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how can i find which versioin of ubuntu i am using?	lsb_release -a
whats a cli calculator?	command line calculator
hey everyone. what package contains dhclient?	sorry.
what's the command to open a text file using gksudo?	gksudo gedit
heey can i update the ubuntu dapper drake beta to the release one ? or i hv to download the release one	run synaptic (system->administration), hit reload, then mark all upgrades, then apply
is it possible to use debootstrap in ubunto to install debian into chroot?	read the pm ubottu sent you
sorry for this, but i seem to have forgotten how to become root in ubuntu... what's the secret?	wiki.ubuntu.com/rootsudo
i'm trying to install sudo from source and i get the error saying '/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpam'. which libpam package to i have to install?	you need the -dev package of a lib to compile something against it, so: aptitude search 'libpam.*-dev'
is there anyone who knows how to configure network by bridge mode? i really need help!	brctl addbr br0; ip link set $first_interface up; brctl addif br0 $first_interface; ip link set $second_interface up; brctl addif br0 $second_interface; ifconfig br0 $whateveripyoulike up
how do i change from tty1 to tty2 using command line ?	control-alt-f2 maybe?
but does the webcam work?	gave up on trying to get it be useful many moons ago so have not tried recently, sometimes worked but poor res and colors etc
hello, the splash screen shown during ubuntu boot, is it stored inside the initrd image? and, what is the more correct way of disabling it?	edit /etc/adduser.conf i think
is there anyway i can make smartdimmer into an applet so i dont have to go to terminal to change the brightness allll the time	why not? :(
hey guys. i have a sonicwall 2040 in the office here, i ssh to my web server over in germany, and if i leave it unattended for a few minutes, i get cut off, i'm convinced it's something on my router, any suggestsions as to what i should change to solve this annoyance	seen the problem before, can't recall how it got fixed.. some timeout for idle connections i think.
how to use short cut keys to go up one folder in nautilus? windows use control left arrow	alt-up arrow
im about to install wni x64 ed, how do i get grub back to mbr after that install?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/recoveringubuntuafterinstallingwindows
hi all! is 5.04rc1 the same as 5.04?	well, no -- there is a different name :). apart from that, lotta bug fixes, some updated apps etc.
how do i run a .deb file from tthe terminal?	you don't run a deb, you install it. a ..deb is basically an archive (like .zip or .rar). with additional installation info. see the other's answers for the command
question, anyone knows , how to remote access system(ubuntu).	check out system -> preferences -> remote desktop
hello, i installed ubuntu yesterday on my computer. created a 15 gig partition just for ubuntu and a 100 gig ntfs partition for data to share with win7. is there any way for ubuntu to install new software in the 100 gig partition ?	this is very difficult to do. resize your partitions if you can.
to all: the ubuntu.com issues, are they affecting the repositries? i cant get apt-get to get anything... =(	i can't connect either so it's not just you
vista doesnt do anything well	it's really good at separating people from cash
kind of a nooby question, but how do i get to alsamixer?	in a terminal type alsamixer
so when is thunderbird 2 hitting feisty?	check out znc
i'm using xchat right now -- is there a way to get it to automatically connect to servers and channels? (if yes ill look up the docs on howto)	then edit the server
is there a way, without root/sudo, to change the default editor (for the user, not the system)?	editor=/usr/bin/vim for example
hey all, i just created a new fat32 partition. however, ubuntu mounts it as /media/disk instead of /media/hdc2 . also, ubuntu seems to have mounted something else as /media/hdc2 . any ideas?	if this is on your hard drive and not flash just sudo gedit /etc/fstab and change the mountpoint
hey help me where can i get info on how to create a workspace	right-click the workspace switcher, click preferences
where can i get package information (like packages.debian.org )	we follow most of debian's conventions, i think
good night, a friend wants to install ubuntu in his macintosh. is there any helpful tutorial i can give him?	is it an older mac, or an intel one?
anyone have any experience with an hp mini 1000 with broadcom bcm4312 chip? looking for wireless and ethernet on clean install	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/driver/bcm43xx
can i install nvidia drivers inside gnome?	.config/foobnix ?
hi all, is there a way to reload the window manager without going through the compiz fusion icon. i would like a cli command that does not need a sudo so that i can put a one click link on my applications bar.	compiz --replace maybe
hi, i tried the last ubuntu on my hp dv5 but i can't get the wifi to work(broadcom) an error when setting the key 'setencode' or something not working, anyone got this wifi card to work?	i did. it was long ago, but i basically had to blacklist broadcom and use ndiswrapper to get it working. i believe i haven't had to do that with lucid
[q] in the hardy-heron shell how do i disable the feature that suggests me that i install a package when a command is missing ?	uninstall command-not-found
