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so i put a menubar on top of another menubar and told it to autohide, in gnome. now whenever i try to log in i crash. can anybody tell me what i have to delete (i only have xterm access) to set the ap bar thingies back to default? hopefully that will keep me from crashing on login	in the terminal: rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/panel
whoah. now i got a very different prblem. i have a keyboard with a broken 'return' key... <enter> on the numpad is fine... this works ok in regular use, shell, editing, etc... only in 'less' in the shell when searching with '/', i cannot 'enter' the query.... what can i change (except for the keyboard?) (it gives /escom there, when i 'enter' following '/', which is strange since the hardware vendor 'escom' doesn't exist for 10++ years here in germany)	maybe try hitting ctrl+m ?
how do you do updates in ubuntu server 8.04. in the gui version you can just go to the update manager and click install - but whats the command for doing it in the command line version of ubuntu?	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
configure seems to think that i don't have gcc 3.2 or above. is this an issue with ubuntu's configure or with the apps configure script?	have you installed 'build-essential'?
im black and from montreal too. what a coincidence.	usually /ignore nick
guys, if i change my ssh port from 22 to something else, can i still run some kind of fake ssh on 22 just for security reasons?	honeyd
hi all. i have a question about doing a server install. i just to run fluxbox, now i am going to switch (for openbox). after the corepackages is installed, can i do 'sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core openbox obconf gdm eterm'? do i have to generate the menu myself, or is it done automaticlly, like with fluxbox?	it's actually a submenu off menu.xml calld debian
anyone know of a webpage that lists all the linux commands with their descriptions?	a good place to start is probably `ls /usr/bin/*\|less`
hi all. is it possible to upgrade from hoary to breezy with an install cd? the download is really slow here :-/	put your cd into your drive and type 'apt-cdrom' and follow the prompts
i seem to have a problem with pidgin (2.5.2-0ubuntu1) when connecting with icq. it keeps telling me to update, client is too old. similiar to 244591 back in july 2008. can confirm this, or what am i missing?	either download 2.5.5 manually or wait for the repos update, should come soon
hi, am a relatively new linux user (btw, ubuntu is much easier for newbie to handle than mdk), and need to reed .pdf's in firefox. battling to set up acrobat reader - can enayone help? have copied the file, as instructed, into plug-in directory.	acroread plugin http://kitech.com.my/ubuntu/4.10/index.html
hello. any body knows how to give java plugins for firfox without instaling the sun-j2re? i installed the kaffe pack but it doesn't have the plugins for the firefox.	have you tried gcj? i think that might work
i just did sudo update-manager -p but i'm not sure wether i shouldn't have used --dist-upgrade, how can i check my dist version number?	lsb_release -r
can i upgrade to the next ubuntu release (after gutsy gibbon, herdy heron or something) thru synaptic ?	you do it through update manager.
hi guys. sorry i have to bother you with my craptastic odysee, but i only have 64k bandwidth and thats makes every blind shot quite time consuming: what do i need to play an .rm-file? i got mplayer, totem, vlc and all the gstreamer-plugins, tried some of the more or less hackish attempts proposed in various threads and yet i have achieved nothing.	try realplayer
is there anyway to make a desktop shortcut to firefox?	rightclick the entry in the menu, choose add to desktop
anybody know what package has a program called rl ? (it shuffles lines of text in a file )	randomize-lines
there's some software which makes it easy to label oggs, mp3s, etc. in their native formats from e.g. rhythmbox but i can't remember the name... easy-something ?	easytag
how can i start emerald theme at startup?? compiz fusion starts at startup but not with emerald window decorator	i believe emerald --replace under sessions in preferences.
i wanted to ask an ot question here on the basis that it was answered last time for me and i've forgotten the answer now. when i use firefox with adblock and noscript it stops googlereader working correctly, but there is asimple fix which someone was good enough to tell me last time i was here. i'm really hoping the same person is around which is a big ask because it was awhile ago but here goes!	you should grep the logs if no one can help now
does anyone know how i can keep my cd rom from closing when i try to pull a disk out?	i think i saw something about that in the 8.10 release notes.
does anyone have any idea how to join the support team of ubuntu?	check the website
i need a version of libglib with debugging symbols on my system. i am running edgy eft. how can i do this?	apt-cache search glib\|grep debug
how you open virtualbox 3.0 when you install it in ubuntu?	/usr/bin/virtualbox
how do i show my cpu load in % besides with top and htop	try... xosview, gkrellm, ect...
has any of you succesfully managed to set up a mail client for a microsoft exchange 5.5 server? what do you recommend?	i would check if evolution supports 5.5, it's the most popular
how to upgrade from hardy to intrepid?	wait for the rush to die down, if you upgrade stalls you will have loads of trouble
with 300mb of ram and a 600mhz proccesser how withh ubuntu run with x	no problem
hey whats the name of that package that is for editing movies? similar to windows movie maker	kino
