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how to install emule for linux?	amule is in the add/remove applications, or you can sudo aptitude install amule (amule is like emule)
whats a good ftp client that handles sftp?	just openssh-server
hi all. where can i report bugs?	launchpad.net
is there a specific way to change my sudo password or is it associated with my login password?	same thing
i've got a terribly old computer i'm running ubuntu on, how can i get it to stop starting up x on boot. i'm used to init levels, but ubuntu does something different.	/etc/x11/default-manager
how can i find out which repository package provides a particular file?	apt-file search filename
what's the difference between apt-get and aptitude?	are you on dapper?
hey, i'm having difficulty with something. anybody know a more correct way of encoding base64 than 'echo foo \| base64 -' ?	echo -n
does anyone know the short-cuts to switch desktops in kde?	isn't it <ctrl><alt>arrow left/right with all the desktops?
hey, check out this: microsoft describes ubuntu as perfect: http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:wrlrf8l6fpsj:www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx%3fview%3dinfo%26itemid%3d3411347+windows+market+place+ubuntu+is+perfect&hl=no&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=no	they also describe vista as 'good', so i don't think we'd want to be associated with them in any wany.
is there a lighter terminal then gnome-terminal that suppports copy and paste?	urxvt ? copy and paste selecting and with middle click
hi there. eclipse include in universe is compiled with gcj or in bytecode ?	bytecode iirc
is it possible to update to gutsy from the livecd?	rightclick on the channel name in the channel switcher thing
if someone here can help me with a booting problem, /msg me please.	better to ask here, let everyone help
how do i create the following dir using a single command : /dir1/dir2/dir3	mkdir -p
can someone recommend a good ftp client? running gutsy	filezilla
how can i make ubuntu (7.10) re-auto-generate my x.org conf? the list of resolutions and refresh rates is all weird :s	sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
how can i get the old style system/administration/etc taskbar to show up. it was there when i first installed ubuntu, but after i updated graphics drivers it disapeared and got replaced by taskbar on the left with the massive icons	in the unity app window on the upper right you can chose the system category to see all those apps too
alternatively, does anybody know how to install libstdc++5 in karmic :-(	i only see libstdc++6
hey all, hardy is detecting my pata drive as a sda, in gutsy it was had is this something to be concerned about?	no nothing to be concerned about
any good sites for ubuntu backgrounds?	gnome-look.org
is there a command to see what computers are attached to my network so i can get the ip of a computer without having to visit my router's page everytime	i think it's in network tools... investigate
does anyone know how i can get gimp (version 2.7.) to remember the single window settings? everytime i restart the application it forgets the setting.	if that is possible, it would be stored in gconf, walk through gimp in gconf-tools
how do i kill all instances of processes that are (php filename.php) without just killing all php processes?	pkill filename
how do i kill x on ubuntu 10.04?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
hello, i'm trying to setup ssh access from an external network. locally it works fine, i've also successfully configured dyndns, i've opened up the necessary ports on ufw, forwarded the ports in the router and made a port scan to verify the service is listening. but i still get a connection refused... what am i missing here? is there a setting that is on that will only allow ssh connections from the local network ?	probably ssh is not installed on the target system. sudo aptitude install ssh
what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think	irssi
hrm, suddenly nothing but firefox plays sound now, has firefox locked the sound system somehow?	try killall pulseaudio
what is a .bin file?	could be an cd iso sometimes they are .bin, on linux though most of the time they are binaries
is there a way to shut down the x-server without it restarting again?	'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' from a console
hey anyone know a channel to discuss computer components?	or you can just pm me
what is the difference between ps -a and ps -a	'man ps'
the compile errored out with 'unable to find x11/intrinsic.h'	libxt-dev
`what do you use for your mail client? probably not evolution? or no?	web interface, if there is a web interface to other email clients i'd use that
as i understand it in ubuntu we use a partition table of type msdos. is this true?	someone already said 'true' to you
