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where does firefox keep it's data?	er, ~/.mozilla
to get write permissions to /var/www/sites/default/settings.php i can just 'chmod 777 /var/www/default/settings.php' correct?	adduser you www-data
does edgy only come with 2 workspaces defaultly?	right click on it to add morje.
how to see the speed from a devie? usb stick, hdd, sd card and so on	for hard drive, sudo hdparm -tt /dev/sda (or whatever your drive(s) are)
hi there, how can i load a module on startup?	/etc/modules
is it possible to manually add a folder to the main folders in nautilus sidebar? (not the bookmarks)	drag and drop the folder to the sidebar.
hey, does 12.10 need both python and python3? can i remove 2.7?	it needs both
hi, this might be dumb, but wheres my trash can in feist?	you're supposed to... but if you don't, right click on the panel and add it
hi all! i am trying to print from a winxp virtual machine that i've stup on ubuntu 11.10 but the printer stat in xp shows : access denied, unable to connect, i have referred the networkprintingwithubuntu page but with no luck, help	does your printer already work in ubuntu?
is there something i can get that would sit on the panel and when i click it i get current upload and download rates , preferrably in a graph?	system - administration - system monitor
here's a silly one - is there any way to manually map hostname resolution? i'm at work and our local dns server doesnt want to talk to my machine, i need to map a static local ip to a hostname	/etc/hosts
one quick question: will there be a way to upgrade to hoary from a existing warty-installation?	yes. there is documents about that on the ubuntu wiki (check the ubuntu homepage)
i have multiple e-mail addresses and i like to use thunderbird to aggregate them, the checking, etc. sometimes i use windows though and like to check things there. sometimes i use ubuntu and check things here. anyone have suggestions as to how i can synchronize the data in thunderbird so i can see the same e-mails in both os (as well as deletes affecting both inboxes, etc.) ?	'/home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird', you'll see a folder with a random name like 'dja185jq.default'... that's the folder you'll need to symlink
can anyone recommend a decent webcam for 10.x?	search the ubuntu forum for best webcam to get
i exported my blogger as an .xml, is there a program that i can view it offline with proper formatting?	scite may be just what you need.
confused i dont know my root pw... i know. thats a post for the wiki quotes. but by installing ubuntu they never was a dialog for settig it	loading a console and typing sudo passwd root will set one if you actually need to connect to the root account
sorry just signed in ..so is ubuntu 6.06 out yet?	/topic !!
troy: rumpe1: thanks at least i have a better understanding of what nmap is and what i can use it for without getting in some kind of trouble	its really hard to get in trouble from using nmap
when i install a version of wine through winecvs.sh, nothing becomes executable, is there somethign i am doing wrong?	have you tried just installing the version of wine straight out of the ubuntu repositories?
it my second day using ubuntu hoary and i wonder if, when released, i can upgrade hoary to breezer without actually taking away the whole os and reinstall?	i believe you can do a dist-upgrade to move to breezy, but i would recommend a fresh install.
does anyone know a good program for taking an image and being able to print it out across multiple pages?	raster something might be the keyword you are looking for
what is the linux euqivalent of ipconfig?	ifconfig
re: if i want my system to run fsck on rebooting - before the partition is mounted .. how do i tell it to do this.. just giving the command in a console produces a warning that running e2fsck on a mounted system can case bad damage etc..??	http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-force-fsck-on-the-next-reboot-or-boot-sequence/
question -> can i watch anime, movies and stuff in ubuntu?	hells yes
anyone knows a program to see psd files in ubuntu?	gimp can generally open them, although all the layer effects may not work correctly
or you can always 'sudo su'	sudo -i
hi guys, how can i print the full path of a directory using terminal?	for the current dir you can use 'pwd'
hi guys. if anyone can help me with this that would be great. does anyone know a command that will get me the volume label of the primary drive from the terminal?	fdisk -l
i konw there is a program to automatically install stuff for ubuntu called automatix, and there is also another program that does something similiar, i was wondering what the other program is	the other one is easyubuntu
is ubuntu server edition already set up as a email server?	its what were here for, you! :d
thanks. anything command line? i feels wrong to fiddle with the /etc/rcn.d dirs	the recommeneded way is update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d ..... check out their man pages.. :)
is ubuntu that restricted once a persons skills advance? i have been on ubuntu for 5yrs (after20 on pc). i would never be able to use any *nix without the net, google, here...	not really
hi all, a large copy operation (>200g) with nautilus got interrupted near the end. what is the best way to resume the copy without re-copying everything?	shell, rsync
top is reporting that 97% of my physical memory is being used but i see no processes running indicating that this is true. what gives?	that's pretty normal
have you tried cedega?	a little, not worth the cash
