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how can i apply changes in .bashrc and .xsession without rebooting?	logout -- restart gdm -- then login again, that should take care of it.
how do i create a text file in shell?	touch filename
i'm trying to get ssh setup and connect to a local machine but i'm geiint 'could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.' am i missing something?	missing crypto key
i am having a problem trying to upload photos to a critique site, i have followed their instructions to the letter and the upload indicator runs and then it drops me out on their page but my photos are not there... this has been going on for days and now they are asking me to try another browser, i am using firefox and have no problems with any other site could someone tell me if there is a better browser than firefox for ubuntu	it's in the repositories
is there an apt-find program?	apt-cache search query
what's the easiest way to do video with someone running windows xp? we're trying netmeeting, but we keep connecting for 30 seconds, no communication then it gets disconnected... i'm using gnomemeeting... is there something easier? i mean some other software they could get, since i think my end it working?	knoppix...
if i installed something to a user, how can i get it moved to root? (and all other users)	move manually from home to /opt or add the path?
there shouldn't be any problem installing karmic beta now and then using dist-upgrade to get the finished version on thursday, right?	but you may not want to try upgrading on thursday, the servers will be nuts with people downloading, might want to wait a few days for the traffic to calm down
is there any program that shows uptime of the internet connection? a program/scripts that runs on apache?	you could do <?php exec('uptime ; ifconfig'); ?>
in ubuntu, when you install a package either through 'add/remove' or 'synaptic' , where it will keep the downloaded packages ?	/var/cache/apt/archives/
hi, i have just installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop.. i opened a terminal and typed 'ping google.de' and it works.. now i do 'apt-get install gnome-do' and he tells me 'e: couldn't find package gnome-do' .. the same with any other package	'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install gnome-do'
how can i get only the last 5 digits of 'date +%s' ?	- you can do date +%s \| sed 's/.*\(.....\)$/\1/'
is there a way to reference the clipboard from terminal? to do something like cat /dev/clipboard > file	i'm pretty sure there is an application /similiar/ to that
hi. quick question: i'm using nvidia drivers with twinview - any possibility to specify a single screen for a fs application (ogl) without using metamodes?	makes for weird gameplay in some games.
how do i uninstall an application i installed with wine?	the same way you would in windows (well without the add/remove programs dialog) use the uninstall program, or just delete it's files and regentries
i had a 2nd hd in my system when i installed 12.04, it found those old 10.04 installs and put them in the boot list. now that the drive is out i'd like to cleanup the list. tips?	run sudo update-grub
i am trying to remove apache2-mpm-prefork and it keeps failing saying invoke-rc.d cannot stop apache2 - it is not running, and i am unable to start it - how can i fix this?	you could modify the rc script to exit true when stop is invoked...
hi guys can anyone resolve developer.amd.com ?	not resolvable
can someone give me a hand figuring out why my ubuntu box won't get a dhcp address?	check the cable? :)
what is the terminal command transfer a file from one computer to anouther if u know the ssh login ?	scp
if i upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 will my partition table be the same	yes, and yes
can somebody run 'gconftool-2 -g /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font' -- unity 2d seems to mess with this and i'm curoius as to what the default is on 12.04 lts	ubuntu bold 11 is output
question for people with nvidia 7676 drivers (or anyone who knows). which kernel source package do you need to get?	assuming your running 2.6.12-9 it would be 'linux-source-2.6.12-9'
hmm. is there anything that comes with either 5.10 or 6.06 i can use to edit mp3 files? i need to trim some leadtime off and maybe join some of them together. what's the handiest tool/application to use?	there appear to be a few :)
is it possible to install grub from a livecd?	this is a support channel for ubuntu, if you aren't using ubuntu you'll have to ask somewhere else.
question: do you guys know what the working fix for slow internet connection on ubuntu is?	i'm having the same problem. i was just wondering the same thing
how can i tell which of my usb ports are usb 1.0 and 2.0 ?	lsusb -v
no who here plays anarchy online in wine? and how can i fix my transparent windows issue? hehe	but its been awhile
hi folks. i am trying to convert screencast i made to mpeg4 but when i try ffmpeg -i ~/out.mpg -ar 22050 blah.mp4 i get unsupported codec for output . any clue which package i need for this?	you probably the ffmpeg binaries from medibuntu to get mp4 support due to patent issues
i want to delete a bridge with 'sudo brctl delbr br0' but it says 'bridge br0 is is still up; can't delete it', although br0 is down, and no interfaces belongs to the bridge	try ifconfig br0 down
