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after i've been idle for a while, my monitors turn off, and when i get back only one monitor turns on again after touching the mouse. i have disabled screensaver. how can i disable the feature that turns my monitors off ?	oh, it's dpms
is there anyone in here that regularly needs programming work done? - even if you don't have an opening at this time, i would really like to send you my resume for the future	have you tried searching on pscode.com
hey all, does anyone know if packages.ubuntu.com is down?	was earlier
ubuntu 10.04 netbook i plugged in a wireless mouse and kbd and now my touchpad doesnt work. suggestions?	check to make sure it isn't disabled in your system > mouse preferences.
is there a special way to tag ogg files or easy tag should be able to handle it?	easy tag for the win.
i installed adobe reader from the adobe site and i can see that it is installed using 'dpkg -l \| grep adobe' which returns adobereader-enu. i thought that i could then do dpkg -e adobereader-enu or apt-get remove adobereader-enu, but i get 'failed to read archive 'adobereader-enu': no such file or directory'. what am i missing?	i was confusing gentoo emerge flags with dpkg flags earlier :p it happens.
hey, does anyone know if there will be any issues if i download and install the latest stable dbus from source?	if i knew what dbus is, maybe i could help...
where does virtualbox store it's vhds? in the home folder?	/home/username/.virtualbox
my laptop was running at 90-95 degrees celsius. i installed battery-status applet and set it to 'normal' instead of 'performance' and it drops down to 75 degrees celsius, which is great. however, every time i reboot it defaults to 'performance'...anyone know a way to set it to 'normal' by default?	nothing ever seems to be in the same place anymore but see if any of this matches http://www.pantz.org/software/cpufreq/usingcpufreqonlinux.html
can anyone explain what it means when you `put things in these marks` for the shell?	you probably just won't see 'password', but you can still type it
what's a good weather tool that i can install?	weather comes pre-built into the time applet, actually. right-click it, choose 'preferences', then choose the 'weather' tab.
hello #ubuntu, if i install apache will it install mod_php as a dependency ?	install lamp server by $ sudo tasksel and select lamp server
question: if i compile an application myself, one that is on the ubuntu repos... how does it work, when i want to upgrade/remove it	if you use checkinstall to make a deb of it, then install that deb, should be no issue to upgrade/remove it
woha - mplayer is not in the package tree?!	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9850&highlight=mplayer might need to update the urls for latest codecs and stuff
ergh. is the md5sum for hardy desktop x86 not posted, or am i just looking in the wrong place?	it is
when does the new release come out?	8.10 = 10/2008 october.
hmm, where does the trash can reside?	in your home directory, but it's hidden. .trash
isn't left and right arrow with some other key supposed to have compiz switch viewports?	default is ctrl+alt+left arrow
[gnome, metacity] ich habe some configuration changes using gconf-edit. when do they become effective? do i have to ctrl+alt+backspace?	you could try that it should work or restart the system
so i just installed wine with the synaptic package manager. how do i use it? i'm pretty confused about this part?	wine windowsapp.exe
how is a terminal window started in dash for 11.10?	you should be able to use a keyboard shortcut. ctrl alt t
can you help me please: how to put pc to suspend from terminal (it works great through gui)?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591036 maybe this will help?
i found my old ipod. which software can i use on ubuntu to change the music? :o	the latest version of banshee works nice for me , but you can also use gtkpod
hello. can anybody tell me if it's possible to connect to an ftp server in nautilus running in active mode?	ftp://<server address> ?
hmm totem nor amarok can play mp3:s or movies but tut vlc can? how do i fix this? i have tried to run easyubuntu :/	> i am not yet able to install vlc....but xmms plays mp3s...which i installed !
i'm trying to downgrade to php 5.1 from 5.2. can i do that with apt-get?	sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber - if the package is available either in the repositories or in your cache.
had? no longer?	i know that they were sending out monthly wallpapers but i dont know how that worked. i know packages are in the repos. you might want to search the wiki or the forums
and come back and tell me if you have display options	ctrl+alt+backspace is disabled in jaunty
where could i set the option so the .bash_history saves over 100 lines?	.bashrc
hey, edgy destroyed my xserver pretty bad, i get the no screens found error but the standard solution doesn't work :(	you can tell most irc clients to not show who joins and leaves
is there any way to control my volume (i'm running ubuntu 9.10) remotely from my laptop? possibly ssh in and do something in the bash?	man amixer
i run breezy with xfce4... now, i try to access my usb drive, which is can do by mount it from dev to mnt. i can take files, but i cannot delete or add files. what would be a solution? sry for repeat	did you format the usb drive ntfs?
just did the upgrade from 7/10 to 8.04 and every damn time i open a link firefox moves to the window that i selected the link from, how do i fix this - rather irritating :-)?	edit->preferences->tabs, last item on the dialog box
anyone familiar with csh scripting that could help me learn it?	bash and zsh are better, imo :\|
