is because when i was using debian the package i chose for installing kde was just 'kde'.	i think the package is called kubuntu-desktop
i am learning scripts, export path=$path:directory to add the path so i dont keep using ./script to run scripts. but the path is deleted when i close terminal	(and don't post it in multiple channels at once, please :)
how can i disable join and leave info messages in irssi?	sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugins
i have ubuntu installed, with xfce desktop on a sony viao, how can i turn up the speakers, since ubuntu doesn't let me use the 'fn' keys	killall -9 appname
hi, got ubuntu installed into windows, added a sata drive and now ubuntu doesnt boot. errors out on detecting the sata drive, any way to avoid this? (ubuntu is not installed in the sata drive)	you might try to disable sata in bios but it might lose some benifits
is there a way to edit firestarter from the command line?	no, firestarter is a gui application. ufw has a cli interface though
hi, does anyone know how to download a whole public repository to a server?	wget will allow you recursively download a website, including a repo. check the man page first... it's got lots of options
i want to use the package libgnumail-java does anyone know where it is after apt installing it ?	'dpkg -l libgnumail-java' will list the files
what command would make ubuntu unmount all fstab volumes and then remount them?	it won't unmount partitions in use aka root
i want an init.d script to ensure that another is run whenever it is started. is this possible using the init info section? i've tried things but it seems to be ignored	you could export a variable in first
hello. could someone please tell me what version of xorg/xfree comes with ubuntu? i can't seem to find a package list.	xfree86 version 4.3.0.1 (ubuntu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu22)
how can i search for a channel whose name contains a certain pattern?	/msg alis help
let's try another way - what's the easiest way to add/remove programs in ubuntu?	that's a matter of opinion...i find it easiest to use apt-get in a terminal
is there a command to see all the ipś on my local network?	install nmap
i have dsl modem, and when i access a web page sometimes it shows the modem configuration page instead of the web page i asked for.. if i try to reload it, it works fine.. but then it can do it again 2 minutes later.. (i use firefox..)	what problem?
hey everyone... how do i move the gnome panels from one screen to another on a multi-display setup?	alt-click on the panel , drag.
hello, can someone be so friendly and try to download the books cd zip file from this site http://www.ece.utah.edu/~farhang/newsite/?q=node/6 and report if it works?	yes it works
when ripping a cd is there a way to have name of songs and title automatically set ?	: if it's on, it should query the cddb database out on the net and get your track info after it reads the cd
please someone, what's the password on the ubuntu live cd? i've locked the screen and i don't know what the pass is, i haven't changed any,	ctrl-alt-backspace didnt work?
can anyone tell me how can i install yahoo messenger?	you can setup your yahoo acct within gaim
i hit ctrl+s in a terminal and scroll lock went on. it won't turn off with the scroll lock key or with ctrl+s and i can't use the terminal (nothing shows on screen). any ideas ?	try ctrl-q to continue
opening http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-208310.html : 'unable to forward this request at this time.' by 'feijoa.canonical.com (squid/2.6.stable18)'	ubuntuforums.org is down at the moment
sometimes when i boot, my harddisk is checked for errors. is there a way to see the log for this or to force it to do it again?	man fsck
can anyone recommend me a virtual machine (such as vmware, but free/open source) to run under feisty?	virtualbox
thats exactly what i've been looking for... if i can learn just three commands a day, just three, by the end of a single year, i'll know more than a thousand linux commands... that would put me in rank amongst the novice ;)	it's not about knowing commands, there are probably under 100 core commands
is there some way to get the xdcmp thing in ubuntu to run the gnome stuff but not the background?	just turn the background image to blank.
does anyone know of a way to create a symlink which can be opened in both windows and ubuntu? ... whenever i make a linux symlink, windows fails to recognize it; and whenever i create a symlink in windows (using the mklink command) ubuntu fails to recognize it.	not that i know of, sorry. in windows, symlinks are small text files with meta information while in linux they are special inodes without file content
how can i format a drive to ext3 from the command line?	yup
how to change or off screen-saver in xubuntu 6.06?	try settings manager
how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?	look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2
does anyone know what to apt-get install if i want the sdl libraries?	apt-cache search sdl
hi! when loading beryl on gnome emerald wont start. i've put emerald in sessions. any ideas how to fix this?	you need beryl manager, not emerald ;)
did you use the file that fwcutter offeres to download?	i dont think so, i think i did it when i was using slack, and just kept the firmware around cuz it worked
does anyone have a widescreen lcd?	yes, i have two actually
can someone help me troubleshoot my unresponding screensaver problem ?	it's not a 'fix'but i like it.
hey guys. im trying to install dapper on a graphically and ram disadvantaged computer. the live session is taking way too long to load, so far 45mins just to see a login screen. so, im wondering if it's possible to install using the text-based installer. is this possible?	yes, the alternate cd is the only one i use because i like the text-based installer. it's quick and best on an old machine

please point me to a web page describing the purpose of scsi emulation of ide hard disks. i've looked for a long time now but can't find any explanation for this (plenty reasons for cd/dvd drives, but not hard drives).

