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Does anyone know why my sound is so low on my laptop? It's on max and I can barely hear it with sounds around. | try using alsamixer fro mthe command line | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Miyavix3", "user_answer": "webtoe"} |
i was wondering if anyone had a good site for learning more about linux. i know nothing. and it seems like everywhere i have been is assuming i know more than i do, i need some real beginner reading. | there's tldp.org, but it's kind of technical. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alec", "user_answer": "thingfish2"} |
can someone tell me why 'vim' on ubuntu doesn't do vsplit? | 'cause by default vim-tiny is installed. Install the package called vim | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mcadetg", "user_answer": "Seveas"} |
Hi there :) Does anyone know of a (I guess a CAD) program where I can feed in the schematic for an electronic circuit and a protoboard type, and it will spit out the most space-efficient layout? | not sure, but can Eagle do that? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Grey_Loki", "user_answer": "ennonymous"} |
im struggling to get a java plugin for firefox on Ubuntu, anyone know of any helpful resourses? | then run sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "timmillwood", "user_answer": "Circus-Killer"} |
how should I do if I want to modify a keyboard layout in gnome? I want to change the third level of '.' to 'å' in the international dvorak layout | xmodmap? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "KingdomOFish", "user_answer": "wols_"} |
If I use SSH X Tunneling to run Handbrake, do I have to have handbrake installed on the ssh client or server? | I don't know what handbrake is/does but my guess would be you need it on the server | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "duiu_", "user_answer": "Slart"} |
hi, I'm getting a blue tint on all videos played through xv. Why is that? | try restarting X | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "klikklak", "user_answer": "ichbinesderelch"} |
I'm having a really weird issue, I have files that aren't being read by programs, Nautilus doesn't show the files as existing (even gksudo nautilus) and weechat can't read any of its settings, but midnight commander and ls show the files as existing, although ls returns: cannot access file.extension: Input/output error | tried rebooting? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Maahes", "user_answer": "Viking667"} |
I'm having a problem with otf fonts, they all come out as boxes, what package do I need to fix this? | are you typong english? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Maahes", "user_answer": "zzecool"} |
does anyone know (Ubuntu 10.10) what package libapt-pkg.so.4.10 is in? | in the 'apt' package. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Maahes", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
any one knows which is the best commercial antivirus for windows XP? | ClamWin | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "newuser_", "user_answer": "digitalvaldosta_"} |
Hey. I right-clicked on my trash in the bottom-right-hand corner of Gnome and selected something that got rid of it. Anyone know how to get it back? | just right click on the grey bar (panel) that it was on and click add to panel | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "codazoda", "user_answer": "digitalvaldosta_"} |
can any1 tell me what is the kernel version of ubuntu build 8.04? | ask someone to run uname -r or see packages.ubuntu.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Ibrahim_Electric", "user_answer": "mahfiaz"} |
Hi. How do I remove software - in this case the 'Songbird' program - that I installed from a tar ball instead of a .deb package? Thanks. | look into the documentation in the tar ball - often it is make uninstall | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gmachine_24", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
hi, I've installed ubuntu 8.10 on a computer with a realtek 8139C (or C+? not sure), when the ethernet cable is connected ubuntu tries to connect but fails (I called dhclient manually and it also failed), I tried configuring it manually but it doesn't seem to reach the network... | is there a dhcp server in your network? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "angasule", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
does anyone here know where to ask for donations ? our school teacher of math & physics just remained homeless, we found a house for him and we want to buy it, but we need some additional funding | Look through the list of channels till you find one that fits | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iongion", "user_answer": "brin"} |
Hi does anyone know how to assign always the same IP to a VM Ubuntu which uses NAT (Share hosts IP address)? | that depends on the virtualization product | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alzamabar", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
Is there a command that I can use to monitor the file system? | gkrellm is another monitoring app, and it has a skinnable ui | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lmat", "user_answer": "ardchoille"} |
can someone help me with aptitude ? | does that help ? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "agoole", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
Is there a utility that I can install to monitor network usage? vnstat is showing transfers (Rx) of roughly 2GB/day, but the only network apps I have running are mutt, w3m and ssh... | you want to have a look at iptraf | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ryanakca", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
[Ubuntu 11.10 GNOME Shell 3.2] '~$ which urxvt; /usr/bin/urxvt'. If I key '~$ urxvt' in a terminal, a urxvt terminal window will appear. But f I press Super-key > urxvt <Enter>, why will no urxvt terminal window appear? | the second it being urxvt | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bullgard6", "user_answer": "riffautae"} |
hello, I have installed ubuntu-desktop on one test machine that i can access only via ssh, i was wondering how can i enable remote connections from the terminal to be able to access it using remote desktop connection 'Vinagre' ? | with that you should be able to tunnel a vnc connection | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Big", "user_answer": "riffautae"} |
