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why did you give someone that link - that's nothing to do with his problem	he asked for help
yeah, but for editing? it is a schedule (like a sheet), and i want to 'highlight' some of its cells	edit with inkscape
can i make cron start a process at say 10 at night and stop it at say 6 in the morning every day?	make a script to start the app and c=have cron call that at 10, then another sc
anyone have any idea why a media keyboard volume down button would show up as 'mouse 2' in xev?	badly made keyboard?
is there a quick and easy way to update the nvidia drivers in ubuntu. right now i'm not using them but when using them the screen starts flickering and messing up after about 15-20 minutes.	did you use additional drivers?
is it possible to remove the border from my gnome terminal session and make the background transparent?	you could try installing beryl, there are loads of how-to guides. it does a lot of transparency.
how do you list users in irssi :/	/names
can the ubuntu installer coexist with a windows xp installation?	yup
hi. looking for a program that will synchronize the contents (file by file) of my usb drive and my home directory. if file.usb is newer than file.home, file.usb is the file copied to both drives. and vice versa. more complex than simply copying a drive. any ideas?	try unison
i don't know if xchat has that feature asdqwezxcdsf	yes it had
anyone know how i might find the code behind the 'show desktop' applet in awn?? i want to hotkey it in compiz commands	may help
i don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but i was wondering how i would add a bash command that can access a program i've written from anywhere on the system	alias
hey, i'm trying to find latex2pdf on ubuntu but i can't find the package. i have tetex installed. is there an equivalent package?	texlive-latex-base
can anyone tell me which linux-restricted-modules i should use if i am running the linux-server kernel	try the generic
'if you have a linksys or netgear router please get your firmware update.'?	their is an exploit
edgy... do i update the repositories (breezy to edgy) to upgrade distro?	yes in /etc/apt/sources.list
is vmware a good choice to run windows games from it? or would wine be better in that case?	you can't really run games in vmware (to my knowledge) virtualbox 2.1 does have limited 3d support, but it's nowhere near able to play 3d games - it can play pinball pretty decently (which wine doesn't really do) but your best bet on running ms games in linux is wine for sure :) good luck.
hi... i have a weird issue: after installing fontmatrix (i have quite a few fonts, i had them all installed, but then removed them) i don't have any visible text in my firefox browser (opera works fine though). any ideas?	checked the ff configuration for fonts ?
how can i find the mac address for my nic? im trying to reserve an ip on my router, but my host name wont show up, just says 'unknown name'	sudo ifconfig
*hello, i want to report a bug, but i need to know which is the package of gnome main menu , could somebody please tellme which is it?	that's an applet for gnome-panel.
is opera not part of the standard repo?	yes its not
are there any other linux tablet users around? the lack of a good onscreen keyboard is pointing me towards the direction of writing one, but i want to make sure theres no other keyboards before i start doing it	http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html scroll down, near the bottom is a bunch of input methods, including onscreen keyboards. (im sure that's not exhaustive)
i'm using a netbook. does it exists a mkv player wich not lags?	try less resolution/bitrate, or try upgrading the ram
hey all i have a process that i just cannot kill, is there something i have to do to force a kill?	kill -9 <pid>
i installed a wm after installing ubuntu without xorg. now how do i start xorg? :)	just install lightdm; it will start automatically at boot
where is the best place to install binaries so that they are available to all users (assuming proper permissions)? /bin? /usr/bin? /usr/share? is there a guide to what, where and why?	/usr/bin in my opinion, it's a user binary.
how can i get the cursor effect on the pointer with the fire	'advanced desktop effects' under preferences...don't remember what package it is though (8.04, might be different for your version)
say i output to a file (ie: ls -l >>~/test/test.txt) and i want to run a second command that is similar to append to the test.txt file. how would i do this?	if you use >, it will overwrite the file, but if you use >>, it will always append, no matter what command it is
whats a good python ide for linux?	idle
i was considering running a windows vm in virtualbox to do gaming. how successful have people been in that kind of endeavor?	most 3d games don't run that great in virtualbox (or at all sometimes)
ouch.. i just discovered that i have two active mounted swap partitions.. if i unmount one will the system hic-up?	i think the safest method is to boot into a live-cd and remove one swap partition from fstab
hi. i get a couple of md5sum mismatches when doing apt-get update under hoary. does anyone know about this?	i'm getting the same md5sum mismatches
hi. i just upgraded to breezy. and my desktop context menu (right click on desktop) does not contain any quick starter anymore (e.g. gnome-terminal). how can i add them?	install 'nautilus-terminal-here' using synaptic
hello. i am assiting someone with installing ubuntu. how do i find out whether they have an intel or broadcom card?	lspci
