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is it possible to apt-get upgrade a persistent live usb with ubuntu karmic?	look into the persistent live usb
i have a soft spot for testing and 'unstable' systems. it really is a 50/50. but someone has to do it..	what does 50/50 means?
hey, what is the package i have to download to have the kde graphical interface ? i am finding for kde in the synaptic i only found 'kde-devel' but i am not sure whether it is the correct package, is it ? obs: i know, it seems a stupid doubt , it is because when i was using debian the package i chose for installing kde was just 'kde'.	i think the package is called kubuntu-desktop
how do i turn off the beeping in the terminal? it's driving me nuts! :)	the terminal bell is a setting in the general tab
how could i find out wheather i use arts or alsa? i would like to set up skype the best possible way. i have already read about dsp_hijacker, but now found a forum (http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=48195) and also a possible kopete integration with a different tip (http://extragear.kde.org/apps/kopete%20skype/) (i use kubuntu, but i think it doesn't make any difference here.)	cat /dev/sndstat
hey all have a super paronid mate who does stock market online i have him using ubuntu i have told him not to follow links from emails to his investments or banking etc and not to store his passwords in firefox, is there anything else you would recommend for me to tell him?	i'd recommend that he learn some basic principles of security
trying to install a game from cd using wine (game listed as platinum on wine db) - can't install because .exe files don't have +x bit set - but it's a read only file system! help?	had the same problem, it helped to start the exe with wine from commandline
um, whats the top/bottom screens of the cube called? skydome?	caps
hey all i can't boot my laptop... the only thing that shows is this error:'glib-warning **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)' in the bug reports it seems like people only get it sometimes and it doesn't prevent gdm from loading but not for me, i can't get it to boot at all, and get droped to an init shell.... any ideas?	user 0 is the root user account - if that's missing, there is certainly a problem!
hello, i'm trying to install over a windows xp using the live cd, but it is slow, taking over an hour to display the desktop, and clicking 'install' icon has taken over 20 minutes to open a window, which is still trying to fill the language selection...is there still a non-live installation cd? where to get the iso? any help is appreciated!	the alternate cd
ok, quick question. i'm trying to switch to ubuntu from windows for the first time. every time i try to 'check disk for errors' or 'intall or start ubuntu', my monitor loses signal and nothing is displayed. i'm using an 8800gt with two dvi ports. any ideas how to get this installed?	get the alternate text install cd, your card needs drivers that aren't on the live cd
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21663	i'm looking at it, if i'm winning i will respond with a positive note
is it possible to tunnel pptp vpn over ssh? i have a laptop that is sometimes in a wireless network that only allows port 80 & 443 outbound so i setup my sshd server on my debian box to run over 443. i've been able to ssh to my box like this and i've been able to forward ports over this tunnel (3389 rdp, 5222 jabber, etc...) but i'm not sure how to tunnel vpn over ssh, what ports does it use?. the reason i need to vpn is so i can vpn i	pptp runs on 1723
can i run ubuntu live cd without and disk drives connected to motherboard	'apt-cache policy gdm' and 'apt-cache policy gnome-panel'
i'm trying to format a usb pendrive with gparted... and this ask me for a disklabel... and offert msdos like default... which one i have to pick??	msdos is the most compatiable.
how do i kill x-server so i can install my nvidia drivers? i have ctrl-alt-f1 done but it says x is still running.	are you on 9.10? sudo stop gdm; previous sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
i'm looking for a site that is for those new to linux and with (obviously) quality info... linux.com's home page says it's for those new to linux, but then thier list of good, free distributions doesnt' include ubuntu and the general tone seemed to imply it's just a front door for sales	try linux.org
when i use fwbuilder to create a firewall in lucid lynx, it crashes when i try to save what i made. so i never get a .fwb file saved, let alone compile and install the firewall script since it's crashing. anyone have any idea? or use fwbuilder and is having the same issue so i know i'm not alone? ;-)	i'm not too familiar with fwbuilder, but ubuntu comes with a firewall app already called ufw for 'uncomplicated firewall'. there's also a simple gui front-end available called gufw
hi anyone know how to change the timeserver ubuntu syncs to at bootup?	/etc/ntp.conf
can anyone tell the command to restrat the network after changing ip address??	sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
can someone run `which rcs` and tell me if rcs is on your system?	it's in universe, but not installed by default
does anyone know how i can disable xgl on startup??	appearance in preferences
excuse the n00b question, but what's the command to unpack a .deb file, specifically frostwire?	: dpkg -i file.deb just worked for me. (can i get a confirmation on this?)
i've had a slight mishap whilst trying to resize an ntfs partition within ubuntu using gparted. the computer experienced a hang during the process. now i can't mount the partition -- 'ntfs signature is missing'. is there way to recover?	i assume you sufficiently made backups?
would someting like improvements in my wifi driver get updated during a regular update?	lions commentary on the unix operating system
is it possible to choose lilo instead of grub while installing the last ubuntu ?	you can install it later but theres no option no
