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quick question, is there a 'startup folder' or something similiar in ubuntu? I want pidgin to launch on bootup | System> Sessions i think it is... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rip_", "user_answer": "_Vi_"} |
hi, where can I get a postgresql 8.2 package for intrepid ? | you could look up the deb archive found through debian.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sm", "user_answer": "schnitz"} |
Is it possible to dual-boot Ubuntu with Mac OS X Lion on a Macintosh computer? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cockmaster", "user_answer": "ChefBaggins"} |
hey guys when ever i sudo apt-get i recieve http://pastebin.com/m31903373 | sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com D739676F7613768D | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_user_", "user_answer": "mdm"} |
hey guys trying to set up a raid. have the dumb little built in raid controller on the mobo. have it set to raid 1, in windows it's recognized as one drive, but in linux... it shows 2 as if they aren't on a raid. help? | it's a terrible technology, poor support in linux | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Veratyr9", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
How do I specify a repository for 'apt-get update'? | from there, you can change your repo mirror | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alpaka", "user_answer": "h00k"} |
How do I list all the packages installed on my machine? | dpkg -l|grep ii | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alpaka", "user_answer": "soreau"} |
Hello , i would like to check my HDD from bad sectors , does ubuntu have some tool with gui ? i am new to Ubuntu its hard for me to use fsck | what makes you think you have bad sectors? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shay26", "user_answer": "koshari"} |
hey all, im trying to find an rss feeder for my desktop, anyone know a good one? and DOES NOT look like an email account. ideally single line display | i used to use snownews i believe it's called | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zgmf-x20a", "user_answer": "cast|lir"} |
since i upgraded to Jaunty, i am having SLOW VIDEO (youtube, mplayer, everything...) When I watch the video at its normal size, it's faster. If I full-screen it, it's slow. I suspect that perhaps X is no longer using the 'xv' driver or using a poorly-chosen video driver. any ideas? | guessing, does mplayer -vo xv vid.avi exhibit that behavior? or does it whine that it can't use xv | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ptc", "user_answer": "cast|lir"} |
Hi! Is there anyway i can disable Compositing with a hotkey? KDE4 | alt-shift-f12 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Drknezz", "user_answer": "Firefishe"} |
What happend to EasyUbuntu? | it was killed off thankfully | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Drknezz", "user_answer": "Paddy_EIRE"} |
do you know a tool I download a whole website with, including linked pages? | gwget | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "crashflow", "user_answer": "Trunks__"} |
Is anyone else seeing enormous amounts of joins/quits? | you should start those jobs in the background (append & to the line) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vouth", "user_answer": "Guest20427"} |
hi, I installed 9.10 but I cannot play neither mp3 nor movies. | open Software Center and search for Ubuntu Restricted Extras | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jatt", "user_answer": "eremite"} |
Does the 'autosense' feature mean you dont need a crossed over cable with modern nics? | though In windows there is an option for it in the device manager to enable that feature --- but in ubuntu I don't know. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jsaveker001", "user_answer": "redvamp128"} |
does fdisk have /bmr command ? | well the windows one has | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aciu", "user_answer": "nightrid3r"} |
Hi there i have a problem with firefox, every time I open a page with some flash content it crashes... doesnt happen with youtube doh | what's your flashplugin? flashplugin-nonfree works fine for me | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "chumbo", "user_answer": "oCean_"} |
hi all i am trying to add Call of duty (working) to XQF games but it ask's me for a command line how do i find it since i am running COD with Wine??? | wine /path/to/whatever/game.exe | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "chumbo", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"} |
hey, is there any quick way to disable pidgin's integration with ubuntu gnome? | that works through dbus so probably disable dbus in pidgin would work | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "igordcard", "user_answer": "johny"} |
My system always also installs proposed updates; I dont know how that helps; How do I change it back to install only proper updates and not proposed updates | System>Administration>Software sources and remove the checkbox from proposed updates | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "becomingGuru", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
installed 8.10 server last night with the gnome desktop pkg. Was wondering if it I attach an ntfs volume to the sata and pull data from that old drive to this one? | ubuntu should mount it for you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "menlo", "user_answer": "Cpudan80"} |
Having problems installing eggdrop on a fresh install of kubuntu. It says it requires tcl, but I did 'sudo apt-get install tcl' and 'sudo apt-get install tcllib' and it still can't find it when I do ./configure for the eggie. Suggestions? | tcl-dev | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Azharn", "user_answer": "nightrid3r"} |
Is there a good place to ask about how to properly hock up a sata hard drive? | Kubuntu | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Chaorain", "user_answer": "break19"} |