anyone know what the desktop x86 hardy torrent is?	the server is very busy, so it may ignore you. try the mirrors.
is emacs22 available in a repository somewhere, or does someone know when it will be available?	in universe
neo... however. don't install 5.04. it's outdated and no longer supported, and there's practically no way to upgrade to 7.04 from there	he is gone :)
i think my network card is bad - do i have to do anything special to replace it ? also any recomendation on a good wireless card to replace it?	you don't it will 'just work'
what do i use now instead of chkconfig?	update-rc.d
anyone have a suggestion on a way to record the screen to make demos?	xvidcap
do programs usually run slower via wine?	depends on the program
i'm looking for a tool i've seen in vista where you can just cut or crop something right off the screen with a scissors. is there anything like that in ubuntu? i would prefer n not having to take a screenshot and manipulate it in gimp.	: theres a screenshot option whre you can select the required part of screen
how do i enabel buffer underrun on my dvd burner	i'd poke around /etc/default/cdrecord
how do i see the sticky bit or whats it called when listing, it doesnt always show in the permission field (with ls -l) how do i know the exact permissions?	ls -l should show, but there's also 'stat filename'
hei people! i have a really strange problem and i hope someone here got a good answer to it. i use firefox 3.5.7. ive got a newly installed ubuntu 9.10 64bit installation. quad processor and 4 gigs of ram. when i go to a semi-heavy website (db.no) and open a few tabs.. 4 or more firefox stops responding for a while and on system monitor onw or two of the cpu's are 100% while the two others are almost idle.. flash is installed the ubuntu way an	also try other browsers see if the problem is still around
is there a way to use a smartphone as an typing input device for my ubuntu laptop?	http://www.remotedroid.net/ needs java on the server side
found something ... how may i get into /home/.trash-root/ ? (it's a root directory)	try this -- gksudo nautilus /home/.trash-root
in bash how do you specify you want to match everything but [0-9]?	http://mywiki.wooledge.org/glob
hi, i dont have network-manager, how to make auto connect for eth0 everytime?	/etc/network/interfaces is only going to be read on boot or when you restart networking
hey there, guys i might need some help, yesterday i installed ubuntu 10.04 made some skype calls and my mic was working, today i updated to 11.04 and now the mic cannot record anything	ubuntu 11.04 is under development; install ubuntu 10.10 maverick meerkat
can i just start an arbitrary command as a daemon somehow? i have it going via ssh, but i'd like it to keep running if i get disconnected	i suggest you use screen.
i'm looking to replace my ms-mce with linuxmce and need a recommendation for an hdtv tuner for north america that does both ota and cable. what the best (not too expensive - < $150 us) options out there?	and check www.linuxtv.org
how can i see what video driver i am using?	'lspci -k' lists all hardware and the driver currently in use for each.
why doesn't man strcat work? it's a simple c function	because you didn't install the manpages?
has dcfldd any downsides compared to dd? if not, will i break anything, if i alias or symlink dd to dcfldd?	whats dcfldd ?
hey, i how can i add a folder to the 'places' menu ?	that is easy, bookmark it :)
anyone successfully using tor/privoxy in ubuntu hardy?	i have. i just followed the !tor factoid
i can do mount --bind fine but its not perminent	normally you'd put 'auto' instead of 'none' if you're unsure or whatever, i think o:
whats gnomebreaker and k3b?	cd/dvd burners
quick question about nautilus - how do i make ubuntu not show me the files on my desktop on startup? (ubuntu classic theme)	there is a value in gconf-editor to modufy that
hi all ... i would like to hear you all what the best dock for linux ubuntu 8.10 is :)	cairo dock is meant to be good
where set hostname ?	make sure you edit /etc/hosts to match
hello! i'm having troubles booting the install cd. when i select install i get a blinking cursor. any ideas on what could be problem? i checked the md5 of the iso and it matches	try hitting f6 at the boot screen, then change 'quiet splash' in the input box to 'nosplash'
ok: my file /etc/apt/sources.list currently contains this single line: 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main'. it looks like i need to add a line to that file to be able to install the 'perlmagick' and 'python-pythonmagick' packages. question is, how do i figure out what line(s) i need to add?	just add 'universe' to the end of the line you have ( if those packages are available in universe, which iirc they are )
how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.	maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop
anyone know of a 'windows' introduction to ubuntu? know what i mean?	maybe the ubuntu pocket guide
so any proprietary drivers available for radeon xpress 1100?	no. the open source 'radeon' driver is all that you can use.
hi guys :) anyone have experience with ubuntu running in parallels 3?	have you tried system -> administration -> hardware ?
but it is still free isn't it?...	yes, all they want from you is an e-addy