i'm currently running windows xp and trying to install ubuntu 7.04 from a disk i was mailed. when i boot from the disk i run the option start or install ubuntu but it doesn't install. instead it tells me that a graphical interface could not be started and just starts a command line terminal. is this because there's some other ubuntu on my system from a way back(i don't believe there is)?	ordering a cd is completely free btw, canonical pays the shipping fee.
anyone know what the kdb package is called?	k3b? for burning cds
what is the command to install a deb from the cli? i have the .deb downloaded already.	or sudo dpkg -i thefile.deb, but the former installs depends if needed.
hmm is there any tool like cp but that shows the bitrate with which is copying?	file managers can probably show progress, like midnight commander
the music player that comes with ubuntu (hoary) can't play mp3 files because it's missing a plugin.. what do i do about that?	you could try running zsnes under wine?
i am running gnome. what applications do i need so i can use the cornerns of my screen as shortcuts for effects like scale and stuff?	compizconfig settings manager
how do i change permissions on the .sh file from terminal?	normally it's 'chmod +x file.sh' to add the executable 'bit' to the file's permissions
can anyone recomand a desktop password manager?	worked excellent with gnome
does anyone know what to apt-get install if i want the sdl libraries?	apt-cache search sdl
what is wrong in the command 'wget -q0 - cuttaglist_45.zip \| gunzip -'?	add '-o -' to make it print the output to stdout
hello, how do i find out a users uid and guid via the cli???	cat /etc/passwd
for some reason firefox's own update system doesn't work even with using sudo	the ff updater is nto used in dapper
can i make apt-get not check for dependencies?	apt-get(8) is your friend ;)
anyone know of a dock i can use with with both beryl & metacity	kxdockers
need some help with chmod. how do i make a read only file writable?	r=4,w=2,x=1 so if you want read, write and execute use the 7 (4+2+1), if you want only read use 4 (4+0+0) and that for you,group and others, so chmod 755 would be rwx,r-x,r-x
i feel like this is a rather dumb question, but is there a livecd/livedvd version of eft? and if there is, where do i find it?	yes, the desktop cd
hey i need to grant the www-data user access to a file owned by my user in my home dir, how would i do that? groups?	ive not played with funky permissions yet but id make a group, add user and www-data to it then give everyone in that group full access to the folder
does any one knows wich is the parameter for debuging the ipw2200 ?	modinfo ipw2200
hi. i've set the gnome panel to autohide (only one is active, i've got very small primary display), but suddenly it is refusing to hide. playing with panel properties does not help. i think a logoff may help, but i don't want to. any other suggestions? i'm running ubuntu 9.10.	killall gome-panel
fetch data from where?	from the internet. like fetching images from a site or fetching pdfs from hundreads of pdf links on some site on the internet
what is a simple decent ide for java and c/c++ on linux?	code:blocks?
when i use wifi radar, i see my neighboors wireless but not mine, my broadcast is on...	: tried to switch the channel?
so, anyone know why mp3 stream playback in rb is now not working on dapper when it was working before? i have all the relevant stuff installed. yes, i've read the faq. is this a well-known problem or something unique to me?????	probably unique to you ;) you have gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly installed?
hi, i upgraded to gutsy and now i can't install or uninstall stuff via apt-get. i tried uninstalling rhythmbox but got an error. can someone take a look at this pastebin and help me? thanks. http://pastebin.ca/743002	try apt-get -f install
rpm<->apt: what is the equivalent of 'rpm -ql' in ubuntu? how do i get the file list of some package?	look up for deb-gview
... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me	you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one
how do you test a memory module...right now im at 512 cuz if i add both i get errors and linux wont load	the memtest item in the grub menus on most disrto/live cds is handy for that
does ubunutu have a version descriptor file in /etc that shows which version you are running, like most other distros? and if so, what is it, and where is it if not in /etc?	why?
when does ubuntu jaunty support last?	~ 6 months from now.
is firefox 3 in the repos ?	the main server has it too
not necessarily, but it is rather risky. not totally reliable.	hmm..ok
on xubuntu, how can i increase the number of virtual desktops for my computer?	open settings manager > workspaces and margins and enter your #
whats with the unrar app...	probably because the rar files do have errors
what is nescessery to do after installing kubuntu. and is it wise to change root password?	ubuntu security : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510812
hi people. i am unable to log in after upgrade to 12.04. also, right now dpkg isn't working cuz the directory is locked. hoow do i remove the lock?	hah! welcome aboard!
hey guys, i try to log into gnome as normal but it keeps stalling on the splash screen (metacity is displayed). it stalls there then. the only way i can now log into gnome is via gnome failsafe. is there a way i can check and resolve the problem?	try logging in via a virtual terminal (alt-f1) and remove all the .gconf things. that'll loose gnome-settings too, but at least you can log in.
