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hello! how to update system from 10.04 to 11.04 ( sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade doesn't work :( ) maybe some repositaries or somethin' .. ?	you have to go to 10.10 first
how easy is it to use the ubuntu install cd to recover information off of a windows hdd? would i have to compile a special kernel or some type of magic?	it's actually pretty easy. i think ntfs-3g is even installed by default so you just need to mount the drive
how can i get a terminal launcher next to the firefox icon next to applications places system?	right click add to panel
whats are the differences from fiesty and gutsy?	i don't know if it works in gnome, but try kbfx
hey all, quick question about python and $path. i want to be able to execute a python script no matter where i am when browsing in the file system. i think this means i just need to make my script executable (done) and moved to /usr/local/bin (done), then use it by typing ./script.py unfortunately this doesn't work - bash says it can't find it.	the ./ part means look in this directory - try just script.py
can anyone tell me how to detirmine if mysql server is installed and if so how to turn it on and access it?	it's not installed by default for the ubuntu 5.10 desktop
what can i infer from the dmesg message 'acpi: sleep button (cm) [slpb] '? my laptop does not have any sleep button.	don't you have a sleep button as fn + f(something)?
hey guys, what's the command to launch nautilus with sudo privleges again?	gksudo nautilus
hello everyone, quick question. i like using geany to edit .c .java .html, and pretty much all source files that i deal with. though currently i have to either open geany and then use that to open a file, or right click the file and choose geany to open it. if i just open the file on its own it opens up in gedit. how can i set it so all source files are opened with geany? i tried looking in 'preferred applications' under system>pre	i think you have to have nautilus scripts for that - the easiest way would be to install 'ubuntu tweak' and use their menu for doing that
can someone tell me how to probe hardware...such as video card etc.	go to a console and type lspci
im useing dd in a terminal to clone a drive its running but i dont see any real activity, is there something like windows maskmaniger to see the disk activity?	there is no progress indicator other than indirectly monitoring harddisk- and process activity. but we've already told you that, haven't we?
can someone tell me how to get onto grub2 menu before the system panics ?	press shift
anybody here who has a working 'apple wireless keyboard' ??	you mihg look at this... mac hardware running ubuntu... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/macbookpro
what is the negative implications of running a realtime kernel?	it's usually done by trading throughput for decreased/more predictable latency
hi guys. my ubuntu 11.04 installation is really buggy and unstable. should i try installing 10.04?	i'm tired of breaking things with kernel updates. i'm sticking to lts's
what do i use to make a software raid (raid0) for two disks in ubuntu?	mdadm
hi all, guys i need support with firestarter, its damn firewall :( wont work.. cany any body help ?	if you are looking for an alternative, keep 'shorewall' in mind (no gui tho)
is there something in ubuntu akin to local.start (gets executed at system startup) and local.stop (gets executed at system shutdown) from gentoo for ubuntu?	there is /etc/rc.local. it's executed at every runlevel change
is there an official 'tips to speed up ubuntu' page?	not that i know of but if you're using gnome and your computer is old maybe you can try xfce instead (a.k.a. xubuntu)
is it possible to use the live cd as an install cd?	i think you can boot the livecd and install the ubuntu-express package to do that
gyaresu.. chinese? ni hao	using alien to install rpms in debian
can i have some help with wine?	install the wine1.2 package
can i bend your ear for a bit?	i've never come across that idiom before -- as long as it's a good thing, sure :)
when i switch on my pc it loads up and the ubuntu loading screen comes up, but when it finishes loading it just goes to a black screen. the little tune places to tell me i've reached the logon screen so i just type my name and password and login but i can't actually see anything until the window in the middle appears and loads the desktop things like nautilus etc. anyone any ideas what the problem is? after i login it it's all fine and i can see everythin	the default resolution for gdm is borked. sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
hi how can i make link between two directories for example /sys -> /usr/src/sys?	if you really want to (uu) see: man ln
did you find an accounting program? i am also interested in one!	none that are command line written... found plenty of gui ones
i like grub so i can select my os	typical 2x your ram size
hi all... accidentally i hide the menu bar in xchat, any clue how to show it again??	try ctrl+f9
what exactly is in the initrd files? i build kernels from kernel.org before, but didn't need those initrd	you don't unless you're packaging kernels fir distributions
can someone tell me how to add workspaces in oneiric please	try ccsm / general / desktop size tab (i haven't tried oneiric though)
how do i use su in terminal to be root? is it just 'su' then type the system password when prompted?	only sudo, no root
hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?	my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works
