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hi folks.... i've just changed video card and am looking at a text screen now (x won't start). i've tried xconfig, xf86setup, etc. searched the ubuntu page, read the x man page, but nothing works (can't get the configurator thing started), any ideas ?	sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
whats the default ubuntu browser?	firefox
hey can anyone point me in the direction on what i need to have java?	look here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/java -- i used method 3
kubuntu is just like ubuntu but with kde right? so ubuntu 6.10, kubuntu is up with ubuntu too?	for the most part, correct
hello if i want to write anything in welcome message/ascii figure to openssh where can i do it then ?	http://patorjk.com/software/taag/
hey guys. i would like to know, how do i go to a location in terminal. what is the same as cd ___ in windows?	here's a good tip: start typing the beginning of a path or file and press tab, it will autocomplete it for you
how can i list folders and subfolders with ls without the including files?	find /yourpath -type d
how do i type ^d in terminal ?	ctrl+d
here's a question for you all, i open a shell session and start a program running (i.e. firefox), but that program doesn't close. do i need to open another shell session in order to do something else too?	you can type ctrl-z to detach the process, then 'bg' to continue it in the background
hi. how can i kill a process without using his pid?	killall <prosess name>
ah this is fucking annoying. how can the default be that you can't access the grub menu?!	you've tried shift-key?
anybody running cedega under ubuntu ?	wine is running fine though
hi i have an error message when booting is there a log file i can look at to check it now.	/var/log/boot
for burning cds/dvd's, is k3b still the best thing to use?	i use gnomebaker
does anyone know how to get the menu editor to pass over a space in the address to get to a folder?	like\ this\ probably
hi, i installed visio under wine, then tried to install another program and changed a bunch of wine values... and visio stopped working. i then uninstalled wine and removed all wine files (i think) and reinstalled wine. now i cant reinstall visio and i still see visio in the list under wine -> programs (although it doesnt run of course). any suggestions to be able to reinstall visio? the installer crashes now when it sta	when you uninstall things through wine you have to manually delete the icons by right clicking on applications, then edit menues
hi, how can i launch upgrade to 10.04 please?	sudo update-manager -d
someone knows how to fix the speed problem i have when i'm ripping cd's using grip? it rips at 1.2x now, i belive its not possible to enable scsi emulation support in kernel 2.6x?	try enabling dma
hi, does anyone know a program to record flash streams? specifically those from the ny times. i know someone who uses replay media catcher on windows for this purpose so i'm looking for an alternative	i know there are opera widgets for it
sorry to bump, but does anyone know the terminal command to start gnome-screensaver in xubuntu please? when i run gnome-screensaver, it says its already running, but i want it to actually start the animation and all that..	gnome-screensaver-command --activate
if i run binary 'somebinary', who would i go about viewing the exit code for said binary?	if it doesnt tell you anything, do echo $? after it quits
is it possible to edit every users' start up applicaltions?	$home/.config/autostart/
i think you can have it in something as /etc/rc.local or something so it runs on every startup	thank you
is the 64bit version stable and safe? how about the compability these days?	if you have more than 3 gb of ram. do it
i want to disable [ctrl + up/down] key combinations because i need them in another application, can i do that?	disable them in system-preferences-keyboard shortcuts
does anyone know how to use the live cd to determine a windows xp password?	i have had good results with a boot cd from sysinternals
is it possible to switch the kernel from the default installed on to the p4 optimized one supplied by synaptic without the need to recompile it, and if is there a howto or something on the wiki? i happen to find no info on that	after you know it works fine, you can remove the previous one. doesn't hurt to keep both for a little bit (beside the disk space it uses)
anyone know where to get other irc clients?	pidgin and xchat are the two irc clients i use. they are both available in synaptic
can i just delete esd? or will that totally cork up my system?	why would you want to do that?
does a usb ethernet card work on ubuntu	usb ethernet works fine
hey! i wanted to know which filesystem did 7.04 and 7.10 had , ext3 or ext2?	ext2 iirc
how can i listen to a shoutcast stream? xmms doesn't seem to acknowledge it as audio and totem yells at me.	have you tried a different stream?
i inadvertently changed my graphics driver, then restarted to find x not starting. would anyone happen to know of a way for me to fix this issue?	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (prefix with sudo if you're not root)
does anyone know where chrome's configuration files are? they aren't in /home/user/.chrome	check .config in your users home
guys how can i check if my iso download is ok, how to use the md5sums? am using windows at this moment.	then drag'n'drop your iso-file onto the exe, and compare the output with that which is from the ftp. :)
