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is ext4 safe for a backup drive?	ext4
can anyone help me with setting up my dhcp server	set up a static ip on eth. install dnsmasq and edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf to enable the dhcp server. done
how can i switch from full screen within the terminal server client?	try crtl+alt+enter
anyone have a way i can tell exactly what video card i have without taking the case apart?	via lshw, lshal, lspci command through command line
i have a question about the synaptic package manager; i see how to install and uninstall apps, can you use it to upgrade to new versions. i have firefox 1.5x and want to know if i can use the package manager to upgrade firefox to 2.x. is that possible	ubuntu should pickup that you are running an old version of firefox and pickup and tell you it has an upgrade.
hi. i have 'guest' account with rater heavy modyfied gnome, etc. i would like to create new user with the same settings, but when i 'cp -r' guest's home, chowned it to a new user and tried to log in it didn't worked too well (it didn't at all). any suggestions?	chown the files in the newly copied home also
how would i download a file from the internet to an external hard drive	if the external drive shows up your file browser it shouldn't be a problem...just select the external drive to save to
anyone know how to find the constant rate of change that best approximates some data points? -- i know its kinda off topic :)	i think that's called 'linear regression'
anyone know a way of remapping the right side buttons of a razer diamondback? xev detects the buttons as 4 and 5, however those buttons are also the scroll wheel up and down.	i guess if you poke aroun in xorg.conf, it is possible
what do i need to do to get networking started up from a text-only installation of xubuntu?	what are you looking at, just a standard ethernet?
can anyone tell me any assembly language compiler in ubuntu to compile and run assembly language programs.....????	well, there are no compilers for assembly ;) but i'm sure there is an assmbler available for gcc
how can i close someones session without login into the accound being root?	sudo pkill -u $username
should i use fat32 on a 1tb external drive, or should i use ntfs. i was thinking fat32 is more compatable, but also ntfs has better support for larger drives :-/	ntfs works great with the new driver
how can i do login root in tty between login username	please dont abuse the question mark.
in the hosts file if i want to specify a ip range to allow instead of adding each host name and ip how would this look? would it just be 192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.1.254?	i dont think the hosts file can do a range like that.
is there p2p software for ubuntu like limewire,soulseek,etc?	use bittorrent
is anyone using eclipse in breezy?	never tried it
i have 2 hd's mounted. one is good one is bad. how can i tell which physical hd is which. one is quantum, one is western digital, irl	- you might be able to get some info from the disk utility in the admin menu...
ey... is there an program which can handle voice to voice over console? so without x	yes search for asterisk cli
hello! how do i get rid of this message? enter password to unlock your login keyring the password you use to log in to your computer no longer matches that of your login keyring.	install seahorse. you can use blank password (for unsafe) without any password prompt or put in a new password.
hi all. how do i compute the amount of disk space taken up by the set of files matching a particular glob pattern?	du -c <my-glob-here> \| tail -1
if i use ssh x tunneling to run handbrake, do i have to have handbrake installed on the ssh client or server?	i don't know what handbrake is/does but my guess would be you need it on the server
i want to perform a command when i start my desktop manager, (in this case xfce) how do i do it please?	use .xsession
how do i open a locked folder? it's actually etc/vpnc i need to tweak the .conf file	sudo nano ..file
how do you set screen brightness in ubuntu 10.10	xrandr
hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?	my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works
is there a way to tell acpi to bugger the fuck off? it keeps causing my friend's screen to have a popup that goes away fairly quickly that says 'lcd off'	language please
during the ubuntu install, the only res i can use is 640x480 - the bottom of the install window goes off the bottom of the screen, so i cant use the buttons. any ideas?	message me
is there a reverse for grep? like 'cat myfile \| grep -reverse blabla', and it should show every line which does not contain 'blabla'?	yes. man grep
is there a way to restart the gnome window manager? all my window decoratiosn have disappeared somewhow	killall metacity ; metacity
any idea about encore usb wireless support in linux?	i would look over the wireless hardware page
hello how do i install a sertan version of a program ? (con sol)	sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber
how can i check how much ram my video card has? :)	lshw or lspci 'might' help with that
hi, how to automount dvd devices in 11.10 ?	pmount
