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how to search udev?	dmesg \| grep -i <text>
sorry but how do i direct my message at one person	type the person username exactly as it is, and it would show as red to the reciever :)
anyone else having issue with flash on 10.04? since upgrading to 10.04...i can no longer control flash videos with my mouse...like on youtube clicking the pause button does nothing....its really annoying to not be able to control the videos	not having any issues on my end. did you install the non-free flash?
anyone has a xorg.conf with a dual screen using the 'radeon' driver setup.. i've got a ati 9200 mobility (or rv250 ? i don't understand that) and i think 'ati' driver don't support my card, and fglrx neither. anyone can steer me in the right way ?	9200 does not support fglrx, only aiglx... see xinerama or twinview
hi all, i have a question on 32bit vs 64 bit. in the ubuntu document, it recommends 64bit version, buy why the 32bit version is recommended in the download page?	go 64 bit
is there a way to disable gnome-screensaver's unlock dialog?	in the preferences of the screen saver
i recently mounted a filesystem 9.10 using a live cd, ubuntu 9.04 and was able to access my old files on /home by changing the permissions without giving a password. isn't that a security flaw?	you always have the option of encrypted /home folders if you're worried about that
i'm having a problem with firefox. i was running wow via wine and changed the resolution in game and wow locked up. i hit control alt backspace to restart x and rebooted the pc. now i keep getting a segmentation fault when trying to run firefox, any ideas?	: fastest solution? donwload new firefox, run that , all settings will be there...
does anybody know where i can find tcl8.5 tcl8.5-dev tk8.5 tk8.5-dev please?	why do you need them?
hello! is there some tool, that listen for mouse events and prints them to the console, in the same style as acpi_listen does?	xev?
what app can i install so i can create gif animations?	i think you can do that with gimp
there has to be someone who knows either sed or awk???	i would expect it to be faster if anything, since cut is more speciallized for exctly this.
is there any gui irc client besides pidgin ?	xchat
is ubuntu 8.10 hardy heron?	uname -r
is apt-get experiencing major slowdowns? because 500k packages are taking up to 10 minutes to get	some mirrrors yes - they're experiencing overload
how can i get support here?	ask your question
what does jfgi stand for? :p	its not very nice
hello, i would like to use the latest version of django (1.4) but python-django package only has version 1.3.1, how can i get the newest version?	easy_install or pip are probably the best choices for installation
thank you dyrne , can you not help in a bit detail?	try this: perl -pi -e 's/eth0/eth1/g' *
anyone know why a rar file says unsupported archive type?	sudo apt-get install rar
hi all, anyone that can point me to an application that i use to play my dvds on ubuntu? i used to use xine, but don't know if i can use it with ubuntu	vlc plays dvds. sudo apt-get install xine should work too
why is there competition between linux distros? they are all free...	not really ontopic here but just personal preference
how do i give all users access to my usb harddisk? (i run the latest version of ubuntu)	- console sudo nautilus
hello. :) i want to setup ubuntu. is there any review from the graphical instalation? i have 3 partitions but i just want to install ubuntu on the first one. i don't want it to mess with my other two. second question, my pc has 40 gb and i want to create /, /home and /swap. how much shoud i give to each (768 megs of ram)? third question, my d: and e: partitions are ntsc. to be able to work on them with ubuntu, to i need to change to fat32 ? thank you. sorr	http://www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/install/
you don't have to type the user id twice; you can just do chown userid: foo	tx, i didn't know that
quick installation question: is it possible to install the server version of ubuntu 6.06 from the packaged live cd? i proceeded with the installation but it appears to have been the desktop and i don't recall it asking me.	also i dont remember any server installation options, maybe there is a server cd.
hi guys. are there any documents out there that explain ubuntu's root policy? i seem to be able to use kdesu with my own password to run commands as root, but not su in a konsole session. anyone clarify?	did u edit /etc/sudoers?
hi ubuntusers :). sorry what is a package that has apache, mysql and anything else i need all in one package? forgot name	are you thinking of lamp?
i was told to run vmstat for diagnostics, but i don't see vmstat in the ubuntu 7.10 repository. anyone know where i can find it?	should be installed by default, part of procps.
hey does anyone know how to create a multi boot dvd? i need to put in live ubuntu 10.04 and 9.10 along with some other distros. any links to help me. the ones i googled were not straightforward. pls help. is there any tool available to make this ?	i don't know about a multiboot dvd, but i did come across this on how to setup a multiboot usb a while back http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/
i am having issues accessing an ntfs partition with partition manager/initial installer; freezes immediately after attempting to recognize partitions in live install; i can access data on and mount both partitions in jaunty live, though the moment i try to use gparted to access them while unmounted, partitions become unmountable (through automated gnome mounting) and gparted locks	what are you doing on gparted live or what is you want
