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how can i list the plugins i have?	ls /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
i have windows on here right now, and i want to install ubuntu and dual boot between them. should i use use partition magic to create a partition for ubuntu to use, or does its installer handle all of this by itself? i want to make sure i dont wipe everything out :)	it's better to prepare parts with pm
'dhcp server failed to start, check syslog for diagnostics' which 'syslog' show i check?	/var/log/syslog
what is the most advanced software to burn double layer dvd's available in ubuntu?	they're all frontends to the same tool...
by defualt where does wget store downloads?	if you are in /home/user/desktop its tehre..
anyway, which nvidia card do you have?	that kind of humor is lost when using irc
hi what s the meaning of 'noatime recommend'. the google translater cant find the word noatime. is this a valid english word?	'no access times'
transmission says downloaded: 10.1gb (+16.0mb corrupt) why do i have corrupt data ?	when you download from a torrent, sometimes a packet can be corrupted. transmission filters those out and tries to download them again. nothing to worry about.
compared to what? i have better performance in linux but i have terrible battery life.	im running a win vista right now, have been for a year or so, but i tweaked it a little and, as such, has never had problems
can someone recommend a good ftp client? running gutsy	filezilla
when i go to update manager, there is no upgrade to 8.04 option, even after using the check button. currently running 7.10	do you have gutsy-updates enabled?
what is the linux way to share directories? not with/for windows. or is the use of samba just the easiest?	nfs is an alternative that's supposed to be faster than samba. but, when connecting with windows machine, samba is supposed to be more stable.
is there any way to connect to a ubuntu box from a windows box via rdp ?	rdp is a proprietary protocol. no servers for linux unfortunatelly.
hi there, ive installed a programm with wine and later deinstalled. problem is, that the icon of the program is still located in the dash(ubuntu 11.04) could any1 explain me please how to get rid of the icon?	i believe there is a menu item which gets integrated there.
-> got it; made a partition; how do i format it when i (still) cant see it ?? tia	you still can not see the hd? reboot and at boot go into your bios, now your bios should at minimum detect the hd, if not, replace the hd
how can i convert a cd to mp3???	use for instance goobox
how do i get ubuntu to show a list of available wireless networks? i used to be able to click the network icon and select a network; then i rebooted. they are no longer listed.	mayhap your wireless device stopped working?
error: removing 'snd_intel8x0': resource temporarily unavailable	not really
good evening all. i wonder if someone could help me for one moment - i'm looking for some decent 3d software to use in ubuntu or kubuntu (preferably something universal if available) - is one available for these distros?	blender?
hello all i am looking for documentation to setup an official ubuntu mirror for french polynesia. where to get it?	it is on the site. navigate as though you are wanting to download and you should see a link
anyone know if feisty can be downloaded yet? i know it's not offically released but is it possible?	look out for the beta releases
hey, i installed apache2 and saw in the sites-enabled/000-default file that there is an alias pointing to /usr/share/doc.. however when i try localhost/doc, apache claims url 'doc' was not found on the server. anyone know anything about that?	a better answer would be /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ is not the root directory of your website, you'll have to check apache2.conf to see what it is.
anyone know of any good ocr software for linux?	you can refer to this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ocr
my cursor is acting funny, when i try to click inside a window it just grabs the window instead, why is it doing this?	could your alt key be stuck down?
hey.. can you do a non graphical install from the live cd?	no. you'd need the alternate cd.
nobody? - is there a simple way to install all header files (-dev packages) of currently installed packages?	what about getting all those names from apt-cache search and piping it to apt-get install?
i am seeking recommendations for ideas to expand the userbase and promote the use of linux and ubuntu. i have a release party to plan in 350 hours, and still need a title.	350 hours?
does anyone know how to set up virtualbox ? is this the correct guide ? http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-202-in-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html	yes it is
hey guys, i have a problem on ubuntu lucid. i deleted the generic linux-headers folder in /usr/src because i messed up some files in it. i thought after reinstalling linux-headers-generic the folder would appear again, but it doesn't. how do i get the generic linux headers folder back?	such as linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic if you have an up-to-date lucid install
how can i list all the open ports in iptables?	you can list all of your iptables rules by 'sudo iptables -l' if you don't have a rule to block a port than it is open.
hi i want to install a rpm files but taking this error on ssh http://paste.ubuntu.com/881324/ can any body help me about this	rpm is not ubuntu's packaging system. you'll probably have lots of problems with it
what's the default smtp server in ubuntu?	postfix is the recommended mta on ubuntu.
