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is there anyway to check if i'm updated to ibex? i've just done updates but there was no mention of a new distribution.	i had to go into the preferences and enable the update checker to check for new releases. if it upgraded it should have taken quite a while to do it.
hi! does the wipe command actually wipes all data so that it will be hard to retrive the data?	yup, if paranoid, use -q option
guys i'm looking for a parental control function for my kids' box. anyone who can help me out with a few options?	close any programs accessing files on it including any shells with the current working directory in it
have you checked out the thinkwiki? www.thinkwiki.org	- yeah i did, i just wanted to know if people liked their t30 :)
when will firefox 3.0.1 be released into the repositories?	it's already in -proposed.
is there an openvpn server that can be used with windows clients, and can someone point me to a tutorial on configuring it on ubuntu server?	: look for pptp
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=541806	see the troubleshooting php section in the link ubotu sent
hey! how do you exit x?	/etc/init.d/gdm stop
hi guys: am trying to install ubuntu-7.10, but along the way i get the error; file///cdrom/pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_5.6+20070716-iubuntu3_i386.deb was corrupt. what might cause this error? please help	that or download
howto force fsck on boot (on karmic)? 'sudo shutdown -f -r now' doesn't seem to work...	i think you put a file named forcefsck on the filesystem you want checked... for exampled sudo touch /forcefsck
hi, i want to buy a computer with an i5 cpu and a h55 intel chipset on the mb, is it compatible with the last linux kernels?	model name : intel(r) core(tm) i5 cpu 750 @ 2.67ghz
hi guys, hope all are well. i have a little problem with minitube on my lucid lynx, it keeps complaining about missing h.264 codec. i have searched for it all over the internet with no luck, can any kind soul help me install it so i can get minitube 1.1 working? please help?	did you try installing this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats
ok, how do i uncompress all the .7z files in a folder? p7zip -d * 'doesn't work', p7zip tells me i 'm using an incorrect syntax.	not .o -o
is there something like top for i/o?	try vmstat
i recently upgraded from kubuntu karmic to lucid. since that upgrade my system performance has decreased severely. doing basically anything in dolphin can make it hang for ~10s and i can't even run half-life at a stable 60fps anymore. any ideas?	sounds like you need to get your graphics drivers going again. run glxgears from a terminal and tell me if they are running smoothly. (nvidia or ati install if they aren't running right)
hi all, how do i install dapper from the 6.06-1 live cd on a raid1 boot, root partition?	you might need the alternative cd, im not sure. let's see what the channel has to say.
people, how to disable pc speaker beep?	depends on whats beeping also. 'xset b 0 0 0 ' or 'xset b off' disables it for most apps.
does anyonne knows a god gui for mysql on ubuntu?	navicat is excellent
is ther a way to have more than one sound playing at the same time i.e rythembox playing music but gaim still pinging	yes, many ways. you could use a soundserver such as esd, polypaudio, arts, or jack, or you could use the alsa dmix plugin.
what keyboard?	what is the command for determining the keyboard type?
what's the name of the program that handles all the back-end stuff of gnome again? not gnome-conf but.... arrgh...	that is in the mime database. i think it is /usr/share/shared-mime-info or something
ok i figured something out, all of these guides seem to tell you how to setup remote desktop for x-windows, but i need actual, real remote x logins using users on the machine, not a vnc style remote	http://ayaz.wordpress.com/2006/09/23/remote-x-login-gdm-xdmcp-xmins-oh-my/
how to show man page about bind(), connect(), listen() etc ? im learning socket programming	try manpages-dev
is it easy to set up a dual-screen dual-system (2 mice 2 keyboards 2 monitors 2 useres)?	back in the 80s you could buy computers set up for 16 at a time like that, pre-setup.
hi there, what's the easy way for me to synchronize the clients' clock with the clock on the server?	ntpdate pool.ntp.org on all systems
hi, how can i see, what ip address the devices in my network have?	nmap ?
running netstat -atnp shows master is listening on port 25. how do i stop master?	kill pid
i want to learn gimp as early as possible ..can any 1 please tell me how??	i would try http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/
it's not looking promising for ubuntu on my thinkpad t41 :( safe graphics mode doesn't work either :(	try textmode
hello. which media player can play an xvid avi file and an mp3 audio track simultanously?	vlc can i believe
what download manager do you recommend?	there is a plguin for firefox called downloadthemall that is quite like flashget
hi, is there an ubuntu-specific eee pc channel?	most there run ubuntu-eee
what's the package for c function documentation?	manpages-dev
how to scroll in terminal?	shift-pageup/down
hello dear friends. we use # sign at the beginning of a line to uncomment it in some configuration files (hosts, in my case). what can i use to uncomment a group of lines? is it possible to put something before and after that group of lines so system not to read them?	not in hosts
hi people a very stupid question but i'm very new to this wlan0 thing in linux. i have recently put a wireless network card that can work in linux through ndiswrapper. do ubuntu 5.10 includes ndiswrapper package in the default install?	with the cd in the drive sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
