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i am running ubuntu server, i am trying to install ubuntu-desktop but i get alot of failed to fetch errors.. any suggestions?????	fix your connectivity?
can i umount a usb stick without using sudo?	pumount
would anyone mind answering some questions of mine? i'd ask them up front but i don't want to redirect the channels' topic	topic is ubuntu support, ask away ;)
hi, can someone help me, i have just installed lubuntu on my netbook. when i close the lid the notebook goes into standy, how can i turn this off, the notebook should be online all the time	system -> preferences -> power management
hello, can anyone tell me how to change keyboard layout on the login screen? (sorry 4 my english)	i can't help you with that, but your english is perfect.
hello. i have 8.10 i686. is it anyhow possible that i 'upgrade' it to x86_64??	only by reinstalling
hi. what is the email client that is used in ubuntu? is it evolution?	yeah, evolution is the default although i use thunderbird.
hi, how to copy text from stjerm terminal?	select the text, right click and then copy
is there any graphical front-end to update-alternatives ?	erm. sorry, i'm getting it mixed up w/ another command i believe :)
anyone can help me? thanks!	what did you download it with?
anyone happen to know a commandline torrent client that can watch a particular directory for new torrent files?	though i've never used it myself
how do i make /home be on a different partition after i have installed it?	change your fstab and remount
how to disabled my buid-in webcam?	-> try to remove the udev rules for it..
hey, anyone know much about fonts in linux? i imported some from my windows partition, but they don't have the variations (windows doesn't really require them). linux does, so i can't use bold/italic with them. can i create the required font variations from the base font? i know oo.o is doing this automatically.	sudo apt-get install alien
if i want osx and ubuntu in a dual boot, which do i install first?	i would install osx first, once you have installed ubuntu you should then get the option to boot to either
is there a way to check battery load from command line?	acpi?
unless you have 2 or more core cpu and can afford 100% of one or more of them	well i've just figured out that there was unusable compiz --replace process running
is there a command i can use that will give me window borders if x windows isnt showing them??	'metacity --replace' and/or 'compiz --replace'
can someone please help me? networking has stopped on my pc, it should just dhcp from router	is it a fresh install or did you just update?
what's the command to stop the mysql server in ubuntu?	sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
ack. so, i'm new to ubuntu, but i want to reinstall screen (it's complaining about /var/run/screen not existing, and i'm hoping a reinstall will fix it). running 'sudo apt-get remove screen' tells me that it's going to remove ubuntu-desktop, boxee, byobu and screen. why is it trying to remove stuff i want?	why dont you just make the directory that screen is asking for?
hi all, i'm running 12.04 and would like to know if it is possible to add a program to the unity bar on the left side, the program has to be started from the shell (it's name is 'ding', a dictionary) so when i start it it appears in the bar but after closing it i cant's start it again...	probably with gnome-extensions (ppa), but it was very broken when i tried to use any gnome-extension
how do i get gnome network manager to manage my wifi connection?	read through the wifi howto yet?
how do i get vim to stop autoindenting ?	echo 'set noai' >> ~/.vimrc
i have a strange problem... firefox is stuck in full screen mode and i dont know how to fix it back to normal	try deleting the .mozilla folder in your home directory and then restarting firefox.
if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?	hopefully no
i'm trying to make a shortcut to a wine program in the taskbar so i make a launcher in in the field 'command:' i put in 'wine ~/.wine/drive_c/program\ files/exact\ audio\ copy/eac.exe' but when i click on the launcher nothing happens. any ideas?	maybe ~ is not being expanded
is there a system-wide equalizer? (not sure what pulse jack alsa oss are but i believe i'm using alsa apps with pulse)	but it's possible in theory, and people have reported success
look at what i wrote	i see, though i don't see the point of it. the point of /proc/version is to report the kernel version....
hello, how can i install ubuntu without an internet connection? (the install keeps stopping at 82% 'configuring apt' and under the progress bar 'scanning mirrors')	did you get the cd version of the iso or the online installing ver
noob question -- still having trouble with this -- where do i put applications (that is, those that are not automatically installed by synaptic)? -- /lib? /bin?	you can store the probram anywhere but make a link to it and name it the command you want to use to get to it then put it in the bin folder
a simple question: it is really the intention that the user needs to run aptitude update from a console, before using the software center ? i find it hard to believe that	for me it did
is it difficult to install kvm?	no its not
hi guys, i have a stupid question. is it possible to remove gui from normal ubuntu so it almost the same as ubuntu server?	what is the target use of the system (web server, media streamer, torrent box, etc)?
help with moving directory contents to another directory (upstream), please. i cannot get the syntax right	mv /var/www/var-www /var/www/
i'm looking for an editor (for python) that has a browser 'drawer' (window, frame, section) that allows me to view my project hierarchically by directory (basically has an integrated file browser). any ideas?	kate?
is there a way to get netflix on boxee in ubuntu, or is that not going to happen?	rather, in a virtual machine running windows on your ubuntu computer.