when installing, it the ubuntu flash screen supposed to be all fuzzy and blury or is it my comp and/or monitor?	go in synaptic and remove completely the previous versions , check in the status display to make sure there aren't any auto remove packages left
is it the same with pendrive installation?	go into your .mozilla folder, find the default folder, and in there should be a bookmarks backup folder. pick the .json file with the newest date on the end of the filename. copy that somewhere safe.
hey guys on edgy what is the proper place to set $java_home system wide?	or /etc/environment
hello again :) i'm trying to compile ndiswrapper from source and i have to type in this line in the console: 'sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r' but after i hit enter it just shows me '>' and nothing else :s any ideas?	you're missing a `
anyone have time to help me configure my home network. i have dsl line (soon to be changed) where i get a static address to server (a). a has an additional nic which i want to hook up a d-link wireless router (r). to r i want to connect two other computers (c1 and c2). now i had/have a setup working connecting c1 to a with dhcp, but i am stumped getting this to work.	i can give it a shot, do you want to pm me ?
where should i install a program according to ubuntu's policy?	install it where you want, how about /usr/local ?
how does the ubuntu package system work in this case: natty repository has package x version y but another source has package x version y+1.. how does ubuntu (apt) determine which one to use/install?	http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html read about how version numbers are compared. unless you have some sort of apt rule setup, the greater version will be chose
anyone here have experience fixing/debugging ata3 exceptions ? i get many freezes/day related to ata3 hangs and can't seem to make progress.	none whatsoever, sorry
hey all, is there a way to switch to 64 bit post install?	re-install
whats a good laptop that is 100% compatible with ubuntu	ibm x40, wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam
what program would i use to create an image file (.iso) from a cd/dvd? (not brasero, dont seem to work for me)	k3b
what is a good .chm/.pdf reader for edgy?	gnochm will view chm files . evince will view pdf
any idea why the original instructions on the site don't work?	using fdisk , press 'a' to set bootflag
anywho, gotta run	yeah, i personally hate vmware. wine is a jerk most of the time so i don't even bother
i know that and my question stated i was asking using one	right, skiming
can someone tell me how to probe hardware...such as video card etc.	go to a console and type lspci
hello i can't seem to use my nvidia driver. can anyone help ?	how did you install it? restricted drivers manager?
hi all,how does one start a software raid after booting (non root partition)?	are you currently booted onto a drive that is going to be in the raid?
how can i determine if i am running 32bit or 64bit ubuntu?	uname -a
in gentoo, i can run rc-update to make make an init script run on bootup. how do i do that in ubuntu ?	update-rc.d
does anyone have any experience with colinux on here?	honestly
abiword, gnumeric, and criawips are the whole gnome office suite, right?	http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/
i have a text file with three lines. first line is blank, second and third lines only have a two-digit number. i need to get the second line and third line read into a script variable as a time, with a ':' between each number. how can i do this?	timevar='$(sed -n 2p file):$(sed -n 3p file)'; seems to work here
does anyone know about a tool to scan for wlan and which channels they use? (i need to switch channel on my wlan since there is too much interference)	'iwlist scanning'
attn all bash h4x0rz: how can i select all inside of the terminal	ctrl-u?
i have heard that some people having a lot of trouble since updating firefox to 3.5.5. the browser willl crash now and then. what do you guys/girls say about that?	mine is stable so far
speaking of that, how come all of ubuntu's bittorrent clients suck	i only use btdownloadcurses. i did try azureus for a few months.
what exaclty is the diffirence between gtk and gnome?	/ is more like the c: drive
what's a good utility for mass renaming files?	shell scripts, using echo & sed
how do i know whether i'm running on xaa or exa acceleration?	cat /var/log/xorg.0.log \| grep -i 'for acceleration'
how do i enable 5.1 my vlc shows theres only mono and stereo,	http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-simple-way-to-get-51-surround-sound-audio-working-in-ubuntu/
where do i install fonts in ubuntu?	/usr/share/fonts
hi guys .. i bought a new harddisk and use it as external with enclosure .. the problem is linux did not detect the hdd ... what should i do?	try the enclosure in another computer to make sure that it acutally works first, beyond that i'm not sure. i do know that some kernels just don't play nice with interfaces on some enclosures.
hello! does anybody know how to change the default media player to kaffeine when using gnome?	sorry, you first have to open the properties and then select open with
so does anyone know how to keep sshd from timing out on connections, or at least how to extend the timeout period to something like 30-60min?	what are you connecting with?
how do 'scan' for wireless networks ?	iwlist scan
how to kill process?	in terminal, killall vlc
hey, i just installed tild, but from some reason all text i write, is written but disapears with the next key stroke anybody fromiliar with this problem?	imo tilda is'nt half as good as the kde equivalent yakuake
hello, can anyone tell me how i can set up an internal drive to mount at boot time?	set it up in the /etc/fstab
