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so i installed a maxtor external hard drive. for some reason around this time i can login with my username/password, but in the terminal when i type 'su' and try to type the same password, it says auth failure	su is disabled for non-root users. use sudo
i was planning to install both ubuntu and kubuntu to see which version i perfer but from what i heard, te application menu would get cluttred with applications from both versions no matter what session you use. is there a way to prevent this from happening? like only show gnome apps under gnome and kubuntu apps under kubuntu?	another machine may allready have the ip.
somebody could tell me the default password of user 'ubuntu' in the image downloaded from ubuntu?	by default, there is no password and it should autologin
i'm trying to install ubuntu on a compaq presario v3000 cto notebook, but it appears there are already three partitions on the four partitions, on the roughly 100gig hd, about 70% of which is one which i assume has windows and most files, then followed by an 8 megabyte blank partition, then two i don't recognize that split the rest about in half which are mostly filled, but i have no idea with what. apparently (this isn't my co	have you tried mounting them to see what they contain? what file system are they?
is it better to install pae on my 32bit ubuntu or install the 64bit edition, so i can have available all 8gb of ram?	if you intend to encode audio and video then 64bit will help. if you have a lexmark printer then 32bit will allow you to use it due to half ass support
where whould i go to find mouse icons online?	see the links at the right
someone tell me how to get permission to make this launcher? ln -s /media/win.xp.sp2.on.250/'program files'/steam/steamapps ./steamapps	put 'sudo' before the command
what do you mean?	when i'm typing etc wine jfjef/jerje kk/dfo it stops at jfjef/jerje if you understand
anyone with tips for a photo application that is easy to reduce an image size (storage size) in ubuntu?	i think there is nautilus extension for that
can someone at least say they don't know, to my question i'm getting paranoid my messages aren't being received :) does anyone know where/how to get truss onto ubuntu? thx	depends on what your question is?
how do i get rid if the splash screen during bootup?	esc
hello. i'm from universidade do minho. and we are mirroring ubuntu. i was wondering how can we be an official mirror. can you help us?	read the mirror info on the wiki it's all explained there
i'm running hoary and i'm having a sound problem with totem, mplayer and xmms - totem plays video but no sound, while xmms and mplayer hang - can anyone point me in the right direction as to a fix?	i think something similar applies to mplayer -- maybe -ao esd, something like that
hi, i have a problem with the keyboard layouts. i have 2 layouts: german and russian, after a reboot i'm not able to switch to the russian layout anymore... i tried to find a solution in the forums, but had no success.	you have both checked in system > administration > language ? you should get an applet in the panel... this is not working?
hi there. is there anyway i could image a complete harddrive to external server or harddrive? i'm upgrading my hd and don't want to have to reinstall everything	type 'man dd'
hello people. i have had a mac for about one year now and have previously been using ubuntu. i have stopped using ubuntu because the sudden problems it caused were eating away my time. they were hardware problems, from my other pc. i want to try out ubuntu on my mac, see how it goes there. but i do not want to damage anything, that means no dual boot. something like wubi. how do i install ubuntu safely?	get a real computer.
hello, i have installed ubuntu-desktop on one test machine that i can access only via ssh, i was wondering how can i enable remote connections from the terminal to be able to access it using remote desktop connection 'vinagre' ?	with that you should be able to tunnel a vnc connection
i am unable to hear anything in my install of ubuntu, the mixer shows 2 defices.. alsa has an nvidia device and oss has a realtec one.. as far as i know it is a realtec audio system. ideas?	u sure you don't just have e.g. pcmoutput muted?
anyone that knows the location of the ubuntu logo in the gnome-panel so i can remove it?	in your icons folder named start-here.png
are there any up to date guides for getting video on an ipod for ubuntu?	use vlc to convert videos.
hello, does anyone know whether it is possible to switch from mint to ubuntu (preserving setttings etc.)?	chances are you need to do a full reinstall.
is there a good tool to make a raw copy of a harddrive?	you can also partimage.
is sata generally hotswappable? i bought an enclosure that supports esata and it came with a bracket that just connects an esata connector on the back of the bracket/case to a sata connector on the motherboard... i'm wondering whether that's safe to hotplug	at least as far as i know, there is no linux support for hotswapping esata yet.
hello all, i have a question. i was running synaptic for about 2 hours and i downloaded about 40 of 400 files, the thing is my internet died before they could all finish. and i dont think that the files that were finished installed... is there a way to find out??	just go to synaptic, and re-run the upgrade, you don't need to manually do anything.
there's only 2mb free on the internal drive. i'm assuming it's gonna download more than 2mb of stuff. i can't imagine the installer hunts for free disk space on other drives. does it?	this machine to be precise
is there any image editing tool for ubuntu? not normal image editing tool, i mean photoshop type image editing tool	try gimp
hey, any body in here know what could have caused this to happen during an update 'http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2061/screenshot3k.png'?	you can try downloading the .deb package direct from packages.ubuntu.com and installing it by clicking on it.