can anyone recommend a good bittorrent client to replace azureus, cause i cant get it to work in linux. any suggestions?	qbittorrent is kinda good
hi all , why : grep -r 'text' *.php searches only in current dir ? ?	just do: grep text */.php
are there currently any known issues with ppa.launchpad.net? i'm seeing some 404's on an update	ppas aren't gauranteed to exist forever. do you see the packages listed on the ppa page for that software?
do you know how to ignore quits and joins in irsii?	/ignore +joins +parts +quits +modes +nicks
hi. what shout i apt-get to do dns querries from the command line? i mean, to get dig, or nslookup etc to work...	host
i am trying to backup my entire install (not just the files, but all of the mbr stuff that i don't understand too i think) to a single file (like a zip or ?? maybe an iso?) so if the operation i'm about to perform breaks everything i have a backup plan.	clonezilla will work make an exact image of your install which you can reimage with.
how do you change language?	you can choose language at the login window
are there any good lightweight, gtk, web browsers other than firefox and galeon?	epiphany
anyone have any idea when flash 8,9+ will be released for linux?	http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/
please help me with a weird font problem; in gedit i can select sans size 10 and it is my system default, but i can't find a font by the name of 'sans' in 'fonts:///' or in the drop-down menu at abiword. help	i think sans is an alias for either deja vu sans or bitstream vera sans, so try those
when i start my ubuntu-server my display goes to 'looking for signal' but i can ssh in. how do i make it so i can login from my server instead of having to ssh in everytime?	install regular ubuntu for a gui
just wondering how often the ubuntu servers rebuild the packages file (i'm anxious for the new restricted-modules)	well, it took me 45min to throw the new tarball up my dsl, then it'll probably take about 5-10 minutes for the buildds to notice and build it, 2m2s/2m10s/3m for the various buildds to build it and then upload it, and then packages.gz gets regenerated every half hour
possibly ssh keys?	yes, they may be ssh keys. how can i differentiate beween ssh key and a gpg key?
question: does xorg's xserver currently support dual instances with separate hids, monitors and sound devices mapped to each? alternately: have two people use the same computer at the same time (different keyboards, mice, monitors & sound cards/speakers)	ive seen where thats doable.. i even recall some special tools for it.. but never done it.
i am going to be using the instructions here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.html to make a /home partition. how much space should i leave for / ?	that's probably way too much but better safe than sorry
which is the best torrent client for ubuntu?	i prefer the default one, i think it is bittorrent, depends on the flavor and your tastes.
anyone know how to make a .deb package of firefox 1.5 from source?	^^^
you got all that from the log?	wait, it works now?
i wanted to ask a really quick question about the coming upgrade - i'm a new linux user and i've been using gutsy since it arrived and i'm happy with it, but i want to know what happens in a week's time - what i mean is will aptitude automatically move me up to 8.04 or will it leave the choince to me, or will i have to do a fresh install? there may be a fourth option but if so it hasn't occured to me :)	you can disto upgrade at that time or keep the current version
yeah, right now, i'm dealing with no x, because i had a wonderful ext3 filesystem corruption issue, and x won't even start anymore because it can't find the basics of fonts, fixed.	user jfs it rocks
how can i make my screen resolution to 1440x900	indeed you cannot
how do i burn a non ubuntu iso to usb?	check out unetbootin
does the shortcut super + number work with the numpad keys ????	yes is does here
when i login via ssh to my ubuntu machine, i get a motd and 'last login' string. what determines the order that info is displayed? its not in my /etc/profile	http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/
q: i normally can't play movies using totem until after i've closed the dialog that automatically comes up, and now i have a dvd for which this dialog never comes up. has anyone seen this? ideas?	open the dvd in nautilus and try just playing the big files in video_ts , that's what i do
i would like to alter the live desktop cd to add a couple of scripts to the desktop of the live install so clients can reverse ssh to me, and i can fix server boot problems remotely. how would i do this?	remastersys
hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?	squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value
hey guys how can i download une 10.04 ?	http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/10.04.1/
hello. i will travel to a country with very little bandwidth. i will bring a ubuntu system with me. i wonder, how can i ensure i take all of the software with me that i'll potentially want to install? the installer cds are only a subset and are built around the concept of on demand downloading	look into apt-mirror perhaps, and bring a complete repo with you?
did i also miss something about mod_xslt not being in 11.10?	seems like it was removed due to lack of interest: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/modxslt/2005072700-3