my ubuntu is dying half way through bootup all of a sudden this morning, is there a way to get rid of the boot splash and show the details of the bootup process ? | Press alt-f1 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "patmanpato", "user_answer": "Baughn"} |
Can anyone in here help troubleshoot an NFS issue? (Connection drops during transfer) | it's probably due to to a permission failure. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "helo1", "user_answer": "metaspike"} |
hi is the kernel loading output stored to a file so one can read it after boottime, i see some error messages and I think they are a big clue while starting but they pass too quick.. | run dmesg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "drowdy", "user_answer": "lstarnes"} |
do you now how to restart X server? | generally i do it this way : 1) get to a terminal 2) type : sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Asmob", "user_answer": "airtonix"} |
How do I change my hostname? | /etc/hostname | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kwsn", "user_answer": "cedeel"} |
anyone knows how to get the size of each user's home dir (all files for each user) from the shell? | -> cd to the homedir of user and du -h | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elpargo_", "user_answer": "n8tuser"} |
Can somebody please explain to me why suddenly scd0 dissapeared? PLEASE! | does it appears in bios ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "slyyf", "user_answer": "spass"} |
do you remember the name of the package that provided that wrapper hack for flash and pulseaudio? | which? libflashsupport/flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "funkyHat", "user_answer": "dtchen"} |
hi, anyone knows a good software to edit mp3?? | audacity | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "O__o", "user_answer": "Paddy_EIRE"} |
Hey everyone, I was thinking last night: if a few bits are wrong in an EncFS encrypted archive (due to, say, a hardware error) will the entire archive become unreadable? | I don't see any value in that | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "migi", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
If I want to create a package from a darcs repository and put it in a ppa, will the ppa handle the darcs updates, or do I have to do that manually and upload new sources to the ppa every now and then? | the maintainer is responsible for it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ljungk", "user_answer": "DasEi"} |
does anyone know if the Listen Music Player in Xubuntu 8.10 can play FLAC files? | According to http://www.listen-project.org/wiki/Features it does. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "InvaderZim", "user_answer": "rww"} |
does anacron poll for changes to anacrontab? or must it be restarted...? | real time changes | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mustangg", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
hey folks I have a 'waiting for lock on localhost:xxx' type issue with a program I'm trying to run on the cmd line. What command can I use to list which processes and bound to which ports? | and netstat | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "imanc1", "user_answer": "escott"} |
How do I upgrade OpenOffice.org to the 3rd version? | http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ohhai", "user_answer": "blackened"} |
could anyone recommend a good podcast player? | banshee. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ethanol", "user_answer": "jpds"} |
anyone knows of an mp3 player app like amarok but for GNOME, i want to be able to create playlists and burn them and with a nice GUI like amarok but I want the app for GNOME | like this? http://www.listen-project.org/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mezquitale", "user_answer": "Souper"} |
hi there, can anyone point me how to install apache2 + php5 + gd + openssl + postgresql + mysql, the whole shebang of packages? | - i think you could use somthing called llamp | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "erlnoob", "user_answer": "nabz"} |
Installed JeOS (8.04.2) then apt-get install manpages, but the man binary is nowhere to be found. Anything else I have to do? | sudo apt-get install man | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Twinkletoes|H", "user_answer": "Flare183"} |
i am having troube with my wireless card, hw do i activate it in terminal? its name is ath0 | sudo ifup ath0 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_DEL", "user_answer": "n2diy"} |
can you use compiz in vmware workstation? | with Workstation i beleive so, workstation is supposed to support 3D stuff | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_4ypz", "user_answer": "_Vi_"} |
Is it possible to install a minimal Ubuntu with a standard install CD? | i dont think so. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mrbkap", "user_answer": "dr_willis"} |
does pulse audio slow down the processing if you're using ALSA? | generally, unless you have multiple sound cards, you should only run one at a time | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "suku", "user_answer": "gartral"} |
Can somebody dcc a small text file so I can test my irssi setup? | alright | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "andrew_46", "user_answer": "RocketLauncher"} |
something isnt set how i want it. i close my apps before i reboot, but when i login they all auto-start, (browser, xchat) how can i have them not auto-start? | go to your session managment settings | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "[biabia]", "user_answer": "Danielbw_home"} |
I'm new to IRC. I just got xchat. Anyone got some tips (besides normal talking like i'm doing now) I can use? | also, try not to paste large dumps of code, you'll get booted. use a pastedump site. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bgs100", "user_answer": "unused_bagels"} |
How can I scp the output of a program to a remote host without saving to the disk? | pipe it to ssh and run cat on the other end | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lfaraone", "user_answer": "carl-m"} |
