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can anyone tell me how one goes about autoloading modules when the device is inserted or system boots?	/etc/modules
where can i see the list of current packages for ubuntu?	http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/
have anyone here used remote desktop? i used realvnc client so lagging	use teamviewer
are there people here with knowledge of graphics cards?	i know how to instlal them..lol
can someone help me configure an nvidia video card?	there's a nice tutorial in the wiki, if you get stuck a specific question just ask here
how do you log out other users on your system from the root account?	sudo or root 'skill -u (username)'
what is the auth file that i deleted?	two of them probably .xauthority and .iceauthority lock files of a sort zanth.
my fresh 7.04 ubuntu install freezes seconds after x starts up, but earlier versions used to work (x uses the nv driver) where could the problem be?	is your ram ok?
hey. i just installed xubuntu but can't boot up coz kernel gets stuck tryng to configure my webcam(broken, integrated). and so endlessli	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=166624
hi, what does this sed command exactly do: http://pastebin.com/m12c26eae ?	swaps the localhost ip 127.0.0.1 with nothing, then i'm not sure what the 'g' does.
agent_mulder: are you related to agent muller? :)	how very friendly of you
can anyone tell me how to get the broadcom wireless working for acer aspire laptops?	tuxracer
hey, i've a question: i started an ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 upgrade (with the new update-manager), but the power cut half way through. system is fine, but is there a way to continue from where it crashed?	sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
hi, i want to batch convert a lot of movies to 320x240 on ubuntu server. what's the best way to do that?	http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/applications_gui_multimedia/batch_convert_mpeg_files_to_avi_0
i'm looking for a script or anything, that deletes my duplicate songs from my hardrive, any idea ?	sudo aptitude install fslint
is x supposed to work now? cause i just ran update and dist-upgrade and still got the bitmap and pcidata errors...	only when you get 6.8.1-1ubuntu8 in a dist-upgrade
i'm trying to use remote desktop to access an xp machine on my network. the xp machine is set up properly and the firewall allows remote access. when i use remote desktop and put the computer name, username, and password in, i get an error box: unresolved host. what am i doing wrong?	open the case and look ? :-) errrr, cat /proc/meminfo \| grep memtotal might be easier
how do i change from tty1 to tty2 using command line ?	control-alt-f2 maybe?
how do i change sudo password.. i cant find root or sudo in users/group	sudo passwd
ya'll, all the programs i downloaded from apt-get where does it store these programs? i want to back up all the programs and burn them on a disc because im going to format and use kubuntu instead, and i can't afford to lose what i have because with 2.1kb dialup it takes sooo long to redownload..	have a look at this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81311&highlight=howto%3a+backup
how do i monitor keypresses?	xev
anyone know of a way to make gmail work with e-mail links? i.e. i click an e-mail address, firefox pops open a new tab for gmail compose (assuming i'm logged in)	substituting ubuntu for linux may turn up better results
is ubuntu 100 % compatible with debian, ie. if i add debian sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list will stuff break ?	try apt-get.org
this is slightly ot, but does anyhow know how, in thunderbird, to change the contents of the 'so-and-so said:' line that prefaces the quoted text of a usenet post one replies to?	yes i did it once... it involved an about:config like thing in thunderbird. i found it on the mozilla forums somewhere
looking for a quick way to enable/disable pppoe.	pon/poff ?
anyone know where i can get the drivers for an nvidia geforce4 420 go (laptop) video card? the nv free ones don't work	nvidia has them on their website. alternately their is a program called 'envy' that fetches and installs them automatically. it can have unpredictable results, though.
is there a way to make ssh connect even if there is a rsa key sum failure?	remove the know key from the know keys file in ~/.ssh/
anyone know of a package like skype, but i just need it for text messages	text message on what cell phone ?
hi all! how does xwindows work when there is no /etc/x11/xorg.conf?	usually not at all, why?
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree == md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz. any ideas?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397
can anyone help me get my isight webcam going?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225621 ?
hello, any recommendation on how to install asterisk on ubuntu	sudo apt-get install asterisk
hello, i'm trying out irssi and when i try to register my name i don't get any feedback.i know my command went through cause iregisration confirmation mail	please see freenode faq for more.
what kind of install should i pick if i want both xubuntu and a lamp server for a p2?	i'd start with the ubuntu server install, and then apt-get install xubuntu-desktop (iirc)
quick question: is there a command that lets me open any document from a terminal window, similar to the windows 'start' command or the mac 'open' command?	shure, gedit filename
hi how would i add language support for chinese to xchat so i can read/write ?	network settings -> edit -> charset: utf-8
how do you check which video driver xorg is using?	one way: grep driver /etc/x11/xorg.conf