how does one take a screenshot?	applications>accessories>screenshot
hello. i was wondering if someone could help me setup syntax highligthing with vim ... i have just installed ubuntu 6.10 and when i type 'vi' it reports 7.0.35. i uncommented the line in /etc/vim/vimrc 'syntax on' but now vi complains that the syntax command is not available in this version. any ideas?	'sudo apt-get install vim'
hmm, what's the best dvd burner for linux that can burn iso's?	i am partial to gnomebaker
what is the easiest way to convert .avi's (and other formats) to dvd?	i use convert x to dvd under wine
irssi question: when someone replies to you and the channel number turns pink, you go into the channel. is there a shortcut to see the last message with your name in it?	look at http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi and you may want to add a 'hilight window'
hello, is there someone around?	convert nrg files to standard iso image using this package 'nrg2iso'
hello, is it possible to use thunar instead of nautilus in ubuntu as my default file manager?	yes. and you should have patiance
hello all. is there a command to safely remove a usb wifi card? or do you only have to safely eject data-storing usb devices?	the latter
sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know how i could find out what ports an application is using on windows 7? #windows is being quiet on the subject :<	http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true
can someone help me to install wine for ubuntu? pm	'sudo aptitude install wine'
hi, i am just trying to enable xfowarding in karmic. but i cannot find anywhere any settings neiher in gconftool-2 nor in he 'mighty' gui. help please..	just connect with: ssh -x user@host and you will be able to run x forwarded apps
any know why the cd install gives 'buffer i/o error' errors and 'squashfs' errors? i'm trying to instal clean ver (not using wubi)	put this as a switch on the command line when booting: ide=nodma
can someone tell me the best way to set the gnome-terminal default geometry without having to use --geometry=geometry from the command line? (i'm launching via keyboard shortcuts in gnome)	map a keyboard shortcut that invokes a script that launches gt with the specified dimensions ... or use a window manager that remembers dimensions
hey guys where is the root account's .bashrc file?	/root/.bashrc
what's the best graphical irc client? xchat-gnome sucks..... xchat-gtk is better	urk.sf.net
aghr on #vbox nobody is active, so i ask again: how to change vdi type form fixed-size image to dynamically expanding image?	it seems you cannot, maybe look at this http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23566
i had a rackspace box get f'ed up such that i couldn't ssh into it, and had to restart it-- anyone know what log file to look at to figure out what ahppened?	and auth.log if you want to know who tried to authenticate
anyone have an alternative to nautilus they would recommend?	thunar or pcmanfm
how do i do a reverse dns lookup (ip number to domain name) from the terminal?	man dig to get the exact option for it
how can i install .jar files?	tell us if it worked after you try.
getting problem in upgrading ubunut to 11.10, update manager is not responding after clicking on upgrade, can anyone help?	try again later. the upgrade servers are overloaded.
whats the fast most light pdf reader	acroread
wats a good way to kill gdm cuz i try to kill it with killall gdm and it fails and says it cant	sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop
i have a built in camera on my notebook. does anyone recommend a nice gui to use my camera?	sudo apt-get install cheese
how do i check how much ram ubuntu has discovered from my system? i've bought a new computer with 4gb of ram and i think i was installing a 32-bit edition. i've installed a 64-bit version but i want to check it has discovered the full 4gb.	system monitor
by mistake i deleted all the applications and system->settings in the menu panel in gnome. i already tried to reset the panel which brought back the applications but not the 'system->settings'. how bring back the settings?	works here...
hey can anyone help me with rhymybox music player i have installed all the needed codecs and it was working before but now it gives me this error!!!	your music sucks too much
should .ko files typically reside somewhere under /lib/modules?	the ko file needs to go into the directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc
meh. debian ate my swap. debian's fstab doesn't seem to use uuids. if i remove the swap uuid from fstab in ubuntu, will it find the swap partition?	reset it in fstab
i'm trying to umount /dev/hdc1 from /mnt and says that is busy... how can i know what process is using /mnt or how can i force it?	fuser -mv /dev/hdc1
any one here familiar with getting a broadcom bcm4321 working correctly?	https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/driver/bcm43xx
hello all. a quick question. can kubuntu live cd be installed to hdd??	get the kubuntu install cd
hello, the videos in my computer are blueish. all youtube videos look blue but some videos are showing the right colors. how can i reset the settings so that the color will go back to the default settings?	rightclick in a flash vid and chose settings?
is it possible to pause an ongoing install using aptitude ?	you could interrupt it, but that might break your paketmanagement in a hard to say way
hi, i've installed ubuntu studio but it's gave me an error it says that might be an error in xorg.conf, somebody knows how i can configurate that file?	xserver-xorg
hello, i'm trying to install ubuntu on a usb-hdd, but it's not working. has anyone here some experience with this?	pendrivelinux.com is how i got mine working
is there a command line tool to burn dvds?	growisofs
hello, audio and video are out of sync in mplayer whilst playing dvd's - could anyone give me some pointers?	seen that issue in mplayer sometimes if the dvd rom drive isn't set to dma=1.