i recently had some 'dark space' between my screens in my dual monitor setup. which means that the cursor didn't instantly jumped between the both screens. this happend automaticaly when i setup my screens in 'nvidia x server settings'. now this does not happen anymore and i want i back, anyone knows how to fix this?	if i recall correctl you can drag the monitors apart in nvidia settings
hi, anyone know if i can edit the /boot/config-2.6.24-24-generic directly, or do i have to edit grub config?	edit the grub config directly, in other words :-)
any idea how?	i think these type of help you can get from googeling it is quite simple to find on it :)
is there a directory on ubuntu (like /usr/src/kernel) that contains the kernel source by default?	it is downloaded in a subdirectory of /usr/src. you may need to install the kernel source package.
helping a friend setup his wireless network and i think he has is router config messed up. how can we determine the route to his route to his router, from my computer?	abiword is a little underpowered for text rotation
how to extract .rar archive made of multiple parts? ubuntu default archiver doesn't recognize it as a valid file.	archive manager can do multi-part archives, but they need to be named correctly
is there a way to get newer nvidia drivers installed then what ubuntu offers?	you can download from nvidias website but i dont recomend it
for a nvidia 7025, which driver version do i need? 96 173 or current ?	addons auto update..it will notifiy when
hello, i was uninstalling a program on windows xp home edition, when the system switched off and since then my computer have not been able to boot to windows, i have tried every tweak i found on the net and discussion forum but no success.. i was thinking this may be due to a corrupt registry or something that has to do with windows booting files.. can i please get a guide on how i tweak/edit either the registry or system file to get wi	boot from the xp installations cd and follow the instructions for 'repair!'
is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files?	what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing?
does anyone know of a command line utility that outputs image information (for .jpg specifically)?	'file' should tell you some basic stuff
hi. what command can i use two concatenate two audio files (namely .ogg files) and create a new .ogg audio file out of them?	ffmpeg, mencoder, can proberly do it. :) they can do most everything else.
fryguy: sorry - still newbie to some degree here - where is the '~/.firefox directory' in 'etc' ?	the '~' means your home dir
does anyone know a better way to find if an instance of a program is running?	pgrep
whats a good laptop that is 100% compatible with ubuntu	ibm x40, wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam
im hqaving trouble using 3rd gen ipod nano in ubuntu. can anyone help?	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/225457 this might help.
how can i make that the program man does show the text of the manuals colorful?	this page is about slackware.. but it might be useful on ubuntu as well.. give it a try http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/colorized_manpages.htm
hey there. is there a way to move this toolbar on the left hand side, to the bottom of my screen on 11.10?	http://askubuntu.com/questions/33605/can-i-move-the-unity-launcher
since updating to maverick (10.10) my brother dcp-120c scanner won't be recognized. the printer works still fine and all drivers and entries are done. someone a clue?	reinstall the driver from the brother site
phaesdrus44 - i had a system instability problem when i first built my machine. turned out to be settings in the bios that were incompatible with the video card.	the iso format for cd/dvds has stupid 8 character filename limits. there are two extensions to fix it, joliet and rockridge. joliet is for windows and rockridge is for unix. presumably the disc you have only has joliet extensions
is there a chance that i can some day use the system update to get a 2.6.18 kernel for edgy?:)	http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu
is there a driver you can download from canon?	have you tried a lower numbered model?
how do i change the workgroup i'm in?	wtf is a workgroup?
how do i change the number of desktops?	click on the 4 desktop icon thingies and check prefrences
my .avi is not playing on vlc or 'movie player'. can someone help?	sudo apt-get install mplayer
anyone know how long pastes at paste.ubuntu.com live? is it forever?	good question ... :) i dont know though...
commercial such as ?	opera, realplayer, etc.
question, is it necessary to shutdown running programs before running updates?	you'll be warned if it's a problem
i have just installed ubuntu 8.04 on a 4gb ram based computer. do you know how can i install (apt-get) a 'server' kernel for pae support ?	no sorry, thats out of my league
so can someone help me with my issue...	what is your problem?
dang, when will the ubuntu repo have avalible the last version of transmission?	might end up in backports once it gets into intrepid though
hi im running hardy on an usb stick but after updating it apt stuck at 'running depmod' i waited for 20 minutes but nothing changed. i restarted the system and had to use 'dpkg --configure -a to get apt working, everything seemed fine but then 'running depmod' appeared again. cpu usage is up to 100% and i have been waiting for about 1 and a half hour without something happening. what can i do?	https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/40632
when i type uname -a it doesnt show the same time from my clock how to fix that ?	- use hwclock to synchronize your hardware and software clocks
sudo aptitude install ntfs-tools?	ntfstools