hello. where is the xorg.conf file located	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
using irssi, how can i find a string in the past postings of this channel?	/lastlog string
hey, can anyone tell me how to add an 'administrator' user (with the same privileges as the first user that is created at install, ability to sudo etc) from the command-line? i've been searching but can't find. presumably it's a case of creating a user and then adding him to the right groups?	useradd -g admin name
what is a good program for torrents in ubuntu?	i've had most luck using azereus
my system commonly becomes unusable after sitting there for a while, is there some memory profiling program for all linux apps on your system, or do you guys have any suggestions?	run the memtest86 thats in your boot menu
ok, i downloaded sun-java6 using terminal, now i get some graphics stuff, how to press ok in terminal	just hit right button on the arrow pad and the option should be avaliable
hi, umm, i don't want my hard drives to show up on the desktop. how do i get rid of them?	it's in the gnome editor options, for nautilus 'show volumes on desktop'
hi there. i notice that apache's configuration files are split up six ways to sunday. how 'automatic' is apache's configuration reading? like, if i put in a .conf file into /etc/apache2/mods-enabled, will it be read by apache? or do i need to modify something to tell apache to look for an extra conf file?	it reads it automagically
i understand it's unstable and i installed it taking that risk	correct, but 'not supported' means that it is not supported in this channel
does anyone know how to get nvidia twinview to work with xgl on edgy?	nno but if you figure it out you should let me know :p
could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\	there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.
hello, i cant install anything (apt-get install), it tries to connect to http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com but always there is connection failed ....apt-get update also same failure, how to change server?	edit /etc/apt/sources.list
how is the comand to direct a programm to another notpad shoud open wine notpad	the flashplugin-installer package grabs the flash i needed and installed it.
how can i change what program should start when i double click something?	right click, properties, open with tab
how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?	sudo su
hi! how do i change my proxy settings for my apt via the root shell. my gdm failed and i need to update packages to get it running again. using breezy.	export http_proxy=http://user:[email protected]:port
i have had a lot of questions answered on here. what is going on now?	still answering questions and asking some too
how do i see who has logged in to my computer, when and for how long ?	type last
i'm running ubuntu under vbox and already have selected a network adapter on bridge mode! but when i boot ubuntu i dont have my eth0, anyone can help me	i've never used vbox + ubuntu as guest os, but found something online. might help. http://www.kkoncepts.net/node/107
what is the most advanced software to burn double layer dvd's available in ubuntu?	they're all frontends to the same tool...
there is no ipfw in ubuntu ??	try iptables
when hardy is release does that mean that people running beta can dist-upgrade to the release version	http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/04/21/upgrading-from-beta-to-rc-and-beyond/
how to delete .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives	apt-cache clean
how can i change the system tray icons?	tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps
hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04?	it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken.
is there a way to tell terminal that i want to run each command with sudo until exit? or do i need to type sudo each time?	type 'sudo bash'. then it's basically like you're root until you type 'exit'.
what is an easy way to download a website?	i have seen the ability for recursive download in both d4x and aria. this would download the website for you.
hey everyone, i was thinking last night: if a few bits are wrong in an encfs encrypted archive (due to, say, a hardware error) will the entire archive become unreadable?	i don't see any value in that
i have a built-in intel video card; how do i know how much shared memory is available to it ?	look in your /var/log/xorg.0.log
how do i change the workgroup i'm in?	wtf is a workgroup?
is there any free program that can be used to play windows games on ubuntu?	wine
i'm trying to run a .sh script but i need root to run it, sudo ./script.sh doesnt work	sudo sh ./script.sh
guys i've never tried xfce before, i'm a bit curious about it, i read it's based on gtk+, does it means that it will run gnome apps natively?	gnome apps are basically just apps that use the gtk toolkit. so yes
is it possible to have a session over ssh not expire when the terminal window is closed? i'd like to be able to ssh onto my ubuntu box and run a ruby script, but have it continue running (and if possible, still see the output when i ssh back in, though that isn't necessary)	screen does all of the stuff you want and is definantly the way to gu