i hate it when i forget something basic.. how do i show permssions on a file?	chmod
is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?	/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.
would using 9.10 repository work for 9.04?	9.04 is no longer supported and mixing repos is not a good idea anyway.
are you familiar with compiling software from source? - if not i know that ubuntu 8 has it in it's repo's possibly 10 but i dont believe so	lol cheers, i'll take note of that :d
i installed nvidia driver in live cd mode before i installed ubuntu 9.10, and now after installing it wont boot, it goes to a terminal and my screen is flashing. looking inside xorg.conf the driver is nvidia. could this be problem? what is the default/generic driver to put?	try vesa
hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?	you can try to do killall -9 app name
is there any way to tweak wifi reception in my laptop with ubuntu 11.04?? tia!	try changing channel, try relocating laptop physically.
is it just my imagination or does breezy load a lot slower than hoary	sudo mount -a
hi all! i'm using breezy. which repository do i need to add for acroread and sun's java?	multiverse
how should i do if i want to modify a keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change the third level of '.' to 'å' in the international dvorak layout	xmodmap?
oh, so it's something i have to download?	some programs were left out from the .iso to keep it small enough, ccsm is among the left out packages
in breezy, which package is oooprelink in?	you can look at packages.ubuntu.com the same way
is there a software package that will tell me what hardware is in a box? specific type/size ram and cpu?	it's the installer
anybody know of a repository to get libdvdcss for breezy from?	try videolan homepage
where is the default vimrc?	/etc/vim/vimrc ?
seveas: what don't you like about hpux?	fot installing sun jdk, download the .bin apt-get install java-package, run make-jpkg [the bin file] and dpkg -i the created deb
i dont have a /etc/fonts/local.conf, is that a problem?	why would it be?
i'm trying to compile just one file from a program. i ran configure already but i don't want to make the wholething. can i just make one file?	probably not. but you can digg into the makefile and see hwo gcc is called on the file
in what package can i find mount.cifs?	if you type that in a terminal, it should tell you how to install it... but it's smbfs
can anyone give a hint as to how i can set up my computer to receive a fax via a phone-line? i just need to dump it to a pdf...	try efax if you have an analog modem
hey all. how do i take a full desktop installation back to a basic server install?	sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop
hey all, if i were to install ubuntu for '64, will i be able to pull 32-bit packages out of the repository without too much of a hassle?	not really. best bet for the moment is to install the i386 branch.
how can i find out how/why my system may have rebooted itself, overnite whilst doing some downloads	if it's earlier than the first timestamp, try /var/log/syslog.0
hey guys im goign to begin developing my own clustering distro based off of ubuntu server. i need a very minimalistic kde install what package do i need to download	just stat with the server install and just add the xserver and the kde base packages
help needed : is there any software like hotspot shield for ubuntu ? almost all the usefuk websites are blocked out here buy thr gov	http://www.bestfreevpn.com/
when is 9.04 set to be released?	23rd april
i'm trying to help a friend installing eve-online, but it requires cedega which i don't like. anyone installed it just using wine? and will it be fine using the windowsbinaries?	it'll tell you what status that program is, in each version of wine. pick the version it has the best rating under
anyone know how to make uswsusp default instead of what gutsy uses by default?	and replace their contents with the correct uswsusp commands
hmm concerning launchpad, is there a way to specify the importance field when adding a comment ?	s/menebers/members
is it only me, or does everybody think opera is better than firefox? seriously, i want to know this before i go off churning from firefox.	opera is great too, but firefox has better plugins, and is open source
is there a gui ftp client preinstalled with ubuntu? if not, can someone recommend one?	places > connect to server
i just did some research into what graphics card to buy. i'm a little confused. is this correct: i either want a nvdia card with the binary driver blob or an amd card with the open source driver	pretty much, personally i think the nvidia praise is a bit dated, i personally haven't had a great experience with their proprietary drivers. but then again, i only own one nvidia card.
hi all, anybody here to solve a problem with an ati graphic card x1300/1550 series please? the issue: after ubuntu's splash screen and before login, the screen becomes black. unfortunately i said yes to proprietary drivers install... i red all the suitable posts and the question is: reconfigure xserver-xorg through the command line?	sure, you have nothing to lose by trying it.
say, is it really normal that the debian marillat repository always annoys me with the gpg errors? aren't debian repositories gpged?	happens to me all the time. the amd64 repository is broken, too
hey :), anybody here uses irssi and knows how to set it up for autoidenting me? it's kind of annoying to write /msg nickserv password at each login :/	/network add -autosendcmd '/^msg nickserv ident $yourpassword;wait 2000' freenode