hi. just installed ubuntu . i am looking a way to install a basic firewall (don't find how to launch iptables) and	try modconf go to kernel/drivers/net and try to disable that module
is there a better program than picasa? it's confusing the hell out of me. it's hard to navigate.	i think that fspot is pretty cool
what should to update hoary? my /etc/apt/sources.list no longer works	go here www.ubuntu.com and get a more recent version ;]
doesn't openjdk run java applets in browsers?	you need icedtea for that
i have two directories named 'gadmin-s (1)' & 'gadmin-s (2)' and i want to 'cd' into the 2nd one. i type 'cd gadmin-s ' and then when i press tab i can not go to the 2nd folder? how can i go into it? i think the problem is the space between 's' and '('??????	try like this: cd gadmin-s\ \(2\)/
i installed multiple media players. now i want to select a default. is there a way of doing this?	right click on any the file and select properties then open with and tick the default option.
anyone have experience with vlc?	: just pop the question
google-chrome-stable	try renaming the chromium config folder too
has anyone had problems setting up a cd-writer in ubuntu? there are no proper scsi devices set up in the /dev dir.	insmod sg
if i start a player it captures the soundcard and it won't let any other source to play sound... can anyone help me to fix this?	pulseaudio is supposed to fix this kind of thing and let apps share the sound card. do you have a non-default unstall or have you uninstalled pulse fo some reason?
how do i boot network in terminal?	'/etc/init.d/networking restart' i believe
hi, anyone knows if there's an irc channel for xtreamer ultra support? :)	chat.xtreamer.net
hi ubuntusers :). sorry what is a package that has apache, mysql and anything else i need all in one package? forgot name	are you thinking of lamp?
no one is responding on the xubuntu channel so i will ask here. how do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on xubuntu?	its in the ubunutu repositories
i've a question nobody can answer	maybe with ulimit?
whats the desktop on feisty fawn?	gnome
maahes ok so how bout this. once i have put the hard drive in the new laptop and got the drivers for it. will lucid remove the old drivers from this dell automatically?	sudo apt-get autoclean
what partition apps are available on the ubuntu livecd? (besides fdisk)	gparted
why did ubuntu choose gnome? (i'm expecting a good url). scratch that, what's the reason why gnome is now very popular in redhat, solaris, ubuntu, and so on.	i think gnome is popular due to it being the default desktop in red hat for so long.
hey guys. what's a good programming font in ubuntu? my matlab is using some stupid unreadable font... i don't know which one to use instead...	i installed the terminus font on a recommendation of a coworker. works ok for gnome apps.
i am getting a notice in terminal after update, bad header, it skipped some files and ignored some. when i edited my sources.list i removed the hash marks, could that be the problem?	yes, those hash marks tell it to ignore that line, any comments like ' this is to enable the blah die blah' are now trying to be read as commands instead of ignored
how do i set the owner and group of a file and the files it contains?	chown, chgroup, iirc
anyone know how to enable xdmcp?	xdmcp system > administration > login screen setup > security
hi all, i am planning to install ubuntu in a recently bought acer laptop. i burned factory default disc according to acer e-recovery management. but when i try and restore the system to facory defaults it does not ask me any questions regarding partioning which windows usually asks. it just installs fresh windows on the full harddisk. can any one let me know how i can partitions harddisk and install windows along with ubuntu	you can also choose 'control panel>administrative tools>computer management>disk management and resize the windows partition from there
how do i remove something from my places > bookmarks ?	load up a nautilus window (by clicking one of the places) and right click the place in the sidebar, click remove
is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?	mdf2iso then?
is there some free x86 emulator for linux that i can use to try a new install of hoary? (i just want to see how it looks..)	: qemu is fine
hi, i'm using the diveintopython to try and learn a bit, but it mentions 'ide' and i can't easily find what they mean by that. any ideas?	ide = integrated development environment. a nice editor/compiler/debugger thingy for programmers
does anybody here now how to make a command run at boot-time?	put it in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
does anybody use a blackberry curve 8530 with linux? if so, how is it?	blackberries and linux don't go too well together. some use a program called barry and others use a virtual machine to sync to the official blackberry tool in windows
anyone got any recommendations for calm system sounds for mail alerts in ubuntu? i'm using thunderbird, but the default sound is reminiscent of windows 95. and i don't want some vocal for each email that comes in. it gets old real quick.	there are some sound themes on gnome-looks.org
this might be a weird question, but is the 'blank screen' screensaver good for your displays?	anything static can burn in and wear out the screen, which is why screensavers move (although i prefer shutting them off)
what is the command to give a tree like structure in linux at the prompt, something similiar to tree in dos?	sudo aptitude install tree ( then you will be able to use the tree command)