i've got a quick question before heading off to work, i'm using the 10.4 ubuntu netbook remix (or more specifically, easypeasy), and the ubuntu software center does not seem to be the same version as found in 10.10, is there a way to update it?	easypeasy isn't supported here. but i don't know of a way to update it no.
beautiful, i have experience with route and iptables, hopefully i can figure it out :p	i had a headless cent box routing for me here until the motherboard crapped out; if i had a box i could load an ide drive in, i'd give you my iptables file
should my 80gb hdd be partitioned so that the boot partition is relatively small? the live cd partitioned it to use nearly the entire disk with just a few gb at the end for linux-swap	if you only want to use ubuntu on that machine, that's a save partitioning choice
it seems you know what you are doing. can u help me with intenet connection. i'm not able to access internet	i'm a bit busy.. and appearances can be deceiving.. i might just be lucky =)
guys, if i change my ssh port from 22 to something else, can i still run some kind of fake ssh on 22 just for security reasons?	honeyd
what should i use .. aptitude or apt-get	i prefer aptitude because it remembers dependencies that get installed, so you can easily remove them all when you remove the parent package
what exactly do you want to accomplish?	not having to type in all the commands into the grub prompt myself...
hello, ububtu users, i am very new to linux and installed yesterday ubuntu on my notebook. everything is working ok. but when booting the screen resolution is not seelcted properly. 1280x800 would be the correct setting. but displayed text is wrapped up from the buttom to the top of the screen. can anybody help me with this problem?	please read the message from the channel bot ubotu
quick question- anyone know of a gnome program that can tell me what is filling up my harddrive and where?	baobab?
can anyone help me get my broadcom wifi card working? it says enabled and in use but it isnt working	seen:
how do i create a .deb file from the source file? my wiki says 'after that go back to the ndiswrapper-(version) directory and make deb, and then dpkg -i ndiswrapper*amd64.deb.'	how about entering 'make deb' in that directory?
anyone know yet if ubuntu picked up the missing randomness vuld from debian? i've seen conflicting statements about this	https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-may/000705.html
simple question, if i had a previous install of ubuntu on my hardrive and would like to overwrite this with a new install of ubuntu. if i formated the drive and then proceeded to install the new version of ubuntu, would that replace the old mbr?	if you completely rewrite the harddrive, yes, if you add a partition, no
how to use these smartmontools	http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki
hi, does anyone know a tool that let's me put together multiple mp3 files and add some fading effects etc. to it? basically i'm looking for a piece of free software that enables me to cut and modify sound files ...	audacity
i'm trying to mount an fat16 filesystem to my computer but when i type mount -t fat /dev/sdb /mnt/test ... it tells me that fat is an unknown filesystem .. can anyone help ?	try /dev/sdb1
what /dev/xyz are usb drives usually?	/dev/sdax or sometimes /dev/sdbx if you have a scsi hd
does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default	http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list
is it possible to view my ubuntu machine's desktop or whatever via a windows computer across the web? if so, how would i go about enabling it?	yes, you just have to go to system>preferences>remote desktop..... then you can download tightvnc to the windows maching and access your ubuntu
hey guys, silly question, does the 'run application' dialog have a command line command to trigger it?	you can press alt-f2 from anywhere in gnome, but whether it's a separate binary being run that you can specify on the command line, i don't know
are there any one who know short-cut key for viewing desktop in ubuntu?	press and hold the super key to see a list in unity of key shortcuts
how i can install driver to video card? ati radeon 7000/ve	nothing to actually install, only config. ubuntu already comes with the driver
hello i am trying to download videos from myspace profile, can anyone provide me with some tools? or command line tools like wget or httrack?	search synaptic. there's several tools for this purpose.
i would like to see what network speed my network card is set at. how can i do this?	miitool i believe
is there a command (not shortcut) to restart x?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
hello, ubuntu hardy is still at firefox-3.0-beta5 or something like that(a not yet released version) and firefox 3.0 has been released since some time now...is it possible to get the released version...maybe compiling a deb? because the not yet released version has got a lot of bugs...and i'd like to use firefox3...	well firefox will say there is an update
wtf? i just realized that the ubuntu cd has no lvm savvy kernel ... is that right?	if you want lvms .. get the alternative cd
if you read what he said: there was a wrong permission stated, not a 'you may not use sudo'	i don't think sudo will let you use if sudoers permissions are open.
does anyone know anything like this: http://www.venturecake.com/10-minutes-to-run-every-windows-app-seamlessly-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ for vm ware, but works with xp home addition?	that rdesktop trick only works in windows xp pro
hey, what package installs libil on ubuntu ?	libdevil-dev