hey, i'm trying to install fglrx... what do i need to add the the default 6.06 install in order to setup a driver build environment?	sudo apt-get build-essential will get everything you need.
hello can anyone tell me if ubuntu can be install bu mouting iso file in a directory ?	no that cannot be done. you either need to burn a cd or put in on a usb device
is firefox 3 worth the install?	depends if you like the 'awesome' bar or not really
what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??	that is probably a question better answered in the forums...
anyone know why can't i unmount my hdd so i can resize it? (i'm in the livecd right now, each unmount to the hd, mounts it back up)	you might have better luck with the gparted live cd: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
so i can remote to my computer and work on it through ssh and such (which is where my xchat is running)	yes, simply connect with: ssh -x -c username@server
how do i get rid of gpilotd without getting rid of ubuntu-desktop?	ubuntu-desktop is a dummy package, you can get rid of it a thousand times over and not lose anything important
can anyone please give me some help getting my remotes to work with a commandir in mythbuntu? i've been asking for hours in the mythbuntu room without a single response...	is there some reason its not working with lirc? i thought that was supported better
how do i extract a file that ends with *.7z ?	install p7zip
are there any good places to get gnome themes?	http://www.gnome-look.org
ok i will try a diferent subject: do anyone knows where is the source of the last network manager that ubuntu use?	http://projects.gnome.org/networkmanager/
is there a way to manage ram? as in, is there a way to see if there's anything that i can cut out?	open unity, type 'system monitor' and open the app
can anyone recommend a client for msn im? i can't get empathy, kopete or emesene to connect... once upon a time empathy worked but for whatever i can't get it work with msn now	pidgin works fine for me
hi there...can anyone give me some ideas as to the best media player for ubuntu? i'm using amarok, but dont think i'm getting the best i could. i'm looking for something with media library, full screen visualizations and radio streaming	amarok is about the best you can get
i have a zip archive with bad crc's but the files are good. the app that generated the zip has a known crc bug. how can i extract the files while ignoring the crc? the built-in archive manager doesn't seem to have an option to ignore crc's.	mmm. that probably won't work. anyway, 'man zip' and 'man unzip' might give some help.
can i just start an arbitrary command as a daemon somehow? i have it going via ssh, but i'd like it to keep running if i get disconnected	i suggest you use screen.
guys, i have just uninstalled wine but in the menu under applications... how do i completely remove the wine entries?	restarting the gnome pael may be sufficient to remove the entyr
any glaring problems with upgrading to breezy?	also in case it breaks its always a good idea to have a live cd that you have tested to hand and not a bad idea to have an install cd but as i said it should just work
am trying this virtualbox, i already added my user to the vboxusers, but when i launch virtualbox it says still to add the user to vboxuserrs	forgive me if i already shared this with you, but you might get better help about virtualbox on one of their irc channels: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/community
does anyone know if the 7.10 will upgrade with the cd. or does it have to be a clean install.	that was for you.
are broadcom wireless cards now supported??	http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/
(what does suspention and hibernation depend upon ? motherboard? graphic card? bios?	basically motherboard
whats the command to detect drives connected again?	sudo fdisk -l . or just 'mount' to see what's mounted
i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?	/boot/grub/grub.cfg
hi, is there a apt command that helps you finding out which package provides a specific file even if the package is not installed on the system?	apt-file does that i think
hello walking people my hd has fucked i can't format or install ubuntu e decide use the live cd but swap is not good space.. how i can set the ext3 bugued partition to swap temp ?	you have to mkswap <drive>, but if you can't format it it's unlikely
i have 8.04 working fine on this system .. is there a real compelling need to update it to 8.10?	there are no big changes.. you could as well try the live cd and decide later
is it possible to run itunes via wine?	see http://appdb.winehq.org/
hey, i'm trying to count the number of lines in all my javascript files. i got find ./ -name '*.js' \| cat \| wc -l	find ./ -name '*.js' -exec wc -l {} +
i tried to backup a dvd with k9 copy. it failed, and i cant seem to find the temp file so i can free up the 4 gigs i lost in the process. i checked root .trash and my user .trash	do a 'du -h' in the /tmp dir and look for big files
i am trying to connect a game with a friend through with cables through a network switch. and i'm configuring this manually in network manager. problem is, the network manager wants me to give a dns, and i don't have any/don't know of any. could anyone please help me asap?	try 208.67.222.222 that is opendns
is there a way i can sort of .. instantly message a user through ssh.. or possibly just accross the network.. but without a central server (like aim)	i'm not sure how, but i suspect it can be done, i've seen it done in xp
