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how do you configure your netwrok adapter (like choosing ssid) from the terminal or commandline? | edit /etc/network/interfaces -- docs in man interfaces |
simple question - does an ubuntu install customise itself to the computer it's being installed on? i.e. would installing it and swapping the disk to a diff. computer matter? | aside from ending up with eth0, eth1, eth2, eth10 (depending on mac address), about the only other issue is video drivers. |
anyone have a way i can tell exactly what video card i have without taking the case apart? | via lshw, lshal, lspci command through command line |
but doing that i assume apt may stop installing the list of packages (?) | i assume synaptic crashed , but is locking access to dpkg |
is there any general rule to get suspend and hibernate working? | there are some threads talking how to debug suspend/hibernate... procedure does not looks easy for me... |
whats the application called to dual boot windows and ubuntu easily? with the windows boot manager | wubi |
how can you force mark a package as installed, when you built it manually from source? | equivs |
goodmorning everyone. i have just inserted a new graphics card in my computer. i still have the old one (a s3 pci) in my computer and today i inserted a geforce mx in the agp slot. my vga cable is connected to the geforce mx but when i try to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg it detects the card as a s3 but i want it to detect the geforce mx (which is now supposed to be my primary graphics card). can anyone help me getting xserve | instead of letting it autodetect the module, select the correct one in the list |
is there a opensource free invoicing software for ubuntu? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=invoic&searchon=all&suite=gutsy§ion=all maybe |
hi! i did a mv /var/log/messages /var/log/messages.1 and now rsyslogd writes to the new file. why is that? thank you in advance. | the file was still open |
hey anyone an idea why i can't burn images or anything else to a dvd anymore | could be that the drive is dying |
how do i run .deb files? | type in console sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb |
here's a crazy question, i shoved lubuntu down this compaq tc1000's windows compatible little throat. i'm thinking 10.04 is too much for it i want to go with 9.01. is there an easy way to downgrade? | there is no desktop release before 10.04 that is not end of life. |
can someone explain the generic version vers the non-generic version of the kernel to me? | the -generic version takes advantage of multiple core, the -386 version doesn't |
how to play swf files in ubuntu? i am not able to play it in mplayer or vlc or in totem | use a web browser to view .swf |
if grub appears for a very short time -like a second , is there a button i can press to enter the menu before it boots? | the [esc] key shows the menu. |
how to install flashplayer for swiftfox please help me | -> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree |
hi do somebody know a good music player, because rythmbox don't work and vlc don't have a play liste systeme or something close ... | or amarok |
can anyone recomend a nice bittorrent client? | if you have ubuntu 5.04 you already have one. but you can consider trying azureus.sf.net |
what's the smallest program that can resize photos and convert formats (jpg to png)? | use imagemagick |
how do i force apt-get to reinstall a package? | that is not a great thing to do - you can break a system beyond the point where irc can help - try this first, sudo apt-get remove --purge packagename; sudo apt-get install packagename ; rm .localconfigfiledirectoryinhomeusersdirectory |
hi guys i was wondering how i can stop just gnome without restarting the server ? | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop |
how do i prevent programs from starting when i start my computer? | go to system>preferences>sessions, then to the startup commands tab, then take gaim out |
hey trism. i think i am stuck here, i am new to ubuntu and linux and dont know much. | good start here ... www.ubuntupocketguide.com |
hello everyone, i have a laptop and i want to use the vga output to my tv, but i'm getting no video out of it. is there a way to enable video output? | yes, nvidia-settings can modify xorg.conf to let you use multiple screens. |
i'm trying to figure out the size of a disk that has no partition table; i think i can get it with the udevadm command and the usec_initialized line although i have no idea how to calculate it. does anybody have any idea. this is the size of one disk (i think): e: usec_initialized=5087245 | why not just use 'sudo parted -l'? |
anyone know how/where to install libwx on breezy5.10 | which one |
i've just installed a new motherboard (old one had dual lan so eth0 and eth1) and now this new mobo's lan is showing as eth2. is there a way i can rename the interface to eth0? | or just delete that file, it will be generated at next boot. |
hello, i'm looking for the ubuntu way to download updates at work, and feed them to my lappy on cd. is there a how-to somwhere? also, it appears that the default install is a g-ish one, and i've grown fond of one or two k apps, how much overhead will i garner by installing any k app? | if they are not running i wouldn't think any overhead. but i don't know. |
what happens if i am logged in with a guest account and the power cuts? | your computer will suffocate and go out. |
how i can detect process ? with bash script ? | something like ps -a | grep foobar maybe? |
how is ubuntu's power management on laptops compared with wondows xp? | yeah you should stick with windows |
