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does ubuntu package gnash?	not yet
hello, do pkill, killall, kill <pid>, and xkill kill in the same manner?	mostly they send a sigterm signal by defauult afaik
hi. i'm running 11.04 because i don't want to move up to gnome 3, unity doesn't work right with enhanced zoom desktop in compiz, and other des don't have things i'd like (like no clicking on the laptop trackpad). i have to work with an sdl package that relies on sdl_ttf 2.0.10+, and the latest version available is 2.0.9. i can't remove it either, because it's a dependency of a number of programs i'd rather keep. what should i do? thanks.	at some point anyway.
hello people. i have had a mac for about one year now and have previously been using ubuntu. i have stopped using ubuntu because the sudden problems it caused were eating away my time. they were hardware problems, from my other pc. i want to try out ubuntu on my mac, see how it goes there. but i do not want to damage anything, that means no dual boot. something like wubi. how do i install ubuntu safely?	get a real computer.
i want to use the official driver of my realtek network card ,but when i startup the computer, it goto the linux one but not the official.i have installed the official driver.	i'm not sure if the initramfs already loads the network driver, but if it does, you'd have to update your initramfs as well
what is the command to see the returned value of the last command is it '!?' ?	sorry $? .. $! is the pid of the last process
how to hookup svn repo to checkin to /var/www?	http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
can anyone else ping iblocklist.com ? for some reason i can view their site in firefox, but can't ping it or download the blocklists with the moblock config.	no-go on the ping.
ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?	try synaptic
how do i check the boot log? the system doesn't start unless i use recovery mode.	they are on /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog if you want to see boot msgs press 'e' when in grub and edit the kernel line remove quiet and splash from it and press b to boot
if someone could just send me a list of the files in the /boot partition, i bet i can figure it all out... just replace those files with the correct ones, then install grub	http://pastebin.ca/325168
where do i put a font file? (pcf)	it would be in the /usr/share/fonts/.... folder
hey guys what do you think of mac4lin, i'm thinking of installing it but i just want to make sure if it would be safe or compatible with unbuntu gibbon?	mac4lin is just a theme, should not be an issue
does ubuntu come with an ftp client?	might like gftp for a gui. i think youll have to install it
hello, can anyone help me with unmounting?	you will probably need to edit /etc/fstab and comment it out
what file do i put a modules name in so that it will modprobe it at bootup	/etc/modules
whre do i disable automount icon in gconf-editor	that should be in apps>nautilus
hi all, i have a friend who accidentally deleted the ntfs partition that he was using to boot into ubuntu (using the nt loader)...he's in ubuntu at the moment. what's the easiest way to get grub installed and configured?	sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install /dev/hda or /dev/sda , depending
english help wanted. what is the english name of the gnome menu item system > preferences > 'tracker preferences'? is it 'tracker preferences' or how is the proper english name of it?	indexing preferences
hi, if /dev/scd0 is my dvd drive, how do i find my cd drive address pls?	or type df
what's the command that 'refreshes' an open terminal to account for changes to $home/bin, .bashrc, etc?	source $home/bin or .bashrc
you know, soon the majority of ppc ports of linux are going to die. :(	as soon as mac starts using intel chios they will
in man soundconvert: 'set the output mime type for batch mode. the default is audio/x-vorbis.'. how i know other types?	possibly http://www.yolinux.com/tutorials/linuxtutorialmimetypesandapplications.html
hmm... quick question. seems that hoary + firefox 1.0.7 = a place you don't wanna go. but even removing backports from sources and apt-get updating, synaptic reports the current version as 1.0.7. any way to go back to an earlier version?	you can force a version of a package in synaptic
how can i pass boot options at the ubuntu livecd startup?	it should take you to the debian help screen and one of the f keys will show how to pass options
i can choose between 1074x768 800x600 640x480 with gnome's resolution management. what command can do it in the terminal?	xrandr
anyone fancy helping me with webcam port settings in amsn?	man iptables
does anybody know how i could get embeded music on web sites to play over firefox? it says i'm missing a plugin, but won't give me an option to install anything if i click install. i've tried installing both the totem and xine plugin for firefox and they did nothing	check out mozpluger
i need to burn an ubuntu cd.. what program should i use to burn the iso? (i only have ubuntu here..)	or k3b (if your kde)
can someone tell me how i launch a java *.jar file?	yeah it is
hi. when reading /etc/fstab everything is in uuid format...how can i know what this maps to in terms of /dev/sdx ?	use vol_id to find out what the uuid of each disk is
howto restart network daemon in ubuntu?	sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