how do i change my hostname? i know it's by editing the /etc/hosts file, but what do i put in there?	you can just use the hostname command, man hostname
hi, do someone know where ubuntu is storing details about wlan interfaces ? (i want to rename wlan1 in wlan0 after a card change)	that's udev
hello! has anyone noticed that the laptop-wifi disconnects all the time in lucid (10.04)? i didnt have this problem in 9.04.	.. paranomous .. goto network manager and uncheck all other interfaces 'auto-connect' box
abu-aadam... what do you say?	what do i say?
how do i get wlan work?	which one do you use?
hmm i install ubuntu by mistake, can i make it kubuntu?:)	no - it's just not windows.
can someone tell me if i have an ipv6 problem? i just downloaded hoary preview and was very impressed. everything worked perfect... until i did apt-get upgrade... now it looks as if the dns is never resolved.	the first thing you should inspect is whether /etc/resolv.conf looks sane
what's the latest version of phpmyadmin in ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger?	http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is a useful resource
does ubuntu have anything like packages.debian.org?	http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/
i have adobe acrobat pdf forms that i need to fill out. the pdf document viewer will not allow me to do this. can anyone tell me what i need to do in order to fill out pdf forms?	see if this site will help you <http://easylinux.info/wiki/ubuntu> just avoid automatics. :)
i'm playing around with the terminal and just discovered the program less. when i scroll to the end of whatever file i am working, i get the message 'waiting for data (interrupt to abort).' i've read the man page, but i can't figure out any way to do this, so i get stuck and have to close bash. what do i do?	ctrl+c ? q? ctrl+z ?
chown: changing ownership of `/media/external': operation not permitted	after a sudo -i ju get a new terminal, and you are able to runa any of those commands
hey. about the w32codecs package listed on the wiki; it doesn't seem to be there anymore. anyone know what is up?	you need to download it by hand from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb
a specific version of kernel will try to find corresponding driver under /lib/modules directory, in order to distinguish, so ubuntu, fedora add a number after the kerner versio like this 2.6.15-28-686, the 28-686 be add to, when i try compile kernel by myself, how can i add a string like 28-686 to the end of the kernel version ?	look for extraversion in your .config
is there a way to change how the desktop icons are treated? i.e, make computer, trash etc exempt from sorting, and reduce the spacing?	tricky, i don't believe so.
this is really stupid of me, but isn't my questions about fs-driver windows support?	windows/linux interoperability falls under the umbrella of ubuntu support
grub can't boot windows. grub can only boot the windows boot loader.	i think downgrading is still unsupported
how do i add kernel boot parameters permanently, that last through kernel upgrades?	add them in /etc/default/grub
how can i learn my running process id numbers	top
is this a kernel panic? heaps of lines like: [ 1130.650856] [<c0109f02>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f	a kernel panic is when a kernel panics. i.e. blinking keyboard lights, no response. what you get is prolly a kernel bug.
hey, can someone suggest me a good file rescue application ?	download hiren's bootcd. it has a lot of partitioning and hd/file recovery tools.
hi guys, i've setup an sshkey pair between my computer and my server...i'm able to successfully authenticate to my server with the ssh key for one user, but not for a second. my ssh pub key is in the /home/<user>/.ssh dir for both users, but only works with one (it prompts for a password with the other). any ideas on how to fix this?	have you checked /var/log/syslog and /var/log/auth.log?
but i'll see if i can find a cd and boot some recovery tools, or something	i'd remove it from that machine and add it as 2nd drive to some working xp pc and then delete some stuff frome there...
hey i just got a new hard drive. how can i make sure it's mounted automatically at boot without defining the /dev/sdb1 kind of point? other entries in /etc/fstab have uuid	find uuid with : sudo blkid
how do i resize a ntfs partition from ubuntu?	gparted in live cd can
what do i type to find out how many ordinary files, directories, and link files exist in my /usr/bin directory?	ls /usr/bin \| wc -l?
anyway, i can't find any button that switches between monitors on my laptop	check for a 'fn' key.
how do i make gwenview my default picture viewer?	pick a file right click > properties >open with
hws transmission's latest version. i used couple of older versions found them corrupting themselves and hell of instable. now using ktorrent.	yeah i can't even get the thing installed so i guess it ends there
anyone know if safari runs under wine?	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98430
where do you put gnome themes?	the gnome theem selector tool has a 'install' button i belive. or ya can drag/drop them on it.
hey guys, whats a good cheap labtop that will run ubuntu for everyday tasks?	check out www.linux-laptops.net
after running 'du -h / \|sort -n' and getting a couple permission denied errors i now have this problem; mkdir: cannot create directory `test': read-only file system. how can that be fixed without a reboot?	mount -o remount,rw /directory

