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ok thanks scott_ino2... i like wget too but i don't know why it shuts down when i start it...	probably because you need to type an input prompt
is there a good c++ editor for gnome?	or if you want an ide there's anjuta
i am buying a video card to replace my current on-board card. what chipset should i get that compiz-fusion supports that won't cause those black screens?	avoid ati. :) pick an nvidia card in your budget.
what command should i use to show which packages i have installed on my system please?	aptitude will show you
whats the graphical folder view command in terminal ?	file manager is called 'nautilus'
what are you having trouble installing?	i kinda like having an os that just 'works', so i've kinda begun to appreciate windows. but ubuntu definately has visuals and security out way before vista
i should be safe to upgrade to dapper when im in kde ?	sed 's/breezy/dapper/g' sources.list > x; mv x sources.list
hi folks. need to know where mount point configuration for boot is stored. i have two drives, /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 that are mounting as /media/storage1 and /media/storage2 respectively. i can umount and re-mount them in reverse (the way i want them), but upon reboot they're back to the way they were originally.	check /etc/fstab file
when i do a normal gutsy ubuntu install the system picks up when i insert a camera, or usb stick and mounts it. i installed a minimal ubuntu system and don't get that. what components do i need to add for that to work?	hotswap?
anyone know how to disable the system beep whenever i backspace to far or do anything really? it is quite irritating.	i had to disable that in my bios
anyone know if it is possible to get 3d working on an intel 855 chip set?	perhaps it will get reneabled in 11.04 - or the ppa's for the lateext x will have it.
can someone remind me how do i suggest a factoid for ubottu ?	!factoid is definition
anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?	no problems here
i running dapper drake (6.0.6) and need to include the command 'sudo iwpriv ath0 authmode 2' on every reboot since it enables wep on my wireless card. how do i add the instruction? config file? can i use a text editor? i am new to linux and would appreciate some help.	that's not a quirk, but adesign decision
with a chroot do you have to install x & gnome.. etc, to use gui based stuff? i am installing one so i can run wine so i can run dvdshrink. lol, this is probably more hassle than it's worth.	unless you use some xauth magic, then you don't have to
anyone know the keyboard shortcut for switching workspaces?	ctl-alt-> left right
hello, i have a linksys wireless-g notebook network adapter. are there linux drivers for it or do i have to use ndiswrapper?	see if it's here - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentswirelessnetworkcards
how to get terminal console have a higher resolution?	it's quite simple, here's a short forum guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=169625
hi. i want to change my firewall front-end from guarddog to firestarter. can i just uninstall one and install the other, or do i need to worry about iptables stuff?	just use the one you want
someone knows of a complete mp3 tool for making tagging/nfo/m3u/sfv for mp3 albums? to archive the collection..	and amarok pretty much does everything.
i know i can mount it but i have about 7tb's of images i would like to be able to script something to convert 1 iso at a time and dump it into a new dir.	you can't convert isos because it is an image, not a format for media
if i apt-got gaim would there be a /src directory in the gaim folder?	apt-source
if i programatically make an apt-get call through a bash script, will i have to deal with the y/n dialogue, or accoutn for it somehow?	according to the apt-get man page, yeah
do you use ubuntu in german?	in general alot of people use it in germany
what are my options for debconf -p teh man pages dont say it	well sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf tells you
hey what is the best client for bittorrent downloads? transmission isn't my favorite.	try azureus
okay, i'm having a brain fart, isn't there a way to create a short cut to a webpage on your desktop?	have you tried dragging the icon next to the address to the desktop?
what is the command for purging a package in ubuntu server?	sudo apt-get --purge remove package
hey everyone...what the heck is 'breezy' about?	it's the codename for the next ubuntu release
is it possible to update bios using a script without requiring a restart/reboot?	your lucky in that many bios can be updated with a gui in windows.
how do i shut down xserver, return to the cli?	ctrl-alt-backspace
this upgrade requires that the /usr/x11r6/bin directory be removed and replaced with a symlink. an attempt was made to do so, but it failed, most likely because the directory is not yet empty. you must move the files that are currently in the directory out of the way so that the installation can complete.	sudo mv /usr/x11r6/bin /this/is/the/new/place
how do i change so the active window is where the mouse is over?	system -> preferences -> windows
hi, i like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10)	apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you
srsly guys ? you don't know to increase the default time of grub before booting or you won't tell me ? :p	boot/grub/menu.lst
running xubuntu on compaq lt but does not download updates (121) when run update manager/ what might be my problem?	i would suggest you check your sources list
hi, i've seen once some sort of stuff that you install to make tty look like a gui (that is, give you more information, like the time in the upper-right side, the full path to the current directory somewhere else), do you know anything about it? (i don't mean ps1 customization)	byobu?
