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hi, i'm trying to use usb devices from my vm (winxp running as guest) but i cannot see it listed on my devices menu. i tried by adding my user to vboxusers group but this group doesn't exist. so i craeted one myself and add my user to it and still no luck. any ideas? | what you write makes no sense whatsoever |
how can i check what partition i got ubuntu in? | gparted will show you mount points |
hey guys, i have ubuntu 8.04. i've been trying to get my broadcom wireless to work using ndiswrapper, i've followed all the instructions on the website but i still have yet to get it to work. i tried blacklisting the drivers that apparently prevent it from working but so far i've had no success. any ideas? | have you tried just using the restricted drivers manager??? system > administration hardware drivers |
hmm 'configure: error: *** sdl not found!' what package would that be? | libsdl*-dev |
hi sirs, i installed ubuntu and then from synaptic i added the packages of kubuntu and edubuntu. now when i boot the system i see the screen of kubuntu and when i log in i see the childish icons and the wallpaper of edubuntu. how can i change this? | at your login window, click on 'sessions' and choose the one you want |
hi, if i want to change my computer into a web server i have to install this things right? apache , mysql and phpmyadmin but when i search for apache i get many results. | sorry, inly http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server |
does anyone know where i can get a complete list of features for 9.04? | look at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing |
hi! i have a question: is there a way to change the password to my gnome vnc session via console? i can remote in via console to my user, but i forgot my password for the vnc | the password is stored in gconf, /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password, it's base64-encoded so you will have to do that to your new password too, can't set it in plaintext format. |
hi, i'm unsure how to install moinmoin (wiki) with ubuntu? i've aptitude install moinmoin, but i can't find setup.py or anything as explained in setup.py can anyone help? | python-moinmoin |
that's a good question igeek asked, and not sure if there's a good answer from debian / ubuntu... question: how to get a list of files a package installed (like rpm -ql)? | dpkg -l package |
i have a cronjob that doesn't work. what's up with this? i want it to run every 1 minute. 1 * * * * /usr/bin/wget http://localhost/?ping | you probably want */1 * * * * |
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=43383#post43383 <-- :(!!! | ext3 is resizable |
is there a way to enable terminal window transparency without enabling desktop effects/compiz? | there's no way to get real transparency without a compositing manager |
after adding my secondary ntfs hd to my fstab what do i type into refresh my mounted hds? | this is assuming you put your hard drive as auto in your fstab |
how do i remove a directory from the path? | tail -f |
how do i configure gnome display manager as default? | this is an old note....try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm' |
you should be able to get to a virtual console with ctrl+alt+f1 or, f2, f3, ect | thanks for info. will check. |
would 'sudo apt-get install firestarter' work on a hoary install? | i don't know, i'm not installable. |
can anybody help me???!!! on vaio notebook vgn-fe31zr 7.10 dont boot. other bootcds working properly | where did you get the ubuntu cd from? |
can anyone recommend a good simple text editor which can launch from bash? vi is a little funky and sublimetext wont work from the cli :( | or nano, if you're feeling newb |
im getting ready to move from gentoo to ubuntu, i have a question about some of my spare disks. when i do the install to hda will i be able to keep the data on hdb and hde and hdf intact w/o problems, or would it be better to unplug those drives for the install then plug them in after? | you will need to manually add them to /etc/fstab when you plug them in, but thats not a prob |
hey is there any way to play half-life in ubuntu without installing wine? | there is no direct linux version of steam software, or half life. have to use cedega or wine. |
how do i fix this in synpatic? w: gpg error: http://users.lichtsnel.nl breezy-seveas release: the following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: no_pubkey 49a120fd1135d466 | go to the source o matic page, and do what it says to add gpg keys... add the one for seveas' repo |
there's a breezy version of a package that i want to install on my hoary system - is there a best practices doc on that? d/l'ing and dpkg -i'ing would be fine with me, but i wanted to make sure doing so is the best approach (if it is) | pinning may help (though i don't pretend to understand it). http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/pinninghowto |
does someone know how rsync works? | you can read its source code ;p. its man page has an overall description |
hello, i'm trying out irssi and when i try to register my name i don't get any feedback.i know my command went through cause iregisration confirmation mail | please see freenode faq for more. |
can i configure terminal to do true transparency? | xgl :) |
is dapper drake alpha flight 4 close to the speed we will see in the stable release? ...or will it get faster? | i think everybody is looking for the answer.... but in this case, we have to wait a few more weeks for a true answer.... |
hi . is there a linux program that can automatically scan for all wma and convert them to mp3 format without manually doing each one one at a time ? | there may be a script someone has written for that particular purpose but ... finding it, well i dono... |