hello! how to update system from 10.04 to 11.04 ( sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade doesn't work :( ) maybe some repositaries or somethin' .. ?

you have to go to 10.10 first

how easy is it to use the ubuntu install cd to recover information off of a windows hdd? would i have to compile a special kernel or some type of magic?

it's actually pretty easy. i think ntfs-3g is even installed by default so you just need to mount the drive

how can i get a terminal launcher next to the firefox icon next to applications places system?

right click add to panel

whats are the differences from fiesty and gutsy?

i don't know if it works in gnome, but try kbfx

hey all, quick question about python and $path. i want to be able to execute a python script no matter where i am when browsing in the file system. i think this means i just need to make my script executable (done) and moved to /usr/local/bin (done), then use it by typing ./script.py unfortunately this doesn't work - bash says it can't find it.

the ./ part means look in this directory - try just script.py

can anyone tell me how to detirmine if mysql server is installed and if so how to turn it on and access it?

it's not installed by default for the ubuntu 5.10 desktop

what can i infer from the dmesg message 'acpi: sleep button (cm) [slpb] '? my laptop does not have any sleep button.

don't you have a sleep button as fn + f(something)?

hey guys, what's the command to launch nautilus with sudo privleges again?

gksudo nautilus

hello everyone, quick question. i like using geany to edit .c .java .html, and pretty much all source files that i deal with. though currently i have to either open geany and then use that to open a file, or right click the file and choose geany to open it. if i just open the file on its own it opens up in gedit. how can i set it so all source files are opened with geany? i tried looking in 'preferred applications' under system>pre

i think you have to have nautilus scripts for that - the easiest way would be to install 'ubuntu tweak' and use their menu for doing that

can someone tell me how to probe hardware...such as video card etc.

go to a console and type lspci

im useing dd in a terminal to clone a drive its running but i dont see any real activity, is there something like windows maskmaniger to see the disk activity?

there is no progress indicator other than indirectly monitoring harddisk- and process activity. but we've already told you that, haven't we?

can someone tell me how to get onto grub2 menu before the system panics ?

press shift

anybody here who has a working 'apple wireless keyboard' ??