hi, is there a reasonable way to get a list of all packages i've chosen to install (so, excluding dependencies). plan to wipe and install 10.04, and this would make life much easier!	yes, you can. type 'man dpkg' and read the last part under examples. it tells you how to do it...
hello, i'm willing to build and install a library (gtk3) on my system, but i have some doubts where to make install it... where are the standard places for this? i mean, how should i configure (./configure --prefix=???) ?	which version of ubuntu
hi folks. my audio seems to have stopped working. ubuntu hardy. is there anything i can do for diagnosing the problem?	stopped working after... ?
i've got a quick question before heading off to work, i'm using the 10.4 ubuntu netbook remix (or more specifically, easypeasy), and the ubuntu software center does not seem to be the same version as found in 10.10, is there a way to update it?	easypeasy isn't supported here. but i don't know of a way to update it no.
i recently upgraded from kubuntu karmic to lucid. since that upgrade my system performance has decreased severely. doing basically anything in dolphin can make it hang for ~10s and i can't even run half-life at a stable 60fps anymore. any ideas?	sounds like you need to get your graphics drivers going again. run glxgears from a terminal and tell me if they are running smoothly. (nvidia or ati install if they aren't running right)
is it possible to set nautilus background transparent?	the best you can do is not have nautilus draw the background (and then you loose the icons)
is there a specific reason that my wifi card got the name eth0 instead of wlan0 after upgrading to jaunty?	you can change the name in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
what tool can i use to convert m4a to mp3?	^ that would be my first try
my /usr/src is showing like 4 different kernel sources, can i just remove all except for what im running?	yes but use aptitude to remove them
what's the advantages (if any) of not shuting down the computer every day (as i read some people saying about linux: 'forget about shuting down your computer, you can work with it for months turned on')?	no boot times, leaving downloads on overnight, erm... running folding@home... not much :p
what's that program that shows information about hardware?	lshw
i'm trying to get ssh setup and connect to a local machine but i'm geiint 'could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.' am i missing something?	missing crypto key
help me please. i uninstalled flash-plugininstaller, enabled partner repo and installed adobe-flash flugin and restarted chromium; yet i still get 'shockwave flash crashed'	if you want to use the repos flash plugin rather than chrome's type about:plugins
how do i browse files as root so that i can delete anything?	sudo filemanagerofchoixe
i've searched and searched for codecs that lets me play 3gp files (video recordings from mobile phones) on my ubuntu machine, without luck. it'll only play the video part. not the sound. can anyone help?	have you installed the non_free_codecs from medibuntu.org ?
the next question would xfce support gaims flashing window feature? :)	have you seen gaim-guifications?
i'd like ubuntu at first test but where are the partitions of my sata hard/	right click the panel and select 'add to panel' from the resulting menu find 'disk mounter' and double click it
hm... does the -generic kernel have smp support?	i think since 6.06 all kernels are smp
hi just want to see if this is possible. i have a bunch of window open: brower (with tabs), natuatus windows, totem, etc. i need to reboot. is there a way i can save this setting of all the windows and positions and return to it upon reboot?	sessions, your de should have them
a problem .... the last version of pastebinit does not seem to work anymore .... if you do 'pastebinit -i filename.txt' it does not return a pastebin link, but just the url to the front page of the website .... what is going on?	the web site changed stuff it seems
what can i use at the command line to play a music file? tried aplay with a mp3 and nothing but static	mpg123 if you want minimal mp3 only
e: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable)	the error message is the clue
i have a usb flash drive that i want to rename the volume. is there a way i can do that?	i believe with: parted <partition> name 'whatyouwantthepartitiontobecalled'
whats the best way to get my ubuntu to always load headless	either remove any display managers from the boot sequence, or append 'text' to the kernel line
does that also work with ext3 ?	i've only use the explore2fs program myself, but i know of others that have used fs-driver
evening all, i'm wishing to backup my installation, slipstreaming all updates and customisation i have done to this install. can anyone point me in the direction of a tool to do this?	sbackup will definitely do the job
i am trying to mount an ntfs partition with ntfs-3g but i get this message: 'unprivileged user can not mount ntfs block devices using the external fuse library.'	use sudo
whats the extension of a linux script again? :d	it doens't need an extension it just needs to be executable
i compiled my own kernel, so i couldn't install the proprietary nvidia drivers through the restricted drivers manager application (says i need to have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24.2-mykernel, which doesn't exist obviously), so i used envy to install the drivers, but now i can't select custom settings in the appearance configuration, to use compiz, is there any workaround?	can't select or doesn't appear?
how do i convert .rpms into .des?	alien
how can i add a gateway for an interface? i put the static ip in /etc/network/interfaces	'man interfaces' has the file syntax for you