is there a program like top that could display what's to my disc all the time?	iotop ?
geforce 7600 agp has opengl 2.0 support. is this any good for playing linux games and or basic ms games under wine?	check appdb if the game itself will run
should i install a package that is 'not authorized'?	usually that authorization message comes up if it could not connect to the servers on the last update.
do u know a bandwith limiter like netlimiter for ubuntu?	audacity is pretty nice
anyone know the name of that new flash-plugin(other than adobe and gnash) in 8.04?	swfdec?
what is the ubuntu equivelant of redhat's chkconfig?	try rcconf
hi there i have a problem with firefox, every time i open a page with some flash content it crashes... doesnt happen with youtube doh	what's your flashplugin? flashplugin-nonfree works fine for me
is there a way in gnome to disable workspace switching (or set the number of workspaces to 1)?	right-click on the workspace switcher applet on the panel, and go to properties. it should let you choose the number of workspaces from there.
what is the default root password when using the fiesty livecd?	there is none, use sudo
how do i switch workspace with keyboard?	ctrl+alt+arrow
no one is responding on the xubuntu channel so i will ask here. how do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on xubuntu?	its in the ubunutu repositories
anyone here running hoary w/ alsa and an audigy2 with no sound ?	many of us
how do i umount a volume by uuid?	umount /dev/dist/by-id/uuid_here
helo im having spam coming on my msn account in pidgin basicly about sex and nudity please tell me a way to stop these messages	also 'tools -> privacy'
hi, ssh'd to a friends laptop with 12.04 on it, have to alsactl init to load the intel hda driver, is there a kernel module i can put in/etc/modules to laod on boot?	put that command in rc.local
i'm not able to bridge my network connections with vmware or virtualbox...any reason why i can't with the latest kernel and feisty?	yes, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/vmware
hi, i've just installed the atomatical updates of oo3 and now it doesn't start anymore, has anyone experienced the same problem?	hopefully they will update the ppa soon with a fix, i'll go investigate on the forums
also where is all my apache stuff located, like htdocs etc.	did you install it? check its docs.
how do i find out what ati card i have if lspci just tells me '01:00.0 vga compatible controller: ati technologies inc unknown device 71c5'	run 'sudo update-pciids'
how do i install a parallel printer that's not detected if the lpt port doesn't show up in the port list... it only shows usb ports	your bios probably has parallel port deactivated
question: does anyone know of a good way to graph hd information? preferably to a php page? i wanna monitor my hd health on my home server (besides webmin)	there is an app called hard disk sentinel, however i'm not sure there's a package in ubuntu for it
how can i get the version number of pkg not yet installed with aptituted? for example if i want to check the version number of liferea in the repos?	or aptitude show packagename
anyone know a good gui ftp program with implicit ssl, passive mode ect...	i like gftp for gui or sftp for cli
does xchat have a nickcomplete function?	hit tab :)
can i re-phrase my question: how do you run a remote application using ssh so that it is displayed on the remote machine?	erm sorry, i read that as 'on the server' somehow. for remote, just use 'ssh -x' when connecting
hi, is there someone who can help me to get pulseaudio working???	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/soundtroubleshooting
guys where can i find adobe flash x64? i installed both from software center but got the same i386 crap	i am just curious why do you need x64 flash?
how do i find the /dev device to which a usb device has been bound? apparently, usbcore registered my device with snd-usb-audio, but i'm not sure where or how to find it to use on the command line with mplayer. i can see the video at /dev/video0 but don't know where to find the audio. here are the relevant entries from dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789239/ here's lsusb: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789240/ here's what i'm trying t	try looking in /dev/disk/by-id/
when i do a 'echo hello > file' is overwrite the hole file. how do i do to add it to the end instead?	echo hello >> file
hi, how do i open gvim? i installed it but it didn't appear in the applications menu (i am obviously new to linux).	if it's really not in the menu, hit alt-f2 and enter 'gvim' and hit return
is there any program that shows uptime of the internet connection? a program/scripts that runs on apache?	you could do <?php exec('uptime ; ifconfig'); ?>
hey i finally managed to make my wlan card work with an ndiswrapper and a windows driver, now i have to run 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper' everytime before it works, where could i put that so that it happens on every startup?!	i know of a file /etc/rc.local where you can put commands that are tun on boot

