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hi i am facing a strange problem. i have started nautilus as root from the command line and i hit delete on some files. i suspect they went to the trash. how do i find the trash for root?
turn on hidden folders in nautilus and look for a folder called .trash
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{"user_question": "abhibera", "user_answer": "frostburn"}
is it possible to download a package in the repositories off the web?
yes, it does
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{"user_question": "Burlynn", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
How can i change the system tray icons?
tyhey reside in /usr/share/pixmaps
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{"user_question": "ThatLazyGuy", "user_answer": "e"}
Howcome npviewer.bin (assuming flash for online radio) uses 33% of my CPU?
Go to 'System Monitor' and look in the 'System': tab
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{"user_question": "Senjai|Busy", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
Can anyone help me with the vga values for my GRUB menu.lst? I have a 1280x1024 resolution and my font in the TTY's is too big. It goes off screen
vga values can be found in some posts in the forums, I use vga=792 or 789, I think. 789 is bigger, 792 is smaller,795 even smaller.
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{"user_question": "DerangedDingo", "user_answer": "vocx"}
Is there any reason I should install the i386 version over the amd64 on my dual-core?
maybe not... head to the 64-bit forum for more info and tricks on 64-bit
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{"user_question": "fatbrain", "user_answer": "vocx"}
What is the name of the program that is like Wine, but you must pay?
for gaming its cedega
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{"user_question": "makky", "user_answer": "Redhammer_the_Ol"}
Is it possible for me to download Teamspeak using the terminal?
sudo apt-get install teamspeak-client
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{"user_question": "Piddy", "user_answer": "Xenoie"}
how can i see what version of a package i have installed in the package manager? i think for some reason, apt isn't upgrading a certain package, even though a newer one is available in the enabled repos
apt-cache policy package
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{"user_question": "ganymede", "user_answer": "IdleOne"}
don't have a hub/switch ?
got any idea on how to connect them ?
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{"user_question": "lestat", "user_answer": "Se7en"}
When beeing connected to a server (ssh) and I try to play some audio/video file, my current default-application isn't used. It always uses the original-default-applicatino to launch the file. How do I solve that?
sudo df -h
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{"user_question": "fatbrain", "user_answer": "CompIsMyRx"}
What would be the easiest way to turn everything a user entered into lowercase? I know how to do it in bash but php seems like it wouldn't be the same
perhaps CSS text-transform: lowercase applied to the form.
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{"user_question": "TheNo1Yeti", "user_answer": "Gambrinus"}
I'm trying to figure out how to make it run later during bottup
not to barge in, but make a script and put it into rc.local, that should work
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{"user_question": "spk", "user_answer": "WGGMk"}
When installing VMWare Server Console, it will NOT let me run the install script unless im a super user.. After installing it (with sudo) it will not let me run vmware-server-console unless im I user sudo.. How can I install this so that it shows up in my Applications and doesnt require sudo from terminal??
try adding yourself to the vmware group if there is such a thing
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{"user_question": "WGGMk", "user_answer": "socketbind"}
I'm trying to get Ubuntu 7.04 working with a 3com 3c509 Etherlink III network adapter. sudo modprobe 3c509 puts eth0 an eth0:avah in my ifconfig, but I keep getting 169.254.*.* IP addresses, which is a Windows Private IP address that happens when it can't find a DHCP server, which is confusing. The PC connection light on my router isn't turning on, either. sudo dhclient eth0 isn't working. Can someone help me?
if the pc connection light isnt on then check the cable
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{"user_question": "mcantor", "user_answer": "nonewmsgs"}
whats the name of that ubuntu official laptop company.. i cant find the god damn site
there is no official ubuntu laptop company, however system76.com has ubuntu laptops
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{"user_question": "easytiger_home", "user_answer": "elkbuntu"}
Can someone tell me how it was to refresh apt?
: sudo apt-get update
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{"user_question": "pSychlome", "user_answer": "_wattazoum_"}
can somebody help me i'm trying to run a .run script but it keeps saying there's an error in the md5 checksum
it means your download is incorrect
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{"user_question": "druid", "user_answer": "defrysk"}
am i right in thinking that a cron job is the best way of running a scheduled backup?
thats an excellent way
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{"user_question": "aelliott", "user_answer": "ikonia"}
I have a 'ubuntu Studio' Installation, and want to have a Edubuntu (with every skin and so on) is there a way to do that without reinstlling everything ?