can someone explain to me how linux routes work?	they work the same way as ip routing anywhere... try man route for how to configure them.
i want to crate a user with same home directory. whats the command for that	go through system-administration-users and groups, or run 'sudo adduser jacobs2' (as an example)
so anyone have experiences with synergy and ubuntu?	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/synergyhowto
newbie needs help, i cant logon to my ubuntu (only failsafe terminal ) got this error http://pastebin.com/379718 any suggestions appreciated.	delete your ~/.iceauthority and log in again
how do i count words in a txt file? is there a simple cli command?	wc?
sorry to like butt in, but you mentioned /etc/fstab and i get an error regarding that when ubuntu is loading	what the error ?
can anyone help me? i can't see my minimized programs and have to use alt+tab.	then add windows list
how come my resolv.conf is blank when i reboot.. i've but 'dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 dns-search domain.com' into /etc/network/interfaces	if you want to setup a static address i think you need to setup the values in /etc/resolv.conf manualy.
sburwood:uninstall and reinstall thunderbird? will just start a new profile	(re)installing an application _never_ touches user's settings.
how is ubuntu's power management on laptops compared with wondows xp?	yeah you should stick with windows
hi, does someone know an educating tool, for trying out relational algebra queries? we use one on our school called winrdbi but, this can not run on ubuntu, so it would be nice if someone here, maybe knows about another free alternative?	you could either try just installing one of the many sql databases, or you could try running your windows software in wine
i have problems installing proftpd. the mirror is not responding. how do i tell apt-get another mirror ?! .. or something like that ? i downloaded the .deb package but when i try to install it it tells me that the dependencies are missing	you could gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and remove the country prefix us. for example from the urls
hello, the cat utility in ubuntu, what does -u means? i just see 'ignored'?	it is ignored. it probably meant something on some old version of unix so the flag exists so as not to break things
while on this topic, does anyone know a good torrent client for ubuntu, i am currently using utorrent on wine ?	transmission is good
i just accidentally killed my entire session with an accidental control-alt-backspace. is there any way to disable that?	i think it is disabled by default if your running gnome..
i'm running ardour with ubuntu 7.04 with 'standard' kernel.... i have a lot of xruns... could someone help me to configure jack in order to reduce xruns?	try installing the -lowlatency kernel (universe) and configuring pam for audio usage.
anybody who know how to ban message like this 'quit' 'join' ?	see also /help ignore on your client
can't find anything on this, i got a 2tb wd mybook and it only gets mounted as 1tb on ubuntu.. seems the raid is not getting recognised?	software raid.. requires 3rd parity propritary driver.. i don't think they make a driver for linux for that thing..
so there's a new one: firefox crashed, and now whenever i launch it it crashes on the recovery screen. clearly reading something corrupted in ~/	startup firefox in safemode, maybe its a plugin
excuse me if this is to off topic, but how do you install gtkmoz(for python) on ubuntu?	sudo apt-get install python-gtkmozembed
so.. ubuntu forums are down :( any thought on how i can tell which process is using port xx on my box?	not sure, but have a look at the program netstat
anyone got unresolved symbol on lucid with qt apps ?	works fine for me, i've been using the version from the website though
can i just delete esd? or will that totally cork up my system?	why would you want to do that?
where are firefox favorites stored??? what folder, etc?	on your home in .mozilla (control+h to show hidden directories)
any ops here? i'm making a video for youtube and i was wondering if it was okay to have this channel open in one of my desktops.. or do you think people would be adverse to being seen in a beryl video?	this is a public channel, so that's fine. there are logs published too
does ubuntu have any standard images/wallpapers installed? except the original one... if so, where are those?	i haven't seen any. i got some nice ones at gnome-look.org and kde-look.org
hi :d how can i concatenate the output of multiple commands into a file? i tried: (echo 'in;pu;sp1;!fs100;vs50;'; cat ${1%.}.plt; echo 'pu;sp;in;pg;') > ${1%.}.plt, but cat gives an error 'input file is output file' (that is the correct behaviour, i want to output to the same file that cat read)	you need to output to a temp file, then move that back
how to find out the version of an installed program with a shellcommand?	if you don't know the package name, dpkg -s `which commandname` ;)
is it posiible to multiplex 2 adsl lines with ubuntu ?	http://www.linux.com/feature/133849 i think?
i'm using 3 monitors with xinemara, and when i move windows, i'm getting 40-70% cpu usage from xorg on a 3ghz c2d e6600 - is that normal?	40 to 70 dosent surprise me on that
does ubuntu support any repository for j2sdk1.4.2?	see the java-package package
help, i'm not an ubuntu user but i'm writing a script for ubuntu users, could someone please quickly tell me if 11.10 has liblcms1-dev ?	^^^
hello, i would like to install zend optimizer on my ubuntu server, does ubuntu have some package that include the zend optimizer?	whats the error
hi - can someone point me to an article on how ubuntu synchronizes its system time in a networked environment?	it has something to do with the ntp service. look about restarting it, perhaps, assuming the windows master is in the configurations.