why isn't firefox 1.5 on the repositories yet?	it's not in backports no - but there are pages on the wiki on howto install the new firefox (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/firefoxnewversion
anyone in here know a widely accepted usenet / newsgroup binary download client?	i like pan
is there a tool, other than something in gdesklets or gonky, that lets you see the temperature of your cpu ?	apt-cache search sensors
hello evry1. is there a way to install ubuntu 11.10 with gnome instead of unity? tia!	you can remaster the 11.10 cd
how do i remove that symlink?	`sudo mv /etc/rc3.d/s??gdm /etc/rc3.d/k01gdm`
can someone tell me how to completely remove awn? everytime i do a reinstall it remembers my previous settings	the settings in your home are not removed. find them and remove them by hand
whats the hot key to rapidly switch workspaces?	+ instead of # :)
hey everyone. a coworker of mine built a server running lucid server, but when i shell in and try to execute a command that's not in my path as root (i.e.: ./mycommand) it tells me the file doesn't exist. i can see it in ls and i can open it with vim though. anyone have any suggestions?	if its not in your path use a full (relative) path
how to find the uid and gid of a given user	id username
hi humans! how can i make the gnome-panel display the applications open on all work spaces not just the currently visible one	right clic in the window list applet> preferences
i have a sigmatel stac9200 sound card which i'm finding impossible to get working outside windows. could anyone please help me?	do you have a dell ispirom ? whit my sigmatel ubuntu is running good
how to take screenshot using terminal command?	open the pacakge manager (synaptic) search for linux kernel and remove the uneeded kernels, it will do the rest
when i run $path the output ends with 'no such file or directory.' is that in reference to the last path in the list? if so, i have this path, what's going wrong?	run? $path is a system variable..
hello, i'm having an issue with using multiple monitors. the first time i tried to attach a crt to my laptop, i went to preferences -> display, and tried to turn on the crt. however, 'monitor resolution settings detected that the virtual resolution must be set in [my] configuration file ... to apply the settings.' when i gave it the go-ahead, my screen resolutions went haywire.	no need to reinstall in those cases. just do sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and everything should be back to normal
can xchat connect to two servers at the same time?	afaik, /newserver
hello, i am trying to setup my smtpd ... i have esmtp postfix ... but am getting this error 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: relay access denied <-- how do i setup relay access.	(i like the name) this is an old thread, but it could be helpful: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-125081.html
what is a .la file? i am trying to install sdl_image and sdl_net locally, since i do not have root privs. i tried building sdl_image and sdl_net from source, but i get .la files rather than .so and i don't know how to link to them....	la is some libtool temporary file format
does anyone know the unetbootin package name? or is not in the repository?	it's in the universe repository
some unicode characters are not displayed properly...us there a package i can install to get them displayed?	that's usually a font problem. add more fonts until you find one that has all the characters you need.
i have a friend who had one partition with ubuntu and one with windows xp, and he just removed the ubuntu-partition and got error in grub becuse grub read from the ubuntu-partition he just removed, what is the easiest solution if he only wants to run windows?	run 'fixmbr' from the recovery console on the xp install disk
what do i do about a black screen with blinking cursor on ubuntu cd install?	you might need the alternative disk instead
in firefox, is there any way to move a tab from one window to another, or open a tab in a new window? other than copy/paste the url	tried to drag and drop the tab from one firefox window to another? :)
do you know any good gnome search applet ? (i like the one on opensuse that replace the entire gnome menu	gnome-do
is it normal for xorg.conf to have simple generic information ? my debian one is very complete	i also found that very weird, so i filled it in to my likings since it was too generic for me to feel comfortable enough to sleep at night
hey guys .. is there a graphical tool to adjust the screen position in ubunto?	computer>system configuration>screen resolution maybe?
ok, is there an easy app to make a dvd with any sort of media files? i have a bunch of avi's i wanted to watch on the dvd player. or just a converter to mpeg files is ok too. my dvd player reads those.	devede
anybody know of a gui runlevel editor for ubuntu ?	whjat are you trying to change exactly.
re: if i want my system to run fsck on rebooting - before the partition is mounted .. how do i tell it to do this.. just giving the command in a console produces a warning that running e2fsck on a mounted system can case bad damage etc..??	http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-force-fsck-on-the-next-reboot-or-boot-sequence/
compiz seems to be trashing my screen. i think it is compiz. i am having difficulty finding information on the web about it. when i switch windows, the window is all garbled or blurred. can anyone help? how can i describe this problem better or how can i fix it?	irssi has largely replaced epic and bitchx
hi guys! i remember there was a program that records your monitor.. what was it called? )	well istanbul does exist, but latest news from it dates from 2007...
hi all. how to restart dhcp server? tyhank you.	/etc/init.d/dhcp restart
guys, since no one can help me with my suspend problem here, can anyone recommend another channel?	a bot can care less where you are :) read the rest of it
