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if they found out you are circumventing policies, what will they do to you?	i expect they wouldn't mind me bypassing, as i'd be using my personal laptop anyway :)
ok.... has anyone had a problem with the most recent hoary update? apparently the upgrade on nvidia-glx messed up my xorg. it won't load the nvidia kernel modules because it says version numbers don't match or somesuch.	you need to recompile the nvidia module (re-run the installer). this hoary upgrade is a bit of a mess where x.org is concerned
my volume up/down keys no longer affect the volume. i can see the little volume icon come up and it shows the volume going up and down, but it does not affect the system volume. anyone help me with this?	is pcm selected at system > preferences sound?
can someone help me to install wine for ubuntu? pm	'sudo aptitude install wine'
where set hostname ?	make sure you edit /etc/hosts to match
how do i run apache? i installed it,but i am not sure how to run it.	apache2ctl start
hey guys, how do i unblock a person from msn when using gaim?	tools > privacy
where is the restricted drivers manager in kubuntu?	package name is restricted-manager
is there a way to just display text in the terminal, not like a command or anything, but more like a echo or something like that? does anyone know what i am talking about?	you can cat the file 'cat file.txt' or use a pager 'less file.txt'
hi. how do i set an animation effect for my right click menu on my desktop	right click on a panel and select about this panel
how do i add an internal ntfs sata drive so i can see the files on ubuntu?	mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs
how did you find that out	ya, i tried it here first. well, it is a service, and services are not ran like normal programs, they are run with that command syntax. something like sudo invoke-rc.d <servicename> <start\|stop\|restart>
any word on when firefox rc1 or now rc2 will be put into the ubuntu archives?	i just got it from an alternative repo and it works fine
how to encode chinese in rhythmbox music player	i'm not trying to be rude, i'm just letting you know there are channels dedicated to other languages where you may find better help
is there a way to take an xubuntu install and turn it into a regular install of ubuntu (gnome)? i tried removing xubuntu-desktop but all it did was drop a little 33k package.	also there's an apt-get command that cleans out unused packages. it's possible you have an unbelievable amount of dependencies that aren't needed. try apt-get autoclean
so it can't be edited as user	has it even been fixed for intel? or can it be even?
is there a list of xorg.conf tweaks for maximum 3d performance?	that would probably depend on your actual graphics card and your actual application - try adjusting the parameters until you get the desired performance
i can only create 4 partitions and then the rest of the space is given as 'unusable' and there is a max of 200gb per partition	you need to make 1 of the 4 partitions an extended partition
hi guys, can someone tell me if ufw is just an iptables wrapper or does it do more than that?	all linux firewalls are iptables wrappers
poke guys, still no takers on my flicker issues?	that is a driver limitation, don't use compiz if you want 3d apps to be flicker-free
how do i make a .iso image from a cd?	dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myiso.iso
i locked keyboard input in gnome with a shortcut key, didn't know i hit it. anyone know the key to unlock keyboard input with out restarting?	not sure if its a shortcut that locks kb input
anyone had problems with amarok not playing mp3s?	see ubotu's url below
an alias is typically a bash alias and would thus only work in a bash terminal that calls on the .bashrc related files, trying to create a 'shortcut' to an alias probably won't work, as it's not calling on bash's configuration. why call the alias? just create the launcher with the full command instead. best of luck.	also the full command doesn't work the command is 'xset dpms force off && gnome-screensaver-command --lock' i need it to turn off the display completely and also lock the screen....why nothing appens...
whats the proper way to set extra kernel args in grub for 10.10? there is no menu.lst on grub2	add them in /etc/default/grub in the quotes next to: quiet splash save the new file and run: sudo update-grub
sound is hell on ubuntu. i don't remember a day, when i had no any problem with it. i'm almost lost hope it will work one day, like on windows.	pulseaudio uses alsa
hi, i was wondering why ubuntu assigned the device /dev/sda to my hd instead of hda. i'm assuming it is emulating scsi, but i'm not sure. when i run hdparm, the settings look different than usual.. it seems performance is better if i don't emulate scsi	sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda
how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???	look under edit -> preferences
to disable the gdm service you type this in the console: sudo service gdm stop	not yet
am i being annoying or being ignored? i'm not figuring that anyone knows the answer to my question i'm just suprised nobody's told me to shut up yet.	honestly i didn't see your question mate. :d i'm sorry, i'll scroll up now.
hello, two ubuntu boxes a and b. a apt-get updates and sees the new chromium 10 packages, b apt-get updates too but doesn't see the new packages. both enabled universe and multiverse... what else can it be?	you can always try adding the chromium daily ppa if you get desperate.
