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How do i remove all the files and directory of a directory but except one? | short way is to just move what you want to save to another directory and then delete everything. The long way would to use either a combination of a find or grep command and then pipe the result into rm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iuri", "user_answer": "kevdog"} |
good evening all... I have a laptop with a nice fresh install of 8.10 on it. What would be the simplest easiest quickest way of getting a forum running locally on it? | apt-cache search forum | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "merlin0810", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip1"} |
question: I just installed kubuntu (8.04) on a shuttle PC... I get to the log in screen, but when I enter my username/password and try to login, the monitor goes black (says no signal) and then returns to the login screen! | boot into recovery mode and use the fix Xserver option (or if you end up in a root console run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' ) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "JumboJellyfish", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
gentlemen, does <apt-get install app_name> install application's latest version? | by default, it will install the latest version available in the repositories | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elijah_frost", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
hello...i had to completely clear out my home directory, is there a place that i could copy back the default ubuntu .bashrc back from? | this are the ones copied when a user is created | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "orochi", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
Hello. Has anyone tried to compile the Ubuntu kernel? I've tried it but there are many drivers missing. For example no audio driver is selected. How can I exactly rebuild the Ubuntu kernel? | I would reccomend: http://www.howtoforge.com/roll_a_kernel_debian_ubuntu_way | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dee", "user_answer": "uxley"} |
hey there all and merry christmas, I have a quick question could someone please tell me what do i type to find out what mother bord i have thank you | sudo dmidecode | more | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vallhalla81", "user_answer": "Linuxrevolution"} |
Any tool to watch out CPU temperature? | Look up lm-sensors and there is an applet to add to the panel to display temps | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Padhu", "user_answer": "ianh99"} |
How can i install age of empire in ubuntu 8.10 | through wine most likely | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Padhu", "user_answer": "ForgeAus"} |
does anyone know how i can stop ubuntu from booting up in 'high resolution' or X mode? i want my ubuntu box to boot up like one of those old school linux/unix box w/out X and just a terminal login | you can always just ctrl-alt-f1 and use a VT which will look like your old school box | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "thecube", "user_answer": "AAA"} |
hi, anybody know how to get pass 'GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)?' i cant install or even 'try before install' on ubuntu 10.04? | that could be a damaged cd not able to get the correct uid details | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "thecube", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
How do I force eject the cd rom dirver... the button doesn't open the drive and ubuntu say's there probably isn't a cd in the drive, but there is | you probably need to umount it. if not, you can always just reboot | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "laserline", "user_answer": "JasonosaJ"} |
Anyone know some about webcams? I am having problems with my Logitech camera, I think it want to use something called V4L2 I think I kind of tinkered into it and made it.. hmm.. well lets say it might be the user and not the system that was the problem here.. though now I have a black screen at best, any hints something to remove/add and so on? | try sudo apt-get install cheese | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "qrikko", "user_answer": "joshua__"} |
is there a command line app to see battery info? | acpi(1) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sfuentes", "user_answer": "olegb"} |
Easy question... if a network is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/28, what is the subnet mask? | 255.255.255.240 16 hosts | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tuxwulf", "user_answer": "a94060"} |
does anyone know where I can test the vlc firefox plugin for something other than flash, most sites as understand it only use flash now | doesn't apple's move trailer site have non-flash videos? www.apple.com/trailer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "margaret", "user_answer": "hajmola"} |
I just installed Kubuntu from within Ubuntu by following a page. I get the KDE login but Gnome is still the Window Manager. Here's the page - https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=FORID%3A9&cx=003883529982892832976%3Ae2vwumte3fq&ie=UTF-8&q=installing+kubuntu | select session type at the login screen and change to kde | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "grobda24", "user_answer": "taget3"} |
what is alternative cd (?) and i'm looking for *buntu with no desktop | Use the alternate cd when you have problems installing with the normal cd. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "leejongwook", "user_answer": "tiyowan_"} |
Hello, I am a Linux newbie. I have set up Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot system on my laptop. I use Truecrypt (v 7) encrypted partitions. These partitions are set as Favorites volumes. In Windows Treucrypt has option of auto mounting favorite volumes on logon. But I don't see such option in Ubuntu. I searched for a solution to auto mount Truecrypt favorite volumes in Ubuntu without success. Can anyone advice me on this? | so write a bashsript and have called by - for instance- rc.local | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DNA_", "user_answer": "DasEi"} |
anybody know of a gui runlevel editor for ubuntu ? | whjat are you trying to change exactly. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Satisfied", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
how does one install firefox 3 in hardy? | sudo apt-get install firefox-3 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rustybin", "user_answer": "gaintsura"} |
How can I see a list of processes that are accessing files on a particular partition? | correct | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rww", "user_answer": "robbmunson"} |