has anyone else noticed that youtube requires flash 10? (thus screwing everyone on amd64)... does anyone have a solution?	flash 10 works with nspluginwrapper, and you can also browse youtube without flash using totem or html5.
can anyone here please help me, im trying to convert downloaded avi movies to vcd or dvd, basically so i can watch them on my dvd player & tv ... i'm trying without luck to find a single application that can do the conversion.	use tovid and tovidgui
can anyone point me to a non-gui torrent client?	bittorrent will. never heard of rtorrent so can't say
i would rely like to be able to sync my palm with evolution without making doubles of my calander enteres	wouldn't we all
hey guys, how can i get a listing of all of the packages i have installed from command line... something i can do grep on?	dpkg -l \| grep '^ii'
is alpha the same as beta?	an application goes development > alpha > beta > release candidate > release
hi guys! can anyone lease recommend me some webcamera that works with ubuntu and skype with just plug and play???	i don't know how up-to-date this site is but: http://www.linux-drivers.org/usb_webcams.html
does the 'ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso' count as a live cd too?	yep, no gui though
how can i boot ubuntu not in gui mode? because when i boot ubuntu it leads me to gdm login	just hit ctrl+alt+f1 to switch out of graphical mode.
are there any one who know short-cut key for viewing desktop in ubuntu?	press and hold the super key to see a list in unity of key shortcuts
does anyone know how the modules are loaded at boot time? i tried to look in /etc/modules and /etc/init.d and i can't find a module i want to remove	/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist if you don't want a module to be loaded ...
how can i get to my desktop with a keyboard combo?	you need to set up a key combo in keyboard shortcuts.
hi all, occasionally i'll get a message saying 'you have new mail in /var/www/uname' -- is it possible to have this actually emailed to my person email address?	yes. use a .forward file in your home directory, containing the email address you want it sent to
how do i adjust vim to get colors ?	':syntax on'
hi, i know repos stored in sources.list file. but what if i add a ppa? which file stores the ppa information? and btw how to check all repos that i am using? thanks.	i don't know of one command, but /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list are what you are using.
this is odd: i'm on intrepid, trying to install packages python-feedparser and hddtemp, but apt and synaptic say no such package. on ubuntu package search, they both show up as being in intrepid. ideas?	have you run the update command i gave you yet?
does anyone know how to use the live cd to determine a windows xp password?	i have had good results with a boot cd from sysinternals
hi there. i want to dualboot ubuntu on my macbook. can the installation re-size my disk and install or do i need to re-install osx aswell?	the installer will show a recommended partition scheme making use of free space on your drive. you can use this or do it manually.
hi, i have a problem when i shutdown ubuntu. i get always a black screen and the computer never turns off. what can i do?	how old is your pc?
how do i get a trash icon on the desktop (gnome) that i can drag things to? if i make a launcher 'nautilus trash:', it won't let me drag things to it to delete them.	gconf-editor
do you guys think it's possible to turn off pci slots in the bios?	hmm.. not sure thats possible.
do feisty mirrors exist anymore? i'm trying to upgrade an old server to 8.10	there is a repository for older releases... can never remember the name though
hi room! does anyone know how/where the default window positio in unity is set? for some reason all new windows have their default opening position on the bottom right screen edge... which is quite inconvenient	ccsm>place windows
hi, how can i change python version ? default version now is 2.6.6 i want to change in to 2.7.1+ symlink showing python -> /usr/bin/python2.7 but its not using 2.7 how can i change it ?	you can't
hi. can i make nautilus display a directory tree?	i think so, try the dropdown menu in the side pane
is it just me or have other people been getting wifi problems with the new update?	- me me
how to increase the screen resolution on ubuntu 10.04? system > preferences > monitor > etc. it only has 800x600, i would like it to be more then 1000x.. can anyone be kind to assist me with it?	you should install video drivers first, lspci first to verify video card
anyone here uses terminator? is it possible to set the starting size of the terminator window?	you can use the --geometry option
is there any place to get ubuntu on a floppy?	download a smart boot manager image, write it to a floppy and use that to boot the cd
how can i add an ubuntu cd to apt sources using command line?	apt-cdrom
i unblacklisted the r818x wireless driver, and now my wpc11v4 is working without ndiswrapper. it has the name wlan0. only thing is, when i try to connect to my network, it cuts the last letter off of the essid.	so add another letter to the essid beyond what you type in.
oh, so a pastebin command does exist! nice... i used to use a python script i did long time ago	sudo apt-get install pastebinit
hi. i have an old warty box that i am thinking of upgrading to hoary. however, it has a bunch of debs installed that arent part of ubuntu (such as some packages from marillat, some packages ive compiled and installed using checkinstall, etc.). will these extra debs affect the upgrade process. also, is there a command to list debs that are installed on the system but are not available from any of the repos listed in your sources.list file?	which should list it
