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hello. does anyone know how to save the output of '$ls /home/folder/' to a text file please?	>> will append to that file if it exists.
hello, what are the tools needed if i want to create programs for ubuntu	- automake for 1, gcc, some development environment, or at least a decent text editor.
does anybody know of a website that goes over manual config of the xorg.conf file?	man xorg.conf ?
i have a question: how can i add a custom folder to the applications menu? (even though this is certainly gnome-specific)	nautilus-->applications: create directory. it should work.
is it possible to use the autodetection for proprietary graphicsdriver on cli ( or automatically in a script)? i just wonder if i have to setup my own detection script or if i can use ubuntu scripts.	jockey-text may help you
is there a particular reason you're wanting to bypass security in that manner? there might well be a better solution...	its funny, it was originally intended to be a 30 second test, bow i'm trying to figure out whats causing something i was sure was tricial to do to not work
how does one find out all the users on the system (i'm trying to figure out what user apache 2 is running under)	getent passwd , but ps aux \| grep apache might show you the answer directly.
i just installed a .deb file, how do i uninstall it?	dpkg -r packagename
hi, how do i install the latest nvidia drivers and beryl	http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/install/ubuntu/edgy/nvidia
hi, do someone know where ubuntu is storing details about wlan interfaces ? (i want to rename wlan1 in wlan0 after a card change)	that's udev
how usable is breezy right now?	you would probably be ok
anyone have a recommendation for a newsreader? i want something easy. plllzzzz	if you want to download binaries as well, i suggest pan as a newsreader
how do i tell which version my libgpod is at?	dpkg -l libgpod
what is the negative implications of running a realtime kernel?	it's usually done by trading throughput for decreased/more predictable latency
i forgot whats the command that is typed in the address bar of firefox to change setting its something like confix : ???	it's about:config
anyone used rdesktop with xp?	yeah, works fine
whats the alternate install cd like?	it's basically the plain debian installer, if you've ever used that
how can i tell what version im running through the cli?	lsb_release -a
hi...any software available to open a password protected rar file ? (i have forgotten my password of rar)	first you need the package 'build-essential' installed to compile it. 'tar xf filename.bz2' to extract the archive, then 'cd rarcrack-0.2' to go into its directory, then 'make'
is there a way to mimic windows 7's left-half and right-half screen resizing hotkeys?	or wmctrl like here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1608049&highlight=wmctrl
i have 5 older desktop computers that i'd like to join in a cluster - i've been reading about openmosix and clusterknoppix but clusterknoppix seems to be abandonware and openmosix about to reach end of life .... is there something practical i could do with ubuntu server for this?	you may find http://etchcluster.blogspot.com/ informative
totem-gstreamer does not work at all on my box. multiple crashes with 'this app has closed unexpectedly', 'unable to read dvd chapter info' etc.	try totem-xine
does anyone know how to get .avi movies to play in linux?	or try easy ubuntu
hi folks. anyone know how to create a script to run 'sudo mount -a' as a bootup item, after the network is established?	although i think that is done somewhere in the boot process already
can someone tell me how i launch a java *.jar file?	yeah it is
ubuntu dapper 6.06 lts server vs ubuntu feisty 7.04 server? which one recommended?	6.06 has 5 years worth of support
has anyone played with wubi in xp?	you boot , you should have a new boot entry
not sure about 'files' in hosts, but it can be done with dnsmasq	ah, i'll take a look at dnsmaq.
will a w32codecs install work on amd64?	no, there's w64codecs available on medibuntu.org
is there something like top for i/o?	try vmstat
i got a problem, i need to have the nvidia dev headers for opengl available for a program i am using, but when i use synaptic to install them it conflicts with the manually installed drivers i have and gnome stops working. any suggestions?	instructions are on nvidia's site
how can i completely hide the gnome desktop toolbars so that there isn't that annoying strip of it showing, i know how to set it to autohide that's not what i'm looking for... and if possible, how to change it's response rate.	have a look at the extra settings you can make under /apps/panel in gconf-editor
can anyone here recommend me of a god desktop dock?	i use avant window navigator and i love it. requires desktop effects or compiz though.
anyone have a link for setting up a intel pro/wireless 2200bg network card?	check https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wifihowto for tips on setting your wireless up
i have attached a usb wireless adapter but it doesnt show up in 'ifconfig' only 'iwconfig'. is it necessary to show up in ifconfig for the adapter to work?	and yeah, it does need to show up in ifconfig for it to work, but you can do that by bringing up the interface
how to take mbr backup	http://embraceubuntu.com/2005/10/20/backing-up-the-mbr/
