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annyone knows how to glue two pdf documents to one? | pdftk, i can't remember the syntax though |
fast question: warty supposedly somewhat corresponds to sarge, but what is hoary? | until march, it will be the development branch |
hey guys, how do i know if ubuntu is currently running any type of firewall? | why not install firestarter , it has a nice stop start button |
question to bash-scripting: how can i make an echo that writes its output to the screen and to a logfile? | out=`echo hello' ; echo $out ; echo $out >> logfile |
anyone that can help me with changing the hz in ubuntu? i can only choose 85hz but my monitor does onlu support 50/60hz. | i think you have to see: etc/x11/xf86config-4 |
how to install a .deb file with apt-get from a local directory? | sorry, i meant: sudo dpkg -i file.deb |
: unfortunately i tried what we talked about and even tried replacing other seemingly relevant packages with those used in jaunty, but it didn't work | :( sorry |
hi, i like to know how to find out what packages depend on a particular package (ubuntu 10.10) | apt-cache show 'packagename' will tell you |
how do you view multiple pages side by side in open office? | dannel: the internet seems to think that as of 3.0 you can, by just reducing the zoom percentage of the document. |
best php book is 'php and mysql web develoopment' | thanks for kind opinion :) |
how would i run a php program stand alone? some thing like 'php program.php' and it runs program.php? | you need to install php5-cli |
the 64 bit ubuntu is only for amd processors? | the amd64 version works just as well on intel too, it's not just for amd chips |
i am missing gtk python modules... pygtk2 and pygtk2-libglade where can i find these? | i think you can sudo apt-get install python |
hi everyone, i have a question: i'm using ubuntu dapper beta2 on a hp laptop, i want to use vga output for projector, how can i activate it? | that is a function of your laptop fn f8 maybe - can differ |
hello, i want to install ubuntu on a aaspire one, but i've read that ubuntu 8.04 have some problems with the wifi and sound, there's a chance that the intrepid version solve this? | i have an acer aspire 8920g, my sound works - for the most part - fine, pm for further discussion |
hey all, trying to restart my networking interfaces thru terminal. tried using /etc/init.d/networking restart however it just seems to freeze and doesn't do anything…so does stop. any other ideas? | that command is deprecated. rather use 'sudo services network-manager restart' |
when is 8.10 due? | fifteen days, and counting :) |
what package should i reconfigure to change list of available video modes for x server? | xserver-xorg? |
can someone help me out?i need to save something in /etc/apt/sources.list but is telling me i dont have permission, do i really have to login as root? | u can use sudo command |
hey guys, im wanting to know a decent app for voip over lan, basically i just want to be able to talk to my brother on our local network with mics | or you could run a teamspeak server |
is ubuntu ever going to support the linksys wireless cards that it currently doesn't support? | is linksys ever going to support ubuntu like they support windows? |
hey, does ubuntu karmic server have pcmcia support built in? i can see a pcmcia card via lspci. does that mean pcmcia support works? | i don't see why it wouldn't though. |
it can't seem to find aalib or pretty much anything whatsoever when trying to configure even if its installed | devel packages? |
does anyone know how to convert a .3gp (an mpeg audio container) to .wav in ubuntu? | will mplayer play it? if so 'mplayer -ao pcm $foo_file.3gp' will output to a wav file |
what's the proper way to manage the java classpath in ubuntu? | you can set your classpath in your .profile or .bashrc_profile or any of the profile related configs..but key is the classpath |
i don't know if it actually matters but my ntfs partitions are hdb# and not hda#. | gnome ore kde ?? |
is there a good c++ editor for gnome? | or if you want an ide there's anjuta |
can i restrict an ssh user to only its homefolder? | you can restrict them to a secure bash shell, which won't let them leave their home folder. |
is there any application for controlling a laptops touchpad settings? | acctually theres setting in the mouse preferences |
whats the problem when 'add/remove programs' is not loading the content? the window stays empty | slow laptop |
which program can i install to set the general volume of audio? (i'm under xubuntu, and i don't find the program the set the volumes.. | you can open up a terminal and do sudo alsamixer then do sudo alsactl store |
what is the shortcut for the run command dialog box | alt f2 |
can someone tell me howto get rid of google chrome? im not able to uninstall it... | sudo dpkg -l |grep -i chrom ----> sudo apt-get remove 'on what appears' |
holy crap. is this a right place to come and say just how awesome ubuntu is? the last time i used ubuntu was 6.04. boy have the improvements been awesome. practically everything works !!! | yeah i like it, i think it really encourages desktop users to get into the open source community |
what user do jobs in /etc/cron.daily/ run as? | root |
