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i have free time, what's a gui linux application i could build?	look at the ubuntu bounties
uhm, i have a small problem. my linux partition has died. running the live cd now. is there a way to save the data on the drive?	'died' = ?
ctrl+alt f1 and then i use 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' though there may be a better way	try to use the person's name whom your response is directed to in your posts so they get alerted and everyone knows who you're talking to...you can use tab to autocomplete if needed :)
hi guys. a few quick questions. my windows drives are read only. is there a way i can change that so that i can write files to them?	i can vouch for fuse, myself. i've been using it for 4 months now without issues.
can someone tell me how to burn an .img to a hard disk? i'm trying to install freenas on another disk for another computer. it's an .img file.	a .img is normally a raw disk image; it can be dumped to a harddisk using zcat and dd
what's a good program to automatically (at night or whatever) download new podcasts for me from a bunch of rss feeds?	i like gpodder
exactly how can i see details as default gateaway, dns servers in use and etc ? (getting ip from dhcp server) ifconfig in terminal does not tell me this ..	right click the connection icon in the top bar and goto connection info
what is wrong with ubuntu? has something changed? there are rare updates for january, and no body replies to the bugs i have submitted, about craches in nautilus, acpi issues on my laptop...	that's how foss works...
i don't get the amnesia demo running, does anyone know how to fix this? http://paste.ubuntu.com/952195/	i find that uninstalling pulseaudio always does the trick. it reverts back to alsa where you can manipulate more channels
i'm looking for an editor (for python) that has a browser 'drawer' (window, frame, section) that allows me to view my project hierarchically by directory (basically has an integrated file browser). any ideas?	kate?
anybody know where wxbanker stores your files? (not in home or documents)	guessing but probably in /home/you/.wxbanker
what is the permission of umask 0022 (777 666 655 644)?	calculate it. for files, 0666 & ~022 = 0644
how can i resize my mediacenter xp partition without buying a product such as partitionmagic, etc?	it shouldnt but you should backup your data
hi, does anyone knows how can i enable ssh and sshfs as root remotely ?	first edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure permitrootlogin is yes and then sudo passwd to set a password for root (or better sudo ssh-keygen to generate him a keypair)
newbie question: hi, can someone explaine the ubuntu/linux directory structure? i am used to windows and everything installing in c:\program files - is there an equivilant in linux?	programs in /usr/bin libraries in /usr/lib, configuration files in /etc, temp files in /tmp, all your personal config and data files in /home/user
can anyone help me, i cant see to find my cdrom drive	should be in your computer. if youve installed it. ;d
does the ubuntu installer have the ability to resize ntfs partitions to make room for the install?	did you try running the partitioning program on the live cd?
how can i find out with a shell command which kind of ram i have in my pc?	sudo lshw gives all the hardware info
is there a way to fix how the window resize corners appear to be only 1px? it's extremely frustrating to resize windows :)	using a different theme help?
does linux support crossfire or sli?	hell. yes..
how do you start ubuntu in command line mode?	remove gdm from the runlevel you're booting into.
should i rename d file?	yes, yes you should. it is not a csv file.
is there a way to take a deb file from apt-get and run ./configure make make install on it?	apt-get source <package>
how do i modify the usa keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change '-' to '_' and vice versa.	/usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/
quick question. i am trying to create my own custom panel type thing (i dont even know what exactly to call it) i want a button in the middle of the screen that i can click on and it pulls open a menu bar anyone have a clue where i should even start?	you seriously want a button right in the middle of your screen? that sounds quite annoying.
guys, i compile k3b, to the point it said 'sudo make install' now what? i dont see it install yet	what's it doing?
anyone know an application for encoding avi files into divx ?	http://www.transcoding.org
where can i download a dvd image not cd!	http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/ is what people have been using
whats the difference between sudo apt-get and sudo aptitude?	apt-get vs aptitude for installation is a moot point. for uninstallation though they act quite different
hello people, i did not yet install ubuntu, just some pre-installation questions, ig u don tmind: i found several titles like warty, hoary, breezy, etc. what does it mean? should i choose one during the installation?	check also ubuntu.com
hi guys, has anyone an idea where i can find what the value of id_serial for a usb stick? it was somewhere in /sys but i cant find it anymore in 12.04. i need it to clearly identify usb keys that only contain random data (no partitions)	it doesnt appear in lsusb?
to set the default home directory permissions in the system so everytime a new user is added the permissions are set so their account can't access others and others can't access them i mean with cd they can view everyones folders	/etc/adduser.conf