hi! i was wondering what options do i have for doing a thorough check of my harddrive which can detect even physical errors? i experienced a crash once in ubuntu where the harddrive seemed to go bananas. after this incident everything on my harddrive was lost, and for some reason windows xp fails to install onto the drive, but linux doesn't complain. i had windows on it before the crash.	badblocks
what video format does brasero need to burn dvds ?	i've never tried that with brasero, if it doesn't work, try tovid or devede
hi there, anyone noticed problems with connecting some apps with internet? e.g. kopete's jabber plugin does not work, kvpn does not works. im using kubuntu quantal	are you behind a firewall or something? sometimes those services use ports which can run on ports not allowed by the firewall
anyone know how i can auto mount a second hard drive with fat32 file sys?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mountingwindowspartitions
hello. how do i refresh my repo? using aptitude from commandline	just like you would if you used apt-get: sudo aptitude update
i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.	if it were simple, you wouldnt be here
is it normal that 'system->administration->hardware drivers' is empty ??	man tee
guys, please help me ;( i'm going to travel 12h by train, without working internet it will be nightmare :/ anyone got idea why i get those errors in syslog? http://pastebin.com/m5adf6fa9 thanks in advice!	have you asked at forums already?
if i want to get a new computer and run ubuntu on it, what's the best kind of computer to run ubuntu on?	www.dell.com/open ubuntu preinstalled!!
seen that box say on ubuntu forums that it has trouble connecting either way with one would work and wireless wouldn't or the wireless would work and the eth0 wouldn't	i didn't encounter that problem, though i don't use ethernet much
all my devices attached to usb slots are not working (external hd, scaner, printer, bluetooth, cardreader, camrea, same when i attach memory stick), does anyone know why?	it's not even in beta yet
there's a command to automatically create missing block nodes. it works by sending a message to the hotplug system, i think. i can't for the life of me find it... anyone know what it is?	try mknod
where is the difference between hd0 and hda?	hd0 is grub-speak, hda is everything else.
what does the error 'sh: gcc: command not found	have you installed gcc?
ubuntu tech support ? :o	apt-cache search
hi folks. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 lts on my server. i need remote access. do i need to enable ssh or something?	apt-get install openssh-server
randomly: if grub is definately not working, is it worth installing lilo or elilo and should i be more scared of them as opposed to grub?	there's no reason to be scared of a different bootloader then grub. they're not default, that's all.
i am using xubuntu, where would i report a bug if after pressing several time 'toggle touchpad on/off' on hp compaq presario cq61-400ew i got input/output error and other weird messages and i was unable to input anything from keyboard until i restarted x server (alt+ctrl+backspace didn't work, but alt+ctr+f1 worked)? or what steps should i take to further investigate what causes the problem?	you can re-enable cab in keyboard settnigs
what filesystem is best to have on a ssd disk?	ext3 writes journal, which might cause more wear and tear than you want, ext2 less so
how do i knwo ram on my pc using command line?	you can use free or top.
hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?	squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value
how can i mount one file '.iso' ?	'sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loopback blah.iso /mnt'
can the ubuntu installer coexist with a windows xp installation?	yup
how do i revert to an earlier version of the linux kernel? i am experiencing hardware regressions and i want to go back.	choose it in grub?
hi, how do i see what version of tomcat6 i have installed? and how do i install an older version of tomcat6 in the console?	apt-cache policy tomcat6
anyone know what package i need to install to be able to #include <perl.h> in a c program?	try apt-cache search perl \| grep dev
does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system only occur if a file size changes? or does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system occur other ways too? e.g. adding and deleting files?	consider what happens when writing a large file and there isn't a large enough chunk of contiguous space to store it
how do i get the fdisk utility?	you probably have it, if not install util-linux
can anyone tell me how to make my extra internal hard drive automatically mount when i log in?	: try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/automaticallymountpartitions
which package can i remove to uninstall an old kernel package.	the kernel package for the kernel you want to uninstall?
is there a way of preventing an external usb hard drive from mounting upon boot up? i tried in /etc/fstab but ubuntu tried mounting it anyway...	>> my solution should have sorted this.
can anyone recommend me a ftp program except gftp?	lftp or ncftp
hi! is there a way command lien way to find out a video file's resolution and intended playback aspect? thanks!	mplayer will tell you that when run from a terminal
is this channel logged and public?	yes, at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com