i've added another partition to fstab and mounted it.. i want to make sure that when it auto mounts it's 'read/write' capable.. fstab line looks like 'uuid='7d4a2d7f-aee9-4dfa-bb47-76314a1acf79' /media/data ext4 defaults 0 2	that looks good to me
please remind me what is name of compiz plugin that shows all open windows on screen and allows me to choose one	scale i believe
i'm watching a config file in terminal (the line that i write on is indicated with ':') and i can only browse up and down the file. how do i get out?	try :q!
i have a problem with my web server. i have a port forward account to forward internal ip to my public ip through port 40. this worked fine in hardy just by adding port 40 to the ports.conf file in apache2 folder. but doesn't work in ibex any ideas?	neither connecting on localhost:40 ?
any favorite ftp client, and a download manager?	wget
is there any sort of grub diagnostics bootable cd, after a ubuntu install went wrong and froze. now i cant access ubuntu or xp. ?	http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
are there any linux commands to display how a hard disk is partitioned without actually opening a partioning program?	sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda
using apt-get/apt-cache, is there a way i can try to find previous versions of a package?	don't tink so, unless apt keeps some logs of the upgrades
hey guys, i'm trying to install grub on my fakeraid array (using dmraid), and upon running grub-install /dev/mapper/sil_aeahdfdcbdba, i'm met with the error 'sil_aeahdfdcbdba5 has no corresponding bios drive' .. sil_aeahdfdcbdba5 is my first logical parition (second over-all) and is mounted to /boot.	not 100% sure on this, but i dont think you can boot off of a 'fake' raid array
heya, how can i shoutcast.	http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_webradio_with_icecast2_ices2
i don't think you get what i'm saying. i already know that ubuntu is easy, but that's not what i asked. i asked if anyone could suggest any good addons that would make it easier for a windows user to switch to, such as themes / etc. i'd much rather you tried to answer my question rather than telling me something irrelevant, although i appreciate your input.	your question should be more specific. the answers you got _were_ relevant.
hello everyone. i'm trying to install ndiswrapper on ubuntu 9.10. i've tried very hard to figure this out on my own. i've gotten so far as to identify my needed windows driver, download it, get ndiswrapper, unpack it, and now i am stumped, thanks to that blasted youtube video. : )	wnat nic you using ?
what about unity? should i using unity of gnome3?	using gnome3 on 11.04 is difficult to do and difficult to reverse. you're probably better off using unity or gnome-fallback.
are there other, small de's for ubuntu other than xubuntu and lubuntu?	http://linuxgazette.net/106/murray.html
how can i login as a root?	30 oct
hi can anyone tell me how to install libwxgtk on lucid?	sudo apt-get install libwxgt2.8-0 (for version 2.8 obviously)
this may be really newbie question, but how does one delete an entire directory and files recursively from the command line	rm -r /path/to/dir but be careful this might be dangerous
hi, how are you ? faced screen brightness , now ok. any good clocks , though i see cairo-clock, as suggested here.	nope, i am a huge fan of the default system one to be honest.
without using kubuntu, how easy is it to switch from gnome to kde?	very.
hello, anyone know who i could shrink the size of the icons on the desktop in ubuntu?	rightclick on the icon and select 'stretch icon'
i need to install winblows on my system. but there is no ntfs partition on my hdd at the moment. is it possible to create a partition from ubuntu and then reboot and install winblows on there?	use gparted to shrink a partition and make room for a new one
got a new laptop that came with w7 and i installed ubuntu 10.10 along side it. but now i need to return the laptop… is there any way to uninstall ubuntu and restore the drive to it's original partition size?	i wouldn't worry too hard though as the shop will likley re-image it
i'm trying to use wget to put all of the files in a web directory into a local directory, but it creates a bunch of unnecessary folders (e.g. domainname/folder/folder/folder/images.jpg instead of just images.jpg into the local directory). which command line option am i missing?	it's -nd or --no-directories
if one haas warty, should they upgrade to hoary now?	cat /etc/fstab and look for ext3 or ext2
does ubuntu support dial-up connections?	i don't believe so, but i'm not sure. try it, and if it doesn't work look at winmodem.org if yours is supported and how to set it up.
is it possible to increase the number of virtual screens beyond the 4?	not so sure though
is there are a list if known problems with 10.04 somewere? are there known issues one should be aware of before upgrading?	http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004
what gpu card?	ati mobility radeon hd 4250
hey i just got a new hard drive. how can i make sure it's mounted automatically at boot without defining the /dev/sdb1 kind of point? other entries in /etc/fstab have uuid	find uuid with : sudo blkid
this is a great community, this channel is the only reason why i would set a noob up with linux	this is why i picked ubuntu over all the other versions when i picked a linux distro to try.
what is a good mouse management tool for ubuntu? i am using linux mint 10 lxde and may need to install an application to change the mouse double click speed.	in vanilla ubuntu, there's an app for that in system \| preferences. since you're using mint, we cannot help you here.
how do i 'chmod -r' my entire $home dir to other users, so that only i (and root..) can see what's in it?	i think it's chmod you want.. remove the x-flags from the directories as others... $ find /home/myself -type d \| xargs chmod o-x