i have two files in different paths, one is a symlink of the other. both have the same name. how do i know which is the symlink and which is the main file?	the link will show like lrwxrwxrwx or so, depending on your permissions, the regular file will show as -rwxrwxrwx
how do i install new icon themes in ubuntu?	then use the install routine cited in the readme for that icon set
when ubuntu auto mounts a usb drive where is the folder structure on the filesystem?	it should mount to /media/whatever
how do you change what programs to auto-start when logging in to gnome?	system > preferences > sessions > startup
so i am using ubuntu 10.10 for my media server (with the gui desktop for ease of access) and it now appears the desktop has frozen (keyboard/mouse unresponsive, even when trying to plug other ones in) yet the server is still streaming media without any issues. any recommendations as to what i should do ? should i just do a hard reboot ?	10.10 is end of life
what's the command to make a sha256 hash of a given string?	man openssl
hello. how do i get a program to print all output to the terminal and to a file?	command \| tee /path/to/file
what command do you need to install the stuff on ubuntu required to compile stuff ?	apt-get install build-essential
whats the best ftp server in ubuntu? somethin easy and hopefully with a gui would be wonderful	anything doing ftp will be kinda arse, but vsftpd is one of the least bad
hi there my mplayer its crashing if i pause !! where can i see a log file ??	maybe ~/.mplayer
could someone recommend an iptraf alternative (looking for something that shows source and destination ips per conenction, but mor eorganized then tcpdump)	25(?) x 80. you can change the command in the launcher (menu) 'gnome-terminal --geometry=100x35'
does anyone know of a good midi player for linux?	timidity, i guess, is the only real option
anybody know where i can find an old-school classic windows theme? i've tried gnome-look, but all it seems to have is xp themes.	http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1095
i cannot play music on the desktop if a browser is open. and if music is playing from the desktop, i cannot play anything from the browser. by 'cannot play' i mean that i plays, but i just hear no sound. basically, its one or the other. please help.	if not, you should look into pulseaudio
hi, how can i run a shell script from the terminal?	just depends on the chipset
does the owner of a mount point directory matter, if you want to give a different user rw access to that device?	windows key
how to hibernate from terminal in ubuntu?? or set shortcut for hibernate??	pm-suspend
i'm on ubuntu 10.10; i've already removed gnomehow do i install the nvidia drivers?	'sudo apt-get install nvidia-current' for the current driver
hey all, quick question about python and $path. i want to be able to execute a python script no matter where i am when browsing in the file system. i think this means i just need to make my script executable (done) and moved to /usr/local/bin (done), then use it by typing ./script.py unfortunately this doesn't work - bash says it can't find it.	the ./ part means look in this directory - try just script.py
how to enable dma on hoary at bootup ??	/etc/hdparm.conf
i accidently 'quit' the volume control icon in the top panel. i tried adding 'gnome-volume-control-applet' to start up, it comes, but it doesn't have the rhythmbox control in it, could you help me to get back the old volume control?	did you remove the indicator-applet?
has the azureus notification area icon been fixed on edgy or do i still need to find a different repository for it?	azureus doesn't show in my tray on edgy
how can i login to my cups admin tool? localhost:631 my root username and password do not work	you have to unlock the admin function. /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
hi. accidentaly i have removed $home/.bash_logout - anyone can pastebin me content of this file?	http://paste.ubuntu.com/602880/
hi, in xchat when i right click to 'open in web browser' it's opening a terminal. can someone tell me how to make it do what it says please ?	for me, both options work fine
i just installed crossover office and all its programs seem to be in /opt/cxoffice/bin/ but bash does not know to look in this path.. how do i tell it to look there?	you might need to log out and log back in for changes to take effect
my package installer crashed. what process i should kill to close it?	package installer? software centre? synaptic? apt-get?
anyone familiar with konverstaion?	although what do you need to know about it?
how can i set it so ctrl+alt+backspace restarts x like it used to?	key sequence to kill the x server
how can i simply amplify a wav file?	sox
i have two identical sata drives, each is 250 gb.. both are bootable. i run off one and other has data on it i want to merge over to my main drive. how can i check to see which files are dupes, and then merge the data onto one drive so that the other drive can be for network storage and backup?	check out 'rsync'
hey... is there any reason why irc would work fine, but not any other kind of connection, like web browsing? o_o	mad firewall settings?
what is a good application to run on ubuntu that is similar to microsoft money?	gnucah
hey anyone know what is the command to check a disk for errors?	fsck
morning all. is there a way to see what libs an executable file is calling? i need to see if i have to acquire different ones for a program that used to run in 7.10 but doesn't in 8.04.	ldd filename
