mugithi/ubuntu_question_answer_jsonl · Datasets at Hugging Face

question stringlengths 12 460	answer stringlengths 3 431
where is the enable sound server startup option in gnome?	don't repeat.
i use ubuntu and there is no root.......its the only distro i could get to install properly though. here's the problem i'm running into: there's a configuration file to change the network workgroup, but i can't edit it because it is read only. it says the owner of the fille is root. no root. any suggestions?	the root account exists, but is locked. use sudo to gain root access.
hello, i deleted the root user account and i would like to add it back. i've booted off a live cd and am about to do it. any pointers, recommendations?	seriously doubt you actually deleted root. don't think ubuntu would even boot otherwise. is it possible you only disabled it???
can anyone help me? in tty 1 (i think its called like that (ctrl+alt+f1)) i want to change colors like background and stuff just for fun anyone know the commands?	and maybe stty
from where i can get sis graphics driver for ubuntu	the mesa-dri project and x.org provide a basic, working 2d driver for all sis integrated video to date, and some of them also support 3d acceleration
i am attempting to install ubuntu 10,10 on my macbook. i have followed the instructions for installation (created a partition, installed refit) but whenever i try to load ubuntu from the live cd i get a black screen after the first splash. i tried moving to the text based installer, but i get the same results after selecting 'install ubuntu'. the disc and memory checks both passed tests. does anyone have any help to offer?	works in any
how would i go about excluding a user from the main login screen when i create a user for the system	not sure about the path as i`m on suse right now
hi everybodu, in ubuntu 11.10 is there any keyboard shortcuts 'ctrl+whatever' to move between workspaces ? if there are no, can i customize this??	is http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/2289.html useful to you
ok, i just installed 8.04 on a test box, now i want to lock it down before going 'live' with it. i want to install a root kit detector, and a firewall, suggestions?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/apparmor https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntufirewall
how can i make a #define something as a parameter for gcc?	gcc -dthing_to_define -o file.o file.c
hello guys, what's the command to show all environment variables?	the list can get very large
wheres a irc tutorial or guide	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia%3airc_tutorial
hey guys. i am logged into my terminal as root and i am trying to copy files from the flash drive to a file on my desktop...when i use cp to copy the files i get 'cp: omitting directory 'enter/directory''	yes. add -v as well to see what it's doing.
does anyone know of a way to code for ios in ubuntu, maybe even with a simulator like in xcode? or is there a way to run xcode in ubuntu?	you can try monotouch but you'll need a mac for publishing
anyone knows how to get dvd/cd's label (text) in terminal ?	something along the lines of 'isoinfo -d -i /dev/sr0'
hello, i have a very persistent problem with my screen resolution, would anyone be willing to help me out there?	mail the nvidia developers for not developing working drivers.
question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?	there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo
i'm having a 'low graphic mode' issue when booting 12.10 w/out monitor. is there any way to get ubuntu to remember the last corret configuration?	i had similar problem and adding this to my /etc/rc.local helped: sleep 1 && service lightdm restart
hi, why ubuntu uses pc speaker as a system sound? in pindgin, firefox, terminal i hear this stupid 'beep' from my box. also when i try to close or restart system there is a long 2 seconds 'beep' after i confirm restart action. anyone knows how to get rid of this annoying useless beeps? im using jaunty	rip out the pc-speaker. always the best solution <3
hi... i added 'computer' to my desktop (like a shortcut) and i want to get rid of it, how do i do that?	somewhere in gconf editor ... untick something that i don't remember to make icons on desktop disappear
should i terminate any apps before doing a dist-upgrade?	no, it'll just close unexpectedly.
hmm, how can i make a video recording of my desktop?	good q, i also have that q
anybody knows a tanslator software italian-spanish for ubuntu?	freetranslation.com?
sorry, how can i create a new account in evolution mail? i asked that once, i'm kinda blind	edit->preferences
can i configure terminal to do true transparency?	xgl :)
is there a way to specify that a particular package sho0uldn't be installed, but that newer versions shoudl?	see /etc/apt/preferences
if i have a personal development machine, and another machine acting as a local server with multiple accounts, should i be creating ssh keys for each account, or is it normal to use just one private/public key pair when ssh-ing into the 3 different accounts?	generally i'd setup a key per account.
how do i see the clock rate of my cpu?	i usually use 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'
when installing ubuntu via wubi, will wubi disable hibernation for the windows os or the ubuntu os, or both?	most likely for ubuntu since you may or may not get the change to create a swap partition (which is essential for hibernation on linux)
i'm having a strange problem on breezy-64: when i do 'sudo sh some_program.sh' it starts unpacking and shows the dots and stuff, but then just stops and does back to command line, without error or anything	sounds like there's a problem with the shell scripts. those programs install from shell scripts rather than packages?