now, when i boot up , i get a message about waiting for network configuration.. and then waiting 60 seconds..	if you don't get a reply here, try the ubuntu forums
anybody noticed that the scale plugin for compiz slows down (only) when firefox is open?	it's probably your graphics driver being slow
first time irc'in here, am i supposed to wait my turn for my problem lol?	i believe that page covers it: you use synclient
should have just left it at 10 when 10.04 and 10.10 'worked' with both my displays out of the gate. (vmware server broke but what else is new) but nooo i had to just hit the upgrade button. like a crack head i do stupid things.	compizconfig-settings-manager
i'm puzzled why it put stuff in /etc the first time...	postgresql doesn't seem to like to properly purge the files so you can recreate the defaults, i believe i managed to get it to work by purging both postgresql-8.4 and postgresql-common, then deleting the /etc/postgresql and /etc/postgresql-common and then reinstalling successfully recreated those /etc directories
how to create a smb user ?	smbpasswd
is there no more #ubuntu+1? that bookmark brought me here.	redirected :)
i have a question regarding invoking 'sed' - specifically on how to get it to find all .lua files in all subfolders (ie rather than using ./ which opens all text files in all subfolders). if someone can point me to a different channel where the question is more appropriate, that'd be fine as well :p.	how about something like: find /path/to/files -iname '*.lua' -exec sed s/whatever/whatever/ -i {}\;
hi... what difference is there between .mp3 and .ogg .....any reason to pick one over the other?	see here for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vorbis
i get an error with update manager about 2.6.17.11 kernel and tells me that it is broken. update manager offers me the command: sudo apt-get install -f . and that command removes linux-image-generic and linux-generic which are 106kb. what should i do? should i say yes to this command?	no prob!
hello. i need to install sun-java6-jdk and a few weeks ago that still was found in synaptic and installed, when canonical partners was added as repository. now i installed same ubuntu 11.04 on a different machine today and it can't find sun-java6-jdk anymore, even though canonical partners etc. is the same...?	double check the partners repo is enabled and make sure you updated your package list
how can i format a partition in ubuntu? there is no grafical paritioner, right?	gnome frontend to parted
is ubuntu.beryl-project.org down?	beryl is no longer being developed, you want to look into compiz fusion
is there a way to display timestamps in the chat window using regular xchat (2.8.4)	settings>preferences>interface>text box
what is the command for makeactive in grub2	http://superuser.com/questions/93443/grub-makeactive-command-in-grub2
easy question for anyone...i compiled compiz fusion from git....how do i check what version i'm running?	compiz --version , or compiz.real --version
is there a cron gui in ubuntu?	gnome-schedule
when i install the bind package (either 8 or 9) where is the bind binary located?	dpkg -l bind9
how do i undelete contents of a folder?	did you accidentally delete something permanently, aka not in the trash?
where is memu.lst in 9.10?	you're gonna hae to do some stuff w/ grub.conf.. which sorry, i know little about...
how can i find the usb port a device is using??? ttyusb1, ttyusb3 etc etc i have a palm pilot im trying to setup as a card reader and i dont know what port its on	when you plug it look at the last dmesg messages « dmesg \| tail -n20 »
can someone paste the sources.list the way it should be on pastebin?	hang on
hi, i'm new to linux but i'm also interested in running a linux server - file, http, hl2 and dc. should i get ubuntu desktop or server? (i also want to play high end comp games eg, hl2)	if you need to play games, you should use the desktop version to install
whats the command to reconfigure xserver-xorg?	`sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`
anyone know the name of that notepad that goes into the ubuntu panel that acts like a mini-wiki? i am not running ubuntu atm but need to know the name of that program. :p	it's definitley tomboy, tomtom is a gps service
i'm attempting to get lucid running on a xen domu, the initrd runs and mounts the root filesystem okay, but it seems to hang when it tries to run /sbin/init. i tried booting with break=init, and i get a prompt, but running /root/bin/sh hangs.	how about /bin/sh ?
hi. i was installing nes emulator from software center (ubuntu 10.10) and it didnt finish installing. now it keeps showing a message 'items cannot be removed or installed until the package catalogue is repaired'. i try to repair but it says failed. can anyone help?	you can do that with synaptic
i installed vlc couple of days ago on my ubuntu 9.10 but it doesn't work. i cannot read mp3. if i had the files in the library it shows lenght = 0 and nothing happen if i press play. i also tried to launch it from the terminal in debug mode and it says playlist empty .. even if i have added music ... anyone already had this kind of issues with vlc ?	ntfs-3g has a mac port, you could try ntfs
ok i am in failsafe now in cli, how can i remove or uninstall kde from cli?	'sudo apt-get remove kde'
how can i change the master volume in command line, please ? (i want it for a script, thus can't use stuff like alsamixer)	amixer
vis: why did you follow that? nobody seems to get that working :(	i was having some problems with pulseaudio and my usb sound card which was working fine with programs like music on console, so i thought id give it a try
hey. can someone tell me how to install a firefox theme that is in a .jar?	open firefox > go to tools > themes menu, and drag and drop the jar file onto the list of themes