when i remove a package/program via package manager - does the package manager completely clean up all the empty dir's, etc?	you have to select the 'purge' option
i cant just start over from step 1? i remember the steps	just give it time man..youll get it eventually
is there a way, without root/sudo, to change the default editor (for the user, not the system)?	editor=/usr/bin/vim for example
i just upgraded to hardy and now whenever i insert a dvd, totem starts up.	edit -> preferences -> media in nautilus
'note for ubuntu feisty users: currently (as april 20, 2007), the mplayer/mencoder version in ubuntu feisty is buggy and produces noisy sound when used with devede' does anyone else have this same experience? that quote was taken directly from the devede website	i used mencoder in feisty and it worked well
so i have an issue with nautilus. it randomly doesn't show files in folders! it literally says 0 items. i can view the same files using ls, thunar, etc...	http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease
does anybody have any advice on how to share a server amongst a couple people so as to work on a group project making a website? i'd like to do it without giving them too much access to the config files, but i can't think of how to do it without giving them root.	sudo can give specic users specific access to specific commands.. depending on your needs
hello how do i rename a file to the current date? like file.18-12-2009-12:22.sql	mv oldfilename newfilename.$(date +format)
what would i add to my crontab to have a particular script run every 30 minutes?	/30 * * * script
can i make hardy to restart progs i had open last time i logged out?	or third tab, can't remember
hi, is there a way to check from command line if a particular pkg is installed or not?	apt-cache policy
hi, i was wondering where the ubuntu kernel tree is located. /usr/src seems to be mostly empty, save a few makefiles, with no *.c files.	you need the kernel source adaptor
i edited songs on my ipod from rhythmbox and when i use the ipod it says no songs but when i connect it rhythmbox can still see them. any ideas?	use gtkpod with your ipod, it works better i think.
how do i figure which package contains a certain file?	http://packages.ubuntu.com
no internet connection.....no way to install build-essential... i need make to install b43-fwcutter for my internet connection.. oh my god why didn't this at least include make	do an apt-get --download-only somewhere with an internet connection, then sneakernet that over to the box you need to sort out.
hi, can somebody help me? i'd like to know if there's a cp command like wich displays a progress bar....	http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2008/01/24/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-progress-bar-like-wget/
can someone run `which rcs` and tell me if rcs is on your system?	it's in universe, but not installed by default
hi! i have some problem with a simple c++ code relating to writing output to files. basicly i try to write something to file, but the output is 0-sized. permission are set ok and if the file is not there it gets created. code is right here: http://www.nopaste.pl/4ck and there are a few comments (in red) as what the program should do. can anyone help me?	this is not a dev channel, you'll have more luck there
i seem to remember some time in the past using something that starts a second x session in a window of the existing x session, though i can't remember how i did	xnest
ok, well maybe it gives me some more info on why it's failing	do-release-upgrade is what you want
i have automake-1.4 and automake-1.7 binaries installed.. what's the approved method of letting an autogen.sh script know which one to use?	man update-alternatives
how can i change the premission of /mnt/windows that i chold run it with my normal suer?	mount it with umask=000
hey guys an irc question. when you register your nick name, does it applies to all channel or you have to repeat the process?	it applies to the entire network that you have registered on
would like to install kde in terminal - what would i need to type in?	no is fine
is there a way to get a list of packages that no package depends on?	that none? use deborphan.
how can i determine whether an already installed ubuntu is 32 bit or 64 bit?	if it says 'i686' then it's 34-bit
how can i view a txt file in non-wrapped mode	in nano. nano should have wrapping off by default
how should i install cedega? apt-cache doesn't seem to mention winex/cedega/transgaming.	sudo dpkg -i <filename>
anyone know if it'll kill anything if i run one of the low footprint athlon64 x2's with an 8800gts, 2x 1g ddr2, and a single sata 7200rpm disk on 350w?	just put the closest values into that calculator, and it will let you know where you stand as far as a minimum supply
ever since i did an update/upgrade yesterday evening (hoary), my x locks up while loading the desktop. any idea what might be horked?	what kernel you using
hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)	with the middle button!
does anyone here know how to get rhythmbox to play m4a audio files in dapper drake?	install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
my karmic installation finally gave up the good fight, and now i cant even recover it because it wont accept my password. this is right during finals week. am i boned?	you can also boot into single user mode and reset the password