you mihg look at this... mac hardware running ubuntu... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/macbookpro

what is the negative implications of running a realtime kernel?

it's usually done by trading throughput for decreased/more predictable latency

hi guys. my ubuntu 11.04 installation is really buggy and unstable. should i try installing 10.04?

i'm tired of breaking things with kernel updates. i'm sticking to lts's

what do i use to make a software raid (raid0) for two disks in ubuntu?

mdadm

hi all, guys i need support with firestarter, its damn firewall :( wont work.. cany any body help ?

if you are looking for an alternative, keep 'shorewall' in mind (no gui tho)

is there something in ubuntu akin to local.start (gets executed at system startup) and local.stop (gets executed at system shutdown) from gentoo for ubuntu?

there is /etc/rc.local. it's executed at every runlevel change

is there an official 'tips to speed up ubuntu' page?

not that i know of but if you're using gnome and your computer is old maybe you can try xfce instead (a.k.a. xubuntu)

is it possible to use the live cd as an install cd?

i think you can boot the livecd and install the ubuntu-express package to do that

gyaresu.. chinese? ni hao

using alien to install rpms in debian

can i have some help with wine?

install the wine1.2 package

can i bend your ear for a bit?

i've never come across that idiom before -- as long as it's a good thing, sure :)

when i switch on my pc it loads up and the ubuntu loading screen comes up, but when it finishes loading it just goes to a black screen. the little tune places to tell me i've reached the logon screen so i just type my name and password and login but i can't actually see anything until the window in the middle appears and loads the desktop things like nautilus etc. anyone any ideas what the problem is? after i login it it's all fine and i can see everythin

the default resolution for gdm is borked. sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

hi how can i make link between two directories for example /sys -> /usr/src/sys?

if you really want to (uu) see: man ln

did you find an accounting program? i am also interested in one!

none that are command line written... found plenty of gui ones

i like grub so i can select my os

typical 2x your ram size

hi all... accidentally i hide the menu bar in xchat, any clue how to show it again??

try ctrl+f9

what exactly is in the initrd files? i build kernels from kernel.org before, but didn't need those initrd

you don't unless you're packaging kernels fir distributions

can someone tell me how to add workspaces in oneiric please

try ccsm / general / desktop size tab (i haven't tried oneiric though)

how do i use su in terminal to be root? is it just 'su' then type the system password when prompted?

only sudo, no root

hey, why 'time -f '%s' find .' show me '-f: command not found'? how i can format the time command output in ubuntu?

my bad - but it looks like rww's solution works

i hate it when i forget something basic.. how do i show permssions on a file?

chmod

is there a log that shows what packages were recently updated?

/var/log/apt/history.log should show recent changes from apt.

would using 9.10 repository work for 9.04?

9.04 is no longer supported and mixing repos is not a good idea anyway.

are you familiar with compiling software from source? - if not i know that ubuntu 8 has it in it's repo's possibly 10 but i dont believe so

lol cheers, i'll take note of that :d

i installed nvidia driver in live cd mode before i installed ubuntu 9.10, and now after installing it wont boot, it goes to a terminal and my screen is flashing. looking inside xorg.conf the driver is nvidia. could this be problem? what is the default/generic driver to put?

try vesa

hello, how do i 'kill' an application that i don't think is shut down all the way?

you can try to do killall -9 app name

is there any way to tweak wifi reception in my laptop with ubuntu 11.04?? tia!

try changing channel, try relocating laptop physically.

is it just my imagination or does breezy load a lot slower than hoary

sudo mount -a

hi all! i'm using breezy. which repository do i need to add for acroread and sun's java?

multiverse

how should i do if i want to modify a keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change the third level of '.' to 'å' in the international dvorak layout

xmodmap?

oh, so it's something i have to download?

some programs were left out from the .iso to keep it small enough, ccsm is among the left out packages

in breezy, which package is oooprelink in?

you can look at packages.ubuntu.com the same way

is there a software package that will tell me what hardware is in a box? specific type/size ram and cpu?

it's the installer

anybody know of a repository to get libdvdcss for breezy from?

try videolan homepage

where is the default vimrc?