what's the 'name' of the latest released ubuntu, 5.10? that's what's stupid about apt sources.list, i can't enter a version, i have to enter some goofy name	breezy badger i think
hello everyone!! does anyone know how to change the login screen from ubuntu 9.10. i used to have my own themes but now i cannot customize anything...	it's not yet implemented for this new, rewritten version of gdm. it should be back in the next release or two.
which package name refer to the j2sdk1.4 in apt-get way ? apt-get install j2sdk seems didnt work, hehe	are you trying to install the sun java sdk for like eclipse ?
hey guys, how can i merge two text files on the command line? sort of like how git does it?	try the 'merge' command
i'm having some trouble mounting my secondary harddrive. it's ntfs formatted, and when i type 'sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/mountpoint' i don't get any errors, but when i try to access /media/mountpoint, i get an error window saying 'you do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of 'mountpoint.'' any idea why that might be happening?	only root will be able to access the mounted drive if you mount using sudo
are there any programs that can show me which directories are using the most space on my drive?	baobab
what is the best program to use to create a video dvd from .avi files?	devede
has anyone tried running games under windows under vmware?	doesn't work worth a darn
i am transfering 950 gb from one sataii hdd to another, both plugged into motherboard. source drive is ext4 and destination drive is ntfs. it said 23 hours to transfer. isn't that rather slow, as in i should be looking into fixing it?	thats fairly good, since ntfs is provided by fuse, and is pretty slow by design.
hello , how i restart apache and mysql service in ubuntu ?	sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
is there a firefox 1.0.3 update deb around in any repository?	backports has 1.0.3
/etc/rc.local probably is where you will run your script	thanks dude! worked like a charm ;d
does anyone know of a way where i can view package descriptions/info in the terminal using apt-get?	apt-cache search <package>
is there a software repository that enables me to install closed-source software (google earth, for example)?	i have installed it
hi guys! i am in the process of installing lucid on a brandnew fujitsu s760 but i cant seem to turn on the wireless, the button does nothing... any ideas pls?	what wireless chip is built in your notebook?
hi short question. if i do the natty beta update via 'update-manager -d' can i do the same again for the stable in 2 weeks?	the short and quick is yes, but backup all data and whatnot, basically the /home dir, see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha2
what is the command to open a terminal/console/shell and run midnightcommander 'mc'?	the terminal will close as soon as you exit mc.
can someone msg me the default grouplist for the initial user on an ubuntu install? i screwed up my assignments by doing usermod -g fuse, instead of usermod -a -g fuse	username = andy
how do i do auto login on a command line system? i have googled and tried things but cant get it to work :s	is it even doable?
how do i install firefox 32bits on my dappeer for amd64?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/firefoxamd64flashjava
how do i go about installing ubuntu on a notebook with ati card	very carefully. it's not so fun as on well supported hardware.
can someone tell me where i can find my xorg.conf file? i can't find it in /etc/x11/ - i'm using the latest version of ubuntu	'locate command
gimp is installed on my system but not showing up in the menu...what do i need to do to get it to show up.	also possibly log out and back in?
nm. rtorrent is for dapper, is there some bittornet client for feisty ?	there is a good tutorial and shortcut description on theirs site
my friend told me to install automatix...whats this automatix about?	on medibuntu you can find w32codecs
firefox only starts in fullscreen mode, so i cant resize the window, i have to close it via xkill - any ideas?	f11 ?
is php5 supported by gutsy gibbon?	apt-get into it.
what do you guys recommend to use to listen to .flac and .mp3 best in ubuntu?	/msg ubottu players for a list
on a remote server, an attached usb disk was lost by the kernel(?) but it shows being still attached in the output of lsusb. how can i determine what /dev/sd* i should use to remount it?	dmesg will have it
how do i enable mp3 encoding from sound-juicer?	you need gstreamer-lame.
i wonder why they replaced pidgin with empathy if empathy has no support or plugins.	because people normally hates pidgin, and canonical changes to another one... what is better, yes, but new version, don't change by old version, it hasn't got anything :s
how can i have a list in console of the programs that i'm running to see the id and kill them?	'killall firefox' and 'killall firefox-bin'
hey, is there an openbox version of ubuntu?	just install regular ubuntu and then openbox
how do i disable the boot splash in ubuntu?	tag the splash line in menu.lst
hi all. what is the command to import pgp key from the server?	gpg --recv-key mykeyid
i know 9.10 is no longer supported, but does anyone know of a repo for it since ubuntu took down the official ones?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/eolupgrades
hi! i have a question, please :) can i update from ubuntu 7.04 to ubuntu 9.04 with only one update? (maybe with the alternate cd? :) thanks!	the instructions say that such a long upgrade isn't supported :(