hi, at the moment a user called user 'dave' has no permission to write to the folder /var/www i wish to give him this so he can make a website but i do not know how to, can anybody help?	you create a new group in which you add the users you want to have write permissions and then allocate the www (or whatever folder) new group's name so people in this group will be able to write providing the chmod correspond to for the group users
what is the default starting priority for acpid and apmd in ubuntu? could someone go into their /etc/rc5.d directory and tell me what number is assigned to each? thanks!	i looked in rc2.d, since it's the default init and they're 20
how can i tell if i'm running the 64 bit edition of ubuntu?	uname -a
what happend with the flashplugin in 9.04?	watch less porn, that'll help
what does the 5 mean when the source says something like 'see fstab(5).'? does this have to do with a man page?	its not page 5, its section 5.
hi, is it safe to suspend to ram in the middle of a download? is there any risk of damaging the disk, or creating data corruption?	i should effectively be a free of state, including all processes etc
i have two quick questions, and i'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. i'm trying to get a list of the installed packages on an ubuntu system. i can't seem to recall how to do it (i've done it on debian systems before). second question: how might i go about creating a customized ubuntu distribution for a livecd / install to hd?	try 'dpkg -l'
what's the easiest way to compare two files and find out which lines were changed?	for something visual use 'meld'
hi all does anyone know some guides for making a usb stick bootable using linux terminal ? i tried the 'usb-create' package but the thing didn't boot...	mkfs.ext2 /dev/be/careful
hi, my mouse cursor disappears when pointing at certain things, such as jpegs in firefox or the firefox customize toolbar, it happens in other places as well, not just firefox. any suggestions on fixing this? haven't found any help yet. i'm using the default cursor on gnome, the other cursors do no different	then don't point at those things
how can i display the groups a user is member of?	less /etc/group \| grep user?
anyone know if there's a term for using a laptop as a wireless adapter for a wired-only device?	but i would call it a network bridge
what_up: are you referring to the mounting of hard drives or connections on the motherboard?	s/mounting/installing
after upgrading to ubuntu 6.06, i'm not able to log on :/ i upgraded with synapic	see if you can login that way
i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.	try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php
is there some way to kill a process that won't go away -- short of restarting? 'sudo kill -9 <pid>' did not kill it.	epiphany
hi how can i make link between two directories for example /sys -> /usr/src/sys?	if you really want to (uu) see: man ln
what program will allow me to burn a .avi to dvd?	try gnomebaker or brasero
hi all...quick question. what's the easiest way to locate a file on a drive that was very recently mounted and locate won't find it?	find /dir -iname 'name'
hi, i have a nfts-partition on the beginning of my harddrive and i want to make that an ext3-partition. do i risk destroying anything important? like bios or anything used to boot? i know that linux doesn't use mbr but want to be sure :) thanks...	you shouldn't 'destroy anything' except for the data on the partition
i've done a server install of ubuntu, then installed the xubuntu-desktop package. i'm having problems getting my ipod to be recognised ... what packages should i install / modules should i modprobe?	i got an ipod nano yesterday and was surprised when it worked perfectly in gnome
can anyone help me with samba?	if you have anonymous access enabled on your smb share, then just hitting return on the password prompt should work
just installed 9.04 64bit on thinkpad t60, but it's only seeing 2.982gb instead of 4gb ram. ideas?	memtest?
was wondering what the w32codecs are called in the breezy release	just get them from the source
is there a metapackage for a lamp installation in ubuntu?	there is if one uses the server install disc. it is one of the choices on the install menu.
how do i replace compiz/metacity from tty?	you cant replace window managers from tty
hello! how to update system from 10.04 to 11.04 ( sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade doesn't work :( ) maybe some repositaries or somethin' .. ?	you have to go to 10.10 first
how do you enable rsync access to an ubuntu box?	try looking for /etc/default/rsync - i think you might need to enable access there
i have installed msttcorefonts on gutsy, however the fonts do not appear to be available in openoffice, this used to work in feisty, does anyone know if there is any additional steps to make msttcorefonts work correctly on gutsy now?	i just installed them, and they work
hello, i'm attempting my maiden install of ubuntu (first linux user), i burned breezy badger, booted from it, finished the first part of the installation and then reboot to continue installing packages, everything was going fine then it switched from the progress bar screen to a screen filled with weird configuration values, i can't tell if it's still installing packages or if its waiting for input, is this normal?	insert ur ubuntu cd for it to finish installing the os
i have aproblem installing edgy rc from live cd gui installer, is there atext based installer that i can use	it's a text based installer
can i temporarily hide the gnome panel(s) and then get them back again after a while?	you could probably use a custom command with compiz magic to hide them temporarily, but that's a little playing.