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/libataforatadisks

anyone knows how to get the [file edit view go bookmarks etc] bar back to the applications in gnome (like windows has). its gone after disabling unity in the cairo-dock (gnome+effects) session

i don't know how, but the bar you want back, is called 'global menu' maybe this helps finding an answer.

is there any way to make a 'group' of panel icons in gnome?

try making a drawer. and add them into it

nobody knows? ok, well, if i reinstall ubuntu from iso-dvd, will i still have access to windows vista from the boot menu?

you should have access to windows vista - if its removed you can manually edit the grub menu to show up... - if you dont kno what i'm tlaking about, just back up the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and restore it afterwards

hi all i am trying to add call of duty (working) to xqf games but it ask's me for a command line how do i find it since i am running cod with wine???

wine /path/to/whatever/game.exe

had to shut my comp off in middle of jaunty > karmic upgrade. now all it says on reboot is '/etc/fstab cannot yet be mounted'... any help?

sounds like you might need a re-install on that box. that's probably the worst possible thing you could do to trash your system.

sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know how i could find out what ports an application is using on windows 7? #windows is being quiet on the subject :<

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

can anyone give me a hand with my wireless? it was working fine a week ago...but last night i turn my laptop on and it starts searching for the wireless network and never connects...it cycles through 3 or 4 that are in range and can't connect to any..i took all securities off my wireless router and it still won't connect. it is currently connected to one downstairs but it took about 10 minutes to connect to it...any ideas why thi

have you power cycled your modem & wirless router?

is that us.archive.ubuntu.com mirror down? keep getting can't connect errors in aptitude, but my network is fine (can ping, etc)

a lot of people remove the us. from that deb

hi. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 alternative. i remember typing in a password for the default user but i don't remember choosing a user name. what would the default user name be?

if you can't figure it out, boot in recovery mode and run 'grep 1000 /etc/passwd'

hey guys how do i use debhelper, i mean, i have it installed apparently, i did 'debhelper' and it says commadn not found

man debhelper

does anybody know if it is possible to append two remote files with ftp/sftp/scp ?

ssh user@host 'cat file1 file2 > file_total'

when i plug in my ipod, rhythmbox automatically starts. how can i make gtkpod start instead?

system > preferences > removable drives and media

does anyone know why there's no #banshee? are banshee dev's hanging out somewhere else?

try in the gnome irc networl

does anyone here know of good voip software for linux?

wengophone

i am running terminal in full screen on its own workspace. is there a way to hide the bottom automatically when i switch over to the full screened terminal?

press f11 in that gnome-terminal?

hello. has anyone tried to compile the ubuntu kernel? i've tried it but there are many drivers missing. for example no audio driver is selected. how can i exactly rebuild the ubuntu kernel?

i would reccomend: http://www.howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way

what is the correct mechanism for setting a background image for the grub menu in 12.04? i've tried various tutorials and grub-customizer, but always end up with a blank background.

you should research plymouth

anyone know where on my system i can find the thunderbird icon?

try /usr/share/pixmaps or something like that

how to search for files which contain specific string? in shell

grep -r 'string' /path/*

hi i am trying to install apache and it says pacakge has no installation candidate

try apache2

hello all: i have the crossover office beta which is an install file with .sh, but when i click it it goes into gedit and there's an error. how do i install this?

you probably want to do 'bash file.sh' in a terminal (in the right directory)

am i in the right channel for wubi?

it may be best to file a bug or a brainstorm entry for that, rather than mentioning it here and having it get lost in the channel.

i can do mount --bind fine but its not perminent

normally you'd put 'auto' instead of 'none' if you're unsure or whatever, i think o:

when i cd into a particular dir i get this: cd rails_projects/carls-sinatra-jruby-heroku\ /

it's escaping the space character.

do i have 8.04 or earlier version? 2.6.24-19-generic

yes...this is ubuntu desktop version

i'm having problems with my xchat and trying to join a different server...any help?\

what happen/

can i install rpm and debian packages on ubuntu

better to search in repository, rpm sucks

on the top bar right click only let's me 'add panel...' where i can select from a bunch of already installed stuff. i want to add eclipse to the panel like i do with an already installed app by going into applications >[path to app like games] > right click on app > add this launcher to panel

does this help? http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.32/gospanel-34.html.en

hello all - multi-kernel question: how might i go about installing a 2.6.24 (hardy) kernel alongside my current karmic kernel?