hello, i am at my wits end. i've tried everything. i've replaced my hard drive. and now..... i have notihng. :( anyone know about trouble with sata hard drives?	i did but it was actually a motherboard issue
alt+mousewheel fades a window in and out. i want to turn it off. i've looked through compiz settings and gnome keyboard shortcuts, can't locate the source.	opacity, brightness and saturation
is security.ubuntu.com down?	looks like it is down
hi! i have to use ubuntu alternate cd in order to install ubuntu on my toshiba m60 with ati radeon x700 at all. i was wondering if i have to perform special operations during the installation process with alternate cd?	nope, not really. just follow the onscreen directions
what do i have to install to get 'add-apt-repository'?	python-software-properties
hi: not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a mysql tutorial which shows how to install multiple, standalone instances of mysql from source which does not install a background daemon	you do not install many mysql, just create databases (or even users for it).
anyone knows how to take of the network manger icon from the systemtray?	go to system preferences->sessions and deactivate network manager.... the next time you reboot, it will be away
hi guys. how do i check what network card i have on my laptop?	lspci
what package do i need to install top use svn?	subversion iirc
hi! i'm running a process in a terminal window. it takes a very long time, and it writes the output to a file. now i need to restart the x server. how can i let the process run in the background? i tried 'ctrl+z' then 'bg 1' but when i close the windows, the process will stop anyway...	use nohup
hello, is there a command line utility i can run to probe my video card? i'm not sure what is in this pc. i'm trying to get to a higher resolution than 800x600	lspci, xrandr...
brakso_: did you try installing gnome as i instructed? :)	gcc 3.4 is what the kernel for breezy is built with. vmware needs to build a module with that compiler
x11 is quitting immediately after it starts, but the xorg log reports no errors. where should i look to try to solve this?	most likely not an xorg issue mroe of a gdm/gnome issue
is it possible to run ubuntu with only 256 mib of memory?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/lowmemorysystems
how do i install mplayer?	read the ubotu just above
hey guys...recently installed ubuntu and love it (windows hard drive dies and decided to be done with ms). installed ubuntu. came here to get banshee recommended to me as an app to work with my ipod (5th gen 30gb). banshee discovered my ipod and i was able to create my local library from it. no problems. then, added some albums to the library, attempt to sync. banshee shows while syncing that it's deleting all songs from the ipod. wtf?	every user has different preferences in using media players, thus, not everyone will use just banshee, but someone who can help does, going to the official banshee channel will increase your chance :)
can u play realmeadia without having to install the realmedia player? also, is there a way to convert these files to ogg/mp3? i am under ubuntu-breezy.	---- is too much work ---- just install realplayer
is vdpau enabled by default on the latest ubuntu?	not to my knowledge. iirc, there is a vlc ppa that has it enabled.
how can i get my tablet stylus to work correctly in jaunty?	what's the problem with your stylus?
i installed the budget dedicated repo for wine, but doing a 'sudo apt-cache show wine' shows wine 9.46 available. for some reason it is going to the universal repo and doesn't see the budget dedicated offering currently posted to the site	hmm so it does... but the latest will still install, also you don't need sudo with apt-cache
my end of life ubuntu 7.1 can't be upgraded? it says up-to-date in update manager	etherealite: change the owner to www-data:www-data, not username:username
folks... i have a fresh kubuntu lucid, my video is distracted. i intend to switch xaa to exa, but right now don't have a xorg.conf file... how can i proceed this	you can still use a xorg.conf if you want to
trying to keep a log of the steps i need to take a configure a new ubuntu vps... when i have to do things like add several lines to the end of a config file... is there an easier way than multiple echo '...' >> filename commands? can i do a single command and then just paste all the lines into stdin and hit ctrl d to finish?	or script file.txt
hey guys, im trying to install xp for gaming and when i try to install after it loads hardware and stuff it comes up with a blue screen that says my hard drive is screwed up, and its not i can assure you	boot to a windows recovery console and run chkdsk
i've done everything listed http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 here, but i can't get mp3s to play at all in amorak, they were working, but something i did has made it stop working	but something i did has made it stop working hahaha
can someone tell me if i am running ubuntu 9.10 and am fully updated what kernel should i be running, whats the easiest way of finding out what the latest available is?	sudo apt-get update && lsb_release -a && uname -a && sudo apt-get upgrade
what's the good program for stream radio player ?!	amarok
that's what i have, works great. fw on router means having many fewer worries....	it's wpa'd with a password that would take 50 years to brute force.
hi there! on my machine i have /home mounted from a nfs server. when i transfer a large file from a local directory to my home, the machine nearly freezes. do you have tips to avoid or improve this?	you can split the file up.
hi all! i will ask a question that probably was made for about a thousand times.... i changed my apt-get sources.list from hoary to breezy and my system is working almost well, and it look like its upd to date.... do i need to do more to get a breezy from my hoary distro?	yes: http://tinyurl.com/dkllj
can i read ext3 formatted harddrives on vista?	i don't know of a program that will let you do that.