is there anyway to check if i'm updated to ibex? i've just done updates but there was no mention of a new distribution.

i had to go into the preferences and enable the update checker to check for new releases. if it upgraded it should have taken quite a while to do it.

hi! does the wipe command actually wipes all data so that it will be hard to retrive the data?

yup, if paranoid, use -q option

guys i'm looking for a parental control function for my kids' box. anyone who can help me out with a few options?

close any programs accessing files on it including any shells with the current working directory in it

have you checked out the thinkwiki? www.thinkwiki.org

- yeah i did, i just wanted to know if people liked their t30 :)

when will firefox 3.0.1 be released into the repositories?

it's already in -proposed.

is there an openvpn server that can be used with windows clients, and can someone point me to a tutorial on configuring it on ubuntu server?

: look for pptp

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=541806

see the troubleshooting php section in the link ubotu sent

hey! how do you exit x?

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

hi guys: am trying to install ubuntu-7.10, but along the way i get the error; file///cdrom/pool/main/n/ncurses/libncurses5_5.6+20070716-iubuntu3_i386.deb was corrupt. what might cause this error? please help

that or download

howto force fsck on boot (on karmic)? 'sudo shutdown -f -r now' doesn't seem to work...

i think you put a file named forcefsck on the filesystem you want checked... for exampled sudo touch /forcefsck

hi, i want to buy a computer with an i5 cpu and a h55 intel chipset on the mb, is it compatible with the last linux kernels?

model name : intel(r) core(tm) i5 cpu 750 @ 2.67ghz

hi guys, hope all are well. i have a little problem with minitube on my lucid lynx, it keeps complaining about missing h.264 codec. i have searched for it all over the internet with no luck, can any kind soul help me install it so i can get minitube 1.1 working? please help?

did you try installing this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/restrictedformats

ok, how do i uncompress all the .7z files in a folder? p7zip -d * 'doesn't work', p7zip tells me i 'm using an incorrect syntax.

not .o -o

is there something like top for i/o?

try vmstat

i recently upgraded from kubuntu karmic to lucid. since that upgrade my system performance has decreased severely. doing basically anything in dolphin can make it hang for ~10s and i can't even run half-life at a stable 60fps anymore. any ideas?