anyone know how i can get mp3 support for amarok?	add/remove ubuntu restricted extras
what about next release name?	hardy heron
i installed samba and for some reason when i access a computer on my network where the username has no password, it says access denied... what's going on	set a password on the accounts
i'm new to linux, using 10.04, and trying to get my wireless connection set up at my university. i believe i have the driver for my adapter correctly installed, but when i follow the directions on the uni's 'how to connect to the wireless network with ubuntu), it doesn't connect. i have no idea what i'm missing. can anyone help me?	try hooking p to ethernet and getting wicd
hello, i'm trying to rsync my directory to a remote nfs mounted directory, but rsync can't hold permissions, is there a way to avoid setting permissions, i saw the man page, can't get it	although i can't give a direct answer to your question i'd recommend to look at rdiff-backup (some useful wrapper around rsync)
hello, i have 3 deb-files in a directory, how could i install them with dpkg, i mean -i dont work. cause the 3 files are depencies with each other but dpkg wont recognize	if you use `dpkg -i file1.deb file2.deb file3.deb` it should work.
is there a way to google from terminal without lynx?	without a terminal based browser, then no
when i restart gnome by ctrl+alt+backspace it is changed to text mode, how can i return to gnome graphical mode?	sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
how can you scroll up and down in tty1?	shift+pgup/dn
does anybody use screen and ever notice it behaving strangely with gnome-terminal? screens blacking out, typing over the status bar and generally being a pain in the ass? :/	try using tty instead of gnome-terminal. ctrl+alt+f1
whats the problem nick_meister?	change the shell settings to some different colours on the server ? or select which env parameters get passed with the sendenv and pattern functions in your ssh_config (must be supported by server). or alias your ssh client to a shell file that spawns a new shell in different colours and passes on the input paramters.
hey, how do i disable the auto sleep on ubuntu 10.10? when i left the torrent client running it simply goes to sleep	syatem > preferences > power management
in my laptop smart is giving error at boot time. how do scan for hdd errors from ubuntu	try the smartmontools package
how do i execute a cli php script in 8.04?	you need the php-cli package if you intend to run scripts outside of apache
how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?	try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm
hi, will it be possible to install ubunutu jeos (just enough operating syste) once its released whitout vmware? so just directly on my pc?	we really don't know until we can get our hands on it. afaik, nothing has been released even for testing.
how do i grep for not a pattern?	-v flag
is there a floppy install available for hoary? if so, where would i go about finding them? i'd rather not download the entire cd if they are located there.	- closetes you can get is http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/localnetinstall
which package do i get to be able to use svn? sudo apt-get install svn doesn't work	sudo apt-get install subversion
can someone help me use a use a linux-installer.bin?	open a terminal and issue chmod a+x linux-installer.bin
hey, how do i run an app from the menu panel as root?	gksudo may do what you want
i upgraded to fiesty from edgy, and really like it so far. however, i use vmware quite a bit, which has trouble with the 2.6.20 kernel. is it possible to downgrade the kernel?	well you can just drop a different kernel in /boot and point grub to it in /boot/grub/menu.lst but that might mess up your video drivers and such no reason not to try it
hya anybody can help me..i was using youtube-dl to download videos from you tube but now it doesn't work anymore and then i start to use unplug so was working fine but now experienced the same problme actually is quite weird ..	i haven't used those, but keepvid.com works fine for me
hey all! i want to acess to my ubuntu server via remote controll from my netbook(ubuntu 9.04) is there any software which i can use?	ssh?
so i am running ubuntu minimal with irssi, boy does it feel strange	join the club.
which one includes the title bar?	metacity
can you give a relative time to the at command?	yes. eg: 'now + 10 minutes'
anyone in here know anything about not getting sound in flash and also getting no sound from ubuntu as far as system sounds and startup music but for whatever reason if i play a song in rythmnox it works fine?	its a own issue uninstalling it and getting the deb from the flash site fixes it
hi. i have dvd writer on /media, and there is liunx iso in my /home/iso , no gui installed, how to write the dvd??	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/cddvdburning
hellow , i want to ask a problem : why does my ubuntu have a diffrent time about windows?	probably because windows is using local time and ubuntu is using utc
when does it become appropriate to discuss karmic in this channel rather than ubuntu+1?	after the official release
is the ssh turned off by default?	yes, openssh-server is not installed by default
i have installed epsxe, but how do i create an iso file from the psx's cd?	dd if=/dev/hdc of=/path/to/file.iso
are there any problems with setting the sudo timeout to 0 such that it will always ask for my password? for example, can threads that were opened as su loose their su privelages?	the process will stay su'd until it ends
which package gives me the mail command??	mailx