i am running ubuntu server, i am trying to install ubuntu-desktop but i get alot of failed to fetch errors.. any suggestions?????

fix your connectivity?

can i umount a usb stick without using sudo?

pumount

would anyone mind answering some questions of mine? i'd ask them up front but i don't want to redirect the channels' topic

topic is ubuntu support, ask away ;)

hi, can someone help me, i have just installed lubuntu on my netbook. when i close the lid the notebook goes into standy, how can i turn this off, the notebook should be online all the time

system -> preferences -> power management

hello, can anyone tell me how to change keyboard layout on the login screen? (sorry 4 my english)

i can't help you with that, but your english is perfect.

hello. i have 8.10 i686. is it anyhow possible that i 'upgrade' it to x86_64??

only by reinstalling

hi. what is the email client that is used in ubuntu? is it evolution?

yeah, evolution is the default although i use thunderbird.

hi, how to copy text from stjerm terminal?

select the text, right click and then copy

is there any graphical front-end to update-alternatives ?

erm. sorry, i'm getting it mixed up w/ another command i believe :)

anyone can help me? thanks!

what did you download it with?

anyone happen to know a commandline torrent client that can watch a particular directory for new torrent files?

though i've never used it myself

how do i make /home be on a different partition after i have installed it?

change your fstab and remount

how to disabled my buid-in webcam?

-> try to remove the udev rules for it..

hey, anyone know much about fonts in linux? i imported some from my windows partition, but they don't have the variations (windows doesn't really require them). linux does, so i can't use bold/italic with them. can i create the required font variations from the base font? i know oo.o is doing this automatically.

sudo apt-get install alien

if i want osx and ubuntu in a dual boot, which do i install first?

i would install osx first, once you have installed ubuntu you should then get the option to boot to either

is there a way to check battery load from command line?

acpi?

unless you have 2 or more core cpu and can afford 100% of one or more of them

well i've just figured out that there was unusable compiz --replace process running

is there a command i can use that will give me window borders if x windows isnt showing them??

'metacity --replace' and/or 'compiz --replace'

can someone please help me? networking has stopped on my pc, it should just dhcp from router

is it a fresh install or did you just update?

what's the command to stop the mysql server in ubuntu?