can anyone help me with crons?	crontab -e
is there anyone who can help me get x server up and running after i installed feisty?	alt-ctrl-f2 then login then sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg then choose vesa driver then sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
hello all...i currently dual boot with edgy and windows xp with grub controlling which devices to boot...how exactly would i reinstall windows xp yet keep grub on the mbr to detect both oss? is there an equivilant to windows xp's fixmbr?	supposedly you can reinstall grub from the live cd, but i've never done it
hi...i reinstalled ubuntu today. i used to see grub boot menu with kernels and recovery mode options. now i don't see, and it just boots up ubuntu when i power on my laptop. what if i need to boot to recovery mode someday. anyway to get that list back? or alternate option to boot to recovery in case required?	hold shift when you boot up. we're using grub2 nowadays.
how do i push only the last commit to a new branch in bzr?	see if hg has such a thing, but i doubt it does
hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted	does the sound come back when you run gnome again?
what is the best irc client for linux?	irssi
anyone here knows hot install omnibot in etwolf?	sorry, too complicated for me
i don't know, i only have experience with winxp dual boot. but i don't see anything when i install either. you won't actually know if grub is going to load windows until after it's installed and you've rebooted	so if i can't load windows after installing am i screwed? or is there still a way to configure grub to dual boot?
hi everyone, i had a quick question. i wanted to install ubuntu server to use as a file server/media server (for my ps3). i currently have windows 7 with data i want to keep on it. can i install ubuntu without formatting?	when in doubt.. make backups first
is there a text editor in ubuntu 8.10 that will put a number on each line?	mousepad has that feature too...a very lightweight editor
anyone know how to open multiple programs in single click?	with a script its possible
hey. i have just installed ubuntu (9.10) on a friends computer. while running the live cd the hardware driver manager told me that i needed to install proprietary drivers for the broadcom wifi adapter. for some reason this worked without being online and i was able to connect. after the installation i tried to do this again but the manager just says downloading very briefly and then stops without activating or downloading the driver. i	try http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/configuring_ubuntu_linux_wireless_networking
whats are the differences from fiesty and gutsy?	i don't know if it works in gnome, but try kbfx
how can i list the packages i've recently installed in the terminal?	have you tried experimenting with mplayer's video settings to check if it occurs on all available drivers ? better yet, if it improves by changing to a different one ?
anyway to su to become root?	sudo su -
anyone know how to stop rhythmbox from auto launching every time i plug in my ipod? or change the mime type to launch amarok instead?	heh - thats; the same thing i told you with the menu path :)
i have two computers here running ubuntu, both with wireless cards. how can i connect them to use one of them as a slave device for its hard drive? i want to be able to backup files and drag-drop as if it were just an external hard drive.	have you thought about making a samba serve?
there's http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apt-get-apticron-send-email-upgrades-available/ .. might be just the thing you're looking for	thanks
how do i mount windows partitions within the terminal¿? (i can do it in places and clicking the windows partition and then asks me password to mount)	ntfs3g
which port in /dev is the serial port?	/dev/ttys# where # is often 1 through 4
hey are some of the repos down for anyone else in here?	read the topic
i'm trying to build a somewhat old program and i'm getting this error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm \n collect2: ld returned 1 exit status	you may need to compile the libcollect2 or whatever its called firt
what's the difference between gksu and gksudo?	gksudo is a symlink to gksu
does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything	sudo service gdm start
how do i restart my network services? sudo service network(ing) restart and sudo /init.d/network(ing) restart don't seem to be doing it.	i believe it should be sudo /etc/init.d/etc.
something is always running find on my 10.04 ubuntu. using htop, i notice that it is looking for mp3, ogg, wav, etc. is there an easy way to find out what is running find all the time?	system->admin->system monitor
hey guys, would anyone know how to extract a .tar on ubuntu which has been split so that i have both a .tar.001 and a .tar.002?	cat foo.001 foo.002 > foo.tar.gz then try to extract it.
hi, my x server locked up after using openoffice doc editor, i can only use console now.. on x server, i can move the mosue but can't click on anything, and ctrl-alt-backspace does not work. i tried metacity :0 in console but it says, unable to open x display	sudo service gdm restart
what i dont understand is why anyone would run ubuntu on their mac when they got osx :)	my mac has os-9 :)
maybe can someone explain to my why pulseaudio sucks so much? alsa ftw.	thats not an alsa/pulse thing.. thats a flash on linux sux thing
hi all! any change we'll get the videos of the tutorials given at ubuntu live?	or check out the fridge.