so i put a menubar on top of another menubar and told it to autohide, in gnome. now whenever i try to log in i crash. can anybody tell me what i have to delete (i only have xterm access) to set the ap bar thingies back to default? hopefully that will keep me from crashing on login

in the terminal: rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/panel

whoah. now i got a very different prblem. i have a keyboard with a broken 'return' key... <enter> on the numpad is fine... this works ok in regular use, shell, editing, etc... only in 'less' in the shell when searching with '/', i cannot 'enter' the query.... what can i change (except for the keyboard?) (it gives /escom there, when i 'enter' following '/', which is strange since the hardware vendor 'escom' doesn't exist for 10++ years here in germany)

maybe try hitting ctrl+m ?

how do you do updates in ubuntu server 8.04. in the gui version you can just go to the update manager and click install - but whats the command for doing it in the command line version of ubuntu?

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

configure seems to think that i don't have gcc 3.2 or above. is this an issue with ubuntu's configure or with the apps configure script?

have you installed 'build-essential'?

im black and from montreal too. what a coincidence.

usually /ignore nick

guys, if i change my ssh port from 22 to something else, can i still run some kind of fake ssh on 22 just for security reasons?

honeyd

hi all. i have a question about doing a server install. i just to run fluxbox, now i am going to switch (for openbox). after the corepackages is installed, can i do 'sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core openbox obconf gdm eterm'? do i have to generate the menu myself, or is it done automaticlly, like with fluxbox?

it's actually a submenu off menu.xml calld debian

anyone know of a webpage that lists all the linux commands with their descriptions?

a good place to start is probably `ls /usr/bin/*|less`

hi all. is it possible to upgrade from hoary to breezy with an install cd? the download is really slow here :-/

put your cd into your drive and type 'apt-cdrom' and follow the prompts

i seem to have a problem with pidgin (2.5.2-0ubuntu1) when connecting with icq. it keeps telling me to update, client is too old. similiar to 244591 back in july 2008. can confirm this, or what am i missing?

either download 2.5.5 manually or wait for the repos update, should come soon

hi, am a relatively new linux user (btw, ubuntu is much easier for newbie to handle than mdk), and need to reed .pdf's in firefox. battling to set up acrobat reader - can enayone help? have copied the file, as instructed, into plug-in directory.