do they have a linux version of that program at portforward.com? | just pf to the machine you want to use torrents on and not the other | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rookeeeeeeeee", "user_answer": "Cult_of_Scaro"} |
what is the fastest way to configure a remote ssh server to avoid to be asked for a password when connecting to it? | it'll automatically copy your rsa key to the remote server for you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "csc_", "user_answer": "ranok"} |
Are there instructions for upgrading to Ibex? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rjune_", "user_answer": "RichardWolfVI"} |
when is the next release? =) | ubuntu? April | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bmeynell", "user_answer": "REdian"} |
hey, how can I find what model and brand is my wireless card? | iwconfig | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kholerabbi", "user_answer": "dutchbuntu"} |
i am looking for an app like quicksilver for mac and or launchy for pc...what is the best solution for a program like this for ubuntu | gnome-do i think is what you looking for, for kde3 katapult does it, kde4 has it built in | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bthompson", "user_answer": "usser"} |
howto display a unicode character in gedit if the the number is given i.e. u+03B5? | ctrl+shift+u 03b5 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "icqnumber", "user_answer": "acdimalev"} |
How do I set the owner and group of a file and the files it contains? | chown, chgroup, iirc | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_Marcus", "user_answer": "Calinou"} |
hi, anyone know how to take screenshot during installation of ubuntu distro ? thanks | alt+f2, gnome-screenshot | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "AceStar", "user_answer": "raylu"} |
if I install 32-bit, can I upgrade to 64-bit if I add more than 4gb of ram at some point? | saves messing with reinstalls | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "moijk", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
What doe the file contain? Put it in pastebin or sumthing | _John You realize that there is 'visudo'? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "yeehaw", "user_answer": "SunTsu"} |
distrowatch says linux (2.6.28.3) would be available for Ubuntu ... that would have ext4 stable | That is only in the development release, not the released version. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "disi", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
how to search for files which contain specific string? in shell | grep -R 'string' /path/* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dicapo", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
hi all. quick one. connecting ext2 formatted external drive to ubuntu 12.04 machine and i cannot create any folders on it. it is freshly formated but mounts as root | chown -R user:user /mnt/mountpoint | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "captine", "user_answer": "yeehaw"} |
if i'm on intrepid, can i safely add the repos for later distros to my aptitude sources? | better not, because these might have dependencies for apps or libs for the next version | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "maodun", "user_answer": "cperrin88"} |
How to install a .deb file with apt-get from a local directory? | sorry, I meant: Sudo dpkg -i file.deb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "subman", "user_answer": "yeehaw"} |
Is there a command to do a recursive search in a directory and return just the filetypes that are in the directory and any subdirectories? | hmm ls -R |grep filetype? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "infosoak", "user_answer": "gaminggeek"} |
Ligatures ('fi', 'ff', 'fl') don't render correctly on my 8.10 install (they look a little smaller and lighter than the surrounding text). It happens with Deja Vu Sans, which is used in a lot of places on my desktop, and a few other fonts...but not in OpenOffice with the same fonts, oddly. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? | System > Preferences > Appearance > fonts > advanced, make sure if you have an LCD it is set for LCD, and opposite for CRT | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ericdb", "user_answer": "Jordan_U_"} |
hi , i am using ubuntu 8.10 the is it normal that update manager try to download KDE? | nope they work pretty well together | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ubunto_eg", "user_answer": "Paddy_EIRE"} |
Am I the only one that hosed his machine from the latest 10.04 kernel update? First part of the error is complaining about a missing post-install hook. | can you boot the older kernel ok? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hydo", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
I think the tidiest is to create a new script in /etc/profile.d/ (the top half of /etc/profile will show you how they're invoked) | how about putting them into the /etc/profile directly? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shauno", "user_answer": "level09"} |
how can I determine which package owns a file? | dpkg -S /path/to/file | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "charles___", "user_answer": "shauno"} |
Does anyone know how to go through a file that contains a list of file names and delete them all? | something is missing | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "davguar", "user_answer": "allsystemsarego"} |
how to learn the commands any pdf or website available | you need to use generic linux commands such as guides listed on http://www.tldp.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "suji", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
Hey Guys, How would I go about listing the names of attached drives in terms of sdc1, sdc2 etc? | mount | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LurkersA", "user_answer": "cidesign"} |
please! a problem i could not solve via google: how can i convert .emf-files (windows enhanced metafile graphics) to .svg (scalable vector graphic) under linux/ubuntu?? | does batik do it? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ized", "user_answer": "vasi"} |
How to copy text from firefox to terminal? | medibuntu.org? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "QinGW", "user_answer": "zsquareplusc"} |
Hi all, what is the command in terminal to update clamav, please and thank you. | it is gksudo clamtk | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "grayson", "user_answer": "linuxman410"} |
