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i have a laptop with a pentium 3 600 mhz, 4mb video and 64mb ram (i can extend the ram to 256) - will breezy even run on it? :p	sure... but i'd recommend that you use a window manger other than gnome... try blackbox
assume i have a set of packages installed. how can i find a 'minimum' set of packages to reproduce this set (through dependencies)?	debfoster
does anyone know where wine gets installed to ?	dpkg -l wine
i'm new-ish to ubuntu, and have a quick question. prelinking on feisty: good idea or no? (i've always prelinked before, but i saw one resource indicating it might not do much for feisty)	it is not needed in feisty. it has already some sort of prelinking.
i can't understand anything :(	paste it on pastebin.com
also, now for some reason, my usb stick isn't being auto-mounted by 10.10 when i stick it in	yep.. although partimage/clonezilla might make it easier
is there a speech recognition app?	my mistake, festival is text to speech
so, anyone know of a tool that can display stack usage of processes/threads in ubuntu? so i dont have to code it..	run your program under gdb, and set have it print out the stack pointer at the desired interval
who's winning??? mccain or obama bin laden???	stay on topic here
does anyone know is it faster to transfer large amounts of data via command line or gui in ubuntu?	gui used command line in background
there is a command line tool to read the uuid of any fs... anyone remember what that was?	/sbin/vol_id
i freshly installed ubuntu server edition 8.0.4 lts and want now installing syscp via apt-get install syscp but it doesnt install no output is given what can i do?	because syscp is not a valid package name
anyone running a win7 vm in virtualbox with 3d enabled, and running ok?	null. i'm not running any of that, so no troubles to report.
what's the advantage of a nas over a regular external hard drive?	every nas should be accessed remotely, otherwise it'd be just a simple stupid hard disk ;-)
how can i see what uses port 5060? i need to close the connection	i guess 'netstat' lists all the services running
does gnome-volume-manager have a configuration gui?	i think not, its all in gconf-editor :(
how do i install subversion?	sudo apt-get install subversion
has anyone gotten ubuntu to work on an ultrabook w/o losing battery life?	battery life is typically better on windows (due to manufacturers providing ms with specific hardware setups, or wrighting it themselves). although gnu/linux is sometimes more battery conserving.
does anyone now how i change my default media player	you right click a media type in the file manager, select properties at the bottom and the open with tab in the dialog
how can i setup /etc/network/interfaces to do wep key index 4?	type 'man interfaces'
hi, can someone please tell me how to change my permissions of a dvd drive? i'm pretty sure it's a cd-writer drive but i can't seem to get it to burn a disc.	install k3b and see what it shows
hey guys sorry for the stupid question i googled it already all over. what is the command line command for mouse click and movement controls?	xev?
is there a graphic client for oracle in ubuntu?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/oracle%20instant%20client
is running a firewall necessary for a home user behind a linksys router?	real user name
anybody know how to set boot parameter to config full width text console, i am using a 16:9 lcd	vga=ask
how do i save modprobe ndiswrapper to turn on at boot?	you just put ndiswrapper in menu > system> prefs < session , and then save session in the 3rd tab
hello. so im trying to upgrade my machine at home by sshing in and running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' as mentioned in the release notes, but all thats telling me is that i have 0 packages to upgrade. any ideas?	follow this --> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/edgyupgrades
hi, anyone know why my compiz suddenly stopped working?	that's an easy answer: 'no'
what program can i use to open .rar archives?	you might need to install the rar support for archive-manager.
hi everybody, yesterday my cousin enabled ssh on my computer and he gave me a domain on dyndns. now i tried to setup an apache, mysql, and php server so i can host a website. but whenevere i go to my domain it asks for a username and password (so i can acsess my router). what do i do? :s	: and don't allow external http access to your router
can you use compiz in vmware workstation?	with workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3d stuff
hi, i'm trying to use usb devices from my vm (winxp running as guest) but i cannot see it listed on my devices menu. i tried by adding my user to vboxusers group but this group doesn't exist. so i craeted one myself and add my user to it and still no luck. any ideas?	what you write makes no sense whatsoever
dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: whether i use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. what could cause this	then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory
if i have a discrete ati graphics card and i've activated the use of proprietary drivers, do i get updates for the graphics card automatically or should i download them manually in order to stay up to date?	should update by itself