is it ok to upgrade from feisty to jaunty?	if you have a seperate /home and you want to make one single jump .. install fresh otherwise i'll have ubottu give you a link
can anyone help me get firestarter to autostart after reboot, i'm using ubuntu 8.04?	you don't actually need firestarter running for the firewall to run, but in case you want to, just add 'firestarter' command to your autostart section
[kernel help] sudo modprobe driver works for me. but i have to do it on every boot. how do i have it automated?	ya that too can be done... what fde said
i'm sure this has been beaten to death, but any ideas when breezy might be ready for general public consumption?	october
how do i download vlc source from ubuntu repository?	try
i am using xubuntu 9.10 and want to re-enable the ctrl-alt-backspace restart x ability. i have to make the command manually in xubuntu, does anyone know what the command is for restart x?	take a look at this http://maketecheasier.com/restore-ctrl-alt-backspace-in-ubuntu-jaunty/2009/05/17
is there some reason i don't want to just log in as the root user and always be him?	mount /dev/whatever -o remount=rw
i would like to address my issue to ubuntu community support via email. could somebody please provide me with that email?	go to lists.ubuntu.com and join the ubuntu-users mailing list
how can i watch dvd's on my dvd-rom with ubuntu?	kaffeine, totem, xine can play dvds. libdvdcss needed if encrypted
i'm trying to run windows xp inside ubuntu 8.04. i just installed virtualbox	bad idea... virtual machines dont' have the same hardware and windows doesn't like hardware changes
how do you release/renew an ip address via dhcp?	then sudo ifup eth0
i'm on 10.04. can i pull packages fro ma 12.04 repository? namely geddeb from ubuntuupdates	you do not want to cross release repos. will break your system.
are there any former undergrads here that have experience on arguing with professors? specifically, how stupid is doing such a thing?	as a professor to be, i should tell you that it is usually unwise to argue with your professors! :x
i'm fairly new to ubuntu, and having a bit of a time using apt. is there a way to search repositories? i'm trying to find picasa.	apt-cache search keyword
anybody know if ubuntu and linspire are going to change the names of ubuntu and freespire to one name?	from what i read they are just sharing technology with each other
any cool color pickers for ubuntu ?	gcolor2, not so much cool, but simple
there's a breezy version of a package that i want to install on my hoary system - is there a best practices doc on that? d/l'ing and dpkg -i'ing would be fine with me, but i wanted to make sure doing so is the best approach (if it is)	pinning may help (though i don't pretend to understand it). http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/pinninghowto
i'm trying to setup a preseed file that partitions my drives and makes / and swap encrypted however i can't get the recipe right, can anyone provide some insight? i've tried the 'use entire disk and setup lvm and encrypt' however i always get grub error 18 on boot, i think its because the installer for 9.04 doesn't make a separate unencrypted /boot	you could also use trucript
hi, is there a way to get commands to run on shutdown? like /etc/rc.local, but for shutdown	https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/12884
just a quick question here. why was gdebi removed?	it is still in the repos, but i believe that the software center is now handling .deb installs. theres only limited space on the live cd, so duplicated programs get removed.
how can i change the name of my ubuntu machine?	change it in /etc/hostname
anyone help me with troubleshooting to make my laptop detect a second display?	tried the monitor app in gnome?
how to i open a port on my ubuntu machine ?	you can always do a, nc -l -p <port #>
tasksel is working away. i'm coming from debian. is tasksel like dpkg or what? i never used it in debian.	ubuntu is debian-based, and uses the same dpkg, apt-get and other things.
is asf format, a movie file?	asf is a ms format, mpeg is more open
hi. which key is kp1 or kp9?	kp = keypad.
for setting up a lamp server: apache2 mysql-server and which package for php?	php5
when i add an nfs share to my fstab it doesn't mount automatically on boot .... but when i mount it manually it does mount .. what could be wrong ?!	auto should work, you may also like to put put option user so regular users can mount it as well
tried alt+t in 10.10, apparently it's ctrl+altt.	good to know :)
hey, i'm rather new to linux and i really like it. i would like to change over completely but because of my ipod is there an ipod program or something that can run ituns?	try gtkpod
hirvinen, does ubuntu have a automatic partioner setup for when you are installing so that it would divide the harddrive?	no, it's part of the install, can't miss it.
hello guys, i tried to set environment variable by some_env='/home/foo/', but can't	maybe, export some_env='/home/foo'
where do you put gnome themes?	the gnome theem selector tool has a 'install' button i belive. or ya can drag/drop them on it.
what user/group does apache2 run as by default?	: www-data
what's going on, eh?	i screwed up, i'll fix it.
hi guys can anyone tell me how can i check what is the partition number of my current booted os?????	df will tell you the currently mounted filesystems
could someone point me towards a name/word i can google regarding the 'bit torrent service' installed with ubuntu?	i think you answered your own question
if i download something from a torrent, and i turn my computer off. will the download continue from where it stopped when i turn it on again?	it should....
can a directory be renamed in linux?	'mv postfixadmin-2.1.0 postfixadmin'
is there a nice method of installing java support for firefox from within kubuntu?	: sudo aptitude install sun-java6-plugin
is there ubuntu reference, similar to debian's - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ ?	http://is.gd/wxon