hi, my wireless network manager does not show unprotected networks, but the network settings shows them. how can i show them in network manager applet?	maybe try manual config.. i found mine stuck on roaming mode because of a weak signal.. try clicking choosing unprotected manually
mouse clicks don't change focus when i click in app window. only when clicked on titlebar. any ideas?	i think it's a feature. you can change it in system, preferences, windows afaik
anyone in here know anything about not getting sound in flash and also getting no sound from ubuntu as far as system sounds and startup music but for whatever reason if i play a song in rythmnox it works fine?	its a own issue uninstalling it and getting the deb from the flash site fixes it
my pointer preferences is not showing up under my mouse preferences like it's supposed to. is there something i need to install additionally?	it is in preferences>appeaerence>themes>customize>pointers
hello how can i have an user account locked so there's no password	sudo passwd -l username
hey guys - can someone help me out... i don't want 1 particular program to lock out the sound. ie. if rhythmbox is playing and i start a youtube video in chrome i want the option to turn rhythmbox off without having to start my web browser again to capture the sound.	use alsa instead of oss. but i thought pulseaudio allowed sound mixing :o does ubuntu not use pa anymore?
i'm running update-manager, but don't see 10.10 in it, and update-manager -d says it will install a rc, is 10.10 still trickling down to mirrors?	go into software sources. change it from lts only releases to normal releases. redo update manager
how do i disable the nautilus desktop integration?	it's an option in gconf-editor for nautilus
i'm looking for a good, command-line nntp (also called usenet or news) reader capable of downloading and reassembling binaries (files), could you recommend one?	try hellanzb
is there a software in ubuntu to develop an advertisement brochure?	scribus
hi, is there an easy way to download the gutsy updates for another architecture? my machine is on a 14.4 dialup, but i can use a usb key at a cafe to get everything	apt-zip for example
hi, for some reason x won't start - it says fatal server error: no screens found. i have copied my xorg log into the pastebin here: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/21461 can someone please help??	its a bug on a update
hi guys. how do i check what network card i have on my laptop?	lspci
hey guys, how can i stop iptables from command line?	you might also want to try firestarter, it's a nice gui to iptables
hi could any one help please i have used diffrent usp wifi adapters and at first it started at wlan1 now im up to wlan7 does any one know how to chage it back to wlan1	http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/92280-how-change-ethx-ethy.html
when i use synaptic package manager to remove a package, should i use 'mark for removal' or 'mark for complete removal'? and what is the difference?	from what i understand, mark for removal removes the app, mark for complete removal reomves the app and config files.
how do i get to the nvidia gui?	nvidia-settings
hello, everyone... i'm trying to update from ubuntu 10.04 to the new 10.10 beta, but when i press alt+f2, i get this error ' could not open location 'file:///home/~username~/update-manager-d' no such file or directory.. anyone know what the problem is? thanks	place a space between ' update-manager -d '
hi men i can't play mp3 on phythmbox music player , can anybody tell me how to ?	it's on wiki.ubuntu.org. search for restrictedformats
come on guys ! could anyone please try to add a printer on breezy ? i need to know if the printing tool is only broken on my computer. it will take you 5 seconds.	sudo invoke-rc.d ntpdate start
is it possible to install lamp 10.10 into 10.10 desktop?	of course.
what is the diff in htop and top?	it is layed out better, with the functions onscreen, colorcoded, with memory management bars and cpu bars at the top
and i don't know how to scroll down in top	try htop
can i freely remove 4 extra boot options from /boot/grub/menu.lst ?	yes you can
how to configure linux to run fast. i'm using gnome.	http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/50-amazing-ubuntu-time-saving-tips-482714
how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down	you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.
what is the giant menu bar at the top of menu called?	the global menu
is there a way to make a bootable backup (on a second hard drive) of the currently running system, without booting into clonezilla or similar? something like carbon copy cloner (os x) or the best disk cloning app for windows driveimage xml (windows)?	ext4 had snapshot support added last year
hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )	ssh $(cat filename)
is there a command to ask the package manager for possible names of packages that may have a command by a certain name?	apt-file shows files in packages, that's probably what you want
how do i completely remove all traces of apache2?	the --purge flag (or complete removal in synaptic), make sure you get all the packages, not just the metapackages
how do you enable esc to close the gaim chat window?	in gaim options / prefrences
what do you have to have to run flash on ubuntu?	that should install flash on ubuntu, its been awhile since i have done it
how do i check which distro is installed on a box?	blackdown?
quick question: i need the terminal command to find the model of my wired nic. anyone?	dmesg \| grep eth that is what i would do