is there a way to check a filesystem for errors while it is mounted or unmounted both nondestructive and destructive. i have a file that gets about 3/4 the way through on a copy and then gets an error. i want to see if it is a bad spot on the hd or a corrupt file. if it is a bad spot on the hd is there a way to isolate it and lock it out. i am getting ready to move from 32 to 64 bit and am backing things up. i want to alleviate any potential problems ahea	i recall the 'fsarchiver' cli tool can copy/backup/verify files you may want to check into it.
hi. my sata drive keeps giving me problems. it is ext3. i am running fsck /dev/sda2 -y . is this ok? i see that some people run fsck.ext3.. am i doing this wrong???	i think there's no -y argument, try fsck /dev/sda2
anyone know the specific time for the 7.04 to relase? does it go after the uk time or?	i'd stick with regularily visiting the ubuntu-page for an announcement.
anyone know how to get keepass 2.06 working in ubuntu?	http://www.keepassx.org/downloads
does anyone know o good screecast make application?	are you talking about record my dekstop?
is there anything like kdesudo in gnome?	gksudo
did anyone else install ubuntu to see that gcc wasnt installed?	that's right. sudo aptitude install build-essential
ok... tell me, who's to blame for the line 1335 in /usr/sbin/update-grub and the f*ing -v option for ls?	dont use profanity even if you mask it.
i want to setup a lamp box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this?	webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues
hi, whats th sd in sd card ?	secure digital
does ubuntu provide the gnu manuals? can't find them anywhere in debian	good question
is there a simple apt command that would list all the packages that are currently installed on a system?	dpkg -l \*,but it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long
how to install a application from apt-get in /home ?	can't.
hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.	as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine
can anyone remind me?	/etc/update-motd.d/ i guess is what you are looking for
do you know if there is any other irc channel i can ask for video card related problems on ubuntu?	ask here
hi all, anybody here to solve a problem with an ati graphic card x1300/1550 series please? the issue: after ubuntu's splash screen and before login, the screen becomes black. unfortunately i said yes to proprietary drivers install... i red all the suitable posts and the question is: reconfigure xserver-xorg through the command line?	sure, you have nothing to lose by trying it.
hi, is it possible to show the recently installed packages from shell?	/var/log/dpkg.log ?
hi, what's the program that can be used to download podcasts and free video media?	miro?
hi i chose not to show the toolbar on gnome terminal, how do i get it back?	right-click in your terminal window and select show menubar.
i have a server with two network interface card,i want my internet should be controlled by the server ie i will connect my internet directly from eth0 and the output of eth1 to be the router and need to control the internet ie as a gateway server	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/internet/connectionsharing for internet sharing
what is the pakage realplay is in	i think on gutsy you can find it in medibuntu - not sure if it's in the partner repository as well
hey guys. so im running ubuntu 10.04 (love it) and need to have a certain app (sip phone) run everytime i log in. how can i do this, is there a gui? thanks	- preferences -> start up applications
how do i get the maximum capacity of a hard disk?	sudo fdisk -l \| grep disk
has anyone noticed a frame-like outline left behind when doing a menu-bar doubleclick 'windowshade' thing?	what are you talking about man
hey guys i have two network cards installed in my box i was wondering how i could use the 2nd card to share internet	i have used this guide before. it is gentoo specific, but i have used it on debian systems as well. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml
when i try to install libdvdcss2 i get this error 'e: package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate'.can someone help?	go to a terminal and type sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
hi, how do i change the ubuntu logo in the main menu? i want the gnome foot instead.	i know it's in the gconf-editor, but try googling it
hi ppl, does anyone knows how to verify a .tar file with its md5 key like: b73fb9e365d2edcd031d65b16e965a18 ?	md5sum <filename> gives you a string to compare to the one you got for the file
is there a shell command i can use to see how big a directory is and many files and subdirectories are in it?	man du
what is _your_ recommendation regarding upgrading from firefox 3.0 to ff 3.5 - is it worthwhile, valueable, better than 3.0?	you can install and try it yourself without upsetting firefox 3
i don't want to seem pesky but did anyone catch my question? (i know other people are being helped right now.. :) just want to see if i'm on the docket)	that's okay. feel free to re-ask- just don't spam spam spam like others may. no, you will need to reformat your hd.
has anyone else noticed that though ubuntu 9.10 is the late, great ver., it has a lot of bugs that 9.04 didn't? or is it just me?	a new version is usually going to have bugs that the prior release didnt
can someone help me using sed?	sed uses regular expressions, please learn about regexp
how do i install mplayer?	read the ubotu just above
hey, i know this is an ubuntu channel, but does any have a good resource on choosing distros?	your best bet is to watch youtube videos, from there research into the disto that suits you best :d