running karmic on a tablet pc. screen is 1024x600, but xorg is driving it at 800x600. how to fix?	driver doesnt support that res.
quick question - can someone remind me how to set xchat to automatically identify me to nickserv when i log in to freenode?	you can just go to servers and edit, add your nick and password there
my install broke somewhere during package installation, leaving me without either ssh or gdm.. is there an easy way to tell aptitude to simply install all the base install packages ?	sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop (is some kind of meta-package for the desktop-collection)
how many of you guys are running breezy?	: it basically works perfect, just a few issues (ati 3d acceleration)
hey ya'll, i am wondering, what is a good virtual drive program? like to mount isos, etc on ubuntu?	loom on the internet. you don't need a seperate program, just a couple of scripts.
how do i tell if my wintv-pc drivers are install correctly	try running tvtime
i got a couple of questions. none are really ubuntu specific. one is when using date how do you change the hw clock? i booted into windows and it messed my time up. now ever time the computer gets rebooted i have to change the time again.	how old is the pc? could be the battery on the motherboard needs replacing?
how can i open a conf file as root?	gksudo gedit <file>
what player do i need to play dvds?	mplayer or totem
hi, could someone help me with a rookie level bash issue? i have a command that works fine normally, but not in a script for some reason	as long as its not to long let us have it
i have a problem with my new laptop, and i was wondering if someone could help. this is not an install problem, i am very experienced with linux. the distro is working perfectly, the problem is with the leds on the system. under xp the wifi on/off light works perfectly, under linux it does not. if i cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill it shows a value of 0 when the wifi is active and 2 if it is inactive. i am trying to find out how windo	i think that led is probably controlled by a bit in nvram ... you could have a look at madwifi to see how they do it - i don't now how to dump nvram from windows but you could compare a dump from windows to a dump in linux
when u update from 9.04 to 9.10. does it loose all installed themes and what not?	everything in your $home dir is untouched. everything else to be removed is upon your acceptance.
soo...will i be flamed if i ask something about hoary? :-o	it should still be there and working...
how is network manager supposed to show me available mobile broadband connections, or error messages? i make a connection, and nothing happens. i have no idea if theres something wrong with my connection settings, or if the modem driver isn't working. no response at all. any hints on where i can look?	check /var/log/syslog
how do i modify the usa keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change '-' to '_' and vice versa.	/usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/
okay... could anyone explain to me how to change the resolution used for gdm?	depends on the console
theos.. scrubber/slider/the thingy that shows the progress of the song being played.	try this 'speaker-test -c6 -l1 -twav'
it seems that pthread man is not installed on my hardy, which package should i install to get it ? thanks	it's either devhelp or dev-help
doesanyone how to unable netbook launcher in une? i dont know how many packages i must uninstall	just install ubuntu-desktop
how do you start ubuntu in command line mode?	remove gdm from the runlevel you're booting into.
checking xchat config. can someone please use my nick in a message.	test
i accidentally right clicked the application menu and said remove. how can i get it back?	right click -> add to panel
hi, i hae an old (windows 98 i assume) floppyy, how do i get ubuntu to read it? /hardy	tried inserting in floppy drive?
i have two files in different paths, one is a symlink of the other. both have the same name. how do i know which is the symlink and which is the main file?	the link will show like lrwxrwxrwx or so, depending on your permissions, the regular file will show as -rwxrwxrwx
hi, i have a 4 button mouse, how do i configure my thumb button for firefox to 'go back'?	there's a howto for that on ubuntuforums.org
hello. livecd environment possible over http or not? just nfs?	you might want to rephrase that.. i can't make sense of your question
hrm. im compiling qt-copy and i get a missing dbus/dbus.h. what package do i need?	libdbus-1-dev
hello. i can't seem to get compiz fusion working in 8.10. it was working perfectly, but now nothing but the wobbly windows are working	what video card are you using?
does anyone know if/how you can set the 'capslock state' of x.org? somehow xorg has become convinced that the capslock key is stuck on...	do you have mouseemu installed?
how do i see who has logged in to my computer, when and for how long ?	type last
i want to install windows, but i do not want to loose access to ubuntu. how do i manage that?	i'm afraid you will have to restore your ubuntu bootloader manually (using a live cd for instance) after installing windows. unless you install it on a different hard drive.
how do you search for files?	you can use 'locate filename' in terminal
what to i need to install to get man-entries for c-functions like fwrite?	manpages-dev*
libglib2.0-0 is installed on my system, but this configure script complains that there is no 'glib-2.0' package on my system. it's a very new configure script, and should be up to date. what gives?	install libglib2.0-dev
[ot] can anyone tell me which it is the language of this webpage... so that i find a translator: http://www.pikapolonica.net/?p=62 czech? german? polis?	serbian / croatian, maybe some other balkan slavic language
hello, i have a problem with x11. it doens't startup anymore without changing any configuration myself. it tells me the following: failsafedexconf: error: creation of temporary work directory /tmp/dexconf-tmp-6320 failed	is your drive full?