i have free time, what's a gui linux application i could build?

look at the ubuntu bounties

uhm, i have a small problem. my linux partition has died. running the live cd now. is there a way to save the data on the drive?

'died' = ?

ctrl+alt f1 and then i use 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' though there may be a better way

try to use the person's name whom your response is directed to in your posts so they get alerted and everyone knows who you're talking to...you can use tab to autocomplete if needed :)

hi guys. a few quick questions. my windows drives are read only. is there a way i can change that so that i can write files to them?

i can vouch for fuse, myself. i've been using it for 4 months now without issues.

can someone tell me how to burn an .img to a hard disk? i'm trying to install freenas on another disk for another computer. it's an .img file.

a .img is normally a raw disk image; it can be dumped to a harddisk using zcat and dd

what's a good program to automatically (at night or whatever) download new podcasts for me from a bunch of rss feeds?

i like gpodder

exactly how can i see details as default gateaway, dns servers in use and etc ? (getting ip from dhcp server) ifconfig in terminal does not tell me this ..

right click the connection icon in the top bar and goto connection info

what is wrong with ubuntu? has something changed? there are rare updates for january, and no body replies to the bugs i have submitted, about craches in nautilus, acpi issues on my laptop...

that's how foss works...

i don't get the amnesia demo running, does anyone know how to fix this? http://paste.ubuntu.com/952195/

i find that uninstalling pulseaudio always does the trick. it reverts back to alsa where you can manipulate more channels

i'm looking for an editor (for python) that has a browser 'drawer' (window, frame, section) that allows me to view my project hierarchically by directory (basically has an integrated file browser). any ideas?

kate?

anybody know where wxbanker stores your files? (not in home or documents)

guessing but probably in /home/you/.wxbanker

what is the permission of umask 0022 (777 666 655 644)?

calculate it. for files, 0666 & ~022 = 0644

how can i resize my mediacenter xp partition without buying a product such as partitionmagic, etc?

it shouldnt but you should backup your data

hi, does anyone knows how can i enable ssh and sshfs as root remotely ?

first edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure permitrootlogin is yes and then sudo passwd to set a password for root (or better sudo ssh-keygen to generate him a keypair)

newbie question: hi, can someone explaine the ubuntu/linux directory structure? i am used to windows and everything installing in c:\program files - is there an equivilant in linux?

programs in /usr/bin libraries in /usr/lib, configuration files in /etc, temp files in /tmp, all your personal config and data files in /home/user

can anyone help me, i cant see to find my cdrom drive

should be in your computer. if youve installed it. ;d

does the ubuntu installer have the ability to resize ntfs partitions to make room for the install?

did you try running the partitioning program on the live cd?

how can i find out with a shell command which kind of ram i have in my pc?

sudo lshw gives all the hardware info

is there a way to fix how the window resize corners appear to be only 1px? it's extremely frustrating to resize windows :)

using a different theme help?

does linux support crossfire or sli?

hell. yes..

how do you start ubuntu in command line mode?

remove gdm from the runlevel you're booting into.

should i rename d file?

yes, yes you should. it is not a csv file.

is there a way to take a deb file from apt-get and run ./configure make make install on it?

apt-get source <package>

how do i modify the usa keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change '-' to '_' and vice versa.

/usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/

quick question. i am trying to create my own custom panel type thing (i dont even know what exactly to call it) i want a button in the middle of the screen that i can click on and it pulls open a menu bar anyone have a clue where i should even start?

you seriously want a button right in the middle of your screen? that sounds quite annoying.

guys, i compile k3b, to the point it said 'sudo make install' now what? i dont see it install yet

what's it doing?

anyone know an application for encoding avi files into divx ?

http://www.transcoding.org

where can i download a dvd image not cd!

http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/ is what people have been using

whats the difference between sudo apt-get and sudo aptitude?

apt-get vs aptitude for installation is a moot point. for uninstallation though they act quite different

hello people, i did not yet install ubuntu, just some pre-installation questions, ig u don tmind: i found several titles like warty, hoary, breezy, etc. what does it mean? should i choose one during the installation?

check also ubuntu.com

hi guys, has anyone an idea where i can find what the value of id_serial for a usb stick? it was somewhere in /sys but i cant find it anymore in 12.04. i need it to clearly identify usb keys that only contain random data (no partitions)

it doesnt appear in lsusb?

to set the default home directory permissions in the system so everytime a new user is added the permissions are set so their account can't access others and others can't access them i mean with cd they can view everyones folders