how can i list the plugins i have?

ls /usr/lib/firefox/plugins

i have windows on here right now, and i want to install ubuntu and dual boot between them. should i use use partition magic to create a partition for ubuntu to use, or does its installer handle all of this by itself? i want to make sure i dont wipe everything out :)

it's better to prepare parts with pm

'dhcp server failed to start, check syslog for diagnostics' which 'syslog' show i check?

/var/log/syslog

what is the most advanced software to burn double layer dvd's available in ubuntu?

they're all frontends to the same tool...

by defualt where does wget store downloads?

if you are in /home/user/desktop its tehre..

anyway, which nvidia card do you have?

that kind of humor is lost when using irc

hi what s the meaning of 'noatime recommend'. the google translater cant find the word noatime. is this a valid english word?

'no access times'

transmission says downloaded: 10.1gb (+16.0mb corrupt) why do i have corrupt data ?

when you download from a torrent, sometimes a packet can be corrupted. transmission filters those out and tries to download them again. nothing to worry about.

compared to what? i have better performance in linux but i have terrible battery life.

im running a win vista right now, have been for a year or so, but i tweaked it a little and, as such, has never had problems

can someone recommend a good ftp client? running gutsy

filezilla

when i go to update manager, there is no upgrade to 8.04 option, even after using the check button. currently running 7.10

do you have gutsy-updates enabled?

what is the linux way to share directories? not with/for windows. or is the use of samba just the easiest?

nfs is an alternative that's supposed to be faster than samba. but, when connecting with windows machine, samba is supposed to be more stable.

is there any way to connect to a ubuntu box from a windows box via rdp ?

rdp is a proprietary protocol. no servers for linux unfortunatelly.

hi there, ive installed a programm with wine and later deinstalled. problem is, that the icon of the program is still located in the dash(ubuntu 11.04) could any1 explain me please how to get rid of the icon?

i believe there is a menu item which gets integrated there.