is it possible to apt-get upgrade a persistent live usb with ubuntu karmic?

look into the persistent live usb

i have a soft spot for testing and 'unstable' systems. it really is a 50/50. but someone has to do it..

what does 50/50 means?

hey, what is the package i have to download to have the kde graphical interface ? i am finding for kde in the synaptic i only found 'kde-devel' but i am not sure whether it is the correct package, is it ? obs: i know, it seems a stupid doubt , it is because when i was using debian the package i chose for installing kde was just 'kde'.

i think the package is called kubuntu-desktop

how do i turn off the beeping in the terminal? it's driving me nuts! :)

the terminal bell is a setting in the general tab

how could i find out wheather i use arts or alsa? i would like to set up skype the best possible way. i have already read about dsp_hijacker, but now found a forum (http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=48195) and also a possible kopete integration with a different tip (http://extragear.kde.org/apps/kopete%20skype/) (i use kubuntu, but i think it doesn't make any difference here.)

cat /dev/sndstat

hey all have a super paronid mate who does stock market online i have him using ubuntu i have told him not to follow links from emails to his investments or banking etc and not to store his passwords in firefox, is there anything else you would recommend for me to tell him?

i'd recommend that he learn some basic principles of security

trying to install a game from cd using wine (game listed as platinum on wine db) - can't install because .exe files don't have +x bit set - but it's a read only file system! help?

had the same problem, it helped to start the exe with wine from commandline

um, whats the top/bottom screens of the cube called? skydome?

caps

hey all i can't boot my laptop... the only thing that shows is this error:'glib-warning **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)' in the bug reports it seems like people only get it sometimes and it doesn't prevent gdm from loading but not for me, i can't get it to boot at all, and get droped to an init shell.... any ideas?

user 0 is the root user account - if that's missing, there is certainly a problem!

hello, i'm trying to install over a windows xp using the live cd, but it is *slow*, taking over an hour to display the desktop, and clicking 'install' icon has taken over 20 minutes to open a window, which is still trying to fill the language selection...is there still a non-live installation cd? where to get the iso? any help is appreciated!

