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how can play file ' .flv'?? please	sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
hey, i am trying to edit the xorg.conf file to fix my resolution but it is telling me i do not have permissions, i am trying to edit it in text edit	sudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf
how to suspend/resume?	you have to do apm --suspend , if that works you can make a keybinding for that somewhere in the gnome menu
is it possible to use the live cd / dvd in the package manager so that i don't have to download the pakages?	yes. go to add repositories, and add the cd
is there a way to put a time option into an echo command? for example: echo 'update completed at %s'	how about echo 'update completed at `date`' <--- note backticks inside double quotes
what's that package in the repos that makes the gnome panel prettier or more advanced? i swear i remember reading that somewhere	try gdesklet
hi all i have a problem: after updating to jaunty my firefox 3.5 has unusual and a kinda blurry font.. how can i fix that, i tried to reinstall it from both the official and the ppa sources..	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7094387
is there an enviroment variable holding the current directory ? (what's its name?)	$pwd
well, since there seems to be no proper way to tell ubuntu about my brand new nvidia card, 'xemacs /etc/x11/xorg.conf' will be my friend now.	it's a work in progress, but it may help you
hi. i'm running intrepid desktop and want advice on the best/easiest ftp server i can install. just package name is fine, i'll google the rest.	proftp
hi, how can i check my hard disk for errors in karmic?	then 'man smartctl' (sorry not an ubuntu computer right now so i cant look up the exact command)
how do you go about mounting a drive so that it is owned by a user instead of root?	try pmount
anyone knows the program used to partition the disks when we install ubuntu?	i think parted is used below the gui of the installer, check docs, wiki, etc
maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only win xp / ie combo will work	it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. you can install windows media player in wine i think along with ie 6 and it might work (worth a shot)
is there a good frontend ftp client for ubuntu?	when you click on the 'connect to server' and then edit your details, you will have an icon on your desktop that represents the connection
how can i list all my partitions? i wanna check if i created a swap or not when i instaled this linux some months ago	sudo fdisk -l
is there a linux permission for read + write but prevents users from deleting?	that kind of perm makes no sense
how do i turn off the gnome sounds?	system/preferences/sound
i don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but i was wondering how i would add a bash command that can access a program i've written from anywhere on the system	alias
how many days takes the ubuntu package to come home?	i got my hoary cds 3 weeks before release of breezy
i'm using alsa drivers but my microphone doesn't work for some reason. can anyone help?	can send me a copy of your interview
i have this huge 1gb file with a random name and no clue what it is, how can i find out? i don't want to open the entire thing in a hex editor maybe just the header	file randomname
i need help deciding what ubuntu versions are better, like kubuntu, mythbuntu, xubuntu......	/msg
has anyone seen any hoary updates at all since going fulll release ,just m aking sure because update notifier icon hasn't beenshowing up.....? ;)	there is no new updates since the final relase
hello! question. if i want to use rsync over ssh, is there a way i can 'save' my ssh key password to fully automate it? or in order to be fully automated am i to just keep the ssh key without a password?	sorry, meant to send it to invader
hey all how do i determine the install path of postgres sql?	you can search for the package in synaptic and the look under properties where you will find a 'provides' tab that shows where what is installed for this package.
when i was trying to get mp3 working in rythmnbox, there was a package i could apt-get install that covered a range of codecs, anyone caer to remidn me what it is?	or are you referring to w32codecs?
i found a nvidia geforce 6200 with s-video tv out capabilities.for $59. does anyone know if that card will work with jaunty?	even my geforce4 go 32mb works lol
anyone know if wacom makes a driver for the graphire 2?	i have looked with no luck
can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory	i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/
hi is chrome a part of apt?	chromium-browser
does anyone know how to remove gnome ftp links from the desktop ? they don't have a move to trash option (it is greyed out)	or maybe 'disconnect'
there is no one on the xubuntu channel....i'm trying to set my daughter up with an old laptop....can anyone help getting a linksys wusb54gs working in xubuntu....???....	maybe this will help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40299
would someting like improvements in my wifi driver get updated during a regular update?	lions commentary on the unix operating system
my time is constantly 6 hours late, can someone help me fix this please? (i am using xubuntu)	oh, just type tzconfig