terminus i'm new with linux and i will like to reinstall windows when i reboot my pc i reboot from cd-dvd driver with the recovery disk for windows i fallow the instruction and then i get a error # i will like to ask is in the air any posible way to reinstall xindows xp and then how pls step by step thank you	whats the error say?
just upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10. everything seems good except that now my shortcuts in the places menu don't work. i select them and absolutely nothing happens. anyone else have this issue too?	http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/10/intrepid-update-faq.html see point 12
greetings, i am having a problem after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10rc. everything seemed to go fine, rebooted after update, boots fine.. comes to login, i log in just fine, then i hear ubuntu sound, see purple background, but no gnome menu's show up. i can see and move the mouse cursor. i can ctl-alt-f1 to a command prompt and navigate via command prompt just fine.. just no gnome2 gui.	see if it happens with a new user
i'm logged into a machine via ssh, and there is a user on the machine running a full desktop (kde in this instance). is there any way i can send this user a message from the command line?	xmessage
how does ubuntu differ from freebsd?	different kernel, different userpace command line tools. most common options to tools are the same, some of the extra ones differ...guis tend to be the same
how to start again console-keymaps? i installed it using apt-get and when it finish it ask for setups and now i try to remove and install to do the setup again it won't run the setup.. help pls.	sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-keymaps
i installed samba and for some reason when i access a computer on my network where the username has no password, it says access denied... what's going on	set a password on the accounts
how do i apt-get remove open office ? what the right package to remove?	dpkg -l 'openoffice' \| grep ^ii \| awk '{print $2}' \| xargs sudo apt-get remove -y
question: trying to get flash to work with firefox, running under 64bit ubuntu	http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-flash-java-realplayer-under-64bit-firefox.html
hi all, im using vsftpd, a user can login and create a file fine, but the created file is drwx------, any idea why / how to change the default permissions?	see how to set umask for thse users/ftp
can anybody help me please? i'm having a trouble of getting my system to play from a dvd and i get this error: could not read from resource.	you may need to go into groups and make sure you have permission to do that.
why i can't edit or modify the file 'etc/default/grub' ??? i have gedit installed :-s	it would be /etc/default/grub and chances are you need to do what celthunder said.
what is that wysiwyg editor for linux?	nvu ?
by default, when you plug in a usb stick (thumbdrive) what is it's default mount location?	in /media
i had some issues with pulseaudio, then i removed it using this guide: http://jechem.blogspot.de/2010/10/how-to-remove-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu-1010.html it worked fine at first, then once i muted it and then when i tried to unmute it the computer still won't make a sound. how do i get my sound back?	open a terminal and run 'alsamixer' high light the channel you want to contral and press 'm' to toggle the mute bit
hi, i installed 9.10 but i cannot play neither mp3 nor movies.	open software center and search for ubuntu restricted extras
how do i run the file browser as root? what's the command	be careful: gksu nautilus
gnome is frozen and i need to restart it, what would be the command to do it?	ctrl+alt+backspace?
is flash 9 available?	http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
why is it a cannot do man malloc and stuff? manpages-all package is installed	sudo apt-get install manpages-dev
hi, i cant watch wmv in firefox. i can if i download them to the desktop and i view them outside firefox. i have w64codecs (i'm on hardy 64), i uninstalled totem, installed mplayer, the mplayer plugin is in about:plugin. usually i get the sound but not the video	wmv videos work fine with totem-plugin for me
how does one go about seting an enviroment variable?	can be as simple as export foo=bar in .bashrc
you aren't tried to a particulr toolkit. qt programs run fine in gnome, and v.v.	yes, i know, and i'm running kde apps in gnome, the fact that the two seperate things exist and it does affect people's decisions is annoying
is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit	search for filezilla in software centre
the 8.04 uses an older kernel which probably does have the driver for you wifi card you can compile a newer kernel or search google for the specific driver source code project and compile that	the major problem i ran into was that my graphics driver wouldn't work properly. i tried all the suggested drivers and each time it killed the gui
how can i figure what package a file belongs to ?!	dpkg -s $file
in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?	http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25
anyone know a nice command that can read certain bytes from a file and display them in hex, or something like this?	hexcat
frostwire doesn't work for me. im an amd 64 user and i donwloaded the deb. installer	tell us the output you get in a terminal when you type 'frostwire' and hit enter
i need a name of tool that can record music from myspace or another streaming audio website that dosen't have a download option or streamin solution for external players... any ideas?	audacity - record