hi is tasksel not a part of ubuntu 10.10. i am trying to install the lamp stack but it gives an error	apt-get install lamp-server^
hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?	probably the ones that use firewire
hello, i have an unusable system that i would like to get a large amount of data off of. i can use a install cd to boot into rescue mode, is it possible to mount a network drive or at the very least use ssh/scp to transfer data?	i'd get an external hdd and backup all the stuff you need on to it with ubuntu livecd. then, install afreash and move everything back
why do novice users pick ubuntu ..	because its a great system to work on?
##c++ channel looks like banned all ip's from turkey. what is my crime? i just wanted to ask a question on that channel.	/msg one of their ops
good evening all. i wonder if someone could help me for one moment - i'm looking for some decent 3d software to use in ubuntu or kubuntu (preferably something universal if available) - is one available for these distros?	blender?
btw, anybody knows how to play 3gp videos with sound?	i have played 3gp videos in gxine as well
how do i get gnome network manager to manage my wifi connection?	read through the wifi howto yet?
are there any good webkit based browsers for ubuntu?	midori
im planning to run ubuntu as a server. is there a special release or anything that i should download?	breezy is a recommendation
hello everyone, i'm very interested in helping developing linux applications, some with java (which i know pretty good), some with c++ (which i still don't know), and i was wondering, everytime i try to download a source of a program it seems to be more complex than what i've learned so far, i've seen a couple of svn sources (which took me some time to figure out how that works), is there a website that can has collected simple and i	see 'starting points' on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment
how to install compiz-fusion 7.2 on gutsy	it is install by default, just needs to be enabled.. and the video drivers / card need to be comp with it
i need some help installing some drivers. anyone out there can help me?	just ask
hi, i've just upgraded from (ubuntu 9.04) to (ubuntu 9.10) and i have exactly the same problems with firefox, mentioned here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1344501).	im not sure about the firefox problem, but doing a clean install usually fixes alot of common updgrade issues.... if that helps
how can i set a cron to open a webpage then after the page finishes loading it ends the cron?	or.. you want to open it in a browser? not just download it?
i am told, by an error message, that i must install libdvdcss v1.2 but when trying to install either of the two, 'libdvdcss' or 'libdvdcss2' aptitude can't find a canditate version..	check your pm
hi guys, quick questin, how do i install apache on my ubuntu server? thx ahead of itim	follow the above link ubottu just gave you
hi, i'm booting from a 12.04 cd, but all i get is a mostly blank screen with the 'keyboard = vitruvian' image at the bottom before it launches what looks like a live mode. how do i get an install menu?	just try to type any key just after the cd boots, you should be able to see a menu then.
hi. i'm trying to start my 10.04 (lucid) computer in text mode. i found http://fooninja.net/2010/07/29/text-boot-in-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04-disabling-gdm/ which says to put 'grub_cmdline_linux='text'' in /etc/default/grub, but that file doesn't exist on my system, and when i created it and rebooted, it didn't change anything. is that file somewhere else?	try /boot/grub/menu.lst
how can i convert a filesystem from ntfs to linux and mount it at /portal/, preferrably from ubuntu	why do you want to convert it?
is there a terminal command you can enter to determine the amount of memory in a pc?	whenever you want to find a command use apropos, for example 'apropos memory' will give you a list of commands pertaining to memory
sephy:system menu, preferences, sound. sounds tab, disable alert sound. i think thats what your trying to do. its the system beep.	thanks alot ;)
hi, whats a good mp3 server for ubuntu?	you samba shares (windows can stream mp3s from samba), use icecast (http mp3 stream) or vlc
has anyone ever installed grub on the secondary harddrive and it worked?	that doesn't sound encouraging
hey guys, is there any way to install the sources for my currently running stock kernel (2.6.15-26) on dapper?	or copy the existing config file from /boot
do i need to reboot, for the system to recognize changes in asound.conf?	or alsasound restart
what browser can i import my history and bookmarks from firefox but is faster than firefox?	you could try chromium. i use the ppa:chromium-daily/ppa repository, and i have had no issues with it so far.
hello do anybody know how much / size does pangoling take ?	when i installed 12.04 fresh it was just under 5gb
my friend has ubuntu 10.10 and he b0rked his his x by lowering his resolution, it blacked out and didn't restore itself. how can he fix it?	boot to recovery mode and run xfix
does anyone know of an snmp application that can run a graph from my router in the background on the desktop or similiar?	yeah programs like zenoss/cactus/nagios can do that
does anyone know why i don't see fps when running glxgears?	use 'glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark'
after i compile omething from source, do i want to keep the source directory around to make it easy to deinstall?	if you have the deb package around you can hang onto that and just ditch the source
hello.. does the normal ubuntu 8.04 iso has the windows installer thingy, or is it in another distribution ?	yes 8.04 has the wubi installer