how many of you guys are running breezy?	: it basically works perfect, just a few issues (ati 3d acceleration)
hello. is there any tool i could use inside ubuntu to shrink another partition on the hard drive (my windows partition) without loosing data?	gparted, as long as you don't touch any partition which is mounted
how can i get ahold of the 2.6.27.11 kernel that comes with 8.10 in 8.04 - my new mb resources are not in the 8.04 kernel. i do not want to go to kde4 nor gnome. tmia!	might still be on packages.ubuntu.com
i hate it when i forget something basic.. how do i show permssions on a file?	chmod
where may i find a sources.list for edgy? or should i change from dapper to edgy?	just change dapper
is there any way to have firefox report itself as ie to a website?	user agent switcher https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/search?q=user+agent&cat=all
anyone have a good wireless card suggestion for gutsy?	my d-link dwl-g630 worked like a champ first time out
and what is 'oem install option'?	an option for oem's like dell, you probably don't want it :)
is there a way to get a logical partition (ext3) to give users read write (same as /home) access on boot?	just change permission on the mount points
is there an option i can give to apt-get to have it just tell me what it would ordinarily do (like apt-get install package --pretend , or something of the sort)	actually, use the --simulate option
can anyone suggest an easy to use software development kit along the lines of visual basic? i need to make a very simple app along the lines of a spreadsheet or database macro. i have experience of programming macros in excel and access and a little pascal from years ago	what about openoffice, or php or python etc...
using gparted, i made some free space. now i want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. why?	livecd has gparted
how can i switch to runlevel3	2,3,4 &5 are same in ubuntu to change..telinit 3
if i am looking at a folder with symbolic links in it, what is the command to find the path that those links are to...? i'm not explaining this very well - it's something like >read libjavaplugin_oji.so	ls -l
hey can someone help me with some compiz problems?	if you need to compile something against compiz' libs, you need its development package. try installing compiz-dev
is there a cli based services editor ?	sysconfrc ;)
what's the adress of the gnome irc ?	http://www.gnome.org/support/
does guntbert know vpn?	when helping stay helpful please
synaptic question: how do i tell whether a package listed came from the universe rep or the multiverse rep? without digging into properties ... is there some way to make it visible in the list display?	or section :)
i need a pdf reader that will show me a table of contents for pdfs that have a toc. document viewer isn't doing it for me. suggestions?	doc viewer might if you look in the view menu and the options available.
hi, what voip client phone software can i use with ubuntu ? (something like x-lite)	ekiga ?
can i get help regarding how to format an usb drive in ubuntu??	use gparted
whats the difference between gksu and sudo, probably simple, i just never knew	i dont know really. gksu is supposed to eliminate some niche cases where sudo gedit /etc is not a good idea
does the ubuntu server for freenode block crunchbang? i am trying to connect and every time it connects, xchat closes on me	i cant even imagine how it can tell what disrto you are using.. could be an irc client issue
i put songbird in /opt but want to delete it; what is the best way to remove?	sudo rm -rf folder. make sure you need nothing in the folders or subfolders
anyone knows how to automount with sshfs?	http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8904
how can i change the password on my encrypted lvm drive?	like this? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=670667
hi, does anybody know how to start gnome disk utility using a command in the terminal? gnome-disk-utility isn't it it seems	sorry typo --> palimpsest
anybody know a good wallpaper site?	http://www.deviantart.com/
i got a stupid question, if i have cd desktop how can i come back to the directory i was at? on terminal ofcoruse...	cd /your/old/path
what does script=`basename $0` inside a bash script means?	$0 is the name of the program/script itself
hello is it possible to use the old pidgin tray icon in the traybar instead the indicator-applet?	jus activate the pidgin icon in preferences
does anyone know how i can disable xgl on startup??	appearance in preferences
how can i recreate the fstab-file automaticly? i removed a cdrom und install a harddisk, but gparted dont start because there are wrong lines in fstab... :(	there is no way to automatically generate it, it has to be done manually
how do i monitor traffic coming from my router?	check out pfsense, serious router that beasty is
hi! somebody know how delete/dont load only the nvidia module from the restricted-modules?	take a look in /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
is there a way to alias right_ctrl to left_ctrl? some applications seem to completely ignore right_ctrl...	i'm not 100% on this, but i believe `man (getkeycodes\|setkeycodes\|showkey)' would help
does anyone know where the screen savers are stored? i'd like to edit the source, if i can find them.	'sudo apt-get source xscreensaver' will get the source to screeensaver in the current directory, so you can work from there
where's the proper place to put a script so it's in the $path? where's the $path defined by default? it's not in ~/.bashrc	you can put local scripts in ~/bin