let's try this again - does anyone know of a good app for renaming video files, for example tv shows?	gprename is nice
how can i run x server in 16-bit mode?	in /etc/x11/xorg.conf line defaultdepth 24
i have a desktop/ directory created in my home/ on every start of gnome, how can i disable that?	maybe with gconf-editor, /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop... maybe not, i do not know
i'm guessing jack is busy.. so is anyone else willing to help me with the mouse configuration? it's all way above my skill set.. help a girl in need? :-)	i'm guessing most of us only have a plain mouse, the only fancy five button mouse i used just magically worked.
is there a command that will show me the model of my dvd drive?	maybe lshw
is there a command that will activate and deactivate a connection like you would do in the networking app?	check the man pages for those
java programs can be speedy	totally, but for processor intensive they are shocking i had to do an evolutionary algorythum's in them and it was slow
is php5 supported by gutsy gibbon?	apt-get into it.
anyone know where i can get nouveau support? their irc channel is 'read only'	you'll need to be registered and identified to talk there.
i installed mirc with wine. i runned sudo apt-get remove wine --purge. is mirc also erased now? cause that's what i want.	nope - remove ~/.wine as well
i can't seem to find the cpu temperature anywhere	apt-get install mbmon && mbmon
can anybody please name a good torrent client available in the repos?	azureus
is there a package to have individual volume control for each program, like in vista?	mute all sound (flash sucks when it comes to sound integration)
what is the purpose of an 'ubuntu hug day'?	or untriaged bugs
so i lazily (improperly) updated firefox 3.6 beta 4 and i think i consequently got it stuck in elevated permissions. i already chown'd everything back to root, chmodded to take executable permissions away from group and user, even forced .xauthority to rebuild, but it's still stuck.	or it is, nevermind
help, there is an 'envelope' at my notification area. how do i get rid of it?	is this on 10.04? you should be able to uninstall indicator-messages and it will remove the envelope but keep the volume control
hi all. is there anything that can be done about this? i am at a command line prompt only and i am getting this when trying to use sudo 'sudo: timestamp too far in the future'	fix your clock
question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?	there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo
is there a way to show the login screen after x minutes? say screensaver after 5mins, login/switch user after 10mins - not the lock screen	everything is possible with linux. you gotta do it yourself though. ;-)
i want to automate ubuntu install using pxe for my company, roll out about 50 or so machines. does anyone know of a good step by step article that may help me with this? i am no ubuntu expert but i have a couple of years support experience so i am not a newbie either.	there are some docs i was just reading to try to help a friend about it: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/powerpc/preseed-contents.html
<d00d> how can you hide all desktop icons	gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus
hey guys, whats the package manager in ubuntu called?	synaptic or apt-get in the command line
hello there, i have an issue with a zip file that contains files with accents, and i cant seem to extract them, any advice?	or rename mv partialfilename* newfilename
can anyone help me please installing ubuntu from usb?	what is so hard in that? just download unetbootin and that does all things for usb boot
no internet connection.....no way to install build-essential... i need make to install b43-fwcutter for my internet connection.. oh my god why didn't this at least include make	do an apt-get --download-only somewhere with an internet connection, then sneakernet that over to the box you need to sort out.
how do you remove a pkg with apt-get	sudo apt-get remove blah
is there a way to check a filesystem for errors while it is mounted or unmounted both nondestructive and destructive. i have a file that gets about 3/4 the way through on a copy and then gets an error. i want to see if it is a bad spot on the hd or a corrupt file. if it is a bad spot on the hd is there a way to isolate it and lock it out. i am getting ready to move from 32 to 64 bit and am backing things up. i want to alleviate any potential problems ahea	i recall the 'fsarchiver' cli tool can copy/backup/verify files you may want to check into it.
is there a linux tool to rescale a pic?	imagemagick has a tool called 'convert'
how can i turn a text file into a script?	- just save as text, then use 'chmod +x <file>' to make it executable. it has to be valid script though :)
hello everyone, how do i choose which flash-plugin to use if i've got multiple ones installed?	flash -config i beleive
seb128, how goes it?	fine, thanks
i have 1gb ram; how much swap is better for me?	1gb more!
anyone know how i can get info on network activity from a computer running ubuntu server?	yeah iptraf will show you that
i extracted some songs from a cd to my computer, they are .ogg format. could i use a different program and extract them into mp3 format or do i have to convert them?	i tend touse grip - it lets you pick what to rip them to. most programs have that option to pick what to rip to
hm, i've been intrigued, how can i scroll the items of the 'top' list?	other than that i think you have to set the height to see a longer list