where does firefox keep it's data?

er, ~/.mozilla

to get write permissions to /var/www/sites/default/settings.php i can just 'chmod 777 /var/www/default/settings.php' correct?

adduser you www-data

does edgy only come with 2 workspaces defaultly?

right click on it to add morje.

how to see the speed from a devie? usb stick, hdd, sd card and so on

for hard drive, sudo hdparm -tt /dev/sda (or whatever your drive(s) are)

hi there, how can i load a module on startup?

/etc/modules

is it possible to manually add a folder to the main folders in nautilus sidebar? (not the bookmarks)

drag and drop the folder to the sidebar.

hey, does 12.10 need both python and python3? can i remove 2.7?

it needs both

hi, this might be dumb, but wheres my trash can in feist?

you're supposed to... but if you don't, right click on the panel and add it

hi all! i am trying to print from a winxp virtual machine that i've stup on ubuntu 11.10 but the printer stat in xp shows : access denied, unable to connect, i have referred the networkprintingwithubuntu page but with no luck, help

does your printer already work in ubuntu?

is there something i can get that would sit on the panel and when i click it i get current upload and download rates , preferrably in a graph?

system - administration - system monitor

here's a silly one - is there any way to manually map hostname resolution? i'm at work and our local dns server doesnt want to talk to my machine, i need to map a static local ip to a hostname

/etc/hosts

one quick question: will there be a way to upgrade to hoary from a existing warty-installation?

yes. there is documents about that on the ubuntu wiki (check the ubuntu homepage)

i have multiple e-mail addresses and i like to use thunderbird to aggregate them, the checking, etc. sometimes i use windows though and like to check things there. sometimes i use ubuntu and check things here. anyone have suggestions as to how i can synchronize the data in thunderbird so i can see the same e-mails in both os (as well as deletes affecting both inboxes, etc.) ?

'/home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird', you'll see a folder with a random name like 'dja185jq.default'... that's the folder you'll need to symlink

can anyone recommend a decent webcam for 10.x?

search the ubuntu forum for best webcam to get

i exported my blogger as an .xml, is there a program that i can view it offline with proper formatting?

scite may be just what you need.