acroread plugin http://kitech.com.my/ubuntu/4.10/index.html

hello. any body knows how to give java plugins for firfox without instaling the sun-j2re? i installed the kaffe pack but it doesn't have the plugins for the firefox.

have you tried gcj? i think that might work

i just did sudo update-manager -p but i'm not sure wether i shouldn't have used --dist-upgrade, how can i check my dist version number?

lsb_release -r

can i upgrade to the next ubuntu release (after gutsy gibbon, herdy heron or something) thru synaptic ?

you do it through update manager.

hi guys. sorry i have to bother you with my craptastic odysee, but i only have 64k bandwidth and thats makes every blind shot quite time consuming: what do i need to play an .rm-file? i got mplayer, totem, vlc and all the gstreamer-plugins, tried some of the more or less hackish attempts proposed in various threads and yet i have achieved nothing.

try realplayer

is there anyway to make a desktop shortcut to firefox?

rightclick the entry in the menu, choose add to desktop

anybody know what package has a program called rl ? (it shuffles lines of text in a file )

randomize-lines

there's some software which makes it easy to label oggs, mp3s, etc. in their native formats from e.g. rhythmbox but i can't remember the name... easy-something ?

easytag

how can i start emerald theme at startup?? compiz fusion starts at startup but not with emerald window decorator

i believe emerald --replace under sessions in preferences.

i wanted to ask an ot question here on the basis that it was answered last time for me and i've forgotten the answer now. when i use firefox with adblock and noscript it stops googlereader working correctly, but there is asimple fix which someone was good enough to tell me last time i was here. i'm really hoping the same person is around which is a big ask because it was awhile ago but here goes!

you should grep the logs if no one can help now

does anyone know how i can keep my cd rom from closing when i try to pull a disk out?

i think i saw something about that in the 8.10 release notes.

does anyone have any idea how to join the support team of ubuntu?

check the website

i need a version of libglib with debugging symbols on my system. i am running edgy eft. how can i do this?

apt-cache search glib|grep debug

how you open virtualbox 3.0 when you install it in ubuntu?

/usr/bin/virtualbox

how do i show my cpu load in % besides with top and htop

try... xosview, gkrellm, ect...

has any of you succesfully managed to set up a mail client for a microsoft exchange 5.5 server? what do you recommend?

i would check if evolution supports 5.5, it's the most popular

how to upgrade from hardy to intrepid?

wait for the rush to die down, if you upgrade stalls you will have loads of trouble

with 300mb of ram and a 600mhz proccesser how withh ubuntu run with x

*no problem*

hey whats the name of that package that is for editing movies? similar to windows movie maker

kino

when installing, it the ubuntu flash screen supposed to be all fuzzy and blury or is it my comp and/or monitor?

go in synaptic and remove completely the previous versions , check in the status display to make sure there aren't any auto remove packages left

is it the same with pendrive installation?

go into your .mozilla folder, find the default folder, and in there should be a bookmarks backup folder. pick the .json file with the newest date on the end of the filename. copy that somewhere safe.

hey guys on edgy what is the proper place to set $java_home system wide?

or /etc/environment

hello again :) i'm trying to compile ndiswrapper from source and i have to type in this line in the console: 'sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r' but after i hit enter it just shows me '>' and nothing else :s any ideas?

you're missing a `

anyone have time to help me configure my home network. i have dsl line (soon to be changed) where i get a static address to server (a). a has an additional nic which i want to hook up a d-link wireless router (r). to r i want to connect two other computers (c1 and c2). now i had/have a setup working connecting c1 to a with dhcp, but i am stumped getting this to work.

i can give it a shot, do you want to pm me ?

where should i install a program according to ubuntu's policy?

install it where you want, how about /usr/local ?

how does the ubuntu package system work in this case: natty repository has package x version y but another source has package x version y+1.. how does ubuntu (apt) determine which one to use/install?