-> got it; made a partition; how do i format it when i (still) cant see it ?? tia

you still can not see the hd? reboot and at boot go into your bios, now your bios should at minimum detect the hd, if not, replace the hd

how can i convert a cd to mp3???

use for instance goobox

how do i get ubuntu to show a list of available wireless networks? i used to be able to click the network icon and select a network; then i rebooted. they are no longer listed.

mayhap your wireless device stopped working?

error: removing 'snd_intel8x0': resource temporarily unavailable

not really

good evening all. i wonder if someone could help me for one moment - i'm looking for some decent 3d software to use in ubuntu or kubuntu (preferably something universal if available) - is one available for these distros?

blender?

hello all i am looking for documentation to setup an official ubuntu mirror for french polynesia. where to get it?

it is on the site. navigate as though you are wanting to download and you should see a link

anyone know if feisty can be downloaded yet? i know it's not offically released but is it possible?

look out for the beta releases

hey, i installed apache2 and saw in the sites-enabled/000-default file that there is an alias pointing to /usr/share/doc.. however when i try localhost/doc, apache claims url 'doc' was not found on the server. anyone know anything about that?

a better answer would be /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ is not the root directory of your website, you'll have to check apache2.conf to see what it is.

anyone know of any good ocr software for linux?

you can refer to this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ocr

my cursor is acting funny, when i try to click inside a window it just grabs the window instead, why is it doing this?

could your alt key be stuck down?

hey.. can you do a non graphical install from the live cd?

no. you'd need the alternate cd.

nobody? - is there a simple way to install all header files (-dev packages) of currently installed packages?

what about getting all those names from apt-cache search and piping it to apt-get install?

i am seeking recommendations for ideas to expand the userbase and promote the use of linux and ubuntu. i have a release party to plan in 350 hours, and still need a title.

350 hours?

does anyone know how to set up virtualbox ? is this the correct guide ? http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-202-in-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html

yes it is

hey guys, i have a problem on ubuntu lucid. i deleted the generic linux-headers folder in /usr/src because i messed up some files in it. i thought after reinstalling linux-headers-generic the folder would appear again, but it doesn't. how do i get the generic linux headers folder back?

such as linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic if you have an up-to-date lucid install

how can i list all the open ports in iptables?

you can list all of your iptables rules by 'sudo iptables -l' if you don't have a rule to block a port than it is open.

hi i want to install a rpm files but taking this error on ssh http://paste.ubuntu.com/881324/ can any body help me about this

rpm is not ubuntu's packaging system. you'll probably have lots of problems with it

what's the default smtp server in ubuntu?

postfix is the recommended mta on ubuntu.

hi. just installed ubuntu . i am looking a way to install a basic firewall (don't find how to launch iptables) and

try modconf go to kernel/drivers/net and try to disable that module

is there a better program than picasa? it's confusing the hell out of me. it's hard to navigate.

i think that fspot is pretty cool

what should to update hoary? my /etc/apt/sources.list no longer works

go here www.ubuntu.com and get a more recent version ;]

doesn't openjdk run java applets in browsers?

you need icedtea for that

i have two directories named 'gadmin-s (1)' & 'gadmin-s (2)' and i want to 'cd' into the 2nd one. i type 'cd gadmin-s ' and then when i press tab i can not go to the 2nd folder? how can i go into it? i think the problem is the space between 's' and '('??????

try like this: cd gadmin-s\ \(2\)/

i installed multiple media players. now i want to select a default. is there a way of doing this?

right click on any the file and select properties then open with and tick the default option.

anyone have experience with vlc?

: just pop the question

google-chrome-stable

try renaming the chromium config folder too

has anyone had problems setting up a cd-writer in ubuntu? there are no proper scsi devices set up in the /dev dir.

insmod sg

if i start a player it captures the soundcard and it won't let any other source to play sound... can anyone help me to fix this?

pulseaudio is supposed to fix this kind of thing and let apps share the sound card. do you have a non-default unstall or have you uninstalled pulse fo some reason?

how do i boot network in terminal?