where is the enable sound server startup option in gnome?

don't repeat.

i use ubuntu and there is no root.......its the only distro i could get to install properly though. here's the problem i'm running into: there's a configuration file to change the network workgroup, but i can't edit it because it is read only. it says the owner of the fille is root. no root. any suggestions?

the root account exists, but is locked. use sudo to gain root access.

hello, i deleted the root user account and i would like to add it back. i've booted off a live cd and am about to do it. any pointers, recommendations?

seriously doubt you actually deleted root. don't think ubuntu would even boot otherwise. is it possible you only disabled it???

can anyone help me? in tty 1 (i think its called like that (ctrl+alt+f1)) i want to change colors like background and stuff just for fun anyone know the commands?

and maybe stty

from where i can get sis graphics driver for ubuntu

the mesa-dri project and x.org provide a basic, working 2d driver for all sis integrated video to date, and some of them also support 3d acceleration

i am attempting to install ubuntu 10,10 on my macbook. i have followed the instructions for installation (created a partition, installed refit) but whenever i try to load ubuntu from the live cd i get a black screen after the first splash. i tried moving to the text based installer, but i get the same results after selecting 'install ubuntu'. the disc and memory checks both passed tests. does anyone have any help to offer?

works in any

how would i go about excluding a user from the main login screen when i create a user for the system

not sure about the path as i`m on suse right now

hi everybodu, in ubuntu 11.10 is there any keyboard shortcuts 'ctrl+whatever' to move between workspaces ? if there are no, can i customize this??

is http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/2289.html useful to you

ok, i just installed 8.04 on a test box, now i want to lock it down before going 'live' with it. i want to install a root kit detector, and a firewall, suggestions?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/apparmor https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntufirewall

how can i make a #define something as a parameter for gcc?

gcc -dthing_to_define -o file.o file.c

hello guys, what's the command to show all environment variables?

the list can get very large

wheres a irc tutorial or guide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia%3airc_tutorial

hey guys. i am logged into my terminal as root and i am trying to copy files from the flash drive to a file on my desktop...when i use cp to copy the files i get 'cp: omitting directory 'enter/directory''

yes. add -v as well to see what it's doing.

