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since updating to maverick (10.10) my brother dcp-120c scanner won't be recognized. the printer works still fine and all drivers and entries are done. someone a clue?	reinstall the driver from the brother site
i'm on ubuntu netbook remix. (actually jolicloud) and i am trying to find the .mozilla folder to edit the profiles.ini file	its not in /home/username ?
i don't know what it is	could it be used for network permission
i need to change my host name, this is in the host file : ( 127.0.1.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu ) do i change all instances of 'ubuntu' to the desired host name? as well as in the hostname file?	it appears so, sorry i''m not much help, i'm just aware of the factoid :)
hi, im running beryl and i have no window borders, how do i get them back?	try right clicking the beryl icon and hitting 'reload window decorator'
hey, i was wondering how to force a proxy for the entire system	drawing a blank, but i did find this, maybe search for 'transparent proxy': http://schools.coe.ru.ac.za/wiki/configuring_transparent_proxy
hi. i cant play a sound in firefox and rhythmbox at the same time. someone here who has a solution or a hint?	i could get that working changing the sound server from auto-detect (which defaults to pulse audio) to alsa in system -> preferences -> sound
is there any way to see who's in a certain group? (command+opt)	'groups <user>' in terminal
that's how i installed it... can i just remove the .so file to uninstall?	its just a temporary fix until the packages get fixed
w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb 403 forbidden <---- this showed up in the update manager. lol help?	yeah, it is happening to many folks now just be patient for a fix
hi all. couldn't find the command from manual of apt-get on how to install manually downloaded .deb files ?	doubleclicking the .deb file should do the trick :)
anyone know if ubuntu release a pxe boot installer all setup like debian does?	also, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/netboot
how do i know what device corresponds to a mounted directory?	type 'mount'
assuming he/she knows the root passwd	i was assuming it was a local computer. but even if not, you'd want to do sudo bash, or sudo csh, etc.
you go into /etc/password and change the password string there from whatever it is to whatever it is that represents 'no password'	if you use /dev/false as shell in /etc/passwd you cant login
how do extract a tar.bz2 file? preferably from the command line	tar -xzf file result
how do i list connected bluetooth devices....is there something like lsusb?	the command i posted scans for bluetooth devices in the air, such as phones and mice etc.. if you want to scan attached bluetooth adapter on your box, try: lsusb , or: lspci
after adding a line to xorg.conf i run the command to make it auto update again but this then removes the line i added is this because i am in x at the time?	nano >.>
how do i figure out what kernel version i have installed?	uname -r
hello all, someone knows how to enable boot messages in ubuntu splash boot screen? thanks!	add 'nosplash' to the default-options in /boot/grub/menu.lst and run update-grub
solarion, is 6.10 server still ok for a box with only 128mb of ram?	alternate installs a desktop, or a guiless one, server just installs guiless, has the lamp preinstall option, and installs a modified server kernel
i have hardly anythign running (opera browser where i'm typing this now, amsn, scite text editor, and a konsole window). but when i go to 'free' it tells me i only have 60mb of free ram (out of 512mb) on windows i generally have around 250 to 300mb free with the same usage!!! a friend on debian running about the same tells me he has about 250mb right now. is there something wrong with my ubuntu or is a general thing?	are you looking at the '-/+ buffers/cache' line?
any suggestions for my situation? keyboard input gets deactivated when changing brightness from the function keys	your problem sounds like it would require some kind of keyboard remapping or something complicated to fix. so personally i would stick to work arounds.
pleas anybody can help me im getting 'release no md5sum entry in release when i run 'sudo apt-get update'	there can be many resons. people could be busy, just not see you, not know the answer to your question or something else.
if i installed <<gaim>> using apt-get in which directory it is installed?	the executable is in /usr/bin/gaim, if that was what you where looking for
is ubuntu's fast version of init still being actively developed? (and considered for integration?)	upstart? it's in use on gutsy
.... local team?	ballin, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/newjerseyteam
anyone know a good source of free fonts? im looking for a version of the 'old english' type fonts but failing miserably	droid and liberation are popular right now, but neither are loopy handwriting if that's what you are looking for.
can someone help me with my awk syntax? dpkg -l \| awk print $1	awk '{ print $1 }'
how do you forcibly unmount a drive? i unplugged the drive, but it still shows up on desktop	sudo umount /media/mountpoint
what is the name of the meta package that includes gcc and all of the basics needed for compiling?	build-essential
