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Anyone? C'mon, I need some help here. | you can press ctrl+alt+f1 to drop to tty1 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mac102250", "user_answer": "Squall5668"} |
Anybody knows how to see open network connections to your Ubuntu computer? | netstat -an | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "KirillZ", "user_answer": "slestak"} |
I guess multitouch isn't yet popular enough that people can help me with my question. ^_^ | yep. its a bit of a new fad. still hasent totally caught on for the masses. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "droogie", "user_answer": "dr_willis"} |
hey guys just a suggestion, which is the best project management and bug tracking system ?? I am going with trac, if you know any other than trac please do comment | sorry misspelled your name, check my previous message | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pratz", "user_answer": "Squall5668"} |
Q: how can I increase the line history for terminal? | theres a setting so it can show more lines | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "doyle", "user_answer": "sebsebseb"} |
Hi, I just installed XChat and the users lists no longer shows at the right side of the window, how can I enable it? | try checking out settings>preferences>interface>user list - though it should to the right side and just needs to be dragged open | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "facugaich", "user_answer": "Kirok"} |
hello eveybody, is there anyone could help me with my keyboard ? it is an ABNT2 portuguese-br, the only problem are the keys pipe/left slash and 'close {[' | sorry, i dont know anything about it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kleber", "user_answer": "madcheeze"} |
How to change Gnome's GUI language | gnome-language-selector | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "qiyong", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
i am having trouble finding information on installing ubuntu as a second operating system onto a different partition other than windows, i want to be able to select which OS i want to start in the boot menu | what kind of card is it? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "orudie", "user_answer": "riotkittie"} |
hey guys, how do i go about installing the kde environment for my ubuntu installation? i presume it will make a seperate login available at the login screen as xfce did when i was on dapper | sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "andyt", "user_answer": "riotkittie"} |
Hey all, quick question. I'm going to be setting up Ubuntu for a friend of mine this week and he has DSL. He also has a router. If it's a PPOE connection, will that be taken care of by the router or do I have to set up something in the OS? | other wise pppoeconf | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "wepeel", "user_answer": "Pelo"} |
does anyone know why aptitude would ask for my install cd and how can I force that not to happen? | Did you add it to your sources at some time.. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "wepeel", "user_answer": "Jack_Sparrow"} |
hi guys .... where do i get unistd.h from ? | libc6-dev, most likely | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mba7eth", "user_answer": "sipior"} |
does anyone know what this package is 'linux-headers-2.6.20-16 (2.6.20-16.29)' | You need the header files to match your kernel if you will be compiling programs (generally C) thathave to interact with the kernel or use kernel structures and definitions. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "newbie07", "user_answer": "kauer"} |
is there any way to force the udev automounting magic to happen? | it is supposed to happen automagically. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kauer", "user_answer": "shriphani"} |
After making changes to alsamixer, it will reset to default after reboot. How can I permanently change it? | add alsa to your startup/shutdown scripts | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "unitenight", "user_answer": "Macer"} |
why do people add underscores to their names? Serious question... | I think $$ is the standard way to get the PID | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kauer", "user_answer": "soundray"} |
how can I find my default gateway if my interface was configured via dhcp? | i think the ifconfig command ought to tell you what you need | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "FlyingSquirrel33", "user_answer": "thisheregiraffe"} |
how do i tell if a NIC is recognized as gigE or 10/100? | sudo ethtool eth0 (or whatever device) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jinx099", "user_answer": "bimberi"} |
hey guys, i need to reinstall my windows boot loader, i've just removed the linux partition (and EXT partition) and now grubs broken and i cant boot into windows, any ideas on how to reinstall the windows boot loader with out reinstalling windows | and at prompt type a 'y' for yes and it will overwrite the mbr | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "philo23", "user_answer": "juano__"} |
Does anyone know how I can check which kind of memory I have, i.e. DDR1, DDR2 and how many slots the machine has, thx | sudo lshw -C memory | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ben123", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
Is there any way that I can alt-tab between workspaces the way I alt-tab between applications? | ctrl+alt+left or ctrl+alt+right arrows | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mytruehero", "user_answer": "AmaroqWolf"} |
question: what's the *most* compatible wifi card under linux? (and possibly works w/o ndiswrappers)? | i have a rt2500...you are not bothered by a firmware and it's compatible ubuntu and it's 100% free software | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rrohde", "user_answer": "ubu_"} |