I am pretty new to ubuntu (I use fedora mainly) but does apt-get have a kind of search command? kind of like yum does | apt-cache search. See ubottu to learn how to use apt | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dartos", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
If I download something from a torrent, and I turn my computer off. Will the download continue from where it stopped when I turn it on again? | it should.... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "amikrop", "user_answer": "drowned"} |
hello, i have a funny problem, im on hardy and cant see add remove programs in applications menu, how do i restore that? i tried to edit menus but it isnt there either | see if the package 'gnome-app-install' is installed | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "berilio", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
Hi all, does anyone know a video screen capture application ? | or xvidcap i think or xscreencap | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "theeclipse", "user_answer": "khermans"} |
how do I get infor on software raid mounts? | read about mdadm, md-raid.. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Matson", "user_answer": "Swish[\\]"} |
is there a program / way I can collect current network bandwidth usage for a single process? to 'wrap' the running process with another that will output bandwidth periodically? | darkstat will, I think, do individual ports | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Matson", "user_answer": "th0r"} |
Does anyone know where I can get a complete list of features for 9.04? | look at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jhass840", "user_answer": "virus"} |
hey up - anyone here know of a good web gallery generator for Linux, other than gThumb, Digikam, and Gwenview | webmagick | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Gizmo_The_Great", "user_answer": "allsystemsarego"} |
How can you search with apt-get to find the package name? Ex: apt-get (??) nvidia | apt-cache search nidia | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sysdoc", "user_answer": "allsystemsarego"} |
how do i join another irc server and keep these channels open on this server in xchat? | xchat should do multiple servers, though i don't know the exact command. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "noobnoob_", "user_answer": "gnutron"} |
how can I define a direction key to a shortcut | aptitude purge gnome-do | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bsod1", "user_answer": "blakkheim"} |
hey guys, i have ubuntu 8.04. I've been trying to get my broadcom wireless to work using ndiswrapper, i've followed all the instructions on the website but I still have yet to get it to work. I tried blacklisting the drivers that apparently prevent it from working but so far i've had no success. Any ideas? | have you tried just using the restricted drivers manager??? System > Administration Hardware Drivers | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "garrettk88", "user_answer": "WIGGMPk"} |
hi, i have just installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop.. i opened a terminal and typed 'ping google.de' and it works.. now i do 'apt-get install gnome-do' and he tells me 'E: Couldn't find package gnome-do' .. the same with any other package | 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install gnome-do' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pw-toxic", "user_answer": "hatter243"} |
there is/was a metapackage in Ubuntu that installed most of the common utilities/libs needed to build software. Anyone know what the name is? | build-essential | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bthornton", "user_answer": "hatter243"} |
could anyone recommend me a guide for pxe (network install ) | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LocalNet | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mia_tech", "user_answer": "rww"} |
are there any lightweight rss readers (hell, preferably all it has is a tray icon that notifies me of new entries) for GNOME? I don't feel like grabbing a couple hundred megs of KDE libs along with Akregator | Opera has it built-in, and also there's liferea, which seems to be good. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "clearscreen", "user_answer": "Uuu"} |
hi people! I know it's not the right place to ask, but please if you know how to edit the firefox config settings, help me out here | about:config | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "progre55", "user_answer": "Uuu"} |
can i say 'apt-get install *.deb' ? | sudo dpkg -i 'file.deb' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "quizme", "user_answer": "biovore"} |
how do you customize your shell prompt ? | it's defined in your .bashrc, take a look here http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "quizme", "user_answer": "jtaji"} |
I have an idea for an app (or better a system component) for Ubuntu. Is there a special place for suggesting that, like a certain website or IRC room? | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mrokii", "user_answer": "te"} |
hello. Is there a way to find out the 'parent-process' of a process that is shown as 'uninterruptable'? | PPID = parent process id | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mrokii", "user_answer": "c0nv1ct"} |
hi. i have a little question about reverse ssh tunnel. the tunnel it self works very nice. but i want that the tunnel destination is not restricted to localhost. instead it should be accessable to all host in my local network. does someone know how to realize it? | see -g option, however that may be insecure if your network has untrusted users | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jackd", "user_answer": "zsquareplusc"} |
does anyone know a one-page tutorial which explains what needs to be done in order to enable Japanese on your system (from the console) | that's only possible for packages that *come* with a japanese translation, and for packages from Universe like 'mc' that's likely not the case. but still, the relevant document on how to do that from the console ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocaleConf ) seems to be outdated and i don't know how to fix it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ministry", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
I have Pidgin installed, is there a way to remove 'Chat' from the 'envelope menu'? | you'll need to log out/back in before it disappears | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Matt040804", "user_answer": "trism"} |
anyone know how to revert to an older version of a package? | aptitude install packagename=version | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dgnorton", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