does ubuntu install/run a firewall by default?	all linux distros have iptables by default.. you can configure it easily with ufw
what is the difference between envy and jockey ?	: they have same function anyway
i just changed the settings of compizsetting for enabling my 3d desktop of ubuntu lucid 10.04 running in vbox....but it aint working at all....i tried ctrl+alt+left mouse click....anyone? pls?	do you have the 3d/2d accelerations enabled for your virtual machine?
how do i run a sh file?	just double-click on it
one question: where store the commands that i used in the terminal? thank you	it's no longer in the repositories (see the debian bug for why). consider using irssi or weechat instead
i'm looking to do a 'remote profile' thing where i can have all users on one comptuer and no matter what comptuer they are on it will pull there files/folder/programs off one comp	you'll need to setup nfs or samba for that to work
if i've just installed ubuntu what files do i need to compile	build-essential
is gnome3 available for 10.10 or is that only 11.04?	http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/install-vanilla-gnome-3-in-maverick/
... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me	you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one
i run the command 'export cc=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4'. the question is how do i remove it. do i have to run 'export cc='	unset cc
is it possible to regenerate my menu.lst, it doesnt want to boot ubuntu or windows xp anymore	you'd have to boot into the livecd, chroot to the harddisk root partition, and sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install
hi, i've a problem: my desktop display the content of my ~/ instead of ~/desktop, how i change this ?	edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure xdg_desktop_dir='$home/desktop'
is there a better desktop switcher for unity? some hotkey i don't know about?	i use desktop --> viewport switcher, in compiz
how do you setup a cron job in ubuntu?	'crontab -e' will edit your crontab, if you want it to run the job as another user either su to them or edit '/etc/crontab'
are the kvm and vt features only available in the server version of feisty?	you can install anything you like
how do i configure ubuntu to use dhcp ?	in the connections tab of 'network settings' select an interface, click on properties, and set configuration to dhcp
hello how do i get rid of this goofy scrollbar stuff: http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4025/hurr056.png please dont tell me to change the theme. i've been there.	there is a post about that on the omg!ubuntu! blog
why 'killall /dev/dsp', what does it do?	so the sound card won't be busy
is there a way to tell the sytem not to do a filesystem check on a drive at startup? do i just not mount the drive?	man fstab
hey up - anyone here know of a good web gallery generator for linux, other than gthumb, digikam, and gwenview	webmagick
hi. i just upgraded to hardy heron (8.04) and /dev/hda, /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc just disappeared. anyone got any ideas on what happened?	they pbbly turned into sda sdb and sdc :)
is this the place to learn to install linux?	installation should be straightforward
does anyone know of a way to determine which processes are getting hd access? after a fresh boot i keep getting infrequent accesses on the light but can't figure out what's doing it (no journaling fs)	lsof (short for list open files) might help you?
http://directory.fsf.org/svg2png.html ?	no just copy paste
canot someone tell me how to do a screen recording with audio? i want to set up a tutorial video	gtk-recordmydesktop
is there anybody here who know how i can test my network connection speed? i google and couldn't find anything. please point me to some information	check dslreports.com -- i think that's the site
where can i check if the hp laserjet 6p is working under lucid ?	it works. i've got one. configure it and send a test page
don't you know an editor more user friendly? :-)	sorry; i only use vi :$
i have a directory of tar.gz access logs. how can i search their contents to list all entries containing any address within a specific address block? i am guessing tar xozf *.tar.gz \| something?	zgrep
i need the mcrypt php function which does not come with the defaiult bb ubuntu install. how do i add it?	'you need to compile php with the --with-mcrypt[=dir] parameter to enable this extension. dir is the mcrypt install directory. make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option --disable-posix-threads.'
can the 'ls -l' command print the permissions as octal values instead of printing them in the rwx------ form?	try stat for the whole show
what for, i mean, you can just do 'lsb_release -r', right?	my version also give the codename
can someone try to ping gulus.usherbrooke.ca for me. it's my mirror and i can't connect to it right now	yeah i'm getting a black hole there too right now. try perhaps instead debian.yorku.ca
i just had a laptop crash during a feisty-to-gutsy upgrade. it crashed at the 'remove obsolete packages?' part, just as i was about to press 'remove.' this should be ok, shouldn't it? the actual upgrade was finished at this point	and a sudo apt-get autoremove couldn't hurt either