so lucid is 10.04?	correct
whats the terminal line to backup the xorg.conf file	sudo cp /etc/x11/xorg.conf /etc/x11/xorg.conf_backup
where do i configure apach2/mod_rewrite under ubuntu? anyone knows this? its driving me mad.	sudo a2enmod rewrite; then add rules in either the host definition (/etc/apache2/hosts-available) on .htaccess files.
actually i haven't used windows for years. that's why i don't know any of this partitioning nonsense : )	i think you might be able to run ie in wine, no?
0% [connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] <<-- why is very slow, is there another link thati can use	in gutsy, synaptic had a way of selecting mirrors
anyone know how to make my ubuntu 9.10 system automatically suspend after a certain length of idleness?	system -> preferences -> power management
hey is anyone famliar with denyhosts? or better yet is marco bertorello here?	denyhosts may be parsing /var/log/auth.log again, thereby blocking your friend's ip
i bought a new router and i had to clone my pc's mac address to get the wan working. the only mac address i registered with my isp is my cable modem so why does it need my pc's mac? doesn't make sense to me, just wondering.	sorry that was for you
how do i run bashscripts with sudo? 'sudo bashfile' doesnt work, and 'sudo ./bashfile' doesnt work either..	chmod +x bashfile then you can run it
what is the best way to lock down a user ssh session?	if you want to spend a lot of time doing it, look up hardening and jailed ssh.
do anyone here have a gp2x?	i have a gp32 :)
hi, somebody knows if clamav can detect windows viruses from a linux system?	that's how it's used. as for detection rate... it's so-so
how do i set up where if i move my mouse to the bottom corner of my screen it will show my desktop?	ubuntu tweak
okay question, when using rm in the console there is nothing like the trash basket as under gnome or kde?	if it was a file installed by a package, you could reinstall that package (after finding it)
can i create a live usb of ubuntu 9.04 from a linux distro such as fedora?	you can use 'unetbootin' and an iso file to do that from most any linux disrto.
can you help me?	probably not, but i will tell you that hal is probably broken in 9.10 on your system and broke when you upgraded, sometimes upgrading is not the best choice as it tends to break things, you could try to 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure hal' .. no promises weather it will work
is there anything i need to consider if i want to install a usb hub? should i expect problems?	if it's not powered, you probably can't use a ton of devices off it, that's about it
how to scroll in terminal?	shift-pageup/down
can someone suugest a program to batch convert images to full quality jpegs?	imagemagick
hey folks... i need some schooling on setting permissions... i need to setup a directory correctly... so that when i copy files into it... i don't have to do chmod on all the files i copied in	sudo apt-get install numlockx
hello. is it possible to make ubuntu download a specified file every n hours?	take a look at uck or remastersys
in older versions of ubuntu there used to be a system app that would show the list of installed hardware. i can't find it in 9.04. i need to find out the driver that ubuntu is using for my webcam.	lsusb will tell you what your webcam is reported as, you can use lsmod and a clever grep to find the module, or driver it uses
does the server edition of 7.10 come with or without a gui?	- without gui
is it possible to make the panels transparent?	right click properties->background style slider
does the 'cp' command maintain permissions/ownership, etc of files ?	it can, if you use the -p flag.
alrigh, so i have a radeon 9600 with dual heads (vga & dvi). i want to add a second monitor to the dvi port and have a spanning or extra wide desktop. someone told me not to use xinerama anymore and to look into randr 1.2. i've searched around and everything i find is a bit confusing.. is there a coherent guide for setting this up?	yes there is a wiki for using randr http://wiki.debian.org/xstrikeforce/howtorandr12
hi folks... newbie question, trying to install on amd 64bit with nvidia 8400. both 64bit and 32bit install fine, but boot up to a blank screen with a movable mouse cursor, anyone else seen this?	both install fine but now on amd64 nothing ?
you mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?!	flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you
putting vga=791 on /boot/grub/menu.lst i can get a framebuffer resolution 1024x768. but...what about 1200x800?	naw, it doesn't support wvga sadly. i wish it did.
hi, can anyone tell me what ubuntu precise's defualt filesystem is? i'm using custom installation mode for various reasons, but want to go with the standard fs for the system partition	its ext4 and i just looked at my default system l)
i rarely do this and dont recall..which .bash file do i edit to export needed variables ..i thought it was $home/.bash.bashrc ?	~/.bashrc (iirc)
is ntfs3g known to be slow?	yeah i find ntfs incredibly slow in comparison to ext3 too...maybe something to do with the fact that it is a user-space filesystem
will there be any differences if i upgrade to final hoary from warty (has been using hoary for some time now), or if i do a new installation of hoary ?	i would recommend a new installation but that is just personal preference.