*confused* i dont know my root pw... i know. thats a post for the wiki quotes. but by installing ubuntu they never was a dialog for settig it

loading a console and typing sudo passwd root will set one if you actually need to connect to the root account

sorry just signed in ..so is ubuntu 6.06 out yet?

/topic !!

troy: rumpe1: thanks at least i have a better understanding of what nmap is and what i can use it for without getting in some kind of trouble

its really hard to get in trouble from using nmap

when i install a version of wine through winecvs.sh, nothing becomes executable, is there somethign i am doing wrong?

have you tried just installing the version of wine straight out of the ubuntu repositories?

it my second day using ubuntu hoary and i wonder if, when released, i can upgrade hoary to breezer without actually taking away the whole os and reinstall?

i believe you can do a dist-upgrade to move to breezy, but i would recommend a fresh install.

does anyone know a good program for taking an image and being able to print it out across multiple pages?

raster something might be the keyword you are looking for

what is the linux euqivalent of ipconfig?

ifconfig

re: if i want my system to run fsck on rebooting - before the partition is mounted .. how do i tell it to do this.. just giving the command in a console produces a warning that running e2fsck on a mounted system can case bad damage etc..??

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-force-fsck-on-the-next-reboot-or-boot-sequence/

question -> can i watch anime, movies and stuff in ubuntu?

hells yes

anyone knows a program to see psd files in ubuntu?

gimp can generally open them, although all the layer effects may not work correctly

or you can always 'sudo su'

sudo -i

hi guys, how can i print the full path of a directory using terminal?

for the current dir you can use 'pwd'

hi guys. if anyone can help me with this that would be great. does anyone know a command that will get me the volume label of the primary drive from the terminal?

fdisk -l

i konw there is a program to automatically install stuff for ubuntu called automatix, and there is also another program that does something similiar, i was wondering what the other program is

the other one is easyubuntu

is ubuntu server edition already set up as a email server?

its what were here for, you! :d

thanks. anything command line? i feels wrong to fiddle with the /etc/rcn.d dirs

the recommeneded way is update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d ..... check out their man pages.. :)

is ubuntu that restricted once a persons skills advance? i have been on ubuntu for 5yrs (after20 on pc). i would never be able to use any *nix without the net, google, here...

not really

hi all, a large copy operation (>200g) with nautilus got interrupted near the end. what is the best way to resume the copy without re-copying everything?

shell, rsync

top is reporting that 97% of my physical memory is being used but i see no processes running indicating that this is true. what gives?

that's pretty normal

have you tried cedega?

a little, not worth the cash

has anyone else noticed that youtube requires flash 10? (thus screwing everyone on amd64)... does anyone have a solution?

flash 10 works with nspluginwrapper, and you can also browse youtube without flash using totem or html5.

can anyone here please help me, im trying to convert downloaded avi movies to vcd or dvd, basically so i can watch them on my dvd player & tv ... i'm trying without luck to find a single application that can do the conversion.

use tovid and tovidgui

can anyone point me to a non-gui torrent client?

bittorrent will. never heard of rtorrent so can't say

i would rely like to be able to sync my palm with evolution without making doubles of my calander enteres

wouldn't we all

hey guys, how can i get a listing of all of the packages i have installed from command line... something i can do grep on?

dpkg -l | grep '^ii'

is alpha the same as beta?

an application goes development > alpha > beta > release candidate > release

hi guys! can anyone lease recommend me some webcamera that works with ubuntu and skype with just plug and play???

i don't know how up-to-date this site is but: http://www.linux-drivers.org/usb_webcams.html

does the 'ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso' count as a live cd too?

yep, no gui though

how can i boot ubuntu not in gui mode? because when i boot ubuntu it leads me to gdm login

just hit ctrl+alt+f1 to switch out of graphical mode.

are there any one who know short-cut key for viewing desktop in ubuntu?

press and hold the super key to see a list in unity of key shortcuts

does anyone know how the modules are loaded at boot time? i tried to look in /etc/modules and /etc/init.d and i can't find a module i want to remove

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist if you don't want a module to be loaded ...

how can i get to my desktop with a keyboard combo?

you need to set up a key combo in keyboard shortcuts.

hi all, occasionally i'll get a message saying 'you have new mail in /var/www/uname' -- is it possible to have this actually emailed to my person email address?

yes. use a .forward file in your home directory, containing the email address you want it sent to

how do i adjust vim to get colors ?