how do i check if i have the linux-restricted-modules package installed?	lines that start 'ii' are installed packages
is there a way with apt-get to show the changelog for everything that is going to be upgraded?	apt-listchanges
how do i change what is said before the $ on the command line? i dont like user@computer	you need to set the ps1 variable - you can see the options in 'man bash'
which ubuntu version should i use for a laptop... ?	the latest stable version, 7.04 'feisty fawn'
hey does anyone know of a picture library program for gnome?	gthumb
i'm on ubuntu but use a number of kde applications. how can i adjust the fonts in them?	start up kcontrol and adjust the settings in appearance and themes-->fonts
besides awn and gnomedo there is another popular mac os x style panel, what is it called?	cairo dock
i am trying to install kwin-baghira on kubuntu breezy. when i try apt-get install baghira, it cant find the package (am i supposed to putting a version in here: apt-get install baghira-0.7?). apt-get update, that i can tell, does nothing, and updating adept seems to do nothing as well (no new packages). help. please. thank you.	the package in the repository is called kwin-baghira
someone know how to increase fps on dosbox	get a faster pc
hello everyone. i'm new to ubuntu and haven't used debian in a while. it seems that my 'hoary hedgehog' install doesn't have some header files (stdarg.h, for example), and i can't seem to find a gcc-devel package. what package(s) should i be looking for to install these extra headers?	maybe build-essential
can someone help me with trayer + xmobar in xmonad?	i doubt many people here use xmonad. in other tiling wms, i have used, it was possible to change the type of tile it was; not sure about xmonad though.
what? don't you examine your dna on a daily basis? ;)	i've been neglecting too lately ;)
what is the executable name of system monitor?	gnome-system-monitor
i accidently erased my apache error log file and now that even though i recreated it, it doesn't work anymore	restart apache
pellaeon/ matthewl: just saw 'upgrades from ubuntu 10.04 lts to 12.04 lts do not work using the alternate cd or the server cd as a package repository. it is recommended that users running ubuntu 10.04 lts wait for the 12.04.1 lts point release, scheduled for july, before upgrading. ' on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/precisepangolin/releasenotes/ubuntudesktop	i am having problems on mounting a couple of 1.5 hard discs usb ext
how to make ubuntu run faster	mount it in a race car
is it better to install ubuntu then windows xp or install windowsxp and then ubuntu? i am looking to dual boot on a new hdd	just install windows then ubuntu. the ubuntu installer will walk you through it.
how do i find out the version of gnome i use?	system > about gnome
hi! is there a way to have wine 1.4 and 1.5 at the same time in the same ubuntu? i need to have installed 1.4, which works with crossover linux xi, but i saw some programs like photoshop are working with 1.5 and i would like to have it. so, is it possible? thanks!!	you should be able to compile both versions from source
hi all, occasionally i'll get a message saying 'you have new mail in /var/www/uname' -- is it possible to have this actually emailed to my person email address?	yes. use a .forward file in your home directory, containing the email address you want it sent to
hi there :) hey any1 knows how do i tell ubuntu not to load certain modules at boot?	the man pages for 'modprobe.conf' and 'depmod' will explain it better than people on irc can
if i install xubuntu, then later can i easily switch between two easily?	yes gdm allows you to change sessions
stupid question - when i apt-get stuff, sometimes it asks me to insert the install cd. how can i stop this?	go to settings > repostories, and disable the cdrom repository
is anyone here running ubuntu in vmware ?	there should be some documentation with vmware on how to install the 'vmware tools' to get better video performance -- sorry i can't help you more, i'm going completely off of really old memories
hi! i'd like to set up the folders in my home folder (documents, pictures, etc...) to point to folders inside of my ubuntu one folder. can this be achieved? would symlinking work?	still no factoid
i have sorta a problem im trying to explain to my buds the difference between a hacker and a cracker.. but can't really seem to put the definitons into words i'm the kinda person who has ideas but can,t explain them... any help?	if you want maximally pith, say a hacker is like a locksmith and a cracker is a punk with a slim jim
looking for a solution: i've successfully gotten ndiswrapper to load and recognize my wireless card, however, there is a module that loads at boottime,bcm43xx, that is not allowing ndiswrapper to load properly. i'm having to modprobe -r ndiswrapper and the bcm43xx driver, then modprobe ndiswrapper to get the wireless working properly. how can i block the bcm43xx module from loading in the first place?	add the module name to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
anyone have thoughts or experience using ubuntu as a home server? what distro, etc.	>> if you install mythweb you will have access to all wanted media files by browser e.g. firefox
hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.	as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine
i want to setup a lamp box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this?	webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues

