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hmmm i wonder does netstat work on linux	yes, it does. but its not the 'windows' netstat... its just a linux equivalent.
hello.. howto replace x with wayland?	wayland is very muich a work in progress
can anyone tell me why it would say '192.168.0.256: unknown host' (192.168.0.256 being the static ip), 'failed to bring up eth0' after setting up a static ip in /etc/network/interfaces on a clean install of ubuntu in virtualbox(without x)?	did you get your address problem corrected?
if i make a partition and install ubuntu will windows still boot up or which has priority?	grub will let you switch
how to configure wget	configure?
p3 650 mhz, 192 sdram computer--- what ubuntu flavor should/can i use?	xubuntu
i don't want to go buy a dvd... can i install ubuntu studio 10.04 from an .iso with virtualbox? ... does virtualbox work that way?	that's exactly how it works
hi. i'm getting an error when running alsamixer on xmonad launched from startx: cannot open mixer: no such file or directory. any ideas of how i can resolve this?	you are indeed correct. this is a bit of a copout, but what about reinstalling alsamixer?
i have a usb stick in the back of a machine so that a cron job can do a weekly backup to it. does having it constantly powered instead of plugging it in each friday reduce its lifespan - is it pure reads and writes?	my experience with computers (since 1970) would indicate, if you have a good power source, to leave it plugged in...powering up and down and up and down is what is not good for electronics generaly
is there a way to perform an internet speed test from command line? also isn't this how you add a repo it is saying unkown command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa	try ntop.
should i install skype from canonical partner or should i install it directly from skype.com?	the last update was ages ago, but if you install it from the repository, you will get update in case they ever arrive. :)
is there an alarm clock program for linux that instead of using sound, changes the brightness of the computer screen? i'm looking for something that i can activate when i go to bed, it will slowly reduce the screen brightness all the way to off, and then slowly increase brightness at a specified time	we saw the question, just nobody had an answer.
how do i get 'custom' to show up in my appearance preferences > visual effects tab?	- do you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed?
hi, when i try to start /etc/init.d/shaper , so i got the message.. rtnetlink answers: no such file or directory... help please....i read this but unable to understand ,,http://svana.org/kleptog/packet-shaping-howto.html	this is an ancient howto. things changed a lot. try http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25911 instead
edgy is stable folks	so is windows for complete newbies
is there a list of bugs discovered since the release of 7.04 anywhere?	check out launchpad
is there something like spamassasin for linux?	spamassasin is available for linux
the music player that comes with ubuntu (hoary) can't play mp3 files because it's missing a plugin.. what do i do about that?	you could try running zsnes under wine?
is there a way to remove a package without removing dependencies	dpkg --ignore-depends=<package>
hello, how can i change my default desktop to kde? i tried switchdesk, but the command wasn't found	log out of gnome than on login screen click sessions and choose kde
hey, are all terminal based programs able to run with via ssh? irssi works as im using it on my windows comp atm	yes you have pretty much full control with ssh
hi! could some of you tell me if installed ubuntu brings some p2p program?	you can easially install several
does ubuntu come with any desktop search application?	applications->accessories->tracker search tool
hat are 'restricted modules'?	they are the non open source drivers
here's what powertop currently says http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/upqlxd50/mykrobideapadz570_029.png	i had this exact question. powertop settings are designed _not_ to stick. this was a programming decision. they do not survive reboot. you have to manually apply them each time you boot.
hi. what is the name of the application that is similar to the os x taskbar?	avant window navigator
anyone here have a good tutorial about iptables	try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/iptableshowto
can i somehow tell openoffice that comes with my ubuntu to anti-alias the lines in drawings i make?	this is related to openoffice interacting with xorg. so it's partly ubuntu, partly openoffice related
how do i grep match for a word, case-insensitive .. ?	grep 'myword' -i
can anyone think of fun ways to mess around with the apple store?	atd?
hello, just simple question: how to downgrade gutsy to feisty? google didn't tell me much..., thx	you may be able to adapt these instructions to ubuntu (no guarantees!): http://people.debian.org/~osamu/downgrade.html
has anyone ever heard of a virtual musical keyboard that is actually controlled with keys on your keyboard?	lmms, renoise