why did you give someone that link - that's nothing to do with his problem

he asked for help

yeah, but for editing? it is a schedule (like a sheet), and i want to 'highlight' some of its cells

edit with inkscape

can i make cron start a process at say 10 at night and stop it at say 6 in the morning every day?

make a script to start the app and c=have cron call that at 10, then another sc

anyone have any idea why a media keyboard volume down button would show up as 'mouse 2' in xev?

badly made keyboard?

is there a quick and easy way to update the nvidia drivers in ubuntu. right now i'm not using them but when using them the screen starts flickering and messing up after about 15-20 minutes.

did you use additional drivers?

is it possible to remove the border from my gnome terminal session and make the background transparent?

you could try installing beryl, there are loads of how-to guides. it does a lot of transparency.

how do you list users in irssi :/

/names

can the ubuntu installer coexist with a windows xp installation?

yup

hi. looking for a program that will synchronize the contents (file by file) of my usb drive and my home directory. if file.usb is newer than file.home, file.usb is the file copied to both drives. and vice versa. more complex than simply copying a drive. any ideas?

try unison

i don't know if xchat has that feature asdqwezxcdsf

yes it had

anyone know how i might find the code behind the 'show desktop' applet in awn?? i want to hotkey it in compiz commands

may help

i don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but i was wondering how i would add a bash command that can access a program i've written from anywhere on the system

alias

hey, i'm trying to find latex2pdf on ubuntu but i can't find the package. i have tetex installed. is there an equivalent package?

texlive-latex-base

can anyone tell me which linux-restricted-modules i should use if i am running the linux-server kernel

try the generic

'if you have a linksys or netgear router please get your firmware update.'?

their is an exploit

edgy... do i update the repositories (breezy to edgy) to upgrade distro?

yes in /etc/apt/sources.list

is vmware a good choice to run windows games from it? or would wine be better in that case?

you can't really run games in vmware (to my knowledge) virtualbox 2.1 does have limited 3d support, but it's nowhere near able to play 3d games - it can play pinball pretty decently (which wine doesn't really do) but your best bet on running ms games in linux is wine for sure :) good luck.