Hi I need a program like Microsoft Visio, to make create figures, and models in an easy way. Is there some application which can do this for Ubuntu, and is easy to use? | I am using dia for that | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bahr", "user_answer": "dazeXx"} |
Hi guys...I've noticed that Ubuntu has updated Firefox to Shiretoko 3.5. However, my online bank does not support this browser....can I revert back in any way? | or as n8tuser says use the user agent switcher extension to pretend to be normal firefox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mikebeecham1", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
ndiswrapper let's u use windows drivers for networkcards. Is there something similar for webcamdrivers? | if you hhave a winxp disk you could try Sun's VirtualBox and use your webcam that way, may or may not work but maybe worth a try... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MaT-dg", "user_answer": "eseven73"} |
Is there an app I that will log bandwidth used? | give iptraf a try | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "thomc", "user_answer": "eseven73"} |
Quick question to all of those who use alternate wm/de: What application do you use to manage your network connections, if not NetworkManager? | me personally just boot up into gnome or kde when i need to mess with settings like that, then i switch back to Icewm or Window Maker, xfce or whatnot. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ghindo", "user_answer": "eseven73"} |
this is pieces, I just switched computers. Should I uninstall the drivers I have now? | I don't run 8.10 so i don't know what its called, sorry | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Rew", "user_answer": "RequinB4"} |
I need to create a bootable usb from a cd iso of ipcop 2.0.0 installer | sudo apt-get install unetbootin | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "erkerone", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
I installed unrar-free, but it won't extract my .rar file? | install unrar | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Droopsta915", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
What's a good weather tool that I can install? | Weather comes pre-built into the Time applet, actually. Right-click it, choose 'preferences', then choose the 'weather' tab. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Droopsta915", "user_answer": "ryanprior"} |
Hello. Does anyone know the path for rythm box? | whereis rhythmbox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Droopsta915", "user_answer": "mezquitale"} |
how do you propose someone boots a P4 machine from an ISO file that's located on an internal hard drive, without already having an OS running? | I wasn't aware that there was no OS already on the machine. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "HollowPoint", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"} |
How do I put my computer to sleep via command line? would it be sudo sleep now? kinda like sudo shutdown -P now? | sudo pm-suspend, or sudo pm-hibernate | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "izinucs", "user_answer": "qin"} |
I'm trying to do data recovery on a corrupt ext3 partition. fsck complains of a bad superblock, but I know the file data is there (I can see it using foremost). Any tips on recovering a badly corrupted ext3 filesystem? | make image first, try testdisk to recover partition, or photorec for data. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Stormx2", "user_answer": "qin"} |
HI all! What's the best way to ensure that the folder on my home theatre device has the same files as my download folder? I don't want to overwrite files if they're already there. | rsync -ruv | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dsnyders", "user_answer": "Techdude101"} |
Help, I'm not an ubuntu user but I'm writing a script for Ubuntu users, could someone please quickly tell me if 11.10 has liblcms1-dev ? | ^^^ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DrSlony", "user_answer": "qin"} |
Quick question. Have any of you been updated to Firefox 9 yet? It's been out for weeks and I still haven't recieved an update. When is it coming? | it is in proposed, it will likely land in updates soon | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rectec", "user_answer": "trism"} |
hi, does ubuntu terminal uses .bashrc file for its 'alias'. I have been changing it little bit but it dosnt seem it affects the terminal... | or open up a new terminal | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kurrata", "user_answer": "ac13"} |
hi, can i use pidgin in skype network | you can install skype in Linux - you can get the latest version all handily packaged for Ubuntu and Debian off the Skype webpage | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "abarai_renji", "user_answer": "gordonjcp"} |
Quick question, I want to install Ubuntu Desktop, but using the desktop install cd, I see no way to partition the disk to my liking. I want an encrypted partition with lvm and custom virtual partitions, etc. With the alternate install cd I know how (manual partitioning has way more options.) When i use the alternate cd I always use the cli mode. If i use normal will it install ubuntu desktop? | yeah you can | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Canadian1296", "user_answer": "Bsims"} |
can i upgrade required packages only for vpnc? | sudo apt-get install vpnc | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kulkarni", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
can you install drivers and programs without them really being installed on the hard drive by booting up from a LiveCD ? | or run out of ram. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Frxstrem", "user_answer": "ziroday"} |
where can I get darkroom theme for older versions of ubuntu? | check www.gnome-look.org if it doesn't have it then I dont know what to tell you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rchase", "user_answer": "lordrath"} |
where can i get package information (like packages.debian.org ) | we follow most of debian's conventions, i think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shtrb", "user_answer": "maco"} |
Does any one know what clone output does in compiz? | it should output the same thing to both monitors | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Chaorain", "user_answer": "SchighSchagh"} |
Does anyone know where I can get a Metacity logo? | http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity/metacity.png | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Chaorain", "user_answer": "Stroganoff"} |
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