how to get libxine-extracodecs? | enable multiverse and universe than sudo apt-get install libxine-extracodecs |
how can i change my boot screen from graphical to text? | it's a kernel option, it can also show up on the kernel line |
how do i get rid if the splash screen during bootup? | esc |
can you apt-get mkdistro? | try apt-cache search mkdistro maybe |
someone here has problem with firefox 3 beta 4, reading alot to disk and acts real slow? | many people (but not me). it's been reported as a launchpad bug. look for 'firefox sqlite cache'. |
i'm getting this same error when trying to run a .sh in ubuntu > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=327108 however the suggested fix 'dos2unix' doesn't seem to be a valid package with apt-get install dos2unix. pleaes help? | it has been moved to the tofrodos package, the commands are now todos and fromdos |
how do i restart the x server??? | sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart |
i am trying to use a pcmcia usb cardbus with no luck, could you assist me how to get it to work? | sorry, i've got no experience with pcmcia |
how can i tell which version of ubuntu i'm on? | lsb_release -a |
where can i find the source for ubuntu kernel 2.6.10? it's not on my apt source.list | apt-get install linux-source-2.6.10 sorry |
hi, can somebody help me? i'd like to know if there's a cp command like wich displays a progress bar.... | http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2008/01/24/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-progress-bar-like-wget/ |
hi! how do you remove and insert modules? | rmmod, insmod. |
how can i determine the size of a folder, its files and subfolders in the shell? | du -h --max-depth=1 /some/folder |
is anyone else having problems connecting to archive.ubuntu.org? | yes, it's down |
is it possible to find my logins and logouts history somehow? | that'd be /var/log/auth.log , not /dev |
hi i'm trying to install karmic on an inspiron 1564 (pretty new) and i get the black screen. when i try the 'try ubuntu' option i heard the startup sound, but no video | what video card? |
is there an enviroment variable holding the current directory ? (what's its name?) | $pwd |
ahhhh. well, my question is: assuming i have the line: echo '<li type=circle><b>diameter:</b> <i>'.$diameter.'</i>'; --> how can i get quotation marks to appear around the 'circle' attribute? | you can do echo 'teste \' bla bla bla ' |
hi y'all, i just installed the following packages and their dependencies : apache2, libapache2-mod-php5, mysql-server, php5-mysql. now i'm installing a software which requires a cgi-bin directory and i notice there are none yet, so i guess cgi is not yet supported... what package do i need to add to my configuration so that i get that cgi-bin directory and cgi support? | you need to sort throught them or try extra keywords that's all i can advise |
is there a popular app for checking all my temperatures in ubuntu? | have a look at conky |
have you tried restarting your computer? | yeah, though i'll try another time and see what happens |
does ubuntu 10.04 tls desktop still contain hald ? i had run 10.04 lts server, and hald was not present, i was amazed how fast it loaded. my desktop version does not load much faster than my previous build. | yes still it has it: |
howdy; is there a downgrade path from gnome3 back to gnome2? i installed it, and it's worked fine, but now only my irc client (that's set to load on startup) appears when i boot my machine, and nothing like the menu, topbar, close buttons etc. are appearing [although, a full screen irc client is quite cool] | there is no downgrade path. |
how can i change my screen res to 1024x768 on ubuntu server edition (no gui) | you can set a resolution on the kernel command line, theres also a command to do it while its running; but i forget the name, if all you want is more lines you can use the console tools to set the number of rows and forget about video modes, you can also change the font if you want more still |
does anybody knows any free php ide for linux? | well there's gedit |
hey all, i'm trying to add a printer, but i can't find a way to add the printer... | try 'sudo service start cups' |
so there is no way of listing the packages that were selected explicitely, not pulled in as dependencies? | sudo dpkg --get-selections |
what is the command toi install the dhcp3-client in ubuntu server ed ? | sudo apt-get install dhcp3-client then after it installs the file is in /etc/init.d with the same name. to start it manually, do sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-client start |
is there a channel i can go to to help me out with commands in linux? or can i ask here? it is not only unix related. | find [thedirectory] > [the file] |
home or prof/superduperawesome edition? | two ultimates and a home |
how do i change the password for the password keyring? | applications -> accessories -> passwords and encryption keys -> passwords tab -> right-click passwords: login -> change password |
just curious.. are there cheats for the minsweeper game in gnome? :s | hack the source? |
what command would i execute to find out what groups a user is a member of? | doesn't groups <username> work? |
which package do i need for the manpages of write(2) etc.? | it is probably in manpages-dev |
does anyone know a gstreamer-compatible audio transcoder? | yes, soundconverter |
hi all. how do i make sure i have the latest possible packages? i want zend-framework 1.7.8, but apt-cache search gives me 1.5.3.... | also you could check if the software site has its own repo |
anyone else have this problem?, gmail will not load the loading bar gets to the end and stops..... i cant check my mail... :'( | in what? |