so i installed a maxtor external hard drive. for some reason around this time i can login with my username/password, but in the terminal when i type 'su' and try to type the same password, it says auth failure

su is disabled for non-root users. use sudo

i was planning to install both ubuntu and kubuntu to see which version i perfer but from what i heard, te application menu would get cluttred with applications from both versions no matter what session you use. is there a way to prevent this from happening? like only show gnome apps under gnome and kubuntu apps under kubuntu?

another machine may allready have the ip.

somebody could tell me the default password of user 'ubuntu' in the image downloaded from ubuntu?

by default, there is no password and it should autologin

i'm trying to install ubuntu on a compaq presario v3000 cto notebook, but it appears there are already three partitions on the four partitions, on the roughly 100gig hd, about 70% of which is one which i assume has windows and most files, then followed by an 8 megabyte blank partition, then two i don't recognize that split the rest about in half which are mostly filled, but i have no idea with what. apparently (this isn't my co

have you tried mounting them to see what they contain? what file system are they?

is it better to install pae on my 32bit ubuntu or install the 64bit edition, so i can have available all 8gb of ram?

if you intend to encode audio and video then 64bit will help. if you have a lexmark printer then 32bit will allow you to use it due to half ass support

where whould i go to find mouse icons online?

see the links at the right

someone tell me how to get permission to make this launcher? ln -s /media/win.xp.sp2.on.250/'program files'/steam/steamapps ./steamapps

put 'sudo' before the command

what do you mean?

when i'm typing etc wine jfjef/jerje kk/dfo it stops at jfjef/jerje if you understand

anyone with tips for a photo application that is easy to reduce an image size (storage size) in ubuntu?

i think there is nautilus extension for that

can someone at least say they don't know, to my question i'm getting paranoid my messages aren't being received :) does anyone know where/how to get truss onto ubuntu? thx

depends on what your question is?

how do i get rid if the splash screen during bootup?

esc

hello. i'm from universidade do minho. and we are mirroring ubuntu. i was wondering how can we be an official mirror. can you help us?

read the mirror info on the wiki it's all explained there

i'm running hoary and i'm having a sound problem with totem, mplayer and xmms - totem plays video but no sound, while xmms and mplayer hang - can anyone point me in the right direction as to a fix?