does anyone know how to hide chrome's min/max/close buttons? | right click in the open space near the buttons and press use system buttons or some such. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cdj", "user_answer": "Antares"} |
Hey whats the best way to find out my what my hardware specs are on my ubuntu laptop? | And try 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jams44", "user_answer": "liquid"} |
if i mount an ssh server, how do i cd to it in terminal? | should be in ~/.gvfs/, check | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "psycovic", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
anyone know why firefox window locks at maximum size and cannot be changed? | try hitting F11 a few times in Firefox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "SamIam", "user_answer": "jtaji"} |
'df' does not work... outputs 6 lines of data and then hangs - does anyone have any suggestions? | try df -l (only local file system) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dougiel", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
Hi guys. How do I check what network card I have on my laptop? | lspci | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CrownAmbassador", "user_answer": "dougiel"} |
anyone know the latest db util for ubuntu? or how i can check? | http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=db&searchon=names&suite=intrepid§ion=all | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mood", "user_answer": "IntuitiveNipple"} |
Hi, is there an mp3 tag editor that runs on xfce? i think kid3 only works with KDE | there's exfalso or easytag that work well with xfce | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mood", "user_answer": "glitsj16"} |
what do people use to mount ISO files? fuseiso? or nautilus scripts? or just the out-of-the-box mount command? | mount works... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mood", "user_answer": "therealnanotube"} |
Hei people! I have a really strange problem and I hope someone here got a good answer to it. I use firefox 3.5.7. Ive got a newly installed Ubuntu 9.10 64bit installation. quad processor and 4 gigs of ram. When i go to a semi-heavy website (db.no) and open a few tabs.. 4 or more firefox stops responding for a while and on system monitor onw or two of the cpu's are 100% while the two others are almost idle.. Flash is installed the ubuntu way an | also try other browsers see if the problem is still around | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lunix", "user_answer": "hyperstream"} |
Hi people! I my problem is that i have a pretty tired digital camera. Colors are bad, but except for that, its a ok camera. Anyone knows about a tool in ubuntu or one of the programs where colors can be ajusted/corrected automaticly. There is a function for that i Vista i know.. If not, could this be a idea for a EOG upgrade? :) | You can use The GIMP to do color correction. I don't know if it does auto-correct, but if not there's probably a plugin for it. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lunix", "user_answer": "ryanprior"} |
does anybody know how I can make the terminal window transparent? | , then select transparent background, and set the transparency | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Milk_Rulz", "user_answer": "afazel"} |
Hello. I'm logged in as an admin user. When trying to install a packet via Ubuntu Software Center 2.0.7, the sudo dialog requires me to enter the password of another user (there are two admin accounts on this notebook). Why is the dialog not requesting my password? | your admin account, not the other one that you need to enter the password for | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "srm_fake", "user_answer": "mebigfatguy1"} |
how do I tell which version my libgpod is at? | dpkg -l libgpod | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "noon", "user_answer": "syockit"} |
I tried to do 'ssh localhost' and got 'ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused'.. what might be the reason? | also be sure to start it via /etc/init.d/ssh start | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "SunMoonStar", "user_answer": "badday"} |
Excuse me, but what command do I use to restart a program from the terminal? | killall nautilus & nautilus | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "KujiUn", "user_answer": "beautifulsnow"} |
is it possible to increase the number of virtual screens beyond the 4? | not so sure though | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DarkStar1", "user_answer": "lalagirl"} |
do Feisty mirrors exist anymore? I'm trying to upgrade an old server to 8.10 | there is a repository for older releases... can never remember the name though | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "signpost", "user_answer": "Slart"} |
ntpdate tells me that no servers can be used :( what gives? | try specifying an ntp server. sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Chymera", "user_answer": "unop"} |
Yes I know I just overwrote it by accident | There you are - http://paste.ubuntu.com/122475/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "beautifulsnow", "user_answer": "Matic"} |
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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Matic", "user_answer": "crashanddie"} |
Hi, other that gedit and openofficeword which other simple wordprocessor can I install and use in ubuntu Hardy? | abiword perhaps ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Matic", "user_answer": "glitsj16"} |
Hey I am wondering what ubuntu/linux kernel does if bad memory is detected (eg if it puts data in memory then it turns out corrupt) do programs crash or kernel freezes or what? | although saying that the bad memory is 'detected' is a little innacurate in the crash case. if you have something like ecc ram where you can actually detect problems, it won't crash | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "szer0", "user_answer": "Kevin`"} |
Anyway to reset a root password ? | single user mode (or recovery mode) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Jenk", "user_answer": "ectospasm"} |
