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does anyone know if i can get away with not booting to a livecd to resize the home partition with gparted? | you have to boot to some other partition other than the one hta tyou want to re-size... the easiest way to do that is to use a live cd |
hi i would like to give a directory and all it's subdirectories +x permission (with chmod) but without touching the files in the directories. how do i do that? | find /dir/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod +x |
what's the best command-line multi chat client? (msn, aim etc) | have you tried finch¿ |
hey, is there any software router for ubuntu? | http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ubuntu+router&l=1 |
i am trying to find a way to run sshfs on startup. i already have everything setup, including remote keys... so that i only need to execute the sshfs command to mount the remote drive... | /etc/rc.conf |
ahhh i can't eject my cdrom :( -- is 'lsof | grep cdrom' supposed to find the source of the problem? | look if /dev/cdrom is a soft link to a real device and grep for that instead |
newbie ubuntu question - how can i create a key shortcut to open the 'computer - file browser'? | drag it from places to desktop? |
686? unbuntu uses a generic kernel for all x86 architectures. | http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageid=419923 |
with 7.10 gutsy.. is it bad to be using a hyperthread processor? is there something special i need to do to enable support? | no and no ;p |
after activating the custom amd/ati video driver i have this logo in the corner of the screen that says amd unsupported hardware? any idea how to remove it? | see http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?15192-ugly-watermark-issue-quot-amd-unsupported-hardware-quot |
is there a utility that can tell me where data is being sent/received(lan)? (or at least what program is sending/receiving it). i have a constant down of 20-50kb/s and an up of 2-40kb/s and im not sure what it is. | also bmon is a very lightweight bandwidth monitor |
anyone have any idea why my ktorrent app wont pop up? | no, but try laucnhing it from a conosle like open terminal or konsole and then type ktorrent |
hello again... i was wondering, besides the install cd is there also a ubuntulinux livecd available? thanks :) | i think it is slated for later this year |
anybody have a url about the nvidia security problem in the channel subject? | http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ |
ok so any idea why my background changes every 20 minutes ?? | its a slideshow. |
any way to get software 256-bit key aes encryption on ubuntu ? | you can use dm-crypt |
anyone have anything bad to say about unetbootin before i try it instead of universal usb installer? | make sure you choose the iso stored localy instead of redownloading it again through the application |
how do i give myself permission to copy a font into the font folder? | you may want to use sudo to copy your files around i.e. sudo cp -a /path/to/source /path/to/target |
i made a mistake when i was upgrading to hardy alpha 4, and decided to keep my pulse.conf. how can i re-install and initialize pulseaudio so this file is re-created properly? | sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudo && sudo apt-get install pulseaudio |
ive downloaded something and dont know what but now during any installation of a program i get a window that pops open saying 'should hddtemp daemon be started at boot' any ideas on how to stop this | not really, skype is a closed system |
wow, this channel has really gone down the tubes, canonical | this channel has nothing to do with canonical. |
can i install 64bit ubuntu into 32bit windows xp via wubi? filesystem is ntfs. | im not sure if that will help |
i was a backtrack user, and liked the konsole....anything similar in ubuntu ? | i think konsole exists in kubuntu |
anyone? i need to know where ubuntu stores the grub configuration... i don't see any menu.lst in /boot/grub ... | its grub2 now |
is there any reason why i should not use proposed packages ?? i just enabled proposed because i need ff3rc1 | you could download the package from packages.ubuntu.com and install it without enabling the proposed repo. |
what is the proper way to change boot options in grub2? | edit the default kernel options in /etc/default/grub (you don't need to do anything with /etc/grub.d for this docteh) |
how would i check for my wireless card? | `lspci |grep 802.11'. |
so if gksudo isn't installed by default i have a corrupt installation, logical conclusion? i installed this on an old computer, so perhaps ubuntu is referencing the worng disc partition? | not sure. ive never been without some form of sudo |
does anyone have time to help me setup my wireless internet? | no. read the help page and ask specific questions if you get stuck: |
does the server edition differ from the desktop edition just by the software that is installed by default? | no, but it is installable easily. |
how do i exit gdm session into a console? | select console login |
hey, is it me or bug #423694 && #421347 are dups? | ubottu doesn't report bugs here. |
does ubuntu use gnome or kde by default ? | their is a kubuntu which is developed for kde |
gnome-baker to burn a iso? | yeah or right click the .iso and write to disk |
is there a reason why my numerical keypad is now controlling my mouse cursor after the upgrade to 8.04? | it's possible holding down one of the buttons for too long triggered it to turn on. happens all the time with the shift and sticky keys to me. |
