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quick question. will ubuntu run on an intel xeon platform?
i don't know if ubuntu supports it, but that's what you should look for.
did anyone answer my question while i was gone? 'wich linux distro is the most windows compatible?' i got disconnected
linux can only write to ntfs partitions with captive: http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
hello, ctrl+alt+d is not working anymore in ubuntu 10.10. how can i enable this shortcut again?
i configured the keyboard shortcuts with the super button( win key in my laptop) it works like charm
hey is there a way to resize my ubuntu partition....i need it to be smaller...what program can i use?
gparted
anyone recommend an ftp server to use in linux?
gftp if you are using gnome
how can you determine which printer port is active, lshw doesn't show it?
dmesg
i am not getting the 'screen and graphics configuration' that was promised in xubuntu, how can i install it please?
try installing displayconfig-gtk.
what's the good program for stream radio player ?!
amarok
could anyone tell my how to disable the composite extension in ubuntu? there is no xorg.conf so idk if making one will even be read or not
maybe you could choose 'without effects' session on login?
i have tryed 3 days to get gftp. allways the same problem 'e: couldn't find package gftp'
it's in universe
hey how can i create a directory in /usr/bin?
you have to sudo for that, but it's not a good thing to do, in general. it makes a mess :)
to my knowledge the defrag tools for ext aren't ready for production
why are there defrag tools when there's no need for it? @ikonia
hello. is there any way to stop ubuntu from 'forcing' a diskcheck every 33 or or so times i start my computer?
sure, use tune2fs to change how often it happens
but you can script this by youself, since partimage is an gui for dd
okay, i have a (fair) understanding of how to do that, however i was looking for something more shrink-wrapped. no worries, thanks!
hi, i want to install python 2.6 and python 2.7 in the same environment how can i do it and switch between both versions?
if they are both in the package manage then its easy. the command python2.6 will give you that version and python2.7 the other
there is some strange thing that pops up when i touch my track pad that like grabs a window and shows 3 circles
this may help: http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/automatically-disable-touchpad-when-mouse-is-connected-ubuntu/
how do you query the on/off state of a wireless nic when there is no hardware led and the switch is a fn+f2 keyboard shortcut (i.e. soft-switch) rather than a two position physical switch?
there may be a better way but often there is an entry in /proc
is there a website that keeps 'must have' repositories?
everything you must have.. is in our repos
what is the name of the program that is like wine, but you must pay?
for gaming its cedega
hi, can someone tell me how to access a samba share on another computer? when i use windows i can access it by going to \\pveer\adante and logging in with adante\password -- when i do this in the gnome browser it times out
smb://<ip here>
what is the command to show what kernel version you are using?
uname -a
does anyone know how i can find out 'what packages were updated on my system yesterday'?
look in /var/log/dpkg.log
x crashed while i was playing a movie with vlc and now whenever i try to open a directory from my netbook remix desktop, it tries to open it with vlc.
i think you can change the default option to open the directory
whick kernel version comes with breezy ?
current is 2.6.12-9
anyone know what package contains the gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh file?
try dpkg-query -s 'gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh'
anyone know of a decent gtk app for disk management? (formatting etc)
gparted
anyone know if safari runs under wine?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98430
is it hard for me to upgrade my mysql server to 5.0 from 4.0 if it's already set up and all?
from 4.0 to 4.1 it was no swaet just 'apt upgrade' can't give any gurantee about 5 though, i suppose you should just 'mysqldump' and go for it
where can you see what version kernel you are using?
uname -a
is gimp 2.8 in the ubuntu repos?
not for 12.04 no, quantal (ubuntu 12.10 will have it), but there's a ppa if you want it on precise
how do i change my hostname? i know it's by editing the /etc/hosts file, but what do i put in there?
you can just use the hostname command, man hostname
i want to start dual-booting ubuntu, i have not installed it yet, and i am running windows xp. except, my only problem is i'm quite afraid that during the 'partition' step i will lose some of my data. how can i avoid this, or am i paranoid?
i have never lost any (and i have installed ubuntu many, many times). but if you don't back up your data, you will lose it some day :)
how do you automount a drive? i have an 80gb and a 30gb partition i would like to auto-mount any ideas how>
if they are removable devices (hot plug or usb) then gnome-mount should detect and mount them when connected, unless that option is turned off
heya i have a question about livecd not working on a compaq system... is this the right place or is there a chan for livecd support?
what's the specific issue?
bump.. anyone got a quick guide to installing java runtime environment and flash 8 ?
for java thats the info
how to startup gnome on remote machine through ssh ?
