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anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?	not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked
can anyone point me to a good xgl howto for nvidia cards i have a 6200 have tried a couple but couldn't get it to work	i have the same card as you.
is xfburn ok to use ?	gnome-baker
what is the criteria for the mount point of mounting an iso? , like does it need to be owned by root or in fstab or ?	no criteria i can think of - just a standard directory
how do i put a .desktop file in the gnome menu?	sudo apt-get install smeg it a menu editor
why do you say that?	it's a joke about mp3s not working out of the box.
using ubuntu 6.06. i closed the lid on the notebook yesterday and opened it today, and the wireless connection shows active, but disconnected. i tried deactivating and activating it which worked last time, but not this time. how to i reconnect to the router?	it's possible the router needs to be reset too sometimes
i'd like to use the kernel .config file the default ubuntu kernel uses, to change it only a bit. where can i find that config file?	/boot/
how do get wine running i installed it through add/remove but i does not show up in applications?	winecfg is a graphical app. wine is pretty much run through the command line, though?
i have just started messing about with compizconfig thing and i have managed to make the top bar disappear from all my windows. how do i get it back?	is 'window decoration' checked?
is there a site that lists all of the feisty backports?	it lists all the repos
is anyone familiar with xterm? shift+ctrl+v is doing nothing for me, and it should work by default, should it not? i haven't overriden anything related to keys in my .xdefaults	isn't shift+ctrl+v to paste? maybe you didn't copy?
hey. i have just installed ubuntu (9.10) on a friends computer. while running the live cd the hardware driver manager told me that i needed to install proprietary drivers for the broadcom wifi adapter. for some reason this worked without being online and i was able to connect. after the installation i tried to do this again but the manager just says downloading very briefly and then stops without activating or downloading the driver. i	try http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/configuring_ubuntu_linux_wireless_networking
hey there. intrepid is supported til april 2010, right? -- what about security updates? do they update major bugs in servers, such as tomcat6 ?	you will find what you are looking for here https://launchpad.net/%7emjeanson/+archive/backports/+sourcepub/571110/+listing-archive-extra
does anyone know where i can find how i can strip an installed version of ubuntu down to the minimum, i need to make it as small as i can	there is a non-official ubuntu-derivative projetc called u-lite, see http://u-lite.org/
can someone tell me if the update from 8.04.1 to 8.04.2 happens automatically if i 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' ?	so the answer is yes, if i wasn't clear ;)
hi, if i am going to install the sun-java jre and jdk should i first remove the default java packages installed by ubuntu?	you can. they can co-exist, though. java uses debian's alternatives system to select which jre/jdk to use.
what is the apt-get command to completely remove application and their configuration files ?	man apt-get
how can i stop xwindows without shutting down? so i have a command line?	'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop'
where do i get daily dappers from? i think i'm going to do it today. i've already started data backup :)	cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu
how to install adobe air on ubuntu 10.04? it seems like installed, but it doesn't work : (	if you use 32bit you can miss the ia32-libs bit
hello! :) i just installed a new motherboard and ubuntu 5.10 refuses to boot entirely. i receive an error stating that the xserver cannot be loaded. i believe that this is the graphical environment. how can i 'repair' my installation without losing my current configuration.. so that my new motherboard functions?	reinstall it from the original ubuntu install disk
did the fglrx driver that was released a couple days ago fix the suspend problem with gutsy?	no. instead it introduces more problems. stick with what you have, if it works reasonably well.
is there any remote access program that works from windows to ubuntu? i'm looking to control my ubuntu desktop from a windows laptop	you will need to run vncserver on linux and tightvnc on windows.
if i remove virtualbox from my system will the hard drives i made with it be immediately available again?	if it doesn't remove the virtual hard drives when you remove the file, then just rm -r ~?.virtualbox (warning: this will remove all virtual hard disks and vbox configuration files)
how do i reconfigure the x server?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
why do people add underscores to their names? serious question...	i think $$ is the standard way to get the pid
hello... so, i was trying to mess around with a sd card and acidentally zeroed the the partition table for the drive with my root partition (i know... it's been a great day.). does anyone have advice as to how i can recover things? the partition on the drive was ext3 (and there was also a swap on it)	you need dd_rescue and testdisk
thanks for the offer. got a tool that will un recurse a recursive directory loop?	nope sorry. my head hurts now.
hey guys, what irc client is the best?	try quassel
when you install packages (.deb), where do the installation files go?	both into /usr/bin and /home/(username)
does anyone know how i can findout what charset i am using?	type locale