how to search udev?

dmesg | grep -i <text>

sorry but how do i direct my message at one person

type the person username exactly as it is, and it would show as red to the reciever :)

anyone else having issue with flash on 10.04? since upgrading to 10.04...i can no longer control flash videos with my mouse...like on youtube clicking the pause button does nothing....its really annoying to not be able to control the videos

not having any issues on my end. did you install the non-free flash?

anyone has a xorg.conf with a dual screen using the 'radeon' driver setup.. i've got a ati 9200 mobility (or rv250 ? i don't understand that) and i think 'ati' driver don't support my card, and fglrx neither. anyone can steer me in the right way ?

9200 does not support fglrx, only aiglx... see xinerama or twinview

hi all, i have a question on 32bit vs 64 bit. in the ubuntu document, it recommends 64bit version, buy why the 32bit version is recommended in the download page?

go 64 bit

is there a way to disable gnome-screensaver's unlock dialog?

in the preferences of the screen saver

i recently mounted a filesystem 9.10 using a live cd, ubuntu 9.04 and was able to access my old files on /home by changing the permissions without giving a password. isn't that a security flaw?

you always have the option of encrypted /home folders if you're worried about that

i'm having a problem with firefox. i was running wow via wine and changed the resolution in game and wow locked up. i hit control alt backspace to restart x and rebooted the pc. now i keep getting a segmentation fault when trying to run firefox, any ideas?

: fastest solution? donwload new firefox, run that , all settings will be there...

does anybody know where i can find tcl8.5 tcl8.5-dev tk8.5 tk8.5-dev please?

why do you need them?

hello! is there some tool, that listen for mouse events and prints them to the console, in the same style as acpi_listen does?

xev?

what app can i install so i can create gif animations?

i think you can do that with gimp

there has to be someone who knows either sed or awk???

i would expect it to be faster if anything, since cut is more speciallized for exctly this.

is there any gui irc client besides pidgin ?

xchat

is ubuntu 8.10 hardy heron?

uname -r

is apt-get experiencing major slowdowns? because 500k packages are taking up to 10 minutes to get

some mirrrors yes - they're experiencing overload

how can i get support here?