opengl applications seem to constantly flicker though. even glxgears, the display flickers it sort of 'blinks' to white and back to the glxgears display. it uses the video card: intel corporation mobile 915gm/gms/910gml express graphics controller and the laptop is a dell latitude d510. can anyone help me?	disable compiz
hello, i have this problem: after installing xubuntu-desktop (sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop), my default ubuntu uslpash changed to xubuntu's usplash. i tried changing that via ' sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so', but however, that only worked when shutting down. when i'm booting up, it still displays xubuntu's usplash. is there a way to change that?	try doing sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash-artwork
i say that we shoud celebrate the working on edgy that starts tomorrow?	the efort to enforce that idea conterveins the fact that sometimes hapiness is expressed in havoc and that sometimes celebration overules orderly fashion
beryl has key bindings referenced as <super>. which key is that on a pc platform?	windows key
what command can i use to check if my network connection is activated? and how can i activate it and deactivate it?	ifconfig
what doe the file contain? put it in pastebin or sumthing	_john you realize that there is 'visudo'?
how can i play a wmv file on ubuntu ? (mplayer says 'cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x33564d57' )	win32-codecs package
i have an encrypted home directory and need to put my 'authorized_keys' file in the unmounted .ssh folder. how do i best do this?	if your user isn't logged in using that home dir, it'll be unencrypted. so put the authorized_keys on a flash drive, boot from a live cd, and drop it in place
hi, when i type for example : sudo apt-get install blabla , where will be the package blabla saved?	/var/cache/apt/archives
can someone recommend a good bash scripting tutorial?	http://mywiki.wooledge.org/bashguide
how do you list the installed apps in a terminal?	dpkg -l
i kind of typed > instead of >> and now my .bashrc is gone. anyone have the default .bashrc and want to gist/pastie/something it to me?	http://pastebin.com/f63574e35
i just installed samba onto a machine running 10.04 desktop (with sudo apt-get install samba), and i can't find /etc/init.d/samba to restart it. did that script change names or location, or is there some other method of restarting it?	sudo restart smbd
how can i determine which package owns a file?	dpkg -s /path/to/file
it goes through the motions, mpg321 -v even showing the progress -- but all i hear is a faint noise. alsamixer settings are all up, and they do have an effect on the noise.	is it like the volume is too low, or are you just getting noise?
you know how on unetbootin' you can select which version of ubuntu you want to put on the bootable usb stick?	keep in mind the name of the application. what are you using unetbootin on... and what are you trying to install?
does anyone know a good oss alternative to dvddecrypt? i need something to create a full iso from a dvd (not a transcoded divx file or something)	dvdrip
hi - i'm learning through experimentation and so far i've setup apache and registered a domain name from godaddy and created a tiny test website in my www folder. i registered at zoneedit and am waiting for a response. i installed the ez-ipupdate package (but can't find it, if there is something to find in order to configure it). i opened port 80 on my router and can access the site from my...	do you want to pm?
how can i make an exact clone of dvd's in ubuntu?	you would dd to a iso file on your hd and then burn the iso to a disc
hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?	when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.
how would i go about mounting an sd card from an external card reader?	mount /dev/sdx /where/you/want/it
how do i configure my system so fsck never runs in interactive mode at boot? it's a headless server 1500 miles away from me.	you can use: sudo tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/sda1 (assuming your system partition is sda1) and it won't automatically fsck
how do i make more partitions with linux? (i left space during windows installation)	install gparted
hello i just installed ubuntu on a virtual machine and am trying to edit the sources.list file but keep getting told that i don't have permission to edit this file. how can i change this? i already tried changing permissions through terminal but still nothing	at your terminal do sudo vi sources.list
q: what package should i install for this (checking for qt... configure: error: qt (>= qt 3.0) (headers and libraries) not found. please check your installation!), thanks	libqt-dev
hmm...how can i reinstall a package? (for examplke, if i've damaged some of the files from it) using apt-get ?	apt-get install --reinstall pkg
how does netbooting work? i'm trying to install ubuntu on a laptop that refuses to boot from the cd drive	you can boot the netboot kernel from hard drive, usb drive, or the network (hardest)
anyone? i have no menu or task bar running the ubuntu 6.06 livecd - everything else appears to be functional however (firefox, openoffice work fine if i manually run them from a terminal)	does typing 'gnome-panel' say/do anything'
to install wine, would i have to do anything more than just sudo apt-get install wine ?	thats it
is there an easy way for me to tell if a usb hub i've got plugged in is usb 1 or 2? 3	check the lable at the back of the hub ?
i'm trying to learn about servers... have installed 8.04 (server) + lamp + xubuntu-desktop + webmin. could anyone hint on how to be able to ftp into var/www ? when typing 192.168.1.8 in firefox the index.html opens, but i do not understand how upload files to the directory...	have you read the ubuntu perfect server series? also loads of info on the forums