hi folks.... i've just changed video card and am looking at a text screen now (x won't start). i've tried xconfig, xf86setup, etc. searched the ubuntu page, read the x man page, but nothing works (can't get the configurator thing started), any ideas ?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

whats the default ubuntu browser?

firefox

hey can anyone point me in the direction on what i need to have java?

look here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/java -- i used method 3

kubuntu is just like ubuntu but with kde right? so ubuntu 6.10, kubuntu is up with ubuntu too?

for the most part, correct

hello if i want to write anything in welcome message/ascii figure to openssh where can i do it then ?

http://patorjk.com/software/taag/

hey guys. i would like to know, how do i go to a location in terminal. what is the same as cd ___ in windows?

here's a good tip: start typing the beginning of a path or file and press tab, it will autocomplete it for you

how can i list folders and subfolders with ls without the including files?

find /yourpath -type d

how do i type ^d in terminal ?

ctrl+d

here's a question for you all, i open a shell session and start a program running (i.e. firefox), but that program doesn't close. do i need to open another shell session in order to do something else too?

you can type ctrl-z to detach the process, then 'bg' to continue it in the background

hi. how can i kill a process without using his pid?

killall <prosess name>

ah this is fucking annoying. how can the default be that you can't access the grub menu?!

you've tried shift-key?

anybody running cedega under ubuntu ?

wine is running fine though

hi i have an error message when booting is there a log file i can look at to check it now.

/var/log/boot

for burning cds/dvd's, is k3b still the best thing to use?

i use gnomebaker

does anyone know how to get the menu editor to pass over a space in the address to get to a folder?

like\ this\ probably

hi, i installed visio under wine, then tried to install another program and changed a bunch of wine values... and visio stopped working. i then uninstalled wine and removed all wine files (i think) and reinstalled wine. now i cant reinstall visio and i still see visio in the list under wine -> programs (although it doesnt run of course). any suggestions to be able to reinstall visio? the installer crashes now when it sta

when you uninstall things through wine you have to manually delete the icons by right clicking on applications, then edit menues

hi, how can i launch upgrade to 10.04 please?