the alternate cd

ok, quick question. i'm trying to switch to ubuntu from windows for the first time. every time i try to 'check disk for errors' or 'intall or start ubuntu', my monitor loses signal and nothing is displayed. i'm using an 8800gt with two dvi ports. any ideas how to get this installed?

get the alternate text install cd, your card needs drivers that aren't on the live cd

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21663

i'm looking at it, if i'm winning i will respond with a positive note

is it possible to tunnel pptp vpn over ssh? i have a laptop that is sometimes in a wireless network that only allows port 80 & 443 outbound so i setup my sshd server on my debian box to run over 443. i've been able to ssh to my box like this and i've been able to forward ports over this tunnel (3389 rdp, 5222 jabber, etc...) but i'm not sure how to tunnel vpn over ssh, what ports does it use?. the reason i need to vpn is so i can vpn i

pptp runs on 1723

can i run ubuntu live cd without and disk drives connected to motherboard

'apt-cache policy gdm' and 'apt-cache policy gnome-panel'

i'm trying to format a usb pendrive with gparted... and this ask me for a disklabel... and offert msdos like default... which one i have to pick??

msdos is the most compatiable.

how do i kill x-server so i can install my nvidia drivers? i have ctrl-alt-f1 done but it says x is still running.

are you on 9.10? sudo stop gdm; previous sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

i'm looking for a site that is for those new to linux and with (obviously) quality info... linux.com's home page says it's for those new to linux, but then thier list of good, free distributions doesnt' include ubuntu and the general tone seemed to imply it's just a front door for sales

try linux.org

when i use fwbuilder to create a firewall in lucid lynx, it crashes when i try to save what i made. so i never get a .fwb file saved, let alone compile and install the firewall script since it's crashing. anyone have any idea? or use fwbuilder and is having the same issue so i know i'm not alone? ;-)

i'm not too familiar with fwbuilder, but ubuntu comes with a firewall app already called ufw for 'uncomplicated firewall'. there's also a simple gui front-end available called gufw

hi anyone know how to change the timeserver ubuntu syncs to at bootup?

/etc/ntp.conf

can anyone tell the command to restrat the network after changing ip address??

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

can someone run `which rcs` and tell me if rcs is on your system?

it's in universe, but not installed by default

does anyone know how i can disable xgl on startup??

appearance in preferences

excuse the n00b question, but what's the command to unpack a .deb file, specifically frostwire?

: dpkg -i file.deb just worked for me. (can i get a confirmation on this?)

i've had a slight mishap whilst trying to resize an ntfs partition within ubuntu using gparted. the computer experienced a hang during the process. now i can't mount the partition -- 'ntfs signature is missing'. is there way to recover?

i assume you sufficiently made backups?

would someting like improvements in my wifi driver get updated during a regular update?

lions commentary on the unix operating system

is it possible to choose lilo instead of grub while installing the last ubuntu ?

you can install it later but theres no option no

how does one take a screenshot?

applications>accessories>screenshot

hello. i was wondering if someone could help me setup syntax highligthing with vim ... i have just installed ubuntu 6.10 and when i type 'vi' it reports 7.0.35. i uncommented the line in /etc/vim/vimrc 'syntax on' but now vi complains that the syntax command is not available in this version. any ideas?

'sudo apt-get install vim'

hmm, what's the best dvd burner for linux that can burn iso's?

i am partial to gnomebaker

what is the easiest way to convert .avi's (and other formats) to dvd?

i use convert x to dvd under wine

irssi question: when someone replies to you and the channel number turns pink, you go into the channel. is there a shortcut to see the last message with your name in it?

look at http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi and you may want to add a 'hilight window'

hello, is there someone around?

convert nrg files to standard iso image using this package 'nrg2iso'

hello, is it possible to use thunar instead of nautilus in ubuntu as my default file manager?

yes. and you should have patiance

hello all. is there a command to safely remove a usb wifi card? or do you only have to safely eject data-storing usb devices?

the latter

sorry to be offtopic but does anybody know how i could find out what ports an application is using on windows 7? #windows is being quiet on the subject :<

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

can someone help me to install wine for ubuntu? pm

'sudo aptitude install wine'

hi, i am just trying to enable xfowarding in karmic. but i cannot find anywhere any settings neiher in gconftool-2 nor in he 'mighty' gui. help please..

just connect with: ssh -x user@host and you will be able to run x forwarded apps

any know why the cd install gives 'buffer i/o error' errors and 'squashfs' errors? i'm trying to instal clean ver (not using wubi)

put this as a switch on the command line when booting: ide=nodma

can someone tell me the best way to set the gnome-terminal default geometry without having to use --geometry=geometry from the command line? (i'm launching via keyboard shortcuts in gnome)

map a keyboard shortcut that invokes a script that launches gt with the specified dimensions ... or use a window manager that remembers dimensions

hey guys where is the root account's .bashrc file?