hi all, i had one question in sleep XX what is the type (ms or sec)? | sec | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "devish", "user_answer": "llutz_"} |
to get to my desktop in terminal i type 'cd Desktop' correct? | 'cd ~/Desktop' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "imbecile", "user_answer": "geoffb"} |
use something like partition magic and you can resize the partitions w/out any kinda of destruction to the existing data | partition magic can handle ext3 and swaP? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "JackBandit69", "user_answer": "aN1"} |
how do I completely remove all traces of apache2? | the --purge flag (or complete removal in Synaptic), make sure you get all the packages, not just the metapackages | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pl0id", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
'DHCP server failed to start, check syslog for diagnostics' WHICH 'syslog' show I check? | /var/log/syslog | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Wimpog", "user_answer": "Amaranth"} |
hi, i'm using 7.04 with Beryl, and when i create additional workspaces and switch to them, the Gnome panels disappear. is there a setting that prevents this from happening? | can you just pkill gnome-panel ? after the respawn id think it would be ok | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rdv", "user_answer": "pike__"} |
Is there a command to see what computers are attached to my network so I can get the IP of a computer without having to visit my router's page everytime | I think it's in network tools... investigate | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Skyrail", "user_answer": "CyberCod"} |
Hello everyone, is it possible to get the new GAIM (Pidgin) on ubuntu 6.06? | find it at getdeb.net , works and installs fine | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CyberCod", "user_answer": "defrysk"} |
Quick question: is there a command that lets me open any document from a Terminal window, similar to the Windows 'start' command or the Mac 'open' command? | shure, gedit filename | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "RyanGWU82", "user_answer": "n2diy"} |
hello there. im trying to configure a 22inches lcd panel and i just got the 1680X1050 res working. But ive got some screen missing. Its like 4 or 5cm to the right and i cant use the monitors panel to bring it more to the right. Any ideas? | Look for auto config in your settings, that is how most of the lcd work | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "biggahed", "user_answer": "Jack_Sparrow"} |
cant anone tell me how to erase my harddrive completly (and propably reformat it with ntfs?) | do you already have the images backed up? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Znero", "user_answer": "francalier"} |
Can anyone guide me through submitting a bug report requesting the version of a package to be upgraded? | Is there a specific bug / problem fixed by the newer version? Do you want this to be done in a release before 11.10 ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shoeless", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"} |
people, is there any program like macromedia dreamweaver, to design webpages under linux? i'm using ubuntu 6.10 | mozilla composer? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lukillas", "user_answer": "n2diy"} |
How do I add kernel boot parameters permanently, that last through kernel upgrades? | add them in /etc/default/grub | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tsrk", "user_answer": "ututu"} |
Kamaaria, you can always fix the windows bootloader | grub = bootloader | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kevin", "user_answer": "elpargo"} |
what exactly do you want to accomplish? | not having to type in all the commands into the grub prompt myself... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elpargo", "user_answer": "Necrogami"} |
I have a very n00b question.. How would I remove apache and php? | I recommend using synaptic. Search for 'apache', mark for removal, repeat with php. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tommason", "user_answer": "Asc"} |
so... anyone know how to set which sound card's volume the vol+ and vol- keyboard keys affect? | One way to fix that would be to configure udev so that /dev/mixer and /dev/mixer1 got switched around. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mov", "user_answer": "Ferret"} |
hum, cant find out where to define a shortcut for changing the keyboard layout (de-us), anybody knows sth.? | right click on the top panel, select add to panel and then keyboard selector or something | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kritzstapf", "user_answer": "KenSentMe"} |
what do i have to install to make ubuntu shutdown when i press the power btn? (its a minimal installation via debootstrap) | acpid ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kritzstapf", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
is wiki.beryl-project.org down ? | Yes, Digg has a story about the beryl-project being hacked by a compiz developer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cypher1", "user_answer": "GMC_"} |
Ah... didn't know that. But of course I would never try a CVS of such an intensive and sensitive things as running Windows games... | check out lives http://lives.sourceforge.net/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elyon225", "user_answer": "AndrewB"} |
Is there a way to change Ubuntu's sensibility to the scrolling of the mouse's wheel? Thanks. | yeah. Preferneces -> Mouse. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Turgon", "user_answer": "AndrewB"} |
but I want 0.9.8.How would I install that? | get a very very new apt repo, or compile from source or CVS/SVN | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "JucaBlues", "user_answer": "AndrewB"} |
why do novice users pick ubuntu .. | because its a great system to work on? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Faust-C", "user_answer": "slacker"} |