':syntax on'

hi, i know repos stored in sources.list file. but what if i add a ppa? which file stores the ppa information? and btw how to check all repos that i am using? thanks.

i don't know of one command, but /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list are what you are using.

this is odd: i'm on intrepid, trying to install packages python-feedparser and hddtemp, but apt and synaptic say no such package. on ubuntu package search, they both show up as being in intrepid. ideas?

have you run the update command i gave you yet?

does anyone know how to use the live cd to determine a windows xp password?

i have had good results with a boot cd from sysinternals

hi there. i want to dualboot ubuntu on my macbook. can the installation re-size my disk and install or do i need to re-install osx aswell?

the installer will show a recommended partition scheme making use of free space on your drive. you can use this or do it manually.

hi, i have a problem when i shutdown ubuntu. i get always a black screen and the computer never turns off. what can i do?

how old is your pc?

how do i get a trash icon on the desktop (gnome) that i can drag things to? if i make a launcher 'nautilus trash:', it won't let me drag things to it to delete them.

gconf-editor

do you guys think it's possible to turn off pci slots in the bios?

hmm.. not sure thats possible.

do feisty mirrors exist anymore? i'm trying to upgrade an old server to 8.10

there is a repository for older releases... can never remember the name though

hi room! does anyone know how/where the default window positio in unity is set? for some reason all new windows have their default opening position on the bottom right screen edge... which is quite inconvenient

ccsm>place windows

hi, how can i change python version ? default version now is 2.6.6 i want to change in to 2.7.1+ symlink showing python -> /usr/bin/python2.7 but its not using 2.7 how can i change it ?

you can't

hi. can i make nautilus display a directory tree?

i think so, try the dropdown menu in the side pane

is it just me or have other people been getting wifi problems with the new update?

- me me

how to increase the screen resolution on ubuntu 10.04? system > preferences > monitor > etc. it only has 800x600, i would like it to be more then 1000x.. can anyone be kind to assist me with it?

you should install video drivers first, lspci first to verify video card

anyone here uses terminator? is it possible to set the starting size of the terminator window?

you can use the --geometry option

is there any place to get ubuntu on a floppy?

download a smart boot manager image, write it to a floppy and use that to boot the cd

how can i add an ubuntu cd to apt sources using command line?

apt-cdrom

i unblacklisted the r818x wireless driver, and now my wpc11v4 is working without ndiswrapper. it has the name wlan0. only thing is, when i try to connect to my network, it cuts the last letter off of the essid.

so add another letter to the essid beyond what you type in.

oh, so a pastebin command does exist! nice... i used to use a python script i did long time ago

sudo apt-get install pastebinit

hi. i have an old warty box that i am thinking of upgrading to hoary. however, it has a bunch of debs installed that arent part of ubuntu (such as some packages from marillat, some packages ive compiled and installed using checkinstall, etc.). will these extra debs affect the upgrade process. also, is there a command to list debs that are installed on the system but are not available from any of the repos listed in your sources.list file?

which should list it

hi, at the moment a user called user 'dave' has no permission to write to the folder /var/www i wish to give him this so he can make a website but i do not know how to, can anybody help?

you create a new group in which you add the users you want to have write permissions and then allocate the www (or whatever folder) new group's name so people in this group will be able to write providing the chmod correspond to for the group users

what is the default starting priority for acpid and apmd in ubuntu? could someone go into their /etc/rc5.d directory and tell me what number is assigned to each? thanks!

i looked in rc2.d, since it's the default init and they're 20

how can i tell if i'm running the 64 bit edition of ubuntu?

uname -a

what happend with the flashplugin in 9.04?

watch less porn, that'll help

what does the 5 mean when the source says something like 'see fstab(5).'? does this have to do with a man page?

its not page 5, its section 5.

hi, is it safe to suspend to ram in the middle of a download? is there any risk of damaging the disk, or creating data corruption?