ask your question

what does jfgi stand for? :p

its not very nice

hello, i would like to use the latest version of django (1.4) but python-django package only has version 1.3.1, how can i get the newest version?

easy_install or pip are probably the best choices for installation

thank you dyrne , can you not help in a bit detail?

try this: perl -pi -e 's/eth0/eth1/g' *

anyone know why a rar file says unsupported archive type?

sudo apt-get install rar

hi all, anyone that can point me to an application that i use to play my dvds on ubuntu? i used to use xine, but don't know if i can use it with ubuntu

vlc plays dvds. sudo apt-get install xine should work too

why is there competition between linux distros? they are all free...

not really ontopic here but just personal preference

how do i give all users access to my usb harddisk? (i run the latest version of ubuntu)

- console sudo nautilus

hello. :) i want to setup ubuntu. is there any review from the graphical instalation? i have 3 partitions but i just want to install ubuntu on the first one. i don't want it to mess with my other two. second question, my pc has 40 gb and i want to create /, /home and /swap. how much shoud i give to each (768 megs of ram)? third question, my d: and e: partitions are ntsc. to be able to work on them with ubuntu, to i need to change to fat32 ? thank you. sorr

http://www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/install/

you don't have to type the user id twice; you can just do chown userid: foo

tx, i didn't know that

quick installation question: is it possible to install the server version of ubuntu 6.06 from the packaged live cd? i proceeded with the installation but it appears to have been the desktop and i don't recall it asking me.

also i dont remember any server installation options, maybe there is a server cd.

hi guys. are there any documents out there that explain ubuntu's root policy? i seem to be able to use kdesu with my own password to run commands as root, but not su in a konsole session. anyone clarify?

did u edit /etc/sudoers?

hi ubuntusers :). sorry what is a package that has apache, mysql and anything else i need all in one package? forgot name

are you thinking of lamp?

i was told to run vmstat for diagnostics, but i don't see vmstat in the ubuntu 7.10 repository. anyone know where i can find it?

should be installed by default, part of procps.

hey does anyone know how to create a multi boot dvd? i need to put in live ubuntu 10.04 and 9.10 along with some other distros. any links to help me. the ones i googled were not straightforward. pls help. is there any tool available to make this ?

i don't know about a multiboot dvd, but i did come across this on how to setup a multiboot usb a while back http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/

i am having issues accessing an ntfs partition with partition manager/initial installer; freezes immediately after attempting to recognize partitions in live install; i can access data on and mount both partitions in jaunty live, though the moment i try to use gparted to access them while unmounted, partitions become unmountable (through automated gnome mounting) and gparted locks

what are you doing on gparted live or what is you want

hi! i was wondering what options do i have for doing a thorough check of my harddrive which can detect even physical errors? i experienced a crash once in ubuntu where the harddrive seemed to go bananas. after this incident everything on my harddrive was lost, and for some reason windows xp fails to install onto the drive, but linux doesn't complain. i had windows on it before the crash.

badblocks

what video format does brasero need to burn dvds ?

i've never tried that with brasero, if it doesn't work, try tovid or devede

hi there, anyone noticed problems with connecting some apps with internet? e.g. kopete's jabber plugin does not work, kvpn does not works. im using kubuntu quantal

are you behind a firewall or something? sometimes those services use ports which can run on ports not allowed by the firewall

anyone know how i can auto mount a second hard drive with fat32 file sys?

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

hello. how do i refresh my repo? using aptitude from commandline

just like you would if you used apt-get: sudo aptitude update

i'm getting fed up with ubuntu support. i've only had 5 problems/questions over the last two years that i've had to post to support forums or irc channels. it seems that anything not quickly solvable by searching google gets ignored. a simple, 'i'm stumped' would suffice, but when i say i've tried their solution already or that it didn't work, i'm met by silence. it's unprofessional and off putting.

if it were simple, you wouldnt be here

is it normal that 'system->administration->hardware drivers' is empty ??