how can i change the promt in bash?	in the file ~/.bashrc
ok, why can't i make a simple emaildot?	system -> preferences -> keyboard
hello guys, i have a question, does linux support intel possessors as good as nvidia + ati ones? by saying it, i meant the feature (shadows, shaders, and so on) support.	if so intel has better (open) support than nvidia / ati, although the intel cards are not often as powerful
anyone know why i get 'playback device not found' when trying to play midi?	afaik it's because midi is not set up by default on ubuntu. go searching the wiki/forums.
what does 'cannot stat destination '/media/sda2/backup': input/output error (5)' mean?	system-administration-network -- dns tab. sorry, i don't know a command line equivalent for that.
whats the best tool in ubuntu for rar files? 7z?	unrar i think. look in repos for rar
how do i reinstall something properly?	to remove config files, use 'remove --purge' to remove config files too. read 'man apt-get' for more
is there a way i can disable bluetooth from running on startup	sure. head to /etc/rc2.d/. move the file 's25bluetooth' to 'k25bluetooth'.
how can i find out how much space is left on an lvm?	vgdisplay show help
i have a presario r3000 laptop, suspend and hibiernate work; however, when re-starting xwindows does not load, any ideas how to address this?	switch to console with alt-f1, then switch back after wakeup. helps sometimes.
i received a hack complaint from someone originating on my server. apparently it was a bunch of brute-force ssh login attempts. i've done a rootkit check using rkhunter and chkrootkit, and nothing's turned up yet. any suggestions as to how i can figure out how my ubuntu server was comprimised?	more than likely it was a weak password as opposed to some master hackery
hi there. how can i revert back to my intel graphics? note: after installation it was intel already supported, then i installed nvidia through addinitional drivers, and it did not support as usual (optimus) and now im stucked with nouveau	have you tried removing the nvidia driver and blacklisting nouveau?
can someone tell me how to zip a folder up from the command line? (and i mean zip, not tar)	~ zip -r name_of_file.zip files
can anyone give me linkage to a simple overview of how the scheduler works in the latest linux kernel provided with ubuntu?	i advise you to read linux kernel development by robert love
can anyone give a type either how to install xbuntu from a thumbdrive or just run xbuntu via a thumb drive but im running an xp system right now.	http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
is there any way i could recompile the kernel on ubuntu dapper ? if yes, how please ?	there's been something about that on howtoforge.org
who knows what existed before tcp/ip? like in the days of the arpanet?	here it is rfc 001, ncp, network-control protocol
how do you hide a folder?	start it's name with a .
question: how do i copy a file from one folder and then move it to another folder via terminal	cp file /path/to/location; mv /path/to/location/file /path/to/other/location
a little confused. so theres this thing called gtk, and then metacity. i would like to change some themes around, but what is it that i'm looking for? whats the difference between them? some themes require gtk2, how can i find out what i have. this is off of ubuntu 9.10 minimal install. any help is apreciated.	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntueyecandy :> that may help
hi. i have a samsung clx-3175 multifunction printer - print driver installed automatically and printing works fine. but now i want to use it as a scanner. xsane does not find a scanner. what do i have to do to define the machine as scanner?	the only scanner type program i've ever used is sane, don't know if there is an alternative??? good luck.
i'm having trouble installing ubuntu. i have 2 hard drives. win8 is on the first one. i want to install ubuntu on the same hard drive. the installation completes successfully, but when i reboot, it auto boots to win8, without giving me the option to boot up linux. any suggestions?	i'd try reinstalling grub via the tutorial link
hi, i'm trying to mount an ext3-formatted usb drive which i usually serve through samba. when i mount it directly to my laptop the special characters (umlauts) in filenames become question marks and the kde complains it can't find the file (although it is there). anyone know how to resolve this issue?	http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1259776.html
j upgraded to rc jaunty my question is : how to upgrade to full vesion on april 23	just 'update'
till an update makes you reboot? =p	sounds like the same chipset i have - i used the madwifi drivers
hi, i was wondering if the ubuntu team had fixed the issues that came ouyt when 9 was released, i had to downgrade to 8.10 cause i could not get my ati card to work with open source or official ati drivers.	it's not a fix tho ; ;
i'm having some trouble burning a data dvd with my compaq laptop's internal burner in 9.04. i have tried gnomebaker and brasero. any ideas?	i have found both of those programs so buggy that i default back to k3b. what are the specific issues?
is there anyway to back up or copy specific packages that i have downloaded through synaptic?	try out /var/cache/apt
how can i convert vob dvd files to 3gp ?	try winff
i was looking up how to set up my webcam/mic and i ran into a problem. when i run ls /dev/audio* nothing is returned	/dev/snd/*