can anyone tell me how one goes about autoloading modules when the device is inserted or system boots?

/etc/modules

where can i see the list of current packages for ubuntu?

http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/

have anyone here used remote desktop? i used realvnc client so lagging

use teamviewer

are there people here with knowledge of graphics cards?

i know how to instlal them..lol

can someone help me configure an nvidia video card?

there's a nice tutorial in the wiki, if you get stuck a specific question just ask here

how do you log out other users on your system from the root account?

sudo or root 'skill -u (username)'

what is the *auth* file that i deleted?

two of them probably .xauthority and .iceauthority lock files of a sort zanth.

my fresh 7.04 ubuntu install freezes seconds after x starts up, but earlier versions used to work (x uses the nv driver) where could the problem be?

is your ram ok?

hey. i just installed xubuntu but can't boot up coz kernel gets stuck tryng to configure my webcam(broken, integrated). and so endlessli

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=166624

hi, what does this sed command exactly do: http://pastebin.com/m12c26eae ?

swaps the localhost ip 127.0.0.1 with nothing, then i'm not sure what the 'g' does.

agent_mulder: are you related to agent muller? :)

how very friendly of you

can anyone tell me how to get the broadcom wireless working for acer aspire laptops?

tuxracer

hey, i've a question: i started an ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 upgrade (with the new update-manager), but the power cut half way through. system is fine, but is there a way to continue from where it crashed?

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

hi, i want to batch convert a lot of movies to 320x240 on ubuntu server. what's the best way to do that?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/applications_gui_multimedia/batch_convert_mpeg_files_to_avi_0

i'm looking for a script or anything, that deletes my duplicate songs from my hardrive, any idea ?

sudo aptitude install fslint

is x supposed to work now? cause i just ran update and dist-upgrade and still got the bitmap and pcidata errors...

only when you get 6.8.1-1ubuntu8 in a dist-upgrade

i'm trying to use remote desktop to access an xp machine on my network. the xp machine is set up properly and the firewall allows remote access. when i use remote desktop and put the computer name, username, and password in, i get an error box: unresolved host. what am i doing wrong?