/etc/init.d/gdm restart
is there a version of ubuntu well suited for recording midi devices? rosegarden complains that the system timer is not right (and there's always that big delay.....)
ubuntu studio is for digital audio and video. i will admit that is about all i know about it
can anyone advise me on security measures for running a server with listening applications and security? best practices? hardening the system?
there are a few linux administration pdfs online that have alot of great in-depth information about that
how do i change file associations?
: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=374660
so, more generally, how do i execute a .bin file?
- is this the java installer? - because there are comprehensive instructions on the sun site for that.
where are fonts stored?
/usr/share/fonts (system) and ~/.fonts (yours)
should 8.10 be available in update manager?
i would suggest a fresh install, lest you like to spend time troubleshooting
is there a reason my cd burning keeps failing?? everytime it fails, i get the error message, 'try a slower burning speed'. i've tried 3 lower than the maximum now. anyone suggest a specific burning tool besides using the 'write to disc' option?
sudo apt-get install k3b
how to insert a bulleted list in openoffice.org impress text?
select text , that you wana number >> bull >> bullet and numbering
do you monitor your system temperature?
no i don't - worth trying?
well, i know in microsoft under device manager i think you can use device id's to unquiely identify a device. but i am not sure and curious if those device ids will be the same if you boot into a different os's such as ubuntu or an linux distro...because that maybe a way to unquiely identify hardware
to answer your question gentoo is probably the hardest, but building your own is definitely harder, arch is somewhat difficult if you've never used linux before
hi all, i have a headless box, i just set it all up -- installed vnc, however when i vnc to this box unity is not there?
i think you would have to setup a virtual display for a headless system or it won't detect a monitor so won't start xorg
hi, bit of a newbie, how do i install programs that are .tar.gz?
tar -xvf <tar file>
he is there a command to add to ls that will print page by page? so you can see it all in bash
ls | less
can anyone recomend an ircd. i want the most secure and the most stable and with most veriety options and control
but freenode is running hyperion-1.0.2b if that helps
can someone tell me if it is possible to run mac-software with links .oo(like win-software with wine)
on some application you can change the $home_java = /to/path
hi, how can i install paltalk on ubuntu 10 ?
i am not sure, but can you try this http://www.locohacker.net/paltalk_programs/paltalk_download/gaim-pt_1.5.0_paltalk_linux_l197.html
i'd like to do my own live cd that works on as many configuration as the ubuntu live cd does. :) now i have a problem in writing a good script for a matching xorg config. ubuntu seems to have an awesome script for that. just dexconf or xorg reconfigure don't seem to work very well.
xresprobe and the other x sniffybits are what you're after.
i've got a gutsy installed next to xp, using a non-default grub. if i use wubi to install the hardy beta for a few days will grub be restored identically to its current state?
if i understand wubi right, it makes no changes to partitions, and if thats the case, grub is not affected in a wubi install
how do i tell by looking at ps aux whether synaptics is performing operations?
then if it's active it moves near the top to top to top off the top output.
what would be the proper way to export all the packages i've apt-get and to run that on another computer?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=261366 something like this?
anyone using eclipse on ubuntu? more specifically, phpeclipse?
i am using it in gentoo, but ask anyhow, see if i can help.
anyone know if there is a quick/easy way to temporarily disable the flash plugin from firefox?
move libflashplayer.so out of /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
hello! how can i add a user to group adm (in order for him to read logs)?
adduser $user adm?
i have 1gb ram; how much swap is better for me?
1gb more!
in windows there are programs like norton ghost that lets you capture your system drive in case you ever have to reinstall. just replace it with an image. is there anything like this for ubuntu? or one that can capture all the packages and applications installed on your system in case you have to reinstall?
clonezilla
hey i got a question about evolution, i added some icals to it, and i am wondering if you need to open evolution for the calendars to get updated or is it done in the background? it's kind of cool that if you click on the clock it'll show your appointments.
as long as evolution data server is running
hey whats the best way to find out my what my hardware specs are on my ubuntu laptop?
and try 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'
how do i change the permissions on a folder and everything underneath it again?
drbreen told you. chmod -r
for some reason, when i turned my laptop on, it told me that there was no bootable partition found.. i boot to the live usb, and the partition mounts just fine... what could be the issue?
did you mark the partition bootable
i might have an amd card, actually. gonna try system settings, how else can i check?
lshw -c video
is there any way to restart my sound card without doing a full restart / restarting gdm ?
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
how do you force the terminal to page output so i can 'scroll'?
use ' | more' at the end of the command
how do i toggle the virtual desktops with the keyboard
dpkg -l foo
anyone have a public dns server ip they can give me?