it's been a while for me at the command line and ubuntu's telling me I should use upstart instead of the init.d script... can't seem to find the command for using upstart | try sudo service <name> start | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alcane", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
Is there a way I can convert several m4a's to mp3's? | Rhorse was joking :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mavsman4457", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
lsb_release -a does it as well | Thanks, that command has better output, and isn't dependent upon the user not changing /etc/issue. Thanks. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "guntbert", "user_answer": "levander"} |
Where do I complain about a package in core which depends on the package which was removed? | file a bug report | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vvv", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
I wanted to know, what is the path to the ps file? under ubuntu Jaunty? | type which ps | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CrAzYoNi", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
My disk is too full, and I have too many kernels listed in grub, can anyone help me to delete the old kernels and to remove them from grub | http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu-with-one-command/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tp43", "user_answer": "riffautae"} |
hi there. how can i revert back to my Intel graphics? Note: After installation it was Intel already supported, then i installed nVidia through Addinitional Drivers, and it did not support as usual (Optimus) and now im stucked with nouveau | have you tried removing the nvidia driver and blacklisting nouveau? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aafa", "user_answer": "allu3"} |
what file is used to store the keyring that NetworkManager needs for VPN connections? I'm reinstalling and can't find the old keyring in my backup | here it is .gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lekro", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
how can I make local repository on removable device? | look for apt-mirror | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pawleeq", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
What's the command to set the default for a command? Like which path of python to use? | udate-alternatives ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ajf", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
My clock on Ubuntu Server is off. How can I update it with a time server? | see https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eboyjr", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
Just reading up, there's a suggestion that if shift doesn't bring up the grub menu, repeatedly pressing the 'esc' key may bring the grub menu up | I may try that | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DJones", "user_answer": "SwashBuckla"} |
I migrated from Debian tonight. Then I copied lots of folders from old /home/user. I only could do this as superuser. Now all my folders belong to root. How can I make all of them, including subfolders, belong to me, a normal user? | use 'chown' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "douglas-web-dev", "user_answer": "mdsilva"} |
hello. what postgresql version more stable in ubuntu? 8.2 or 8.3 ? | 8.3 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zver", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
how do I kill a program I've ran through wine? | System -> Administration -> System Monitor | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "chieffancypants", "user_answer": "RainCT"} |
HOW WE CAN VOCE CHAT IN UBUNTU?pidgin havent voice,and we cant set up yahoo massenger in ubuntu? | right click panel choose Add to panel choose Dictionary Lookup | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "payman", "user_answer": "legend2440"} |
what programs do people use for ipod sync | got that songbird? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Rohs", "user_answer": "Kovert"} |
how do you determine your default window manager? and how do you switch it to something else? | update-alternatives. ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jschoolc", "user_answer": "wols"} |
im hqaving trouble using 3rd gen ipod nano in ubuntu. can anyone help? | https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/225457 This might help. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alec", "user_answer": "gvk"} |
Is there a way in ubuntu to trigger a program to run when my laptop switches to battery power? | put a script in /etc/pm/power.d | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Laozi", "user_answer": "infinitycircuit"} |
do you known where can i find Gmail Notifier but for Linux ? because i can't find it on Google | its in the repos | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bepo", "user_answer": "RageMachine"} |
what is a good video player? want something like zoomplayer for windows | in my opinion th best GUI for mplayer is smplayer. But there's lots of them | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Bruners", "user_answer": "carandraug"} |
anyone know about file recovery? I've already ran photorec but recovered almost no files even though no action in the drive other unmount and remount it. Can anyone suggest anything? | foremost | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "carandraug", "user_answer": "Gnea"} |
I don't think you can just list a directory as they're usually spread around a lot of folders. But if you don't want to search for them, just open openoffice document and see the choice of fonts it gives you | i was figuring that | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "carandraug", "user_answer": "KnomeDE"} |
I installed Gnomeshell on Ubuntu 11.10 it works fine except that it doesn't have minimize and maximize on the top of the windows. Is it supposed to be like that? | if you click on the scroll wheel on the title bar, it sends the window to the back. if you click and drag on the title bar to the left/right/top, it'll maximize accordingly | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kaparen", "user_answer": "Roasted"} |
hello i`m trying to decode some files from flac to wav, my command is [ for i in *.flac; do flac -d '$i'; done] but.. how can i do this recursivly down through folders? | or perhaps. find . -type f -iname '*.flac' -exec bash -c 'for i; do flac -d '$i'; done' _ {} + | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "meekatron", "user_answer": "unop"} |