is there a way to force a gigabit card to only use gigabit?	that seems like there another interface on the network that is forcing it to 100 mode
hey guys. anyone know a good soundcard that's well supported in ubuntu?	turtle beach montego ddl and sound blaster audigy2 series... (not x-fi though)
is there support for fingerprint readers in ubuntu?	there is, but i don't think it's very easy to set up
whats the 'swap' partition do? do i need to back itup?	no, you dont need to
what will be your responsibilities in that position?	a handfull of developers has done that up til now. they didn't want to do it anymore, so they hired me.
how can i start the graphical environment from command line?	startx
how can i find out how/why my system may have rebooted itself, overnite whilst doing some downloads	if it's earlier than the first timestamp, try /var/log/syslog.0
where is the best place to install binaries so that they are available to all users (assuming proper permissions)? /bin? /usr/bin? /usr/share? is there a guide to what, where and why?	/usr/bin in my opinion, it's a user binary.
hello there. well i have the following problem: when i download subtitles, i can see only some strange symbols when i open them. what do i need to see them correctly? codecs?	probably fonts
is there a package to have individual volume control for each program, like in vista?	mute all sound (flash sucks when it comes to sound integration)
is there a tool for ubuntu that i can use to partition my disks with	qtparted
how do i add a user to a specific grp? addgrp user group ?	i believe useradd -g group_name username. but check 'man useradd'
what's the command to scan for a new hdd on ubuntu server? if i a disk in vmware, dmesg doesnt spit out anything... it works if i reboot the machine tho, but i'm assuming this can be done on the fly?	i think you just look for a new /dev/hda,hdb,hdc,sda,whatever and mount its partitions.
'is, like'? what's with these bots?	i think they're trying to humanise them ;-)
hi guys. i would like to install a rootkit on my own machine, to learn and play a little bit with chkrootkit and rkhunter. does anyone know a good one?	such things are not on-topic for this channel.
anybody know i good link for installing all kind of things like multimedia, java and things like that?	also try searching in synaptic
how do u print a pdf using both sides?	i think kpdf can do that
anyone, is there a bash command to lookup a hostname, and 'translate' it to an ip?	host
hey will gnome volume manager auto mount a hard drive i'm about to add to my computer? as that's gonna annoy me as it needs formatting...	probably not. you will need to add it to fstab .
i use torrents what's tracker do	a tracker is basically the url that it connects to to find all the peers you need to connect to
trying to do the software update, i get this: w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb	check/update again then try again
why is it possible to use drivers for my ati radeon 9550 on ubuntu 8.xx, but not on 9.04?	i don't think so, the oldests drivers will not work with the current xorg
guys, where are physically stored the .desktop links that appear inside 'applications ' menu	~/.local/share/applications and /usr/share/applications
who made this ubuntu distribution? is it from britain? what does the name mean, is in in africaan? please answer	. it is named after the southern african philosophy of ubuntu ('humanity towards others').[7]
hello, i would like to know what is the .profile like file that gest executed at bash login?	and a .bashrc
what's the equivalent to windows taskamanger in ubuntu?	the other way is to right mouse click in your upper panel and choose 'add' then pick 'system monitor'
hi everyone ... quick question: 'locate -u' was once used to build the database for locate .... is that something else for ubuntu?	i think it's updatedb now.
hi. while trying to install software with apt-get, apt-get also wants to remove software and i have no idea why. also, the to-be-removed software packages have a {u} after their name. what's going on here and is it safe to proceed? output: http://pastebin.com/uxcgapeg	they're probably marked as automatically installed and have no packages that depend on them. since they're all library packages or similar, should be fine to remove
what is the best way to change ubuntu to boot only to console and allow to start x manually?	disable gdm from starting @ run level 2
hi, whats the command to see process in terminal ?	i like htop. you can check it out. :)
what's the latest version of phpmyadmin in ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger?	http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is a useful resource
umm, my gnome-system-manager is crashing when i try to change my accounts password.. how do i do it from cli?	passwd
how can i change ownership of a file?	right click > properties > permissions :)
how do i find out which device is my cd/dvd drive?	do a 'cat /etc/mtab' and see if anything in there uses a cd filesystem
hey, anyone know off any apps i can use to search trough multiple pdfs?	pdf's usually just store plain text.. and some binary blobs for graphics.. if they aren't scanned images and then you'll have to do ocr to be able to search.. so start off with grep.. see if that works
anyone know how i would go about having a wireless machine log on to the network prior to a user logging in?	if networkmanager won't do that, use ifupdown for network-configuration