sudo update-manager -d

someone knows how to fix the speed problem i have when i'm ripping cd's using grip? it rips at 1.2x now, i belive its not possible to enable scsi emulation support in kernel 2.6x?

try enabling dma

hi, does anyone know a program to record flash streams? specifically those from the ny times. i know someone who uses replay media catcher on windows for this purpose so i'm looking for an alternative

i know there are opera widgets for it

sorry to bump, but does anyone know the terminal command to start gnome-screensaver in xubuntu please? when i run gnome-screensaver, it says its already running, but i want it to actually start the animation and all that..

gnome-screensaver-command --activate

if i run binary 'somebinary', who would i go about viewing the exit code for said binary?

if it doesnt tell you anything, do echo $? after it quits

is it possible to edit every users' start up applicaltions?

$home/.config/autostart/

i think you can have it in something as /etc/rc.local or something so it runs on every startup

thank you

is the 64bit version stable and safe? how about the compability these days?

if you have more than 3 gb of ram. do it

i want to disable [ctrl + up/down] key combinations because i need them in another application, can i do that?

disable them in system-preferences-keyboard shortcuts

does anyone know how to use the live cd to determine a windows xp password?

i have had good results with a boot cd from sysinternals

is it possible to switch the kernel from the default installed on to the p4 optimized one supplied by synaptic without the need to recompile it, and if is there a howto or something on the wiki? i happen to find no info on that

after you know it works fine, you can remove the previous one. doesn't hurt to keep both for a little bit (beside the disk space it uses)

anyone know where to get other irc clients?

pidgin and xchat are the two irc clients i use. they are both available in synaptic

can i just delete esd? or will that totally cork up my system?

why would you want to do that?

does a usb ethernet card work on ubuntu

usb ethernet works fine

hey! i wanted to know which filesystem did 7.04 and 7.10 had , ext3 or ext2?

ext2 iirc

how can i listen to a shoutcast stream? xmms doesn't seem to acknowledge it as audio and totem yells at me.

have you tried a different stream?

i inadvertently changed my graphics driver, then restarted to find x not starting. would anyone happen to know of a way for me to fix this issue?

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (prefix with sudo if you're not root)

does anyone know where chrome's configuration files are? they aren't in /home/user/.chrome

check .config in your users home

guys how can i check if my iso download is ok, how to use the md5sums? am using windows at this moment.

then drag'n'drop your iso-file onto the exe, and compare the output with that which is from the ftp. :)

let's try this again - does anyone know of a good app for renaming video files, for example tv shows?

gprename is nice

how can i run x server in 16-bit mode?

in /etc/x11/xorg.conf line defaultdepth 24

i have a desktop/ directory created in my home/ on every start of gnome, how can i disable that?

maybe with gconf-editor, /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop... maybe not, i do not know

i'm guessing jack is busy.. so is anyone else willing to help me with the mouse configuration? it's all way above my skill set.. help a girl in need? :-)

i'm guessing most of us only have a plain mouse, the only fancy five button mouse i used just magically worked.

is there a command that will show me the model of my dvd drive?

maybe lshw

is there a command that will activate and deactivate a connection like you would do in the networking app?

check the man pages for those

java programs can be speedy

totally, but for processor intensive they are shocking i had to do an evolutionary algorythum's in them and it was slow

is php5 supported by gutsy gibbon?

apt-get into it.

anyone know where i can get nouveau support? their irc channel is 'read only'

you'll need to be registered and identified to talk there.

i installed mirc with wine. i runned sudo apt-get remove wine --purge. is mirc also erased now? cause that's what i want.

nope - remove ~/.wine as well

i can't seem to find the cpu temperature anywhere

apt-get install mbmon && mbmon

can anybody please name a good torrent client available in the repos?

azureus

is there a package to have individual volume control for each program, like in vista?

mute all sound (flash sucks when it comes to sound integration)

what is the purpose of an 'ubuntu hug day'?