I am upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04, if my internet coon get disconnected in the middle, would the updgrade manager resume from where it had to stop, or pick up from the beginning? | AFAIK, it resumes :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shabda", "user_answer": "shah"} |
Anyone here have experience with WoW + Wine? | the wine app datebase has a LARGE section on runnign WoW in wine | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "[Spooky]", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
dr_willis. xfix is gods gift to me when I was having a fit with my video cards... | Huh? ive never seen it in a recovery menu. May ne a new thing ive not noticed. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "yakkob", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"} |
dang, when will the ubuntu repo have avalible the last version of transmission? | might end up in backports once it gets into intrepid though | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "trmanco", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
I just installed wireshark , when i start capturing it says like 'there are no interfaces on which a capture can be done ' | create wireshark group, add yourself to it, relogin and start wireshark | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cloudgeek", "user_answer": "dsadas"} |
Somehow my root '/' folder became writable. What do I have to do to fix this? | writable by who? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "BiosElement", "user_answer": "phoenixz"} |
how do i customize | you make/edit/customize your own .conkyrc config file. the conky homepage has docs/examples | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "liamkmc", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"} |
i coldn't get ipod works with ubuntu. any suggestions ? | http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9266 Perhaps this will help. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "yuro", "user_answer": "Grobvok"} |
hi there. somehow i managed to delete /bin/ps file. any ubuntu user can send me that file ? or email me -> [email protected] | sudo apt-get install --reinstall procps will get it back | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "deneme1233", "user_answer": "nickrud"} |
lost my gdm login after installing kde - how do I get it back? | sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "duncan-nz", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
hOW TO HOOKUP SVN REPO TO CHECKIN TO /VAR/WWW? | http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "arpy_", "user_answer": "linuxdominator"} |
my sister has ubuntu 8.04 on her computer, and audio worked in totem, but not in flash, why? | known issue with flash and 8.04. It's resolved in 8.10 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "doggymenz", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
Hello, my webcam was working fine wit ubuntu 10.10. It is now not working with 11.04. How to treble shoot this? | have you tested it in cheese? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shobha", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
Specifying my question better. I installed some drivers for my intel chipset display, from the intel website (Bad move I know) in attempts to get something working, I need to revert the display settings to back before I installed the drivers. As in the old xorg settings. Would anyone be able to tell me how to do that? | dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NekoCodi", "user_answer": "infinitycircuit"} |
/usr/local/lib/libfreeradius-radius-2.2.0.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped | --- | export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local:/usr/local/lib | --- | radiusd: error while loading shared libraries: libfreeradius-radius-2.2.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory <- Why ? | you might need to rerun sudo ldconfig | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "milligan_", "user_answer": "lstarnes"} |
wasnt restarting X always control+alt+backspace? y isnt that working for me anymore? | We disabled that to keep people from doing it by mistake. You can re-enable it if your X server isn't very stable. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "danny_", "user_answer": "ryanprior"} |
What's the command to make a sha256 hash of a given string? | man openssl | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CJ__", "user_answer": "ryanprior"} |
how do you run a process from the terminal and close the window without killing the process? | eg: vlc & exit | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dexi", "user_answer": "hateball"} |
why cant i minimize openoffice word | try alt+space then n | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "droopsta915", "user_answer": "anto9us"} |
why does my computer take for ever to open anything online? Yesterday it was running fairly fast. | kill any torrents that are active on your network? That's my first suspicion | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "droopsta915", "user_answer": "cwillu"} |
can I change my terminal background color, I want it to be black and the text to be white. | just edit the default profile in the terminal menu | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "droopsta915", "user_answer": "gnutron"} |
Evening good people. I've been having trouble finding a solution to my problem on the forums: My wireless network connection speed is always displayed as 'Unknown' in the connection information window and 0 kb/s bit rate in iwconfig. (Atheros, AR9285, ath9k driver, Ubuntu 10.04). | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1650507 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "achilleas", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
hey guys i'v been playing around with compiz-fusion and well i got most of it down, but im having trouble finding out how to make the cube transperent, or putting things in it for that matter.... there is that and how do i adjust the pics on the top and bottom of the cube | - ill PM you some help | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lemonwrath", "user_answer": "hlfshell"} |
ok. #ubuntu+1 redirected me back here. how do I put *any* install/live .img on an usb stick without completely wiping it? | unetbootin, even | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "thm", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
what have i done wrong ? (fing jpg more than 1KB ) find /media/usb-hdd/ -size +1k -type f -name jpg | '*.jpg' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elfranne", "user_answer": "goran"} |