hello, can anyone tell me something about fluxbox?	yes fluxbox is very light but it's not a desktop enviroment like gnome it's only a windowmanager so it lacks alot of functionallity that gnome and kde has.
hi, what kernel does ubuntu ude by default? just wondering will it handle sata and my nic rithout problems.. i have nforce2 based motherboard.	it worked flawlessly out of the box with my nforce2 board.
jus wanna ask how i can get on the ##java room, seems like empathy wont let me connect	you need to register...
simple question: how do i change the default program for video playback (running hardy, want to have vlc be default for video files instead of totem, can't seem to find file type associations anywhere)	mgolisch gave a better answer
anyone know if theres a way to navigate tabs in gnome-terminal?	gnome-termional sesttings for keyboard -> shows the keys to do it
best software to compare winamp to for 7.10 64bijt?	audacious is from xmms code its upto u to decide
why wont 'apt-get install mplayer-386' work? i get 'couldn't find package'.	have you enabled multiverse?
barry: i believe i am using the repository version?	system->admin->language support , choose the languages. when you log in, under options you can choose the language you want. for the keyboard you'll want system->prefs->keyboard, choose the layout type for changing languages.
are there any limitations on what i can do to files on a windows file share from ubuntu?	there's not many things you need to do, open/delete/execute/delete files.. all works, there might be some permission issues, and case sensitivity can be an issue
morning all, i need some advice on installing ubuntu to an ssd. i have windows on its own separate drive and will be giving ubuntu the whole ssd. will grub still properly overwrite the windows boot loader even though its on another drive?	to be honest though, i'd just change boot order in the bios and leave the windows bootloader intact
can somebody tell me where texlive folder is? i need to adjust the moderncv.sly	try whereis command to check the file locations.
i've just resized my win xp drive to give me 10gb of unallocated disk space, should i manually create the partitions to install ubuntu, or should i let the install cd allocate the space itself? i want to reserve about 2gb to set aside for a fat32 partition so that i can safely transfer data between winxp and ubuntu, would i be better creating that partition first before installing ubuntu	create the fat32 partition, then let the installer decide for the rest.
hey better than the days when it wasn't just one site that was wrong, but when only one site, or document was correct.	it was no that easy. i recall i had to get the headers or something like that, then i had to change some lines on the scripts, then make
noob question: how do i tell if my server is using iptables or ufw? or does the question not make since because i not yet understand the programs well enough?	iptable -l if you hove entries you are using it no idea what ufw is
ok so i have the ubuntu iso, but i need to install from a usb stick seeing i have no cdrom. i've read that you have to create the partitions on the usb stick manually then copy files from cd etc. then i read on the ubuntu docs: copy iso image to any partition or flash drive which you have. then change kernel params. so is it possible to simply copy the iso to the usb stick with dd or somethign?	sadly it is more complicated than copying the iso over--details can be found at www.pendrivelinux.com
can people throw out some names of some easy to use, easy to install lamp wiki software? or other pointers? not really sure where to begin (i do already know lamp however)	yes, maybe check here for a high-level comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comparison_of_wiki_software
is there a website where i can send my webcam feed to let's say my gf privately	justin.tv, stick.am
how can i change the name of my ubuntu machine?	change it in /etc/hostname
ntpdate tells me that no servers can be used :( what gives?	try specifying an ntp server. sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org
hi everyone, how can i get to know the edition of the application which will be installed when using apt-get?	apt-cache policy <packagename>
dpkg-reconfigure is nice. is there a list of things i can reconfigure with it? i mean i know i can reconf xserver-xorg, but what else?	hmm, good question. i don't know if there's a list of stuff you can reconfigure... but you can just try reconfiguring stuff, and see what works, i guess :) heh
can anyone mention a good online port scanner?	netris
how can i see my internal ip from the terminal?	ifconfig
i want to find all processes with a specific cmd... so i do ps -e \| _______.. what do i put in blank?	wget http://example.org/index.html -o /someplace/somefile
hey everyone... how do i move the gnome panels from one screen to another on a multi-display setup?	alt-click on the panel , drag.
i created this tuturial, can a few people tell me if it is easy to follow and understandable? http://techystuff.info/?p=62	looks fine to me
every time i shutdown for about a 1/4 sec there is an error about compiz it's not a big deal but is there an easy way i can see what that error is?	it's just there because compiz shuts down before x does
how do i execute a bash script inside a bash script?	use full path