i'm following a tutorial that says to edit /etc/modules.d/aliases, but that file does not exist. has it moved? i'm trying to get the nvidia driver working.	i hate myself.../etc/modprobe.d/aliases
im curious is there any way to send a message to a gui user from the terminal?	wall
on dapper what script probes usbsticks to automount them?	edit preferencies.fdi to change automount behavior
hi... i have a weird issue: after installing fontmatrix (i have quite a few fonts, i had them all installed, but then removed them) i don't have any visible text in my firefox browser (opera works fine though). any ideas?	checked the ff configuration for fonts ?
hi, ever since i installed gutsy about 6 weeks ago, i've never had so much trouble with my disk partitions. (1) after the initial install, the disks were all changed from /dev/hdan to /dev/sdan, but after any boot-up, they can be anywhere. (2) but what is upsetting me hourly, is that usb memory-stick mounts are totally inconsistent: various wrong permissions, various wrong mount points, or just not mounting. what changed? why is	use uuids in the files instead of dev names, if you put usb stick a in first one day it's sdc or so, if you ut usb stick b in by itself next day, it becomes sdc instead, even if totally different size or filesystem. uuids make sure you have that specific device.
hie everybody, my samsung x30 notebook can wake up after suspend or hibernate. anybody has a clue what to do about it?	unfortunately the samsung folk don't let linux developers know about how their acpi stuff works at a bios level so it's a bit tricky. try to make sure that the package acpi-support is installed.
how do i figure out free hard drive space on each of my drives?	that's for mounted partitions
how can i keep the disk reformat from happening on ubuntu installation?	advanced installation
how can i reboot sound under ubuntu?	maybe /etc/init/pulseaudio restart could do it
how would i convert png icons to svg?	you need inkscape for that afaik
how do i change the dual boot default from ubuntu to windows?	edit /etc/default/grub
hey - trying to install postgresql via package manager and also tried apt via command line. finds the package ok but get a 404 error saying it cant find server. all other packages installed ok and internet connection is ok. any ideas?	do an sudo apt-get update first, the package may have been superceeded
what is the command to find out which package a file belongs too?	otherwise use apt-file or packages.ubuntu.com
hi a quick question - i have ubuntu on a laptop....looking to buy a wireless mouse keyboard.........will i need to do any messing around or will it work ? (usb) thanks	usb should work fine.
in grub, does (hd0,0) refer to the first partition on the first disk or (hd0,1)?	hd0,0 is hda1
hey lads i got few questions which file recovery program is best on ubuntu??? and which program is the best to upload music to ipod on ubuntu????	i think rhythmbox and songbird can both load songs to an ipod, as long as the ipod is presenting itself ast a fat drive
hello everyone. question about ubutnu 10.04 and the integrated im applet. how does one get a buddy list to see whos online?	set up your account then change your status to online. you should then be able to see people in your area.
is it possible to create script that will run 'dhclient' and will not be requiring any password?	most startup scripts are run as root. they don't require you to type in your password.
does anyone know a text editor with an option to format collapsible text	a desktop wiki like zim might do what you want
what is alternative cd (?) and i'm looking for *buntu with no desktop	use the alternate cd when you have problems installing with the normal cd.
hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? it's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :p	dd?
hi, how do i set it so that i can login automatically?	the login manager config tool has a tab for that.
why nginx in ubuntu 10.10 is so old? (0.7.67) while we have version 0.9.5 (2011-02-21)?	during ubuntu development cycle there's something called debian freze. that's the moment when they decide to stop pulling from debian repositories in order to keep stability. so if you want a newer version there's probably ppa you can use
ive downloaded something and dont know what but now during any installation of a program i get a window that pops open saying 'should hddtemp daemon be started at boot' any ideas on how to stop this	not really, skype is a closed system
ugh, skype just messed up my sound, how do i restart my pulse audio daemon (if not that, what do i need to restart?)	/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart
can i get out of gdm and get to text-mode? my login does not work. it stops on 'window manager'... ctrl-alt-backspace only gets me back to gdm...	ctrl-alt-f1
just migrated to 11.10 from 11.04. using gnome classic - i've lost almost all my desktop settings (wth ubuntu!), and i'm wondering how do i add apps and panels to gnomes top bar?	use the alt key and click
anyone: i'm trying to install skype, and this depends on libqt3c102-mt, however, i don't see it in synaptic package manager and apt-get can't find it either. what can i do?	either install the statically linked skype or find a deb for skype in the forums that was built for ubuntu
anyone could recommena a good book to learn c++?	thinking in c++