what keyboard?	what is the command for determining the keyboard type?
real quick... whats a good program like wine besides wine of course?	- there is cedega
hey, i want to install ubuntu to a friend. but i don't wanna reinstall in about a month. so would you suggest to install 9.10? will 9.10 be stable with updates in about a week or two?	your other option would be to install 9.04 and run the upgrade next month which is easyer than reinstalling
is there anything i need to know before installing the nvidia drivers?	read wiki/binarydriverhowto
what type of mobile phones are supported by linux? i would like to be able to change in the phone book and so on from the computer	nokia has good linux support
anyone knows how to connect to xp using remote desktop connection from your ubuntu box?	install rdesktop, or do what asulutzy said. :)
how can i repair my desktop? i can only get into the terminal session correctly...	dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg
hello, where do i set in rhythmbox that when the playlist is finished rhythmbox starts from the beggining ?	repeat.. looks like a circle with an arrow going around in the top icons
what is the memtests in grub use to?	because the live cd loads into ram,if ram has a problem it wont boot properly
hey guys. i have a sonicwall 2040 in the office here, i ssh to my web server over in germany, and if i leave it unattended for a few minutes, i get cut off, i'm convinced it's something on my router, any suggestsions as to what i should change to solve this annoyance	seen the problem before, can't recall how it got fixed.. some timeout for idle connections i think.
hi all. does anyone know if it is possible to load two grubs? i'd like to keep grub2 on my ubuntu install, and then from it be able to go to grub vanilla with my arch install. is this possible? if so, how?	you could install the second instance of grub to a partition, and then chainload +1 it from the first instance.
can somebody please explain to me why suddenly scd0 dissapeared? please!	does it appears in bios ?
hi guys.how do you format a usb stick .im using ubuntu 810	install gparted
does anyone know a program to set up samba shares without editing /etc/samba/smb.conf manually?	system -> administration -> shared folders ?
how do i view all packages i've installed?	dpkg -l
where is the trash folder?	~/.local/share/trash
!alis \| raven i'd search for a mplayer/mencoder channel if i where you	in previous versions of ubuntu they didn't treat usb drives differently, now they do. i personally wish that they would always default to installing grub's boot sector to the mbr of the drive containing ubuntu, and there is no technical problem preventing them from doing so, they have just decided not to do things that way.
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?
does kubuntu also use apt-get/synaptic package manager? what is adept?	adept is the package manager for kde., just like synaptic is the one for gnome
is it possible to exchange files between to pc conencted by a lan cable or i need a router?	yes it's possible to connect two computers directly to eachother with a crossover cable or ordinary cable with modern nic's
i'm sorry for stupid question, but how can i list all channels?	too much channels. use 'alis' i.e. « /msg alis list java »
hi. if i setup dual boot on my comp, which should i install first, windows or ubuntu? or dont matter?	install windows first
how do i find out what type of partition is on my hard drive via the command line?	'mount' will tell you, if it's mounted.
you gave me some fabulous advice regarding removing some stubborn networks from network manager, sadly they still refuse to budge i wonder if you could provide me with some more insight?	look in $home/.gconf/system/networking/connections/ maybe
which one includes the title bar?	metacity
can i install a version of 7.10 with a gdm, but without open office and other software?	you can install the server edition, which is hardly anything at all, and then custom install whatever you want
so, totem has been playing every movie with a blue tint since before i can remember. anyone else experienced this problem?	you using xgl?
helo, i need to know where i can download oil rush game (full-free) for linujx	hopefully from the repos.
does any one know how i can install compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported or if there are any deb somewhere?	download ubuntu tweak then enable the repository for the dev version of compiz and it's plug-ins
does an ext4 partition need to be defragmentated?	it was more a deal in the msdos days.. when filesystems sucked.. no need to worry about this..
i'm new to irc - can someone recommend where to learn more about using it effectively?	http://wiki.ubuntu.com/classroom ... go to the transcripts and class one :)
incomplete? it works great for me	o is actually for other owner is u
has anyone had a problem with sound working/ not working with flash such as youtube in ubuntu?	$ sudo apt-get install libflashsupport
is that panel-looking item in cinnamon customisable in the way it is in gnome2?	too a point. i'm not sure how many applets are available, but they're working on it.
hi all - does anyone know if there is a meta-package for development tools? compiler, linker etc.. the gnu dev path?	build-essential