is there anyway to list all usb devices i have plugged in?	lsusb
okay, silly question. how do i run a graphical program so that it can have sudo privs to edit a system file? (specifically i want to edit a config file that's owned by root)	actually, it should be: gksudo 'gedit /path/to/file'
what is the best monospace font in ubuntu ?	depending on size, i always use terminus for smaller fonts, and bitstream vera sans mono for larger fonts
where is the source for the ubuntu gnome style located?	human
are there alternatives for ipod updating aside from amarok/songbird/banshee?	see the link above
my une issue seems to be with the interface. the docking bar and the main panel seems to be transparent or i am unable to see icons that appear on them. one thing that i notices is that when if i us scroll bar on docking bar i am able to see icons but they disappear. i also have tried the software on multiple machines and still get the same results. i have also tried downloading multiple copies and same results is this i known i	if you type too many characters at once, your line gets truncated.
i checked 'auto_save_session' to see how it worked. i decided that i didn't need it so i unchecked it. however, it's still opening gconf-editor & my home folder on every login. is there a way to fix this?	enable save session, close everything, and save it. that would overwrite your old saved session.
hi, is there a way to check from command line if a particular pkg is installed or not?	apt-cache policy
hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)	with the middle button!
anyone know of a good dc client on ubuntu ?	linuxdc++ is ok too, dont think its in the repos tho
hi all , can someone tell me where pidgin saves its conversations? i want to be able to get into a file and take the last message sent	i don't have it enabled, so i can't be sure
anyone use awesome ? need help on theme.lua	http://awesome.naquadah.org/community/
i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?	there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.
hi all: is there a way to get a gnome launcher to open a program in the terminal?	'gnome-terminal -e foo'
hi, i installed debian after installing karmic, but i skipped the step of installing grub in debian, how do i generate grub entries for debian now?	you need to edit the menu.lst file located in /boot/grub/ (that's about all the help i can be..
what port is ftp on?	'grep ftp /etc/services'
i'm using rythembox to play my mp3's, but i want to edit the metadata to organize them. rythembox doesn't seem to let me do that. any ideas?	use easytag
what happened to the 'normal' dapper install cds? is there only livecd and server installs now?	alt cd will do text install, oem install, lvm setup, and some other stuff
i just did a fresh 9.10 install and when i try to install ncurses-devel i get '	ncurses-dev, not -devel...
whats a good webcam program to take pictures with	cheese
what fps is considered good?	basically only has meaning if you baselined with it and then made changes and wanted to see the relative improvement, etc.
[q] where do i put a custom script so i an just tye the file name in shell?	/usr/bin/ for instance
is there a command to find out how much memory is in usage?	free -m
is conntrack available in 11.10?	so yes: sudo apt-get install conntrack
apt-get dist-upgrade seems to be working, so hopefully that will fix my update-manager woes, is there anything special i need to do after an apt-get dist-upgrade that upgrade-manager usually does?	that's not the important part for a successful upgrade. proper metapackage (ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-minimal, ubuntu-standard, and your kernel metapackage) installation makes it a lot happier
excuse me if this is to off topic, but how do you install gtkmoz(for python) on ubuntu?	sudo apt-get install python-gtkmozembed
if top is not displaying my correct ammount of ram, how can i find out how much ram my server has?	cat /proc/meminfo
hi, as a desktop user, what software is my best bet for real-time backups (i.e. periodic backups with the system up and running)?	: try using mondo or rsync
hi, changing my password doens't work, why is that? i get a please wait icon when i click on ok... :(	open a terminal and type passwd
why is it the linux community say server and they mean 'web' server, why is that? not file server or backup server or application server, like business wise, why is that? lol it drives me potty :p	not sure - because most of the time when people say 'server' they mean 'web server', probably. people who want advice on a file server will generally be more specific than just 'server'
can we set to auto mount every time we log in ubuntu?	auto mount what?
what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??	that is probably a question better answered in the forums...
quick survey: how much space is used by the files in /boot?	2 years of kernel upgrades will start to fill your /boot
hi all. where should i look if i want to see ssh login attempts? i thought it was in '/var/log/secure' but it doesn't exist. running server 10.04.	how about /var/log/auth.log ?
anyone had problems with amarok not playing mp3s?	see ubotu's url below
hello. i am looking for a way to install ubuntu onto a laptop without a cd-rom drive, is this feasible please?	http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html