how can play file ' .flv'?? please

sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

hey, i am trying to edit the xorg.conf file to fix my resolution but it is telling me i do not have permissions, i am trying to edit it in text edit

sudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf

how to suspend/resume?

you have to do apm --suspend , if that works you can make a keybinding for that somewhere in the gnome menu

is it possible to use the live cd / dvd in the package manager so that i don't have to download the pakages?

yes. go to add repositories, and add the cd

is there a way to put a time option into an echo command? for example: echo 'update completed at %s'

how about echo 'update completed at `date`' <--- note backticks inside double quotes

what's that package in the repos that makes the gnome panel prettier or more advanced? i swear i remember reading that somewhere

try gdesklet

hi all i have a problem: after updating to jaunty my firefox 3.5 has unusual and a kinda blurry font.. how can i fix that, i tried to reinstall it from both the official and the ppa sources..

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7094387

is there an enviroment variable holding the current directory ? (what's its name?)

$pwd

well, since there seems to be no proper way to tell ubuntu about my brand new nvidia card, 'xemacs /etc/x11/xorg.conf' will be my friend now.

it's a work in progress, but it may help you

hi. i'm running intrepid desktop and want advice on the best/easiest ftp server i can install. just package name is fine, i'll google the rest.

proftp

hi, how can i check my hard disk for errors in karmic?

then 'man smartctl' (sorry not an ubuntu computer right now so i cant look up the exact command)

how do you go about mounting a drive so that it is owned by a user instead of root?

try pmount

anyone knows the program used to partition the disks when we install ubuntu?

i think parted is used below the gui of the installer, check docs, wiki, etc

maybe a bit off topic - but anybody know if it is possible to use the 'watch now' on demand feature of netflix with ubuntu? netflix says only win xp / ie combo will work

it probably has some drm that screws stuff up. you can install windows media player in wine i think along with ie 6 and it might work (worth a shot)

is there a good frontend ftp client for ubuntu?

when you click on the 'connect to server' and then edit your details, you will have an icon on your desktop that represents the connection

how can i list all my partitions? i wanna check if i created a swap or not when i instaled this linux some months ago

sudo fdisk -l

is there a linux permission for read + write but prevents users from deleting?

that kind of perm makes no sense

how do i turn off the gnome sounds?

system/preferences/sound

i don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but i was wondering how i would add a bash command that can access a program i've written from anywhere on the system

alias

how many days takes the ubuntu package to come home?

i got my hoary cds 3 weeks before release of breezy

i'm using alsa drivers but my microphone doesn't work for some reason. can anyone help?

can send me a copy of your interview

i have this huge 1gb file with a random name and no clue what it is, how can i find out? i don't want to open the entire thing in a hex editor maybe just the header

file randomname

i need help deciding what ubuntu versions are better, like kubuntu, mythbuntu, xubuntu......

/msg

has anyone seen any hoary updates at all since going fulll release ,just m aking sure because update notifier icon hasn't beenshowing up.....? ;)

there is no new updates since the final relase

hello! question. if i want to use rsync over ssh, is there a way i can 'save' my ssh key password to fully automate it? or in order to be fully automated am i to just keep the ssh key without a password?

sorry, meant to send it to invader

hey all how do i determine the install path of postgres sql?

you can search for the package in synaptic and the look under properties where you will find a 'provides' tab that shows where what is installed for this package.

when i was trying to get mp3 working in rythmnbox, there was a package i could apt-get install that covered a range of codecs, anyone caer to remidn me what it is?

or are you referring to w32codecs?

i found a nvidia geforce 6200 with s-video tv out capabilities.for $59. does anyone know if that card will work with jaunty?

even my geforce4 go 32mb works lol

anyone know if wacom makes a driver for the graphire 2?

i have looked with no luck

can someone please give me a hand ? i need someone to check their /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d directory for an 'example_local' profile within one of the files.. i need that entry to restore the authentication system back to its 'pre ldap/nss' glory

i don't have an /etc/auth-client-config/

hi is chrome a part of apt?

chromium-browser

does anyone know how to remove gnome ftp links from the desktop ? they don't have a move to trash option (it is greyed out)

or maybe 'disconnect'

there is no one on the xubuntu channel....i'm trying to set my daughter up with an old laptop....can anyone help getting a linksys wusb54gs working in xubuntu....???....

maybe this will help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40299

would someting like improvements in my wifi driver get updated during a regular update?

lions commentary on the unix operating system

my time is constantly 6 hours late, can someone help me fix this please? (i am using xubuntu)

oh, just type tzconfig

is there a way to force a gigabit card to only use gigabit?