i have a laptop with a pentium 3 600 mhz, 4mb video and 64mb ram (i can extend the ram to 256) - will breezy even run on it? :p

sure... but i'd recommend that you use a window manger other than gnome... try blackbox

assume i have a set of packages installed. how can i find a 'minimum' set of packages to reproduce this set (through dependencies)?

debfoster

does anyone know where wine gets installed to ?

dpkg -l wine

i'm new-ish to ubuntu, and have a quick question. prelinking on feisty: good idea or no? (i've always prelinked before, but i saw one resource indicating it might not do much for feisty)

it is not needed in feisty. it has already some sort of prelinking.

i can't understand anything :(

paste it on pastebin.com

also, now for some reason, my usb stick isn't being auto-mounted by 10.10 when i stick it in

yep.. although partimage/clonezilla might make it easier

is there a speech recognition app?

my mistake, festival is text to speech

so, anyone know of a tool that can display stack usage of processes/threads in ubuntu? so i dont have to code it..

run your program under gdb, and set have it print out the stack pointer at the desired interval

who's winning??? mccain or obama bin laden???

stay on topic here

does anyone know is it faster to transfer large amounts of data via command line or gui in ubuntu?

gui used command line in background

there is a command line tool to read the uuid of any fs... anyone remember what that was?

/sbin/vol_id

i freshly installed ubuntu server edition 8.0.4 lts and want now installing syscp via apt-get install syscp but it doesnt install no output is given what can i do?

because syscp is not a valid package name

anyone running a win7 vm in virtualbox with 3d enabled, and running ok?

null. i'm not running any of that, so no troubles to report.

what's the advantage of a nas over a regular external hard drive?

every nas should be accessed remotely, otherwise it'd be just a simple stupid hard disk ;-)

how can i see what uses port 5060? i need to close the connection

i guess 'netstat' lists all the services running

does gnome-volume-manager have a configuration gui?

i think not, its all in gconf-editor :(

how do i install subversion?

sudo apt-get install subversion

has anyone gotten ubuntu to work on an ultrabook w/o losing battery life?