wondering if someone can help me with wine, (yes i know there's a channel but its dormant :( ) my exe's don't run, and when i try to set up drives through config, i get 'err:winecfg:apply_drive_changes unable to define devicename of ....' so when i come back and try again there are no drives... :-/	fresh install of wine?
how can i easily burn a bootable ubuntu image onto a cd?	you are doing this within ubuntu, right? right click on the iso image and select write to disc
should i maybe delete that file?	i have a bit of experience with your type of problem. how painful would it be for you to boot from edgy live, backup your data and do a fresh install? ime this can be done in under an hour, saving you net time in many instances.
in windows, to 'copy' files, you would right click, drag and select copy. how do you do this in ubuntu?	keep alt key pressed while you drag
any tools to help recover an accidentally deleted partition table?	cheers
is there any way to know how different are two files using diff ?	diff doesn't have such a feature. you could probably script it. something like « expr $(diff --minimal file1 file2 \| wc -l) / $(expr $(cat file1 file2 \| wc -l) / 2) »
i'm trying to remotely open a new session on a pc via vncviewer, but all it does is open the current open session. i do not want to disturb the current user. am i in the wrong path? is virtualization a better option for me? tia	try remmina
hello, using unity is possible to attach banshee, xchat and other in tray? (near the clock)	http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html
on windows or linux, what language ,like visualbasic, make gui program fast and easy?.......right english?	gambas
is there any way to change the gnome startup programs when your not in gnome? i think one of them is causing it to crash.	~/.gnome2/session or ~/.gnome2/session-manual
hi...when is ubuntu 12.04 releasing?	april 24
hi all. how can i find out to which package a system file belongs? for example, i'm interested in knowing which package is responsible for installing the /usr/include/usb.h file.	dpkg -s file
theres no backports.org like site for ubuntu ?	you want to search bp right? http://packages.ubuntu.com/
hi. i'm new to java and made a simple little program today. i have it compiled into a class; how do i make it executable? (i'm under ubuntu 7.04 feisty fawn)	there's no such thing as making a class file executable. it requires the java runtime engine (jre, also just called java) to execute. then there are classpaths and jars... it's not for the faint of heart.
what package provides x includes? i'm searching threw the output of apt-cache search x includes... can't find anything usefull... :(	xlibs-dev
how can i kill this newsleecher?? heh. it didnt load. and the force app is not killing it.? is there a terminal kill command?	alt-f2, type 'xkill' and click the window
how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down	you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.
i would like to address my issue to ubuntu community support via email. could somebody please provide me with that email?	go to lists.ubuntu.com and join the ubuntu-users mailing list
in abiword, how do i do that horizontal line that goes from end to end? am needing it for a resume	i don't know anything about abi word but you might search the help file for 'horizontal rule'
question hi all - i just mounted an external ext3 drive on my system. however, it only mounts as root, and 'sudo chown' tells me i don't have the permissions to chabg it to my user. how do i make it writable by non-root users?	sudo chmod -r 777 /mount/point
hello! my question is a simple one about the upgrade facilities in ubuntu. are there, in general, separate packages for various hardware drivers that can be installed via a package manager, if i didn't want to compile the driver myself?	that's the idea - you use kernel modules for drivers
how can i know what mobo im using in linux?	you might find it in the output of sudo dmidecode
how stable is xgl?	xgl is alpha software, ymmv
how should i partition my hd when installing ubuntu?	new hardware standard, replaces bios, standard on mac hardware, some x86 now.
what is the ubuntu equivalent of winamp?	there are many music players, but xmms is the closest
does dapper run well inside virtual pc 2004?	use vmware :p
is there a way to upgrade the kernel without recompiling?	sort of.. get the binarys/header for the kernel you want
can anybody name me a binary file editor?	and there are some 'hex' editors in the repos
is w3m installed as default on a ubuntu installation?	it seems it is.
i use ubuntu and there is no root.......its the only distro i could get to install properly though. here's the problem i'm running into: there's a configuration file to change the network workgroup, but i can't edit it because it is read only. it says the owner of the fille is root. no root. any suggestions?	the root account exists, but is locked. use sudo to gain root access.
hi guys, anyone know how to restart mysql from the command line? i'm ssh'd into a server where i'm having big issues restarting mysql	do you have root?
hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )	ssh $(cat filename)
is there a way to make the unity sidebar not show up every single time i drag something in firefox?	you are gonna have to wait for 11.10 for those features
where is russian comunnity?	http://www.ubuntu.ru/ http://forum.ubuntu-ru.org/