: sudo apt-get install edubuntu-desktop
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{"user_question": "vi390", "user_answer": "atlef"}
In Ubuntu, Is there something like 'tasks manger' then I can close some unrespondable software? Firefox tells me ' you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.'
other than Jack_Sparrow 's suggestion you could also right mouse click on the top bar and choose 'add to panel' then choose 'System Monitor'.. that will give you access to processes and let you kill them.
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{"user_question": "OsamaK", "user_answer": "Scunizi"}
I have Feisty Fawn on my system now. Will I have an option to update to the new 7.10 or do I have to do a total reinstall?
you can upgrade
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{"user_question": "wizardyesterday", "user_answer": "FluxD"}
I want to start dual-booting Ubuntu, I have not installed it yet, and I am running Windows XP. Except, my only problem is I'm quite afraid that during the 'partition' step I will lose some of my data. How can I avoid this, or am I paranoid?
I have never lost any (and I have installed Ubuntu many, many times). But if you don't back up your data, you will lose it some day :)
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{"user_question": "Shoopuf", "user_answer": "MattJ"}
When I type 'sudo modprobe snd-cmi8330' it says 'No such device' but when I type 'sudo modprobe snd-cmipci' it doesn't say anything at all it just goes to another line, does that mean i have snd-cmipci?
if it says nothing then it has loaded, you can verify this with 'lsmod'
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{"user_question": "Shoopuf", "user_answer": "mrsno"}
When I went to 'Add/Remove...' in the applications menu it said that the program list was out-of-date, so then I clicked 'Update' and it said another Synaptic was open so it didn't update. The other Synaptic finished and now I am opening Add/Remove again but it isn't giving me the update dialogue, how do I get my Add/Remove list to update?
hit ctrl-f2 and then type: sudo apt-get update
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{"user_question": "Shoopuf", "user_answer": "Vlet"}
Anyone know the name of that notepad that goes into the Ubuntu panel that acts like a mini-Wiki? I am not running Ubuntu atm but need to know the name of that program. :P
it's definitley tomboy, tomtom is a gps service
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{"user_question": "Shoopuf", "user_answer": "ConstyXIV"}
When I try to run 'hp-toolbox' for my HP printer it says 'Error: PyQt not installed.' Anyone suggest which QT I should download? There's like a whooole bunch of them in the repository.
when you install via a package manager the hplip packages all dependencies should be installed too
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{"user_question": "Shoopuf", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
what can I use to convert .ogg to .avi/.mpg ?? ffmpeg doesn't do it
mencoder input_file.ogg -ovc lavc -nosound -o output_file.avi
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{"user_question": "bobgill", "user_answer": "MrGreencastle"}
Anyone help me out with ripping a DVD with K3b? Ive googled around but didnt find anything useful.
that's probably the component you were missing
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{"user_question": "mm_202", "user_answer": "jdong"}
How do I find out the path of the Ubuntu Desktop Wallpaper? and... when is Ubuntu Gutsy or Gusty coming?
go to ubuntu.com to find out when gutsy will be out
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{"user_question": "eboyjr", "user_answer": "Davy_Jones"}
what's the command to enable a vhost on apache2?
a2ensite i think
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{"user_question": "abstrakt", "user_answer": "mcrawfor"}
anyone interested in helping me in private room?
its almost always easiest to intall Windows first.
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{"user_question": "elpepa", "user_answer": "IndyGunFreak"}
what is this 'lost+found' folder taking up 15 gb of my new hard drive?
delete it
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{"user_question": "apocalypti", "user_answer": "bruenig"}
What would be the easiest method about which I could go to install a .RPM? Is there a package I should download that does it all for me?
alien.
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{"user_question": "xyyzzz", "user_answer": "recon"}
hi all, I am new to ubuntu and I am hoping someone can help me out.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword
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{"user_question": "rhlin", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
I remember there was a cool app which showed graphs & statistics about laptop battery charge levels. But I can't find it again. Do you know what's it's called?
run it with : gnome-power-statistics
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{"user_question": "xnox", "user_answer": "airtonix"}
what is the difference between shockwave player, and flash player?
shockwave is for advertisements and stuff
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{"user_question": "silverarrow", "user_answer": "wurmphlegm"}
Does anyone know of a tool to put several jpgpics into a short movie? :)
check out the tovid thread on the forums
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{"user_question": "askand", "user_answer": "databuddy"}
is there a way to stop scrolling on output at the consle or in screen?