hi, my samba is screwed and i need to add a network printer by hand in the following format: smb://[workgroup/]server[:port]/printer... anybody know what port windows printers are shared on? thanks | because [:port] is in [ ], it means its optional and you do not need to specify it. |
hey, i'm having an issue where 1 out of 3 boots it crashes in the middle of booting and i can't figure out how to debug the problem. if i boot in recovery mode it always seems to boot fine, but sometimes it just crashes about 1/4 of the way on the progress bar without any error or display. it just stops doing anything. could anyone point me as to where i could find logs or something to help debug the problem? i tried looking online but couldn't find anythi | boot it up normally, except change the boot line: get rid of splash and quiet |
if i have a program running, say burning or ripping a cd, on one account and then switch accounts (without logging off) will that continue or will it stop? | it will continue. |
when i run sudo gedit xorg.conf , i get gedit but its blank. i know the file exists as everyone has it, and without it i wouldnt see any windows. what am i doing wrong? | you have to be in the right directory or use the absolute path. and you should use gksudo with gui apps: gksudo gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf |
where can i download the latest dapper ? | linuxtracker.org |
does anybody know how to open a .wps file? | sounds like wordperfect ... openoffice? |
how do i show the current unix timestamp in a terminal? | date +'%s' |
how can i check how much ram my video card has? :) | lshw or lspci 'might' help with that |
i know to remove all the tags we do sed 's/<[^>]*>//g .. what if i had two characters following ^(not) ? [^ab] would be or.. how to do negate+and | and: for handling data like xml and html, there often are better ways. |
how can i get support here? | ask your question |
any idea why ubuntu.com is not reachable from here? tracepath shows it ends in ae-2-52.edge4.london1.level3.net | looks like canonical has been moving its servers to a new datacenter https://twitter.com/launchpadstatus |
does anybody know an irc client that allows you to ignore user joins and quits | all of them? |
hi, how do i unmount swap? | but, um, be careful. |
###hello all,### the program that i'm compiling asked me: 'checking for libxml-2.0 gtk+-2.0... configure: error: cannot find gtk modules, stopping build! please install gtk+ package to continue. see www.gtk.org. | install libxml2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev |
does anyone know is alsa-something works with m-audio c400? | http://www.mentby.com/group/alsa-list/m-audio-fasttrack-c400.html it appears so... perhaps with some work. |
in ubuntu my login sound works, and music works if i'm using oss. if i run the command 'sudo alsa force-reload', i can use alsa for playback. what can i do to use alsa without running this command? | i use alsa for everything is there a reason why you pick oss? |
any one using the docky beta? | i write docky if that helps any |
got a recommendation between using ubuntu-restricted versus medibuntu? | not a choice between them, restricted has tons of stuff medibuntu does not |
how do i force a reinstall with apt-get? | apt-get install --reinstall foobar |
sorry; could you point me to where sources.list is | /etc/apt/sources,list |
is there a place i can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system? | sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ? |
could someone please tell me how to copy a group of directories from a cd to my hd? | cp -r /media/cdrom /somewhere/else/ |
ok, i just apt-got upgraded to breezy and not xorg hates me. fixed font issue... anyone had that one? | everyone has said to wait before it goes final |
is grub normally installed on drives, rather than partitions? | yes, it's usually installed on drives |
i used startup manager to tell grub to log into windows with 0 countdown. how do i access grub in bootup to go back into ubuntu | holding shift while booting will pop up the grub menu |
hi all! anyone with ubuntu ppc? | i had ubuntu ppc until my fbt faile |
questopn: when i turn on the pc ubuntu shows the loading screen that after about a minute it sitches to a black screen that shows lots of lines of text including 'bug: unable to handle kernel paging request at f8c84848' | can you get to a terminal? press ctrl-alt-f2 or ctrl-alt-f3 |
can someone tell me how i can get these little widget things for my ubuntu? http://www.ubuntux.org/latest-ubuntu?size=_original | gdesklets |
hi. is it possible to switch desktops in gnome using the scroll wheel in the desktop? | or you can set up a keyboard shortcut to do it |
power cut when installing rpm package, now its broken! how to fix it? | using an rpm is even less proper |
quick installation question: is it possible to install the server version of ubuntu 6.06 from the packaged live cd? i proceeded with the installation but it appears to have been the desktop and i don't recall it asking me. | also i dont remember any server installation options, maybe there is a server cd. |
how can i get to my desktop with a keyboard combo? | you need to set up a key combo in keyboard shortcuts. |
what is the path to the main python library in ubuntu 10.4? | whereis python tells you |