how do i reassign shift+alt+up (show all windows)? it doesn't show up in system settings	it's a compiz plugin so you need compiz settings manager
hi. my sata drive keeps giving me problems. it is ext3. i am running fsck /dev/sda2 -y . is this ok? i see that some people run fsck.ext3.. am i doing this wrong???	i think there's no -y argument, try fsck /dev/sda2
how long does shipit take usually? i just recommended it for many friends	i got in ~1 month
!best \| demonspork	does it have a gnome version that doesn't require kde dependencies
what's the easiest way to compare two files and find out which lines were changed?	for something visual use 'meld'
im having trouble connecting to msn through empathy?	http://askubuntu.com/questions/6136/empathy-cannot-connect-to-msn-account
how do i turn samba on for file sharing in gnome/8.10?	'sharing options' rather
what is the difference between hoary and breezy and whatever follows?	you might have to configure it in .pinerc or something similar. i am not a pine user so i can't help you more...
easy question for anyone...i compiled compiz fusion from git....how do i check what version i'm running?	compiz --version , or compiz.real --version
no one will try to help me?	not many people have hybrid efi/bios
hey, could someone plz tell me the cli command to list all the hardware?	hwinfo would be the alternative
just installed chromium web browser ubuntu 9.10 and bookmarks are not showing	ctrl + d
hey guys, accidentally removed myself from all groups, now i cannot sudo anything. how can run a command to fix it without logging out?	http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo
how can i remove (terminal) all files with specific extension ?	rm *.txt
not to interrupt, but does anyone know much about dual monitors? i'm having an interesting problem i can't search the internet for because i'm not sure how to phrase it.	standard trick, try to reset the monitor with build in factory reset?
how do i check what groups i'm in?	group
how can u see memory in mb or gb on cli?	free -m
hi, i'm a fedora user looking at switching distros. what's package management like in ubuntu?	apt-cache search
i'm trying to do a regex search and replace using sed. however, it only checks it line by line is there a way to avoid that? i'm looking for a pattern spread over multiple lines	regex on more than one line are a no go with unix tools. many if not all work on line by line basis
where can i get the kernel sources for hoary (2.6.10-5-386)? i don't see them in synapic's repositories and i need them to install the latest nvidia drivers.	the package is 'linux-source-2.6.10'
hi, when linux 2.6.28. is coming to ubuntu ??	you can install it if you want system > administration > synaptic pack manager > search linux-kernel
how do i make my sound work after i bring my laptop out of 'suspend' ?	atleast you are able to bring it back from suspend...
hello, does anybody know some utility for linux like a file explorer for bluetooth devices, like p2kcommander for win?	check http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=94713
hello all. how do i install adobe reader? tia!	i find okular to be every way better than adobe reader..
why is the torrent so slow ?	no idea
i just downloaded an iso file, but it's been compressed *iso.bz2...what's the command to uncompress this...(not too experienced with bzip)	bunzip2 foo.bz2
i need some way to slow down a hdd transmition speed, i mean realy slow it	i'm wondering if turning off 32 transfer mode in the bios would help?
is there a 'show desktop' command in ubuntu ?	ctrl+alt+d
where does ubuntu store wallpapers?	/usr/share/backgrounds
how to make a symlink to get mplayer play dvd's	try 'sudo ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/dvd'
what recommended tool for winscp like tool for linux?	scp ?
hi, i want to batch convert a lot of movies to 320x240 on ubuntu server. what's the best way to do that?	http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/applications_gui_multimedia/batch_convert_mpeg_files_to_avi_0
how do i get to straight console mode with no x? i was sure i used to use init 3. init 1 won't work for installing the nvidia proprietary drivers. any hints?	otherwise, i always thought it was init 2
does any one have a triple boot? i have ubuntu and vista now, but want fedora also. i'm not sure exactly how to go about it.	you can but if you're just checking it out run it in virtualbox
how do i show the number of files in a directory?	ls -1 \| wc -l
hi all. does anyone know where gnome stores the entries for the main menu? like, what text file are they listed in? if any.	apps have. .desktop files to define their menu entries
is it possible to regenerate my menu.lst, it doesnt want to boot ubuntu or windows xp anymore	you'd have to boot into the livecd, chroot to the harddisk root partition, and sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install
!tell wweasel about xorgbug	that works better
i see opera 10 browser is out now. i am running ubuntu 9.04. would i need to uninstall opera9.64 before downloading opera 10?	i downloaded new opera as deb file and it removed old version automatically.
question: does anyone know of a good way to graph hd information? preferably to a php page? i wanna monitor my hd health on my home server (besides webmin)	there is an app called hard disk sentinel, however i'm not sure there's a package in ubuntu for it