if they found out you are circumventing policies, what will they do to you?

i expect they wouldn't mind me bypassing, as i'd be using my personal laptop anyway :)

ok.... has anyone had a problem with the most recent hoary update? apparently the upgrade on nvidia-glx messed up my xorg. it won't load the nvidia kernel modules because it says version numbers don't match or somesuch.

you need to recompile the nvidia module (re-run the installer). this hoary upgrade is a bit of a mess where x.org is concerned

my volume up/down keys no longer affect the volume. i can see the little volume icon come up and it shows the volume going up and down, but it does not affect the system volume. anyone help me with this?

is pcm selected at system > preferences sound?

can someone help me to install wine for ubuntu? pm

'sudo aptitude install wine'

where set hostname ?

make sure you edit /etc/hosts to match

how do i run apache? i installed it,but i am not sure how to run it.

apache2ctl start

hey guys, how do i unblock a person from msn when using gaim?

tools > privacy

where is the restricted drivers manager in kubuntu?

package name is restricted-manager

is there a way to just display text in the terminal, not like a command or anything, but more like a echo or something like that? does anyone know what i am talking about?

you can cat the file 'cat file.txt' or use a pager 'less file.txt'

hi. how do i set an animation effect for my right click menu on my desktop

right click on a panel and select about this panel

how do i add an internal ntfs sata drive so i can see the files on ubuntu?

mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/ntfs

how did you find that out

ya, i tried it here first. well, it is a service, and services are not ran like normal programs, they are run with that command syntax. something like sudo invoke-rc.d <servicename> <start|stop|restart>

any word on when firefox rc1 or now rc2 will be put into the ubuntu archives?

i just got it from an alternative repo and it works fine

how to encode chinese in rhythmbox music player

i'm not trying to be rude, i'm just letting you know there are channels dedicated to other languages where you may find better help

is there a way to take an xubuntu install and turn it into a regular install of ubuntu (gnome)? i tried removing xubuntu-desktop but all it did was drop a little 33k package.