ok thanks scott_ino2... i like wget too but i don't know why it shuts down when i start it...

probably because you need to type an input prompt

is there a good c++ editor for gnome?

or if you want an ide there's anjuta

i am buying a video card to replace my current on-board card. what chipset should i get that compiz-fusion supports that won't cause those black screens?

avoid ati. :) pick an nvidia card in your budget.

what command should i use to show which packages i have installed on my system please?

aptitude will show you

whats the graphical folder view command in terminal ?

file manager is called 'nautilus'

what are you having trouble installing?

i kinda like having an os that just 'works', so i've kinda begun to appreciate windows. but ubuntu definately has visuals and security out way before vista

i should be safe to upgrade to dapper when im in kde ?

sed 's/breezy/dapper/g' sources.list > x; mv x sources.list

hi folks. need to know where mount point configuration for boot is stored. i have two drives, /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 that are mounting as /media/storage1 and /media/storage2 respectively. i can umount and re-mount them in reverse (the way i want them), but upon reboot they're back to the way they were originally.

check /etc/fstab file

when i do a normal gutsy ubuntu install the system picks up when i insert a camera, or usb stick and mounts it. i installed a minimal ubuntu system and don't get that. what components do i need to add for that to work?

hotswap?

anyone know how to disable the system beep whenever i backspace to far or do anything really? it is quite irritating.

i had to disable that in my bios

anyone know if it is possible to get 3d working on an intel 855 chip set?

perhaps it will get reneabled in 11.04 - or the ppa's for the lateext x will have it.

can someone remind me how do i suggest a factoid for ubottu ?

!factoid is definition

anyone else having a problem with no /dev/input/mice on the latest breezy?

no problems here

i running dapper drake (6.0.6) and need to include the command 'sudo iwpriv ath0 authmode 2' on every reboot since it enables wep on my wireless card. how do i add the instruction? config file? can i use a text editor? i am new to linux and would appreciate some help.

that's not a quirk, but adesign decision

with a chroot do you have to install x & gnome.. etc, to use gui based stuff? i am installing one so i can run wine so i can run dvdshrink. lol, this is probably more hassle than it's worth.

unless you use some xauth magic, then you don't have to

anyone know the keyboard shortcut for switching workspaces?