how to change setting nvidia to intel corporation 82945g/gz integrated graphics controller?? | sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia*; sudo apt-get --purge utoremove; sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg |
how do you release/renew an ip address via dhcp? | then sudo ifup eth0 |
on ububuntu server 11.10, how do i switch eth0 from dynamic to static? | in /etc/networks/interfaces |
hi, i recently switched to gnome 3 from unity (much better, wow), but none of the links in the top menu work... the menus themselves work, but when i go to system settings, my account, network settings, or even data and time settings, nothing happens. i can launch these things from a terminal, but from the menu they're broken for some reason. are there logs somewhere so i can see what's going on? | contact the ppa maintainer |
is there a search option in nautilus? | there's places -> search for files |
i lost my root's password. how to find it :( | you can't retrieve it... do 'sudo passwd root' and re-set it. |
whats the command to kill a process? xkillall processname? | kill -9 pid works for sure though |
is there a shortcut to change worskpaces in 10.10/11.04? | its like ctrl alt arrow or something |
hello, im having tough timer mapping samba server share on mine ubuntu machine via cifs, cant anyone check this error http://wklej.org/id/606686/ | seems like a very good reason -> nt_status_logon_failure |
beginner question using vim. :set + commands (e.g. :set wrap linebreak textwidth=0) - are they commands persistent or only for the session? | without the : |
where should i place a bash script to be available for me no matter which folder im in? | or you could create ~/bin and add scripts there. it would keep you from having to use sudo to copy them. |
i am trying to run a .exe file in wine but when i do i get an error stating: 'component 'flash9e.ocx' or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid'. how can i fix this? | chances are you'll be able to find more help in the wine channel |
what is the correct mechanism for setting a background image for the grub menu in 12.04? i've tried various tutorials and grub-customizer, but always end up with a blank background. | you should research plymouth |
so, is there any way to automate the install process if i'm going headless on all the machines i'm installing? | i would imagine pxe boot, theres probably a wiki guide on that |
anyone recommend me a good player with library ? | for music, i take it? try exaile |
i installd linux/ubuntu for the first time yesterday and trying to learn som shit now. and i'm woundering if someone know how i can change the standard terminal in ubuntu/gnome... | prefered apps/terminal on the system/settings menu |
is there a way to reinitialize my mouse driver? my mouse just suddenly stopped working, and re-plugging it does nothing. | a reboot should work |
dabar: i think my ubuntu is broken cuz i'm getting a bunch of unresolved dependency messages even when i excluded the net based repositories and try to dist-upgrade from the cdrom alone. | show me the cd line from /etc/apt/sources.list file, please |
i have a problem with my new monitor and 7.10. in x, the screen is all garbled, in the textmode terminals, only a portion of the text is displayed and i can't fix the xorg.conf file for my new monitor. is there any trick how i can tricker the autodetection again, possible get a clean xorg.conf file? | try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' |
im trying to mount a .iso on a virtual drive, from what i understand i use this: mount -o loop <iso directory> <mountpoint>, but i have no idea what the mountpoint would need to be, can anyone help? | may something like /media/cdrom |
hello, there is a way to bypass a proxy server and a firewall to run a webserver on a vm | there's about 6 billion guides on the internet. portfoward.com is a good place to start |
hello. can i use repositories from hardy for the dapper? some software in the dapper's repos have very old version :-) | if there are backports for those packages, you could try them but the long-term solution is probably to upgrade or reinstall. |
hi, i downloaded the most recent firefox (firefox 3.0 beta 4), but when i try to start it, it gives this error: (crashreporter:10127): gtk-critical **: gtk_widget_set_sensitive: assertion `gtk_is_widget (widget)' failed. then it gives me the option to just quit or restart firefox. | its a beta so report it to mozilla |
anyone know why, when i try to open file with other application, set it as the default application, it goes back to toetem(avi) | system > preferences > preferred applications |
how would one tell if they were running 32bit ubuntu or 64? | should say x86_64 or so if it's 64 |
has the process of choosing the screen resolution been changed in breezy? | what kind of vid card? |
is there any way to flush ram memory? | i dunno if it will properly flush but, try: sudo sync ; sudo sysctl vm.drop_caches=3 ; sudo sysctl vm.drop_caches=0 ; sudo sync |
how do i get the icon back on my panel for evolution and empathy? | drag the icon from the menu to the panel |
how does own burn an iso to usb? | http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install on the right-hand side are the instructions. |
okays, i'm trying to undo the {windows-key}+r magnigier. i've just installed a 4mb program called ccsm, and it doesn't do anything (hits an attribute error). does anyone know a *quick* and simple way to fix this? just a button i can push. if there's no quick way i'll just restart the computer. | ccsm is the way to manage compiz options |