how can i apply changes in .bashrc and .xsession without rebooting?

logout -- restart gdm -- then login again, that should take care of it.

how do i create a text file in shell?

touch filename

i'm trying to get ssh setup and connect to a local machine but i'm geiint 'could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.' am i missing something?

missing crypto key

i am having a problem trying to upload photos to a critique site, i have followed their instructions to the letter and the upload indicator runs and then it drops me out on their page but my photos are not there... this has been going on for days and now they are asking me to try another browser, i am using firefox and have no problems with any other site could someone tell me if there is a better browser than firefox for ubuntu

it's in the repositories

is there an apt-find program?

apt-cache search query

what's the easiest way to do video with someone running windows xp? we're trying netmeeting, but we keep connecting for 30 seconds, no communication then it gets disconnected... i'm using gnomemeeting... is there something easier? i mean some other software they could get, since i think my end it working?

knoppix...

if i installed something to a user, how can i get it moved to root? (and all other users)

move manually from home to /opt or add the path?

there shouldn't be any problem installing karmic beta now and then using dist-upgrade to get the finished version on thursday, right?

but you may not want to try upgrading on thursday, the servers will be nuts with people downloading, might want to wait a few days for the traffic to calm down

is there any program that shows uptime of the internet connection? a program/scripts that runs on apache?

you could do <?php exec('uptime ; ifconfig'); ?>

in ubuntu, when you install a package either through 'add/remove' or 'synaptic' , where it will keep the downloaded packages ?

/var/cache/apt/archives/

hi, i have just installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop.. i opened a terminal and typed 'ping google.de' and it works.. now i do 'apt-get install gnome-do' and he tells me 'e: couldn't find package gnome-do' .. the same with any other package

'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install gnome-do'

how can i get only the last 5 digits of 'date +%s' ?