- just install it sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, grub will create another entry and preserve the old kernel.

gma950 + s-video... has anyone gotten this to work?

that card should work out of the box

how to make classics desktop as the main desktop theme? now, i have to always choose at the login page. mine is ubuntu 11.04

in system->administration->login screen, you can choose the default session

how do i deal with: 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

look in the logs

how do i upgrade from 9.04 jaunty to 10.04?

you need to take the intermediate step first

how can i fix my audio? i installed ubuntu soon and i get no audio

check sound levels, and raise all of them to middle

hello, is there someone around?

convert nrg files to standard iso image using this package 'nrg2iso'

is there any way to tell apt-get or aptitude to install some custom .deb file that you've downloaded, and to automatically install all dependencies?

try just double clicking on it.. i think the gdebi (?) tool does that

hey guys, sorry to bother you, i just installed the latest ubuntu distrib on a usb drive. console works fine, but gdm does nothing after login. shutting down gdm and running 'startx' gives a working gnome. any ideas ?

take a look at /var/log/gdm , might be a clue there

okay guys, does this look reasonable?

that should work.

i'm using xchat right now -- is there a way to get it to automatically connect to servers and channels? (if yes ill look up the docs on howto)

then edit the server

i just changed monitors on my ubuntu 6.06.1 lts system and would like to have x reconfigure for the new refresh rates (like it did at install); how can i do this?

just hit enter for everything to accept the detected values

is there any way to remove the startup sound event? i tried setting it to none in the sound events settings, but it doesn't seem to work

try configuring gdm and check accessbility tab

how do i swich between unity and ubuntu classic?

at the gdm (login screen) click on your username. at the bottom a drop down box will appear

how would i charge the resolution in vncviewer to 1440x900? this config doesn't do it: xterm -geometry 1440x900 -ls -title '$vncdesktop desktop' &

if the window is bigger than your current screen, you use right-click aroud where the scrollbars are to scroll (lame imo)

ah this is fucking annoying. how can the default be that you can't access the grub menu?!

you've tried shift-key?

is it better to use simple file permissions for users not to execute apps, or are acls better?

us ethe simplest method that works; if file perms will do the trick, use those

hi, i'd like to change my unity settings so that i can move windows upwards past the top bar (i have a small screen and need to do this to see the bottom of some windows).

see if holding alt while dragging the window will allow moving past top - compiz might prevent this...

hello, can anyone tell me something about fluxbox?

yes fluxbox is very light but it's not a desktop enviroment like gnome it's only a windowmanager so it lacks alot of functionallity that gnome and kde has.

like dude man, is it part of all foreign languages to have multiple question marks?

not really

what is the proper way to change boot options in grub2?

edit the default kernel options in /etc/default/grub (you don't need to do anything with /etc/grub.d for this docteh)

anyone know what the name of the windows fonts package is?

oops, no dash: msttcorefonts

how can i look at my boot up errors ?

run dmesg |less from the terminal

i have a problem with fluxbox... can anyone help me about how to completely uninstall it and back again?

to uninstall : 'sudo apt-get autoremove --purge nameofpackage'

im trying to move a folder into root but it says access denied.... how can i overturn this?

use sudo mv <file> <new location>

anyone know how to force an ntp update?

https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/c/ntp.html i suggest ntpd over ntpdate (and cron)

hi everyone. how do i tell what user apache is running after? (xubuntu instal + apt-get apache3 php5 php5-mysql)

apapche runs as www-data:www-data by default in ubuntu

hi, i have this line: /dev/hda7 /media/shared hfsplus defaults,user,noauto 0 0 in my /etc/fstab but it doesn't mount when i boot, i have to type in mount /media/shared manually anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

remove the noauto option (that's what it means)

this is stupid... i can't change my wallpaper.

desktop --> preferences --> background

hi. i've got an options dialog that is too big for my netbook screen, and it doesn't have a scrollbar. what can i do to see the lower part of it?

use alt+click to move it

can i install nvidia drivers inside gnome?

.config/foobnix ?

how do i create a .deb file from the source file? my wiki says 'after that go back to the ndiswrapper-(version) directory and make deb, and then dpkg -i ndiswrapper*amd64.deb.'

how about entering 'make deb' in that directory?

thanks guyz, trying :)

find -type f -not -name '*.abc'

there's no ubuntu for sparc huh? ^_^

you got me there

i have suddenly lost the new gnome notifications, how can i enable them?

i had a customer turn it off somehow. go to system/preferences/startup applications and turn it back on.

hey, what is the package i have to download to have the kde graphical interface ? i am finding for kde in the synaptic i only found 'kde-devel' but i am not sure whether it is the correct package, is it ? obs: i know, it seems a stupid doubt , it is because when i was using debian the package i chose for installing kde was just 'kde'.

i think the package is called kubuntu-desktop

i am learning scripts, export path=$path:directory to add the path so i dont keep using ./script to run scripts. but the path is deleted when i close terminal

(and don't post it in multiple channels at once, please :)

how can i disable join and leave info messages in irssi?