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

ack. so, i'm new to ubuntu, but i want to reinstall screen (it's complaining about /var/run/screen not existing, and i'm hoping a reinstall will fix it). running 'sudo apt-get remove screen' tells me that it's going to remove ubuntu-desktop, boxee, byobu and screen. why is it trying to remove stuff i want?

why dont you just make the directory that screen is asking for?

hi all, i'm running 12.04 and would like to know if it is possible to add a program to the unity bar on the left side, the program has to be started from the shell (it's name is 'ding', a dictionary) so when i start it it appears in the bar but after closing it i cant's start it again...

probably with gnome-extensions (ppa), but it was very broken when i tried to use any gnome-extension

how do i get gnome network manager to manage my wifi connection?

read through the wifi howto yet?

how do i get vim to stop autoindenting ?

echo 'set noai' >> ~/.vimrc

i have a strange problem... firefox is stuck in full screen mode and i dont know how to fix it back to normal

try deleting the .mozilla folder in your home directory and then restarting firefox.

if i upgrade to the next version of ubuntu will it delete/mess up any of my programs?

hopefully no

i'm trying to make a shortcut to a wine program in the taskbar so i make a launcher in in the field 'command:' i put in 'wine ~/.wine/drive_c/program\ files/exact\ audio\ copy/eac.exe' but when i click on the launcher nothing happens. any ideas?

maybe ~ is not being expanded

is there a system-wide equalizer? (not sure what pulse jack alsa oss are but i believe i'm using alsa apps with pulse)

but it's possible in theory, and people have reported success

look at what i wrote

i see, though i don't see the point of it. the point of /proc/version is to report the kernel version....

hello, how can i install ubuntu without an internet connection? (the install keeps stopping at 82% 'configuring apt' and under the progress bar 'scanning mirrors')

did you get the cd version of the iso or the online installing ver

noob question -- still having trouble with this -- where do i put applications (that is, those that are not automatically installed by synaptic)? -- /lib? /bin?

you can store the probram anywhere but make a link to it and name it the command you want to use to get to it then put it in the bin folder

a simple question: it is really the intention that the user needs to run aptitude update from a console, before using the software center ? i find it hard to believe that

for me it did

is it difficult to install kvm?

no its not

hi guys, i have a stupid question. is it possible to remove gui from normal ubuntu so it almost the same as ubuntu server?

what is the target use of the system (web server, media streamer, torrent box, etc)?

help with moving directory contents to another directory (upstream), please. i cannot get the syntax right

mv /var/www/var-www /var/www/

i'm looking for an editor (for python) that has a browser 'drawer' (window, frame, section) that allows me to view my project hierarchically by directory (basically has an integrated file browser). any ideas?

kate?

is there a way to get netflix on boxee in ubuntu, or is that not going to happen?

rather, in a virtual machine running windows on your ubuntu computer.

why isn't firefox 1.5 on the repositories yet?

it's not in backports no - but there are pages on the wiki on howto install the new firefox (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/firefoxnewversion

anyone in here know a widely accepted usenet / newsgroup binary download client?

i like pan

is there a tool, other than something in gdesklets or gonky, that lets you see the temperature of your cpu ?

apt-cache search sensors

hello evry1. is there a way to install ubuntu 11.10 with gnome instead of unity? tia!

you can remaster the 11.10 cd

how do i remove that symlink?

`sudo mv /etc/rc3.d/s??gdm /etc/rc3.d/k01gdm`

can someone tell me how to completely remove awn? everytime i do a reinstall it remembers my previous settings

the settings in your home are not removed. find them and remove them by hand

whats the hot key to rapidly switch workspaces?