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html read about how version numbers are compared. unless you have some sort of apt rule setup, the greater version will be chose

anyone here have experience fixing/debugging ata3 exceptions ? i get many freezes/day related to ata3 hangs and can't seem to make progress.

none whatsoever, sorry

hey all, is there a way to switch to 64 bit post install?

re-install

whats a good laptop that is 100% compatible with ubuntu

ibm x40, wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam

what program would i use to create an image file (.iso) from a cd/dvd? (not brasero, dont seem to work for me)

k3b

what is a good .chm/.pdf reader for edgy?

gnochm will view chm files . evince will view pdf

any idea why the original instructions on the site don't work?

using fdisk , press 'a' to set bootflag

anywho, gotta run

yeah, i personally hate vmware. wine is a jerk most of the time so i don't even bother

i know that and my question stated i was asking using one

right, skiming

can someone tell me how to probe hardware...such as video card etc.

go to a console and type lspci

hello i can't seem to use my nvidia driver. can anyone help ?

how did you install it? restricted drivers manager?

hi all,how does one start a software raid after booting (non root partition)?

are you currently booted onto a drive that is going to be in the raid?

how can i determine if i am running 32bit or 64bit ubuntu?

uname -a

in gentoo, i can run rc-update to make make an init script run on bootup. how do i do that in ubuntu ?

update-rc.d

does anyone have any experience with colinux on here?

honestly

abiword, gnumeric, and criawips are the whole gnome office suite, right?

http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/

i have a text file with three lines. first line is blank, second and third lines only have a two-digit number. i need to get the second line and third line read into a script variable as a time, with a ':' between each number. how can i do this?

timevar='$(sed -n 2p file):$(sed -n 3p file)'; seems to work here

does anyone know about a tool to scan for wlan and which channels they use? (i need to switch channel on my wlan since there is too much interference)

'iwlist scanning'

attn all bash h4x0rz: how can i select all inside of the terminal

ctrl-u?

i have heard that some people having a lot of trouble since updating firefox to 3.5.5. the browser willl crash now and then. what do you guys/girls say about that?

mine is stable so far

speaking of that, how come all of ubuntu's bittorrent clients suck

i only use btdownloadcurses. i did try azureus for a few months.

what exaclty is the diffirence between gtk and gnome?

/ is more like the c: drive

what's a good utility for mass renaming files?

shell scripts, using echo & sed

how do i know whether i'm running on xaa or exa acceleration?

cat /var/log/xorg.0.log | grep -i 'for acceleration'

how do i enable 5.1 my vlc shows theres only mono and stereo,

http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/the-simple-way-to-get-51-surround-sound-audio-working-in-ubuntu/

where do i install fonts in ubuntu?

/usr/share/fonts

hi guys .. i bought a new harddisk and use it as external with enclosure .. the problem is linux did not detect the hdd ... what should i do?

try the enclosure in another computer to make sure that it acutally works first, beyond that i'm not sure. i do know that some kernels just don't play nice with interfaces on some enclosures.

hello! does anybody know how to change the default media player to kaffeine when using gnome?

sorry, you first have to open the properties and then select open with

so does anyone know how to keep sshd from timing out on connections, or at least how to extend the timeout period to something like 30-60min?

what are you connecting with?

how do 'scan' for wireless networks ?

iwlist scan

how to kill process?

in terminal, killall vlc

hey, i just installed tild, but from some reason all text i write, is written but disapears with the next key stroke anybody fromiliar with this problem?

imo tilda is'nt half as good as the kde equivalent yakuake

hello, can anyone tell me how i can set up an internal drive to mount at boot time?

set it up in the /etc/fstab

i've added another partition to fstab and mounted it.. i want to make sure that when it auto mounts it's 'read/write' capable.. fstab line looks like 'uuid='7d4a2d7f-aee9-4dfa-bb47-76314a1acf79' /media/data ext4 defaults 0 2

that looks good to me

please remind me what is name of compiz plugin that shows all open windows on screen and allows me to choose one

scale i believe

i'm watching a config file in terminal (the line that i write on is indicated with ':') and i can only browse up and down the file. how do i get out?

try :q!

i have a problem with my web server. i have a port forward account to forward internal ip to my public ip through port 40. this worked fine in hardy just by adding port 40 to the ports.conf file in apache2 folder. but doesn't work in ibex any ideas?

neither connecting on localhost:40 ?

any favorite ftp client, and a download manager?

wget

is there any sort of grub diagnostics bootable cd, after a ubuntu install went wrong and froze. now i cant access ubuntu or xp. ?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/

are there any linux commands to display how a hard disk is partitioned without actually opening a partioning program?