hi,recommend me a good editor,will mainly use for html/php/js & etc.. any idea	jedit will let you use the same gui editor on almost any os. excellent programmer's editor.
hi, im having a problem with the power managment program. it will randomly decided that my battery does or does not exist.	not on an eeepc are you? cos i have one and it does the same.
k thix will probably sound stupid but how do you create a straight line using gimp?	use the pencil tool. click once to define the start position. then hold shift and click the end position
hello, i'm pretty new to this. i'm looking for a way to make changes to menu.lst from within th gui. i have been able to do it using sudu gedit from the terminal window but is there a way to stay in gui?	yes open a terminal and type gksudo nautilus
hi, i have a problem with my ubuntu. whenever i get to the beginning of a document and i hit backspace, there's this horrible beep.	goto system->sounds->system beep tab and uncheck it
i'm having a problem with otf fonts, they all come out as boxes, what package do i need to fix this?	are you typong english?
is it possible to downgrade bios firmware with flashrom?	it should be possible
how can i find how much video ram i have ?	/var/log/xorg.0.log will have info
anyhow, does anyone: looking for link for 'how to' videos in ubuntu linux. ideas? i saw a bunch were posted but forgot where	http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/
i'm connecting to my comp through ssh. when i try playing an ogg file the sound comes out in the comp i connect to and not in the comp i'm using ssh from. how do i change that?	maybe some kind of audio server may work??
hey all, just installed the new skype. but i can't see the skype icon in the notifications panel, so i can't click on options. how do i get this back?	a fix is actually in the skype readme
how can i find out which device is providing my bluetooth?	try looking into dmesg
aloha #ubuntu, i've accidentally deleted the network manager icon from the task bar and can't work out how to get it back. my internet connection is gone from ubuntu so i can't do any tests atm	run 'nm-applet' i think
hi, most pdf ebooks around have menus and they have real text instead of text in images. how do people do them? some kind of ocr software? i heard ocr often causes formatting problems and errors, but these books don't seem to have any problems at all. can this be done in ubuntu? thanks	maybe they're just released as pdf from the publisher?
i know its a bit off topic, but can some one who uses windows at the moment send me a screenshot of the startmenu? i want to have a look at how the icon looks like on the panel for the start menu.	go look at diviantart.com
i used 'dd' to create an image of a full disk (/dev/sda). in hindsight, i probably should have coppied each partition seperately. my question, is there a way to somehow mount this image (containing multiple partitions) so that i may still see the data?	try http://blog.lifebloodnetworks.com/?p=934
how do i get out of the info screen in the terminal?	hit q, or zz
is there a way i can run a cron job @ startup?	put a command in /etc/rc.local
why does my text look lik this ' may be never, always, or auto	because of encoding problems.
for some reason, when i open update-manager, it isn't showing me the upgrade to 9.04. what can i do to upgrade?	try hitting alt+f2 then typing 'gksudo update-manager -d'
how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???	look under edit -> preferences
any way to disable ipv6 on jaunty?	you can put 'blacklist ipv6' in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
howdy, does anyone know how to mount an .iso file without burning it to a cd?	sudo mount -o loop *.iso path/to/mountpoint
hello. can someone tell me where the configuration file for apache is if i installed it from the repository?	or /etc/apache/apache.conf if your not using apache2
what is the most unofficial but still 'reliable' apt source for w32codecs & libdvdcss2 stuff ?	seveas has a popular 3rd party repository for several packages including w32codecs \| info at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seveaspackages \| see !codecs for more information
hi. it seems my vmware install doesn't work anymore under ubuntu, my collegue seems to have the same issue. any thoughts?	remake the modules?
can somebody help me?	view/userlist is it checked?
anyone can help me with this task: i want to delete all files that ends '.db' (some windows leftovers in various directiories) the 'rm .db' doesn't seem to do the trick, and i'm afraid of using 'rm -i -r .db' not really sure about results	find /path/ -name '*.db' -delete (test with -echo rather than -delete)
an nbc web site tells me i need to upgrade flash to version 9, even though i already have it. i suspect that nbc is discriminating against linux users because of it's affiliation with microsoft, but i suppose there could be a bug in my computer. would some people here please tell me if http://www.nbc.com/the_tonight_show_with_jay_leno/video/episodes/ works for you, or says you need to upgrade?	get the ubuntu firefox addon that allows you to change 'user agent' so you can masquerade as any browser
is there a way to set up a motd that displays before a user logs in via ssh? like right before the login prompt?	you can set a banner in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, mine points to /etc/issue.net