is ext4 safe for a backup drive?

ext4

can anyone help me with setting up my dhcp server

set up a static ip on eth. install dnsmasq and edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf to enable the dhcp server. done

how can i switch from full screen within the terminal server client?

try crtl+alt+enter

anyone have a way i can tell exactly what video card i have without taking the case apart?

via lshw, lshal, lspci command through command line

i have a question about the synaptic package manager; i see how to install and uninstall apps, can you use it to upgrade to new versions. i have firefox 1.5x and want to know if i can use the package manager to upgrade firefox to 2.x. is that possible

ubuntu should pickup that you are running an old version of firefox and pickup and tell you it has an upgrade.

hi. i have 'guest' account with rater heavy modyfied gnome, etc. i would like to create new user with the same settings, but when i 'cp -r' guest's home, chowned it to a new user and tried to log in it didn't worked too well (it didn't at all). any suggestions?

chown the files in the newly copied home also

how would i download a file from the internet to an external hard drive

if the external drive shows up your file browser it shouldn't be a problem...just select the external drive to save to

anyone know how to find the constant rate of change that best approximates some data points? -- i know its kinda off topic :)

i think that's called 'linear regression'

anyone know a way of remapping the right side buttons of a razer diamondback? xev detects the buttons as 4 and 5, however those buttons are also the scroll wheel up and down.

i guess if you poke aroun in xorg.conf, it is possible

what do i need to do to get networking started up from a text-only installation of xubuntu?

what are you looking at, just a standard ethernet?

can anyone tell me any assembly language compiler in ubuntu to compile and run assembly language programs.....????

well, there are no compilers for assembly ;) but i'm sure there is an assmbler available for gcc

how can i close someones session without login into the accound being root?

sudo pkill -u $username

should i use fat32 on a 1tb external drive, or should i use ntfs. i was thinking fat32 is more compatable, but also ntfs has better support for larger drives :-/

ntfs works great with the new driver

how can i do login root in tty between login username

please dont abuse the question mark.

in the hosts file if i want to specify a ip range to allow instead of adding each host name and ip how would this look? would it just be 192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.1.254?

i dont think the hosts file can do a range like that.

is there p2p software for ubuntu like limewire,soulseek,etc?

use bittorrent

is anyone using eclipse in breezy?

never tried it

i have 2 hd's mounted. one is good one is bad. how can i tell which physical hd is which. one is quantum, one is western digital, irl

- you might be able to get some info from the disk utility in the admin menu...

ey... is there an program which can handle voice to voice over console? so without x

yes search for asterisk cli

hello! how do i get rid of this message? enter password to unlock your login keyring the password you use to log in to your computer no longer matches that of your login keyring.

install seahorse. you can use blank password (for unsafe) without any password prompt or put in a new password.

hi all. how do i compute the amount of disk space taken up by the set of files matching a particular glob pattern?

du -c <my-glob-here> | tail -1

if i use ssh x tunneling to run handbrake, do i have to have handbrake installed on the ssh client or server?

i don't know what handbrake is/does but my guess would be you need it on the server

i want to perform a command when i start my desktop manager, (in this case xfce) how do i do it please?

use .xsession

how do i open a locked folder? it's actually etc/vpnc i need to tweak the .conf file

sudo nano ..file

how do you set screen brightness in ubuntu 10.10

xrandr

hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?

my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works

is there a way to tell acpi to bugger the fuck off? it keeps causing my friend's screen to have a popup that goes away fairly quickly that says 'lcd off'

language please

during the ubuntu install, the only res i can use is 640x480 - the bottom of the install window goes off the bottom of the screen, so i cant use the buttons. any ideas?

message me

is there a reverse for grep? like 'cat myfile | grep -reverse blabla', and it should show every line which does not contain 'blabla'?

yes. man grep

is there a way to restart the gnome window manager? all my window decoratiosn have disappeared somewhow

killall metacity ; metacity

any idea about encore usb wireless support in linux?

i would look over the wireless hardware page

hello how do i install a sertan version of a program ? (con sol)

sudo apt-get install packagename=versionnumber

how can i check how much ram my video card has? :)

lshw or lspci 'might' help with that

hi, how to automount dvd devices in 11.10 ?

pmount

hello. where is the xorg.conf file located

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

using irssi, how can i find a string in the past postings of this channel?