'/etc/init.d/networking restart' i believe

hi, anyone knows if there's an irc channel for xtreamer ultra support? :)

chat.xtreamer.net

hi ubuntusers :). sorry what is a package that has apache, mysql and anything else i need all in one package? forgot name

are you thinking of lamp?

no one is responding on the xubuntu channel so i will ask here. how do you disable touchpad tapping while typing on xubuntu?

its in the ubunutu repositories

i've a question nobody can answer

maybe with ulimit?

whats the desktop on feisty fawn?

gnome

maahes ok so how bout this. once i have put the hard drive in the new laptop and got the drivers for it. will lucid remove the old drivers from this dell automatically?

sudo apt-get autoclean

what partition apps are available on the ubuntu livecd? (besides fdisk)

gparted

why did ubuntu choose gnome? (i'm expecting a good url). scratch that, what's the reason why gnome is now very popular in redhat, solaris, ubuntu, and so on.

i think gnome is popular due to it being the default desktop in red hat for so long.

hey guys. what's a good programming font in ubuntu? my matlab is using some stupid unreadable font... i don't know which one to use instead...

i installed the terminus font on a recommendation of a coworker. works ok for gnome apps.

i am getting a notice in terminal after update, bad header, it skipped some files and ignored some. when i edited my sources.list i removed the hash marks, could that be the problem?

yes, those hash marks tell it to ignore that line, any comments like ' this is to enable the blah die blah' are now trying to be read as commands instead of ignored

how do i set the owner and group of a file and the files it contains?

chown, chgroup, iirc

anyone know how to enable xdmcp?

xdmcp system > administration > login screen setup > security

hi all, i am planning to install ubuntu in a recently bought acer laptop. i burned factory default disc according to acer e-recovery management. but when i try and restore the system to facory defaults it does not ask me any questions regarding partioning which windows usually asks. it just installs fresh windows on the full harddisk. can any one let me know how i can partitions harddisk and install windows along with ubuntu

you can also choose 'control panel>administrative tools>computer management>disk management and resize the windows partition from there

how do i remove something from my places > bookmarks ?

load up a nautilus window (by clicking one of the places) and right click the place in the sidebar, click remove

is there a way to burn mdf files in linux?

mdf2iso then?

is there some free x86 emulator for linux that i can use to try a new install of hoary? (i just want to see how it looks..)

: qemu is fine

hi, i'm using the diveintopython to try and learn a bit, but it mentions 'ide' and i can't easily find what they mean by that. any ideas?

ide = integrated development environment. a nice editor/compiler/debugger thingy for programmers

does anybody here now how to make a command run at boot-time?

put it in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

does anybody use a blackberry curve 8530 with linux? if so, how is it?

blackberries and linux don't go too well together. some use a program called barry and others use a virtual machine to sync to the official blackberry tool in windows

anyone got any recommendations for calm system sounds for mail alerts in ubuntu? i'm using thunderbird, but the default sound is reminiscent of windows 95. and i don't want some vocal for each email that comes in. it gets old real quick.

there are some sound themes on gnome-looks.org

this might be a weird question, but is the 'blank screen' screensaver good for your displays?

anything static can burn in and wear out the screen, which is why screensavers move (although i prefer shutting them off)

what is the command to give a tree like structure in linux at the prompt, something similiar to tree in dos?

sudo aptitude install tree ( then you will be able to use the tree command)

anyone know how i can get mp3 support for amarok?

add/remove ubuntu restricted extras

what about next release name?

hardy heron

i installed samba and for some reason when i access a computer on my network where the username has no password, it says access denied... what's going on

set a password on the accounts

i'm new to linux, using 10.04, and trying to get my wireless connection set up at my university. i believe i have the driver for my adapter correctly installed, but when i follow the directions on the uni's 'how to connect to the wireless network with ubuntu), it doesn't connect. i have no idea what i'm missing. can anyone help me?

try hooking p to ethernet and getting wicd

hello, i'm trying to rsync my directory to a remote nfs mounted directory, but rsync can't hold permissions, is there a way to avoid setting permissions, i saw the man page, can't get it

although i can't give a direct answer to your question i'd recommend to look at rdiff-backup (some useful wrapper around rsync)

hello, i have 3 deb-files in a directory, how could i install them with dpkg, i mean -i dont work. cause the 3 files are depencies with each other but dpkg wont recognize

if you use `dpkg -i file1.deb file2.deb file3.deb` it should work.

is there a way to google from terminal without lynx?

without a terminal based browser, then no

when i restart gnome by ctrl+alt+backspace it is changed to text mode, how can i return to gnome graphical mode?