+ instead of # :)

hey everyone. a coworker of mine built a server running lucid server, but when i shell in and try to execute a command that's not in my path as root (i.e.: ./mycommand) it tells me the file doesn't exist. i can see it in ls and i can open it with vim though. anyone have any suggestions?

if its not in your path use a full (relative) path

how to find the uid and gid of a given user

id username

hi humans! how can i make the gnome-panel display the applications open on all work spaces not just the currently visible one

right clic in the window list applet> preferences

i have a sigmatel stac9200 sound card which i'm finding impossible to get working outside windows. could anyone please help me?

do you have a dell ispirom ? whit my sigmatel ubuntu is running good

how to take screenshot using terminal command?

open the pacakge manager (synaptic) search for linux kernel and remove the uneeded kernels, it will do the rest

when i run $path the output ends with 'no such file or directory.' is that in reference to the last path in the list? if so, i have this path, what's going wrong?

run? $path is a system variable..

hello, i'm having an issue with using multiple monitors. the first time i tried to attach a crt to my laptop, i went to preferences -> display, and tried to turn on the crt. however, 'monitor resolution settings detected that the virtual resolution must be set in [my] configuration file ... to apply the settings.' when i gave it the go-ahead, my screen resolutions went haywire.

no need to reinstall in those cases. just do sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and everything should be back to normal

can xchat connect to two servers at the same time?

afaik, /newserver

hello, i am trying to setup my smtpd ... i have esmtp postfix ... but am getting this error 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: relay access denied <-- how do i setup relay access.

(i like the name) this is an old thread, but it could be helpful: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-125081.html

what is a .la file? i am trying to install sdl_image and sdl_net locally, since i do not have root privs. i tried building sdl_image and sdl_net from source, but i get .la files rather than .so and i don't know how to link to them....

la is some libtool temporary file format

does anyone know the unetbootin package name? or is not in the repository?

it's in the universe repository

some unicode characters are not displayed properly...us there a package i can install to get them displayed?

that's usually a font problem. add more fonts until you find one that has all the characters you need.

i have a friend who had one partition with ubuntu and one with windows xp, and he just removed the ubuntu-partition and got error in grub becuse grub read from the ubuntu-partition he just removed, what is the easiest solution if he only wants to run windows?

run 'fixmbr' from the recovery console on the xp install disk

what do i do about a black screen with blinking cursor on ubuntu cd install?

you might need the alternative disk instead

in firefox, is there any way to move a tab from one window to another, or open a tab in a new window? other than copy/paste the url

tried to drag and drop the tab from one firefox window to another? :)

do you know any good gnome search applet ? (i like the one on opensuse that replace the entire gnome menu

gnome-do

is it normal for xorg.conf to have simple generic information ? my debian one is very complete

i also found that very weird, so i filled it in to my likings since it was too generic for me to feel comfortable enough to sleep at night

hey guys .. is there a graphical tool to adjust the screen position in ubunto?

computer>system configuration>screen resolution maybe?

ok, is there an easy app to make a dvd with any sort of media files? i have a bunch of avi's i wanted to watch on the dvd player. or just a converter to mpeg files is ok too. my dvd player reads those.

devede

anybody know of a gui runlevel editor for ubuntu ?

whjat are you trying to change exactly.

re: if i want my system to run fsck on rebooting - before the partition is mounted .. how do i tell it to do this.. just giving the command in a console produces a warning that running e2fsck on a mounted system can case bad damage etc..??

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-force-fsck-on-the-next-reboot-or-boot-sequence/

compiz seems to be trashing my screen. i think it is compiz. i am having difficulty finding information on the web about it. when i switch windows, the window is all garbled or blurred. can anyone help? how can i describe this problem better or how can i fix it?

irssi has largely replaced epic and bitchx

hi guys! i remember there was a program that records your monitor.. what was it called? )

well istanbul does exist, but latest news from it dates from 2007...

hi all. how to restart dhcp server? tyhank you.

/etc/init.d/dhcp restart

guys, since no one can help me with my suspend problem here, can anyone recommend another channel?

a bot can care less where you are :) read the rest of it

hello, i am at my wits end. i've tried everything. i've replaced my hard drive. and now..... i have notihng. :( anyone know about trouble with sata hard drives?

i did but it was actually a motherboard issue

alt+mousewheel fades a window in and out. i want to turn it off. i've looked through compiz settings and gnome keyboard shortcuts, can't locate the source.

opacity, brightness and saturation

is security.ubuntu.com down?

looks like it is down

hi! i have to use ubuntu alternate cd in order to install ubuntu on my toshiba m60 with ati radeon x700 at all. i was wondering if i have to perform special operations during the installation process with alternate cd?

nope, not really. just follow the onscreen directions

what do i have to install to get 'add-apt-repository'?