does ubuntu package gnash?

not yet

hello, do pkill, killall, kill <pid>, and xkill kill in the same manner?

mostly they send a sigterm signal by defauult afaik

hi. i'm running 11.04 because i don't want to move up to gnome 3, unity doesn't work right with enhanced zoom desktop in compiz, and other des don't have things i'd like (like no clicking on the laptop trackpad). i have to work with an sdl package that relies on sdl_ttf 2.0.10+, and the latest version available is 2.0.9. i can't remove it either, because it's a dependency of a number of programs i'd rather keep. what should i do? thanks.

at some point anyway.

hello people. i have had a mac for about one year now and have previously been using ubuntu. i have stopped using ubuntu because the sudden problems it caused were eating away my time. they were hardware problems, from my other pc. i want to try out ubuntu on my mac, see how it goes there. but i do not want to damage anything, that means no dual boot. something like wubi. how do i install ubuntu safely?

get a real computer.

i want to use the official driver of my realtek network card ,but when i startup the computer, it goto the linux one but not the official.i have installed the official driver.

i'm not sure if the initramfs already loads the network driver, but if it does, you'd have to update your initramfs as well

what is the command to see the returned value of the last command is it '!?' ?

sorry $? .. $! is the pid of the last process

how to hookup svn repo to checkin to /var/www?

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

can anyone else ping iblocklist.com ? for some reason i can view their site in firefox, but can't ping it or download the blocklists with the moblock config.

no-go on the ping.

ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?

try synaptic

how do i check the boot log? the system doesn't start unless i use recovery mode.

they are on /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog if you want to see boot msgs press 'e' when in grub and edit the kernel line remove quiet and splash from it and press b to boot

if someone could just send me a list of the files in the /boot partition, i bet i can figure it all out... just replace those files with the correct ones, then install grub

http://pastebin.ca/325168

where do i put a font file? (pcf)

it would be in the /usr/share/fonts/.... folder

hey guys what do you think of mac4lin, i'm thinking of installing it but i just want to make sure if it would be safe or compatible with unbuntu gibbon?

mac4lin is just a theme, should not be an issue

does ubuntu come with an ftp client?

might like gftp for a gui. i think youll have to install it

hello, can anyone help me with unmounting?

you will probably need to edit /etc/fstab and comment it out

what file do i put a modules name in so that it will modprobe it at bootup

/etc/modules

whre do i disable automount icon in gconf-editor

that should be in apps>nautilus

hi all, i have a friend who accidentally deleted the ntfs partition that he *was* using to boot into ubuntu (using the nt loader)...he's in ubuntu at the moment. what's the easiest way to get grub installed and configured?

sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install /dev/hda or /dev/sda , depending

english help wanted. what is the english name of the gnome menu item system > preferences > 'tracker preferences'? is it 'tracker preferences' or how is the proper english name of it?

indexing preferences

hi, if /dev/scd0 is my dvd drive, how do i find my cd drive address pls?

or type df

what's the command that 'refreshes' an open terminal to account for changes to $home/bin, .bashrc, etc?

source $home/bin or .bashrc

you know, soon the majority of ppc ports of linux are going to die. :(

as soon as mac starts using intel chios they will

in man soundconvert: 'set the output mime type for batch mode. the default is audio/x-vorbis.'. how i know other types?

possibly http://www.yolinux.com/tutorials/linuxtutorialmimetypesandapplications.html

hmm... quick question. seems that hoary + firefox 1.0.7 = a place you don't wanna go. but even removing backports from sources and apt-get updating, synaptic reports the current version as 1.0.7. any way to go back to an earlier version?

you can force a version of a package in synaptic

how can i pass boot options at the ubuntu livecd startup?

it should take you to the debian help screen and one of the f keys will show how to pass options

i can choose between 1074x768 800x600 640x480 with gnome's resolution management. what command can do it in the terminal?

xrandr

anyone fancy helping me with webcam port settings in amsn?

man iptables

does anybody know how i could get embeded music on web sites to play over firefox? it says i'm missing a plugin, but won't give me an option to install anything if i click install. i've tried installing both the totem and xine plugin for firefox and they did nothing

check out mozpluger

i need to burn an ubuntu cd.. what program should i use to burn the iso? (i only have ubuntu here..)

or k3b (if your kde)

can someone tell me how i launch a java *.jar file?

yeah it is

hi. when reading /etc/fstab everything is in uuid format...how can i know what this maps to in terms of /dev/sdx ?

use vol_id to find out what the uuid of each disk is

howto restart network daemon in ubuntu?

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

hello, can anyone tell me something about fluxbox?

yes fluxbox is very light but it's not a desktop enviroment like gnome it's only a windowmanager so it lacks alot of functionallity that gnome and kde has.

hi, what kernel does ubuntu ude by default? just wondering will it handle sata and my nic rithout problems.. i have nforce2 based motherboard.

it worked flawlessly out of the box with my nforce2 board.

jus wanna ask how i can get on the ##java room, seems like empathy wont let me connect

you need to register...

simple question: how do i change the default program for video playback (running hardy, want to have vlc be default for video files instead of totem, can't seem to find file type associations anywhere)

mgolisch gave a better answer

anyone know if theres a way to navigate tabs in gnome-terminal?

gnome-termional sesttings for keyboard -> shows the keys to do it

best software to compare winamp to for 7.10 64bijt?

audacious is from xmms code its upto u to decide

why wont 'apt-get install mplayer-386' work? i get 'couldn't find package'.

have you enabled multiverse?

barry: i believe i am using the repository version?

system->admin->language support , choose the languages. when you log in, under options you can choose the language you want. for the keyboard you'll want system->prefs->keyboard, choose the layout type for changing languages.

are there any limitations on what i can do to files on a windows file share from ubuntu?