is there something like ubuntu for servers?	ubuntu - there is a server edition - man i am going to have to quit irc or watch what i am doing :-/
i can't find gcc in the adept list - is there a different source for stuff like that?	try 'sudo apt-get install linux-essential' in a shell
hi, how do i change the ubuntu logo in the main menu? i want the gnome foot instead.	i know it's in the gconf-editor, but try googling it
can someone give me a link to a .deb file that's not in any ubuntu repositories?	try dropbox.com?
how do i run a script from the terminal?	alternatively you can use sh [scriptname]
hey, any idea why alt + tab isn't working in natty with unity?	type in a terminal 'sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager'
how to switch eth0 to eth1	look in that file and you should have your answer
greetings, does starting vncserver on a remote machine also cause the session to be displayed on the remote machine's monitor also?	vnc servers don't interact with display hardware.
my x is broken, can someone give me help on irc? have no access to a web terminal	see topic and use 'sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10' and reboot to fix the breakage.
yeah thats what i am going to do, just need to free some more space so system can breathe	possibly get rid of some of the .gz logs in /var/logs/
is there a lean gnome irc app? i'm using xchat right now, and it seems quite complicated...	bitchx
trying to load 8.04 and seems to be stuck at the partitioner loading... anyone seen that?	open a terminal and do a /sbin/fdisk -l
it was unstable for me, i installed it two times from the cd and it broke down for no reason	not really
so i heard it is possible to install ubuntu to a virtual partition encapsulated in a single file on my ntfs partition... is that true?	yes, using wubi.
i've got a small question. how can i connect to my remote desktop on ubuntu	http://www.ubuntugeek.com/share-your-ubuntu-desktop-using-remote-desktop.html
which windowmanager is drapper drake flight 6 using by default?	i think it's nautilus.
there's all this neat stuff in nautilus that's too hidden. like, who's going to figure out that you have to open your home directory and click 'places -> cd creator' to burn a cd?	cdr i imeant
how difficult is lua to learn for a non-programmer?	it's generally quite straightforward
just out of curiosity, what is the minimal ubuntu server install?	350mb
is there a spanish version of the help.ubuntu.com site? if so, is there a direct link to it that i can pass on to others?	i think it is http://doc.ubuntu-es.org , but its not loading for me for some reason.
hi, i've removed gnome-terminal from menu of an user, and disabled the alt+f2, but i didnt think it through - how do i run a command on it now?	control+alt+f1, login, export display=:0, run command
to upgrade from hoary to breezy, can i just change 'hoary' to 'breezy' in /etc/apt/sources.list, or do i actually have to install from the cd?	that will update you to breezy
hate to ask again folks but both people that were helping me left -- i have a package that i compiled from source that i need to remove -- if i go through the install_manifest.txt and remove the files listed - -will that uninstall it?	that's how you have to install compiled software, yes, by just removing all of the files (either manually, or make uninstall)
anyone have any issues with gutsy since release? after a few hours of working, my wireless network stops working and can't reconnect, i can't run anything with sudo, and opening a terminal window won't work. it worked fine in feisty, and jnc was positive that its my network, but i can't find anything wrong with it. i've added a root user so i could see if i could log in to see whether it was a pam issue, and had no trouble logging	the only problem i've had is the fn combos on my laptop keyboard stoped working except for num lock.
does anyone know why there's no #banshee? are banshee dev's hanging out somewhere else?	try in the gnome irc networl
how can i disable the notifications for users who join or leave on xchat?	hide joins/parts
hello, can anyone recommend any dark gtk3 theme that has readable text on the white background (like in software center)?	try gnome-look
hi, anyone know where i might start t/shooting the sound on my laptop	start with http://trilug.org/~crimsun/alsa-info.sh
hi, if i put a script into autostart and it doesn't work, how can i track the error? the python script itself works fine outside autostart.	which autostart? the one of ubuntu?
does anyone know of a program that can quickly close and hide all open windows with a button push?	the show desktop button in the bottom left might help until someone can give you a better answer
hi, another question from an kubuntu user, kubuntu restores the state of all application running at the last logout and recreates them on startup, is this possible with ubuntu?	system -> prefs -> startup apps -> options tab.
when booting up a new 9.04 server installation for the first time, one item in the boot sequence fails - setting up network hardware; and ifconfig returns nothing. what's going on?	what chipset is your network card?
how can i publish a samba share in ubuntu so that windows pcs can access it	modify that then /etc/init.d/samba restart
is there anybody here who know how i can test my network connection speed? i google and couldn't find anything. please point me to some information	check dslreports.com -- i think that's the site
anybody know where i can find an old-school classic windows theme? i've tried gnome-look, but all it seems to have is xp themes.	http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1095