can i make hardy to restart progs i had open last time i logged out? | or third tab, can't remember |
how do i find out if samba is installed ? | smb tab-key |
hey i just reinatelled ubuntu, i installed pidgin but the thing i can't understand is that instead of going into the top right of the screen when i click on the close button, it really quit the application, i'm almost sure before i reinstalled it, that not do that | open pidgin's settings, and look for 'show notification icon' option. |
hello #ubuntu. i want to automatically execute a script whenever a specific external usb hdd is mounted. should i be looking into udev for this? | depends... check hal. |
does anybody know of a website that goes over manual config of the xorg.conf file? | man xorg.conf ? |
whenever i reboot since upgrade to oneiric i get a purple screen without anything else. i need to hit the restart button and that takes me to grub for a successful boot. how can i fix? | it works after your reboot? what are you talking about for a successful boot? |
ehm, i have very strange problem in ubuntu lucid, can't write capital letters, shift simply doesn't help, caps lock neither :d wtf? | scr lk |
will wubi, the windows ubuntu installer, let me set up a dual boot? | when you install linux with wubi it will automaticly create dual boot |
is anyone here using network-manager with wlan and static ip here now? i'd like to know how nm-applets config looks like in gconf, cause it's broken in karmic and i need info to hunt down the bug. | at least static ip seems to be fixed for ethernet in karmic.. (but i dont use wifi) |
how do i close azureus' error messages? | i just exit azureus and then restart |
ugh, skype just messed up my sound, how do i restart my pulse audio daemon (if not that, what do i need to restart?) | /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart |
how do i connect to a folder with samba, i don't want to mount it permenatly, i can't figure out how to access it | using nautilus u can go to location smb:/// |
how can i search all .txt files in the current directory for any files containing the word 'sunday'? | man grep |
under which package would i find the watch command? | it's in the procps package |
hey all, i am installing from a minimal cd image. what gives me xorg and what i will need to launch x via startx command? | it still needs x to run, right? |
hey.. is it possible to tell ubuntu to always get the same internal ip? lets say 192.168.1.10 | you can set ubuntu to use static ip or you can create a reservation on your dhcp service |
how to install font 'old english text mt'? | i just installed it. double click the font file, in font viewer click 'install font' |
how can i start nautilus after 'killall' without having the home folder opened? | nautilus --no-default-window |
hello, if i insert a sd card into my pc and it isn't detected, where can i find the block device to mount manually? | i haven't had any luck with this myself. i just got a usb card reader. :( |
can anyone pm me a copy of their /etc/hosts ? | http://paste.ubuntu.com/405850/ |
is there a way to prevent iptabled from logging to dmesg? | yes.. there is a way to do it by modifying your syslog settings.. i don't know exactly how to do that, but that should get you started.... |
any ideas how to run mirc 6.2 on wine? 'bad exe format' | apt-get install xchat |
is there a way to change ubuntu's sensibility to the scrolling of the mouse's wheel? thanks. | yeah. preferneces -> mouse. |
doesn't apt-get install prompt you with the hard drive space it will consume before installing? you have to answer yes or no | you can test beforehand with -s (or --simulate) |
i am currently upgrading my ubuntu version to 8.10. if i stop the upgrade and continue it later, will the downloaded files remain there and start again on my next try? | they should. |
how do you determine your default window manager? and how do you switch it to something else? | update-alternatives. ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager |
hi. could anyone please give me a quick hint on how to install the adobe flash pugin for firefox in hardy? | find out it's name (enter about:plugins as the url, it ends in .so) |
hello is there any way of downloading packages through synaptic but chose where to download them to so i can transfer them to a computer without an internet connection | they appear in /var/cache/apt/archives |
is there a terminal command to show all internet active internet connections...? | there is a program called tcpkill |
anyone familiar with cedega ? #cedega is full of a bunch of zombies | try to mount the cd from the terminal, i'm not sure how it works in cedega, but also check if your cd drive is set on cd |
hey is there any way to disable intel graphcis and only use nvidia on laptop with two cards? | if its optimus you need to look at bumblebee ironhide. if the bios offers a way to select what card to use then you can just make the selection in the bios |
is there a good way to trace the network connections/file openings of a single app? i'm looking for some kind of wrapper which replaces fopen, socket, and connect, dumps the connection data to a file, and then passes them through. | probably strace only. |
how do i get the free deskspace and information about my partitions from the terminal? | or df -h |
hmm how to restart the gnome panels ? | killall gnome-panels |