battery life is typically better on windows (due to manufacturers providing ms with specific hardware setups, or wrighting it themselves). although gnu/linux is sometimes more battery conserving.

does anyone now how i change my default media player

you right click a media type in the file manager, select properties at the bottom and the open with tab in the dialog

how can i setup /etc/network/interfaces to do wep key index 4?

type 'man interfaces'

hi, can someone please tell me how to change my permissions of a dvd drive? i'm pretty sure it's a cd-writer drive but i can't seem to get it to burn a disc.

install k3b and see what it shows

hey guys sorry for the stupid question i googled it already all over. what is the command line command for mouse click and movement controls?

xev?

is there a graphic client for oracle in ubuntu?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/oracle%20instant%20client

is running a firewall necessary for a home user behind a linksys router?

real user name

anybody know how to set boot parameter to config full width text console, i am using a 16:9 lcd

vga=ask

how do i save modprobe ndiswrapper to turn on at boot?

you just put ndiswrapper in menu > system> prefs < session , and then save session in the 3rd tab

hello. so im trying to upgrade my machine at home by sshing in and running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' as mentioned in the release notes, but all thats telling me is that i have 0 packages to upgrade. any ideas?

follow this --> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/edgyupgrades

hi, anyone know why my compiz suddenly stopped working?

that's an easy answer: 'no'

what program can i use to open .rar archives?

you might need to install the rar support for archive-manager.

hi everybody, yesterday my cousin enabled ssh on my computer and he gave me a domain on dyndns. now i tried to setup an apache, mysql, and php server so i can host a website. but whenevere i go to my domain it asks for a username and password (so i can acsess my router). what do i do? :s

: and don't allow external http access to your router

can you use compiz in vmware workstation?

with workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3d stuff

hi, i'm trying to use usb devices from my vm (winxp running as guest) but i cannot see it listed on my devices menu. i tried by adding my user to vboxusers group but this group doesn't exist. so i craeted one myself and add my user to it and still no luck. any ideas?

what you write makes no sense whatsoever

dear ubuntu people, this is rather odd: whether i use totem, vlc or mplayer, the video always shows as a pink screen that doesn't change, while my video drivers are installed correctly. what could cause this

then it could be your video card or maybe your videos's cards memory

if i have a discrete ati graphics card and i've activated the use of proprietary drivers, do i get updates for the graphics card automatically or should i download them manually in order to stay up to date?

should update by itself

is there a way to check a filesystem for errors while it is mounted or unmounted both nondestructive and destructive. i have a file that gets about 3/4 the way through on a copy and then gets an error. i want to see if it is a bad spot on the hd or a corrupt file. if it is a bad spot on the hd is there a way to isolate it and lock it out. i am getting ready to move from 32 to 64 bit and am backing things up. i want to alleviate any potential problems ahea

i recall the 'fsarchiver' cli tool can copy/backup/verify files you may want to check into it.

hi. my sata drive keeps giving me problems. it is ext3. i am running fsck /dev/sda2 -y . is this ok? i see that some people run fsck.ext3.. am i doing this wrong???

i think there's no -y argument, try fsck /dev/sda2

anyone know the specific time for the 7.04 to relase? does it go after the uk time or?

i'd stick with regularily visiting the ubuntu-page for an announcement.

anyone know how to get keepass 2.06 working in ubuntu?

http://www.keepassx.org/downloads

does anyone know o good screecast make application?

are you talking about record my dekstop?

is there anything like kdesudo in gnome?

gksudo

did anyone else install ubuntu to see that gcc wasnt installed?

that's right. sudo aptitude install build-essential

ok... tell me, who's to blame for the line 1335 in /usr/sbin/update-grub and the f*ing -v option for ls?

dont use profanity even if you mask it.

i want to setup a lamp box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this?

webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues

hi, whats th sd in sd card ?

secure digital

does ubuntu provide the gnu manuals? can't find them anywhere in debian

good question

is there a simple apt command that would list all the packages that are currently installed on a system?

dpkg -l \*,but it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long

how to install a application from apt-get in /home ?

can't.

hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.

as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine

can anyone remind me?