/root/.bashrc

what's the best graphical irc client? xchat-gnome sucks..... xchat-gtk is better

urk.sf.net

aghr on #vbox nobody is active, so i ask again: how to change vdi type form fixed-size image to dynamically expanding image?

it seems you cannot, maybe look at this http://forum.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23566

i had a rackspace box get f'ed up such that i couldn't ssh into it, and had to restart it-- anyone know what log file to look at to figure out what ahppened?

and auth.log if you want to know who tried to authenticate

anyone have an alternative to nautilus they would recommend?

thunar or pcmanfm

how do i do a reverse dns lookup (ip number to domain name) from the terminal?

man dig to get the exact option for it

how can i install .jar files?

tell us if it worked after you try.

getting problem in upgrading ubunut to 11.10, update manager is not responding after clicking on upgrade, can anyone help?

try again later. the upgrade servers are overloaded.

whats the fast most light pdf reader

acroread

wats a good way to kill gdm cuz i try to kill it with killall gdm and it fails and says it cant

sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop

i have a built in camera on my notebook. does anyone recommend a nice gui to use my camera?

sudo apt-get install cheese

how do i check how much ram ubuntu has discovered from my system? i've bought a new computer with 4gb of ram and i think i was installing a 32-bit edition. i've installed a 64-bit version but i want to check it has discovered the full 4gb.

system monitor

by mistake i deleted all the applications and system->settings in the menu panel in gnome. i already tried to reset the panel which brought back the applications but not the 'system->settings'. how bring back the settings?

works here...

hey can anyone help me with rhymybox music player i have installed all the needed codecs and it was working before but now it gives me this error!!!

your music sucks too much

should .ko files typically reside somewhere under /lib/modules?

the ko file needs to go into the directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc

meh. debian ate my swap. debian's fstab doesn't seem to use uuids. if i remove the swap uuid from fstab in ubuntu, will it find the swap partition?

reset it in fstab

i'm trying to umount /dev/hdc1 from /mnt and says that is busy... how can i know what process is using /mnt or how can i force it?

fuser -mv /dev/hdc1

any one here familiar with getting a broadcom bcm4321 working correctly?

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

hello all. a quick question. can kubuntu live cd be installed to hdd??

get the kubuntu install cd

hello, the videos in my computer are blueish. all youtube videos look blue but some videos are showing the right colors. how can i reset the settings so that the color will go back to the default settings?

rightclick in a flash vid and chose settings?

is it possible to pause an ongoing install using aptitude ?

you could interrupt it, but that might break your paketmanagement in a hard to say way

hi, i've installed ubuntu studio but it's gave me an error it says that might be an error in xorg.conf, somebody knows how i can configurate that file?

xserver-xorg

hello, i'm trying to install ubuntu on a usb-hdd, but it's not working. has anyone here some experience with this?

pendrivelinux.com is how i got mine working

is there a command line tool to burn dvds?

growisofs

hello, audio and video are out of sync in mplayer whilst playing dvd's - could anyone give me some pointers?

seen that issue in mplayer sometimes if the dvd rom drive isn't set to dma=1.

running karmic on a tablet pc. screen is 1024x600, but xorg is driving it at 800x600. how to fix?

driver doesnt support that res.

quick question - can someone remind me how to set xchat to automatically identify me to nickserv when i log in to freenode?

you can just go to servers and edit, add your nick and password there

my install broke somewhere during package installation, leaving me without either ssh or gdm.. is there an easy way to tell aptitude to simply install all the base install packages ?

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop (is some kind of meta-package for the desktop-collection)

how many of you guys are running breezy?