how do i enable keyboard repeat thingie .. meaning if i keep a key pressed, nothing happens, i want the key to be repeatedly sent	then adjust as desired
how to find out whether my drives run in pio or dma mode ?	see also the hdparm command.
question: can helix play real media? or will i need to get realplayer?	real works better. helix doesn't work too well with rm
how can i just reinstall ubuntu ? ( i have /home on a diffrent partion ) i dont want ubuntu to do anything to that	when you're at the partition step, you'll mark your home partition as having a mountpoint of /home, and then make sure it's not marked to format, and then it'll be used as /home without being touched
question - where is the deb repository for quicktime?	yes. i use the mozilla-mplayer plugin
sometimes when i run aptitude install it installs without asking me if it's ok and sometimes it asks me if what it is going to install is ok. can i force the question? or is it that it always asks when there are dependencies that will be isntalled to and not when it's only one package?	it only asks you if there is dependencies and/or downgrade/removals
one would think that linux -> linux networking should be rather easy?	is that an open or a rhetorical question?
how can i get rhythmbox to stop opening when i plug in my ipod?	click the multimedia tab, you can uncheck the box there or pick a different program
i want to make a t-shirt with the expression: 'if not drunk, add beer' in c++ or another programming lingo. can anybody help me?	if(!drunk){beer++)
is there anyway to disable the join/leave server messages?	/ignore * joins parts quits nicks
re how to play this video: video formats vob bup ifo - this is what i have. what do i do? there are lots of files instead of one avi file. normally i like to use vlc	that's a dvd.
compiz seems to be trashing my screen. i think it is compiz. i am having difficulty finding information on the web about it. when i switch windows, the window is all garbled or blurred. can anyone help? how can i describe this problem better or how can i fix it?	irssi has largely replaced epic and bitchx
in firefox, wherever there is a flash applet (or whatever), i see these large 'play' symbols (sideways triangle inside a circle). i have to click them to see the applet/video. is their a way to get around this?	although thats great, remember all those annoying flash adds?
are there any mono 1.2 final debs available already?	alas no, fairly trivial to build them into /usr/local from source though
say, what are the defaults for wpa? tkip and psk, right?	wpa at home is usually setup with tkip psk
yep, but will that work for the meta package alone?	and if i was questionable on it i ran sudo apt-get autoremove and then say that it would remove the libs that went with it
aghr on #vbox nobody is active, so i ask again: how to change vdi type form fixed-size image to dynamically expanding image?	it seems you cannot, maybe look at this http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23566
what does the thr mean in htop?	threads
hi. i'm installing ubuntu 11.04 as a guest inside virtualbox ose 3.2.10. are there guest additions packages in the ubuntu repositories i should install in the guest, or should i use the option in the devices menu of virtualbox?	devices menu of virtualbox
is there a very reliable download manager with excellent resume support?	downthemall
is there a console based web browser in ubuntu fiesty?	links, link2, elinks, w3m, lynx
i accidentally did crazy stuff with my xorg.conf. how can i reset it?	if you have the open graphic drivers, then you can erase xorg.conf and restart.
how can i regenerate xorg.conf coz i installed ati and gl doesn't work well want initial xorg.conf and no longer have it	in 9.10 many setups use a empty xorg.conf
is there a way to force apt-get to reinstall a package ?	you can use force i would look in man apt if your using dpkg there is a force , again use man dpkg
repaste 1 - thanks for your patience: greetings. i've loaded ubun ult on a etl3 partition on hd0 (winxp on dif partition on same drive), but i don't think that grub was installed correctly. it def doesn't give me the opp to choose what os to boot from. any ideas? i've been doing alot of research and tried installing multiple times. i think it stems from my lack of knowledge of how etl3, swap, and ntfs interact with the mbr.	(iirc)
which package has 'lspci' ?	pciutils
and how do you know ubuntu doesn't have it?	its a proprietary driver
what are the virtues of aptitude over apt-get?	/var/log/aptitude, propper orphaned package handling
2nd attempt: ff 3.05 is now broken after last update. navigation buttons don't work, home page settings ignored, history destroyed and not held between sessions, etc. reinstalling via spm doesn't change anything. help??	try a fresh profile ... usually some addon is misbehaving
i somehow borked my wifi by editting my /etc/network/interfaces... any suggestions?	remove your changes to that file
hi. i was trying to install the latest vlc from lucid in karmic but stopped when i realized i needed to upgrade libc6. now i have unmet dependencies because i installed the following packages with dpkg: libfribidi0_0.19.2-1_i386.deb and libqtcore4_4.6.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb. how can i remove them leaving the version that was in place before i f***ed up? thanks.	for latest vlc in karmic and other software try 'getdeb'