could someone tell me what the acroynm / commands are for shutting down computer when nothing else works (something to do with elephants and boring I think... >.<) | REISUB - raising elephants is so utterly boring .. use the combination with alt+print_screen+key | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "RageMachine", "user_answer": "unop"} |
What's a good iso burner for Gnome? | you could use Brasero. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "te", "user_answer": "Grobvok"} |
i can`t see a restart button on Ubuntu Unity, how can i restart machine ? :\ | log out then restart, or run 'sudo reboot' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alexGlasgow", "user_answer": "s0nee"} |
I installed ubuntu 8.04 on a partition along with windows, and am now looking to convert the whole laptop to pure ubuntu; any idea how to delete the windows partition? | gparted | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NickieFerrante", "user_answer": "mrsimon"} |
hummm, hi everybody. is there a way to improve font rendering in buntu studio 12.04 ? iÄve got loads of color fringing on high contrast text | install MyUnity and click the font tab | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "milk_", "user_answer": "hampsterblade"} |
I have problems with firefox. So, is there any way to upgrade firefox from the terminal?? | try sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Offline", "user_answer": "murlidhar"} |
how do i change from tty1 to tty2 using command line ? | control-alt-f2 maybe? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "s0nee", "user_answer": "_schism_"} |
Hey can someone tell me how to install a .jar | java blabla.jar | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dexi", "user_answer": "sammyF"} |
can anyone tell me what I need to do to get ./configure to work? | you installed the 'build-essentials' package? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dexi", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
Two things. 1) Will I have any incompatibility issues in switching from Gutsy 32bit to Gutsy 64bit? And 2) Why does the video playback on my Ubuntu seem to darken quite a bit after a while of using it? | 1) Yes, Flash and Java don't work as well in 64bit 2) No idea | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Jason2gs", "user_answer": "joejoecircusboy"} |
hello. everybody.. ive a question.. where do i find the key names for configuring hotkeys.. for example if i want hotkey the Enter button its not called 'enter' bit something like [^4.. does anyone know a database for those keynames?! | Also the quick answer is run 'xev' then watch its output when you give it input - it will spit out codes | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Sorlag", "user_answer": "csky_max"} |
is there any way to downlaod rm files ? i see some software for windows , so is there any downloader for linux ? | to play them you'll need realplayer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "thinkgnu", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
hi, is there way to force nm-applet to re-search for wireless networks? instead waiting it for searching? | right click on the icon, disable wireless, then re enable it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gonzaloaf_laptop", "user_answer": "Bodsda"} |
hi, how do I show computer and trash icons on desktop? | its a setting in gconf-editor | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gonzaloaf_laptop", "user_answer": "poningru"} |
hi, how can I change the label of my usb driver without formating it? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gonzaloaf_laptop", "user_answer": "popey"} |
how to find out the version of an installed program with a shellcommand? | if you don't know the package name, dpkg -S `which commandname` ;) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "the_gamer", "user_answer": "jtaji"} |
I'm using a Dell Vostro 1510. WLAN works nice - but I search a way to turn it off so I can reduce power consumption...the switch disables any connection - but the power consumption remains the same. Any ideas? | right-click the network icon and uncheck 'enable wireless?' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Ferchault", "user_answer": "saiki"} |
what is the correct way to run an arbitrary script as root after reboot ? | put it in init.d | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hipitihop", "user_answer": "GrimmVarg"} |
Is there any way to view general hardware information from ubuntu? Stuff like hardrive, ram, video card, etc? | System -> Administration -> System Monitor -> System (tab) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eugman", "user_answer": "Indoctrine"} |
How can I move a window off the top of the screen? | if you're using metacity, alt+drag works, I believe | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jsjones", "user_answer": "crdlb"} |
whats the next resolution upwards of 1024 x 768 in the same ratio? | 1152 x 864 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dexikiix", "user_answer": "aestrivex"} |
Are there other, small de's for ubuntu other than Xubuntu and Lubuntu? | http://linuxgazette.net/106/murray.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "meowsus", "user_answer": "huggy-bear__AWAY"} |
to install wine, would i have to do anything more than just sudo apt-get install wine ? | thats it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "freeflowcauvery", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
how do i get a UUID from a device block? i swapped out a dvd rw for a blu-ray drive on my buddies laptop, and now it won't mount, but its recognized, this is because the new drive has a new UUID so i need to change the UUID in /etc/fstab correct? but i can't find the UUID for /dev/scd0 | sudo dumpe2fs -h /dev/sdb1 |grep UUI | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "billybigrigger", "user_answer": "timob"} |
whats the best way to share my HP printer on my ibex server, its headless so i have to do all cli config, cups still the way to go? | i just install the 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' package and it installs flash and java.. ive not had to 'tweak/work/mess' with those in ages. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "billybigrigger", "user_answer": "dr_willis"} |
do i have 8.04 or earlier version? 2.6.24-19-generic | yes...this is ubuntu desktop version | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "owen1", "user_answer": "joseph_cheah"} |
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