hi, how can i get archive manage rto extract rar files ???	sudo aptitude install unrar -y
when i login via ssh to my ubuntu machine, i get a motd and 'last login' string. what determines the order that info is displayed? its not in my /etc/profile	http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/
how do i clear my dns?	cat /dev/null > /etc/resolv.conf
how do i reconfigure a package that i just installed but it died during configuration?	dpkg-reconfigure <package>
how can i change mouse speed?	system -> preferences -> mouse
i installed a program from source and used 'make install' ... can i move the source file now to another folder so i can uninstall it if i like?	don't see why not
i need help about swap partition..which is the right size?..ive read ..some poeple say is ram*2..other people say ram/2 other people say its enough 256m	on laptops with hibernation you need ram + vram + some as minimum to make hibernate work, on modern desktop machines with 1 -2 gigs of ram usually 512 mb is enough
something is spanking my hdd. anyone know of a 'top'-like programme for seeing what it is?	atop might give you some info..
hi ! i have installed ms office 2007 with wine on ubuntu 10. it is working fine. now i want to install the service pack 2 of ms office 2007, but i dont know how to ? because the latest time i had installed, ms office seems like i did not have installed service pack 2 . now i re-install the wine and i installed office 2007. now what should i have to do to ?	why you use office 2007 anyway :)
something123, working now?	it's the line between what you've read and what you haven't, if you switch windows
you are running lucid? maybe it's kernel is too old; i mean there were tons of changes since then and loads of new drivers were added. can you boot your system with a new oneiric live-cd or something to see if it works there?	oh ok i will try. cant i download the particular driver for this cam? instead of upgrading everything? i like lts :) thanks
how do you get a list of daemons running and start & stop them?	ps ax
any help removing crossplatformui?	dirty work around: boot from a live cd or usb, then go to the partition, delete crossplatformui
hello i use ubuntu dapper and i have an intel card based laptop and my resolution is not widescreen at all. i have installed 915resolution but i can not change pls help.i use a dell inspiron 1300 laptop	have you seen ubotu's link?
hi, i'm having problems with xen, anyone can help?	can you expand
heya i'm trying to force install wine 0.9.41 but synaptic package manager is denying me the force option. what would be the reason for this? (it allows me to install the latest and buggiest 0.9.43).	go to the wine site, in the dl section, toward the bottom of the page, there is a link to an archive, dl the deb. and commment out he wine repos in synaptic
anyone know how i can drop to a busybox shell at boot / splash?	break the root= argument to the kernel
if the live cd has an installer, why should i not download the live cd? what advantages does the non-live cd have	specialised install methods (oem, expert, server)
i am trying to create a launcher for a python program but i can't figure it out. here is the command i am using in the launcher. '/home/angel/.config/pystromo/pystromo-remap.py -m default.map' can someone tell me what i am doing wrong?	if i am not much mistaken, you might want to call /usr/bin/python ahead of it since it's a .py script
ok, quick question. i'm trying to switch to ubuntu from windows for the first time. every time i try to 'check disk for errors' or 'intall or start ubuntu', my monitor loses signal and nothing is displayed. i'm using an 8800gt with two dvi ports. any ideas how to get this installed?	get the alternate text install cd, your card needs drivers that aren't on the live cd
guys i'm looking for a parental control function for my kids' box. anyone who can help me out with a few options?	close any programs accessing files on it including any shells with the current working directory in it
how can i figure out which of my drives is my os drive and which drive is the one i have to manually mount? im trying to setup an automatic mount for the second drive but i cant tell which is which	command mount:look for a single ' / '.
can anyone confirm if the madwifi site is down?	yep down here too
what beginners guide to ubuntu do you all recommend?	http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/dapperguide
the installer dies while trying to fsck one of the windows partitions, how do i keep it from doing the fsck?	try hiren's boot disc, it has partition magic on it, set up your partitions then run the installer
hi all! is btrfs stable enough for everyday use? have to reinstall a pc and wonder if i should try it or stick to ext4	according to https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/main_page: while btrfs is stable on a stable machine, it is currently possible to corrupt a filesystem irrecoverably if your machine crashes
hi, is this printer supported by linux - hp laserjet pro m1212nf mfp ( http://reviews.cnet.com/multifunction-devices/hp-laserjet-pro-m1212nf/4505-3181_7-33984369.html ) ?	i suggest googling around
trident cyberblade/xp video anyone ?	i don't have one.. .but usually to change resolutions reliably you'd edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf :)
loneshadow can you help me	type !flash
i found the following xorg files : xorg.xonf, xorg.conf.fglrx-0, xorg.conf.fglrx-1, xorg.conf.fglrx-2 which one do i edit ??	xorg.conf for x-configuration
how do i remove all kde based applications?	sudo apt-get autoremove kdelibs-core should take all other kde stuff witg it as dependency
which is the lightest de?	xcfe, openbox, flux, e17...