/etc/update-motd.d/ i guess is what you are looking for

do you know if there is any other irc channel i can ask for video card related problems on ubuntu?

ask here

hi all, anybody here to solve a problem with an ati graphic card x1300/1550 series please? the issue: after ubuntu's splash screen and before login, the screen becomes black. unfortunately i said yes to proprietary drivers install... i red all the suitable posts and the question is: reconfigure xserver-xorg through the command line?

sure, you have nothing to lose by trying it.

hi, is it possible to show the recently installed packages from shell?

/var/log/dpkg.log ?

hi, what's the program that can be used to download podcasts and free video media?

miro?

hi i chose not to show the toolbar on gnome terminal, how do i get it back?

right-click in your terminal window and select show menubar.

i have a server with two network interface card,i want my internet should be controlled by the server ie i will connect my internet directly from eth0 and the output of eth1 to be the router and need to control the internet ie as a gateway server

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/internet/connectionsharing for internet sharing

what is the pakage realplay is in

i think on gutsy you can find it in medibuntu - not sure if it's in the partner repository as well

hey guys. so im running ubuntu 10.04 (love it) and need to have a certain app (sip phone) run everytime i log in. how can i do this, is there a gui? thanks

- preferences -> start up applications

how do i get the maximum capacity of a hard disk?

sudo fdisk -l | grep disk

has anyone noticed a frame-like outline left behind when doing a menu-bar doubleclick 'windowshade' thing?

what are you talking about man

hey guys i have two network cards installed in my box i was wondering how i could use the 2nd card to share internet

i have used this guide before. it is gentoo specific, but i have used it on debian systems as well. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml

when i try to install libdvdcss2 i get this error 'e: package libdvdcss2 has no installation candidate'.can someone help?

go to a terminal and type sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

hi, how do i change the ubuntu logo in the main menu? i want the gnome foot instead.

i know it's in the gconf-editor, but try googling it

hi ppl, does anyone knows how to verify a .tar file with its md5 key like: b73fb9e365d2edcd031d65b16e965a18 ?

md5sum <filename> gives you a string to compare to the one you got for the file

is there a shell command i can use to see how big a directory is and many files and subdirectories are in it?

man du

what is _your_ recommendation regarding upgrading from firefox 3.0 to ff 3.5 - is it worthwhile, valueable, better than 3.0?

you can install and try it yourself without upsetting firefox 3

i don't want to seem pesky but did anyone catch my question? (i know other people are being helped right now.. :) just want to see if i'm on the docket)

that's okay. feel free to re-ask- just don't spam spam spam like others may. no, you will need to reformat your hd.

has anyone else noticed that though ubuntu 9.10 is the late, great ver., it has a lot of bugs that 9.04 didn't? or is it just me?

a new version is usually going to have bugs that the prior release didnt

can someone help me using sed?

sed uses regular expressions, please learn about regexp

how do i install mplayer?

read the ubotu just above

hey, i know this is an ubuntu channel, but does any have a good resource on choosing distros?

your best bet is to watch youtube videos, from there research into the disto that suits you best :d

terminus i'm new with linux and i will like to reinstall windows when i reboot my pc i reboot from cd-dvd driver with the recovery disk for windows i fallow the instruction and then i get a error # i will like to ask is in the air any posible way to reinstall xindows xp and then how pls step by step thank you

whats the error say?

just upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10. everything seems good except that now my shortcuts in the places menu don't work. i select them and absolutely nothing happens. anyone else have this issue too?

http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/10/intrepid-update-faq.html see point 12

greetings, i am having a problem after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10rc. everything seemed to go fine, rebooted after update, boots fine.. comes to login, i log in just fine, then i hear ubuntu sound, see purple background, but no gnome menu's show up. i can see and move the mouse cursor. i can ctl-alt-f1 to a command prompt and navigate via command prompt just fine.. just no gnome2 gui.