question: if you have three partitions ( root, home and swap) will ubuntu only install (or reinstall) on the 'root' partition and leave home alone?	- yes.
hello, where do i set in rhythmbox that when the playlist is finished rhythmbox starts from the beggining ?	repeat.. looks like a circle with an arrow going around in the top icons
hey does anyone know if there are any mirrors still hosting 9.10 repositories? i don't have time to upgrade three servers that are all still running 9.10 and need to buy myself a few more weeks until i can do the upgrade	http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/
hey, is openoffice.org re-gnomeized in hoary amd64? warty amd64 openoffice.org is ugly :(	cdrecord tells a lot annoying messages if you use it this way
is adding another ip to nic possible without losing the current internet connection?	ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up
any help please? ever since i updated to 10.04 i cannot mount my usb harddrive anymore. dmesg says something about uhci_hcd and no address being assigned.	boot to live cd in karmic and mount the usb there, use: gksudo nautilus and copy the data over. then log a bug
i need to change my host name, this is in the host file : ( 127.0.1.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu ) do i change all instances of 'ubuntu' to the desired host name? as well as in the hostname file?	it appears so, sorry i''m not much help, i'm just aware of the factoid :)
i heard folks complaining about the flash update last night - that it broke flash completely - anyone know if it's ok? i haven't updated yet	its broke
whats the name of that ubuntu official laptop company.. i cant find the god damn site	there is no official ubuntu laptop company, however system76.com has ubuntu laptops
why you cant install nvidia-glx and nvidia-settings together?	because nvidia-settings was rolled into nvidia-glx. the former is from the breezy days and is obsoleted.
lvm seems like a grand idea. things i have read seem to indicate that i could have winxp (for dual-boot purposes) installed on an lvm-controlled partition, that it's a good idea, that it's a bad idea, that i have to wipe the whole disk in order to set it up, and that i could set it up without disturbing my existing winxp installation and then add existing partitions to lvm control. which parts of that are most correct? :-)	all of them!
what can i use to burn bundled dvd video under gnome	brasero?
anyone know how to download older < 12.04 version of ubuntu?	you could downlaod the iso, burn a dvd and rn a clean install?
hi all, i just upgraded from 5.10 to 6.06 and hal is not working properly, anyone know what i should try?	you could upgrade to 6.10...
hi all, i'm currently using dualboot...winxp and ubuntu...can i add edubuntu also so it'll be tripple boot? what will be the default boot? currently is ubuntu.	/boot/grub/menu.lst
is there a way to split a file in two, but be able to 'glue' it back together seamlessly?	'split' then 'cat'
hello guys. i have a simple question: i want to install ubuntu. i already have a linux distro installed in the computer (arch) with separated /swap /home / and /boot partitions. when installing ubuntu, may i point /swap and /boot to the same partitions? (i know i can do it with /home and i will do it)	you can do so with swap.
hey all, just a quick question. my laptops functions (like brightness control) are on the f keys, and i need to use fn + an f key to access the functions. is there any way to swap this around, so that fn is necessary to get the f keys, and functions do not need fn ?	this is implemented in the hardware. can't change that
does anyone know how to put the trash in the desktop?	: gconf-editor<apps<nautilus>desktop> ttrash icon visible>check that one
does anyone know of a cli based irc client?	irssi is what i use :-)
how do i see the clock rate of my cpu?	i usually use 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'
if i have user alice and user bob, i also have group alice and group bob. can i add bob to the group alice?	adds the bob user to the alice group
hallo, can i just copy my old .evolution folder from the old home directory into my new home from a fresh install and have all my evolution settings, emails, and contacts back?	so somewhere in ~/.gconf/apps/
does anyone know how to install gnome 3 on ubuntu 11.04?	or just wait for 11.10 ...
what's a good tool for ripping dvd's in linux?	k9copy
does anyone know what those bars along the bottom of a mac are called?	the dock
how do i downgrade from firefox 2.0 to 1.5? firefox 2.0 is using way too much of my cpu...	sudo apt-get install firefox/dapper
hmm what does chmod go-w ~/ do?	removes write permissions to your home folder from others
hi guys; i'm looking to make my ubuntu laptop and windows 7 desktop work together. this would include synching certain folders, ability to control my windows box from linux (is this ssh? i'm not too familiar with networking) and so on. does anyone have any pointers?	http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-a-system-to-automount-a-samba-share-with-etcfstab/ may or may not help
which is possible in interfaces too. however network manager ignores it so it is not really an option.	well as long as network-manager doesn't interfere, once i find out how to set it up in /etc/network/interfaces then that is ok ... i can edit files
i want to sell my notebook, and i want to reinstall a new ubuntu, should i format my harddisk ?	use partitition magic
sorry, where are the system startup scripts?	/etc/init.d
having trouble opening synaptic package manager. error message says i should use 'dpkg --configure -a' . i tried that in the terminal. it said i need to be super user. now what?	put 'sudo' before the dpkg command