/lastlog string

hey, can anyone tell me how to add an 'administrator' user (with the same privileges as the first user that is created at install, ability to sudo etc) from the command-line? i've been searching but can't find. presumably it's a case of creating a user and then adding him to the right groups?

useradd -g admin name

what is a good program for torrents in ubuntu?

i've had most luck using azereus

my system commonly becomes unusable after sitting there for a while, is there some memory profiling program for all linux apps on your system, or do you guys have any suggestions?

run the memtest86 thats in your boot menu

ok, i downloaded sun-java6 using terminal, now i get some graphics stuff, how to press ok in terminal

just hit right button on the arrow pad and the option should be avaliable

hi, umm, i don't want my hard drives to show up on the desktop. how do i get rid of them?

it's in the gnome editor options, for nautilus 'show volumes on desktop'

hi there. i notice that apache's configuration files are split up six ways to sunday. how 'automatic' is apache's configuration reading? like, if i put in a .conf file into /etc/apache2/mods-enabled, will it be read by apache? or do i need to modify something to tell apache to look for an extra conf file?

it reads it automagically

i understand it's unstable and i installed it taking that risk

correct, but 'not supported' means that it is not supported in this channel

does anyone know how to get nvidia twinview to work with xgl on edgy?

nno but if you figure it out you should let me know :p

could anyone help me on this? i cannot play any video files right now using kaffeine+xine (or anything else plus xine, as far as i can tell.) it makes programs like kaffeine and crash. my debugging info looks like this: http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/4775/ i was up all night trying to fix this and am at an end. if i am not providing enough detail, please let me know\

there's a plugin in synaptic that gets you avi, wmv, and other compatibility.

hello, i cant install anything (apt-get install), it tries to connect to http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com but always there is connection failed ....apt-get update also same failure, how to change server?

edit /etc/apt/sources.list

how is the comand to direct a programm to another notpad shoud open wine notpad

the flashplugin-installer package grabs the flash i needed and installed it.

how can i change what program should start when i double click something?

right click, properties, open with tab

how do i get to being a root user instead of just me?

sudo su

hi! how do i change my proxy settings for my apt via the root shell. my gdm failed and i need to update packages to get it running again. using breezy.

export http_proxy=http://user:[email protected]:port

i have had a lot of questions answered on here. what is going on now?

still answering questions and asking some too

how do i see who has logged in to my computer, when and for how long ?

type last

i'm running ubuntu under vbox and already have selected a network adapter on bridge mode! but when i boot ubuntu i dont have my eth0, anyone can help me

i've never used vbox + ubuntu as guest os, but found something online. might help. http://www.kkoncepts.net/node/107

what is the most advanced software to burn double layer dvd's available in ubuntu?

they're all frontends to the same tool...

there is no ipfw in ubuntu ??

try iptables

when hardy is release does that mean that people running beta can dist-upgrade to the release version

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/04/21/upgrading-from-beta-to-rc-and-beyond/

how to delete .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives

apt-cache clean

how can i change the system tray icons?

tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps

hi, can someone refer me to the installation procedure of ssh-server in 11.04?

it is not a requirement to use keys, however, keys are far more secure than passwords. passwords can be broken.

is there a way to tell terminal that i want to run each command with sudo until exit? or do i need to type sudo each time?

type 'sudo bash'. then it's basically like you're root until you type 'exit'.

what is an easy way to download a website?

i have seen the ability for recursive download in both d4x and aria. this would download the website for you.

hey everyone, i was thinking last night: if a few bits are wrong in an encfs encrypted archive (due to, say, a hardware error) will the entire archive become unreadable?

i don't see any value in that

i have a built-in intel video card; how do i know how much shared memory is available to it ?

look in your /var/log/xorg.0.log

how do i change the workgroup i'm in?

wtf is a workgroup?

is there any free program that can be used to play windows games on ubuntu?

wine

i'm trying to run a .sh script but i need root to run it, sudo ./script.sh doesnt work

sudo sh ./script.sh

guys i've never tried xfce before, i'm a bit curious about it, i read it's based on gtk+, does it means that it will run gnome apps natively?

gnome apps are basically just apps that use the gtk toolkit. so yes

is it possible to have a session over ssh not expire when the terminal window is closed? i'd like to be able to ssh onto my ubuntu box and run a ruby script, but have it continue running (and if possible, still see the output when i ssh back in, though that isn't necessary)

screen does all of the stuff you want and is definantly the way to gu

is there a program like top that could display what's to my disc all the time?