does anyone know of a way to code for ios in ubuntu, maybe even with a simulator like in xcode? or is there a way to run xcode in ubuntu?

you can try monotouch but you'll need a mac for publishing

anyone knows how to get dvd/cd's label (text) in terminal ?

something along the lines of 'isoinfo -d -i /dev/sr0'

hello, i have a very persistent problem with my screen resolution, would anyone be willing to help me out there?

mail the nvidia developers for not developing working drivers.

question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?

there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo

i'm having a 'low graphic mode' issue when booting 12.10 w/out monitor. is there any way to get ubuntu to remember the last corret configuration?

i had similar problem and adding this to my /etc/rc.local helped: sleep 1 && service lightdm restart

hi, why ubuntu uses pc speaker as a system sound? in pindgin, firefox, terminal i hear this stupid 'beep' from my box. also when i try to close or restart system there is a long 2 seconds 'beep' after i confirm restart action. anyone knows how to get rid of this annoying useless beeps? im using jaunty

rip out the pc-speaker. always the best solution <3

hi... i added 'computer' to my desktop (like a shortcut) and i want to get rid of it, how do i do that?

somewhere in gconf editor ... untick something that i don't remember to make icons on desktop disappear

should i terminate any apps before doing a dist-upgrade?

no, it'll just close unexpectedly.

hmm, how can i make a video recording of my desktop?

good q, i also have that q

anybody knows a tanslator software italian-spanish for ubuntu?

freetranslation.com?

sorry, how can i create a new account in evolution mail? i asked that once, i'm kinda blind

edit->preferences

can i configure terminal to do true transparency?

xgl :)

is there a way to specify that a particular package sho0uldn't be installed, but that newer versions shoudl?

see /etc/apt/preferences

if i have a personal development machine, and another machine acting as a local server with multiple accounts, should i be creating ssh keys for each account, or is it normal to use just one private/public key pair when ssh-ing into the 3 different accounts?

generally i'd setup a key per account.

how do i see the clock rate of my cpu?

i usually use 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'

when installing ubuntu via wubi, will wubi disable hibernation for the windows os or the ubuntu os, or both?

most likely for ubuntu since you may or may not get the change to create a swap partition (which is essential for hibernation on linux)

i'm having a strange problem on breezy-64: when i do 'sudo sh some_program.sh' it starts unpacking and shows the dots and stuff, but then just stops and does back to command line, without error or anything

sounds like there's a problem with the shell scripts. those programs install from shell scripts rather than packages?

what's the 'name' of the latest released ubuntu, 5.10? that's what's stupid about apt sources.list, i can't enter a version, i have to enter some goofy name

breezy badger i think

hello everyone!! does anyone know how to change the login screen from ubuntu 9.10. i used to have my own themes but now i cannot customize anything...

it's not yet implemented for this new, rewritten version of gdm. it should be back in the next release or two.

which package name refer to the j2sdk1.4 in apt-get way ? apt-get install j2sdk seems didnt work, hehe

are you trying to install the sun java sdk for like eclipse ?

hey guys, how can i merge two text files on the command line? sort of like how git does it?

try the 'merge' command

i'm having some trouble mounting my secondary harddrive. it's ntfs formatted, and when i type 'sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/mountpoint' i don't get any errors, but when i try to access /media/mountpoint, i get an error window saying 'you do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of 'mountpoint.'' any idea why that might be happening?

only root will be able to access the mounted drive if you mount using sudo

are there any programs that can show me which directories are using the most space on my drive?

baobab

what is the best program to use to create a video dvd from .avi files?

devede

has anyone tried running games under windows under vmware?

doesn't work worth a darn

i am transfering 950 gb from one sataii hdd to another, both plugged into motherboard. source drive is ext4 and destination drive is ntfs. it said 23 hours to transfer. isn't that rather slow, as in i should be looking into fixing it?

thats fairly good, since ntfs is provided by fuse, and is pretty slow by design.

hello , how i restart apache and mysql service in ubuntu ?