after i've been idle for a while, my monitors turn off, and when i get back only one monitor turns on again after touching the mouse. i have disabled screensaver. how can i disable the feature that turns my monitors off ?

oh, it's dpms

is there anyone in here that regularly needs programming work done? - even if you don't have an opening at this time, i would really like to send you my resume for the future

have you tried searching on pscode.com

hey all, does anyone know if packages.ubuntu.com is down?

was earlier

ubuntu 10.04 netbook i plugged in a wireless mouse and kbd and now my touchpad doesnt work. suggestions?

check to make sure it isn't disabled in your system > mouse preferences.

is there a special way to tag ogg files or easy tag should be able to handle it?

easy tag for the win.

i installed adobe reader from the adobe site and i can see that it is installed using 'dpkg -l | grep adobe' which returns adobereader-enu. i thought that i could then do dpkg -e adobereader-enu or apt-get remove adobereader-enu, but i get 'failed to read archive 'adobereader-enu': no such file or directory'. what am i missing?

i was confusing gentoo emerge flags with dpkg flags earlier :p it happens.

hey, does anyone know if there will be any issues if i download and install the latest stable dbus from source?

if i knew what dbus is, maybe i could help...

where does virtualbox store it's vhds? in the home folder?

/home/username/.virtualbox

my laptop was running at 90-95 degrees celsius. i installed battery-status applet and set it to 'normal' instead of 'performance' and it drops down to 75 degrees celsius, which is great. however, every time i reboot it defaults to 'performance'...anyone know a way to set it to 'normal' by default?

nothing ever seems to be in the same place anymore but see if any of this matches http://www.pantz.org/software/cpufreq/usingcpufreqonlinux.html

can anyone explain what it means when you `put things in these marks` for the shell?

you probably just won't see 'password', but you can still type it

what's a good weather tool that i can install?

weather comes pre-built into the time applet, actually. right-click it, choose 'preferences', then choose the 'weather' tab.

hello #ubuntu, if i install apache will it install mod_php as a dependency ?

install lamp server by $ sudo tasksel and select lamp server

question: if i compile an application myself, one that is on the ubuntu repos... how does it work, when i want to upgrade/remove it

if you use checkinstall to make a deb of it, then install that deb, should be no issue to upgrade/remove it

woha - mplayer is not in the package tree?!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9850&highlight=mplayer might need to update the urls for latest codecs and stuff

ergh. is the md5sum for hardy desktop x86 not posted, or am i just looking in the wrong place?

it is

when does the new release come out?