hello. does anyone know how to save the output of '$ls /home/folder/' to a text file please?

>> will append to that file if it exists.

hello, what are the tools needed if i want to create programs for ubuntu

- automake for 1, gcc, some development environment, or at least a decent text editor.

does anybody know of a website that goes over manual config of the xorg.conf file?

man xorg.conf ?

i have a question: how can i add a custom folder to the applications menu? (even though this is certainly gnome-specific)

nautilus-->applications: create directory. it should work.

is it possible to use the autodetection for proprietary graphicsdriver on cli ( or automatically in a script)? i just wonder if i have to setup my own detection script or if i can use ubuntu scripts.

jockey-text may help you

is there a particular reason you're wanting to bypass security in that manner? there might well be a better solution...

its funny, it was originally intended to be a 30 second test, bow i'm trying to figure out whats causing something i was sure was tricial to do to not work

how does one find out all the users on the system (i'm trying to figure out what user apache 2 is running under)

getent passwd , but ps aux | grep apache might show you the answer directly.

i just installed a .deb file, how do i uninstall it?

dpkg -r packagename

hi, how do i install the latest nvidia drivers and beryl

http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/install/ubuntu/edgy/nvidia

hi, do someone know where ubuntu is storing details about wlan interfaces ? (i want to rename wlan1 in wlan0 after a card change)

that's udev

how usable is breezy right now?

you would probably be ok

anyone have a recommendation for a newsreader? i want something easy. plllzzzz

if you want to download binaries as well, i suggest pan as a newsreader

how do i tell which version my libgpod is at?

dpkg -l libgpod

what is the negative implications of running a realtime kernel?