208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
every time i reboot my desktop forgets to turn on swap? what is this and how can i auto-activate it on startup (atm i do #swapon /dev/hda6 every timei find out)
that's /etc/fstab
hey all... i'm new to linux and jacked up my primary user account. i created a secondary user and want to get rid of my primary user & home. i deleted the user under 'user settings', but how do i get rid of the home directory?
your new user needs to have admin priviledges, or try doing it by booting hte live cd maybe
anyone know where i can find arial.ttf or another ttf font file? which location on the harddrive? :)
/mnt/c/windows/fonts/arial.ttf
is there a way, in ubuntu, to query the system and find out what version of a particular package i have installed?
i think this might do it: apt-cache showpkg <pkgname>
hello, is there some utility that will tell how many how many people (ips) are accessing the different services i am running? (website (which sites) - ftp - ssh - vnc - etc.) ?
you have in a fast way netstat, or in ncurses based you have iptraf, wich i like more
linux -- thanks for that screenshot -- what is needed is actually a text file of that info, so it can be grepped.
i believe ii = installed and rc = residual config
is it possible to choose lilo instead of grub while installing the last ubuntu ?
you can install it later but theres no option no
i'm trying to use hwinfo to get some information about my hardware, but for some reason it wont accept any modifiers, such as hwinfo -short. am i doing something wrong?
maybe it has to be long option syntax: --short
i accidentally formatted my home partition on my new install and switched from fat32 to ext4, is any of my data recoverable?
no - it's not
does anyone know if the vesa drivers support any 3d accel?
im pretty sure they dont
hmm... does anything break if i boot a kernel without initrd? (i have all necessary drivers compiled in, and the rest as modules)
it didn't here
does anyone know of a way to use an original xbox communicator (the puck that plugs into the old xbox controllers to use a headset) in ubuntu? i bought it without checking the compatibility first. the actual controller works perfectly (it's the original original, aka the 'duke' fits perfectly in my hands) and the headset works in xp, which is now the only reason i voluntarily ever boot into windows.
oh, you are talking about 360, got confused by the 'original xbox'
hi, i have a problem with my screen resolution, its seems that the xorg server from breezy doesn't support 1600x1024 very well. http://vern.chem.tu-berlin.de/~stephan/images/ubuntu-cinemadisplay.jpg
xserver-xorg would probably be the best place to report a bug against...xorg is being updated pretty much daily though
how do i list all the users and groups in the system?
getent passwd, getent groups
is there any gui program that will show package dependencies in a tree view?
synaptic does that
have you tried the live cd?
that'd be alright, but will it set up things such as printers/scanners and the like right out of the box?
okays, i'm trying to undo the {windows-key}+r magnigier. i've just installed a 4mb program called ccsm, and it doesn't do anything (hits an attribute error). does anyone know a *quick* and simple way to fix this? just a button i can push. if there's no quick way i'll just restart the computer.
ccsm is the way to manage compiz options
does epiphany have adblock
system > prefs > session
catch 22, wubi install of jaunty, updated to beta of karmic worked fine. grub update to grub2 blew up! now cann't boot asus express go, vista, or karmic. looking for recovery suggestions to recove boot to each partition. thx
you need to restore whatever bootloader wubi came with
was support for 'audioscrobbler' removed from rhythmbox? i've got it in the preferences dialog in version 0.9.3 but not in 0.9.6
go to edit > plugins
i don't have networkmanager installed, but can anyone confirm that 'sudo killall networkmanager' works and disables networkmanager?
yes, but only until the next reboot
i am having troube with my wireless card, hw do i activate it in terminal? its name is ath0
sudo ifup ath0
i am trying to mount my external cd/dvd-rw and i cant locate it in /etc/fstab, can anyone help http://paste.ubuntu.com/504258/
then either mount it from there, or make an entry for it in fstab
is grub still the bootloader for ubuntu/xubuntu?
grub2 is the standard these days. yes.
hi, the compiz update from yesterday broke my compiz, and i no longer have desktop effects. can anyone help?
you can reinstall your desktop apt-get install ubuntu-desktop or just uninstall and reinstall compiz
could anyone help me? i've just installed ubuntu on my laptop but i have never been asked to setup root password.... what can i do to use my root account?
read that page
im trying to mount a .iso on a virtual drive, from what i understand i use this: mount -o loop <iso directory> <mountpoint>, but i have no idea what the mountpoint would need to be, can anyone help?
may something like /media/cdrom
yeah gparted/ntfsprogs apparently - whats the best way to check if they are on the live cd?
cat /proc/cpuinfo, and if you see 'lm' in the flags, it's 64-bit
whats the command to apt-get the xfce window manager and all associated packages installed under xubuntu? i'm currently running regular ubuntu, and want to try something that might be a little lighter on the processor
it's close to that.
hi, anyone able to open the getdeb.net page?
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ is a great site for that.. and it is down here too