/etc/vim/vimrc ?

seveas: what don't you like about hpux?

fot installing sun jdk, download the .bin apt-get install java-package, run make-jpkg [the bin file] and dpkg -i the created deb

i dont have a /etc/fonts/local.conf, is that a problem?

why would it be?

i'm trying to compile just one file from a program. i ran configure already but i don't want to make the wholething. can i just make one file?

probably not. but you can digg into the makefile and see hwo gcc is called on the file

in what package can i find mount.cifs?

if you type that in a terminal, it should tell you how to install it... but it's smbfs

can anyone give a hint as to how i can set up my computer to receive a fax via a phone-line? i just need to dump it to a pdf...

try efax if you have an analog modem

hey all. how do i take a full desktop installation back to a basic server install?

sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

hey all, if i were to install ubuntu for '64, will i be able to pull 32-bit packages out of the repository without too much of a hassle?

not really. best bet for the moment is to install the i386 branch.

how can i find out how/why my system may have rebooted itself, overnite whilst doing some downloads

if it's earlier than the first timestamp, try /var/log/syslog.0

hey guys im goign to begin developing my own clustering distro based off of ubuntu server. i need a very minimalistic kde install what package do i need to download

just stat with the server install and just add the xserver and the kde base packages

help needed : is there any software like hotspot shield for ubuntu ? almost all the usefuk websites are blocked out here buy thr gov

http://www.bestfreevpn.com/

when is 9.04 set to be released?

23rd april

i'm trying to help a friend installing eve-online, but it requires cedega which i don't like. anyone installed it just using wine? and will it be fine using the windowsbinaries?

it'll tell you what status that program is, in each version of wine. pick the version it has the best rating under

anyone know how to make uswsusp default instead of what gutsy uses by default?

and replace their contents with the correct uswsusp commands

hmm concerning launchpad, is there a way to specify the importance field when adding a comment ?

s/menebers/members

is it only me, or does everybody think opera is better than firefox? seriously, i want to know this before i go off churning from firefox.

opera is great too, but firefox has better plugins, and is open source

is there a gui ftp client preinstalled with ubuntu? if not, can someone recommend one?

places > connect to server

i just did some research into what graphics card to buy. i'm a little confused. is this correct: i either want a nvdia card with the binary driver blob or an amd card with the open source driver

pretty much, personally i think the nvidia praise is a bit dated, i personally haven't had a great experience with their proprietary drivers. but then again, i only own one nvidia card.

hi all, anybody here to solve a problem with an ati graphic card x1300/1550 series please? the issue: after ubuntu's splash screen and before login, the screen becomes black. unfortunately i said yes to proprietary drivers install... i red all the suitable posts and the question is: reconfigure xserver-xorg through the command line?

sure, you have nothing to lose by trying it.

say, is it really normal that the debian marillat repository always annoys me with the gpg errors? aren't debian repositories gpged?

happens to me all the time. the amd64 repository is broken, too

hey :), anybody here uses irssi and knows how to set it up for autoidenting me? it's kind of annoying to write /msg nickserv password at each login :/

/network add -autosendcmd '/^msg nickserv ident $yourpassword;wait 2000' freenode

how do i change my hostname? i know it's by editing the /etc/hosts file, but what do i put in there?

you can just use the hostname command, man hostname

hi, do someone know where ubuntu is storing details about wlan interfaces ? (i want to rename wlan1 in wlan0 after a card change)

that's udev

hello! has anyone noticed that the laptop-wifi disconnects all the time in lucid (10.04)? i didnt have this problem in 9.04.