in configuring a bittorrent client, the option maximum number of connected peers. should that just be as high as possible or does making it too high hurt download speeds. it seems like if making it too high did not hurt download speeds that the option wouldn't be there at all. | it does indeed hurt speeds, keeping those connections open requires some maintenance data to be sent (both for bittorrent and tcp/ip itself) |
i accidentally opened a mp4 file with real player and now i have to right click it and choose movieplayer if i want to open it that way (it automatically opened it that way before). if i try to open an mp4 from the firefox downloads list, it just tries to open it in realplayer as well. i selected movieplayer as the default in preferred applications. realplayer doesnt seem to work for watching mp4s in any case. can anyone help? | set mplayer in the 'open with' tab in the properties window of a mp4 file |
helppppp i deleted the panel for my minimized applications..... how do i get it back? for make my main panel with teh applications>places etc... be my main panel with the minimized applications....... thx | if you still have the grey panel, then right click it, choose 'add to panel' from the context menu, and re-add the 'window list' item. |
hello world, how i can install .rpm's on ubuntu? | why are you installing rpm files anyways? chances are it's already in the repositories |
uhm looks like one can request a 9.04 live cd on the website now | it will resume the download when you start it up again later. |
confrey-> maybe you can try wicd? | i don't think so, in kde network-manager works |
ok. so about virtualbox, i've been trying that too :) is there a known problem with fullscreen mode? whenever i turn on fullscreen mode, my windows don't seem to have proper focus and my keyboard doesn't seem to send characters to the terminals/apps. | you can also play 'musical hard drives' if your bios supports it. just change the boot order in the bios every time you want to swtich os's... |
while i was installing mutt ,the postfix was installed as dependence, but i dont want it ,what can i do | remove it. by default ubuntu installs recomended packages to |
anyone know what happened to ubuntuguide.org? | in the meantime, why you don't try you luck here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/userdocumentation |
which compiler for c++ do you guys recomend me using ubuntu? | g++ |
how to enable 3d mode in chess?? | you need hardware accelrated drivers |
i want to read from a windows-formatted floppy disk. are there a few simple commands i can try to mount the drive? (pretty new to linux here) | -> yes, they are calle the 'm' commands,, mdir is one |
hi, whats the command that tells me my ip? | well.. i tend to do ifdown <interface> && ifup <interface> |
so, where is the docs, or wiki to upgrade to full dapper lts | see the /topic |
can someone point me to a list of what packages to remove to remove gnome? i don't have a server cd handy and i need to strip down my system for quick running on virtualbox | because if you dont then you can just remove the x server and this will drop ubuntu back to cli, perhaps installing the server version or the mini iso's might also be a good idea if you want a lean ubuntu |
hi, does anyone know how i can stop adept_notifier from automatically starting? | rightclick on it's icon in the tray and configure it from there |
what is that wysiwyg editor for linux? | nvu ? |
lspci won't list my cd drive will it? | sudo lshw -c disk |
does anyone know where to learn c++ (for really really beginner) | a book of course |
hi! where do i get a list of official repositories for ubuntu which have the latest packages? kind of like debian unstable... | dapper (same as your breezy ones but with dapper instead of breezy) |
how to make a partition mount automatically ? | /etc/fstab |
if i want to load module x on boot, where should i stick it? | /etc/modules |
hi folks, i do have this basic problem in understanding ubuntus concept: i like using f-spot. now there was a newer version released than installed in my 8.04. so does the new version enter only the next 8.10 ubuntu or do i have any option to upgrade earlier? | you can enable the backports repository to get newer releases |
how can i start alsa-utils at boot? | open system>admin>services put check next to alsa-utils |
hey guys, how do i unblock a person from msn when using gaim? | tools > privacy |
nope...i am using suse linux on this laptop, and xchat has a 'tree' window on the left with both suse and ubuntu channels in it, but i can't see a way to separate the windows | settings->prefs->channel switcher, you can change to tabs |
i have a fresh install of ubuntu server that was i configuring, i added my user to another group using usermod -g <group> -a <username> and now sudo doesn't work. and of course i have no root passwor | sudo is enabled for members of admin group, you have to boot into recovery mode to fix this |
how do i stop the waves? i hit some weird key combo and now there are waves all over the screen. (using compiz) | http://ulyssesonline.com/2007/10/25/compiz-fusion-keyboard-shortcuts/ |
what is the cli for updating grub? | sudo update-grub |
when's firefox 3 coming out? | june maybe, though when it is finished is the current answer |
how do you propose someone boots a p4 machine from an iso file that's located on an internal hard drive, without already having an os running? | i wasn't aware that there was no os already on the machine. |
hi, can someone recomend me a sip / voip client for ubuntu natty ? :) | you can get the gtalk plugin for your browser and call us lines for free for one year |
can someone show me where the medibuntu wiki is so i can install packages instead of adding the repository. | you need to add the repo b4 you install the packages... |
are there softwares for gnome ubuntu like screenlets? | screenlets are generally used for gnome |
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