- you can do date +%s | sed 's/.*$.....$$/\1/'

is there a way to reference the clipboard from terminal? to do something like cat /dev/clipboard > file

i'm pretty sure there is an application /similiar/ to that

hi. quick question: i'm using nvidia drivers with twinview - any possibility to specify a single screen for a fs application (ogl) without using metamodes?

makes for weird gameplay in some games.

how do i uninstall an application i installed with wine?

the same way you would in windows (well without the add/remove programs dialog) use the uninstall program, or just delete it's files and regentries

i had a 2nd hd in my system when i installed 12.04, it found those old 10.04 installs and put them in the boot list. now that the drive is out i'd like to cleanup the list. tips?

run sudo update-grub

i am trying to remove apache2-mpm-prefork and it keeps failing saying invoke-rc.d cannot stop apache2 - it is not running, and i am unable to start it - how can i fix this?

you could modify the rc script to exit true when stop is invoked...

hi guys can anyone resolve developer.amd.com ?

not resolvable

can someone give me a hand figuring out why my ubuntu box won't get a dhcp address?

check the cable? :)

what is the terminal command transfer a file from one computer to anouther if u know the ssh login ?

scp

if i upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 will my partition table be the same

yes, and yes

can somebody run 'gconftool-2 -g /apps/metacity/general/titlebar_font' -- unity 2d seems to mess with this and i'm curoius as to what the default is on 12.04 lts

ubuntu bold 11 is output

question for people with nvidia 7676 drivers (or anyone who knows). which kernel source package do you need to get?

assuming your running 2.6.12-9 it would be 'linux-source-2.6.12-9'

hmm. is there anything that comes with either 5.10 or 6.06 i can use to edit mp3 files? i need to trim some leadtime off and maybe join some of them together. what's the handiest tool/application to use?

there appear to be a few :)

is it possible to install grub from a livecd?

this is a support channel for ubuntu, if you aren't using ubuntu you'll have to ask somewhere else.

question: do you guys know what the working fix for slow internet connection on ubuntu is?

i'm having the same problem. i was just wondering the same thing

how can i tell which of my usb ports are usb 1.0 and 2.0 ?

lsusb -v

no who here plays anarchy online in wine? and how can i fix my transparent windows issue? hehe

but its been awhile

hi folks. i am trying to convert screencast i made to mpeg4 but when i try ffmpeg -i ~/out.mpg -ar 22050 blah.mp4 i get unsupported codec for output . any clue which package i need for this?

you probably the ffmpeg binaries from medibuntu to get mp4 support due to patent issues

i want to delete a bridge with 'sudo brctl delbr br0' but it says 'bridge br0 is is still up; can't delete it', although br0 is down, and no interfaces belongs to the bridge

try ifconfig br0 down

is there anyway to list all usb devices i have plugged in?

lsusb

okay, silly question. how do i run a graphical program so that it can have sudo privs to edit a system file? (specifically i want to edit a config file that's owned by root)

actually, it should be: gksudo 'gedit /path/to/file'

what is the best monospace font in ubuntu ?

depending on size, i always use terminus for smaller fonts, and bitstream vera sans mono for larger fonts

where is the source for the ubuntu gnome style located?

human

are there alternatives for ipod updating aside from amarok/songbird/banshee?

see the link above

my une issue seems to be with the interface. the docking bar and the main panel seems to be transparent or i am unable to see icons that appear on them. one thing that i notices is that when if i us scroll bar on docking bar i am able to see icons but they disappear. i also have tried the software on multiple machines and still get the same results. i have also tried downloading multiple copies and same results is this i known i

if you type too many characters at once, your line gets truncated.

i checked 'auto_save_session' to see how it worked. i decided that i didn't need it so i unchecked it. however, it's still opening gconf-editor & my home folder on every login. is there a way to fix this?

enable save session, close everything, and save it. that would overwrite your old saved session.

hi, is there a way to check from command line if a particular pkg is installed or not?

apt-cache policy

hi!, is there a way to make the borders on gnome-terminal thicker? i always struggle to get the mouse pointer on the border to resize it :)

with the middle button!

anyone know of a good dc client on ubuntu ?

linuxdc++ is ok too, dont think its in the repos tho

hi all , can someone tell me where pidgin saves its conversations? i want to be able to get into a file and take the last message sent

i don't have it enabled, so i can't be sure

anyone use awesome ? need help on theme.lua

http://awesome.naquadah.org/community/

i've installed mdadm with mirroring, how can i check if it works?

there are instructions on how to simulate drive failure, or you could just swap a drive and let it rebuild.

hi all: is there a way to get a gnome launcher to open a program in the terminal?