anyone has ralink rt2500 working after hibernate?

not that i suspend often but once i tried and it worked

can anyone point me to a good xgl howto for nvidia cards i have a 6200 have tried a couple but couldn't get it to work

i have the same card as you.

is xfburn ok to use ?

gnome-baker

what is the criteria for the mount point of mounting an iso? , like does it need to be owned by root or in fstab or ?

no criteria i can think of - just a standard directory

how do i put a .desktop file in the gnome menu?

sudo apt-get install smeg it a menu editor

why do you say that?

it's a joke about mp3s not working out of the box.

using ubuntu 6.06. i closed the lid on the notebook yesterday and opened it today, and the wireless connection shows active, but disconnected. i tried deactivating and activating it which worked last time, but not this time. how to i reconnect to the router?

it's possible the router needs to be reset too sometimes

i'd like to use the kernel .config file the default ubuntu kernel uses, to change it only a bit. where can i find that config file?

/boot/

how do get wine running i installed it through add/remove but i does not show up in applications?

winecfg is a graphical app. wine is pretty much run through the command line, though?

i have just started messing about with compizconfig thing and i have managed to make the top bar disappear from all my windows. how do i get it back?

is 'window decoration' checked?

is there a site that lists all of the feisty backports?

it lists all the repos

is anyone familiar with xterm? shift+ctrl+v is doing nothing for me, and it should work by default, should it not? i haven't overriden anything related to keys in my .xdefaults

isn't shift+ctrl+v to paste? maybe you didn't copy?

hey. i have just installed ubuntu (9.10) on a friends computer. while running the live cd the hardware driver manager told me that i needed to install proprietary drivers for the broadcom wifi adapter. for some reason this worked without being online and i was able to connect. after the installation i tried to do this again but the manager just says downloading very briefly and then stops without activating or downloading the driver. i

try http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/configuring_ubuntu_linux_wireless_networking

hey there. intrepid is supported til april 2010, right? -- what about security updates? do they update major bugs in servers, such as tomcat6 ?