since updating to maverick (10.10) my brother dcp-120c scanner won't be recognized. the printer works still fine and all drivers and entries are done. someone a clue?

reinstall the driver from the brother site

i'm on ubuntu netbook remix. (actually jolicloud) and i am trying to find the .mozilla folder to edit the profiles.ini file

its not in /home/username ?

i don't know what it is

could it be used for network permission

i need to change my host name, this is in the host file : ( 127.0.1.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu ) do i change all instances of 'ubuntu' to the desired host name? as well as in the hostname file?

it appears so, sorry i''m not much help, i'm just aware of the factoid :)

hi, im running beryl and i have no window borders, how do i get them back?

try right clicking the beryl icon and hitting 'reload window decorator'

hey, i was wondering how to force a proxy for the entire system

drawing a blank, but i did find this, maybe search for 'transparent proxy': http://schools.coe.ru.ac.za/wiki/configuring_transparent_proxy

hi. i cant play a sound in firefox and rhythmbox at the same time. someone here who has a solution or a hint?

i could get that working changing the sound server from auto-detect (which defaults to pulse audio) to alsa in system -> preferences -> sound

is there any way to see who's in a certain group? (command+opt)

'groups <user>' in terminal

that's how i installed it... can i just remove the .so file to uninstall?

its just a temporary fix until the packages get fixed

w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb 403 forbidden <---- this showed up in the update manager. lol help?

yeah, it is happening to many folks now just be patient for a fix

hi all. couldn't find the command from manual of apt-get on how to install manually downloaded .deb files ?

doubleclicking the .deb file should do the trick :)

anyone know if ubuntu release a pxe boot installer all setup like debian does?

also, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/netboot

how do i know what device corresponds to a mounted directory?

type 'mount'

assuming he/she knows the root passwd

i was assuming it was a local computer. but even if not, you'd want to do sudo bash, or sudo csh, etc.

you go into /etc/password and change the password string there from whatever it is to whatever it is that represents 'no password'

if you use /dev/false as shell in /etc/passwd you cant login

how do extract a tar.bz2 file? preferably from the command line

tar -xzf file result

how do i list connected bluetooth devices....is there something like lsusb?

the command i posted scans for bluetooth devices in the air, such as phones and mice etc.. if you want to scan attached bluetooth adapter on your box, try: lsusb , or: lspci

after adding a line to xorg.conf i run the command to make it auto update again but this then removes the line i added is this because i am in x at the time?

nano >.>

how do i figure out what kernel version i have installed?

uname -r

hello all, someone knows how to enable boot messages in ubuntu splash boot screen? thanks!

add 'nosplash' to the default-options in /boot/grub/menu.lst and run update-grub

solarion, is 6.10 server still ok for a box with only 128mb of ram?

alternate installs a desktop, or a guiless one, server just installs guiless, has the lamp preinstall option, and installs a modified server kernel

i have hardly anythign running (opera browser where i'm typing this now, amsn, scite text editor, and a konsole window). but when i go to 'free' it tells me i only have 60mb of free ram (out of 512mb) on windows i generally have around 250 to 300mb free with the same usage!!! a friend on debian running about the same tells me he has about 250mb right now. is there something wrong with my ubuntu or is a general thing?

are you looking at the '-/+ buffers/cache' line?

any suggestions for my situation? keyboard input gets deactivated when changing brightness from the function keys

your problem sounds like it would require some kind of keyboard remapping or something complicated to fix. so personally i would stick to work arounds.

pleas anybody can help me im getting 'release no md5sum entry in release when i run 'sudo apt-get update'

there can be many resons. people could be busy, just not see you, not know the answer to your question or something else.

if i installed <<gaim>> using apt-get in which directory it is installed?

the executable is in /usr/bin/gaim, if that was what you where looking for

is ubuntu's fast version of init still being actively developed? (and considered for integration?)

upstart? it's in use on gutsy

.... local team?

ballin, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/newjerseyteam

anyone know a good source of free fonts? im looking for a version of the 'old english' type fonts but failing miserably

droid and liberation are popular right now, but neither are loopy handwriting if that's what you are looking for.

can someone help me with my awk syntax? dpkg -l | awk print $1

awk '{ print $1 }'

how do you forcibly unmount a drive? i unplugged the drive, but it still shows up on desktop

sudo umount /media/mountpoint

what is the name of the meta package that includes gcc and all of the basics needed for compiling?

build-essential

does ubuntu install/run a firewall by default?

all linux distros have iptables by default.. you can configure it easily with ufw

what is the difference between envy and jockey ?