that seems like there another interface on the network that is forcing it to 100 mode

hey guys. anyone know a good soundcard that's well supported in ubuntu?

turtle beach montego ddl and sound blaster audigy2 series... (not x-fi though)

is there support for fingerprint readers in ubuntu?

there is, but i don't think it's very easy to set up

whats the 'swap' partition do? do i need to back itup?

no, you dont need to

what will be your responsibilities in that position?

a handfull of developers has done that up til now. they didn't want to do it anymore, so they hired me.

how can i start the graphical environment from command line?

startx

how can i find out how/why my system may have rebooted itself, overnite whilst doing some downloads

if it's earlier than the first timestamp, try /var/log/syslog.0

where is the best place to install binaries so that they are available to all users (assuming proper permissions)? /bin? /usr/bin? /usr/share? is there a guide to what, where and why?

/usr/bin in my opinion, it's a user binary.

hello there. well i have the following problem: when i download subtitles, i can see only some strange symbols when i open them. what do i need to see them correctly? codecs?

probably fonts

is there a package to have individual volume control for each program, like in vista?

mute all sound (flash sucks when it comes to sound integration)

is there a tool for ubuntu that i can use to partition my disks with

qtparted

how do i add a user to a specific grp? addgrp user group ?

i believe useradd -g group_name username. but check 'man useradd'

what's the command to scan for a new hdd on ubuntu server? if i a disk in vmware, dmesg doesnt spit out anything... it works if i reboot the machine tho, but i'm assuming this can be done on the fly?

i think you just look for a new /dev/hda,hdb,hdc,sda,whatever and mount its partitions.

'is, like'? what's with these bots?

i think they're trying to humanise them ;-)

hi guys. i would like to install a rootkit on my own machine, to learn and play a little bit with chkrootkit and rkhunter. does anyone know a good one?

such things are not on-topic for this channel.

anybody know i good link for installing all kind of things like multimedia, java and things like that?

also try searching in synaptic

how do u print a pdf using both sides?

i think kpdf can do that

anyone, is there a bash command to lookup a hostname, and 'translate' it to an ip?

host

hey will gnome volume manager auto mount a hard drive i'm about to add to my computer? as that's gonna annoy me as it needs formatting...

probably not. you will need to add it to fstab .

i use torrents what's tracker do

a tracker is basically the url that it connects to to find all the peers you need to connect to

trying to do the software update, i get this: w: failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1_i386.deb

check/update again then try again

why is it possible to use drivers for my ati radeon 9550 on ubuntu 8.xx, but not on 9.04?

i don't think so, the oldests drivers will not work with the current xorg

guys, where are physically stored the .desktop links that appear inside 'applications ' menu

~/.local/share/applications and /usr/share/applications

who made this ubuntu distribution? is it from britain? what does the name mean, is in in africaan? please answer

. it is named after the southern african philosophy of ubuntu ('humanity towards others').[7]

hello, i would like to know what is the .profile like file that gest executed at bash login?

and a .bashrc

what's the equivalent to windows taskamanger in ubuntu?

the other way is to right mouse click in your upper panel and choose 'add' then pick 'system monitor'

hi everyone ... quick question: 'locate -u' was once used to build the database for locate .... is that something else for ubuntu?

i think it's updatedb now.

hi. while trying to install software with apt-get, apt-get also wants to remove software and i have no idea why. also, the to-be-removed software packages have a {u} after their name. what's going on here and is it safe to proceed? output: http://pastebin.com/uxcgapeg

they're probably marked as automatically installed and have no packages that depend on them. since they're all library packages or similar, should be fine to remove

what is the best way to change ubuntu to boot only to console and allow to start x manually?

disable gdm from starting @ run level 2

hi, whats the command to see process in terminal ?

i like htop. you can check it out. :)

what's the latest version of phpmyadmin in ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is a useful resource

umm, my gnome-system-manager is crashing when i try to change my accounts password.. how do i do it from cli?

passwd

how can i change ownership of a file?

right click > properties > permissions :)

how do i find out which device is my cd/dvd drive?

do a 'cat /etc/mtab' and see if anything in there uses a cd filesystem

hey, anyone know off any apps i can use to search trough multiple pdfs?

pdf's usually just store plain text.. and some binary blobs for graphics.. if they aren't scanned images and then you'll have to do ocr to be able to search.. so start off with grep.. see if that works

anyone know how i would go about having a wireless machine log on to the network prior to a user logging in?

if networkmanager won't do that, use ifupdown for network-configuration

i'm following a tutorial that says to edit /etc/modules.d/aliases, but that file does not exist. has it moved? i'm trying to get the nvidia driver working.