8.10 = 10/2008 october.

hmm, where does the trash can reside?

in your home directory, but it's hidden. .trash

isn't left and right arrow with some other key supposed to have compiz switch viewports?

default is ctrl+alt+left arrow

[gnome, metacity] ich habe some configuration changes using gconf-edit. when do they become effective? do i have to ctrl+alt+backspace?

you could try that it should work or restart the system

so i just installed wine with the synaptic package manager. how do i use it? i'm pretty confused about this part?

wine windowsapp.exe

how is a terminal window started in dash for 11.10?

you should be able to use a keyboard shortcut. ctrl alt t

can you help me please: how to put pc to suspend from terminal (it works great through gui)?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=591036 maybe this will help?

i found my old ipod. which software can i use on ubuntu to change the music? :o

the latest version of banshee works nice for me , but you can also use gtkpod

hello. can anybody tell me if it's possible to connect to an ftp server in nautilus running in active mode?

ftp://<server address> ?

hmm totem nor amarok can play mp3:s or movies but tut vlc can? how do i fix this? i have tried to run easyubuntu :/

> i am not yet able to install vlc....but xmms plays mp3s...which i installed !

i'm trying to downgrade to php 5.1 from 5.2. can i do that with apt-get?

sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber - if the package is available either in the repositories or in your cache.

had? no longer?

i know that they were sending out monthly wallpapers but i dont know how that worked. i know packages are in the repos. you might want to search the wiki or the forums

and come back and tell me if you have display options

ctrl+alt+backspace is disabled in jaunty

where could i set the option so the .bash_history saves over 100 lines?

.bashrc

hey, edgy destroyed my xserver pretty bad, i get the no screens found error but the standard solution doesn't work :(

you can tell most irc clients to not show who joins and leaves

is there any way to control my volume (i'm running ubuntu 9.10) remotely from my laptop? possibly ssh in and do something in the bash?

man amixer

i run breezy with xfce4... now, i try to access my usb drive, which is can do by mount it from dev to mnt. i can take files, but i cannot delete or add files. what would be a solution? sry for repeat

did you format the usb drive ntfs?

just did the upgrade from 7/10 to 8.04 and every damn time i open a link firefox moves to the window that i selected the link from, how do i fix this - rather irritating :-)?

edit->preferences->tabs, last item on the dialog box

anyone familiar with csh scripting that could help me learn it?

bash and zsh are better, imo :|

can someone explain to me how linux routes work?

they work the same way as ip routing anywhere... try man route for how to configure them.

i want to crate a user with same home directory. whats the command for that

go through system-administration-users and groups, or run 'sudo adduser jacobs2' (as an example)

so anyone have experiences with synergy and ubuntu?

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/synergyhowto

newbie needs help, i cant logon to my ubuntu (only failsafe terminal ) got this error http://pastebin.com/379718 any suggestions appreciated.

delete your ~/.iceauthority and log in again

how do i count words in a txt file? is there a simple cli command?

wc?

sorry to like butt in, but you mentioned /etc/fstab and i get an error regarding that when ubuntu is loading

what the error ?

can anyone help me? i can't see my minimized programs and have to use alt+tab.

then add windows list

how come my resolv.conf is blank when i reboot.. i've but 'dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 dns-search domain.com' into /etc/network/interfaces

if you want to setup a static address i think you need to setup the values in /etc/resolv.conf manualy.

sburwood:uninstall and reinstall thunderbird? will just start a new profile

(re)installing an application _never_ touches user's settings.

how is ubuntu's power management on laptops compared with wondows xp?

yeah you should stick with windows

hi, does someone know an educating tool, for trying out relational algebra queries? we use one on our school called winrdbi but, this can not run on ubuntu, so it would be nice if someone here, maybe knows about another free alternative?

you could either try just installing one of the many sql databases, or you could try running your windows software in wine

i have problems installing proftpd. the mirror is not responding. how do i tell apt-get another mirror ?! .. or something like that ? i downloaded the .deb package but when i try to install it it tells me that the dependencies are missing

you could gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and remove the country prefix us. for example from the urls

hello, the cat utility in ubuntu, what does -u means? i just see 'ignored'?

it is ignored. it probably meant something on some old version of unix so the flag exists so as not to break things

while on this topic, does anyone know a good torrent client for ubuntu, i am currently using utorrent on wine ?

transmission is good

i just accidentally killed my entire session with an accidental control-alt-backspace. is there any way to disable that?

i think it is disabled by default if your running gnome..

i'm running ardour with ubuntu 7.04 with 'standard' kernel.... i have a lot of xruns... could someone help me to configure jack in order to reduce xruns?

try installing the -lowlatency kernel (universe) and configuring pam for audio usage.

anybody who know how to ban message like this 'quit' 'join' ?