you will find what you are looking for here https://launchpad.net/%7emjeanson/+archive/backports/+sourcepub/571110/+listing-archive-extra

does anyone know where i can find how i can strip an installed version of ubuntu down to the minimum, i need to make it as small as i can

there is a non-official ubuntu-derivative projetc called u-lite, see http://u-lite.org/

can someone tell me if the update from 8.04.1 to 8.04.2 happens automatically if i 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' ?

so the answer is yes, if i wasn't clear ;)

hi, if i am going to install the sun-java jre and jdk should i first remove the default java packages installed by ubuntu?

you can. they can co-exist, though. java uses debian's alternatives system to select which jre/jdk to use.

what is the apt-get command to completely remove application and their configuration files ?

man apt-get

how can i stop xwindows without shutting down? so i have a command line?

'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop'

where do i get daily dappers from? i think i'm going to do it today. i've already started data backup :)

cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu

how to install adobe air on ubuntu 10.04? it seems like installed, but it doesn't work : (

if you use 32bit you can miss the ia32-libs bit

hello! :) i just installed a new motherboard and ubuntu 5.10 refuses to boot entirely. i receive an error stating that the xserver cannot be loaded. i believe that this is the graphical environment. how can i 'repair' my installation without losing my current configuration.. so that my new motherboard functions?

reinstall it from the original ubuntu install disk

did the fglrx driver that was released a couple days ago fix the suspend problem with gutsy?

no. instead it introduces more problems. stick with what you have, if it works reasonably well.

is there any remote access program that works from windows to ubuntu? i'm looking to control my ubuntu desktop from a windows laptop

you will need to run vncserver on linux and tightvnc on windows.

if i remove virtualbox from my system will the hard drives i made with it be immediately available again?

if it doesn't remove the virtual hard drives when you remove the file, then just rm -r ~?.virtualbox (warning: this will remove all virtual hard disks and vbox configuration files)

how do i reconfigure the x server?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

why do people add underscores to their names? serious question...

i think $$ is the standard way to get the pid

hello... so, i was trying to mess around with a sd card and acidentally zeroed the the partition table for the drive with my root partition (i know... it's been a great day.). does anyone have advice as to how i can recover things? the partition on the drive was ext3 (and there was also a swap on it)

you need dd_rescue and testdisk

thanks for the offer. got a tool that will un recurse a recursive directory loop?

nope sorry. my head hurts now.

hey guys, what irc client is the best?

try quassel

when you install packages (.deb), where do the installation files go?

both into /usr/bin and /home/(username)

does anyone know how i can findout what charset i am using?

type locale

is there something like ubuntu for servers?

ubuntu - there is a server edition - man i am going to have to quit irc or watch what i am doing :-/

i can't find gcc in the adept list - is there a different source for stuff like that?

try 'sudo apt-get install linux-essential' in a shell

hi, how do i change the ubuntu logo in the main menu? i want the gnome foot instead.

i know it's in the gconf-editor, but try googling it

can someone give me a link to a .deb file that's not in any ubuntu repositories?

try dropbox.com?

how do i run a script from the terminal?

alternatively you can use sh [scriptname]

hey, any idea why alt + tab isn't working in natty with unity?

type in a terminal 'sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager'

how to switch eth0 to eth1

look in that file and you should have your answer

greetings, does starting vncserver on a remote machine also cause the session to be displayed on the remote machine's monitor also?

vnc servers don't interact with display hardware.

my x is broken, can someone give me help on irc? have no access to a web terminal

see topic and use 'sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10' and reboot to fix the breakage.

yeah thats what i am going to do, just need to free some more space so system can breathe

possibly get rid of some of the .gz logs in /var/logs/

is there a lean gnome irc app? i'm using xchat right now, and it seems quite complicated...

bitchx

trying to load 8.04 and seems to be stuck at the partitioner loading... anyone seen that?

open a terminal and do a /sbin/fdisk -l

it was unstable for me, i installed it two times from the cd and it broke down for no reason

not really

so i heard it is possible to install ubuntu to a virtual partition encapsulated in a single file on my ntfs partition... is that true?

yes, using wubi.

i've got a small question. how can i connect to my remote desktop on ubuntu

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/share-your-ubuntu-desktop-using-remote-desktop.html

which windowmanager is drapper drake flight 6 using by default?

i think it's nautilus.

there's all this neat stuff in nautilus that's too hidden. like, who's going to figure out that you have to open your home directory and click 'places -> cd creator' to burn a cd?

cdr i imeant

how difficult is lua to learn for a non-programmer?

it's generally quite straightforward

just out of curiosity, what is the minimal ubuntu server install?