sounds like you need to get your graphics drivers going again. run glxgears from a terminal and tell me if they are running smoothly. (nvidia or ati install if they aren't running right)

hi all, how do i install dapper from the 6.06-1 live cd on a raid1 boot, root partition?

you might need the alternative cd, im not sure. let's see what the channel has to say.

people, how to disable pc speaker beep?

depends on whats beeping also. 'xset b 0 0 0 ' or 'xset b off' disables it for most apps.

does anyonne knows a god gui for mysql on ubuntu?

navicat is excellent

is ther a way to have more than one sound playing at the same time i.e rythembox playing music but gaim still pinging

yes, many ways. you could use a soundserver such as esd, polypaudio, arts, or jack, or you could use the alsa dmix plugin.

what keyboard?

what is the command for determining the keyboard type?

what's the name of the program that handles all the back-end stuff of gnome again? not gnome-conf but.... arrgh...

that is in the mime database. i think it is /usr/share/shared-mime-info or something

ok i figured something out, all of these guides seem to tell you how to setup remote desktop for x-windows, but i need actual, real remote x logins using users on the machine, not a vnc style remote

http://ayaz.wordpress.com/2006/09/23/remote-x-login-gdm-xdmcp-xmins-oh-my/

how to show man page about bind(), connect(), listen() etc ? im learning socket programming

try manpages-dev

is it easy to set up a dual-screen dual-system (2 mice 2 keyboards 2 monitors 2 useres)?

back in the 80s you could buy computers set up for 16 at a time like that, pre-setup.

hi there, what's the easy way for me to synchronize the clients' clock with the clock on the server?

ntpdate pool.ntp.org on all systems

hi, how can i see, what ip address the devices in my network have?

nmap ?

running netstat -atnp shows master is listening on port 25. how do i stop master?

kill pid

i want to learn gimp as early as possible ..can any 1 please tell me how??

i would try http://www.gimp-tutorials.com/

it's not looking promising for ubuntu on my thinkpad t41 :( safe graphics mode doesn't work either :(

try textmode

hello. which media player can play an xvid avi file and an mp3 audio track simultanously?

vlc can i believe

what download manager do you recommend?

there is a plguin for firefox called downloadthemall that is quite like flashget

hi, is there an ubuntu-specific eee pc channel?

most there run ubuntu-eee

what's the package for c function documentation?

manpages-dev

how to scroll in terminal?

shift-pageup/down

hello dear friends. we use # sign at the beginning of a line to uncomment it in some configuration files (hosts, in my case). what can i use to uncomment a group of lines? is it possible to put something before and after that group of lines so system not to read them?

not in hosts

hi people a very stupid question but i'm very new to this wlan0 thing in linux. i have recently put a wireless network card that can work in linux through ndiswrapper. do ubuntu 5.10 includes ndiswrapper package in the default install?

with the cd in the drive sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

can anyone recommend a good bittorrent client to replace azureus, cause i cant get it to work in linux. any suggestions?

qbittorrent is kinda good

hi all , why : grep -r 'text' *.php searches only in current dir ? ?

just do: grep text **/*.php

are there currently any known issues with ppa.launchpad.net? i'm seeing some 404's on an update

ppas aren't gauranteed to exist forever. do you see the packages listed on the ppa page for that software?

do you know how to ignore quits and joins in irsii?

/ignore +joins +parts +quits +modes +nicks

hi. what shout i apt-get to do dns querries from the command line? i mean, to get dig, or nslookup etc to work...

host

i am trying to backup my entire install (not just the files, but all of the mbr stuff that i don't understand too i think) to a single file (like a zip or ?? maybe an iso?) so if the operation i'm about to perform breaks everything i have a backup plan.

clonezilla will work make an exact image of your install which you can reimage with.

how do you change language?

you can choose language at the login window

are there any good lightweight, gtk, web browsers other than firefox and galeon?

epiphany

anyone have any idea when flash 8,9+ will be released for linux?