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugins

i have ubuntu installed, with xfce desktop on a sony viao, how can i turn up the speakers, since ubuntu doesn't let me use the 'fn' keys

killall -9 appname

hi, got ubuntu installed into windows, added a sata drive and now ubuntu doesnt boot. errors out on detecting the sata drive, any way to avoid this? (ubuntu is *not* installed in the sata drive)

you might try to disable sata in bios but it might lose some benifits

is there a way to edit firestarter from the command line?

no, firestarter is a gui application. ufw has a cli interface though

hi, does anyone know how to download a whole public repository to a server?

wget will allow you recursively download a website, including a repo. check the man page first... it's got lots of options

i want to use the package libgnumail-java does anyone know where it is after apt installing it ?

'dpkg -l libgnumail-java' will list the files

what command would make ubuntu unmount all fstab volumes and then remount them?

it won't unmount partitions in use aka root

i want an init.d script to ensure that another is run whenever it is started. is this possible using the init info section? i've tried things but it seems to be ignored

you could export a variable in first

hello. could someone please tell me what version of xorg/xfree comes with ubuntu? i can't seem to find a package list.

xfree86 version 4.3.0.1 (ubuntu 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6ubuntu22)

how can i search for a channel whose name contains a certain pattern?

/msg alis help

let's try another way - what's the easiest way to add/remove programs in ubuntu?

that's a matter of opinion...i find it easiest to use apt-get in a terminal

is there a command to see all the ipś on my local network?

install nmap

i have dsl modem, and when i access a web page sometimes it shows the modem configuration page instead of the web page i asked for.. if i try to reload it, it works fine.. but then it can do it again 2 minutes later.. (i use firefox..)

what problem?

hey everyone... how do i move the gnome panels from one screen to another on a multi-display setup?

alt-click on the panel , drag.

hello, can someone be so friendly and try to download the books cd zip file from this site http://www.ece.utah.edu/~farhang/newsite/?q=node/6 and report if it works?

yes it works

when ripping a cd is there a way to have name of songs and title automatically set ?

: if it's on, it should query the cddb database out on the net and get your track info after it reads the cd

please someone, what's the password on the ubuntu live cd? i've locked the screen and i don't know what the pass is, i haven't changed any,

ctrl-alt-backspace didnt work?

can anyone tell me how can i install yahoo messenger?

you can setup your yahoo acct within gaim

i hit ctrl+s in a terminal and scroll lock went on. it won't turn off with the scroll lock key or with ctrl+s and i can't use the terminal (nothing shows on screen). any ideas ?

try ctrl-q to continue

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sometimes when i boot, my harddisk is checked for errors. is there a way to see the log for this or to force it to do it again?

man fsck

can anyone recommend me a virtual machine (such as vmware, but free/open source) to run under feisty?

virtualbox

thats exactly what i've been looking for... if i can learn just three commands a day, just three, by the end of a single year, i'll know more than a thousand linux commands... that would put me in rank amongst the novice ;)

it's not about knowing commands, there are probably under 100 core commands

is there some way to get the xdcmp thing in ubuntu to run the gnome stuff but not the background?

just turn the background image to blank.

does anyone know of a way to create a symlink which can be opened in both windows and ubuntu? ... whenever i make a linux symlink, windows fails to recognize it; and whenever i create a symlink in windows (using the mklink command) ubuntu fails to recognize it.

not that i know of, sorry. in windows, symlinks are small text files with meta information while in linux they are special inodes without file content

how can i format a drive to ext3 from the command line?

yup

how to change or off screen-saver in xubuntu 6.06?

try settings manager

how do i know what item it is in the init script so i can stop it?

look at 'man update-rc.d' and use it to stop gdm launching in runlevel 2

does anyone know what to apt-get install if i want the sdl libraries?

apt-cache search sdl

hi! when loading beryl on gnome emerald wont start. i've put emerald in sessions. any ideas how to fix this?

you need beryl manager, not emerald ;)

did you use the file that fwcutter offeres to download?

i dont think so, i think i did it when i was using slack, and just kept the firmware around cuz it worked

does anyone have a widescreen lcd?

yes, i have two actually

can someone help me troubleshoot my unresponding screensaver problem ?

it's not a 'fix'but i like it.

hey guys. im trying to install dapper on a graphically and ram disadvantaged computer. the live session is taking way too long to load, so far 45mins just to see a login screen. so, im wondering if it's possible to install using the text-based installer. is this possible?

yes, the alternate cd is the only one i use because i like the text-based installer. it's quick and best on an old machine