open the case and look ? :-) errrr, cat /proc/meminfo | grep memtotal might be easier

how do i change from tty1 to tty2 using command line ?

control-alt-f2 maybe?

how do i change sudo password.. i cant find root or sudo in users/group

sudo passwd

ya'll, all the programs i downloaded from apt-get where does it store these programs? i want to back up all the programs and burn them on a disc because im going to format and use kubuntu instead, and i can't afford to lose what i have because with 2.1kb dialup it takes sooo long to redownload..

have a look at this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=81311&highlight=howto%3a+backup

how do i monitor keypresses?

xev

anyone know of a way to make gmail work with e-mail links? i.e. i click an e-mail address, firefox pops open a new tab for gmail compose (assuming i'm logged in)

substituting ubuntu for linux may turn up better results

is ubuntu 100 % compatible with debian, ie. if i add debian sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list will stuff break ?

try apt-get.org

this is slightly ot, but does anyhow know how, in thunderbird, to change the contents of the 'so-and-so said:' line that prefaces the quoted text of a usenet post one replies to?

yes i did it once... it involved an about:config like thing in thunderbird. i found it on the mozilla forums somewhere

looking for a quick way to enable/disable pppoe.

pon/poff ?

anyone know where i can get the drivers for an nvidia geforce4 420 go (laptop) video card? the nv free ones don't work

nvidia has them on their website. alternately their is a program called 'envy' that fetches and installs them automatically. it can have unpredictable results, though.

is there a way to make ssh connect even if there is a rsa key sum failure?

remove the know key from the know keys file in ~/.ssh/

anyone know of a package like skype, but i just need it for text messages

text message on what cell phone ?

hi all! how does xwindows work when there is no /etc/x11/xorg.conf?

usually not at all, why?

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree == md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz. any ideas?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397

can anyone help me get my isight webcam going?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225621 ?

hello, any recommendation on how to install asterisk on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install asterisk

hello, i'm trying out irssi and when i try to register my name i don't get any feedback.i know my command went through cause iregisration confirmation mail

please see freenode faq for more.

what kind of install should i pick if i want both xubuntu and a lamp server for a p2?

i'd start with the ubuntu server install, and then apt-get install xubuntu-desktop (iirc)

quick question: is there a command that lets me open any document from a terminal window, similar to the windows 'start' command or the mac 'open' command?

shure, gedit filename

hi how would i add language support for chinese to xchat so i can read/write ?

network settings -> edit -> charset: utf-8

how do you check which video driver xorg is using?

one way: grep driver /etc/x11/xorg.conf

hey, i'm trying to install fglrx... what do i need to add the the default 6.06 install in order to setup a driver build environment?

sudo apt-get build-essential will get everything you need.

hello can anyone tell me if ubuntu can be install bu mouting iso file in a directory ?

no that cannot be done. you either need to burn a cd or put in on a usb device

is firefox 3 worth the install?

depends if you like the 'awesome' bar or not really

what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??

that is probably a question better answered in the forums...

anyone know why can't i unmount my hdd so i can resize it? (i'm in the livecd right now, each unmount to the hd, mounts it back up)

you might have better luck with the gparted live cd: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

so i can remote to my computer and work on it through ssh and such (which is where my xchat is running)

yes, simply connect with: ssh -x -c username@server

how do i get rid of gpilotd without getting rid of ubuntu-desktop?

ubuntu-desktop is a dummy package, you can get rid of it a thousand times over and not lose anything important

can anyone please give me some help getting my remotes to work with a commandir in mythbuntu? i've been asking for hours in the mythbuntu room without a single response...

is there some reason its not working with lirc? i thought that was supported better

how do i extract a file that ends with *.7z ?

install p7zip

are there any good places to get gnome themes?

http://www.gnome-look.org

ok i will try a diferent subject: do anyone knows where is the source of the last network manager that ubuntu use?

http://projects.gnome.org/networkmanager/

is there a way to manage ram? as in, is there a way to see if there's anything that i can cut out?