: it basically works perfect, just a few issues (ati 3d acceleration)

hey ya'll, i am wondering, what is a good virtual drive program? like to mount isos, etc on ubuntu?

loom on the internet. you don't need a seperate program, just a couple of scripts.

how do i tell if my wintv-pc drivers are install correctly

try running tvtime

i got a couple of questions. none are really ubuntu specific. one is when using date how do you change the hw clock? i booted into windows and it messed my time up. now ever time the computer gets rebooted i have to change the time again.

how old is the pc? could be the battery on the motherboard needs replacing?

how can i open a conf file as root?

gksudo gedit <file>

what player do i need to play dvds?

mplayer or totem

hi, could someone help me with a rookie level bash issue? i have a command that works fine normally, but not in a script for some reason

as long as its not to long let us have it

i have a problem with my new laptop, and i was wondering if someone could help. this is not an install problem, i am very experienced with linux. the distro is working perfectly, the problem is with the leds on the system. under xp the wifi on/off light works perfectly, under linux it does not. if i cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill it shows a value of 0 when the wifi is active and 2 if it is inactive. i am trying to find out how windo

i think that led is probably controlled by a bit in nvram ... you could have a look at madwifi to see how they do it - i don't now how to dump nvram from windows but you could compare a dump from windows to a dump in linux

when u update from 9.04 to 9.10. does it loose all installed themes and what not?

everything in your $home dir is untouched. everything else to be removed is upon your acceptance.

soo...will i be flamed if i ask something about hoary? :-o

it should still be there and working...

how is network manager supposed to show me available mobile broadband connections, or error messages? i make a connection, and nothing happens. i have no idea if theres something wrong with my connection settings, or if the modem driver isn't working. no response at all. any hints on where i can look?

check /var/log/syslog

how do i modify the usa keyboard layout in gnome? i want to change '-' to '_' and vice versa.

/usr/share/x11/xkb/symbols/

okay... could anyone explain to me how to change the resolution used for gdm?

depends on the console

theos.. scrubber/slider/the thingy that shows the progress of the song being played.

try this 'speaker-test -c6 -l1 -twav'

it seems that pthread man is not installed on my hardy, which package should i install to get it ? thanks

it's either devhelp or dev-help

doesanyone how to unable netbook launcher in une? i dont know how many packages i must uninstall

just install ubuntu-desktop

how do you start ubuntu in command line mode?

remove gdm from the runlevel you're booting into.

checking xchat config. can someone please use my nick in a message.

test

i accidentally right clicked the application menu and said remove. how can i get it back?

right click -> add to panel

hi, i hae an old (windows 98 i assume) floppyy, how do i get ubuntu to read it? /hardy

tried inserting in floppy drive?

i have two files in different paths, one is a symlink of the other. both have the same name. how do i know which is the symlink and which is the main file?

the link will show like lrwxrwxrwx or so, depending on your permissions, the regular file will show as -rwxrwxrwx

hi, i have a 4 button mouse, how do i configure my thumb button for firefox to 'go back'?

there's a howto for that on ubuntuforums.org

hello. livecd environment possible over http or not? just nfs?

you might want to rephrase that.. i can't make sense of your question

hrm. im compiling qt-copy and i get a missing dbus/dbus.h. what package do i need?

libdbus-1-dev

hello. i can't seem to get compiz fusion working in 8.10. it was working perfectly, but now nothing but the wobbly windows are working

what video card are you using?

does anyone know if/how you can set the 'capslock state' of x.org? somehow xorg has become convinced that the capslock key is stuck on...

do you have mouseemu installed?

how do i see who has logged in to my computer, when and for how long ?

type last

i want to install windows, but i do not want to loose access to ubuntu. how do i manage that?

i'm afraid you will have to restore your ubuntu bootloader manually (using a live cd for instance) after installing windows. unless you install it on a different hard drive.

how do you search for files?

you can use 'locate filename' in terminal

what to i need to install to get man-entries for c-functions like fwrite?

manpages-dev*

libglib2.0-0 is installed on my system, but this configure script complains that there is no 'glib-2.0' package on my system. it's a very new configure script, and should be up to date. what gives?

install libglib2.0-dev

[ot] can anyone tell me which it is the language of this webpage... so that i find a translator: http://www.pikapolonica.net/?p=62 czech? german? polis?

serbian / croatian, maybe some other balkan slavic language

hello, i have a problem with x11. it doens't startup anymore without changing any configuration myself. it tells me the following: failsafedexconf: error: creation of temporary work directory /tmp/dexconf-tmp-6320 failed

is your drive full?