see if it happens with a new user

i'm logged into a machine via ssh, and there is a user on the machine running a full desktop (kde in this instance). is there any way i can send this user a message from the command line?

xmessage

how does ubuntu differ from freebsd?

different kernel, different userpace command line tools. most common options to tools are the same, some of the extra ones differ...guis tend to be the same

how to start again console-keymaps? i installed it using apt-get and when it finish it ask for setups and now i try to remove and install to do the setup again it won't run the setup.. help pls.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-keymaps

i installed samba and for some reason when i access a computer on my network where the username has no password, it says access denied... what's going on

set a password on the accounts

how do i apt-get remove open office ? what the right package to remove?

dpkg -l '*openoffice*' | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' | xargs sudo apt-get remove -y

question: trying to get flash to work with firefox, running under 64bit ubuntu

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-flash-java-realplayer-under-64bit-firefox.html

hi all, im using vsftpd, a user can login and create a file fine, but the created file is drwx------, any idea why / how to change the default permissions?

see how to set umask for thse users/ftp

can anybody help me please? i'm having a trouble of getting my system to play from a dvd and i get this error: could not read from resource.

you may need to go into groups and make sure you have permission to do that.

why i can't edit or modify the file 'etc/default/grub' ??? i have gedit installed :-s

it would be /etc/default/grub and chances are you need to do what celthunder said.

what is that wysiwyg editor for linux?

nvu ?

by default, when you plug in a usb stick (thumbdrive) what is it's default mount location?

in /media

i had some issues with pulseaudio, then i removed it using this guide: http://jechem.blogspot.de/2010/10/how-to-remove-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu-1010.html it worked fine at first, then once i muted it and then when i tried to unmute it the computer still won't make a sound. how do i get my sound back?

open a terminal and run 'alsamixer' high light the channel you want to contral and press 'm' to toggle the mute bit

hi, i installed 9.10 but i cannot play neither mp3 nor movies.

open software center and search for ubuntu restricted extras

how do i run the file browser as root? what's the command

be careful: gksu nautilus

gnome is frozen and i need to restart it, what would be the command to do it?

ctrl+alt+backspace?

is flash 9 available?

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/

why is it a cannot do man malloc and stuff? manpages-all package is installed

sudo apt-get install manpages-dev

hi, i cant watch wmv in firefox. i can if i download them to the desktop and i view them outside firefox. i have w64codecs (i'm on hardy 64), i uninstalled totem, installed mplayer, the mplayer plugin is in about:plugin. usually i get the sound but not the video

wmv videos work fine with totem-plugin for me

how does one go about seting an enviroment variable?

can be as simple as export foo=bar in .bashrc

you aren't tried to a particulr toolkit. qt programs run fine in gnome, and v.v.

yes, i know, and i'm running kde apps in gnome, the fact that the two seperate things exist and it does affect people's decisions is annoying

is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit

search for filezilla in software centre

the 8.04 uses an older kernel which probably does have the driver for you wifi card you can compile a newer kernel or search google for the specific driver source code project and compile that

the major problem i ran into was that my graphics driver wouldn't work properly. i tried all the suggested drivers and each time it killed the gui

how can i figure what package a file belongs to ?!

dpkg -s $file

in unity is there a way to add applets to the panel?

http://maketecheasier.com/unlock-gnome-panel-in-ubuntu-netbook-edition-une/2010/04/25

anyone know a nice command that can read certain bytes from a file and display them in hex, or something like this?

hexcat

frostwire doesn't work for me. im an amd 64 user and i donwloaded the deb. installer

tell us the output you get in a terminal when you type 'frostwire' and hit enter

i need a name of tool that can record music from myspace or another streaming audio website that dosen't have a download option or streamin solution for external players... any ideas?

audacity - record