also there's an apt-get command that cleans out unused packages. it's possible you have an unbelievable amount of dependencies that aren't needed. try apt-get autoclean

so it can't be edited as user

has it even been fixed for intel? or can it be even?

is there a list of xorg.conf tweaks for maximum 3d performance?

that would probably depend on your actual graphics card and your actual application - try adjusting the parameters until you get the desired performance

i can only create 4 partitions and then the rest of the space is given as 'unusable' and there is a max of 200gb per partition

you need to make 1 of the 4 partitions an extended partition

hi guys, can someone tell me if ufw is just an iptables wrapper or does it do more than that?

all linux firewalls are iptables wrappers

*poke* guys, still no takers on my flicker issues?

that is a driver limitation, don't use compiz if you want 3d apps to be flicker-free

how do i make a .iso image from a cd?

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myiso.iso

i locked keyboard input in gnome with a shortcut key, didn't know i hit it. anyone know the key to unlock keyboard input with out restarting?

not sure if its a shortcut that locks kb input

anyone had problems with amarok not playing mp3s?

see ubotu's url below

an alias is typically a bash alias and would thus only work in a bash terminal that calls on the .bashrc related files, trying to create a 'shortcut' to an alias probably won't work, as it's not calling on bash's configuration. why call the alias? just create the launcher with the full command instead. best of luck.

also the full command doesn't work the command is 'xset dpms force off && gnome-screensaver-command --lock' i need it to turn off the display completely and also lock the screen....why nothing appens...

whats the proper way to set extra kernel args in grub for 10.10? there is no menu.lst on grub2

add them in /etc/default/grub in the quotes next to: quiet splash save the new file and run: sudo update-grub

sound is hell on ubuntu. i don't remember a day, when i had no any problem with it. i'm almost lost hope it will work one day, like on windows.

pulseaudio uses alsa

hi, i was wondering why ubuntu assigned the device /dev/sda to my hd instead of hda. i'm assuming it is emulating scsi, but i'm not sure. when i run hdparm, the settings look different than usual.. it seems performance is better if i don't emulate scsi

sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda

how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???

look under edit -> preferences

to disable the gdm service you type this in the console: sudo service gdm stop

not yet

am i being annoying or being ignored? i'm not figuring that anyone knows the answer to my question i'm just suprised nobody's told me to shut up yet.

honestly i didn't see your question mate. :d i'm sorry, i'll scroll up now.

hello, two ubuntu boxes a and b. a apt-get updates and sees the new chromium 10 packages, b apt-get updates too but doesn't see the new packages. both enabled universe and multiverse... what else can it be?

you can always try adding the chromium daily ppa if you get desperate.

how many of you guys are running breezy?

: it basically works perfect, just a few issues (ati 3d acceleration)

hello. is there any tool i could use inside ubuntu to shrink another partition on the hard drive (my windows partition) without loosing data?

gparted, as long as you don't touch any partition which is mounted

how can i get ahold of the 2.6.27.11 kernel that comes with 8.10 in 8.04 - my new mb resources are not in the 8.04 kernel. i do not want to go to kde4 nor gnome. tmia!

might still be on packages.ubuntu.com

i hate it when i forget something basic.. how do i show permssions on a file?

chmod

where may i find a sources.list for edgy? or should i change from dapper to edgy?

just change dapper

is there any way to have firefox report itself as ie to a website?

user agent switcher https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/search?q=user+agent&cat=all

anyone have a good wireless card suggestion for gutsy?

my d-link dwl-g630 worked like a champ first time out

and what is 'oem install option'?

an option for oem's like dell, you probably don't want it :)

is there a way to get a logical partition (ext3) to give users read write (same as /home) access on boot?

just change permission on the mount points

is there an option i can give to apt-get to have it just tell me what it would ordinarily do (like apt-get install package --pretend , or something of the sort)

actually, use the --simulate option

can anyone suggest an easy to use software development kit along the lines of visual basic? i need to make a very simple app along the lines of a spreadsheet or database macro. i have experience of programming macros in excel and access and a little pascal from years ago

what about openoffice, or php or python etc...

