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I installed Vim-Gnome and cannot use it in graphical mode when I type vim.gnome I see the standart Vim in conseol | Try 'gvim' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "charnel", "user_answer": "MenZa"} |
how can I install mail support with apache ? | Try apache channel. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "charnel", "user_answer": "mobi-sheep"} |
ok. There was this computer which for whatever reason didn't like to boot from the CD-drive. Using an option of Ubuntu installation, it changed some boot procedure/file in WinXP. Booting from the HD gave a menu: a)install from cd b)Continue in windows. Ubuntu install proceeded. Now, there still remains that menu when booting in WinXP. How to get rid of it? | : you can use your XP CD to restore the XP boot loader, which will remove any of those menus | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Night_Elf", "user_answer": "ChoboMog"} |
Xubuntu question. In Xfce, where do I choose the keyboard layouts? | there is also a panel item that you can add that does keyboard layout | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "grawity", "user_answer": "gabkdlly"} |
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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "startbox", "user_answer": "DasEi1"} |
hi guys can anyone resolve developer.amd.com ? | not resolvable | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ziggy", "user_answer": "DelphiWorld"} |
How do I convert an ext4 to ext3 fs? | you can by formatting 'mkfs.ext3 /dev/your_partition but this will delete all the data on that partition | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "[criipt]", "user_answer": "vikas"} |
how can you force mark a package as installed, when you built it manually from source? | equivs | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jarmond", "user_answer": "prahal"} |
compile from source perhaps? | i couldnt make it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dr_Willis", "user_answer": "sessizce"} |
hi, what command can remove a dir even though its not empty, 'rmdir -p' doesnt work | rm -r | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_ged", "user_answer": "hwilde"} |
Hey all, I am looking for a good music player with library etc... Where can I get that? | I, for one, prefer Songbird for example ^ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "armence_", "user_answer": "ianto"} |
Hey all, my computer just restarted apparently of its own accord, is there some sort of log file or something I can look at to see what may have happened? | maybe something like, system going down or anything that says segfault | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "armence_", "user_answer": "mazda01"} |
Hey guys, anyone know how to search for a process by it's PID? | ps -Al | grep <PID> | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ozymandius", "user_answer": "usser_"} |
how can i print my 'ls ' output to a file with new line after every filename ? | ls -1 >> file | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gschwepp", "user_answer": "mikewu_"} |
someone got experience with vncserver/tightvncserver? My problem is, that by autostart my startup config is ignored. | i would highly recommend FreeNX over any VNC. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gschwepp", "user_answer": "booh"} |
How much of a bad idea is it to run 64bit Ubuntu on a 32bit CPU? | except that it won't work? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lb__", "user_answer": "mar77i"} |
Is there a channel for WLAN problems? | what is the problem? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "diddy", "user_answer": "c2d2"} |
I'm thinking of trying to study Python over the summer. I notice that Python 2.5 is installed by default, but Python 3.1 is available in the repository. Is there any reason not to install Python 3.1? | Nothing will break if you install it. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "FoolishOwl", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
LTS updates are going to made for 3 years on the desktop, but 5 years on the server. How can I tell which version was used to install a machine? | lsb_release -a | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dunkirk", "user_answer": "scriptwarlock"} |
where can I check for linux/ubuntu hardware compatibility (for webcam) before buying one? Thanks | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gafir", "user_answer": "scriptwarlock"} |
I did cat on a binary and now my terminal has some strange characters displaying. How can I reset it? | type 'reset' press enter | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "anewbis", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
when I plug in usb devices, they aren't always detected automatically.... Only when I reboot. Is there any command I can use to mount a device automatically? | sure - sudo mount /dev/sdXN, where X is a letter and N is a number corresponding to the device and partition thereon | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pedestrianentran", "user_answer": "brianski"} |
I have^H^Hd a problem with the shell (bash). :( I want to traverse a file in a for loop and execute it for every line. But 'for LINE in $(cat $FILE);do foo;done' treats every `word' separated by any whitespace as one iteration - and I've found my answer! The variable $IFS holds the field separator. :) | or even better. while read line; do echo '$line'; done < file | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lb_", "user_answer": "unop"} |
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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tophu", "user_answer": "Slart"} |
anyone here have experience fixing/debugging ata3 exceptions ? I get many freezes/day related to ata3 hangs and can't seem to make progress. | none whatsoever, sorry | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "joeyeye", "user_answer": "HollowPoint"} |
who's having issues with XChat autocomplete? | I do. If you aren't specific enough, it autocompletes for the first name. Ideally, it would just not autocomplete at all until you've typed in enough to narrow it down to a specific nick | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mike_lifeguard", "user_answer": "brianV"} |