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

is there a firefox 1.0.3 update deb around in any repository?

backports has 1.0.3

/etc/rc.local probably is where you will run your script

thanks dude! worked like a charm ;d

does anyone know of a way where i can view package descriptions/info in the terminal using apt-get?

apt-cache search <package>

is there a software repository that enables me to install closed-source software (google earth, for example)?

i have installed it

hi guys! i am in the process of installing lucid on a brandnew fujitsu s760 but i cant seem to turn on the wireless, the button does nothing... any ideas pls?

what wireless chip is built in your notebook?

hi short question. if i do the natty beta update via 'update-manager -d' can i do the same again for the stable in 2 weeks?

the short and quick is yes, but backup all data and whatnot, basically the /home dir, see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha2

what is the command to open a terminal/console/shell and run midnightcommander 'mc'?

the terminal will close as soon as you exit mc.

can someone msg me the default grouplist for the initial user on an ubuntu install? i screwed up my assignments by doing usermod -g fuse, instead of usermod -a -g fuse

username = andy

how do i do auto login on a command line system? i have googled and tried things but cant get it to work :s

is it even doable?

how do i install firefox 32bits on my dappeer for amd64?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/firefoxamd64flashjava

how do i go about installing ubuntu on a notebook with ati card

very carefully. it's not so fun as on well supported hardware.

can someone tell me where i can find my xorg.conf file? i can't find it in /etc/x11/ - i'm using the latest version of ubuntu

'locate command

gimp is installed on my system but not showing up in the menu...what do i need to do to get it to show up.

also possibly log out and back in?

nm. rtorrent is for dapper, is there some bittornet client for feisty ?

there is a good tutorial and shortcut description on theirs site

my friend told me to install automatix...whats this automatix about?

on medibuntu you can find w32codecs

firefox only starts in fullscreen mode, so i cant resize the window, i have to close it via xkill - any ideas?

f11 ?

is php5 supported by gutsy gibbon?

apt-get into it.

what do you guys recommend to use to listen to .flac and .mp3 best in ubuntu?

/msg ubottu players for a list

on a remote server, an attached usb disk was lost by the kernel(?) but it shows being still attached in the output of lsusb. how can i determine what /dev/sd* i should use to remount it?

dmesg will have it

how do i enable mp3 encoding from sound-juicer?

you need gstreamer-lame.

i wonder why they replaced pidgin with empathy if empathy has no support or plugins.

because people normally hates pidgin, and canonical changes to another one... what is better, yes, but *new* version, don't change by old version, it hasn't got anything :s

how can i have a list in console of the programs that i'm running to see the id and kill them?

'killall firefox' and 'killall firefox-bin'

hey, is there an openbox version of ubuntu?

just install regular ubuntu and then openbox

how do i disable the boot splash in ubuntu?

tag the splash line in menu.lst

hi all. what is the command to import pgp key from the server?

gpg --recv-key mykeyid

i know 9.10 is no longer supported, but does anyone know of a repo for it since ubuntu took down the official ones?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/eolupgrades

hi! i have a question, please :) can i update from ubuntu 7.04 to ubuntu 9.04 with only one update? (maybe with the alternate cd? :) thanks!

the instructions say that such a long upgrade isn't supported :(

hi is tasksel not a part of ubuntu 10.10. i am trying to install the lamp stack but it gives an error

apt-get install lamp-server^

hi. are there any digital video cameras (not a webcam) which can be accessed via /dev/video0 when connected to the pc?

probably the ones that use firewire

hello, i have an unusable system that i would like to get a large amount of data off of. i can use a install cd to boot into rescue mode, is it possible to mount a network drive or at the very least use ssh/scp to transfer data?

i'd get an external hdd and backup all the stuff you need on to it with ubuntu livecd. then, install afreash and move everything back

why do novice users pick ubuntu ..

because its a great system to work on?

##c++ channel looks like banned all ip's from turkey. what is my crime? i just wanted to ask a question on that channel.