run the command but pipe it through less like this mycommand | less
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{"user_question": "tech404", "user_answer": "ziroday"}
do you know how to install 32-bit firefox on 64-bit ubuntu so i can install 32-bit flash?
gksudo nvidia-settings
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{"user_question": "Veen", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
has anyone messed around with OpenCL and an ATI card on natty?
the main thing is you need to be using the fglrx driver to do opencl on linux
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{"user_question": "rakathan", "user_answer": "vandemar"}
Would it hurt to install 'kubuntu-desktop' on an Ubuntu system even if 'libpostproc1d' is 'not authenticated' on the Medibuntu servers?
authentication can usually be fixed by doign a sudo apt-get update, if it still doesnt go away, it really doessnt break anything.
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{"user_question": "Some_Person", "user_answer": "Creed"}
Hey guys, how much space is recommended for a fresh Ubuntu installation?
enough
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{"user_question": "Arso", "user_answer": "ari_stress"}
what's the ip of google.com?
for example 64.233.187.99
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{"user_question": "wib", "user_answer": "kane77"}
How can you enable xdmcp remotely (over ssh) I wanto set up VNC from 100 miles away :)
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/
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{"user_question": "petafile", "user_answer": "hexstar"}
hai ! can i open a .svg graphic in gimp via plugin !?
I am not sure Gimp can do svg, but you can get inkscape than can read it from the repos
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{"user_question": "ingo", "user_answer": "racvets2"}
Can someone please explain Beryl to me?
it's a way of making your windows wobble when you move them, at the expense of performance and stability./
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{"user_question": "kagemaro", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
Hey all, Hardy is detecting my PATA drive as a SDA, in gutsy it was HAD Is this something to be concerned about?
No nothing to be concerned about
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{"user_question": "MilitantPotato", "user_answer": "MoLE_"}
I am having a problem with the screen resolution in ubuntu 7.04 sometimes as it is lie this and i am not able to change it from the menu option http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8067/weirdresolutionnn4.png
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=83973
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{"user_question": "anandanbu", "user_answer": "MilitantPotato"}
when you run a command as SU or Sudo in termal does it remain logged in as su untill you restart?
with sudo it's just for that command, although your password is remembered for sudo for 15 minutes. With su you just have to exit out of the root terminal (but su root doesn't work since root isn't enabled, use sudo -i or sudo -s)
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{"user_question": "MilitantPotato", "user_answer": "astro76"}
How do I revert to an earlier version of the Linux kernel? I am experiencing hardware regressions and I want to go back.
choose it in grub?
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{"user_question": "PirateHead", "user_answer": "MilitantPotato"}
anyone else have probs with adobe flash hanging up firefox? any way to remedy that?
had similar problems too. i guess it's a problem in flash, so only adobe can do anything about it
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{"user_question": "tehtechman", "user_answer": "W_McL"}
Will dell ship linux laptops? I was thinking either to get a dell or a mac loptop
dell.com/linux
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{"user_question": "tehtechman", "user_answer": "dxdt"}
open office is giving me problems, when i click to edit a document the screen goes grey and i can't click on anything..can anybody help me with this please?
open firefox, enter 'localhost:631' and you should be able to see a CUPS screen
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{"user_question": "_imran_", "user_answer": "wbadger"}
Can anyone tell what app to use to get my dvds on to my hdd like avi files?
acidrip, k9copy, dvd::rip
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{"user_question": "farkewie", "user_answer": "cabrioleur"}
hey guys, can anyone help me with this problem? sometimes when I plug in my USB flash drives, it won't unmount until I log out and in again
make sure you don't have any Nautilus windows open inside the drive, or any shell either. or any program with files from the drive still open.
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{"user_question": "SpiffyBalak", "user_answer": "LjL"}
I installed screenlets but dont see how I enabled screenlets. any help?
alt+f2 and type in 'screenlets-manager'
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{"user_question": "IdleOne", "user_answer": "rsc___"}
hey guys, I used gparted to resize my swap partition from 1GB to 4GB, but 'swapon -s' still reports it's 1GB (so does gnome-system-monitor). what should I do?
man mkswap
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{"user_question": "rsc___", "user_answer": "genii"}
Hey seems like i have old FFMPEG, any way to get newest?
apt-get update then apt-get dist-upgrade
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{"user_question": "aa^way", "user_answer": "Jjohn"}
whats wrong if gparted takes VERY long time to scann?
it should not. are some of your devices external usb?