ctl-alt-> left right

hello, i have a linksys wireless-g notebook network adapter. are there linux drivers for it or do i have to use ndiswrapper?

see if it's here - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentswirelessnetworkcards

how to get terminal console have a higher resolution?

it's quite simple, here's a short forum guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=169625

hi. i want to change my firewall front-end from guarddog to firestarter. can i just uninstall one and install the other, or do i need to worry about iptables stuff?

just use the one you want

someone knows of a complete mp3 tool for making tagging/nfo/m3u/sfv for mp3 albums? to archive the collection..

and amarok pretty much does everything.

i know i can mount it but i have about 7tb's of images i would like to be able to script something to convert 1 iso at a time and dump it into a new dir.

you can't convert isos because it is an image, not a format for media

if i apt-got gaim would there be a /src directory in the gaim folder?

apt-source

if i programatically make an apt-get call through a bash script, will i have to deal with the y/n dialogue, or accoutn for it somehow?

according to the apt-get man page, yeah

do you use ubuntu in german?

in general alot of people use it in germany

what are my options for debconf -p teh man pages dont say it

well sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf tells you

hey what is the best client for bittorrent downloads? transmission isn't my favorite.

try azureus

okay, i'm having a brain fart, isn't there a way to create a short cut to a webpage on your desktop?

have you tried dragging the icon next to the address to the desktop?

what is the command for purging a package in ubuntu server?

sudo apt-get --purge remove package

hey everyone...what the heck is 'breezy' about?

it's the codename for the next ubuntu release

is it possible to update bios using a script without requiring a restart/reboot?

your lucky in that many bios can be updated with a gui in windows.

how do i shut down xserver, return to the cli?

ctrl-alt-backspace

this upgrade requires that the /usr/x11r6/bin directory be removed and replaced with a symlink. an attempt was made to do so, but it failed, most likely because the directory is not yet empty. you must move the files that are currently in the directory out of the way so that the installation can complete.

sudo mv /usr/x11r6/bin /this/is/the/new/place

how do i change so the active window is where the mouse is over?

system -> preferences -> windows

hi, i like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10)

apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you

srsly guys ? you don't know to increase the default time of grub before booting or you won't tell me ? :p

boot/grub/menu.lst

running xubuntu on compaq lt but does not download updates (121) when run update manager/ what might be my problem?

i would suggest you check your sources list

hi, i've seen once some sort of stuff that you install to make tty look like a gui (that is, give you more information, like the time in the upper-right side, the full path to the current directory somewhere else), do you know anything about it? (i don't mean ps1 customization)

byobu?

can anyone help me with crons?

crontab -e

is there anyone who can help me get x server up and running after i installed feisty?

alt-ctrl-f2 then login then sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg then choose vesa driver then sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

hello all...i currently dual boot with edgy and windows xp with grub controlling which devices to boot...how exactly would i reinstall windows xp yet keep grub on the mbr to detect both oss? is there an equivilant to windows xp's fixmbr?

supposedly you can reinstall grub from the live cd, but i've never done it

hi...i reinstalled ubuntu today. i used to see grub boot menu with kernels and recovery mode options. now i don't see, and it just boots up ubuntu when i power on my laptop. what if i need to boot to recovery mode someday. anyway to get that list back? or alternate option to boot to recovery in case required?

hold shift when you boot up. we're using grub2 nowadays.

how do i push only the last commit to a new branch in bzr?

see if hg has such a thing, but i doubt it does

hi guys, this is kind of strange, my sound was working fine on my gnome but now i installed kde and i don't have sound...any ideas on what i can check? in the sound mixer everything is unmuted

does the sound come back when you run gnome again?

what is the best irc client for linux?

irssi

anyone here knows hot install omnibot in etwolf?

sorry, too complicated for me

i don't know, i only have experience with winxp dual boot. but i don't see anything when i install either. you won't actually know if grub is going to load windows until after it's installed and you've rebooted

so if i can't load windows after installing am i screwed? or is there still a way to configure grub to dual boot?

hi everyone, i had a quick question. i wanted to install ubuntu server to use as a file server/media server (for my ps3). i currently have windows 7 with data i want to keep on it. can i install ubuntu without formatting?