it's usually done by trading throughput for decreased/more predictable latency

i forgot whats the command that is typed in the address bar of firefox to change setting its something like confix : ???

it's about:config

anyone used rdesktop with xp?

yeah, works fine

whats the alternate install cd like?

it's basically the plain debian installer, if you've ever used that

how can i tell what version im running through the cli?

lsb_release -a

hi...any software available to open a password protected rar file ? (i have forgotten my password of rar)

first you need the package 'build-essential' installed to compile it. 'tar xf filename.bz2' to extract the archive, then 'cd rarcrack-0.2' to go into its directory, then 'make'

is there a way to mimic windows 7's left-half and right-half screen resizing hotkeys?

or wmctrl like here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1608049&highlight=wmctrl

i have 5 older desktop computers that i'd like to join in a cluster - i've been reading about openmosix and clusterknoppix but clusterknoppix seems to be abandonware and openmosix about to reach end of life .... is there something practical i could do with ubuntu server for this?

you may find http://etchcluster.blogspot.com/ informative

totem-gstreamer does not work at all on my box. multiple crashes with 'this app has closed unexpectedly', 'unable to read dvd chapter info' etc.

try totem-xine

does anyone know how to get .avi movies to play in linux?

or try easy ubuntu

hi folks. anyone know how to create a script to run 'sudo mount -a' as a bootup item, after the network is established?

although i think that is done somewhere in the boot process already

can someone tell me how i launch a java *.jar file?

yeah it is

ubuntu dapper 6.06 lts server vs ubuntu feisty 7.04 server? which one recommended?

6.06 has 5 years worth of support

has anyone played with wubi in xp?

you boot , you should have a new boot entry

not sure about 'files' in hosts, but it can be done with dnsmasq

ah, i'll take a look at dnsmaq.

will a w32codecs install work on amd64?

no, there's w64codecs available on medibuntu.org

is there something like top for i/o?

try vmstat

i got a problem, i need to have the nvidia dev headers for opengl available for a program i am using, but when i use synaptic to install them it conflicts with the manually installed drivers i have and gnome stops working. any suggestions?

instructions are on nvidia's site

how can i completely hide the gnome desktop toolbars so that there isn't that annoying strip of it showing, i know how to set it to autohide that's not what i'm looking for... and if possible, how to change it's response rate.

have a look at the extra settings you can make under /apps/panel in gconf-editor

can anyone here recommend me of a god desktop dock?

i use avant window navigator and i love it. requires desktop effects or compiz though.

anyone have a link for setting up a intel pro/wireless 2200bg network card?

check https://wiki.ubuntu.com/wifihowto for tips on setting your wireless up

i have attached a usb wireless adapter but it doesnt show up in 'ifconfig' only 'iwconfig'. is it necessary to show up in ifconfig for the adapter to work?

and yeah, it does need to show up in ifconfig for it to work, but you can do that by bringing up the interface

how to take mbr backup

http://embraceubuntu.com/2005/10/20/backing-up-the-mbr/

so lucid is 10.04?

correct

whats the terminal line to backup the xorg.conf file

sudo cp /etc/x11/xorg.conf /etc/x11/xorg.conf_backup

where do i configure apach2/mod_rewrite under ubuntu? anyone knows this? its driving me mad.

sudo a2enmod rewrite; then add rules in either the host definition (/etc/apache2/hosts-available) on .htaccess files.

actually i haven't used windows for years. that's why i don't know any of this partitioning nonsense : )

i think you might be able to run ie in wine, no?