Can somebody help me install flash? | sudo aptitude install flashplayer-nonfree | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "leros", "user_answer": "mneptok"} |
i have 2 java... 1 is the sun-java5-jre and the other is j2re... i need select the sun-java5.... but dont know how | sudo update-alternatives --config java | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Flecha", "user_answer": "bimberi"} |
I have a directory of tar.gz access logs. How can I search their contents to list all entries containing any address within a specific address block? I am guessing tar xOzf *.tar.gz | something? | zgrep | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MegaTrousers", "user_answer": "wastrel"} |
how can I see what processes are runing now on my Ubuntu 6.10 Server? | ps ax | less | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iulian_", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
hi, can someone tell me what can I do to get back the text document if I prezz ctrl-z in pico? | thpe fg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iulian_", "user_answer": "intelikey"} |
where i can get CompizFusion alpha? | opencompositing.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Anton99", "user_answer": "dwa"} |
I need a mp3 player. What is the player you suggest me? | ipod has tons of features | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "harp", "user_answer": "Tajmox"} |
hello, how do I map CAPSLOCK key to ubuntu? | xmodmap | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "intlkleinblue", "user_answer": "dli"} |
dpkg-reconfigure is nice. Is there a list of things I can reconfigure with it? I mean I know I can reconf xserver-xorg, but what else? | hmm, good question. i don't know if there's a list of stuff you can reconfigure... but you can just try reconfiguring stuff, and see what works, i guess :) heh | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "therealnanotube"} |
how would I go about determining my PATH to perl or ruby or python? Is there a comparable command to windows echo %PATH%? | but even better, try 'which perl' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "StoneNote", "user_answer": "therealnanotube"} |
i checked 'auto_save_session' to see how it worked. I decided that I didn't need it so I unchecked it. However, it's still opening gconf-editor & my home folder on every login. Is there a way to fix this? | enable save session, close everything, and save it. that would overwrite your old saved session. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "psycho78", "user_answer": "therealnanotube"} |
where are per user cron jobs stored ? | not sure where they are stored, but you can get a list of them with 'crontab -l' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cyris", "user_answer": "therealnanotube"} |
Where are Ubuntu installation floppy images? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/WithFloppies | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "n4r0zA633k", "user_answer": "jbroome"} |
I installed Beryl and I'm wondering how do I use the wrokspace cube thing? | middle-click and drag | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tonyKUN", "user_answer": "mwe"} |
I feel stupid but I have to ask. How is it that Amaranth got the torrent before the Ubuntu.com site has it up? | we have monitored releases.ubuntu.com closely and started downloading when it was updated | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "whileimhere", "user_answer": "Akari"} |
Hi. Is it possible to create an icon for firefox in the panel that opens up specific tabs? I have several projects which require me to open up a new firefox window with 3-5 tabs related to that project. | in the command line for the short cut 'firefox www.website.com www.otherwebsite.com www.otherotherwebsite.com | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "whileimhere", "user_answer": "Delvien"} |
how to close a hanged program? | if it is a graphical program running xkill is easisest | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Moofius", "user_answer": "eck"} |
Hello everyone! Where might I find the config file for GRUB? | /boot/grub/menu.lst | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Ralth", "user_answer": "PeDePano"} |
Question, does linux-k7-smp stand for sempron? If I have AMD Athlon XP 2800+ do I have linux-k7 or linux-k7-smp? | or cores :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nowhere", "user_answer": "linxeh"} |
any reason why a ndiswrapper driver wouldn't work with the network discovery thing that's on the panel by default? | wireless networking is such a mish-mash anything is possible! | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kassah", "user_answer": "IntuitiveNipple"} |
where can i easily see what port gnome VNC uses? netstat shows multiple connections. | VNC generally uses 5800 and 5900 (for HTTP) i think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jrr", "user_answer": "IntuitiveNipple"} |
how can i access another laptop on wireless in ubuntu? | See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "newbie", "user_answer": "IntuitiveNipple"} |
who here is running 7.04? | Yes, already ordered mine :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ShiFTKey", "user_answer": "TheDebugger"} |
how can I connect a mac os x and ubuntu directly over ethernet cable to share files ? | but you have to set the ips manually to the same subnet but the last number has to be another | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "floppyears", "user_answer": "lord_ceiphas"} |
Goodmorning everyone. I have just inserted a new graphics card in my computer. I still have the old one (a s3 pci) in my computer and today I inserted a Geforce MX in the AGP slot. My VGA cable is connected to the Geforce MX but when I try to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg it detects the card as a S3 but I want it to detect the Geforce MX (which is now supposed to be my primary graphics card). Can anyone help me getting xserve | instead of letting it autodetect the module, select the correct one in the list | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tomplast", "user_answer": "jamey31"} |