hello, I have a problem with my thinkpad x61 tablet after I upgraded from hardy to intrepid. My wireless doesn't work anymore. There is no icon or anything. Does anyone know anything I can try? | try this: press Alt+F2 and run NetworkManager and see if any icon appears | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jlaeret", "user_answer": "Silverwing"} |
how do you check to see if there are any usb conflicts... | lsusb will give you everything connected to the usb buss. probably addresses as well.. dmesg will give you a long list of information while booting. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ugliefrog", "user_answer": "izinucs"} |
does anyone know of a rss feeder for the terminal | install ntfsprogs | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ugliefrog", "user_answer": "blakkheim"} |
is compiz bad? | I don't think it makes a difference | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ugliefrog", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
Where is a good place to have shared dokuments in the Linux file system? | I always put it in either /media/stuff or /home/shared | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Hagge2", "user_answer": "msl"} |
Is there any diff between the open source and proprietry nvidia driver? Is one better than the other? | the version available on synaptic are usually good | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Flynsarmy", "user_answer": "Robert_Surcouf"} |
how can i kill my Xorg process wich is using 99% CPU /etc/init.d/gdm restart is not working i am using ubuntu 9.04 and fluxbox | sudo kill -9 $(pidof X) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "exiton", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
Hi all. Is there a way to set up ubuntu to boot in bash? | If you want to always boot to text mode, sudo update-rc.d gdm remove | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dimberti", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
how do I tell if I am on hardy or ibex? | lsb_release -a | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lesshaste", "user_answer": "ArcSighter"} |
Hello, I'm pretty new to this. I'm looking for a way to make changes to menu.lst from within th GUI. I have been able to do it using sudu gedit from the terminal window but is there a way to stay in GUI? | yes open a terminal and type gksudo nautilus | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Bokenrosie", "user_answer": "quibbler"} |
hi. I want to install ubuntu, but when I boot the installer CD the display shifts L to R about 10 pixels a couple of times a second. | all of the good things that you heard are lies leave now while you still have your sanity.. (j/k I think...) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mike0011", "user_answer": "biouser"} |
does anyone know if you can run Hardware Drivers (restricted drivers) from the command line? Or how to search for the available commands like that? | like I said, jockey-gtk will lauch the restricted drivers manager | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rxbandit", "user_answer": "snuxoll"} |
is there a gui tool that controls which services load on boot? | bum | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "etb", "user_answer": "b1n42y"} |
any app that takes pictures from a webcam and saves them into HD? | also uvccapture for command line | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "SliderMan", "user_answer": "chai"} |
im new to ubuntu. and this may sound stupid but how do i review/edit my xong.conf file? | gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Zeraphin", "user_answer": "edbian"} |
is there a way with apt-get to show the changelog for everything that is going to be upgraded? | apt-listchanges | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Travis-42", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"} |
I have an encrypted home directory and need to put my 'authorized_keys' file in the unmounted .ssh folder. How do I best do this? | if your user isn't logged in using that home dir, it'll be unencrypted. so put the authorized_keys on a flash drive, boot from a live cd, and drop it in place | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Travis-42", "user_answer": "maco"} |
unable to connect to MSN in pidgin... any help? | yeah thats a known problem. If you install the 'msn-pecan' package and then switch Protocol to WLM it should work again. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "markiv1982", "user_answer": "ziroday"} |
does anyone know a cli method that will tell me my external ip address, not the one my router gives me with ifconfig? | probably do some cool wget whatsmyip.org and fish it out of there :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "roni", "user_answer": "lrdApex"} |
still not knowing whether my mint actually is a trojan horse -.- | heard of dd-wrt? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "remoteCTRL", "user_answer": "tristan1"} |
[Ubuntu 9.04] What file stores the names of programs to start automaticallly after a computer cold start? | its on the system tab on the menu button thingy | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bullgard4", "user_answer": "DJNomad"} |
what does SCRIPT=`basename $0` inside a bash script means? | $0 is the name of the program/script itself | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "benc1", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
is there a way to invert your window's colors without installing compiz? | permanently or temporarily? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cept", "user_answer": "Gadu"} |
hi all - anyone know an easy way to get my current ram clock speed without opening up the case or powering down and checking the bios ? | http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-333204.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "edmondscommerce", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip2"} |
has feisty dist/packages been removed from the mirrors? | yes, feisty is EOL | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "SG_", "user_answer": "ziroday"} |
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