how do i get infor on software raid mounts?	read about mdadm, md-raid..
thats just what mine looks like =p	is your static ip working ??
on the 27th release do you reckon they'll do an excel and name it angsty bee or something?	yes, and in feisty
anyone using a good diary sotware in ubuntu?	apt-cache search diary
which is insecure, gutsy, or hardy?	disown
hi, i'm a fedora user looking at switching distros. what's package management like in ubuntu?	apt-cache search
is there a way to force network manager to update?	sudo networkmanager restart
hello room; just wanted to see if anyone can confirm the apt repository ca.archives.ubuntu.com as being down.	yes its down
hi, i connected a hard drive to my computer via usb. the drive had a few older linux partitions. i do not have permissions to open most of the folders. how do i gain access?	chown or chmod them
anyone see anything wrong with this crontab entry? @daily /etc/squeezer2.pl >> '/var/www/wordpress/squidlogs/`date +'%b %-d %y'` - report.html' 2>&1	run it in the root and see.
how can i grab the keycode of a hotbutton (a multimedia key)?	xev
my office has many windows servers hosting shared folders. is there some way i can browse that sort of stuff in linux? i have to be able to log in with my windows ad account to get access, btw	apt-get install pyneighborhood
does anyone have any idea why /etc/default/console-setup wont hold its settings after ubuntu finishes booting? when the kernel spewed its usual memory crap at the beginning it changed to what i set it to but then the consoles reverted back to the ubuntu default. any idea what would cause this?	did you check if 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup' has the same behavior?
i screwed my sudoers file and i cannot use sudo now, how could i fix it?	in recovery mode, yes
hi, i'm looking for the gnome utiliy that lets you change from pulseaudio to alsa. i forgot the command name and can't remember it.	gstreamer-properties
hello, how can i edit my boot loader?	/etc/default/grub, afterwards sudo update-grub
can anyone recommend a usb wireless device that works out of the box with ubuntu?	i dunno if this is accurate, but i hears some people complaining about wireless in 9.10, that did not have issues in 9.04, possible a downgrade is suggestable?
can sb tell me how to update my xubuntu-system to ubuntu ?	sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get remove xubuntu-desktop
oh, this is for a server, is the server install non-graphical?	you can install a gui desktop from the command line after installing the server that's what i did
what is, in linux, the correct way to start a process under a different user?	su -c fubar
does anyone have any ideas on how to change the desktop picture from the console?	gconftool -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename the_picture.jpeg
you can go for cs and dont get caught up in the programming classes, or go for mis	i recently heard about mis, but they don't have it at my school to my knowledge
hi all. is there something like wgetpaste i can install?	pastebinit
so any proprietary drivers available for radeon xpress 1100?	no. the open source 'radeon' driver is all that you can use.
what command do i use to reconfigure a package?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package>
hey, i just did an upgrade on hoary and now i can't start xorg...there's a post in the forums...but uhh...is anyone working on this?	hoary is devel
anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl	maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that
can anybody give me any sort of idea on why when i delete email from evolution, it gets resent to me within 20 seconds??	bad recipient
mr_fribble would need to upgrade to 9.10 first in order to upgrade to 10.04 anyways	i've always liked 'unix is very user friendly. it's just picky about who its friends are...'
okay, maybe some background. i have a 500gb hdd dedicated to vista(soon formatted and win7), 1500gb ntfs data hdd, and a 80gb space hdd. that 80gb i would like to partition between gentoo and ubuntu. i envision this as partitioning it into 4 parts, /boot, swap partition, (both those shared between both linuxes), and a / for each. what is the best installation procedure and/or order to install all this in?	might want to throw in a shared /home directory if you want to share configs and such between them, too.
anyone know when the final ff3 is coming out?	sometime in june
hi guys! a got an apple wireless mouse (just one button) but i can't do the control + click for doing the double click. is there a way to do this under ubuntu?	double click? you could try clicking twice on the one button that is there. if you do it fast enough it would probably emulate a doubleclick