when in doubt.. make backups first

is there a text editor in ubuntu 8.10 that will put a number on each line?

mousepad has that feature too...a very lightweight editor

anyone know how to open multiple programs in single click?

with a script its possible

hey. i have just installed ubuntu (9.10) on a friends computer. while running the live cd the hardware driver manager told me that i needed to install proprietary drivers for the broadcom wifi adapter. for some reason this worked without being online and i was able to connect. after the installation i tried to do this again but the manager just says downloading very briefly and then stops without activating or downloading the driver. i

try http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/configuring_ubuntu_linux_wireless_networking

whats are the differences from fiesty and gutsy?

i don't know if it works in gnome, but try kbfx

how can i list the packages i've recently installed in the terminal?

have you tried experimenting with mplayer's video settings to check if it occurs on all available drivers ? better yet, if it improves by changing to a different one ?

anyway to su to become root?

sudo su -

anyone know how to stop rhythmbox from auto launching every time i plug in my ipod? or change the mime type to launch amarok instead?

heh - thats; the same thing i told you with the menu path :)

i have two computers here running ubuntu, both with wireless cards. how can i connect them to use one of them as a slave device for its hard drive? i want to be able to backup files and drag-drop as if it were just an external hard drive.

have you thought about making a samba serve?

there's http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apt-get-apticron-send-email-upgrades-available/ .. might be just the thing you're looking for

thanks

how do i mount windows partitions within the terminal¿? (i can do it in places and clicking the windows partition and then asks me password to mount)

ntfs3g

which port in /dev is the serial port?

/dev/ttys# where # is often 1 through 4

hey are some of the repos down for anyone else in here?

read the topic

i'm trying to build a somewhat old program and i'm getting this error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm \n collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

you may need to compile the libcollect2 or whatever its called firt

what's the difference between gksu and gksudo?

gksudo is a symlink to gksu

does anyone know what the command is to start a graphical interface from a tty? im stuck here and cant do anything

sudo service gdm start

how do i restart my network services? sudo service network(ing) restart and sudo /init.d/network(ing) restart don't seem to be doing it.

i believe it should be sudo /etc/init.d/etc.

something is always running find on my 10.04 ubuntu. using htop, i notice that it is looking for mp3, ogg, wav, etc. is there an easy way to find out what is running find all the time?

system->admin->system monitor

hey guys, would anyone know how to extract a .tar on ubuntu which has been split so that i have both a .tar.001 and a .tar.002?

cat foo.001 foo.002 > foo.tar.gz then try to extract it.

hi, my x server locked up after using openoffice doc editor, i can only use console now.. on x server, i can move the mosue but can't click on anything, and ctrl-alt-backspace does not work. i tried metacity :0 in console but it says, unable to open x display

sudo service gdm restart

what i dont understand is why anyone would run ubuntu on their mac when they got osx :)

my mac has os-9 :)

maybe can someone explain to my why pulseaudio sucks so much? alsa ftw.

thats not an alsa/pulse thing.. thats a flash on linux sux thing

hi all! any change we'll get the videos of the tutorials given at ubuntu live?

or check out the fridge.

opengl applications seem to constantly flicker though. even glxgears, the display flickers it sort of 'blinks' to white and back to the glxgears display. it uses the video card: intel corporation mobile 915gm/gms/910gml express graphics controller and the laptop is a dell latitude d510. can anyone help me?

disable compiz

hello, i have this problem: after installing xubuntu-desktop (sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop), my default ubuntu uslpash changed to xubuntu's usplash. i tried changing that via ' sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so', but however, that only worked when shutting down. when i'm booting up, it still displays xubuntu's usplash. is there a way to change that?

try doing sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash-artwork

i say that we shoud celebrate the working on edgy that starts tomorrow?

the efort to enforce that idea conterveins the fact that sometimes hapiness is expressed in havoc and that sometimes celebration overules orderly fashion

beryl has key bindings referenced as <super>. which key is that on a pc platform?

windows key

what command can i use to check if my network connection is activated? and how can i activate it and deactivate it?

ifconfig

what doe the file contain? put it in pastebin or sumthing

_john you realize that there is 'visudo'?

how can i play a wmv file on ubuntu ? (mplayer says 'cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x33564d57' )

win32-codecs package

i have an encrypted home directory and need to put my 'authorized_keys' file in the unmounted .ssh folder. how do i best do this?

if your user isn't logged in using that home dir, it'll be unencrypted. so put the authorized_keys on a flash drive, boot from a live cd, and drop it in place

hi, when i type for example : sudo apt-get install blabla , where will be the package blabla saved?