0% [connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31)] <<-- why is very slow, is there another link thati can use

in gutsy, synaptic had a way of selecting mirrors

anyone know how to make my ubuntu 9.10 system automatically suspend after a certain length of idleness?

system -> preferences -> power management

hey is anyone famliar with denyhosts? or better yet is marco bertorello here?

denyhosts may be parsing /var/log/auth.log again, thereby blocking your friend's ip

i bought a new router and i had to clone my pc's mac address to get the wan working. the only mac address i registered with my isp is my cable modem so why does it need my pc's mac? doesn't make sense to me, just wondering.

sorry that was for you

how do i run bashscripts with sudo? 'sudo bashfile' doesnt work, and 'sudo ./bashfile' doesnt work either..

chmod +x bashfile then you can run it

what is the best way to lock down a user ssh session?

if you want to spend a lot of time doing it, look up hardening and jailed ssh.

do anyone here have a gp2x?

i have a gp32 :)

hi, somebody knows if clamav can detect windows viruses from a linux system?

that's how it's used. as for detection rate... it's so-so

how do i set up where if i move my mouse to the bottom corner of my screen it will show my desktop?

ubuntu tweak

okay question, when using rm in the console there is nothing like the trash basket as under gnome or kde?

if it was a file installed by a package, you could reinstall that package (after finding it)

can i create a live usb of ubuntu 9.04 from a linux distro such as fedora?

you can use 'unetbootin' and an iso file to do that from most any linux disrto.

can you help me?

probably not, but i will tell you that hal is probably broken in 9.10 on your system and broke when you upgraded, sometimes upgrading is not the best choice as it tends to break things, you could try to 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure hal' .. no promises weather it will work

is there anything i need to consider if i want to install a usb hub? should i expect problems?

if it's not powered, you probably can't use a ton of devices off it, that's about it

how to scroll in terminal?

shift-pageup/down

can someone suugest a program to batch convert images to full quality jpegs?

imagemagick

hey folks... i need some schooling on setting permissions... i need to setup a directory correctly... so that when i copy files into it... i don't have to do chmod on all the files i copied in

sudo apt-get install numlockx

hello. is it possible to make ubuntu download a specified file every n hours?

take a look at uck or remastersys

in older versions of ubuntu there used to be a system app that would show the list of installed hardware. i can't find it in 9.04. i need to find out the driver that ubuntu is using for my webcam.

lsusb will tell you what your webcam is reported as, you can use lsmod and a clever grep to find the module, or driver it uses

does the server edition of 7.10 come with or without a gui?

- without gui

is it possible to make the panels transparent?

right click properties->background style slider

does the 'cp' command maintain permissions/ownership, etc of files ?

it can, if you use the -p flag.

alrigh, so i have a radeon 9600 with dual heads (vga & dvi). i want to add a second monitor to the dvi port and have a spanning or extra wide desktop. someone told me not to use xinerama anymore and to look into randr 1.2. i've searched around and everything i find is a bit confusing.. is there a coherent guide for setting this up?

yes there is a wiki for using randr http://wiki.debian.org/xstrikeforce/howtorandr12

hi folks... newbie question, trying to install on amd 64bit with nvidia 8400. both 64bit and 32bit install fine, but boot up to a blank screen with a movable mouse cursor, anyone else seen this?

both install fine but now on amd64 nothing ?

you mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?!

flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you

putting vga=791 on /boot/grub/menu.lst i can get a framebuffer resolution 1024x768. but...what about 1200x800?

naw, it doesn't support wvga sadly. i wish it did.

hi, can anyone tell me what ubuntu precise's defualt filesystem is? i'm using custom installation mode for various reasons, but want to go with the standard fs for the system partition

its ext4 and i just looked at my default system l)

i rarely do this and dont recall..which .bash file do i edit to export needed variables ..i thought it was $home/.bash.bashrc ?

~/.bashrc (iirc)

is ntfs3g known to be slow?

yeah i find ntfs incredibly slow in comparison to ext3 too...maybe something to do with the fact that it is a user-space filesystem

will there be any differences if i upgrade to final hoary from warty (has been using hoary for some time now), or if i do a new installation of hoary ?

i would recommend a new installation but that is just personal preference.

how do i enable keyboard repeat thingie .. meaning if i keep a key pressed, nothing happens, i want the key to be repeatedly sent

then adjust as desired

how to find out whether my drives run in pio or dma mode ?