i think something similar applies to mplayer -- maybe -ao esd, something like that

hi, i have a problem with the keyboard layouts. i have 2 layouts: german and russian, after a reboot i'm not able to switch to the russian layout anymore... i tried to find a solution in the forums, but had no success.

you have both checked in system > administration > language ? you should get an applet in the panel... this is not working?

hi there. is there anyway i could image a complete harddrive to external server or harddrive? i'm upgrading my hd and don't want to have to reinstall everything

type 'man dd'

hello people. i have had a mac for about one year now and have previously been using ubuntu. i have stopped using ubuntu because the sudden problems it caused were eating away my time. they were hardware problems, from my other pc. i want to try out ubuntu on my mac, see how it goes there. but i do not want to damage anything, that means no dual boot. something like wubi. how do i install ubuntu safely?

get a real computer.

hello, i have installed ubuntu-desktop on one test machine that i can access only via ssh, i was wondering how can i enable remote connections from the terminal to be able to access it using remote desktop connection 'vinagre' ?

with that you should be able to tunnel a vnc connection

i am unable to hear anything in my install of ubuntu, the mixer shows 2 defices.. alsa has an nvidia device and oss has a realtec one.. as far as i know it is a realtec audio system. ideas?

u sure you don't just have e.g. pcmoutput muted?

anyone that knows the location of the ubuntu logo in the gnome-panel so i can remove it?

in your icons folder named start-here.png

are there any up to date guides for getting video on an ipod for ubuntu?

use vlc to convert videos.

hello, does anyone know whether it is possible to switch from mint to ubuntu (preserving setttings etc.)?

chances are you need to do a full reinstall.

is there a good tool to make a raw copy of a harddrive?

you can also partimage.

is sata generally hotswappable? i bought an enclosure that supports esata and it came with a bracket that just connects an esata connector on the back of the bracket/case to a sata connector on the motherboard... i'm wondering whether that's safe to hotplug

at least as far as i know, there is no linux support for hotswapping esata yet.

hello all, i have a question. i was running synaptic for about 2 hours and i downloaded about 40 of 400 files, the thing is my internet died before they could all finish. and i dont think that the files that were finished installed... is there a way to find out??

just go to synaptic, and re-run the upgrade, you don't need to manually do anything.

there's only 2mb free on the internal drive. i'm assuming it's gonna download more than 2mb of stuff. i can't imagine the installer hunts for free disk space on other drives. does it?

this machine to be precise

is there any image editing tool for ubuntu? not normal image editing tool, i mean photoshop type image editing tool

try gimp

hey, any body in here know what could have caused this to happen during an update 'http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2061/screenshot3k.png'?

you can try downloading the .deb package direct from packages.ubuntu.com and installing it by clicking on it.

now, when i boot up , i get a message about waiting for network configuration.. and then waiting 60 seconds..

if you don't get a reply here, try the ubuntu forums

anybody noticed that the scale plugin for compiz slows down (only) when firefox is open?

it's probably your graphics driver being slow

first time irc'in here, am i supposed to wait my turn for my problem lol?

i believe that page covers it: you use synclient

should have just left it at 10 when 10.04 and 10.10 'worked' with both my displays out of the gate. (vmware server broke but what else is new) but nooo i had to just hit the upgrade button. like a crack head i do stupid things.

compizconfig-settings-manager

i'm puzzled why it put stuff in /etc the first time...

postgresql doesn't seem to like to properly purge the files so you can recreate the defaults, i believe i managed to get it to work by purging both postgresql-8.4 and postgresql-common, then deleting the /etc/postgresql and /etc/postgresql-common and then reinstalling successfully recreated those /etc directories

how to create a smb user ?

smbpasswd

is there no more #ubuntu+1? that bookmark brought me here.

redirected :)

i have a question regarding invoking 'sed' - specifically on how to get it to find all *.lua files in all subfolders (ie rather than using ./* which opens all text files in all subfolders). if someone can point me to a different channel where the question is more appropriate, that'd be fine as well :p.

how about something like: find /path/to/files -iname '*.lua' -exec sed s/whatever/whatever/ -i {}\;

hi... what difference is there between .mp3 and .ogg .....any reason to pick one over the other?

see here for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vorbis

i get an error with update manager about 2.6.17.11 kernel and tells me that it is broken. update manager offers me the command: sudo apt-get install -f . and that command removes linux-image-generic and linux-generic which are 106kb. what should i do? should i say yes to this command?