/var/cache/apt/archives

can someone recommend a good bash scripting tutorial?

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/bashguide

how do you list the installed apps in a terminal?

dpkg -l

i kind of typed > instead of >> and now my .bashrc is gone. anyone have the default .bashrc and want to gist/pastie/something it to me?

http://pastebin.com/f63574e35

i just installed samba onto a machine running 10.04 desktop (with sudo apt-get install samba), and i can't find /etc/init.d/samba to restart it. did that script change names or location, or is there some other method of restarting it?

sudo restart smbd

how can i determine which package owns a file?

dpkg -s /path/to/file

it goes through the motions, mpg321 -v even showing the progress -- but all i hear is a faint noise. alsamixer settings are all up, and they do have an effect on the noise.

is it like the volume is too low, or are you just getting noise?

you know how on unetbootin' you can select which version of ubuntu you want to put on the bootable usb stick?

keep in mind the name of the application. what are you using unetbootin on... and what are you trying to install?

does anyone know a good oss alternative to dvddecrypt? i need something to create a full iso from a dvd (not a transcoded divx file or something)

dvdrip

hi - i'm learning through experimentation and so far i've setup apache and registered a domain name from godaddy and created a tiny test website in my www folder. i registered at zoneedit and am waiting for a response. i installed the ez-ipupdate package (but can't find it, if there is something to find in order to configure it). i opened port 80 on my router and can access the site from my...

do you want to pm?

how can i make an exact clone of dvd's in ubuntu?

you would dd to a iso file on your hd and then burn the iso to a disc

hello everyone, i've just install compiz on my machine but don't know how to start. does anyone here can give some help?

when your system boots, press 'shift'. this will bring up the grub bootloader menu. load into recovery mode and then select 'load failsafe graphics mode'.

how would i go about mounting an sd card from an external card reader?

mount /dev/sdx /where/you/want/it

how do i configure my system so fsck never runs in interactive mode at boot? it's a headless server 1500 miles away from me.

you can use: sudo tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/sda1 (assuming your system partition is sda1) and it won't automatically fsck

how do i make more partitions with linux? (i left space during windows installation)

install gparted

hello i just installed ubuntu on a virtual machine and am trying to edit the sources.list file but keep getting told that i don't have permission to edit this file. how can i change this? i already tried changing permissions through terminal but still nothing

at your terminal do sudo vi sources.list

q: what package should i install for this (checking for qt... configure: error: qt (>= qt 3.0) (headers and libraries) not found. please check your installation!), thanks

libqt-dev

hmm...how can i reinstall a package? (for examplke, if i've damaged some of the files from it) using apt-get ?

apt-get install --reinstall pkg

how does netbooting work? i'm trying to install ubuntu on a laptop that refuses to boot from the cd drive

you can boot the netboot kernel from hard drive, usb drive, or the network (hardest)

anyone? i have no menu or task bar running the ubuntu 6.06 livecd - everything else appears to be functional however (firefox, openoffice work fine if i manually run them from a terminal)

does typing 'gnome-panel' say/do anything'

to install wine, would i have to do anything more than just sudo apt-get install wine ?

thats it

is there an easy way for me to tell if a usb hub i've got plugged in is usb 1 or 2? 3

check the lable at the back of the hub ?

i'm trying to learn about servers... have installed 8.04 (server) + lamp + xubuntu-desktop + webmin. could anyone hint on how to be able to ftp into var/www ? when typing 192.168.1.8 in firefox the index.html opens, but i do not understand how upload files to the directory...

have you read the ubuntu perfect server series? also loads of info on the forums