http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/

please help me with a weird font problem; in gedit i can select sans size 10 and it is my system default, but i can't find a font by the name of 'sans' in 'fonts:///' or in the drop-down menu at abiword. help

i think sans is an alias for either deja vu sans or bitstream vera sans, so try those

when i start my ubuntu-server my display goes to 'looking for signal' but i can ssh in. how do i make it so i can login from my server instead of having to ssh in everytime?

install regular ubuntu for a gui

just wondering how often the ubuntu servers rebuild the packages file (i'm anxious for the new restricted-modules)

well, it took me 45min to throw the new tarball up my dsl, then it'll probably take about 5-10 minutes for the buildds to notice and build it, 2m2s/2m10s/3m for the various buildds to build it and then upload it, and then packages.gz gets regenerated every half hour

possibly ssh keys?

yes, they may be ssh keys. how can i differentiate beween ssh key and a gpg key?

question: does xorg's xserver currently support dual instances with separate hids, monitors and sound devices mapped to each? alternately: have two people use the same computer at the same time (different keyboards, mice, monitors & sound cards/speakers)

ive seen where thats doable.. i even recall some special tools for it.. but never done it.

i am going to be using the instructions here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome.html to make a /home partition. how much space should i leave for / ?

that's probably way too much but better safe than sorry

which is the best torrent client for ubuntu?

i prefer the default one, i think it is bittorrent, depends on the flavor and your tastes.

anyone know how to make a .deb package of firefox 1.5 from source?

^^^

you got all that from the log?

wait, it works now?

i wanted to ask a really quick question about the coming upgrade - i'm a new linux user and i've been using gutsy since it arrived and i'm happy with it, but i want to know what happens in a week's time - what i mean is will aptitude automatically move me up to 8.04 or will it leave the choince to me, or will i have to do a fresh install? there may be a fourth option but if so it hasn't occured to me :)

you can disto upgrade at that time or keep the current version

yeah, right now, i'm dealing with no x, because i had a wonderful ext3 filesystem corruption issue, and x won't even start anymore because it can't find the basics of fonts, fixed.

user jfs it rocks

how can i make my screen resolution to 1440x900

indeed you cannot

how do i burn a non ubuntu iso to usb?

check out unetbootin

does the shortcut super + number work with the numpad keys ????

yes is does here

when i login via ssh to my ubuntu machine, i get a motd and 'last login' string. what determines the order that info is displayed? its not in my /etc/profile

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/

q: i normally can't play movies using totem until after i've closed the dialog that automatically comes up, and now i have a dvd for which this dialog never comes up. has anyone seen this? ideas?

open the dvd in nautilus and try just playing the big files in video_ts , that's what i do

i would like to alter the live desktop cd to add a couple of scripts to the desktop of the live install so clients can reverse ssh to me, and i can fix server boot problems remotely. how would i do this?

remastersys

hey guys, i have a problem regarding kmplot on ubuntu 11.10. it's not a technical problem, rather a mathematical one. i don't know if it's the place to ask, so please excuse me if i'm wrong to do so. using the sqrt function there only plots for the positive values, and not the negative ones. :( any help?

squares are by definition positive, so you cannot pull a square root out of a negative value

hey guys how can i download une 10.04 ?

http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/10.04.1/

hello. i will travel to a country with very little bandwidth. i will bring a ubuntu system with me. i wonder, how can i ensure i take all of the software with me that i'll potentially want to install? the installer cds are only a subset and are built around the concept of on demand downloading

look into apt-mirror perhaps, and bring a complete repo with you?

did i also miss something about mod_xslt not being in 11.10?

seems like it was removed due to lack of interest: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/modxslt/2005072700-3

i recently had some 'dark space' between my screens in my dual monitor setup. which means that the cursor didn't instantly jumped between the both screens. this happend automaticaly when i setup my screens in 'nvidia x server settings'. now this does not happen anymore and i want i back, anyone knows how to fix this?

if i recall correctl you can drag the monitors apart in nvidia settings

hi, anyone know if i can edit the /boot/config-2.6.24-24-generic directly, or do i have to edit grub config?

edit the grub config directly, in other words :-)

any idea how?

i think these type of help you can get from googeling it is quite simple to find on it :)

is there a directory on ubuntu (like /usr/src/kernel) that contains the kernel source by default?