i should effectively be a free of state, including all processes etc

i have two quick questions, and i'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. i'm trying to get a list of the installed packages on an ubuntu system. i can't seem to recall how to do it (i've done it on debian systems before). second question: how might i go about creating a customized ubuntu distribution for a livecd / install to hd?

try 'dpkg -l'

what's the easiest way to compare two files and find out which lines were changed?

for something visual use 'meld'

hi all does anyone know some guides for making a usb stick bootable using linux terminal ? i tried the 'usb-create' package but the thing didn't boot...

mkfs.ext2 /dev/be/careful

hi, my mouse cursor disappears when pointing at certain things, such as jpegs in firefox or the firefox customize toolbar, it happens in other places as well, not just firefox. any suggestions on fixing this? haven't found any help yet. i'm using the default cursor on gnome, the other cursors do no different

then don't point at those things

how can i display the groups a user is member of?

less /etc/group | grep user?

anyone know if there's a term for using a laptop as a wireless adapter for a wired-only device?

but i would call it a network bridge

what_up: are you referring to the mounting of hard drives or connections on the motherboard?

s/mounting/installing

after upgrading to ubuntu 6.06, i'm not able to log on :/ i upgraded with synapic

see if you can login that way

i need help. i have edgy eft amd64, and a usb wireless card with a sis163 chipset. ndiswrapper sets up the driver just fine, driver and hardware present, but can't see it on the networking app.

try wcid: http://compwiz18.blackhole.cx/wicd/wb/pages/releases.php

is there some way to kill a process that won't go away -- short of restarting? 'sudo kill -9 <pid>' did not kill it.

epiphany

hi how can i make link between two directories for example /sys -> /usr/src/sys?

if you really want to (uu) see: man ln

what program will allow me to burn a .avi to dvd?

try gnomebaker or brasero

hi all...quick question. what's the easiest way to locate a file on a drive that was very recently mounted and locate won't find it?

find /dir -iname 'name'

hi, i have a nfts-partition on the beginning of my harddrive and i want to make that an ext3-partition. do i risk destroying anything important? like bios or anything used to boot? i know that linux doesn't use mbr but want to be sure :) thanks...

you shouldn't 'destroy anything' except for the data on the partition

i've done a server install of ubuntu, then installed the xubuntu-desktop package. i'm having problems getting my ipod to be recognised ... what packages should i install / modules should i modprobe?

i got an ipod nano yesterday and was surprised when it worked perfectly in gnome

can anyone help me with samba?

if you have anonymous access enabled on your smb share, then just hitting return on the password prompt should work

just installed 9.04 64bit on thinkpad t60, but it's only seeing 2.982gb instead of 4gb ram. ideas?

memtest?

was wondering what the w32codecs are called in the breezy release

just get them from the source

is there a metapackage for a lamp installation in ubuntu?

there is if one uses the server install disc. it is one of the choices on the install menu.

how do i replace compiz/metacity from tty?

you cant replace window managers from tty

hello! how to update system from 10.04 to 11.04 ( sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade doesn't work :( ) maybe some repositaries or somethin' .. ?

you have to go to 10.10 first

how do you enable rsync access to an ubuntu box?

try looking for /etc/default/rsync - i think you might need to enable access there

i have installed msttcorefonts on gutsy, however the fonts do not appear to be available in openoffice, this used to work in feisty, does anyone know if there is any additional steps to make msttcorefonts work correctly on gutsy now?

i just installed them, and they work

hello, i'm attempting my maiden install of ubuntu (first linux user), i burned breezy badger, booted from it, finished the first part of the installation and then reboot to continue installing packages, everything was going fine then it switched from the progress bar screen to a screen filled with weird configuration values, i can't tell if it's still installing packages or if its waiting for input, is this normal?

insert ur ubuntu cd for it to finish installing the os

i have aproblem installing edgy rc from live cd gui installer, is there atext based installer that i can use

it's a text based installer

can i temporarily hide the gnome panel(s) and then get them back again after a while?

you could probably use a custom command with compiz magic to hide them temporarily, but that's a little playing.