I am transfering 950 GB from one SATAII HDD to another, both plugged into motherboard. Source drive is ext4 and destination drive is ntfs. It said 23 hours to transfer. Isn't that rather slow, as in I should be looking into fixing it? | Thats fairly good, since NTFS is provided by FUSE, and is pretty slow by design. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LinuxFreakD", "user_answer": "bekks"} |
does ubuntu have a text mode install? | using the alternate install image, yes | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "icedtea", "user_answer": "iflema"} |
general desktop use should be ok for ext 4, if server of for write intensive application can be dangerous during reboot... | ok thanks | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iflema", "user_answer": "redwolf"} |
Does anyone think that changing taking the 'splash' out of 'quiet splash' in nano /etc/defaults/grub would fix the problem? | remove splash and quiet and add text | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "avi_", "user_answer": "iflema"} |
can i run a hypre-v or virtual pc image with virtual box? | I think Virtualbox actually deals with VPC images (not sure about 'hypre-v' though, don't even know *what* that is) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "goddard1", "user_answer": "theadmin"} |
guess i'll just reinstall trusty old windows if nobody can help. | whats ya com specs, cpu, ram? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lizardking", "user_answer": "iflema"} |
anyone got unresolved symbol on lucid with qt apps ? | works fine for me, i've been using the version from the website though | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "baldrick", "user_answer": "veasmkii"} |
That fixed it.. do you know what is causing all the issues? | no idea, sorry | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bkevan", "user_answer": "rww"} |
Hello, is there any bad sector repair tool in ubuntu CD, or any other opensource bad sector repair tool?? | bad sector repair is called mark it bad and trash anything that was on it, replace the hard drive now, and hope no more sectors go bad before you can salvage whatever is left | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "oshekfeh", "user_answer": "mdm"} |
I have more than 300 photos which i would like to change to thumbnail photos. what program can do it for me? | imagemagick.. it's command line but will handle 300 at one time | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sphenxes", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
What is an email/newsclient which contains a decent spam filter? I don't mind marking things spam/non-spam, but I do want this spam data base saved somewhere in some documented format, so that I can reuse it. | use mozila thunfer bird | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "foobar", "user_answer": "VirusTB_"} |
I need to transcribe a lot of audio. Does anyone know of a way to get a linux audio player to replay slowly so that I don't have to keep pressing play/pause? | use VLC and there's an option to slow down playback | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alazyworkaholic", "user_answer": "militant"} |
i would like to write a script for the Gnome Desktop that pops up a window inviting the user to enter arguments. is there a trivial way to do this? I ask before looking into authoring a program in GTK/Python/C. | well you can consider using zenity if you want to write a shell script | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "julianoliver", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
how can i list file by date created. is there an ls argument | -t sort by mod time | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ImpRadar", "user_answer": "darlek"} |
hi, is every NC10 mousepad multi touch capable? I've got the one with the small touchpad and physical keys | yeah every nc10 is multitouch, i don't know about the special edition (the glossy screen one) though. but it doesn't work on ubuntu (multitouch) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "drogenhilfe", "user_answer": "nellmathew"} |
hi all .. mmm i have a bash file i created to run notepad2 using wine ... when i open the files from shell i have to write the fullpath of the bash file .. how can i make a short command pointing to it ?? | add the file to /usr/local/bin and it will run on its name | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "EgyCoder09", "user_answer": "bastidrazor"} |
does anyone know were the skeleton directory is for new user accounts? | Isn't it under /etc/skel? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "StaticPhilly", "user_answer": "Kyle__"} |
need to ask! i have Windows7 and Ubuntu 32-bit... i download Ubuntu 64-bit coz my processor work on 64-bit, if i install Ubuntu 64-bit, Does the boot loader remove the Windows 7 loader? | It should be done automatically. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kad_", "user_answer": "tyler__"} |
Hello, can someone help me turn off my damn internal speaker from beeping when I delete items from Nautilus or receive a new mail message in Thunderbird on my laptop? | look in your gnome preferences for sounds on one of the tabs there is a list which allows you to configure that...or you can just disable all alerts | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "khelvan", "user_answer": "lich0r"} |
Does anyone know why the desktop version is always sending network traffic out? | you could get wireshark and find out | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shunobies", "user_answer": "JonyBlaze"} |
can anyone tell me how to put different wallpapers on different workspaces with ubutnu 9.10 like on the slide show on http://www.ubuntu.com/ ? | no, ubuntu-tweak also possible, does the same I think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "enduser000", "user_answer": "VCoolio"} |
hey guys somebody know where are the wireless's network passkey stored in ubuntu? | accessories > passwords and encryption keys | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alberto_", "user_answer": "enduser000"} |
thet toolbars for alot of my gnome apps have dissapeared, any one know how to get them back? | aptitude uses apt | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "stealth-", "user_answer": "ChubZee"} |