: they have same function anyway

i just changed the settings of compizsetting for enabling my 3d desktop of ubuntu lucid 10.04 running in vbox....but it aint working at all....i tried ctrl+alt+left mouse click....anyone? pls?

do you have the 3d/2d accelerations enabled for your virtual machine?

how do i run a sh file?

just double-click on it

one question: where store the commands that i used in the terminal? thank you

it's no longer in the repositories (see the debian bug for why). consider using irssi or weechat instead

i'm looking to do a 'remote profile' thing where i can have all users on one comptuer and no matter what comptuer they are on it will pull there files/folder/programs off one comp

you'll need to setup nfs or samba for that to work

if i've just installed ubuntu what files do i need to compile

build-essential

is gnome3 available for 10.10 or is that only 11.04?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/install-vanilla-gnome-3-in-maverick/

... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me

you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one

i run the command 'export cc=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4'. the question is how do i remove it. do i have to run 'export cc='

unset cc

is it possible to regenerate my menu.lst, it doesnt want to boot ubuntu or windows xp anymore

you'd have to boot into the livecd, chroot to the harddisk root partition, and sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install

hi, i've a problem: my desktop display the content of my ~/ instead of ~/desktop, how i change this ?

edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure xdg_desktop_dir='$home/desktop'

is there a better desktop switcher for unity? some hotkey i don't know about?

i use desktop --> viewport switcher, in compiz

how do you setup a cron job in ubuntu?

'crontab -e' will edit your crontab, if you want it to run the job as another user either su to them or edit '/etc/crontab'

are the kvm and vt features only available in the server version of feisty?

you can install anything you like

how do i configure ubuntu to use dhcp ?

in the connections tab of 'network settings' select an interface, click on properties, and set configuration to dhcp

hello how do i get rid of this goofy scrollbar stuff: http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4025/hurr056.png please dont tell me to change the theme. i've been there.

there is a post about that on the omg!ubuntu! blog

why 'killall /dev/dsp', what does it do?

so the sound card won't be busy

is there a way to tell the sytem not to do a filesystem check on a drive at startup? do i just not mount the drive?

man fstab

hey up - anyone here know of a good web gallery generator for linux, other than gthumb, digikam, and gwenview

webmagick

hi. i just upgraded to hardy heron (8.04) and /dev/hda, /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc just disappeared. anyone got any ideas on what happened?

they pbbly turned into sda sdb and sdc :)

is this the place to learn to install linux?

installation should be straightforward

does anyone know of a way to determine which processes are getting hd access? after a fresh boot i keep getting infrequent accesses on the light but can't figure out what's doing it (no journaling fs)

lsof (short for list open files) might help you?

http://directory.fsf.org/svg2png.html ?

no just copy paste

canot someone tell me how to do a screen recording with audio? i want to set up a tutorial video

gtk-recordmydesktop

is there anybody here who know how i can test my network connection speed? i google and couldn't find anything. please point me to some information

check dslreports.com -- i think that's the site

where can i check if the hp laserjet 6p is working under lucid ?

it works. i've got one. configure it and send a test page

don't you know an editor more user friendly? :-)

sorry; i only use vi :$

i have a directory of tar.gz access logs. how can i search their contents to list all entries containing any address within a specific address block? i am guessing tar xozf *.tar.gz | something?

zgrep

i need the mcrypt php function which does not come with the defaiult bb ubuntu install. how do i add it?

'you need to compile php with the --with-mcrypt[=dir] parameter to enable this extension. dir is the mcrypt install directory. make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option --disable-posix-threads.'

can the 'ls -l' command print the permissions as octal values instead of printing them in the rwx------ form?

try stat for the whole show

what for, i mean, you can just do 'lsb_release -r', right?

my version also give the codename

can someone try to ping gulus.usherbrooke.ca for me. it's my mirror and i can't connect to it right now

yeah i'm getting a black hole there too right now. try perhaps instead debian.yorku.ca

i just had a laptop crash during a feisty-to-gutsy upgrade. it crashed at the 'remove obsolete packages?' part, just as i was about to press 'remove.' this should be ok, shouldn't it? the actual upgrade was finished at this point

and a sudo apt-get autoremove couldn't hurt either

what keyboard?

what is the command for determining the keyboard type?

real quick... whats a good program like wine besides wine of course?