/msg one of their ops

good evening all. i wonder if someone could help me for one moment - i'm looking for some decent 3d software to use in ubuntu or kubuntu (preferably something universal if available) - is one available for these distros?

blender?

btw, anybody knows how to play 3gp videos with sound?

i have played 3gp videos in gxine as well

how do i get gnome network manager to manage my wifi connection?

read through the wifi howto yet?

are there any good webkit based browsers for ubuntu?

midori

im planning to run ubuntu as a server. is there a special release or anything that i should download?

breezy is a recommendation

hello everyone, i'm very interested in helping developing linux applications, some with java (which i know pretty good), some with c++ (which i still don't know), and i was wondering, everytime i try to download a source of a program it seems to be more complex than what i've learned so far, i've seen a couple of svn sources (which took me some time to figure out how that works), is there a website that can has collected simple and i

see 'starting points' on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntudevelopment

how to install compiz-fusion 7.2 on gutsy

it is install by default, just needs to be enabled.. and the video drivers / card need to be comp with it

i need some help installing some drivers. anyone out there can help me?

just ask

hi, i've just upgraded from (ubuntu 9.04) to (ubuntu 9.10) and i have exactly the same problems with firefox, mentioned here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1344501).

im not sure about the firefox problem, but doing a clean install usually fixes alot of common updgrade issues.... if that helps

how can i set a cron to open a webpage then after the page finishes loading it ends the cron?

or.. you want to open it in a browser? not just download it?

i am told, by an error message, that i must install libdvdcss v1.2 but when trying to install either of the two, 'libdvdcss' or 'libdvdcss2' aptitude can't find a canditate version..

check your pm

hi guys, quick questin, how do i install apache on my ubuntu server? thx ahead of itim

follow the above link ubottu just gave you

hi, i'm booting from a 12.04 cd, but all i get is a mostly blank screen with the 'keyboard = vitruvian' image at the bottom before it launches what looks like a live mode. how do i get an install menu?

just try to type any key just after the cd boots, you should be able to see a menu then.

hi. i'm trying to start my 10.04 (lucid) computer in text mode. i found http://fooninja.net/2010/07/29/text-boot-in-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04-disabling-gdm/ which says to put 'grub_cmdline_linux='text'' in /etc/default/grub, but that file doesn't exist on my system, and when i created it and rebooted, it didn't change anything. is that file somewhere else?

try /boot/grub/menu.lst

how can i convert a filesystem from ntfs to linux and mount it at /portal/, preferrably from ubuntu

why do you want to convert it?

is there a terminal command you can enter to determine the amount of memory in a pc?

whenever you want to find a command use apropos, for example 'apropos memory' will give you a list of commands pertaining to memory

sephy:system menu, preferences, sound. sounds tab, disable alert sound. i think thats what your trying to do. its the system beep.

thanks alot ;)

hi, whats a good mp3 server for ubuntu?

you samba shares (windows can stream mp3s from samba), use icecast (http mp3 stream) or vlc

has anyone ever installed grub on the secondary harddrive and it worked?

that doesn't sound encouraging

hey guys, is there any way to install the sources for my currently running stock kernel (2.6.15-26) on dapper?

or copy the existing config file from /boot

do i need to reboot, for the system to recognize changes in asound.conf?

or alsasound restart

what browser can i import my history and bookmarks from firefox but is faster than firefox?

you could try chromium. i use the ppa:chromium-daily/ppa repository, and i have had no issues with it so far.

hello do anybody know how much / size does pangoling take ?

when i installed 12.04 fresh it was just under 5gb

my friend has ubuntu 10.10 and he b0rked his his x by lowering his resolution, it blacked out and didn't restore itself. how can he fix it?

boot to recovery mode and run xfix

does anyone know of an snmp application that can run a graph from my router in the background on the desktop or similiar?

yeah programs like zenoss/cactus/nagios can do that

does anyone know why i don't see fps when running glxgears?

use 'glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark'

after i compile omething from source, do i want to keep the source directory around to make it easy to deinstall?

if you have the deb package around you can hang onto that and just ditch the source

hello.. does the normal ubuntu 8.04 iso has the windows installer thingy, or is it in another distribution ?

yes 8.04 has the wubi installer