does anyone know where the hostname.pid file is located for mysql in ubuntu?	look somewhere in /var/run or /var/run/mysql
hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled	ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz
hey, guys. say i have an .iso file of a dvd movie that i'd like to watch without burning said file to a dvd. i installed an image mounting program, but i still have a question. is there any specific place that i need to mount the image to watch the movie? thanks in advance.	but i know like mplayer supports playing an .iso directly
anyone? what is the package that is a browse/install interface to art.gnome.org?	sudo apt-get install gnome-art
is there anyway to enable network connections in terminal?	with ifup and ifdown, but i don't know how well that works with networkmanager and all
hi. is it possible to make a symlink to a remote server using ftp?	you could use sshfs i guess but im not sure of solution for ftp..
hi. i want to start learning mysql but an aptitude search shows a bunch of packages. which ones do i need to start with?	and/or https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/server/c/mysql.html
getting: 'error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal' errors when running some applications.	you must be on windows.. there.s no 'registry' in linux perse
andreadakis wants only editor support for greek and apparently not the whole environment	then what i said in my second line
i have a xen guest. i upgraded it's kernel, which looked like it worked. now it's booting the old kernel again... how do i cause it to boot the new kernel?	edit /etc/default/grub to set the default.
anyone know anything about the whole 'linux being trademarked' issue?	http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050816092029989
how do i display the user list in xchat?	it is sometimes tucked in on the right, pull it out with the mouse
hi! would it be easy to get to xubuntu or kubuntu from an ubuntu installation? thanks	yes, sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop or kubuntu-desktop
if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?	hopefully no
is there a deb available for the nvidia drivers?	there is rcconf which easy to use... apt-get install it... or update-rc.d ...
what do people use to mount iso files? fuseiso? or nautilus scripts? or just the out-of-the-box mount command?	mount works...
hey how can i install gaim on jaunty?	pidgin is already installed.
- does this happen when you delete from the command line?	no, only through thunar
if a program was made for kde - like 'kturtle' from the add/remove apps - does that mean i shouldn't use it in ubuntu?	you may use it, but it will use a few more resources if kde libs aren't loaded for any other reason
how do i scroll the log in irssi?	the page up key
hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?	or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it
mplayer/vlc cannot play the audio for a lot of videos i have (xvid/ac3) but totem can. what am i missing?	you installed ubuntu-restricted-extras?
i have an mpeg-1 stream in a riff file (from a videocd) - anyone know how i could re-wrap the stream in an mpeg container, without transcoding the stream?	ffmpeg -i riff_file -vcodec copy -acodec copy mpegfile.mpg should do the trick.
is it possible to install and run superkaramba in gnome?	its possible... don't know how well it works
please, help me i need change my xchat pass, but i don't remeber how	change it hot?
so nobody knows about rnb-ipod integration ?	if it's an ipod, you should just be able to plug it in; it'll mount and appear on your desktop
bind9 starts fine if i use 'service bind9 start' but it doesn't start when i reboot. where do i change what services start at boot from cli?	update-rc.d scriptname defaults or update-rc.d -lf scriptname remove are common uses to add a script in /etc/init.d to runlevels or remove them.
here's my problem: i cant get any screen resolution other than 640x800. i tried reconfiguring xorg and it gave me the options for higher resolutions but in gnome i cant select any other resolution than 640x800. my video card is a 3dfx voodoo 3 3000, 16 megs of memory on it.	you could start here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fixvideoresolutionhowto
how do i launch something on wake from sleep? will /etc/rc.local work?	no rc.local just gets ran at boot up.
is there a log file for smb? all of a sudden my ubuntu 9.10 machine can't connect to smb and i'm trying to debug why	try --> /var/log/samba/log.smbd and /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
i installed unrar-free, but it won't extract my .rar file?	install unrar
guys how do i kill gnome shell window manager?	you can restart it with alt+f2, then type in r + return
is there any way to install the .net framework 3.0 in wine? i can't find it via google, because of .net domains.	check appdb