how can i find which versioin of ubuntu i am using?

lsb_release -a

whats a cli calculator?

command line calculator

hey everyone. what package contains dhclient?

sorry.

what's the command to open a text file using gksudo?

gksudo gedit

heey can i update the ubuntu dapper drake beta to the release one ? or i hv to download the release one

run synaptic (system->administration), hit reload, then mark all upgrades, then apply

is it possible to use debootstrap in ubunto to install debian into chroot?

read the pm ubottu sent you

sorry for this, but i seem to have forgotten how to become root in ubuntu... what's the secret?

wiki.ubuntu.com/rootsudo

i'm trying to install sudo from source and i get the error saying '/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpam'. which libpam package to i have to install?

you need the -dev package of a lib to compile something against it, so: aptitude search 'libpam.*-dev'

is there anyone who knows how to configure network by bridge mode? i really need help!

brctl addbr br0; ip link set $first_interface up; brctl addif br0 $first_interface; ip link set $second_interface up; brctl addif br0 $second_interface; ifconfig br0 $whateveripyoulike up

how do i change from tty1 to tty2 using command line ?

control-alt-f2 maybe?

but does the webcam work?

gave up on trying to get it be useful many moons ago so have not tried recently, sometimes worked but poor res and colors etc

hello, the splash screen shown during ubuntu boot, is it stored inside the initrd image? and, what is the more correct way of disabling it?

edit /etc/adduser.conf i think

is there anyway i can make smartdimmer into an applet so i dont have to go to terminal to change the brightness allll the time

why not? :(

hey guys. i have a sonicwall 2040 in the office here, i ssh to my web server over in germany, and if i leave it unattended for a few minutes, i get cut off, i'm convinced it's something on my router, any suggestsions as to what i should change to solve this annoyance

seen the problem before, can't recall how it got fixed.. some timeout for idle connections i think.

how to use short cut keys to go up one folder in nautilus? windows use control left arrow

alt-up arrow

im about to install wni x64 ed, how do i get grub back to mbr after that install?