/etc/adduser.conf

i have two files in different paths, one is a symlink of the other. both have the same name. how do i know which is the symlink and which is the main file?

the link will show like lrwxrwxrwx or so, depending on your permissions, the regular file will show as -rwxrwxrwx

how do i install new icon themes in ubuntu?

then use the install routine cited in the readme for that icon set

when ubuntu auto mounts a usb drive where is the folder structure on the filesystem?

it should mount to /media/whatever

how do you change what programs to auto-start when logging in to gnome?

system > preferences > sessions > startup

so i am using ubuntu 10.10 for my media server (with the gui desktop for ease of access) and it now appears the desktop has frozen (keyboard/mouse unresponsive, even when trying to plug other ones in) yet the server is still streaming media without any issues. any recommendations as to what i should do ? should i just do a hard reboot ?

10.10 is end of life

what's the command to make a sha256 hash of a given string?

man openssl

hello. how do i get a program to print all output to the terminal and to a file?

command | tee /path/to/file

what command do you need to install the stuff on ubuntu required to compile stuff ?

apt-get install build-essential

whats the best ftp server in ubuntu? somethin easy and hopefully with a gui would be wonderful

anything doing ftp will be kinda arse, but vsftpd is one of the least bad

hi there my mplayer its crashing if i pause !! where can i see a log file ??

maybe ~/.mplayer

could someone recommend an iptraf alternative (looking for something that shows source and destination ips per conenction, but mor eorganized then tcpdump)

25(?) x 80. you can change the command in the launcher (menu) 'gnome-terminal --geometry=100x35'

does anyone know of a good midi player for linux?

timidity, i guess, is the only real option

anybody know where i can find an old-school classic windows theme? i've tried gnome-look, but all it seems to have is xp themes.

http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1095

i cannot play music on the desktop if a browser is open. and if music is playing from the desktop, i cannot play anything from the browser. by 'cannot play' i mean that i plays, but i just hear no sound. basically, its one or the other. please help.

if not, you should look into pulseaudio

hi, how can i run a shell script from the terminal?

just depends on the chipset

does the owner of a mount point directory matter, if you want to give a different user rw access to that device?

windows key

how to hibernate from terminal in ubuntu?? or set shortcut for hibernate??

pm-suspend

i'm on ubuntu 10.10; i've already removed gnomehow do i install the nvidia drivers?

'sudo apt-get install nvidia-current' for the current driver

hey all, quick question about python and $path. i want to be able to execute a python script no matter where i am when browsing in the file system. i think this means i just need to make my script executable (done) and moved to /usr/local/bin (done), then use it by typing ./script.py unfortunately this doesn't work - bash says it can't find it.

the ./ part means look in this directory - try just script.py

how to enable dma on hoary at bootup ??

/etc/hdparm.conf

i accidently 'quit' the volume control icon in the top panel. i tried adding 'gnome-volume-control-applet' to start up, it comes, but it doesn't have the rhythmbox control in it, could you help me to get back the old volume control?

did you remove the indicator-applet?

has the azureus notification area icon been fixed on edgy or do i still need to find a different repository for it?

azureus doesn't show in my tray on edgy

how can i login to my cups admin tool? localhost:631 my root username and password do not work

you have to unlock the admin function. /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

hi. accidentaly i have removed $home/.bash_logout - anyone can pastebin me content of this file?

http://paste.ubuntu.com/602880/

hi, in xchat when i right click to 'open in web browser' it's opening a terminal. can someone tell me how to make it do what it says please ?

for me, both options work fine

i just installed crossover office and all its programs seem to be in /opt/cxoffice/bin/ but bash does not know to look in this path.. how do i tell it to look there?

you might need to log out and log back in for changes to take effect

my package installer crashed. what process i should kill to close it?

package installer? software centre? synaptic? apt-get?

anyone familiar with konverstaion?

although what do you need to know about it?

how can i set it so ctrl+alt+backspace restarts x like it used to?

key sequence to kill the x server

how can i simply amplify a wav file?

sox

i have two identical sata drives, each is 250 gb.. both are bootable. i run off one and other has data on it i want to merge over to my main drive. how can i check to see which files are dupes, and then merge the data onto one drive so that the other drive can be for network storage and backup?

check out 'rsync'

hey... is there any reason why irc would work fine, but not any other kind of connection, like web browsing? o_o

mad firewall settings?

what is a good application to run on ubuntu that is similar to microsoft money?

gnucah

hey anyone know what is the command to check a disk for errors?