or untriaged bugs

so i lazily (improperly) updated firefox 3.6 beta 4 and i think i consequently got it stuck in elevated permissions. i already chown'd everything back to root, chmodded to take executable permissions away from group and user, even forced .xauthority to rebuild, but it's still stuck.

or it is, nevermind

help, there is an 'envelope' at my notification area. how do i get rid of it?

is this on 10.04? you should be able to uninstall indicator-messages and it will remove the envelope but keep the volume control

hi all. is there anything that can be done about this? i am at a command line prompt only and i am getting this when trying to use sudo 'sudo: timestamp too far in the future'

fix your clock

question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/667426/ why is the 'x' bit not included even though it's included in umask?

there is no root password, the root account is locked. use sudo to do things as root. see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rootsudo

is there a way to show the login screen after x minutes? say screensaver after 5mins, login/switch user after 10mins - not the lock screen

everything is possible with linux. you gotta do it yourself though. ;-)

i want to automate ubuntu install using pxe for my company, roll out about 50 or so machines. does anyone know of a good step by step article that may help me with this? i am no ubuntu expert but i have a couple of years support experience so i am not a newbie either.

there are some docs i was just reading to try to help a friend about it: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/powerpc/preseed-contents.html

<d00d> how can you hide all desktop icons

gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus

hey guys, whats the package manager in ubuntu called?

synaptic or apt-get in the command line

hello there, i have an issue with a zip file that contains files with accents, and i cant seem to extract them, any advice?

or rename mv partialfilename* newfilename

can anyone help me please installing ubuntu from usb?

what is so hard in that? just download unetbootin and that does all things for usb boot

no internet connection.....no way to install build-essential... i need make to install b43-fwcutter for my internet connection.. oh my god why didn't this at least include make

do an apt-get --download-only somewhere with an internet connection, then sneakernet that over to the box you need to sort out.

how do you remove a pkg with apt-get

sudo apt-get remove blah

is there a way to check a filesystem for errors while it is mounted or unmounted both nondestructive and destructive. i have a file that gets about 3/4 the way through on a copy and then gets an error. i want to see if it is a bad spot on the hd or a corrupt file. if it is a bad spot on the hd is there a way to isolate it and lock it out. i am getting ready to move from 32 to 64 bit and am backing things up. i want to alleviate any potential problems ahea

i recall the 'fsarchiver' cli tool can copy/backup/verify files you may want to check into it.

is there a linux tool to rescale a pic?

imagemagick has a tool called 'convert'

how can i turn a text file into a script?

- just save as text, then use 'chmod +x <file>' to make it executable. it has to be valid script though :)

hello everyone, how do i choose which flash-plugin to use if i've got multiple ones installed?

flash -config i beleive

seb128, how goes it?

fine, thanks

i have 1gb ram; how much swap is better for me?

1gb more!

anyone know how i can get info on network activity from a computer running ubuntu server?

yeah iptraf will show you that

i extracted some songs from a cd to my computer, they are .ogg format. could i use a different program and extract them into mp3 format or do i have to convert them?

i tend touse grip - it lets you pick what to rip them to. most programs have that option to pick what to rip to

hm, i've been intrigued, how can i scroll the items of the 'top' list?

other than that i think you have to set the height to see a longer list

how do i check if i have the linux-restricted-modules package installed?

lines that start 'ii' are installed packages

is there a way with apt-get to show the changelog for everything that is going to be upgraded?

apt-listchanges

how do i change what is said before the $ on the command line? i dont like user@computer

you need to set the ps1 variable - you can see the options in 'man bash'

which ubuntu version should i use for a laptop... ?

the latest stable version, 7.04 'feisty fawn'

hey does anyone know of a picture library program for gnome?

gthumb

i'm on ubuntu but use a number of kde applications. how can i adjust the fonts in them?

start up kcontrol and adjust the settings in appearance and themes-->fonts

besides awn and gnomedo there is another popular mac os x style panel, what is it called?