open unity, type 'system monitor' and open the app

can anyone recommend a client for msn im? i can't get empathy, kopete or emesene to connect... once upon a time empathy worked but for whatever i can't get it work with msn now

pidgin works fine for me

hi there...can anyone give me some ideas as to the best media player for ubuntu? i'm using amarok, but dont think i'm getting the best i could. i'm looking for something with media library, full screen visualizations and radio streaming

amarok is about the best you can get

i have a zip archive with bad crc's but the files are good. the app that generated the zip has a known crc bug. how can i extract the files while ignoring the crc? the built-in archive manager doesn't seem to have an option to ignore crc's.

mmm. that probably won't work. anyway, 'man zip' and 'man unzip' might give some help.

can i just start an arbitrary command as a daemon somehow? i have it going via ssh, but i'd like it to keep running if i get disconnected

i suggest you use screen.

guys, i have just uninstalled wine but in the menu under applications... how do i completely remove the wine entries?

restarting the gnome pael may be sufficient to remove the entyr

any glaring problems with upgrading to breezy?

also in case it breaks its always a good idea to have a live cd that you have tested to hand and not a bad idea to have an install cd but as i said it should just work

am trying this virtualbox, i already added my user to the vboxusers, but when i launch virtualbox it says still to add the user to vboxuserrs

forgive me if i already shared this with you, but you might get better help about virtualbox on one of their irc channels: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/community

does anyone know if the 7.10 will upgrade with the cd. or does it have to be a clean install.

that was for you.

are broadcom wireless cards now supported??

http://torrent.ubuntu.com:6969/

(what does suspention and hibernation depend upon ? motherboard? graphic card? bios?

basically motherboard

whats the command to detect drives connected again?

sudo fdisk -l . or just 'mount' to see what's mounted

i was looking up how to change how quickly grub automatically boots the first option, and found instructions to use /boot/grub/menu.lst but it appears it no longer exists? is there a new file to use?

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

hi, is there a apt command that helps you finding out which package provides a specific file even if the package is not installed on the system?

apt-file does that i think

hello walking people my hd has fucked i can't format or install ubuntu e decide use the live cd but swap is not good space.. how i can set the ext3 bugued partition to swap temp ?

you have to mkswap <drive>, but if you can't format it it's unlikely

i have 8.04 working fine on this system .. is there a real compelling need to update it to 8.10?

there are no big changes.. you could as well try the live cd and decide later

is it possible to run itunes via wine?

see http://appdb.winehq.org/

hey, i'm trying to count the number of lines in all my javascript files. i got find ./ -name '*.js' | cat | wc -l

find ./ -name '*.js' -exec wc -l {} +

i tried to backup a dvd with k9 copy. it failed, and i cant seem to find the temp file so i can free up the 4 gigs i lost in the process. i checked root .trash and my user .trash

do a 'du -h' in the /tmp dir and look for big files

i am trying to connect a game with a friend through with cables through a network switch. and i'm configuring this manually in network manager. problem is, the network manager wants me to give a dns, and i don't have any/don't know of any. could anyone please help me asap?

try 208.67.222.222 that is opendns

is there a way i can sort of .. instantly message a user through ssh.. or possibly just accross the network.. but without a central server (like aim)

i'm not sure how, but i suspect it can be done, i've seen it done in xp

hi, is there a reasonable way to get a list of all packages i've chosen to install (so, excluding dependencies). plan to wipe and install 10.04, and this would make life much easier!

yes, you can. type 'man dpkg' and read the last part under examples. it tells you how to do it...

hello, i'm willing to build and install a library (gtk3) on my system, but i have some doubts where to make install it... where are the standard places for this? i mean, how should i configure (./configure --prefix=???) ?

which version of ubuntu

hi folks. my audio seems to have stopped working. ubuntu hardy. is there anything i can do for diagnosing the problem?

stopped working after... ?

i've got a quick question before heading off to work, i'm using the 10.4 ubuntu netbook remix (or more specifically, easypeasy), and the ubuntu software center does not seem to be the same version as found in 10.10, is there a way to update it?