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

hi all! is 5.04rc1 the same as 5.04?

well, no -- there is a different name :). apart from that, lotta bug fixes, some updated apps etc.

how do i run a .deb file from tthe terminal?

you don't *run* a deb, you install it. a ..deb is basically an archive (like .zip or .rar). with additional installation info. see the other's answers for the command

question, anyone knows , how to remote access system(ubuntu).

check out system -> preferences -> remote desktop

hello, i installed ubuntu yesterday on my computer. created a 15 gig partition just for ubuntu and a 100 gig ntfs partition for data to share with win7. is there any way for ubuntu to install new software in the 100 gig partition ?

this is very difficult to do. resize your partitions if you can.

to all: the ubuntu.com issues, are they affecting the repositries? i cant get apt-get to get anything... =(

i can't connect either so it's not just you

vista doesnt do anything well

it's *really* good at separating people from cash

kind of a nooby question, but how do i get to alsamixer?

in a terminal type alsamixer

so when is thunderbird 2 hitting feisty?

check out znc

i'm using xchat right now -- is there a way to get it to automatically connect to servers and channels? (if yes ill look up the docs on howto)

then edit the server

is there a way, without root/sudo, to change the default editor (for the user, not the system)?

editor=/usr/bin/vim for example

hey all, i just created a new fat32 partition. however, ubuntu mounts it as /media/disk instead of /media/hdc2 . also, ubuntu seems to have mounted something else as /media/hdc2 . any ideas?

if this is on your hard drive and not flash just sudo gedit /etc/fstab and change the mountpoint

hey help me where can i get info on how to create a workspace

right-click the workspace switcher, click preferences

where can i get package information (like packages.debian.org )

we follow most of debian's conventions, i think

good night, a friend wants to install ubuntu in his macintosh. is there any helpful tutorial i can give him?

is it an older mac, or an intel one?

anyone have any experience with an hp mini 1000 with broadcom bcm4312 chip? looking for wireless and ethernet on clean install

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/driver/bcm43xx

can i install nvidia drivers inside gnome?

.config/foobnix ?

hi all, is there a way to reload the window manager without going through the compiz fusion icon. i would like a cli command that does not need a sudo so that i can put a one click link on my applications bar.

compiz --replace maybe

hi, i tried the last ubuntu on my hp dv5 but i can't get the wifi to work(broadcom) an error when setting the key 'setencode' or something not working, anyone got this wifi card to work?

i did. it was long ago, but i basically had to blacklist broadcom and use ndiswrapper to get it working. i believe i haven't had to do that with lucid

[q] in the hardy-heron shell how do i disable the feature that suggests me that i install a package when a command is missing ?

uninstall command-not-found

anyone know what the desktop x86 hardy torrent is?

the server is very busy, so it may ignore you. try the mirrors.

is emacs22 available in a repository somewhere, or does someone know when it will be available?

in universe

neo... however. don't install 5.04. it's outdated and no longer supported, and there's practically no way to upgrade to 7.04 from there

he is gone :)

i think my network card is bad - do i have to do anything special to replace it ? also any recomendation on a good wireless card to replace it?

you don't it will 'just work'

what do i use now instead of chkconfig?

update-rc.d

anyone have a suggestion on a way to record the screen to make demos?

xvidcap

do programs usually run slower via wine?

depends on the program

i'm looking for a tool i've seen in vista where you can just cut or crop something right off the screen with a scissors. is there anything like that in ubuntu? i would prefer n not having to take a screenshot and manipulate it in gimp.