hi... i have a weird issue: after installing fontmatrix (i have quite a few fonts, i had them all installed, but then removed them) i don't have any visible text in my firefox browser (opera works fine though). any ideas?

checked the ff configuration for fonts ?

how can i find the mac address for my nic? im trying to reserve an ip on my router, but my host name wont show up, just says 'unknown name'

sudo ifconfig

*hello, i want to report a bug, but i need to know which is the package of gnome main menu , could somebody please tellme which is it?

that's an applet for gnome-panel.

is opera not part of the standard repo?

yes its not

are there any other linux tablet users around? the lack of a good onscreen keyboard is pointing me towards the direction of writing one, but i want to make sure theres no other keyboards before i start doing it

http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html scroll down, near the bottom is a bunch of input methods, including onscreen keyboards. (im sure that's not exhaustive)

i'm using a netbook. does it exists a mkv player wich not lags?

try less resolution/bitrate, or try upgrading the ram

hey all i have a process that i just cannot kill, is there something i have to do to force a kill?

kill -9 <pid>

i installed a wm after installing ubuntu without xorg. now how do i start xorg? :)

just install lightdm; it will start automatically at boot

where is the best place to install binaries so that they are available to all users (assuming proper permissions)? /bin? /usr/bin? /usr/share? is there a guide to what, where and why?

/usr/bin in my opinion, it's a user binary.

how can i get the cursor effect on the pointer with the fire

'advanced desktop effects' under preferences...don't remember what package it is though (8.04, might be different for your version)

say i output to a file (ie: ls -l >>~/test/test.txt) and i want to run a second command that is similar to append to the test.txt file. how would i do this?

if you use >, it will overwrite the file, but if you use >>, it will always append, no matter what command it is

whats a good python ide for linux?

idle

i was considering running a windows vm in virtualbox to do gaming. how successful have people been in that kind of endeavor?

most 3d games don't run that great in virtualbox (or at all sometimes)

ouch.. i just discovered that i have two active mounted swap partitions.. if i unmount one will the system hic-up?

i think the safest method is to boot into a live-cd and remove one swap partition from fstab

hi. i get a couple of md5sum mismatches when doing apt-get update under hoary. does anyone know about this?

i'm getting the same md5sum mismatches

hi. i just upgraded to breezy. and my desktop context menu (right click on desktop) does not contain any quick starter anymore (e.g. gnome-terminal). how can i add them?

install 'nautilus-terminal-here' using synaptic

hello. i am assiting someone with installing ubuntu. how do i find out whether they have an intel or broadcom card?

lspci

i'm currently running windows xp and trying to install ubuntu 7.04 from a disk i was mailed. when i boot from the disk i run the option start or install ubuntu but it doesn't install. instead it tells me that a graphical interface could not be started and just starts a command line terminal. is this because there's some other ubuntu on my system from a way back(i don't believe there is)?

ordering a cd is completely free btw, canonical pays the shipping fee.

anyone know what the kdb package is called?

k3b? for burning cds

what is the command to install a deb from the cli? i have the .deb downloaded already.

or sudo dpkg -i thefile.deb, but the former installs depends if needed.

hmm is there any tool like cp but that shows the bitrate with which is copying?

file managers can probably show progress, like midnight commander

the music player that comes with ubuntu (hoary) can't play mp3 files because it's missing a plugin.. what do i do about that?

you could try running zsnes under wine?

i am running gnome. what applications do i need so i can use the cornerns of my screen as shortcuts for effects like scale and stuff?

compizconfig settings manager

how do i change permissions on the .sh file from terminal?

normally it's 'chmod +x file.sh' to add the executable 'bit' to the file's permissions

can anyone recomand a desktop password manager?

worked excellent with gnome

does anyone know what to apt-get install if i want the sdl libraries?

apt-cache search sdl

what is wrong in the command 'wget -q0 - cuttaglist_45.zip | gunzip -'?

add '-o -' to make it print the output to stdout

hello, how do i find out a users uid and guid via the cli???

cat /etc/passwd

for some reason firefox's own update system doesn't work even with using sudo

the ff updater is nto used in dapper

can i make apt-get not check for dependencies?