there's not many things you need to do, open/delete/execute/delete files.. all works, there might be some permission issues, and case sensitivity can be an issue

morning all, i need some advice on installing ubuntu to an ssd. i have windows on its own separate drive and will be giving ubuntu the whole ssd. will grub still properly overwrite the windows boot loader even though its on another drive?

to be honest though, i'd just change boot order in the bios and leave the windows bootloader intact

can somebody tell me where texlive folder is? i need to adjust the moderncv.sly

try whereis command to check the file locations.

i've just resized my win xp drive to give me 10gb of unallocated disk space, should i manually create the partitions to install ubuntu, or should i let the install cd allocate the space itself? i want to reserve about 2gb to set aside for a fat32 partition so that i can safely transfer data between winxp and ubuntu, would i be better creating that partition first before installing ubuntu

create the fat32 partition, then let the installer decide for the rest.

hey better than the days when it wasn't just one site that was wrong, but when only one site, or document was correct.

it was no that easy. i recall i had to get the headers or something like that, then i had to change some lines on the scripts, then make

noob question: how do i tell if my server is using iptables or ufw? or does the question not make since because i not yet understand the programs well enough?

iptable -l if you hove entries you are using it no idea what ufw is

ok so i have the ubuntu iso, but i need to install from a usb stick seeing i have no cdrom. i've read that you have to create the partitions on the usb stick manually then copy files from cd etc. then i read on the ubuntu docs: copy iso image to any partition or flash drive which you have. then change kernel params. so is it possible to simply copy the iso to the usb stick with dd or somethign?

sadly it is more complicated than copying the iso over--details can be found at www.pendrivelinux.com

can people throw out some names of some easy to use, easy to install lamp wiki software? or other pointers? not really sure where to begin (i do already know lamp however)

yes, maybe check here for a high-level comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/comparison_of_wiki_software

is there a website where i can send my webcam feed to let's say my gf privately

justin.tv, stick.am

how can i change the name of my ubuntu machine?

change it in /etc/hostname

ntpdate tells me that no servers can be used :( what gives?

try specifying an ntp server. sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org

hi everyone, how can i get to know the edition of the application which will be installed when using apt-get?

apt-cache policy <packagename>

dpkg-reconfigure is nice. is there a list of things i can reconfigure with it? i mean i know i can reconf xserver-xorg, but what else?

hmm, good question. i don't know if there's a list of stuff you can reconfigure... but you can just try reconfiguring stuff, and see what works, i guess :) heh

can anyone mention a good online port scanner?

netris

how can i see my internal ip from the terminal?

ifconfig

i want to find all processes with a specific cmd... so i do ps -e | _______.. what do i put in blank?

wget http://example.org/index.html -o /someplace/somefile

hey everyone... how do i move the gnome panels from one screen to another on a multi-display setup?

alt-click on the panel , drag.

i created this tuturial, can a few people tell me if it is easy to follow and understandable? http://techystuff.info/?p=62

looks fine to me

every time i shutdown for about a 1/4 sec there is an error about compiz it's not a big deal but is there an easy way i can see what that error is?

it's just there because compiz shuts down before x does

how do i execute a bash script inside a bash script?

use full path

how do i reassign shift+alt+up (show all windows)? it doesn't show up in system settings

it's a compiz plugin so you need compiz settings manager

hi. my sata drive keeps giving me problems. it is ext3. i am running fsck /dev/sda2 -y . is this ok? i see that some people run fsck.ext3.. am i doing this wrong???

i think there's no -y argument, try fsck /dev/sda2

how long does shipit take usually? i just recommended it for many friends

i got in ~1 month

!best | demonspork

does it have a gnome version that doesn't require kde dependencies

what's the easiest way to compare two files and find out which lines were changed?

for something visual use 'meld'

im having trouble connecting to msn through empathy?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/6136/empathy-cannot-connect-to-msn-account

how do i turn samba on for file sharing in gnome/8.10?