sudo fdisk -l /dev/hda

using apt-get/apt-cache, is there a way i can try to find previous versions of a package?

don't tink so, unless apt keeps some logs of the upgrades

hey guys, i'm trying to install grub on my fakeraid array (using dmraid), and upon running grub-install /dev/mapper/sil_aeahdfdcbdba, i'm met with the error 'sil_aeahdfdcbdba5 has no corresponding bios drive' .. sil_aeahdfdcbdba5 is my first logical parition (second over-all) and is mounted to /boot.

not 100% sure on this, but i dont think you can boot off of a 'fake' raid array

heya, how can i shoutcast.

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_webradio_with_icecast2_ices2

i don't think you get what i'm saying. i already know that ubuntu is easy, but that's not what i asked. i asked if anyone could suggest any good addons that would make it easier for a windows user to switch to, such as themes / etc. i'd much rather you tried to answer my question rather than telling me something irrelevant, although i appreciate your input.

your question should be more specific. the answers you got _were_ relevant.

hello everyone. i'm trying to install ndiswrapper on ubuntu 9.10. i've tried very hard to figure this out on my own. i've gotten so far as to identify my needed windows driver, download it, get ndiswrapper, unpack it, and now i am stumped, thanks to that blasted youtube video. : )

wnat nic you using ?

what about unity? should i using unity of gnome3?

using gnome3 on 11.04 is difficult to do and difficult to reverse. you're probably better off using unity or gnome-fallback.

are there other, small de's for ubuntu other than xubuntu and lubuntu?

http://linuxgazette.net/106/murray.html

how can i login as a root?

30 oct

hi can anyone tell me how to install libwxgtk on lucid?

sudo apt-get install libwxgt2.8-0 (for version 2.8 obviously)

this may be really newbie question, but how does one delete an entire directory and files recursively from the command line

rm -r /path/to/dir but be careful this might be dangerous

hi, how are you ? faced screen brightness , now ok. any good clocks , though i see cairo-clock, as suggested here.

nope, i am a huge fan of the default system one to be honest.

without using kubuntu, how easy is it to switch from gnome to kde?

very.

hello, anyone know who i could shrink the size of the icons on the desktop in ubuntu?

rightclick on the icon and select 'stretch icon'

i need to install winblows on my system. but there is no ntfs partition on my hdd at the moment. is it possible to create a partition from ubuntu and then reboot and install winblows on there?

use gparted to shrink a partition and make room for a new one

got a new laptop that came with w7 and i installed ubuntu 10.10 along side it. but now i need to return the laptop… is there any way to uninstall ubuntu and restore the drive to it's original partition size?

i wouldn't worry too hard though as the shop will likley re-image it

i'm trying to use wget to put all of the files in a web directory into a local directory, but it creates a bunch of unnecessary folders (e.g. domainname/folder/folder/folder/images.jpg instead of just images.jpg into the local directory). which command line option am i missing?

it's -nd or --no-directories

if one haas warty, should they upgrade to hoary now?

cat /etc/fstab and look for ext3 or ext2

does ubuntu support dial-up connections?

i don't believe so, but i'm not sure. try it, and if it doesn't work look at winmodem.org if yours is supported and how to set it up.

is it possible to increase the number of virtual screens beyond the 4?

not so sure though

is there are a list if known problems with 10.04 somewere? are there known issues one should be aware of before upgrading?

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004

what gpu card?

ati mobility radeon hd 4250

hey i just got a new hard drive. how can i make sure it's mounted automatically at boot without defining the /dev/sdb1 kind of point? other entries in /etc/fstab have uuid

find uuid with : sudo blkid

this is a great community, this channel is the only reason why i would set a noob up with linux

this is why i picked ubuntu over all the other versions when i picked a linux distro to try.

what is a good mouse management tool for ubuntu? i am using linux mint 10 lxde and may need to install an application to change the mouse double click speed.

in vanilla ubuntu, there's an app for that in system | preferences. since you're using mint, we cannot help you here.

how do i 'chmod -r' my entire $home dir to other users, so that only i (and root..) can see what's in it?

i think it's chmod you want.. remove the x-flags from the directories as others... $ find /home/myself -type d | xargs chmod o-x