'gnome-terminal -e foo'

hi, i installed debian after installing karmic, but i skipped the step of installing grub in debian, how do i generate grub entries for debian now?

you need to edit the menu.lst file located in /boot/grub/ (that's about all the help i can be..

what port is ftp on?

'grep ftp /etc/services'

i'm using rythembox to play my mp3's, but i want to edit the metadata to organize them. rythembox doesn't seem to let me do that. any ideas?

use easytag

what happened to the 'normal' dapper install cds? is there only livecd and server installs now?

alt cd will do text install, oem install, lvm setup, and some other stuff

i just did a fresh 9.10 install and when i try to install ncurses-devel i get '

ncurses-dev, not -devel...

whats a good webcam program to take pictures with

cheese

what fps is considered good?

basically only has meaning if you baselined with it and then made changes and wanted to see the relative improvement, etc.

[q] where do i put a custom script so i an just tye the file name in shell?

/usr/bin/ for instance

is there a command to find out how much memory is in usage?

free -m

is conntrack available in 11.10?

so yes: sudo apt-get install conntrack

apt-get dist-upgrade seems to be working, so hopefully that will fix my update-manager woes, is there anything special i need to do after an apt-get dist-upgrade that upgrade-manager usually does?

that's not the important part for a successful upgrade. proper metapackage (ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-minimal, ubuntu-standard, and your kernel metapackage) installation makes it a lot happier

excuse me if this is to off topic, but how do you install gtkmoz(for python) on ubuntu?

sudo apt-get install python-gtkmozembed

if top is not displaying my correct ammount of ram, how can i find out how much ram my server has?

cat /proc/meminfo

hi, as a desktop user, what software is my best bet for real-time backups (i.e. periodic backups with the system up and running)?

: try using mondo or rsync

hi, changing my password doens't work, why is that? i get a please wait icon when i click on ok... :(

open a terminal and type passwd

why is it the linux community say server and they mean 'web' server, why is that? not file server or backup server or application server, like business wise, why is that? lol it drives me potty :p

not sure - because most of the time when people say 'server' they mean 'web server', probably. people who want advice on a file server will generally be more specific than just 'server'

can we set to auto mount every time we log in ubuntu?

auto mount what?

what should i look for/avoid in selecting a new sound card??

that is probably a question better answered in the forums...

quick survey: how much space is used by the files in /boot?

2 years of kernel upgrades will start to fill your /boot

hi all. where should i look if i want to see ssh login attempts? i thought it was in '/var/log/secure' but it doesn't exist. running server 10.04.

how about /var/log/auth.log ?

anyone had problems with amarok not playing mp3s?

see ubotu's url below

hello. i am looking for a way to install ubuntu onto a laptop without a cd-rom drive, is this feasible please?

http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html

wondering if someone can help me with wine, (yes i know there's a channel but its dormant :( ) my exe's don't run, and when i try to set up drives through config, i get 'err:winecfg:apply_drive_changes unable to define devicename of ....' so when i come back and try again there are no drives... :-/

fresh install of wine?

how can i easily burn a bootable ubuntu image onto a cd?

you are doing this within ubuntu, right? right click on the iso image and select write to disc

should i maybe delete that file?

i have a bit of experience with your type of problem. how painful would it be for you to boot from edgy live, backup your data and do a fresh install? ime this can be done in under an hour, saving you net time in many instances.

in windows, to 'copy' files, you would right click, drag and select copy. how do you do this in ubuntu?

keep alt key pressed while you drag

any tools to help recover an accidentally deleted partition table?

cheers

is there any way to know how different are two files using diff ?

diff doesn't have such a feature. you could probably script it. something like « expr $(diff --minimal file1 file2 | wc -l) / $(expr $(cat file1 file2 | wc -l) / 2) »

i'm trying to remotely open a new session on a pc via vncviewer, but all it does is open the current open session. i do not want to disturb the current user. am i in the wrong path? is virtualization a better option for me? tia

try remmina

hello, using unity is possible to attach banshee, xchat and other in tray? (near the clock)

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html

on windows or linux, what language ,like visualbasic, make gui program fast and easy?.......right english?

gambas

is there any way to change the gnome startup programs when your not in gnome? i think one of them is causing it to crash.