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{"user_question": "vikk1", "user_answer": "Jimdb"}
i'm guessing jack is busy.. so is anyone else willing to help me with the mouse configuration? it's all way above my skill set.. help a girl in need? :-)
I'm guessing most of us only have a plain mouse, the only fancy five button mouse I used just magically worked.
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{"user_question": "jayde_drag0n", "user_answer": "rjune"}
hi folks. where does synaptic / apt-get keep the cached files it downloads .... i have all the files, and rather than download them again, i thought id load them in manually
/var/apt/cache/ I think
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{"user_question": "bryantcaley", "user_answer": "RoC_MasterMind"}
helo, I got a problem...I need to installl ubuntu-desktop, but I don't have internet, the only way to connect to internet is thru a browser, how can I install gnome in a PC without internet?
download the alternate cd, burn it (or mount the iso I guess), and then use apt-cdrom to add it as a repo
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{"user_question": "cm_raf", "user_answer": "jrib"}
How the hell do I close emacs?
ctrl-x ctrl-c
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{"user_question": "Usrl", "user_answer": "teKnofreak"}
Has anyone had the problem with the LiveCD - as to when you go to click install, it doesn't do anything?
maybe it doesnt want to install
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{"user_question": "aquacurve", "user_answer": "rolfen"}
isn't 11.10 alpha 2 coming out today?
alpha 2 July 7th https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricReleaseSchedule
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{"user_question": "quzzi", "user_answer": "cpatrick08"}
what is a good dvd ripping program for ubuntu/linux... and no didactic sermons on why we shouldnt rip copyrighted material etc...
DVD Shrink :)
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{"user_question": "revilodraw", "user_answer": "bittin"}
Is there anyway to enable network connections in terminal?
with ifup and ifdown, but I don't know how well that works with NetworkManager and all
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{"user_question": "Dumderflu", "user_answer": "mjunx"}
what is the little thing i type into the terminal to get the exe compatibility?
sudo apt-get install wine
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{"user_question": "summer_s4", "user_answer": "srn"}
what's the difference between gksu and gksudo?
gksudo is a symlink to gksu
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{"user_question": "philsf", "user_answer": "maco"}
on the subject of NTFS, do you always have to login as root to write to the drive?
you need to change permissions on your ntfs drive
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{"user_question": "brico", "user_answer": "Madpilot"}
I created this tuturial, can a few people tell me if it is easy to follow and understandable? http://techystuff.info/?p=62
looks fine to me
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{"user_question": "NixMan", "user_answer": "anixhkr"}
where's the ubuntu wallpapers located at?
/usr/share/backgrounds I think
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{"user_question": "aleksanteri", "user_answer": "act1v8"}
Is there a command, if you log into terminal as say user, then root, then otheruser, to show how deep you are?
Also: ps and pstree
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{"user_question": "BigDaddyDuergar", "user_answer": "qin"}
hi! when loading beryl on gnome emerald wont start. I've put emerald in sessions. any ideas how to fix this?
you need beryl manager, not emerald ;)
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{"user_question": "jafnoob", "user_answer": "Takmadeus"}
hi! is there a log over installed applications somewhere?
do 'dpkg -l' in a terminal
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{"user_question": "jafnoob", "user_answer": "rausb0"}
I have got an acer aspire 5633 laptop with the intel 3945 wifi chip. I am running feisty with all packages updated. The problem is that my wireless network does not appear most of the time when doing a scan (iwconfig eth1 scan), it does sometimes appear. If I manage to get a connection it just drops after a couple of seconds. I have got another laptop next to me and this can connect absolutely fine. Signal strength is about 75%. Does anyone have any sugges
to identical laptops? one works the other doesn't?
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{"user_question": "_Roly", "user_answer": "vox754"}
does ubuntu suport .exe?
open synaptic (menu:System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager) and hit the search button on the right side after it loads. type in 'wine' and hit enter, select the package when it appears
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{"user_question": "cerda", "user_answer": "hypertyper"}
Do usb flash drives not work with usb hubs? I got a keyboard and it has some usb hub ports, I have my flash drive hooked up but it does not work
might need to use a powered hub then
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{"user_question": "Kain", "user_answer": "astro76"}
using ubuntu?
to play music and movies
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{"user_question": "Ratrophy", "user_answer": "Palimpsest"}
Agent_Mulder: are you related to Agent Muller? :)
how very friendly of you
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{"user_question": "purplestar", "user_answer": "alienseer23"}
hey all, i just fully converted over to ubuntu and i am unable to get compiz functioning so i can get the cube. i have a dell inspiron e1505 with ati x1400 card and i have the restricted driver enabled
ati the sux0rz when it comes to compiz
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{"user_question": "lastelement0", "user_answer": "adaptr"}
How can I check if my internal speakers have been detected correctly? (Asus f3sv)
sudo apt-get install beep && beep
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{"user_question": "akos", "user_answer": "kritzstapf"}
Hey! How do you exit X?