how to install emule for linux?

amule is in the add/remove applications, or you can sudo aptitude install amule (amule is like emule)

whats a good ftp client that handles sftp?

just openssh-server

hi all. where can i report bugs?

launchpad.net

is there a specific way to change my sudo password or is it associated with my login password?

same thing

i've got a terribly old computer i'm running ubuntu on, how can i get it to stop starting up x on boot. i'm used to init levels, but ubuntu does something different.

/etc/x11/default-*manager*

how can i find out which repository package provides a particular file?

apt-file search filename

what's the difference between apt-get and aptitude?

are you on dapper?

hey, i'm having difficulty with something. anybody know a more correct way of encoding base64 than 'echo foo | base64 -' ?

echo -n

does anyone know the short-cuts to switch desktops in kde?

isn't it <ctrl><alt>arrow left/right with all the desktops?

hey, check out this: microsoft describes ubuntu as perfect: http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:wrlrf8l6fpsj:www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx%3fview%3dinfo%26itemid%3d3411347+windows+market+place+ubuntu+is+perfect&hl=no&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=no

they also describe vista as 'good', so i don't think we'd want to be associated with them in any wany.

is there a lighter terminal then gnome-terminal that suppports copy and paste?

urxvt ? copy and paste selecting and with middle click

hi there. eclipse include in universe is compiled with gcj or in bytecode ?

bytecode iirc

is it possible to update to gutsy from the livecd?

rightclick on the channel name in the channel switcher thing

if someone here can help me with a booting problem, /msg me please.

better to ask here, let everyone help

how do i create the following dir using a single command : /dir1/dir2/dir3

mkdir -p

can someone recommend a good ftp client? running gutsy

filezilla

how can i make ubuntu (7.10) re-auto-generate my x.org conf? the list of resolutions and refresh rates is all weird :s

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

how can i get the old style system/administration/etc taskbar to show up. it was there when i first installed ubuntu, but after i updated graphics drivers it disapeared and got replaced by taskbar on the left with the massive icons

in the unity app window on the upper right you can chose the system category to see all those apps too

alternatively, does anybody know how to install libstdc++5 in karmic :-(

i only see libstdc++6

hey all, hardy is detecting my pata drive as a sda, in gutsy it was had is this something to be concerned about?

no nothing to be concerned about

any good sites for ubuntu backgrounds?

gnome-look.org

is there a command to see what computers are attached to my network so i can get the ip of a computer without having to visit my router's page everytime

i think it's in network tools... investigate

does anyone know how i can get gimp (version 2.7.) to remember the single window settings? everytime i restart the application it forgets the setting.

if that is possible, it would be stored in gconf, walk through gimp in gconf-tools

how do i kill all instances of processes that are (php filename.php) without just killing all php processes?

pkill filename

how do i kill x on ubuntu 10.04?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

hello, i'm trying to setup ssh access from an external network. locally it works fine, i've also successfully configured dyndns, i've opened up the necessary ports on ufw, forwarded the ports in the router and made a port scan to verify the service is listening. but i still get a connection refused... what am i missing here? is there a setting that is on that will only allow ssh connections from the local network ?

probably ssh is not installed on the target system. sudo aptitude install ssh

what's the name of that irissi irc client? im misspelling it i think

irssi

hrm, suddenly nothing but firefox plays sound now, has firefox locked the sound system somehow?

try killall pulseaudio

what is a .bin file?

could be an cd iso sometimes they are .bin, on linux though most of the time they are binaries

is there a way to shut down the x-server without it restarting again?

'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' from a console

hey anyone know a channel to discuss computer components?

or you can just pm me

what is the difference between ps -a and ps -a

'man ps'

the compile errored out with 'unable to find x11/intrinsic.h'

libxt-dev

`what do you use for your mail client? probably not evolution? or no?

web interface, if there is a web interface to other email clients i'd use that

as i understand it in ubuntu we use a partition table of type msdos. is this true?

someone already said 'true' to you

how do i get infor on software raid mounts?

read about mdadm, md-raid..

thats just what mine looks like =p

is your static ip working ??

on the 27th release do you reckon they'll do an excel and name it angsty bee or something?