.. paranomous .. goto network manager and uncheck all other interfaces 'auto-connect' box

abu-aadam... what do you say?

what do i say?

how do i get wlan work?

which one do you use?

hmm i install ubuntu by mistake, can i make it kubuntu?:)

no - it's just not windows.

can someone tell me if i have an ipv6 problem? i just downloaded hoary preview and was very impressed. everything worked perfect... until i did apt-get upgrade... now it looks as if the dns is never resolved.

the first thing you should inspect is whether /etc/resolv.conf looks sane

what's the latest version of phpmyadmin in ubuntu 5.10 breezy badger?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is a useful resource

does ubuntu have anything like packages.debian.org?

http://higgs.djpig.de/ubuntu/www/

i have adobe acrobat pdf forms that i need to fill out. the pdf document viewer will not allow me to do this. can anyone tell me what i need to do in order to fill out pdf forms?

see if this site will help you <http://easylinux.info/wiki/ubuntu> just avoid automatics. :)

i'm playing around with the terminal and just discovered the program less. when i scroll to the end of whatever file i am working, i get the message 'waiting for data (interrupt to abort).' i've read the man page, but i can't figure out any way to do this, so i get stuck and have to close bash. what do i do?

ctrl+c ? q? ctrl+z ?

chown: changing ownership of `/media/external': operation not permitted

after a sudo -i ju get a new terminal, and you are able to runa any of those commands

hey. about the w32codecs package listed on the wiki; it doesn't seem to be there anymore. anyone know what is up?

you need to download it by hand from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb

a specific version of kernel will try to find corresponding driver under /lib/modules directory, in order to distinguish, so ubuntu, fedora add a number after the kerner versio like this 2.6.15-28-686, the 28-686 be add to, when i try compile kernel by myself, how can i add a string like 28-686 to the end of the kernel version ?

look for extraversion in your .config

is there a way to change how the desktop icons are treated? i.e, make computer, trash etc exempt from sorting, and reduce the spacing?

tricky, i don't believe so.

this is really stupid of me, but isn't my questions about fs-driver windows support?

windows/linux interoperability falls under the umbrella of ubuntu support

grub can't boot windows. grub can only boot the windows boot loader.

i think downgrading is still unsupported

how do i add kernel boot parameters permanently, that last through kernel upgrades?

add them in /etc/default/grub

how can i learn my running process id numbers

top

is this a kernel panic? heaps of lines like: [ 1130.650856] [<c0109f02>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f

a kernel panic is when a kernel panics. i.e. blinking keyboard lights, no response. what you get is prolly a kernel bug.

hey, can someone suggest me a good file rescue application ?

download hiren's bootcd. it has a lot of partitioning and hd/file recovery tools.

hi guys, i've setup an sshkey pair between my computer and my server...i'm able to successfully authenticate to my server with the ssh key for one user, but not for a second. my ssh pub key is in the /home/<user>/.ssh dir for both users, but only works with one (it prompts for a password with the other). any ideas on how to fix this?

have you checked /var/log/syslog and /var/log/auth.log?

but i'll see if i can find a cd and boot some recovery tools, or something

i'd remove it from that machine and add it as 2nd drive to some working xp pc and then delete some stuff frome there...

hey i just got a new hard drive. how can i make sure it's mounted automatically at boot without defining the /dev/sdb1 kind of point? other entries in /etc/fstab have uuid

find uuid with : sudo blkid

how do i resize a ntfs partition from ubuntu?

gparted in live cd can

what do i type to find out how many ordinary files, directories, and link files exist in my /usr/bin directory?

ls /usr/bin | wc -l?

anyway, i can't find any button that switches between monitors on my laptop

check for a 'fn' key.

how do i make gwenview my default picture viewer?

pick a file right click > properties >open with

hws transmission's latest version. i used couple of older versions found them corrupting themselves and hell of instable. now using ktorrent.

yeah i can't even get the thing installed so i guess it ends there

anyone know if safari runs under wine?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=98430

where do you put gnome themes?

the gnome theem selector tool has a 'install' button i belive. or ya can drag/drop them on it.

hey guys, whats a good cheap labtop that will run ubuntu for everyday tasks?

check out www.linux-laptops.net

after running 'du -h / |sort -n' and getting a couple permission denied errors i now have this problem; mkdir: cannot create directory `test': read-only file system. how can that be fixed without a reboot?

mount -o remount,rw /directory