no prob!

hello. i need to install sun-java6-jdk and a few weeks ago that still was found in synaptic and installed, when canonical partners was added as repository. now i installed same ubuntu 11.04 on a different machine today and it can't find sun-java6-jdk anymore, even though canonical partners etc. is the same...?

double check the partners repo is enabled and make sure you updated your package list

how can i format a partition in ubuntu? there is no grafical paritioner, right?

gnome frontend to parted

is ubuntu.beryl-project.org down?

beryl is no longer being developed, you want to look into compiz fusion

is there a way to display timestamps in the chat window using regular xchat (2.8.4)

settings>preferences>interface>text box

what is the command for makeactive in grub2

http://superuser.com/questions/93443/grub-makeactive-command-in-grub2

easy question for anyone...i compiled compiz fusion from git....how do i check what version i'm running?

compiz --version , or compiz.real --version

is there a cron gui in ubuntu?

gnome-schedule

when i install the bind package (either 8 or 9) where is the bind binary located?

dpkg -l bind9

how do i undelete contents of a folder?

did you accidentally delete something permanently, aka not in the trash?

where is memu.lst in 9.10?

you're gonna hae to do some stuff w/ grub.conf.. which sorry, i know little about...

how can i find the usb port a device is using??? ttyusb1, ttyusb3 etc etc i have a palm pilot im trying to setup as a card reader and i dont know what port its on

when you plug it look at the last dmesg messages « dmesg | tail -n20 »

can someone paste the sources.list the way it should be on pastebin?

hang on

hi, i'm new to linux but i'm also interested in running a linux server - file, http, hl2 and dc. should i get ubuntu desktop or server? (i also want to play high end comp games eg, hl2)

if you need to play games, you should use the desktop version to install

whats the command to reconfigure xserver-xorg?

`sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`

anyone know the name of that notepad that goes into the ubuntu panel that acts like a mini-wiki? i am not running ubuntu atm but need to know the name of that program. :p

it's definitley tomboy, tomtom is a gps service

i'm attempting to get lucid running on a xen domu, the initrd runs and mounts the root filesystem okay, but it seems to hang when it tries to run /sbin/init. i tried booting with break=init, and i get a prompt, but running /root/bin/sh hangs.

how about /bin/sh ?

hi. i was installing nes emulator from software center (ubuntu 10.10) and it didnt finish installing. now it keeps showing a message 'items cannot be removed or installed until the package catalogue is repaired'. i try to repair but it says failed. can anyone help?

you can do that with synaptic

i installed vlc couple of days ago on my ubuntu 9.10 but it doesn't work. i cannot read mp3. if i had the files in the library it shows lenght = 0 and nothing happen if i press play. i also tried to launch it from the terminal in debug mode and it says playlist empty .. even if i have added music ... anyone already had this kind of issues with vlc ?

ntfs-3g has a mac port, you could try ntfs

ok i am in failsafe now in cli, how can i remove or uninstall kde from cli?

'sudo apt-get remove kde'

how can i change the master volume in command line, please ? (i want it for a script, thus can't use stuff like alsamixer)

amixer

vis: why did you follow that? nobody seems to get that working :(

i was having some problems with pulseaudio and my usb sound card which was working fine with programs like music on console, so i thought id give it a try

hey. can someone tell me how to install a firefox theme that is in a .jar?

open firefox > go to tools > themes menu, and drag and drop the jar file onto the list of themes

is it ok to upgrade from feisty to jaunty?

if you have a seperate /home and you want to make one single jump .. install fresh otherwise i'll have ubottu give you a link

can anyone help me get firestarter to autostart after reboot, i'm using ubuntu 8.04?

you don't actually need firestarter running for the firewall to run, but in case you want to, just add 'firestarter' command to your autostart section

[kernel help] sudo modprobe driver works for me. but i have to do it on every boot. how do i have it automated?

ya that too can be done... what fde said

i'm sure this has been beaten to death, but any ideas when breezy might be ready for general public consumption?

october

how do i download vlc source from ubuntu repository?

try

i am using xubuntu 9.10 and want to re-enable the ctrl-alt-backspace restart x ability. i have to make the command manually in xubuntu, does anyone know what the command is for restart x?