is there a 'do not disturb' quick link to disable notifications if i am busy? | in gnome shell, sure, but the ubuntu notifications are already non-intrusive. |
if i install a program using synaptics package manager, what directory will it install to? | right click the installed package in synaptic>properties, installed files tab |
anyone know how to force an ntp update? | https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/c/ntp.html i suggest ntpd over ntpdate (and cron) |
if i put everything from my home folder on a cd and then reinstall ubuntu... can i just copy it back? :3 | of course |
is there a free text editor with ftp support available for ubuntu - something like pspad or htmlkit | search for filezilla in software centre |
hi there. can anyone tell me what happened to devil's pie ? i just upgraded to gutsy and it's gone, and it's page seems offline as well | i see devilspie in the gutsy universe repos. |
how do i see hidden files and folders in the gui folder explorer? | hit ctrl+h |
hey guys, whats the easiest way to get the latest kernel (2.6.32) in karmic? is there any repo that has bleeding edge kernels? | http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ use at your own risk =) |
does that mean i just need to add the rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other stuff | it is but i won't remove you ;-) |
is there any way to change volumes of different speakers or to change from 2 to 5.1 standard with gnome tools? when using oss | dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
hello.. anyone have time to give me a hand here.. need help to install an konica minlota 2300w laser printer?? | your printer appears on a list as supported, but it dosen't have the same name. i don't know if that is correct. |
hey guys does ubuntu 11.10 have obex opp support for bluetooth transfers | see this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/obextool.1.html |
did you get it? | yes. maybe there is something that could help... lemme try |
is there some kind of drop down terminal like in fps games?? that would be cool to have | either tilda for gnome-like environments or yakuake for kde |
hello folks, i'm looking for a (decent) dvd authoring application. any tips? | devede fulfills my simple needs when it comes to creating video-dvd's |
how do i update all? | your sources.list looks fine to me |
howto copy/paste text from links2 to bash (no desktop)? gpm works, but i'm unable to copy text from different programs (such as finch, links2 or nano) to bash so far. | for links2 specifically use shift + highlight text, then middle mouse click to paste. for other terminal apps, just highlight and middle click will work. |
i think i figured out how to solve my problem: remove then add the ipw2200 kernel module | /etc/acpi/resume.* |
oh.. i have a dual boot, how do i get ubuntu to stop tampering with the system clock, i don't use utc but don't find this option in the administration of time | you set utc='no' somewhere - give me a moment and i'll try to find the file |
where does the deb files go when i install a package using sudo apt-get install | /var/cache/apt/archives |
what program do i need to make a thumb drive be able to boot an iso? | usbcreator or unetbootin |
i plugged in my usb headset, everything works fine but when i use the volume control on my headset..... it changes the microphone volume rather than the speaker volume (since it's listed first in gnome volume control) | in gnome, choose it in system> preferences> sound> devices> default mixer tracks |
how to install compiz-fusion 7.2 on gutsy | it is install by default, just needs to be enabled.. and the video drivers / card need to be comp with it |
hi, is there an application that change the mouse behaviour depending on which application window has the focus ? | maybe imwheel depending on what you want exactly |
i'm having a problem trying to reinstall xchat. i keep getting the error message 'configure: error: 'cannot find glib' and i've tried searching for it in the repos and i can't find it. i'm running off intrepid and aren't sure what the name of the library is that i would need. | install libglib2.0-dev and see if that fixes it |
kind of off topic, and perhaps not for this chan, but which desktop environment is going to give me the best performance? ( brnd new to ubuntu/deb) | try lubuntu |
hmm, does anyone know how i can see if a device with a specific mac addr has been given an ip when using dhcpd? | sorry - arping |
just upgraded to 11.10, but there seems to be no way to set up the screensavers anymore... where did it go? | http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html might help, it talks about no screen savers in gnome, although i'm not sure if that also applies to unity |
how do i do something similar to a 'scandisk' in windows, in ubuntu? just to scan my disk for errors and make sure it's ok.. | fsck for filesystem, badblocks for the disk itself |
i miss the 'extract to folder' option of winzip when i right-click an archive in nautilus | there's a script for it, you might want to take a look at http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net |
how can i dump to terminal all flags the present kernel was compiled with? | cat /boot/config-`uname -r` |
is gimp2.8 in repos yet? | no, there's a ppa |
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