python-software-properties

hi: not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know of a mysql tutorial which shows how to install multiple, standalone instances of mysql from source which does not install a background daemon

you do not install many mysql, just create databases (or even users for it).

anyone knows how to take of the network manger icon from the systemtray?

go to system preferences->sessions and deactivate network manager.... the next time you reboot, it will be away

hi guys. how do i check what network card i have on my laptop?

lspci

what package do i need to install top use svn?

subversion iirc

hi! i'm running a process in a terminal window. it takes a very long time, and it writes the output to a file. now i need to restart the x server. how can i let the process run in the background? i tried 'ctrl+z' then 'bg 1' but when i close the windows, the process will stop anyway...

use nohup

hello, is there a command line utility i can run to probe my video card? i'm not sure what is in this pc. i'm trying to get to a higher resolution than 800x600

lspci, xrandr...

brakso_: did you try installing gnome as i instructed? :)

gcc 3.4 is what the kernel for breezy is built with. vmware needs to build a module with that compiler

x11 is quitting immediately after it starts, but the xorg log reports no errors. where should i look to try to solve this?

most likely not an xorg issue mroe of a gdm/gnome issue

is it possible to run ubuntu with only 256 mib of memory?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/installation/lowmemorysystems

how do i install mplayer?

read the ubotu just above

hey guys...recently installed ubuntu and love it (windows hard drive dies and decided to be done with ms). installed ubuntu. came here to get banshee recommended to me as an app to work with my ipod (5th gen 30gb). banshee discovered my ipod and i was able to create my local library from it. no problems. then, added some albums to the library, attempt to sync. banshee shows while syncing that it's deleting all songs from the ipod. wtf?

every user has different preferences in using media players, thus, not everyone will use just banshee, but someone who can help does, going to the official banshee channel will increase your chance :)

can u play realmeadia without having to install the realmedia player? also, is there a way to convert these files to ogg/mp3? i am under ubuntu-breezy.

---- is too much work ---- just install realplayer

is vdpau enabled by default on the latest ubuntu?

not to my knowledge. iirc, there is a vlc ppa that has it enabled.

how can i get my tablet stylus to work correctly in jaunty?

what's the problem with your stylus?

i installed the budget dedicated repo for wine, but doing a 'sudo apt-cache show wine' shows wine 9.46 available. for some reason it is going to the universal repo and doesn't see the budget dedicated offering currently posted to the site

hmm so it does... but the latest will still install, also you don't need sudo with apt-cache

my end of life ubuntu 7.1 can't be upgraded? it says up-to-date in update manager

etherealite: change the owner to www-data:www-data, not username:username

folks... i have a fresh kubuntu lucid, my video is distracted. i intend to switch xaa to exa, but right now don't have a xorg.conf file... how can i proceed this

you can still use a xorg.conf if you want to

trying to keep a log of the steps i need to take a configure a new ubuntu vps... when i have to do things like add several lines to the end of a config file... is there an easier way than multiple echo '...' >> filename commands? can i do a single command and then just paste all the lines into stdin and hit ctrl d to finish?

or script file.txt

hey guys, im trying to install xp for gaming and when i try to install after it loads hardware and stuff it comes up with a blue screen that says my hard drive is screwed up, and its not i can assure you

boot to a windows recovery console and run chkdsk

i've done everything listed http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 here, but i can't get mp3s to play at all in amorak, they were working, but something i did has made it stop working

but something i did has made it stop working hahaha

can someone tell me if i am running ubuntu 9.10 and am fully updated what kernel should i be running, whats the easiest way of finding out what the latest available is?

sudo apt-get update && lsb_release -a && uname -a && sudo apt-get upgrade

what's the good program for stream radio player ?!

amarok

that's what i have, works great. fw on router means having many fewer worries....

it's wpa'd with a password that would take 50 years to brute force.

hi there! on my machine i have /home mounted from a nfs server. when i transfer a large file from a local directory to my home, the machine nearly freezes. do you have tips to avoid or improve this?

you can split the file up.

hi all! i will ask a question that probably was made for about a thousand times.... i changed my apt-get sources.list from hoary to breezy and my system is working almost well, and it look like its upd to date.... do i need to do more to get a breezy from my hoary distro?

yes: http://tinyurl.com/dkllj

can i read ext3 formatted harddrives on vista?

i don't know of a program that will let you do that.