- there is cedega

hey, i want to install ubuntu to a friend. but i don't wanna reinstall in about a month. so would you suggest to install 9.10? will 9.10 be stable with updates in about a week or two?

your other option would be to install 9.04 and run the upgrade next month which is easyer than reinstalling

is there anything i need to know before installing the nvidia drivers?

read wiki/binarydriverhowto

what type of mobile phones are supported by linux? i would like to be able to change in the phone book and so on from the computer

nokia has good linux support

anyone knows how to connect to xp using remote desktop connection from your ubuntu box?

install rdesktop, or do what asulutzy said. :)

how can i repair my desktop? i can only get into the terminal session correctly...

dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg

hello, where do i set in rhythmbox that when the playlist is finished rhythmbox starts from the beggining ?

repeat.. looks like a circle with an arrow going around in the top icons

what is the memtests in grub use to?

because the live cd loads into ram,if ram has a problem it wont boot properly

hey guys. i have a sonicwall 2040 in the office here, i ssh to my web server over in germany, and if i leave it unattended for a few minutes, i get cut off, i'm convinced it's something on my router, any suggestsions as to what i should change to solve this annoyance

seen the problem before, can't recall how it got fixed.. some timeout for idle connections i think.

hi all. does anyone know if it is possible to load two grubs? i'd like to keep grub2 on my ubuntu install, and then from it be able to go to grub vanilla with my arch install. is this possible? if so, how?

you could install the second instance of grub to a partition, and then chainload +1 it from the first instance.

can somebody please explain to me why suddenly scd0 dissapeared? please!

does it appears in bios ?

hi guys.how do you format a usb stick .im using ubuntu 810

install gparted

does anyone know a program to set up samba shares without editing /etc/samba/smb.conf manually?

system -> administration -> shared folders ?

how do i view all packages i've installed?

dpkg -l

where is the trash folder?

~/.local/share/trash

!alis | raven i'd search for a mplayer/mencoder channel if i where you

in previous versions of ubuntu they didn't treat usb drives differently, now they do. i personally wish that they would always default to installing grub's boot sector to the mbr of the drive containing ubuntu, and there is no technical problem preventing them from doing so, they have just decided not to do things that way.

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?

does kubuntu also use apt-get/synaptic package manager? what is adept?

adept is the package manager for kde., just like synaptic is the one for gnome

is it possible to exchange files between to pc conencted by a lan cable or i need a router?

yes it's possible to connect two computers directly to eachother with a crossover cable or ordinary cable with modern nic's

i'm sorry for stupid question, but how can i list all channels?

too much channels. use 'alis' i.e. « /msg alis list *java* »

hi. if i setup dual boot on my comp, which should i install first, windows or ubuntu? or dont matter?

install windows first

how do i find out what type of partition is on my hard drive via the command line?

'mount' will tell you, if it's mounted.

you gave me some fabulous advice regarding removing some stubborn networks from network manager, sadly they still refuse to budge i wonder if you could provide me with some more insight?

look in $home/.gconf/system/networking/connections/ maybe

which one includes the title bar?

metacity

can i install a version of 7.10 with a gdm, but without open office and other software?

you can install the server edition, which is hardly anything at all, and then custom install whatever you want

so, totem has been playing every movie with a blue tint since before i can remember. anyone else experienced this problem?

you using xgl?

helo, i need to know where i can download oil rush game (full-free) for linujx

hopefully from the repos.

does any one know how i can install compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported or if there are any deb somewhere?

download ubuntu tweak then enable the repository for the dev version of compiz and it's plug-ins

does an ext4 partition need to be defragmentated?

it was more a deal in the msdos days.. when filesystems sucked.. no need to worry about this..

i'm new to irc - can someone recommend where to learn more about using it effectively?

http://wiki.ubuntu.com/classroom ... go to the transcripts and class one :)

incomplete? it works great for me

o is actually for other owner is u

has anyone had a problem with sound working/ not working with flash such as youtube in ubuntu?

$ sudo apt-get install libflashsupport

is that panel-looking item in cinnamon customisable in the way it is in gnome2?

too a point. i'm not sure how many applets are available, but they're working on it.

hi all - does anyone know if there is a meta-package for development tools? compiler, linker etc.. the gnu dev path?

build-essential