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
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{"user_question": "Gasten", "user_answer": "akos"}
What is a 'transitional package'? (For example 'Adobe Flash Player plugin installer'.)
http://askubuntu.com/questions/20377/what-exact-purpose-have-transitional-packages
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{"user_question": "bullgard", "user_answer": "mbeierl"}
Any one help I am running a Internet cafe. Some of the children are using java games what are not written in the best way and use all cpu power slowing all everyone else down. Any one know how I can limit the resources given to java_vm permanently please rather than renice every time
that is a very interesting question. i'd try it by writing a script to replace the link in /usr/bin/java
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{"user_question": "jamiejcumbria", "user_answer": "howlingmadhowie"}
Do I need the 64bit version of Ubuntu in order to see all 8GB of ram in my machine?
with 32 Bits only 2^32 = 4 GB are adressable. so yes
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{"user_question": "gesker", "user_answer": "HEP85"}
How can I browse available CIFS shares on a network via command line?
smbclient
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{"user_question": "Icehawk78", "user_answer": "dr-willis"}
how can i use kde on ubuntu?
Konsole
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{"user_question": "CACHACA", "user_answer": "MrXorg"}
how do i get to root console (not sudo)
sudo -s
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{"user_question": "optimus55", "user_answer": "facugaich"}
I'd like to make my gnome panel size 19, but it won't go past 23 for some reason. I was able to do it on my laptop but I don't remember how, anyone know?
you can do it with gconf-editor, navigate to apps/panel/toplevels/panel_x
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{"user_question": "JuKen", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
Hi. Does anybody knows what happened to Gobuntu? Are there still plans for a whole free system?
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/gobuntu
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{"user_question": "harmattan", "user_answer": "compengi"}
What do you do in compiz to get the cube to display? It's scroll button on mouse for beryl, how about for compiz??
Hold Ctrl+Alt and then click and drag with the left mouse button.
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{"user_question": "skinnypuppy1334", "user_answer": "squarebottle"}
not sure if this is where i should ask this question but here gos anyways ... useing clonezilla server ... have 4 more computers on same net as CZ ... i need to find a way that when i hit f12 to boot from network device and it connects to clonezilla ... I need the option to repartition the client's hard drive in to one partition ... basicly delete all partitions of clinet and build one fat32 partition
clonezila live cd perhaps. om not sure it can netboot itself
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{"user_question": "jgcampbell300", "user_answer": "dr-willis"}
does anyone know how to auto detect the compression format of a file?
you can try 'file [filename] ' or open it in VLC and look under Stream Properties
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{"user_question": "ScorpKing", "user_answer": "RoC_MasterMind"}
could anyone tell me how I can get the main menu transparent?
I don't think that's possible with gnome (at least not without additional software)
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{"user_question": "BlackDesign", "user_answer": "captainm"}
ouch.. I just discovered that I have two active mounted swap partitions.. If I unmount one will the system hic-up?
I think the safest method is to boot into a live-cd and remove one swap partition from fstab
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{"user_question": "Scunizi", "user_answer": "captainm"}
hey i'm in a really big mess here. Does anyone know how to recover ntfs partitions from ubuntu or linux?]
too large an answer for irc i guess ... but basically (simplifying too much )windows has the gui included in the kernel (to make it faster) linux has not and many other details
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{"user_question": "Optimus55", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
question: in which file does phpmyadmin says to apache that localhost/phpmyadmin is the place to be?
use dpkg -L phpmyadmin to list the files in the package and see if there's anything relevant, probably something in /etc/ or perhaps it just places things directly in /var/www and uses the default virtualhost
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{"user_question": "GSMX", "user_answer": "Brucevdk"}
Is VMWare gonna kill my computer, if I think it sucks how good is Ubuntu at removing programs?
/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl will do the trick
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{"user_question": "Newbie_Dude", "user_answer": "_rd_"}