any word on when firefox rc1 or now rc2 will be put into the ubuntu archives? | i just got it from an alternative repo and it works fine |
question: if 2.6.30 kernel had support for your webcam and you discovered karmic's 2.6.31 has mysteriously dropped your webcam, what should you do? | giving us the device id (the output from the command 'lsusb') would be helpful so we know exactly what chipset your camera has. |
em... an 'xorg-core' upgrade just busted my laptop, i get the impression i'm not the only person affected. is there a solution? | /topic |
i'm not so good at this package thing, i read the man page for sources.list but i'm still getting an error, i want to install the software and i use syntaptic to add the repository 'deb http://download.librdf.org/binaries/ubuntu/hoary/' but it doesn't show up in the repo list and if i add it to source.list my self i get an error. nayone know the right syntax? | you need to add a path to that list |
hello all. does anyone know why mplayer goes black after a few minutes? i have the video output set on x11. | perhaps its the screensaver? |
i can not get hotot to summon with <alt>c. might unity be the cause? | alt+c is just to post/tweet, not for 'summoning' |
i have multiple e-mail addresses and i like to use thunderbird to aggregate them, the checking, etc. sometimes i use windows though and like to check things there. sometimes i use ubuntu and check things here. anyone have suggestions as to how i can synchronize the data in thunderbird so i can see the same e-mails in both os (as well as deletes affecting both inboxes, etc.) ? | '/home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird', you'll see a folder with a random name like 'dja185jq.default'... that's the folder you'll need to symlink |
you can type $cd ~ | or just cd |
anyone installed ubuntu 6.06 on xp running virtual pc? | thats why god invented gparted |
need some help with tftpd, or tftpd-hpa. any takers ? | this channel reads one line at a time until you actually start having a conversation with someone |
hello. what i should do if instead the ubuntu boot screen i want see verbose mode? | (silent) |
how to see the speed from a devie? usb stick, hdd, sd card and so on | for hard drive, sudo hdparm -tt /dev/sda (or whatever your drive(s) are) |
hey guys, would anyone know how to extract a .tar on ubuntu which has been split so that i have both a .tar.001 and a .tar.002? | cat foo.001 foo.002 > foo.tar.gz then try to extract it. |
i'm about to quit windows to ubuntu but! i'm a web dev.. and i'm not sure if ubuntu have the tools for my needs.. and photoshop and etc?? can anyone answer? | you should install a dual boot - so you can play with it until you are happy |
assuming i'm about to make the mistake of buying a wireless usb 'card' at compusa, does anyone one know if any particular brand/type are able to do security testing, - e.g. monitor/promiscuous mode, etc? | check card compatability out at madwifi.com (they are the leading devs for wifi support from my understanding) |
can apt-get check for lost files? | (it's well outside apt's area of responsibility) |
how's a guy supposed to watch some smut without a codec? | aptitude install win32codecs perhaps? |
how does awstats prevent *any* outside user from accessing it and viewing the page at /awstats/awstats.pl? | protect it with .htaccess or like |
have anybody solved a problem with nautilus and windows network browsing? | we see you just fine :) |
i am using ubuntu 9.04 and would like to know how to update xchat thru the update manager. thank you in advance for your help. | try this https://launchpad.net/~ken-vandine/+archive/xchat-gnome |
hi everyone. i'm having a problem with authenticating via console login and sudo commands after upgrading to 9.04. the console login times out, and running sudo commands take about 2 minutes to complete. the same delay exists when logging in through gnome - after entering my password the desktop doesn't come up for a few minutes. | probably something in your pam setup |
can anyone remind me of the piped command that was posted to upgrade firefox, please | just use the update manager |
okay, so i installed some updates in the update manager, but then the system crashed during the installation and i had to reboot - now the updates aren't there anymore. does this mean that they we're installed successfully or not? | probably yes, first check updates then see if there's any new entries |
how can i get a lsit of realtime processes in terminal | i also like pstree for a nice overview. |
if i installed <<gaim>> using apt-get in which directory it is installed? | the executable is in /usr/bin/gaim, if that was what you where looking for |
hey how can i startup with a terminal and not gnome? | 'sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove' should do the trick. |
i would like to import my mail from mozilla-mail to evolution. do you now how to do that ? | in evolution file>import |
okay. then green checkmark to apply that? | not natively but you can install ext drivers |
if i want to force shutdown an application that is stuck, how do i do? | killall *appname* |
someone should write a short screen how-to on the wiki :) | you want to kill a single screen? ^ak |
mouse cursors have never worked for me in any ubuntu, the normal state cursor never changes, only when hover cursor or in firefox etc. | joooo is gone. the mouse cursors usually appear if you disable compiz (not really an option in modern unity) |
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