man tee

guys, please help me ;( i'm going to travel 12h by train, without working internet it will be nightmare :/ anyone got idea why i get those errors in syslog? http://pastebin.com/m5adf6fa9 thanks in advice!

have you asked at forums already?

if i want to get a new computer and run ubuntu on it, what's the best kind of computer to run ubuntu on?

www.dell.com/open ubuntu preinstalled!!

seen that box say on ubuntu forums that it has trouble connecting either way with one would work and wireless wouldn't or the wireless would work and the eth0 wouldn't

i didn't encounter that problem, though i don't use ethernet much

all my devices attached to usb slots are not working (external hd, scaner, printer, bluetooth, cardreader, camrea, same when i attach memory stick), does anyone know why?

it's not even in beta yet

there's a command to automatically create missing block nodes. it works by sending a message to the hotplug system, i think. i can't for the life of me find it... anyone know what it is?

try mknod

where is the difference between hd0 and hda?

hd0 is grub-speak, hda is everything else.

what does the error 'sh: gcc: command not found

have you installed gcc?

ubuntu tech support ? :o

apt-cache search

hi folks. i just installed ubuntu 6.06 lts on my server. i need remote access. do i need to enable ssh or something?

apt-get install openssh-server

randomly: if grub is definately not working, is it worth installing lilo or elilo and should i be more scared of them as opposed to grub?

there's no reason to be scared of a different bootloader then grub. they're not default, that's all.

i am using xubuntu, where would i report a bug if after pressing several time 'toggle touchpad on/off' on hp compaq presario cq61-400ew i got input/output error and other weird messages and i was unable to input anything from keyboard until i restarted x server (alt+ctrl+backspace didn't work, but alt+ctr+f1 worked)? or what steps should i take to further investigate what causes the problem?

you can re-enable cab in keyboard settnigs

what filesystem is best to have on a ssd disk?

ext3 writes journal, which might cause more wear and tear than you want, ext2 less so

how do i knwo ram on my pc using command line?

you can use free or top.

hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?

squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value

how can i mount one file '.iso' ?

'sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loopback blah.iso /mnt'

can the ubuntu installer coexist with a windows xp installation?

yup

how do i revert to an earlier version of the linux kernel? i am experiencing hardware regressions and i want to go back.

choose it in grub?

hi, how do i see what version of tomcat6 i have installed? and how do i install an older version of tomcat6 in the console?

apt-cache policy tomcat6

anyone know what package i need to install to be able to #include <perl.h> in a c program?

try apt-cache search perl | grep dev

does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system only occur if a file size changes? or does file fragmentation in a fat32 file system occur other ways too? e.g. adding and deleting files?

consider what happens when writing a large file and there isn't a large enough chunk of contiguous space to store it

how do i get the fdisk utility?

you probably have it, if not install util-linux

can anyone tell me how to make my extra internal hard drive automatically mount when i log in?

: try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/automaticallymountpartitions

which package can i remove to uninstall an old kernel package.

the kernel package for the kernel you want to uninstall?

is there a way of preventing an external usb hard drive from mounting upon boot up? i tried in /etc/fstab but ubuntu tried mounting it anyway...

>> my solution should have sorted this.

can anyone recommend me a ftp program except gftp?

lftp or ncftp

hi! is there a way command lien way to find out a video file's resolution and intended playback aspect? thanks!

mplayer will tell you that when run from a terminal

is this channel logged and public?

yes, at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com

hi, my wireless network manager does not show unprotected networks, but the network settings shows them. how can i show them in network manager applet?

maybe try manual config.. i found mine stuck on roaming mode because of a weak signal.. try clicking choosing unprotected manually

mouse clicks don't change focus when i click in app window. only when clicked on titlebar. any ideas?

i think it's a feature. you can change it in system, preferences, windows afaik

anyone in here know anything about not getting sound in flash and also getting no sound from ubuntu as far as system sounds and startup music but for whatever reason if i play a song in rythmnox it works fine?