how can you search with apt-get to find the package name? ex: apt-get (??) nvidia	apt-cache search nidia
hi, can ubuntu be installed on apple tv2?	appletv 1 yes, appletv2 - no
hi, can anybody help me? my firefox locks before it starts and it dont start at all. how can i fix this?	if you don't have any important profile information, you can first try deleting .mozilla/ in your home folder
i am about to do a new install, and was wondering on some opinions on how to partition ubuntu. between / /home and swap, wich is primary? what goes in the begining or end of the drive? i have a 500 gig hdd with 4 gigs of ram.	don't forget one for /boot too to hold grub (1 gig)
hello everyone, i installed ubuntu for a friend on his laptop and am trying to figure out how to sync his itouch music... is there a linux app that is compatible with the itouch/iphone?	see the links i directed to you previously
hey guys when you install j2sdk through apt where does the java bin folder get installed too?	probably /usr/bin or /usr/lib/java/ and symlinked to from /usr/bin
my gnome terminal does render the gnome terminal font letters with fixed width. how can i change that to variable-width?	variable width would break midnight commander and all other programs that use ncurses, for example
good day. i installed wine and all. and on my windows, i installed visual basic on programfiles. but when i browse my c:/program files here in my ubuntu, i can't see my installed visual studio, only internet explorer. >_>	install visual studio on ubuntu ?
to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd desktop' correct?	'cd ~/desktop'
whats is the recomended hardware for hardy?	you need atleast 512
anyone notice a difference between dejavu and bistream fonts?	iirc bitstream is more suitable for print, dejavu more for screen reading
hi, how can i disabled the firewall please?	not a good idea, what are you trying to do?
can anyone pm me a copy of their /etc/hosts ?	http://paste.ubuntu.com/405850/
omg! i ben searching for hardware failure for like a mounts (my server dies every seventh day) just felt the passiv cooling on my radeon 800gto and its burning hot! nothing graphical is running at all! what does this mean? :s	spend more $$
can i say 'apt-get install *.deb' ?	sudo dpkg -i 'file.deb'
whats that program that would install the propritary video drivers for you before restricted driver manager was around?	ency?
now with nv as driver, it says 'unable to find valid framebuffer device'	there will be a default for your system, but not a general default for everyone
how do i identify which /dev/? my newly connected usb external hard drive is connected to?	dmesg\| tail
hey. i've never tried ubuntu, but i'm thinking about it, is it possible to have an instalaltion under 500m when done?	most likely, but it depends on your definition of usable.
how can one customize the menu bar like so: http://www.alazanto.org/wrvisuals/screenshots/070811.png so that the application men is part of gnome-panel?	install avant window manager
hey what good voice-chat/im software does ubuntu have?	ubuntu comes with ekiga, an excellent voip client
nvidia is best supported by linux correct?	nvidia
hi, is there an obvious way to get the majority of things one would need for developing?	build-essential at least
on 7.10 i installed upstart which seems to have removed my old startup stuff (init); how do i reinstall init?	sysvinit?
mp3: due to licensing restrictions, mp3 support couldn't be included by default in ubuntu. to enable mp3 support you need to install gstreamer0.8-mad which is included in the universe repository.	gstreamer-mad installed by default on mine >_>
hey all... a lot of my memory is used as cache. i've never had this issue with ubuntu before. how can i check which processes are holeing up all of this memory?	it's supposed to be that way, not a problem
hey, can i block certain packages from being updated???	in synaptic, select the package(s), go to package, lock version
someone know how to remove the sticky windows in compiz ?	wobbly windows > invert snap
my wireless wasn't showing up so i followed a thread that said to go into nm-system-settings.conf and change where it said 'managed=' to true, the in console do a 'sudo killall nm-system-settings' and then do a 'sudo nm-system settings'. now my wired connection isn't showing up either. i tried changing 'managed=' back to false but both my wired and wireless connection are still broken.	restarting the network and/or networkmanager might help. sudo /etc/init.d/network restart (might be networking restart) and /etc/init.d/networkmanager restart
hi folks. i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop as well as my desktop. my linux and windows machines talk to each other, slowly, with samba. if i want fast and secure file sharing between my ubuntu machines, should i keep using samba, or should i install something else alongside? (and if so, what would you recommend?)	secure uh? go with ssh
hi! i have a question: is there a way to change the password to my gnome vnc session via console? i can remote in via console to my user, but i forgot my password for the vnc	the password is stored in gconf, /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password, it's base64-encoded so you will have to do that to your new password too, can't set it in plaintext format.
hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall?	why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button
using ubuntu?	to play music and movies
are there a tool like pqmagic for linux that lets me resize my partitions without losing the content?	gparted, qtparted
how to find out my external ip?	http://www.whatismyip.com/
if anyone knows how to add acpi to kernel so my tablet pc has fn and dynamic cpu switching can u pm me plz	try compiling your own kernel, it's not all that difficult on debian based systems
... what's the command to change the keymap ?	run dpkg-reconfigure console-data
what is a good alternative for the network manager? don't tell me wifi-radar	you can try wicd (http://wicd.net)
hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc	mencoder ?
no answer to me? :(	the synaptic package manager will show you graphically what packages you've installed and which are uninstalled
hello, the alt f2 key stoped working, anyone know how to open the run app from command line?	if your talking about the virtual terminal it is cntrl alt f3, and cntrl alt f7 to coome back
to run dist-upgrade in the terminal, i have to change dapper to edgy in sources.list, then run apt-get update, then aptitude dist-upgrade right?	basically but i hope you are following a guide
lo' there shamm don't think i know ya.	no, we don't know each other, but your nick reminds me.. i'm hardcore starcraft player
anyone know a powerful math program ? (linear algebra, analysis, numerics )	'octave - the gnu octave language for numerical computations'
how can i use 'ls' to display size of the overall contents of a directory.	: man du
evening all. i seem to have lost the ability to do dns lookups. anyone know how i can check what servers ubuntu is using?	check your /etc/resolv.conf
how do i access the smb shares created by gnome with the bash shell?	just a guess but, smbmount command should help
hi, whats a good program to capture sound with? like to record with a microphone or line-in device?	i use audacity
still trying to find some help with an inoperable mouse after feisty upgrade	usd ? check in the forum, i'm sure there is somethign there, or try here http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/ubuntu:feisty
does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default	http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list
you can write to ntfs too with the new ntfs-3g	i think he was revering to plyp_pir8signul
is there no way to mount .img files in linux?	yes there is
hello, how can i manually resolve domain name on the local machine, without it querying a dns server?	put it in /etc/hosts .. a line like 192.168.0.102 server ... then you can ssh with ssh server@server
i just dist-upgraded to edgy, and now x won't load... it doesn't give any logging at all... anyone know what's up?	what if you apt-get install x-window-system-core xserver-xorg?
what chipset	atheros ar5bmb5.
xcom169:you mean 'create launcher...' ? i'm on 11.04 and i haven't got an add new shortcut.	does it work for you?
can someone please explain beryl to me?	it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./
what's the name of the tool to test which mirror might give me faster downloads?	you pick the mirror closest to you
quick question - when i restarted, x wouldn't start on its own because my nvidia kernel driver wasn't loaded. i thought it is supposed to do this automatically. how do i fix this?	you installed the modules?
just curious: there used to be hoary test cds available, but i haven't been able to remember where i got my last one	http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org
anyone get an ipod to work with ubuntu? mine doenst work, i get usb 2-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71.. i tried installing gtkpod and it still wont see it	: does this happens only with ipods or with any usb interface?
is there a good resource for finding the most compatible hardware for a custom built linux pc? are certain hw manufacturers more open source friendly than others? ie intel vs amd etc	http://www.ubuntu.com/certification
i have a text file that i want to have every 'pd;' replaced with a ',' ... no quotation marks of course. this seems like something a one line script could do but i am clueless. anyone wanna help? :)	opet it in gedit, go to search -> replace
what's the command to look at the mainboard's model from within commandline of linux?	u need to install dmidecode [sudo apt install dmidecode]
hello. i pressed ctrl+alt+f1 and i went to console window but i can't startx now. how do i go back to x?	ctrl+alt+f7 (or f8? sorry, having a brainfart...)
guys am makeing documentaion for graduation project so which the best program can do this job and help me to make it looks nice ?	nvu and publish in html!
if i am using ubuntu with gnome, is there a way to close a window that is frozen and won't close by using the x? (pardon me if this is a stupid question)	alt+f2, enter xkill, click on frozen window
anyone running the ubuntu server?	yes, several instances of in fact