fsck

morning all. is there a way to see what libs an executable file is calling? i need to see if i have to acquire different ones for a program that used to run in 7.10 but doesn't in 8.04.

ldd filename

when i remove a package/program via package manager - does the package manager completely clean up all the empty dir's, etc?

you have to select the 'purge' option

i cant just start over from step 1? i remember the steps

just give it time man..youll get it eventually

is there a way, without root/sudo, to change the default editor (for the user, not the system)?

editor=/usr/bin/vim for example

i just upgraded to hardy and now whenever i insert a dvd, totem starts up.

edit -> preferences -> media in nautilus

'note for ubuntu feisty users: currently (as april 20, 2007), the mplayer/mencoder version in ubuntu feisty is buggy and produces noisy sound when used with devede' does anyone else have this same experience? that quote was taken directly from the devede website

i used mencoder in feisty and it worked well

so i have an issue with nautilus. it randomly doesn't show files in folders! it literally says 0 items. i can view the same files using ls, thunar, etc...

http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease

does anybody have any advice on how to share a server amongst a couple people so as to work on a group project making a website? i'd like to do it without giving them too much access to the config files, but i can't think of how to do it without giving them root.

sudo can give specic users specific access to specific commands.. depending on your needs

hello how do i rename a file to the current date? like file.18-12-2009-12:22.sql

mv oldfilename newfilename.$(date +format)

what would i add to my crontab to have a particular script run every 30 minutes?

*/30 * * * * script

can i make hardy to restart progs i had open last time i logged out?

or third tab, can't remember

hi, is there a way to check from command line if a particular pkg is installed or not?

apt-cache policy

hi, i was wondering where the ubuntu kernel tree is located. /usr/src seems to be mostly empty, save a few makefiles, with no *.c files.

you need the kernel source adaptor

i edited songs on my ipod from rhythmbox and when i use the ipod it says no songs but when i connect it rhythmbox can still see them. any ideas?

use gtkpod with your ipod, it works better i think.

how do i figure which package contains a certain file?

http://packages.ubuntu.com

no internet connection.....no way to install build-essential... i need make to install b43-fwcutter for my internet connection.. oh my god why didn't this at least include make

do an apt-get --download-only somewhere with an internet connection, then sneakernet that over to the box you need to sort out.

hi, can somebody help me? i'd like to know if there's a cp command like wich displays a progress bar....

http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2008/01/24/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-progress-bar-like-wget/

can someone run `which rcs` and tell me if rcs is on your system?

it's in universe, but not installed by default

hi! i have some problem with a simple c++ code relating to writing output to files. basicly i try to write something to file, but the output is 0-sized. permission are set ok and if the file is not there it gets created. code is right here: http://www.nopaste.pl/4ck and there are a few comments (in red) as what the program should do. can anyone help me?

this is not a dev channel, you'll have more luck there

i seem to remember some time in the past using something that starts a second x session in a window of the existing x session, though i can't remember how i did

xnest

ok, well maybe it gives me some more info on why it's failing

do-release-upgrade is what you want

i have automake-1.4 and automake-1.7 binaries installed.. what's the approved method of letting an autogen.sh script know which one to use?

man update-alternatives

how can i change the premission of /mnt/windows that i chold run it with my normal suer?

mount it with umask=000

hey guys an irc question. when you register your nick name, does it applies to all channel or you have to repeat the process?

it applies to the entire network that you have registered on

would like to install kde in terminal - what would i need to type in?

no is fine

is there a way to get a list of packages that no package depends on?

that none? use deborphan.

how can i determine whether an already installed ubuntu is 32 bit or 64 bit?

if it says 'i686' then it's 34-bit

how can i view a txt file in non-wrapped mode

in nano. nano should have wrapping off by default

how should i install cedega? apt-cache doesn't seem to mention winex/cedega/transgaming.

sudo dpkg -i <filename>

anyone know if it'll kill anything if i run one of the low footprint athlon64 x2's with an 8800gts, 2x 1g ddr2, and a single sata 7200rpm disk on 350w?

just put the closest values into that calculator, and it will let you know where you stand as far as a minimum supply

ever since i did an update/upgrade yesterday evening (hoary), my x locks up while loading the desktop. any idea what might be horked?

what kernel you using

hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)

with the middle button!

does anyone here know how to get rhythmbox to play m4a audio files in dapper drake?

install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse

my karmic installation finally gave up the good fight, and now i cant even recover it because it wont accept my password. this is right during finals week. am i boned?

you can also boot into single user mode and reset the password