yes, and in feisty

anyone using a good diary sotware in ubuntu?

apt-cache search diary

which is insecure, gutsy, or hardy?

disown

hi, i'm a fedora user looking at switching distros. what's package management like in ubuntu?

apt-cache search

is there a way to force network manager to update?

sudo networkmanager restart

hello room; just wanted to see if anyone can confirm the apt repository ca.archives.ubuntu.com as being down.

yes its down

hi, i connected a hard drive to my computer via usb. the drive had a few older linux partitions. i do not have permissions to open most of the folders. how do i gain access?

chown or chmod them

anyone see anything wrong with this crontab entry? @daily /etc/squeezer2.pl >> '/var/www/wordpress/squidlogs/`date +'%b %-d %y'` - report.html' 2>&1

run it in the root and see.

how can i grab the keycode of a hotbutton (a multimedia key)?

xev

my office has many windows servers hosting shared folders. is there some way i can browse that sort of stuff in linux? i have to be able to log in with my windows ad account to get access, btw

apt-get install pyneighborhood

does anyone have any idea why /etc/default/console-setup wont hold its settings after ubuntu finishes booting? when the kernel spewed its usual memory crap at the beginning it changed to what i set it to but then the consoles reverted back to the ubuntu default. any idea what would cause this?

did you check if 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup' has the same behavior?

i screwed my sudoers file and i cannot use sudo now, how could i fix it?

in recovery mode, yes

hi, i'm looking for the gnome utiliy that lets you change from pulseaudio to alsa. i forgot the command name and can't remember it.

gstreamer-properties

hello, how can i edit my boot loader?

/etc/default/grub, afterwards sudo update-grub

can anyone recommend a usb wireless device that works out of the box with ubuntu?

i dunno if this is accurate, but i hears some people complaining about wireless in 9.10, that did not have issues in 9.04, possible a downgrade is suggestable?

can sb tell me how to update my xubuntu-system to ubuntu ?

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get remove xubuntu-desktop

oh, this is for a server, is the server install non-graphical?

you can install a gui desktop from the command line after installing the server that's what i did

what is, in linux, the correct way to start a process under a different user?

su -c fubar

does anyone have any ideas on how to change the desktop picture from the console?

gconftool -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename the_picture.jpeg

you can go for cs and dont get caught up in the programming classes, or go for mis

i recently heard about mis, but they don't have it at my school to my knowledge

hi all. is there something like wgetpaste i can install?

pastebinit

so any proprietary drivers available for radeon xpress 1100?

no. the open source 'radeon' driver is all that you can use.

what command do i use to reconfigure a package?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package>

hey, i just did an upgrade on hoary and now i can't start xorg...there's a post in the forums...but uhh...is anyone working on this?

hoary is devel

anyone knows a way to add a special key.. like for example.. i want pressing both right and left mouse buttons, to be treated as pressing alt+ctrl

maybe with xbindkeys but i'm not sure how well it works with mouse combos like that

can anybody give me any sort of idea on why when i delete email from evolution, it gets resent to me within 20 seconds??

bad recipient

mr_fribble would need to upgrade to 9.10 first in order to upgrade to 10.04 anyways

i've always liked 'unix is very user friendly. it's just picky about who its friends are...'

okay, maybe some background. i have a 500gb hdd dedicated to vista(soon formatted and win7), 1500gb ntfs data hdd, and a 80gb space hdd. that 80gb i would like to partition between gentoo and ubuntu. i envision this as partitioning it into 4 parts, /boot, swap partition, (both those shared between both linuxes), and a / for each. what is the best installation procedure and/or order to install all this in?

might want to throw in a shared /home directory if you want to share configs and such between them, too.

anyone know when the final ff3 is coming out?

sometime in june

hi guys! a got an apple wireless mouse (just one button) but i can't do the control + click for doing the double click. is there a way to do this under ubuntu?

double click? you could try clicking twice on the one button that is there. if you do it fast enough it would probably emulate a doubleclick

does anyone know where the hostname.pid file is located for mysql in ubuntu?