cairo dock

i am trying to install kwin-baghira on kubuntu breezy. when i try apt-get install baghira, it cant find the package (am i supposed to putting a version in here: apt-get install baghira-0.7?). apt-get update, that i can tell, does nothing, and updating adept seems to do nothing as well (no new packages). help. please. thank you.

the package in the repository is called kwin-baghira

someone know how to increase fps on dosbox

get a faster pc

hello everyone. i'm new to ubuntu and haven't used debian in a while. it seems that my 'hoary hedgehog' install doesn't have some header files (stdarg.h, for example), and i can't seem to find a gcc-devel package. what package(s) should i be looking for to install these extra headers?

maybe build-essential

can someone help me with trayer + xmobar in xmonad?

i doubt many people here use xmonad. in other tiling wms, i have used, it was possible to change the type of tile it was; not sure about xmonad though.

what? don't you examine your dna on a daily basis? ;)

i've been neglecting too lately ;)

what is the executable name of system monitor?

gnome-system-monitor

i accidently erased my apache error log file and now that even though i recreated it, it doesn't work anymore

restart apache

pellaeon/ matthewl: just saw 'upgrades from ubuntu 10.04 lts to 12.04 lts do not work using the alternate cd or the server cd as a package repository. it is recommended that users running ubuntu 10.04 lts wait for the 12.04.1 lts point release, scheduled for july, before upgrading. ' on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/precisepangolin/releasenotes/ubuntudesktop

i am having problems on mounting a couple of 1.5 hard discs usb ext

how to make ubuntu run faster

mount it in a race car

is it better to install ubuntu then windows xp or install windowsxp and then ubuntu? i am looking to dual boot on a new hdd

just install windows then ubuntu. the ubuntu installer will walk you through it.

how do i find out the version of gnome i use?

system > about gnome

hi! is there a way to have wine 1.4 and 1.5 at the same time in the same ubuntu? i need to have installed 1.4, which works with crossover linux xi, but i saw some programs like photoshop are working with 1.5 and i would like to have it. so, is it possible? thanks!!

you should be able to compile both versions from source

hi all, occasionally i'll get a message saying 'you have new mail in /var/www/uname' -- is it possible to have this actually emailed to my person email address?

yes. use a .forward file in your home directory, containing the email address you want it sent to

hi there :) hey any1 knows how do i tell ubuntu not to load certain modules at boot?

the man pages for 'modprobe.conf' and 'depmod' will explain it better than people on irc can

if i install xubuntu, then later can i easily switch between two easily?

yes gdm allows you to change sessions

stupid question - when i apt-get stuff, sometimes it asks me to insert the install cd. how can i stop this?

go to settings > repostories, and disable the cdrom repository

is anyone here running ubuntu in vmware ?

there should be some documentation with vmware on how to install the 'vmware tools' to get better video performance -- sorry i can't help you more, i'm going completely off of really old memories

hi! i'd like to set up the folders in my home folder (documents, pictures, etc...) to point to folders inside of my ubuntu one folder. can this be achieved? would symlinking work?

still no factoid

i have sorta a problem im trying to explain to my buds the difference between a hacker and a cracker.. but can't really seem to put the definitons into words i'm the kinda person who has ideas but can,t explain them... any help?

if you want maximally pith, say a hacker is like a locksmith and a cracker is a punk with a slim jim

looking for a solution: i've successfully gotten ndiswrapper to load and recognize my wireless card, however, there is a module that loads at boottime,bcm43xx, that is not allowing ndiswrapper to load properly. i'm having to modprobe -r ndiswrapper and the bcm43xx driver, then modprobe ndiswrapper to get the wireless working properly. how can i block the bcm43xx module from loading in the first place?

add the module name to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

anyone have thoughts or experience using ubuntu as a home server? what distro, etc.

>> if you install mythweb you will have access to all wanted media files by browser e.g. firefox

hi guys, dir /opt is presently owned by user and group root. can i change it to my user without any problems? thanks.

as long as no one else needs to use it, should be fine

i want to setup a lamp box. with webmin. 12.x server work ok for this?

webmin has been removed from the debian repos due to it's many security and support issues