hmmm i wonder does netstat work on linux

yes, it does. but its not the 'windows' netstat... its just a linux equivalent.

hello.. howto replace x with wayland?

wayland is very muich a work in progress

can anyone tell me why it would say '192.168.0.256: unknown host' (192.168.0.256 being the static ip), 'failed to bring up eth0' after setting up a static ip in /etc/network/interfaces on a clean install of ubuntu in virtualbox(without x)?

did you get your address problem corrected?

if i make a partition and install ubuntu will windows still boot up or which has priority?

grub will let you switch

how to configure wget

configure?

p3 650 mhz, 192 sdram computer--- what ubuntu flavor should/can i use?

xubuntu

i don't want to go buy a dvd... can i install ubuntu studio 10.04 from an .iso with virtualbox? ... does virtualbox work that way?

that's exactly how it works

hi. i'm getting an error when running alsamixer on xmonad launched from startx: cannot open mixer: no such file or directory. any ideas of how i can resolve this?

you are indeed correct. this is a bit of a copout, but what about reinstalling alsamixer?

i have a usb stick in the back of a machine so that a cron job can do a weekly backup to it. does having it constantly powered instead of plugging it in each friday reduce its lifespan - is it pure reads and writes?

my experience with computers (since 1970) would indicate, if you have a good power source, to leave it plugged in...powering up and down and up and down is what is not good for electronics generaly

is there a way to perform an internet speed test from command line? also isn't this how you add a repo it is saying unkown command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa

try ntop.

should i install skype from canonical partner or should i install it directly from skype.com?

the last update was ages ago, but if you install it from the repository, you will get update in case they ever arrive. :)

is there an alarm clock program for linux that instead of using sound, changes the brightness of the computer screen? i'm looking for something that i can activate when i go to bed, it will slowly reduce the screen brightness all the way to off, and then slowly increase brightness at a specified time

we saw the question, just nobody had an answer.

how do i get 'custom' to show up in my appearance preferences > visual effects tab?

- do you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed?

hi, when i try to start /etc/init.d/shaper , so i got the message.. rtnetlink answers: no such file or directory... help please....i read this but unable to understand ,,http://svana.org/kleptog/packet-shaping-howto.html

this is an ancient howto. things changed a lot. try http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25911 instead

edgy is stable folks

so is windows for complete newbies

is there a list of bugs discovered since the release of 7.04 anywhere?

check out launchpad

is there something like spamassasin for linux?

spamassasin is available for linux

the music player that comes with ubuntu (hoary) can't play mp3 files because it's missing a plugin.. what do i do about that?

you could try running zsnes under wine?

is there a way to remove a package without removing dependencies

dpkg --ignore-depends=<package>

hello, how can i change my default desktop to kde? i tried switchdesk, but the command wasn't found

log out of gnome than on login screen click sessions and choose kde

hey, are all terminal based programs able to run with via ssh? irssi works as im using it on my windows comp atm

yes you have pretty much full control with ssh

hi! could some of you tell me if installed ubuntu brings some p2p program?

you can easially install several

does ubuntu come with any desktop search application?

applications->accessories->tracker search tool

hat are 'restricted modules'?

they are the non open source drivers

here's what powertop currently says http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/upqlxd50/mykrobideapadz570_029.png

i had this exact question. powertop settings are designed _not_ to stick. this was a programming decision. they do not survive reboot. you have to manually apply them each time you boot.

hi. what is the name of the application that is similar to the os x taskbar?

avant window navigator

anyone here have a good tutorial about iptables

try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/iptableshowto

can i somehow tell openoffice that comes with my ubuntu to anti-alias the lines in drawings i make?

this is related to openoffice interacting with xorg. so it's partly ubuntu, partly openoffice related

how do i grep match for a word, case-insensitive .. ?

grep 'myword' -i

can anyone think of fun ways to mess around with the apple store?

atd?

hello, just simple question: how to downgrade gutsy to feisty? google didn't tell me much..., thx

you may be able to adapt these instructions to ubuntu (no guarantees!): http://people.debian.org/~osamu/downgrade.html

has anyone ever heard of a virtual musical keyboard that is actually controlled with keys on your keyboard?

lmms, renoise

how can you search with apt-get to find the package name? ex: apt-get (??) nvidia

apt-cache search nidia

hi, can ubuntu be installed on apple tv2?