look somewhere in /var/run or /var/run/mysql

hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled

ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz

hey, guys. say i have an .iso file of a dvd movie that i'd like to watch without burning said file to a dvd. i installed an image mounting program, but i still have a question. is there any specific place that i need to mount the image to watch the movie? thanks in advance.

but i know like mplayer supports playing an .iso directly

anyone? what is the package that is a browse/install interface to art.gnome.org?

sudo apt-get install gnome-art

is there anyway to enable network connections in terminal?

with ifup and ifdown, but i don't know how well that works with networkmanager and all

hi. is it possible to make a symlink to a remote server using ftp?

you could use sshfs i guess but im not sure of solution for ftp..

hi. i want to start learning mysql but an aptitude search shows a bunch of packages. which ones do i need to start with?

and/or https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/server/c/mysql.html

getting: 'error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal' errors when running some applications.

you must be on windows.. there.s no 'registry' in linux perse

andreadakis wants only editor support for greek and apparently not the whole environment

then what i said in my second line

i have a xen guest. i upgraded it's kernel, which looked like it worked. now it's booting the old kernel again... how do i cause it to boot the new kernel?

edit /etc/default/grub to set the default.

anyone know anything about the whole 'linux being trademarked' issue?

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050816092029989

how do i display the user list in xchat?

it is sometimes tucked in on the right, pull it out with the mouse

hi! would it be easy to get to xubuntu or kubuntu from an ubuntu installation? thanks

yes, sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop or kubuntu-desktop

if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?

hopefully no

is there a deb available for the nvidia drivers?

there is rcconf which easy to use... apt-get install it... or update-rc.d ...

what do people use to mount iso files? fuseiso? or nautilus scripts? or just the out-of-the-box mount command?

mount works...

hey how can i install gaim on jaunty?

pidgin is already installed.

- does this happen when you delete from the command line?

no, only through thunar

if a program was made for kde - like 'kturtle' from the add/remove apps - does that mean i shouldn't use it in ubuntu?

you may use it, but it will use a few more resources if kde libs aren't loaded for any other reason

how do i scroll the log in irssi?

the page up key

hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop?

or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it

mplayer/vlc cannot play the audio for a lot of videos i have (xvid/ac3) but totem can. what am i missing?

you installed ubuntu-restricted-extras?

i have an mpeg-1 stream in a riff file (from a videocd) - anyone know how i could re-wrap the stream in an mpeg container, without transcoding the stream?

ffmpeg -i riff_file -vcodec copy -acodec copy mpegfile.mpg should do the trick.

is it possible to install and run superkaramba in gnome?

its possible... don't know how well it works

please, help me i need change my xchat pass, but i don't remeber how

change it hot?

so nobody knows about rnb-ipod integration ?

if it's an ipod, you should just be able to plug it in; it'll mount and appear on your desktop

bind9 starts fine if i use 'service bind9 start' but it doesn't start when i reboot. where do i change what services start at boot from cli?

update-rc.d scriptname defaults or update-rc.d -lf scriptname remove are common uses to add a script in /etc/init.d to runlevels or remove them.

here's my problem: i cant get any screen resolution other than 640x800. i tried reconfiguring xorg and it gave me the options for higher resolutions but in gnome i cant select any other resolution than 640x800. my video card is a 3dfx voodoo 3 3000, 16 megs of memory on it.

you could start here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fixvideoresolutionhowto

how do i launch something on wake from sleep? will /etc/rc.local work?

no rc.local just gets ran at boot up.

is there a log file for smb? all of a sudden my ubuntu 9.10 machine can't connect to smb and i'm trying to debug why

try --> /var/log/samba/log.smbd and /var/log/samba/log.nmbd

i installed unrar-free, but it won't extract my .rar file?

install unrar

guys how do i kill gnome shell window manager?

you can restart it with alt+f2, then type in r + return

is there any way to install the .net framework 3.0 in wine? i can't find it via google, because of .net domains.

check appdb