: theres a screenshot option whre you can select the required part of screen

how do i enabel buffer underrun on my dvd burner

i'd poke around /etc/default/cdrecord

how do i see the sticky bit or whats it called when listing, it doesnt always show in the permission field (with ls -l) how do i know the exact permissions?

ls -l should show, but there's also 'stat filename'

hei people! i have a really strange problem and i hope someone here got a good answer to it. i use firefox 3.5.7. ive got a newly installed ubuntu 9.10 64bit installation. quad processor and 4 gigs of ram. when i go to a semi-heavy website (db.no) and open a few tabs.. 4 or more firefox stops responding for a while and on system monitor onw or two of the cpu's are 100% while the two others are almost idle.. flash is installed the ubuntu way an

also try other browsers see if the problem is still around

is there a way to use a smartphone as an typing input device for my ubuntu laptop?

http://www.remotedroid.net/ needs java on the server side

found something ... how may i get into /home/.trash-root/ ? (it's a root directory)

try this -- gksudo nautilus /home/.trash-root

in bash how do you specify you want to match everything but [0-9]?

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/glob

hi, i dont have network-manager, how to make auto connect for eth0 everytime?

/etc/network/interfaces is only going to be read on boot or when you restart networking

hey there, guys i might need some help, yesterday i installed ubuntu 10.04 made some skype calls and my mic was working, today i updated to 11.04 and now the mic cannot record anything

ubuntu 11.04 is under development; install ubuntu 10.10 maverick meerkat

can i just start an arbitrary command as a daemon somehow? i have it going via ssh, but i'd like it to keep running if i get disconnected

i suggest you use screen.

i'm looking to replace my ms-mce with linuxmce and need a recommendation for an hdtv tuner for north america that does both ota and cable. what the best (not too expensive - < $150 us) options out there?

and check www.linuxtv.org

how can i see what video driver i am using?

'lspci -k' lists all hardware and the driver currently in use for each.

why doesn't man strcat work? it's a simple c function

because you didn't install the manpages?

has dcfldd any downsides compared to dd? if not, will i break anything, if i alias or symlink dd to dcfldd?

whats dcfldd ?

hey, i how can i add a folder to the 'places' menu ?

that is easy, bookmark it :)

anyone successfully using tor/privoxy in ubuntu hardy?

i have. i just followed the !tor factoid

i can do mount --bind fine but its not perminent

normally you'd put 'auto' instead of 'none' if you're unsure or whatever, i think o:

whats gnomebreaker and k3b?

cd/dvd burners

quick question about nautilus - how do i make ubuntu not show me the files on my desktop on startup? (ubuntu classic theme)

there is a value in gconf-editor to modufy that

hi all ... i would like to hear you all what the best dock for linux ubuntu 8.10 is :)

cairo dock is meant to be good

where set hostname ?

make sure you edit /etc/hosts to match

hello! i'm having troubles booting the install cd. when i select install i get a blinking cursor. any ideas on what could be problem? i checked the md5 of the iso and it matches

try hitting f6 at the boot screen, then change 'quiet splash' in the input box to 'nosplash'

ok: my file /etc/apt/sources.list currently contains this single line: 'deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main'. it looks like i need to add a line to that file to be able to install the 'perlmagick' and 'python-pythonmagick' packages. question is, how do i figure out what line(s) i need to add?

just add 'universe' to the end of the line you have ( if those packages are available in universe, which iirc they are )

how does one edit the gui applications menu without using the gui editor? the gui editor doesn't work.

maybe gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop

anyone know of a 'windows' introduction to ubuntu? know what i mean?

maybe the ubuntu pocket guide

so any proprietary drivers available for radeon xpress 1100?

no. the open source 'radeon' driver is all that you can use.

hi guys :) anyone have experience with ubuntu running in parallels 3?

have you tried system -> administration -> hardware ?

but it is still free isn't it?...

yes, all they want from you is an e-addy

hi,recommend me a good editor,will mainly use for html/php/js & etc.. any idea

jedit will let you use the same gui editor on almost any os. excellent programmer's editor.

hi, im having a problem with the power managment program. it will randomly decided that my battery does or does not exist.

not on an eeepc are you? cos i have one and it does the same.

k thix will probably sound stupid but how do you create a straight line using gimp?

use the pencil tool. click once to define the start position. then hold shift and click the end position

hello, i'm pretty new to this. i'm looking for a way to make changes to menu.lst from within th gui. i have been able to do it using sudu gedit from the terminal window but is there a way to stay in gui?

yes open a terminal and type gksudo nautilus

hi, i have a problem with my ubuntu. whenever i get to the beginning of a document and i hit backspace, there's this horrible beep.

goto system->sounds->system beep tab and uncheck it

i'm having a problem with otf fonts, they all come out as boxes, what package do i need to fix this?

are you typong english?

is it possible to downgrade bios firmware with flashrom?

it should be possible

how can i find how much video ram i have ?