appletv 1 yes, appletv2 - no

hi, can anybody help me? my firefox locks before it starts and it dont start at all. how can i fix this?

if you don't have any important profile information, you can first try deleting .mozilla/ in your home folder

i am about to do a new install, and was wondering on some opinions on how to partition ubuntu. between / /home and swap, wich is primary? what goes in the begining or end of the drive? i have a 500 gig hdd with 4 gigs of ram.

don't forget one for /boot too to hold grub (1 gig)

hello everyone, i installed ubuntu for a friend on his laptop and am trying to figure out how to sync his itouch music... is there a linux app that is compatible with the itouch/iphone?

see the links i directed to you previously

hey guys when you install j2sdk through apt where does the java bin folder get installed too?

probably /usr/bin or /usr/lib/java/ and symlinked to from /usr/bin

my gnome terminal does render the gnome terminal font letters with fixed width. how can i change that to variable-width?

variable width would break midnight commander and all other programs that use ncurses, for example

good day. i installed wine and all. and on my windows, i installed visual basic on programfiles. but when i browse my c:/program files here in my ubuntu, i can't see my installed visual studio, only internet explorer. >_>

install visual studio on ubuntu ?

to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd desktop' correct?

'cd ~/desktop'

whats is the recomended hardware for hardy?

you need atleast 512

anyone notice a difference between dejavu and bistream fonts?

iirc bitstream is more suitable for print, dejavu more for screen reading

hi, how can i disabled the firewall please?

not a good idea, what are you trying to do?

can anyone pm me a copy of their /etc/hosts ?

http://paste.ubuntu.com/405850/

omg! i ben searching for hardware failure for like a mounts (my server dies every seventh day) just felt the passiv cooling on my radeon 800gto and its burning hot! nothing graphical is running at all! what does this mean? :s

spend more $$

can i say 'apt-get install *.deb' ?

sudo dpkg -i 'file.deb'

whats that program that would install the propritary video drivers for you before restricted driver manager was around?

ency?

now with nv as driver, it says 'unable to find valid framebuffer device'

there will be a default for your system, but not a general default for everyone

how do i identify which /dev/? my newly connected usb external hard drive is connected to?

dmesg| tail

hey. i've never tried ubuntu, but i'm thinking about it, is it possible to have an instalaltion under 500m when done?

most likely, but it depends on your definition of usable.

how can one customize the menu bar like so: http://www.alazanto.org/wrvisuals/screenshots/070811.png so that the application men is part of gnome-panel?

install avant window manager

hey what good voice-chat/im software does ubuntu have?

ubuntu comes with ekiga, an excellent voip client

nvidia is best supported by linux correct?

nvidia

hi, is there an obvious way to get the majority of things one would need for developing?

build-essential at least

on 7.10 i installed upstart which seems to have removed my old startup stuff (init); how do i reinstall init?

sysvinit?

mp3: due to licensing restrictions, mp3 support couldn't be included by default in ubuntu. to enable mp3 support you need to install gstreamer0.8-mad which is included in the universe repository.

gstreamer-mad installed by default on mine >_>

hey all... a lot of my memory is used as cache. i've never had this issue with ubuntu before. how can i check which processes are holeing up all of this memory?

it's supposed to be that way, not a problem

hey, can i block certain packages from being updated???

in synaptic, select the package(s), go to package, lock version

someone know how to remove the sticky windows in compiz ?

wobbly windows > invert snap

my wireless wasn't showing up so i followed a thread that said to go into nm-system-settings.conf and change where it said 'managed=' to true, the in console do a 'sudo killall nm-system-settings' and then do a 'sudo nm-system settings'. now my wired connection isn't showing up either. i tried changing 'managed=' back to false but both my wired and wireless connection are still broken.

restarting the network and/or networkmanager might help. sudo /etc/init.d/network restart (might be networking restart) and /etc/init.d/networkmanager restart

hi folks. i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop as well as my desktop. my linux and windows machines talk to each other, slowly, with samba. if i want fast and secure file sharing between my ubuntu machines, should i keep using samba, or should i install something else alongside? (and if so, what would you recommend?)

secure uh? go with ssh

hi! i have a question: is there a way to change the password to my gnome vnc session via console? i can remote in via console to my user, but i forgot my password for the vnc

the password is stored in gconf, /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password, it's base64-encoded so you will have to do that to your new password too, can't set it in plaintext format.

hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall?

why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button

using ubuntu?

to play music and movies

are there a tool like pqmagic for linux that lets me resize my partitions without losing the content?

gparted, qtparted

how to find out my external ip?

http://www.whatismyip.com/

if anyone knows how to add acpi to kernel so my tablet pc has fn and dynamic cpu switching can u pm me plz

try compiling your own kernel, it's not all that difficult on debian based systems

... what's the command to change the keymap ?

run dpkg-reconfigure console-data

what is a good alternative for the network manager? don't tell me wifi-radar

you can try wicd (http://wicd.net)

hi, what is the best way to convert a 3g video to avi, mpeg etc

mencoder ?

no answer to me? :(

the synaptic package manager will show you graphically what packages you've installed and which are uninstalled

hello, the alt f2 key stoped working, anyone know how to open the run app from command line?

if your talking about the virtual terminal it is cntrl alt f3, and cntrl alt f7 to coome back

to run dist-upgrade in the terminal, i have to change dapper to edgy in sources.list, then run apt-get update, then aptitude dist-upgrade right?

basically but i hope you are following a guide

lo' there shamm don't think i know ya.

no, we don't know each other, but your nick reminds me.. i'm hardcore starcraft player

anyone know a powerful math program ? (linear algebra, analysis, numerics )

'octave - the gnu octave language for numerical computations'

how can i use 'ls' to display size of the overall contents of a directory.

: man du

evening all. i seem to have lost the ability to do dns lookups. anyone know how i can check what servers ubuntu is using?

check your /etc/resolv.conf

how do i access the smb shares created by gnome with the bash shell?

just a guess but, smbmount command should help

hi, whats a good program to capture sound with? like to record with a microphone or line-in device?

i use audacity

still trying to find some help with an inoperable mouse after feisty upgrade

usd ? check in the forum, i'm sure there is somethign there, or try here http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/ubuntu:feisty

does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default

http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list

you can write to ntfs too with the new ntfs-3g

i think he was revering to plyp_pir8signul

is there no way to mount .img files in linux?

yes there is

hello, how can i manually resolve domain name on the local machine, without it querying a dns server?

put it in /etc/hosts .. a line like 192.168.0.102 server ... then you can ssh with ssh server@server

i just dist-upgraded to edgy, and now x won't load... it doesn't give any logging at all... anyone know what's up?

what if you apt-get install x-window-system-core xserver-xorg?

what chipset

atheros ar5bmb5.

xcom169:you mean 'create launcher...' ? i'm on 11.04 and i haven't got an add new shortcut.

does it work for you?

can someone please explain beryl to me?

it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./

what's the name of the tool to test which mirror might give me faster downloads?

you pick the mirror closest to you

quick question - when i restarted, x wouldn't start on its own because my nvidia kernel driver wasn't loaded. i thought it is supposed to do this automatically. how do i fix this?

you installed the modules?

just curious: there used to be hoary test cds available, but i haven't been able to remember where i got my last one

http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org

anyone get an ipod to work with ubuntu? mine doenst work, i get usb 2-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71.. i tried installing gtkpod and it still wont see it

: does this happens only with ipods or with any usb interface?

is there a good resource for finding the most compatible hardware for a custom built linux pc? are certain hw manufacturers more open source friendly than others? ie intel vs amd etc

http://www.ubuntu.com/certification

i have a text file that i want to have every 'pd;' replaced with a ',' ... no quotation marks of course. this seems like something a one line script could do but i am clueless. anyone wanna help? :)

opet it in gedit, go to search -> replace

what's the command to look at the mainboard's model from within commandline of linux?

u need to install dmidecode [sudo apt install dmidecode]

hello. i pressed ctrl+alt+f1 and i went to console window but i can't startx now. how do i go back to x?

ctrl+alt+f7 (or f8? sorry, having a brainfart...)

guys am makeing documentaion for graduation project so which the best program can do this job and help me to make it looks nice ?

nvu and publish in html!

if i am using ubuntu with gnome, is there a way to close a window that is frozen and won't close by using the x? (pardon me if this is a stupid question)

alt+f2, enter xkill, click on frozen window

anyone running the ubuntu server?

yes, several instances of in fact