Anyone know of some good terminal system monitors? | htop? saidar? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "S0LIDUS", "user_answer": "tarzeau"} |
How would I check to see if my ethernet adapter was gigabit? | maybe check the output of 'lspci | grep -i 'ethernet' ' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "S0LIDUS", "user_answer": "nixbox"} |
hello im new to compiling. im at the 'make' stage for Xlt (something i need to tether my blackberry) but i get 'returned error 1' and 'returned error 2' whats going on and how do i debug? | Look for a compiler error above the 'error 1' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "yurivr", "user_answer": "Sjord"} |
how do you test a memory module...right now im at 512 cuz if i add both i get errors and linux wont load | the memtest item in the grub menus on most disrto/live cds is handy for that | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "musicpenguin", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
Hi! I'm looking for a remotely efficient way to capture 3D output (like a 3D game played under wine). The best I can get is about 20 FPS at a resolution of roughly 450x330 px using xvidcap. Any ideas how to do this 'right'? Thanks | gtk-recordmydesktop , sorry :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mermshaus", "user_answer": "ibuclaw"} |
Does anyone know how to bring back the little envelope thing on the top right corner that shows when you are logged on to pidgin , etc? | it might be 'indicator applet' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "knasto", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
i was a backtrack user, and liked the konsole....anything similar in ubuntu ? | I think konsole exists in kubuntu | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "glaceman", "user_answer": "eiku"} |
how to know my version of ubuntu please, hardy,intrepid etc.. ? | you can define one in system>preferences>keyboard ( layout options in the first tab iirc ) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "glaceman", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
How can i find the uuid of my ipod touch | maybe ls /dev/disk/by-id/ ...but thats just a guess | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kendrick", "user_answer": "dannyD1"} |
It doesn't look like apt-get install php5 is enough to give a person a php executable. | apt-cache search php cli ? is that what you want? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Warrigal", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
How can I bridge internetconnections on ubuntu 9.4? I want my internetconnection from my wireless to work on my other computers as well via a switch. My computer is connected to internet by wlan0 and I want to share from eth0 to switch. | did you tried yet to use the dnsmasq-base method ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lunix", "user_answer": "Niphlod"} |
I installed Ubuntu with Wubi and would like my pc to boot Ubuntu instead of Windows 7 by default... Where do I change this? | edit /boot/grub/menu.lst | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "qvp", "user_answer": "Draglor"} |
My landlord switched ISPs on me, and the new service seems really slow, who can I check my bandwidth? | speedtest.net or speed.io | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "n2diy", "user_answer": "subthalamus"} |
Why did Freenode ditch Mibbit? | short answer is excessive abuse | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "wbc", "user_answer": "Mike_lifeguard"} |
Is there any way to do a COMPLETE reinstall of all soundrelated stuff on Ubuntu? | sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "wbc", "user_answer": "indus"} |
Hi everyone. I am gonna get off topic for a second. When I download a torrent, I get like 25 zip or rar files. Then I extract it and I'll get 25 video files but the first one plays the entire show. When I burn it, do I have to include all the extracted files? Do I just put one and burn it? | Just burn the file that was playing the movie on your Computer. nothing more or less. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "spursncowboys", "user_answer": "Draglor"} |
how to configure wget | configure? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "oenone1", "user_answer": "iceroot"} |
does sudo automatically keep a log in 9.04? | check in /var/log/ .. something with authentication I think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lf4", "user_answer": "Slart"} |
ricochet, what for? | i cant see anything and its angering me | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lich0r", "user_answer": "Ricochet"} |
From what I heard though, Debian would be better for a 'laptop' at least that's what I was told .. I was thinking of changing to Debian, because of the hardware support. | there is a live cd you can get to test it and see how it works ... http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gOLDfeesh", "user_answer": "Halitech"} |
hi, i've installed ubuntu on single partitoin, how can i make another one for /boot to put there some iso to boot and make things working? i just need idea in how to proceed.. | you can resize the ubuntu partition with the ubuntu live cd and then boot back into ubuntu, and make the new partition, get its uuid, copy over everything in boot with cp -p -r and then add it to your /etc/fstab | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alex88", "user_answer": "balloooza"} |
i erased my xorg.conf and now I don't know what driver is running and I want to run the nvidia driver for my 6200. with this new Xorg, how do I tell it to use nvidia driver so I can then run nvidia-settings? | try nvidia-xconfig | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mazda01", "user_answer": "danopia__"} |
ok thanks scott_ino2... i like wget too but i don't know why it shuts down when i start it... | Probably because you need to type an input prompt | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nickydeejay", "user_answer": "mobi-sheep"} |
what ubuntu is the best ubuntu? | Download bog standard ubuntu from ubuntu.com. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "OU818", "user_answer": "erpo"} |
how do I install firefox-3.6 ? is there a repository for that? | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nsahoo", "user_answer": "om26er"} |