apt-get(8) is your friend ;)

anyone know of a dock i can use with with both beryl & metacity

kxdockers

need some help with chmod. how do i make a read only file writable?

r=4,w=2,x=1 so if you want read, write and execute use the 7 (4+2+1), if you want only read use 4 (4+0+0) and that for you,group and others, so chmod 755 would be rwx,r-x,r-x

i feel like this is a rather dumb question, but is there a livecd/livedvd version of eft? and if there is, where do i find it?

yes, the desktop cd

hey i need to grant the www-data user access to a file owned by my user in my home dir, how would i do that? groups?

ive not played with funky permissions yet but id make a group, add user and www-data to it then give everyone in that group full access to the folder

does any one knows wich is the parameter for debuging the ipw2200 ?

modinfo ipw2200

hi. i've set the gnome panel to autohide (only one is active, i've got very small primary display), but suddenly it is refusing to hide. playing with panel properties does not help. i think a logoff may help, but i don't want to. any other suggestions? i'm running ubuntu 9.10.

killall gome-panel

fetch data from where?

from the internet. like fetching images from a site or fetching pdfs from hundreads of pdf links on some site on the internet

what is a simple decent ide for java and c/c++ on linux?

code:blocks?

when i use wifi radar, i see my neighboors wireless but not mine, my broadcast is on...

: tried to switch the channel?

so, anyone know why mp3 stream playback in rb is now not working on dapper when it was working before? i have all the relevant stuff installed. yes, i've read the faq. is this a well-known problem or something unique to me?????

probably unique to you ;) you have gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly installed?

hi, i upgraded to gutsy and now i can't install or uninstall stuff via apt-get. i tried uninstalling rhythmbox but got an error. can someone take a look at this pastebin and help me? thanks. http://pastebin.ca/743002

try apt-get -f install

rpm<->apt: what is the equivalent of 'rpm -ql' in ubuntu? how do i get the file list of some package?

look up for deb-gview

... you can mount an .iso file with mount? and have it completely uncompress and auto run all the info properly with full controls? if that works it's serious news to me

you can :-) iso, nrg, maybe cue, but i'm not sure about that last one

how do you test a memory module...right now im at 512 cuz if i add both i get errors and linux wont load

the memtest item in the grub menus on most disrto/live cds is handy for that

does ubunutu have a version descriptor file in /etc that shows which version you are running, like most other distros? and if so, what is it, and where is it if not in /etc?

why?

when does ubuntu jaunty support last?

~ 6 months from now.

is firefox 3 in the repos ?

the main server has it too

not necessarily, but it is rather risky. not totally reliable.

hmm..ok

on xubuntu, how can i increase the number of virtual desktops for my computer?

open settings manager > workspaces and margins and enter your #

whats with the unrar app...

probably because the rar files do have errors

what is nescessery to do after installing kubuntu. and is it wise to change root password?

ubuntu security : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510812

hi people. i am unable to log in after upgrade to 12.04. also, right now dpkg isn't working cuz the directory is locked. hoow do i remove the lock?

hah! welcome aboard!

hey guys, i try to log into gnome as normal but it keeps stalling on the splash screen (metacity is displayed). it stalls there then. the only way i can now log into gnome is via gnome failsafe. is there a way i can check and resolve the problem?

try logging in via a virtual terminal (alt-f1) and remove all the .gconf things. that'll loose gnome-settings too, but at least you can log in.

i've got a quick question before heading off to work, i'm using the 10.4 ubuntu netbook remix (or more specifically, easypeasy), and the ubuntu software center does not seem to be the same version as found in 10.10, is there a way to update it?

easypeasy isn't supported here. but i don't know of a way to update it no.

beautiful, i have experience with route and iptables, hopefully i can figure it out :p

i had a headless cent box routing for me here until the motherboard crapped out; if i had a box i could load an ide drive in, i'd give you my iptables file

should my 80gb hdd be partitioned so that the boot partition is relatively small? the live cd partitioned it to use nearly the entire disk with just a few gb at the end for linux-swap

if you only want to use ubuntu on that machine, that's a save partitioning choice

it seems you know what you are doing. can u help me with intenet connection. i'm not able to access internet

i'm a bit busy.. and appearances can be deceiving.. i might just be lucky =)

guys, if i change my ssh port from 22 to something else, can i still run some kind of fake ssh on 22 just for security reasons?