using gparted, i made some free space. now i want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. why?

livecd has gparted

how can i switch to runlevel3

2,3,4 &5 are same in ubuntu to change..telinit 3

if i am looking at a folder with symbolic links in it, what is the command to find the path that those links are to...? i'm not explaining this very well - it's something like >read libjavaplugin_oji.so

ls -l

hey can someone help me with some compiz problems?

if you need to compile something against compiz' libs, you need its development package. try installing compiz-dev

is there a cli based services editor ?

sysconfrc ;)

what's the adress of the gnome irc ?

http://www.gnome.org/support/

does guntbert know vpn?

when helping stay helpful please

synaptic question: how do i tell whether a package listed came from the universe rep or the multiverse rep? without digging into properties ... is there some way to make it visible in the list display?

or section :)

i need a pdf reader that will show me a table of contents for pdfs that have a toc. document viewer isn't doing it for me. suggestions?

doc viewer might if you look in the view menu and the options available.

hi, what voip client phone software can i use with ubuntu ? (something like x-lite)

ekiga ?

can i get help regarding how to format an usb drive in ubuntu??

use gparted

whats the difference between gksu and sudo, probably simple, i just never knew

i dont know really. gksu is supposed to eliminate some niche cases where sudo gedit /etc is not a good idea

does the ubuntu server for freenode block crunchbang? i am trying to connect and every time it connects, xchat closes on me

i cant even imagine how it can tell what disrto you are using.. could be an irc client issue

i put songbird in /opt but want to delete it; what is the best way to remove?

sudo rm -rf folder. make sure you need nothing in the folders or subfolders

anyone knows how to automount with sshfs?

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8904

how can i change the password on my encrypted lvm drive?

like this? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=670667

hi, does anybody know how to start gnome disk utility using a command in the terminal? gnome-disk-utility isn't it it seems

sorry typo --> palimpsest

anybody know a good wallpaper site?

http://www.deviantart.com/

i got a stupid question, if i have cd desktop how can i come back to the directory i was at? on terminal ofcoruse...

cd /your/old/path

what does script=`basename $0` inside a bash script means?

$0 is the name of the program/script itself

hello is it possible to use the old pidgin tray icon in the traybar instead the indicator-applet?

jus activate the pidgin icon in preferences

does anyone know how i can disable xgl on startup??

appearance in preferences

how can i recreate the fstab-file automaticly? i removed a cdrom und install a harddisk, but gparted dont start because there are wrong lines in fstab... :(

there is no way to automatically generate it, it has to be done manually

how do i monitor traffic coming from my router?

check out pfsense, serious router that beasty is

hi! somebody know how delete/dont load only the nvidia module from the restricted-modules?

take a look in /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common

is there a way to alias right_ctrl to left_ctrl? some applications seem to completely ignore right_ctrl...

i'm not 100% on this, but i believe `man (getkeycodes|setkeycodes|showkey)' would help

does anyone know where the screen savers are stored? i'd like to edit the source, if i can find them.

'sudo apt-get source xscreensaver' will get the source to screeensaver in the current directory, so you can work from there

where's the proper place to put a script so it's in the $path? where's the $path defined by default? it's not in ~/.bashrc

you can put local scripts in ~/bin

how can i change the promt in bash?

in the file ~/.bashrc

ok, why can't i make a simple emaildot?

system -> preferences -> keyboard

hello guys, i have a question, does linux support intel possessors as good as nvidia + ati ones? by saying it, i meant the feature (shadows, shaders, and so on) support.

if so intel has better (open) support than nvidia / ati, although the intel cards are not often as powerful

anyone know why i get 'playback device not found' when trying to play midi?

afaik it's because midi is not set up by default on ubuntu. go searching the wiki/forums.

what does 'cannot stat destination '/media/sda2/backup': input/output error (5)' mean?

system-administration-network -- dns tab. sorry, i don't know a command line equivalent for that.