take a look at this http://maketecheasier.com/restore-ctrl-alt-backspace-in-ubuntu-jaunty/2009/05/17

is there some reason i don't want to just log in as the root user and always be him?

mount /dev/whatever -o remount=rw

i would like to address my issue to ubuntu community support via email. could somebody please provide me with that email?

go to lists.ubuntu.com and join the ubuntu-users mailing list

how can i watch dvd's on my dvd-rom with ubuntu?

kaffeine, totem, xine can play dvds. libdvdcss needed if encrypted

i'm trying to run windows xp inside ubuntu 8.04. i just installed virtualbox

bad idea... virtual machines dont' have the same hardware and windows doesn't like hardware changes

how do you release/renew an ip address via dhcp?

then sudo ifup eth0

i'm on 10.04. can i pull packages fro ma 12.04 repository? namely geddeb from ubuntuupdates

you do not want to cross release repos. will break your system.

are there any former undergrads here that have experience on arguing with professors? specifically, how stupid is doing such a thing?

as a professor to be, i should tell you that it is usually unwise to argue with your professors! :x

i'm fairly new to ubuntu, and having a bit of a time using apt. is there a way to search repositories? i'm trying to find picasa.

apt-cache search keyword

anybody know if ubuntu and linspire are going to change the names of ubuntu and freespire to one name?

from what i read they are just sharing technology with each other

any cool color pickers for ubuntu ?

gcolor2, not so much cool, but simple

there's a breezy version of a package that i want to install on my hoary system - is there a best practices doc on that? d/l'ing and dpkg -i'ing would be fine with me, but i wanted to make sure doing so is the best approach (if it is)

pinning may help (though i don't pretend to understand it). http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/pinninghowto

i'm trying to setup a preseed file that partitions my drives and makes / and swap encrypted however i can't get the recipe right, can anyone provide some insight? i've tried the 'use entire disk and setup lvm and encrypt' however i always get grub error 18 on boot, i think its because the installer for 9.04 doesn't make a separate unencrypted /boot

you could also use trucript

hi, is there a way to get commands to run on shutdown? like /etc/rc.local, but for shutdown

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/12884

just a quick question here. why was gdebi removed?

it is still in the repos, but i believe that the software center is now handling .deb installs. theres only limited space on the live cd, so duplicated programs get removed.

how can i change the name of my ubuntu machine?

change it in /etc/hostname

anyone help me with troubleshooting to make my laptop detect a second display?

tried the monitor app in gnome?

how to i open a port on my ubuntu machine ?

you can always do a, nc -l -p <port #>

tasksel is working away. i'm coming from debian. is tasksel like dpkg or what? i never used it in debian.

ubuntu is debian-based, and uses the same dpkg, apt-get and other things.

is asf format, a movie file?

asf is a ms format, mpeg is more open

hi. which key is kp1 or kp9?

kp = keypad.

for setting up a lamp server: apache2 mysql-server and which package for php?

php5

when i add an nfs share to my fstab it doesn't mount automatically on boot .... but when i mount it manually it does mount .. what could be wrong ?!

auto should work, you may also like to put put option user so regular users can mount it as well

tried alt+t in 10.10, apparently it's ctrl+altt.

good to know :)

hey, i'm rather new to linux and i really like it. i would like to change over completely but because of my ipod is there an ipod program or something that can run ituns?

try gtkpod

hirvinen, does ubuntu have a automatic partioner setup for when you are installing so that it would divide the harddrive?

no, it's part of the install, can't miss it.

hello guys, i tried to set environment variable by some_env='/home/foo/', but can't

maybe, export some_env='/home/foo'

where do you put gnome themes?

the gnome theem selector tool has a 'install' button i belive. or ya can drag/drop them on it.

what user/group does apache2 run as by default?

: www-data

what's going on, eh?

i screwed up, i'll fix it.

hi guys can anyone tell me how can i check what is the partition number of my current booted os?????

df will tell you the currently mounted filesystems

could someone point me towards a name/word i can google regarding the 'bit torrent service' installed with ubuntu?

i think you answered your own question

if i download something from a torrent, and i turn my computer off. will the download continue from where it stopped when i turn it on again?

it should....

can a directory be renamed in linux?

'mv postfixadmin-2.1.0 postfixadmin'

is there a nice method of installing java support for firefox from within kubuntu?

: sudo aptitude install sun-java6-plugin

is there ubuntu reference, similar to debian's - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ ?

http://is.gd/wxon