honeyd

what should i use .. aptitude or apt-get

i prefer aptitude because it remembers dependencies that get installed, so you can easily remove them all when you remove the parent package

what exactly do you want to accomplish?

not having to type in all the commands into the grub prompt myself...

hello, ububtu users, i am very new to linux and installed yesterday ubuntu on my notebook. everything is working ok. but when booting the screen resolution is not seelcted properly. 1280x800 would be the correct setting. but displayed text is wrapped up from the buttom to the top of the screen. can anybody help me with this problem?

please read the message from the channel bot ubotu

quick question- anyone know of a gnome program that can tell me what is filling up my harddrive and where?

baobab?

can anyone help me get my broadcom wifi card working? it says enabled and in use but it isnt working

seen:

how do i create a .deb file from the source file? my wiki says 'after that go back to the ndiswrapper-(version) directory and make deb, and then dpkg -i ndiswrapper*amd64.deb.'

how about entering 'make deb' in that directory?

anyone know yet if ubuntu picked up the missing randomness vuld from debian? i've seen conflicting statements about this

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-may/000705.html

simple question, if i had a previous install of ubuntu on my hardrive and would like to overwrite this with a new install of ubuntu. if i formated the drive and then proceeded to install the new version of ubuntu, would that replace the old mbr?

if you completely rewrite the harddrive, yes, if you add a partition, no

how to use these smartmontools

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki

hi, does anyone know a tool that let's me put together multiple mp3 files and add some fading effects etc. to it? basically i'm looking for a piece of free software that enables me to cut and modify sound files ...

audacity

i'm trying to mount an fat16 filesystem to my computer but when i type mount -t fat /dev/sdb /mnt/test ... it tells me that fat is an unknown filesystem .. can anyone help ?

try /dev/sdb1

what /dev/xyz are usb drives usually?

/dev/sdax or sometimes /dev/sdbx if you have a scsi hd

does anyone have the hoary preview? if would you send me your sources.list, i screwed up mine so i need the default

http://nermal.org/misc/sources.list

is it possible to view my ubuntu machine's desktop or whatever via a windows computer across the web? if so, how would i go about enabling it?

yes, you just have to go to system>preferences>remote desktop..... then you can download tightvnc to the windows maching and access your ubuntu

hey guys, silly question, does the 'run application' dialog have a command line command to trigger it?

you can press alt-f2 from anywhere in gnome, but whether it's a separate binary being run that you can specify on the command line, i don't know

are there any one who know short-cut key for viewing desktop in ubuntu?

press and hold the super key to see a list in unity of key shortcuts

how i can install driver to video card? ati radeon 7000/ve

nothing to actually install, only config. ubuntu already comes with the driver

hello i am trying to download videos from myspace profile, can anyone provide me with some tools? or command line tools like wget or httrack?

search synaptic. there's several tools for this purpose.

i would like to see what network speed my network card is set at. how can i do this?

miitool i believe

is there a command (not shortcut) to restart x?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

hello, ubuntu hardy is still at firefox-3.0-beta5 or something like that(a not yet released version) and firefox 3.0 has been released since some time now...is it possible to get the released version...maybe compiling a deb? because the not yet released version has got a lot of bugs...and i'd like to use firefox3...

well firefox will say there is an update

wtf? i just realized that the ubuntu cd has no lvm savvy kernel ... is that right?

if you want lvms .. get the alternative cd

if you read what he said: there was a wrong permission stated, not a 'you may not use sudo'

i don't think sudo will let you use if sudoers permissions are open.

does anyone know anything like this: http://www.venturecake.com/10-minutes-to-run-every-windows-app-seamlessly-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ for vm ware, but works with xp home addition?

that rdesktop trick only works in windows xp pro

hey, what package installs libil on ubuntu ?

libdevil-dev