~/.gnome2/session or ~/.gnome2/session-manual

hi...when is ubuntu 12.04 releasing?

april 24

hi all. how can i find out to which package a system file belongs? for example, i'm interested in knowing which package is responsible for installing the /usr/include/usb.h file.

dpkg -s file

theres no backports.org like site for ubuntu ?

you want to search bp right? http://packages.ubuntu.com/

hi. i'm new to java and made a simple little program today. i have it compiled into a class; how do i make it executable? (i'm under ubuntu 7.04 feisty fawn)

there's no such thing as making a class file executable. it requires the java runtime engine (jre, also just called java) to execute. then there are classpaths and jars... it's not for the faint of heart.

what package provides x includes? i'm searching threw the output of apt-cache search x includes... can't find anything usefull... :(

xlibs-dev

how can i kill this newsleecher?? heh. it didnt load. and the force app is not killing it.? is there a terminal kill command?

alt-f2, type 'xkill' and click the window

how can i change kubuntu to ubuntu??? i think that is the cause that my laptop gets hot and shuts down

you can install the ubuntu-desktop package, however it is very unlikely that it is the cause of your laptop's overheating.

i would like to address my issue to ubuntu community support via email. could somebody please provide me with that email?

go to lists.ubuntu.com and join the ubuntu-users mailing list

in abiword, how do i do that horizontal line that goes from end to end? am needing it for a resume

i don't know anything about abi word but you might search the help file for 'horizontal rule'

** question ** hi all - i just mounted an external ext3 drive on my system. however, it only mounts as root, and 'sudo chown' tells me i don't have the permissions to chabg it to my user. how do i make it writable by non-root users?

sudo chmod -r 777 /mount/point

hello! my question is a simple one about the upgrade facilities in ubuntu. are there, in general, separate packages for various hardware drivers that can be installed via a package manager, if i didn't want to compile the driver myself?

that's the idea - you use kernel modules for drivers

how can i know what mobo im using in linux?

you might find it in the output of sudo dmidecode

how stable is xgl?

xgl is alpha software, ymmv

how should i partition my hd when installing ubuntu?

new hardware standard, replaces bios, standard on mac hardware, some x86 now.

what is the ubuntu equivalent of winamp?

there are many music players, but xmms is the closest

does dapper run well inside virtual pc 2004?

use vmware :p

is there a way to upgrade the kernel without recompiling?

sort of.. get the binarys/header for the kernel you want

can anybody name me a binary file editor?

and there are some 'hex' editors in the repos

is w3m installed as default on a ubuntu installation?

it seems it is.

i use ubuntu and there is no root.......its the only distro i could get to install properly though. here's the problem i'm running into: there's a configuration file to change the network workgroup, but i can't edit it because it is read only. it says the owner of the fille is root. no root. any suggestions?

the root account exists, but is locked. use sudo to gain root access.

hi guys, anyone know how to restart mysql from the command line? i'm ssh'd into a server where i'm having big issues restarting mysql

do you have root?

hey how can i apped a file to a command? (like instead of ssh 127.0.0.1 i want ssh [content of ip.txt] )

ssh $(cat filename)

is there a way to make the unity sidebar not show up every single time i drag something in firefox?

you are gonna have to wait for 11.10 for those features

where is russian comunnity?

http://www.ubuntu.ru/ http://forum.ubuntu-ru.org/