i hate myself.../etc/modprobe.d/aliases

im curious is there any way to send a message to a gui user from the terminal?

wall

on dapper what script probes usbsticks to automount them?

edit preferencies.fdi to change automount behavior

hi... i have a weird issue: after installing fontmatrix (i have quite a few fonts, i had them all installed, but then removed them) i don't have any visible text in my firefox browser (opera works fine though). any ideas?

checked the ff configuration for fonts ?

hi, ever since i installed gutsy about 6 weeks ago, i've never had so much trouble with my disk partitions. (1) after the initial install, the disks were all changed from /dev/hdan to /dev/sdan, but after any boot-up, they can be *anywhere*. (2) but what is upsetting me hourly, is that usb memory-stick mounts are totally inconsistent: various wrong permissions, various wrong mount points, or just not mounting. what changed? why is

use uuids in the files instead of dev names, if you put usb stick a in first one day it's sdc or so, if you ut usb stick b in by itself next day, it becomes sdc instead, even if totally different size or filesystem. uuids make sure you have that specific device.

hie everybody, my samsung x30 notebook can wake up after suspend or hibernate. anybody has a clue what to do about it?

unfortunately the samsung folk don't let linux developers know about how their acpi stuff works at a bios level so it's a bit tricky. try to make sure that the package acpi-support is installed.

how do i figure out free hard drive space on each of my drives?

that's for mounted partitions

how can i keep the disk reformat from happening on ubuntu installation?

advanced installation

how can i reboot sound under ubuntu?

maybe /etc/init/pulseaudio restart could do it

how would i convert png icons to svg?

you need inkscape for that afaik

how do i change the dual boot default from ubuntu to windows?

edit /etc/default/grub

hey - trying to install postgresql via package manager and also tried apt via command line. finds the package ok but get a 404 error saying it cant find server. all other packages installed ok and internet connection is ok. any ideas?

do an sudo apt-get update first, the package may have been superceeded

what is the command to find out which package a file belongs too?

otherwise use apt-file or packages.ubuntu.com

hi a quick question - i have ubuntu on a laptop....looking to buy a wireless mouse keyboard.........will i need to do any messing around or will it work ? (usb) thanks

usb should work fine.

in grub, does (hd0,0) refer to the first partition on the first disk or (hd0,1)?

hd0,0 is hda1

hey lads i got few questions which file recovery program is best on ubuntu??? and which program is the best to upload music to ipod on ubuntu????

i think rhythmbox and songbird can both load songs to an ipod, as long as the ipod is presenting itself ast a fat drive

hello everyone. question about ubutnu 10.04 and the integrated im applet. how does one get a buddy list to see whos online?

set up your account then change your status to online. you should then be able to see people in your area.

is it possible to create script that will run 'dhclient' and will not be requiring any password?

most startup scripts are run as root. they don't require you to type in your password.

does anyone know a text editor with an option to format collapsible text

a desktop wiki like zim might do what you want

what is alternative cd (?) and i'm looking for *buntu with no desktop

use the alternate cd when you have problems installing with the normal cd.

hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? it's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :p

dd?

hi, how do i set it so that i can login automatically?

the login manager config tool has a tab for that.

why nginx in ubuntu 10.10 is so old? (0.7.67) while we have version 0.9.5 (2011-02-21)?

during ubuntu development cycle there's something called debian freze. that's the moment when they decide to stop pulling from debian repositories in order to keep stability. so if you want a newer version there's probably ppa you can use

ive downloaded something and dont know what but now during any installation of a program i get a window that pops open saying 'should hddtemp daemon be started at boot' any ideas on how to stop this

not really, skype is a closed system

ugh, skype just messed up my sound, how do i restart my pulse audio daemon (if not that, what do i need to restart?)

/etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart

can i get out of gdm and get to text-mode? my login does not work. it stops on 'window manager'... ctrl-alt-backspace only gets me back to gdm...

ctrl-alt-f1

just migrated to 11.10 from 11.04. using gnome classic - i've lost almost all my desktop settings (wth ubuntu!), and i'm wondering how do i add apps and panels to gnomes top bar?

use the alt key and click

anyone: i'm trying to install skype, and this depends on libqt3c102-mt, however, i don't see it in synaptic package manager and apt-get can't find it either. what can i do?

either install the statically linked skype or find a deb for skype in the forums that was built for ubuntu

anyone could recommena a good book to learn c++?

thinking in c++