'sharing options' rather

what is the difference between hoary and breezy and whatever follows?

you might have to configure it in .pinerc or something similar. i am not a pine user so i can't help you more...

easy question for anyone...i compiled compiz fusion from git....how do i check what version i'm running?

compiz --version , or compiz.real --version

no one will try to help me?

not many people have hybrid efi/bios

hey, could someone plz tell me the cli command to list all the hardware?

hwinfo would be the alternative

just installed chromium web browser ubuntu 9.10 and bookmarks are not showing

ctrl + d

hey guys, accidentally removed myself from all groups, now i cannot sudo anything. how can run a command to fix it without logging out?

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo

how can i remove (terminal) all files with specific extension ?

rm *.txt

not to interrupt, but does anyone know much about dual monitors? i'm having an interesting problem i can't search the internet for because i'm not sure how to phrase it.

standard trick, try to reset the monitor with build in factory reset?

how do i check what groups i'm in?

group

how can u see memory in mb or gb on cli?

free -m

hi, i'm a fedora user looking at switching distros. what's package management like in ubuntu?

apt-cache search

i'm trying to do a regex search and replace using sed. however, it only checks it line by line is there a way to avoid that? i'm looking for a pattern spread over multiple lines

regex on more than one line are a no go with unix tools. many if not all work on line by line basis

where can i get the kernel sources for hoary (2.6.10-5-386)? i don't see them in synapic's repositories and i need them to install the latest nvidia drivers.

the package is 'linux-source-2.6.10'

hi, when linux 2.6.28. is coming to ubuntu ??

you can install it if you want system > administration > synaptic pack manager > search linux-kernel

how do i make my sound work after i bring my laptop out of 'suspend' ?

atleast you are able to bring it back from suspend...

hello, does anybody know some utility for linux like a file explorer for bluetooth devices, like p2kcommander for win?

check http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=94713

hello all. how do i install adobe reader? tia!

i find okular to be every way better than adobe reader..

why is the torrent so slow ?

no idea

i just downloaded an iso file, but it's been compressed *iso.bz2...what's the command to uncompress this...(not too experienced with bzip)

bunzip2 foo.bz2

i need some way to slow down a hdd transmition speed, i mean realy slow it

i'm wondering if turning off 32 transfer mode in the bios would help?

is there a 'show desktop' command in ubuntu ?

ctrl+alt+d

where does ubuntu store wallpapers?

/usr/share/backgrounds

how to make a symlink to get mplayer play dvd's

try 'sudo ln -sf /dev/hdc /dev/dvd'

what recommended tool for winscp like tool for linux?

scp ?

hi, i want to batch convert a lot of movies to 320x240 on ubuntu server. what's the best way to do that?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/applications_gui_multimedia/batch_convert_mpeg_files_to_avi_0

how do i get to straight console mode with no x? i was sure i used to use init 3. init 1 won't work for installing the nvidia proprietary drivers. any hints?

otherwise, i always thought it was init 2

does any one have a triple boot? i have ubuntu and vista now, but want fedora also. i'm not sure exactly how to go about it.

you can but if you're just checking it out run it in virtualbox

how do i show the number of files in a directory?

ls -1 | wc -l

hi all. does anyone know where gnome stores the entries for the main menu? like, what text file are they listed in? if any.

apps have. .desktop files to define their menu entries

is it possible to regenerate my menu.lst, it doesnt want to boot ubuntu or windows xp anymore

you'd have to boot into the livecd, chroot to the harddisk root partition, and sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install

!tell wweasel about xorgbug

that works better

i see opera 10 browser is out now. i am running ubuntu 9.04. would i need to uninstall opera9.64 before downloading opera 10?

i downloaded new opera as deb file and it removed old version automatically.

question: does anyone know of a good way to graph hd information? preferably to a php page? i wanna monitor my hd health on my home server (besides webmin)

there is an app called hard disk sentinel, however i'm not sure there's a package in ubuntu for it