easypeasy isn't supported here. but i don't know of a way to update it no.

i recently upgraded from kubuntu karmic to lucid. since that upgrade my system performance has decreased severely. doing basically anything in dolphin can make it hang for ~10s and i can't even run half-life at a stable 60fps anymore. any ideas?

sounds like you need to get your graphics drivers going again. run glxgears from a terminal and tell me if they are running smoothly. (nvidia or ati install if they aren't running right)

is it possible to set nautilus background transparent?

the best you can do is not have nautilus draw the background (and then you loose the icons)

is there a specific reason that my wifi card got the name eth0 instead of wlan0 after upgrading to jaunty?

you can change the name in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

what tool can i use to convert m4a to mp3?

^ that would be my first try

my /usr/src is showing like 4 different kernel sources, can i just remove all except for what im running?

yes but use aptitude to remove them

what's the advantages (if any) of not shuting down the computer every day (as i read some people saying about linux: 'forget about shuting down your computer, you can work with it for months turned on')?

no boot times, leaving downloads on overnight, erm... running folding@home... not much :p

what's that program that shows information about hardware?

lshw

i'm trying to get ssh setup and connect to a local machine but i'm geiint 'could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.' am i missing something?

missing crypto key

help me please. i uninstalled flash-plugininstaller, enabled partner repo and installed adobe-flash flugin and restarted chromium; yet i still get 'shockwave flash crashed'

if you want to use the repos flash plugin rather than chrome's type about:plugins

how do i browse files as root so that i can delete anything?

sudo filemanagerofchoixe

i've searched and searched for codecs that lets me play 3gp files (video recordings from mobile phones) on my ubuntu machine, without luck. it'll only play the video part. not the sound. can anyone help?

have you installed the non_free_codecs from medibuntu.org ?

the next question would xfce support gaims flashing window feature? :)

have you seen gaim-guifications?

i'd like ubuntu at first test but where are the partitions of my sata hard/

right click the panel and select 'add to panel' from the resulting menu find 'disk mounter' and double click it

hm... does the -generic kernel have smp support?

i think since 6.06 all kernels are smp

hi just want to see if this is possible. i have a bunch of window open: brower (with tabs), natuatus windows, totem, etc. i need to reboot. is there a way i can save this setting of all the windows and positions and return to it upon reboot?

sessions, your de should have them

a problem .... the last version of pastebinit does not seem to work anymore .... if you do 'pastebinit -i filename.txt' it does not return a pastebin link, but just the url to the front page of the website .... what is going on?

the web site changed stuff it seems

what can i use at the command line to play a music file? tried aplay with a mp3 and nothing but static

mpg123 if you want minimal mp3 only

e: could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable)

the error message is the clue

i have a usb flash drive that i want to rename the volume. is there a way i can do that?

i believe with: parted <partition> name 'whatyouwantthepartitiontobecalled'

whats the best way to get my ubuntu to always load headless

either remove any display managers from the boot sequence, or append 'text' to the kernel line

does that also work with ext3 ?

i've only use the explore2fs program myself, but i know of others that have used fs-driver

evening all, i'm wishing to backup my installation, slipstreaming all updates and customisation i have done to this install. can anyone point me in the direction of a tool to do this?

sbackup will definitely do the job

i am trying to mount an ntfs partition with ntfs-3g but i get this message: 'unprivileged user can not mount ntfs block devices using the external fuse library.'

use sudo

whats the extension of a linux script again? :d

it doens't need an extension it just needs to be executable

i compiled my own kernel, so i couldn't install the proprietary nvidia drivers through the restricted drivers manager application (says i need to have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24.2-mykernel, which doesn't exist obviously), so i used envy to install the drivers, but now i can't select custom settings in the appearance configuration, to use compiz, is there any workaround?

can't select or doesn't appear?

how do i convert .rpms into .des?

alien

how can i add a gateway for an interface? i put the static ip in /etc/network/interfaces

'man interfaces' has the file syntax for you