iotop ?

geforce 7600 agp has opengl 2.0 support. is this any good for playing linux games and or basic ms games under wine?

check appdb if the game itself will run

should i install a package that is 'not authorized'?

usually that authorization message comes up if it could not connect to the servers on the last update.

do u know a bandwith limiter like netlimiter for ubuntu?

audacity is pretty nice

anyone know the name of that new flash-plugin(other than adobe and gnash) in 8.04?

swfdec?

what is the ubuntu equivelant of redhat's chkconfig?

try rcconf

hi there i have a problem with firefox, every time i open a page with some flash content it crashes... doesnt happen with youtube doh

what's your flashplugin? flashplugin-nonfree works fine for me

is there a way in gnome to disable workspace switching (or set the number of workspaces to 1)?

right-click on the workspace switcher applet on the panel, and go to properties. it should let you choose the number of workspaces from there.

what is the default root password when using the fiesty livecd?

there is none, use sudo

how do i switch workspace with keyboard?

ctrl+alt+arrow

no one is responding on the xubuntu channel so i will ask here. how do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on xubuntu?

its in the ubunutu repositories

anyone here running hoary w/ alsa and an audigy2 with no sound ?

many of us

how do i umount a volume by uuid?

umount /dev/dist/by-id/uuid_here

helo im having spam coming on my msn account in pidgin basicly about sex and nudity please tell me a way to stop these messages

also 'tools -> privacy'

hi, ssh'd to a friends laptop with 12.04 on it, have to alsactl init to load the intel hda driver, is there a kernel module i can put in/etc/modules to laod on boot?

put that command in rc.local

i'm not able to bridge my network connections with vmware or virtualbox...any reason why i can't with the latest kernel and feisty?

yes, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/vmware

hi, i've just installed the atomatical updates of oo3 and now it doesn't start anymore, has anyone experienced the same problem?

hopefully they will update the ppa soon with a fix, i'll go investigate on the forums

also where is all my apache stuff located, like htdocs etc.

did you install it? check its docs.

how do i find out what ati card i have if lspci just tells me '01:00.0 vga compatible controller: ati technologies inc unknown device 71c5'

run 'sudo update-pciids'

how do i install a parallel printer that's not detected if the lpt port doesn't show up in the port list... it only shows usb ports

your bios probably has parallel port deactivated

question: does anyone know of a good way to graph hd information? preferably to a php page? i wanna monitor my hd health on my home server (besides webmin)

there is an app called hard disk sentinel, however i'm not sure there's a package in ubuntu for it

how can i get the version number of pkg not yet installed with aptituted? for example if i want to check the version number of liferea in the repos?

or aptitude show packagename

anyone know a good gui ftp program with implicit ssl, passive mode ect...

i like gftp for gui or sftp for cli

does xchat have a nickcomplete function?

hit tab :)

can i re-phrase my question: how do you run a remote application using ssh so that it is displayed on the remote machine?

erm sorry, i read that as 'on the server' somehow. for remote, just use 'ssh -x' when connecting

hi, is there someone who can help me to get pulseaudio working???

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

guys where can i find adobe flash x64? i installed both from software center but got the same i386 crap

i am just curious why do you need x64 flash?

how do i find the /dev device to which a usb device has been bound? apparently, usbcore registered my device with snd-usb-audio, but i'm not sure where or how to find it to use on the command line with mplayer. i can see the video at /dev/video0 but don't know where to find the audio. here are the relevant entries from dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789239/ here's lsusb: http://paste.ubuntu.com/789240/ here's what i'm trying t

try looking in /dev/disk/by-id/

when i do a 'echo hello > file' is overwrite the hole file. how do i do to add it to the end instead?

echo hello >> file

hi, how do i open gvim? i installed it but it didn't appear in the applications menu (i am obviously new to linux).

if it's really not in the menu, hit alt-f2 and enter 'gvim' and hit return

is there any program that shows uptime of the internet connection? a program/scripts that runs on apache?

you could do <?php exec('uptime ; ifconfig'); ?>

hey i finally managed to make my wlan card work with an ndiswrapper and a windows driver, now i have to run 'sudo modprobe ndiswrapper' everytime before it works, where could i put that so that it happens on every startup?!

i know of a file /etc/rc.local where you can put commands that are tun on boot