this might be a silly question but im stuck right now :( i made a script in python and run it but it went into an infinite loop because i made a mistake in a variable but i do not know how to stop the execution from terminal. i pressed ctrl+c but nothing. any suggestions? | or ps ax|grep <script name> and kill $pid |
when will ubuntu desktop 8.04 lts stop updating? is it in april 2013? | but if you use hardy, can upgrade from one lts to the next: |
anyone have any fancy commands like displayconfig-gtk but for sound cards? i am having trouble setting up 5.1 sound | the command for sound in alsaconf, but the stupid developers do not provide it!! |
in feisty to get an 686 kernel rather than a 386, do i need to install any package? | -generic is a 686 |
i'm trying to use hwinfo to get some information about my hardware, but for some reason it wont accept any modifiers, such as hwinfo -short. am i doing something wrong? | maybe it has to be long option syntax: --short |
how does this work? http://www.getdeb.net/app/monosim what is apturl? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/apturl 'in forefox address bar type this apt:packagename |
i have an nfts partition that i want permanently mounted for the user, but on every startup i have to click 'places' => 'data' again ... how to make this automatically? | you have to modify /etc/fstab |
when can i download mono for ubuntu? | open the package manager and search for the mono packages you want |
skype has suddenly stopped working , how to fix it ? | mv ~/.skype/shared.xml ~/.skype/shared~.xml |
is there a way to disable computer beep from ubuntu ? | check out http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=126746 |
how can i run top and see the ram usage in megs and not k | press 'm' in top |
does anyone here uses a 32bit ubuntu whit more than 4gb of ram? does the pae mode work fine? im wondering about adding more ram to my machine but i don't want to move to a 64bit install | i have 32 gigs f ram in my 32 bit server and it uses and sees it all |
does anyone know the short-cuts to switch desktops in kde? | isn't it <ctrl><alt>arrow left/right with all the desktops? |
if i install only general packages and i do not run x, what would be different than running a ubuntu server edition? | nothing. |
can anyone remind me? | /etc/update-motd.d/ i guess is what you are looking for |
got any ideas how to make mouse media buttons work on xubuntu | copy ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile/<something>.default i think |
hello everyone , i have a quick question , does the ubuntu image have a partitioning tool? | yeah, gparted is on the livecd |
i'm adding new keyboard shortcuts, and i was just wondering if someone could tell me what to put in the command field if i wanted to have it open a folder (~/home/adam/music for example) | nautilus infront |
could anyone tell me what this command is meant to do ? git clone git://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git wine | wine project even |
i have an mpeg-1 stream in a riff file (from a videocd) - anyone know how i could re-wrap the stream in an mpeg container, without transcoding the stream? | ffmpeg -i riff_file -vcodec copy -acodec copy mpegfile.mpg should do the trick. |
what does that -9 do? | man kill has a list |
what is a good free ebook for beginner/novice guide for ubuntu server? | https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/c/index.html |
uhmm.. could anyone please tell me what happened to the 'xmms' i was used to? i now see xmms2, but it's client/server based.. i just want a winamp-lookalike ;) | try audacious instead |
hi, can i burn the iso-image of 8.04 to a dvd instead of a cd? | http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/ |
i am using ssh user@host but some days ago i reinstall the host, so its another key and ssh wont connect because of that. is there a way to force ssh to use the new key? | it should tell you the line in .ssh/known_hosts that is outdated. delete that line and it will connect again |
hi, i'm trying to install totem-xine and it sets to remove ubuntu-desktop, is there any problem to remove this? | no, just be sure to install it before a dist-upgrade |
hello, i have a linksys wireless-g notebook network adapter. are there linux drivers for it or do i have to use ndiswrapper? | see if it's here - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentswirelessnetworkcards |
does anyone know of a program that using traceroute, ping and other such utilities can determine which from a list of hosts/servers/mirrors is closest to you? | netselect |
how to using vim to go to the end of file ? | i always just hit :99999 or something |
is there by any chance an easier way to redirect request to port 80, to a different port? like if i running apache on port 8080, i would like to make all requests from port 80 to go to port 8080 | iptables -t nat -a prerouting -p tcp --destination-port 80 -j redirect --to-port 8080 |
how do i run a .bin file? (it's a game) | chmod +x *.bin && ./file.bin |
hello, i wanna know how to unistall a program that i installed with 'make' command | make unistall from the build directory |
what's the best program, in your experiences, for converting different media to dvd? | devede does a well enough job to be suggested |
whats the graphical folder view command in terminal ? | file manager is called 'nautilus' |
anyone ever suffered from random freezes in ubuntu? | i have, but i put that down to dodgy hd. the hd switched off power to iteslef |
intrepid here; does someone knows why googleearth goes soo slow? | you'll want to disable compiz (visual effects in appearance prefs) if it's enabled |
how do i extract a file that ends with *.7z ? | install p7zip |
what's the easiest way to create a chrooted (openssh) sftp user? | or to 'scponly' |
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