/var/log/xorg.0.log will have info

anyhow, does anyone: looking for link for 'how to' videos in ubuntu linux. ideas? i saw a bunch were posted but forgot where

http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/

i'm connecting to my comp through ssh. when i try playing an ogg file the sound comes out in the comp i connect to and not in the comp i'm using ssh from. how do i change that?

maybe some kind of audio server may work??

hey all, just installed the new skype. but i can't see the skype icon in the notifications panel, so i can't click on options. how do i get this back?

a fix is actually in the skype readme

how can i find out which device is providing my bluetooth?

try looking into dmesg

aloha #ubuntu, i've accidentally deleted the network manager icon from the task bar and can't work out how to get it back. my internet connection is gone from ubuntu so i can't do any tests atm

run 'nm-applet' i think

hi, most pdf ebooks around have menus and they have real text instead of text in images. how do people do them? some kind of ocr software? i heard ocr often causes formatting problems and errors, but these books don't seem to have any problems at all. can this be done in ubuntu? thanks

maybe they're just released as pdf from the publisher?

i know its a bit off topic, but can some one who uses windows at the moment send me a screenshot of the startmenu? i want to have a look at how the icon looks like on the panel for the start menu.

go look at diviantart.com

i used 'dd' to create an image of a full disk (/dev/sda). in hindsight, i probably should have coppied each partition seperately. my question, is there a way to somehow mount this image (containing multiple partitions) so that i may still see the data?

try http://blog.lifebloodnetworks.com/?p=934

how do i get out of the info screen in the terminal?

hit q, or zz

is there a way i can run a cron job @ startup?

put a command in /etc/rc.local

why does my text look lik this ' may be never, always, or auto

because of encoding problems.

for some reason, when i open update-manager, it isn't showing me the upgrade to 9.04. what can i do to upgrade?

try hitting alt+f2 then typing 'gksudo update-manager -d'

how do you disable javascript in firefox? when i click on 'tools' there is no 'options' in the menu???

look under edit -> preferences

any way to disable ipv6 on jaunty?

you can put 'blacklist ipv6' in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

howdy, does anyone know how to mount an .iso file without burning it to a cd?

sudo mount -o loop *.iso path/to/mountpoint

hello. can someone tell me where the configuration file for apache is if i installed it from the repository?

or /etc/apache/apache.conf if your not using apache2

what is the most unofficial but still 'reliable' apt source for w32codecs & libdvdcss2 stuff ?

seveas has a popular 3rd party repository for several packages including w32codecs | info at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seveaspackages | see !codecs for more information

hi. it seems my vmware install doesn't work anymore under ubuntu, my collegue seems to have the same issue. any thoughts?

remake the modules?

can somebody help me?

view/userlist is it checked?

anyone can help me with this task: i want to delete all files that ends '.db' (some windows leftovers in various directiories) the 'rm *.db' doesn't seem to do the trick, and i'm afraid of using 'rm -i -r *.db' not really sure about results

find /path/ -name '*.db' -delete (test with -echo rather than -delete)

an nbc web site tells me i need to upgrade flash to version 9, even though i already have it. i suspect that nbc is discriminating against linux users because of it's affiliation with microsoft, but i suppose there could be a bug in my computer. would some people here please tell me if http://www.nbc.com/the_tonight_show_with_jay_leno/video/episodes/ works for you, or says you need to upgrade?

get the ubuntu firefox addon that allows you to change 'user agent' so you can masquerade as any browser

is there a way to set up a motd that displays before a user logs in via ssh? like right before the login prompt?

you can set a banner in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, mine points to /etc/issue.net