Why can't I append the unallocated space into my /dev/sda4 partition? http://i.imgur.com/KVWOL.png | Get rid of swap for a while. Then resize /dev/sda4 and recreate swap. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "danpsy", "user_answer": "theadmin"} |
hmmm, how can I save my chromium history so that the next time when I install ubuntu I resume from there? | start putting /home on a seperate partition. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "om26er", "user_answer": "airtonix"} |
Hey guys, Im having trouble connecting to a cisco vpn with ubuntu 9.04. Everytime i try to connect with the network manager it fails. Is there any way I can see an output or log somewhere so I can see exactly what fails? Thanks | or one of the other files in that directory. I'd use something like this to find out. sudo tail -f /var/log/* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mubu", "user_answer": "unop"} |
The dual boot guide (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot) lists, as instruction #2 under 'Installing Windows after Ubuntu' to 'Backup the boot sector.' I don't know how to do this. Can anybody instruct? | install windows normally, leaving the ubuntu partitions intact. then run the grub recover: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "TwoToneSpirit", "user_answer": "swivels"} |
also, now for some reason, my USB stick isn't being auto-mounted by 10.10 when I stick it in | yep.. although partimage/clonezilla might make it easier | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dh003i", "user_answer": "izinucs"} |
I'm runing on the LiveCD atm, but when I go to install, it says it is corrupt. I have the ISO of the LiveCD, and it is accessible, so is there any way to install from that? | the later --> run to the shop and buy more CD-Rs | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tonyf12", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
hello guys Ive some questions that are not so technical i just cant really find answear of my questions can i pm one of u to ask u ? | it'd be useless, because an attacker, can change ip as easy as his MAC address. Yes, use UFW. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "danik", "user_answer": "sungsam"} |
I have a cronjob that doesn't work. what's up with this? I want it to run every 1 minute. 1 * * * * /usr/bin/wget http://localhost/?PING | You probably want */1 * * * * | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "anxiolytic_", "user_answer": "grawity"} |
What program is good to take pictures with a webcam from the command line? | man mencoder | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zagabar1", "user_answer": "jpangamarca1"} |
So if I need to make sure i 'restart my shell' after making some changes to an /etc/profile file what does that entail? Closing the terminal, and reopening another one? Exiting out of an ssh session and opening another one? | exec bash -l | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "JasonMoss", "user_answer": "cabrey"} |
Is 9.10 final the same as 9.10 RC ? Do I need to download the ISO again? | http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/MD5SUMS | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dserodio", "user_answer": "Sensiva"} |
this may be really newbie question, but how does one delete an entire directory and files recursively from the command line | rm -r /path/to/dir but be careful this might be dangerous | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hipitihop", "user_answer": "Sensiva"} |
Silly question, but I am using XChat - is there a 'find' function? | Try /lastlog | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nixiepixel", "user_answer": "grawity"} |
any official channel about 9.10 ? | you can get 9.10 help here | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Gourlis", "user_answer": "dublued"} |
How do I monitor traffic coming from my router? | check out pfsense, serious router that beasty is | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "goddard", "user_answer": "Visseroth"} |
is 31 C good for cpu? | good for what? it's low and nice for normal operating temperature. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "goddard", "user_answer": "SwedeMike"} |
what's the command to look at the mainboard's model from within commandline of Linux? | u need to install dmidecode [sudo apt install dmidecode] | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "VIPER-II", "user_answer": "greenberet"} |
what user/group does apache2 run as by default? | : www-data | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "BoomerBile", "user_answer": "f20062e"} |
ok thanks checksum is fine according to the ubuntu wiki, just weird how it won't mount but then again it is mac :\ | I'm familiar with *nix on both Mac and Linux | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MantisTobogen", "user_answer": "CLIaddict"} |
how do i get a short nick with no underline here? | i doubt that is possible without SIGNIFICANT hacking of code. good luck. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "fenn314", "user_answer": "ZykoticK9"} |
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 :-) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "larsaaAA", "user_answer": "sipior"} |
Anyone installed vlc 1.0.0? | I did use that deb. Worked ok for me. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "syslq78", "user_answer": "ascheel"} |
I have a fresh 12.10 install and it keeps shutting down when I leave it idle, any ideas what might be causing this? | is this on a laptop? I guess power management might be responsible? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "overdub", "user_answer": "quince"} |
is there a way to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 from the command line? | first upgrade to desktop, then install server-kernel | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ascheel", "user_answer": "DasEi2"} |
Does anybody have a recommendation for a backup application? | I use clonzilla for full clones, but grsync for home. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "superdave321", "user_answer": "urfr332gO"} |
pls anybody know how I can get an offline English Dictinary? | http://www.arulraj.net/2010/06/offline-dictionary-for-ubuntu-10-04.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "emmy", "user_answer": "sipior"} |
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