350mb

is there a spanish version of the help.ubuntu.com site? if so, is there a direct link to it that i can pass on to others?

i think it is http://doc.ubuntu-es.org , but its not loading for me for some reason.

hi, i've removed gnome-terminal from menu of an user, and disabled the alt+f2, but i didnt think it through - how do i run a command on it now?

control+alt+f1, login, export display=:0, run command

to upgrade from hoary to breezy, can i just change 'hoary' to 'breezy' in /etc/apt/sources.list, or do i actually have to install from the cd?

that will update you to breezy

hate to ask again folks but both people that were helping me left -- i have a package that i compiled from source that i need to remove -- if i go through the install_manifest.txt and remove the files listed - -will that uninstall it?

that's how you have to install compiled software, yes, by just removing all of the files (either manually, or make uninstall)

anyone have any issues with gutsy since release? after a few hours of working, my wireless network stops working and can't reconnect, i can't run anything with sudo, and opening a terminal window won't work. it worked fine in feisty, and jnc was positive that its my network, but i can't find anything wrong with it. i've added a root user so i could see if i could log in to see whether it was a pam issue, and had no trouble logging

the only problem i've had is the fn combos on my laptop keyboard stoped working except for num lock.

does anyone know why there's no #banshee? are banshee dev's hanging out somewhere else?

try in the gnome irc networl

how can i disable the notifications for users who join or leave on xchat?

hide joins/parts

hello, can anyone recommend any dark gtk3 theme that has readable text on the white background (like in software center)?

try gnome-look

hi, anyone know where i might start t/shooting the sound on my laptop

start with http://trilug.org/~crimsun/alsa-info.sh

hi, if i put a script into autostart and it doesn't work, how can i track the error? the python script itself works fine outside autostart.

which autostart? the one of ubuntu?

does anyone know of a program that can quickly close and hide all open windows with a button push?

the show desktop button in the bottom left might help until someone can give you a better answer

hi, another question from an kubuntu user, kubuntu restores the state of all application running at the last logout and recreates them on startup, is this possible with ubuntu?

system -> prefs -> startup apps -> options tab.

when booting up a new 9.04 server installation for the first time, one item in the boot sequence fails - setting up network hardware; and ifconfig returns nothing. what's going on?

what chipset is your network card?

how can i publish a samba share in ubuntu so that windows pcs can access it

modify that then /etc/init.d/samba restart

is there anybody here who know how i can test my network connection speed? i google and couldn't find anything. please point me to some information

check dslreports.com -- i think that's the site

anybody know where i can find an old-school classic windows theme? i've tried gnome-look, but all it seems to have is xp themes.

http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1095

question: if you have three partitions ( root, home and swap) will ubuntu only install (or reinstall) on the 'root' partition and leave home alone?

- yes.

hello, where do i set in rhythmbox that when the playlist is finished rhythmbox starts from the beggining ?

repeat.. looks like a circle with an arrow going around in the top icons

hey does anyone know if there are any mirrors still hosting 9.10 repositories? i don't have time to upgrade three servers that are all still running 9.10 and need to buy myself a few more weeks until i can do the upgrade

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/

hey, is openoffice.org re-gnomeized in hoary amd64? warty amd64 openoffice.org is ugly :(

cdrecord tells a lot annoying messages if you use it this way

is adding another ip to nic possible without losing the current internet connection?

ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up

any help please? ever since i updated to 10.04 i cannot mount my usb harddrive anymore. dmesg says something about uhci_hcd and no address being assigned.

boot to live cd in karmic and mount the usb there, use: gksudo nautilus and copy the data over. then log a bug

i need to change my host name, this is in the host file : ( 127.0.1.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu ) do i change all instances of 'ubuntu' to the desired host name? as well as in the hostname file?

it appears so, sorry i''m not much help, i'm just aware of the factoid :)

i heard folks complaining about the flash update last night - that it broke flash completely - anyone know if it's ok? i haven't updated yet

its broke

whats the name of that ubuntu official laptop company.. i cant find the god damn site

there is no official ubuntu laptop company, however system76.com has ubuntu laptops

why you cant install nvidia-glx and nvidia-settings together?

because nvidia-settings was rolled into nvidia-glx. the former is from the breezy days and is obsoleted.

lvm seems like a grand idea. things i have read seem to indicate that i could have winxp (for dual-boot purposes) installed on an lvm-controlled partition, that it's a good idea, that it's a bad idea, that i have to wipe the whole disk in order to set it up, and that i could set it up without disturbing my existing winxp installation and then add existing partitions to lvm control. which parts of that are most correct? :-)

all of them!

what can i use to burn bundled dvd video under gnome

brasero?

anyone know how to download older < 12.04 version of ubuntu?

you could downlaod the iso, burn a dvd and rn a clean install?

hi all, i just upgraded from 5.10 to 6.06 and hal is not working properly, anyone know what i should try?

you could upgrade to 6.10...

hi all, i'm currently using dualboot...winxp and ubuntu...can i add edubuntu also so it'll be tripple boot? what will be the default boot? currently is ubuntu.

/boot/grub/menu.lst

is there a way to split a file in two, but be able to 'glue' it back together seamlessly?

'split' then 'cat'

hello guys. i have a simple question: i want to install ubuntu. i already have a linux distro installed in the computer (arch) with separated /swap /home / and /boot partitions. when installing ubuntu, may i point /swap and /boot to the same partitions? (i know i can do it with /home and i will do it)

you can do so with swap.

hey all, just a quick question. my laptops functions (like brightness control) are on the f keys, and i need to use fn + an f key to access the functions. is there any way to swap this around, so that fn is necessary to get the f keys, and functions do not need fn ?

this is implemented in the hardware. can't change that

does anyone know how to put the trash in the desktop?

: gconf-editor<apps<nautilus>desktop> ttrash icon visible>check that one

does anyone know of a cli based irc client?

irssi is what i use :-)

how do i see the clock rate of my cpu?

i usually use 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'

if i have user alice and user bob, i also have group alice and group bob. can i add bob to the group alice?

adds the bob user to the alice group

hallo, can i just copy my old .evolution folder from the old home directory into my new home from a fresh install and have all my evolution settings, emails, and contacts back?

so somewhere in ~/.gconf/apps/

does anyone know how to install gnome 3 on ubuntu 11.04?

or just wait for 11.10 ...

what's a good tool for ripping dvd's in linux?

k9copy

does anyone know what those bars along the bottom of a mac are called?

the dock

how do i downgrade from firefox 2.0 to 1.5? firefox 2.0 is using way too much of my cpu...

sudo apt-get install firefox/dapper

hmm what does chmod go-w ~/ do?

removes write permissions to your home folder from others

hi guys; i'm looking to make my ubuntu laptop and windows 7 desktop work together. this would include synching certain folders, ability to control my windows box from linux (is this ssh? i'm not too familiar with networking) and so on. does anyone have any pointers?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-a-system-to-automount-a-samba-share-with-etcfstab/ may or may not help

which is possible in interfaces too. however network manager ignores it so it is not really an option.

well as long as network-manager doesn't interfere, once i find out how to set it up in /etc/network/interfaces then that is ok ... i can edit files

i want to sell my notebook, and i want to reinstall a new ubuntu, should i format my harddisk ?

use partitition magic

sorry, where are the system startup scripts?

/etc/init.d

having trouble opening synaptic package manager. error message says i should use 'dpkg --configure -a' . i tried that in the terminal. it said i need to be super user. now what?

put 'sudo' before the dpkg command