its a own issue uninstalling it and getting the deb from the flash site fixes it

my pointer preferences is not showing up under my mouse preferences like it's supposed to. is there something i need to install additionally?

it is in preferences>appeaerence>themes>customize>pointers

hello how can i have an user account locked so there's no password

sudo passwd -l username

hey guys - can someone help me out... i don't want 1 particular program to lock out the sound. ie. if rhythmbox is playing and i start a youtube video in chrome i want the option to turn rhythmbox off without having to start my web browser again to capture the sound.

use alsa instead of oss. but i thought pulseaudio allowed sound mixing :o does ubuntu not use pa anymore?

i'm running update-manager, but don't see 10.10 in it, and update-manager -d says it will install a rc, is 10.10 still trickling down to mirrors?

go into software sources. change it from lts only releases to normal releases. redo update manager

how do i disable the nautilus desktop integration?

it's an option in gconf-editor for nautilus

i'm looking for a good, command-line nntp (also called usenet or news) reader capable of downloading and reassembling binaries (files), could you recommend one?

try hellanzb

is there a software in ubuntu to develop an advertisement brochure?

scribus

hi, is there an easy way to download the gutsy updates for another architecture? my machine is on a 14.4 dialup, but i can use a usb key at a cafe to get everything

apt-zip for example

hi, for some reason x won't start - it says fatal server error: no screens found. i have copied my xorg log into the pastebin here: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/21461 can someone please help??

its a bug on a update

hi guys. how do i check what network card i have on my laptop?

lspci

hey guys, how can i stop iptables from command line?

you might also want to try firestarter, it's a nice gui to iptables

hi could any one help please i have used diffrent usp wifi adapters and at first it started at wlan1 now im up to wlan7 does any one know how to chage it back to wlan1

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/92280-how-change-ethx-ethy.html

when i use synaptic package manager to remove a package, should i use 'mark for removal' or 'mark for complete removal'? and what is the difference?

from what i understand, mark for removal removes the app, mark for complete removal reomves the app *and* config files.

how do i get to the nvidia gui?

nvidia-settings

hello, everyone... i'm trying to update from ubuntu 10.04 to the new 10.10 beta, but when i press alt+f2, i get this error ' could not open location 'file:///home/~username~/update-manager-d' no such file or directory.. anyone know what the problem is? thanks

place a space between ' update-manager -d '

hi men i can't play mp3 on phythmbox music player , can anybody tell me how to ?

it's on wiki.ubuntu.org. search for restrictedformats

come on guys ! could anyone please try to add a printer on breezy ? i need to know if the printing tool is only broken on my computer. it will take you 5 seconds.

sudo invoke-rc.d ntpdate start

is it possible to install lamp 10.10 into 10.10 desktop?

of course.

what is the diff in htop and top?

it is layed out better, with the functions onscreen, colorcoded, with memory management bars and cpu bars at the top

and i don't know how to scroll down in top

try htop

can i freely remove 4 extra boot options from /boot/grub/menu.lst ?

yes you can

how to configure linux to run fast. i'm using gnome.

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/50-amazing-ubuntu-time-saving-tips-482714

how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down

you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.

what is the giant menu bar at the top of menu called?

the global menu

is there a way to make a bootable backup (on a second hard drive) of the currently running system, without booting into clonezilla or similar? something like carbon copy cloner (os x) or the best disk cloning app for windows driveimage xml (windows)?

ext4 had snapshot support added last year

hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )

ssh $(cat filename)

is there a command to ask the package manager for possible names of packages that may have a command by a certain name?

apt-file shows files in packages, that's probably what you want

how do i completely remove all traces of apache2?

the --purge flag (or complete removal in synaptic), make sure you get all the packages, not just the metapackages

how do you enable esc to close the gaim chat window?

in gaim options / prefrences

what do you have to have to run flash on ubuntu?

that should install flash on ubuntu, its been awhile since i have done it

how do i check which distro is installed on a box?

blackdown?

quick question: i need the terminal command to find the model of my wired nic. anyone?

dmesg | grep eth that is what i would do