it is downloaded in a subdirectory of /usr/src. you may need to install the kernel source package.

helping a friend setup his wireless network and i think he has is router config messed up. how can we determine the route to his route to his router, from my computer?

abiword is a little underpowered for text rotation

how to extract .rar archive made of multiple parts? ubuntu default archiver doesn't recognize it as a valid file.

archive manager can do multi-part archives, but they need to be named correctly

is there a way to get newer nvidia drivers installed then what ubuntu offers?

you can download from nvidias website but i dont recomend it

for a nvidia 7025, which driver version do i need? 96 173 or current ?

addons auto update..it will notifiy when

hello, i was uninstalling a program on windows xp home edition, when the system switched off and since then my computer have not been able to boot to windows, i have tried every tweak i found on the net and discussion forum but no success.. i was thinking this may be due to a corrupt registry or something that has to do with windows booting files.. can i please get a guide on how i tweak/edit either the registry or system file to get wi

boot from the xp installations cd and follow the instructions for 'repair!'

is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files?

what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing?

does anyone know of a command line utility that outputs image information (for .jpg specifically)?

'file' should tell you some basic stuff

hi. what command can i use two concatenate two audio files (namely .ogg files) and create a new .ogg audio file out of them?

ffmpeg, mencoder, can proberly do it. :) they can do most everything else.

fryguy: sorry - still newbie to some degree here - where is the '~/.firefox directory' in 'etc' ?

the '~' means your home dir

does anyone know a better way to find if an instance of a program is running?

pgrep

whats a good laptop that is 100% compatible with ubuntu

ibm x40, wiki.ubuntu.com/laptoptestingteam

im hqaving trouble using 3rd gen ipod nano in ubuntu. can anyone help?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/225457 this might help.

how can i make that the program man does show the text of the manuals colorful?

this page is about slackware.. but it might be useful on ubuntu as well.. give it a try http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/colorized_manpages.htm

hey there. is there a way to move this toolbar on the left hand side, to the bottom of my screen on 11.10?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/33605/can-i-move-the-unity-launcher

since updating to maverick (10.10) my brother dcp-120c scanner won't be recognized. the printer works still fine and all drivers and entries are done. someone a clue?

reinstall the driver from the brother site

phaesdrus44 - i had a system instability problem when i first built my machine. turned out to be settings in the bios that were incompatible with the video card.

the iso format for cd/dvds has stupid 8 character filename limits. there are two extensions to fix it, joliet and rockridge. joliet is for windows and rockridge is for unix. presumably the disc you have only has joliet extensions

is there a chance that i can some day use the system update to get a 2.6.18 kernel for edgy?:)

http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu

is there a driver you can download from canon?

have you tried a lower numbered model?

how do i change the workgroup i'm in?

wtf is a workgroup?

how do i change the number of desktops?

click on the 4 desktop icon thingies and check prefrences

my .avi is not playing on vlc or 'movie player'. can someone help?

sudo apt-get install mplayer

anyone know how long pastes at paste.ubuntu.com live? is it forever?

good question ... :) i dont know though...

commercial such as ?

opera, realplayer, etc.

question, is it necessary to shutdown running programs before running updates?

you'll be warned if it's a problem

i have just installed ubuntu 8.04 on a 4gb ram based computer. do you know how can i install (apt-get) a 'server' kernel for pae support ?

no sorry, thats out of my league

so can someone help me with my issue...

what is your problem?

dang, when will the ubuntu repo have avalible the last version of transmission?

might end up in backports once it gets into intrepid though

hi im running hardy on an usb stick but after updating it apt stuck at 'running depmod' i waited for 20 minutes but nothing changed. i restarted the system and had to use 'dpkg --configure -a to get apt working, everything seemed fine but then 'running depmod' appeared again. cpu usage is up to 100% and i have been waiting for about 1 and a half hour without something happening. what can i do?

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/40632

when i type uname -a it doesnt show the same time from my clock how to fix that ?

- use hwclock to synchronize your hardware and software clocks

sudo aptitude install ntfs-tools?

ntfstools