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

how can you scroll up and down in tty1?

shift+pgup/dn

does anybody use screen and ever notice it behaving strangely with gnome-terminal? screens blacking out, typing over the status bar and generally being a pain in the ass? :/

try using tty instead of gnome-terminal. ctrl+alt+f1

whats the problem nick_meister?

change the shell settings to some different colours on the server ? or select which env parameters get passed with the sendenv and pattern functions in your ssh_config (must be supported by server). or alias your ssh client to a shell file that spawns a new shell in different colours and passes on the input paramters.

hey, how do i disable the auto sleep on ubuntu 10.10? when i left the torrent client running it simply goes to sleep

syatem > preferences > power management

in my laptop smart is giving error at boot time. how do scan for hdd errors from ubuntu

try the smartmontools package

how do i execute a cli php script in 8.04?

you need the php-cli package if you intend to run scripts outside of apache

how can i change the automount settings for all usb drives from 'sync' to 'async'?

try this - http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/ubuntu-tips-and-tricks.htm

hi, will it be possible to install ubunutu jeos (just enough operating syste) once its released whitout vmware? so just directly on my pc?

we really don't know until we can get our hands on it. afaik, nothing has been released even for testing.

how do i grep for not a pattern?

-v flag

is there a floppy install available for hoary? if so, where would i go about finding them? i'd rather not download the entire cd if they are located there.

- closetes you can get is http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/localnetinstall

which package do i get to be able to use svn? sudo apt-get install svn doesn't work

sudo apt-get install subversion

can someone help me use a use a linux-installer.bin?

open a terminal and issue chmod a+x linux-installer.bin

hey, how do i run an app from the menu panel as root?

gksudo may do what you want

i upgraded to fiesty from edgy, and really like it so far. however, i use vmware quite a bit, which has trouble with the 2.6.20 kernel. is it possible to downgrade the kernel?

well you can just drop a different kernel in /boot and point grub to it in /boot/grub/menu.lst but that might mess up your video drivers and such no reason not to try it

hya anybody can help me..i was using youtube-dl to download videos from you tube but now it doesn't work anymore and then i start to use unplug so was working fine but now experienced the same problme actually is quite weird ..

i haven't used those, but keepvid.com works fine for me

hey all! i want to acess to my ubuntu server via remote controll from my netbook(ubuntu 9.04) is there any software which i can use?

ssh?

so i am running ubuntu minimal with irssi, boy does it feel strange

join the club.

which one includes the title bar?

metacity

can you give a relative time to the at command?

yes. eg: 'now + 10 minutes'

anyone in here know anything about not getting sound in flash and also getting no sound from ubuntu as far as system sounds and startup music but for whatever reason if i play a song in rythmnox it works fine?

its a own issue uninstalling it and getting the deb from the flash site fixes it

hi. i have dvd writer on /media, and there is liunx iso in my /home/iso , no gui installed, how to write the dvd??

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/cddvdburning

hellow , i want to ask a problem : why does my ubuntu have a diffrent time about windows?

probably because windows is using local time and ubuntu is using utc

when does it become appropriate to discuss karmic in this channel rather than ubuntu+1?

after the official release

is the ssh turned off by default?

yes, openssh-server is not installed by default

i have installed epsxe, but how do i create an iso file from the psx's cd?

dd if=/dev/hdc of=/path/to/file.iso

are there any problems with setting the sudo timeout to 0 such that it will always ask for my password? for example, can threads that were opened as su loose their su privelages?

the process will stay su'd until it ends

which package gives me the mail command??

mailx