whats the best tool in ubuntu for rar files? 7z?

unrar i think. look in repos for rar

how do i reinstall something properly?

to remove config files, use 'remove --purge' to remove config files too. read 'man apt-get' for more

is there a way i can disable bluetooth from running on startup

sure. head to /etc/rc2.d/. move the file 's25bluetooth' to 'k25bluetooth'.

how can i find out how much space is left on an lvm?

vgdisplay show help

i have a presario r3000 laptop, suspend and hibiernate work; however, when re-starting xwindows does not load, any ideas how to address this?

switch to console with alt-f1, then switch back after wakeup. helps sometimes.

i received a hack complaint from someone originating on my server. apparently it was a bunch of brute-force ssh login attempts. i've done a rootkit check using rkhunter and chkrootkit, and nothing's turned up yet. any suggestions as to how i can figure out how my ubuntu server was comprimised?

more than likely it was a weak password as opposed to some master hackery

hi there. how can i revert back to my intel graphics? note: after installation it was intel already supported, then i installed nvidia through addinitional drivers, and it did not support as usual (optimus) and now im stucked with nouveau

have you tried removing the nvidia driver and blacklisting nouveau?

can someone tell me how to zip a folder up from the command line? (and i mean zip, not tar)

~ zip -r name_of_file.zip files

can anyone give me linkage to a simple overview of how the scheduler works in the latest linux kernel provided with ubuntu?

i advise you to read linux kernel development by robert love

can anyone give a type either how to install xbuntu from a thumbdrive or just run xbuntu via a thumb drive but im running an xp system right now.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

is there any way i could recompile the kernel on ubuntu dapper ? if yes, how please ?

there's been something about that on howtoforge.org

who knows what existed before tcp/ip? like in the days of the arpanet?

here it is rfc 001, ncp, network-control protocol

how do you hide a folder?

start it's name with a .

question: how do i copy a file from one folder and then move it to another folder via terminal

cp file /path/to/location; mv /path/to/location/file /path/to/other/location

a little confused. so theres this thing called gtk, and then metacity. i would like to change some themes around, but what is it that i'm looking for? whats the difference between them? some themes require gtk2, how can i find out what i have. this is off of ubuntu 9.10 minimal install. any help is apreciated.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntueyecandy :> that may help

hi. i have a samsung clx-3175 multifunction printer - print driver installed automatically and printing works fine. but now i want to use it as a scanner. xsane does not find a scanner. what do i have to do to define the machine as scanner?

the only scanner type program i've ever used is sane, don't know if there is an alternative??? good luck.

i'm having trouble installing ubuntu. i have 2 hard drives. win8 is on the first one. i want to install ubuntu on the same hard drive. the installation completes successfully, but when i reboot, it auto boots to win8, without giving me the option to boot up linux. any suggestions?

i'd try reinstalling grub via the tutorial link

hi, i'm trying to mount an ext3-formatted usb drive which i usually serve through samba. when i mount it directly to my laptop the special characters (umlauts) in filenames become question marks and the kde complains it can't find the file (although it is there). anyone know how to resolve this issue?

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1259776.html

j upgraded to rc jaunty my question is : how to upgrade to full vesion on april 23

just 'update'

till an update makes you reboot? =p

sounds like the same chipset i have - i used the madwifi drivers

hi, i was wondering if the ubuntu team had fixed the issues that came ouyt when 9 was released, i had to downgrade to 8.10 cause i could not get my ati card to work with open source or official ati drivers.

it's not a fix tho ; ;

i'm having some trouble burning a data dvd with my compaq laptop's internal burner in 9.04. i have tried gnomebaker and brasero. any ideas?

i have found both of those programs so buggy that i default back to k3b. what are the specific issues?

is there anyway to back up or copy specific packages that i have downloaded through synaptic?

try out /var/cache/apt

how can i convert vob dvd files to 3gp ?

try winff

i was looking up how to set up my webcam/mic and i ran into a problem. when i run ls /dev/audio* nothing is returned

/dev/snd/*