guys... i've just installed an application and i want to place a short in Applications>Other and i want this application to be ran as root. how do i do that? please help. | though you should learn this by messing around i will tell you, right click on the start-menu, and click edit-menus, go to other section 'add a new item', select the command for it which should be ('gksudo app_name', eg gksudo gedit), and than select a relevant icon, and click ok, put the check mark on, and it will appear in the relevant section | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gharz", "user_answer": "kenthomson_"} |
what command can I run in the terminal to bring up the power/energy saver/settings pogram? | or maybe you were looking for this: gnome-screensaver-preferences | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "proqesi", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
i'd like to remove evolution, but that wants to remove ubuntu-desktop - will that actually remove gnome? | no, you don't need ubuntu-desktop | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "goofey", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
My mouse lags during quake2, anybody know how to solve this? | mess with the in_mouse cvar maybe? not sure, but that's the quake3 one | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Winball", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
How do I find what package contains some executable? | for apt-file you have to install it and do 'sudo apt-file update' before doing any searches. on alternative to apt-file search is http://packages.ubuntu.com/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Anarch", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
Hi. Trying to compile xpertmud, and ld complains with this error: `/usr/local/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl' | you need the perl dev library | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kkerwin", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
evening everyone, can someone help me with this wine problem, I can't start wine or even winecfg without X crashing... ?? | reinstall nvidia | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "francois", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
Does KDE stores de trash files in ~/.Trash like Gnome ? | no i believe it has a different directory like kdetrash | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "KurtKraut", "user_answer": "xtknight"} |
please help me with a weird font problem; in gedit i can select sans size 10 and it is my system default, but i can't find a font by the name of 'sans' in 'fonts:///' or in the drop-down menu at abiword. HELP | i think Sans is an alias for either Deja Vu Sans or Bitstream Vera Sans, so try those | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kenthomson", "user_answer": "asdf25"} |
Can someone tell me how to build a DEB from a source? | of whatever little i know, extract the source, cd to it, './configure' 'make' 'make checkinstall', you would have a deb in that directory. But for that you may need this program do 'sudo apt-get install checkinstall' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MrObvious", "user_answer": "kenthomson"} |
hi guys, has anyone an idea where i can find what the value of ID_SERIAL for a usb stick? it was somewhere in /sys but i cant find it anymore in 12.04. i need it to clearly identify usb keys that only contain random data (no partitions) | it doesnt appear in lsusb? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bluenemo_", "user_answer": "escott"} |
its not the size that counts, its how you use it :) | http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/11/howto-fix-firefox-taking-up-whole.html | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zelda", "user_answer": "dn"} |
how do i push only the last commit to a new branch in bzr? | see if hg has such a thing, but i doubt it does | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "levu", "user_answer": "escott"} |
im using XChat but i cant see the nicks list, where i configure this | stretch the right hand side out a bit there are there with xchat. xchat-gnome they may not. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mmzin", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"} |
Hey guys how do I use debhelper, I mean, I have it installed apparently, I did 'debhelper' and it says commadn not found | man debhelper | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "blanky", "user_answer": "Tajmox"} |
can anyone help me remove the splash screen from the boot? | just edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst and take off the splash | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jeeves__", "user_answer": "bruenig"} |
the ntfs-3g driver is pretty stable now | production quality now? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Azul", "user_answer": "bulmer"} |
Why oh why does this fail? sudo echo -e '#!/bin/bash\napt-cache show $*\n' > /usr/local/bin/acshow it says 'bash: /usr/local/bin/acshow: Permission denied | because the redirection is done by the shell you are running, which only has your user permissions. pipe to 'tee' instead | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Enselic``", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
Hey. Seting up a desktop machine here, and need some neat program for handeling pictures taken with my camera. I've looked a bit at googles picasa2. Are there any other options? :) | F-spot | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dextorion", "user_answer": "Enselic``"} |
Hey, I'm looking for a desktop thing that i saw in a screen shot once and cant remember where or what. What it was, was just a simple bit of text on the right hand side of the desktop, sort of a ticker that told the time, date, cpu usage, weather, etc ? anybody know what that is? | conky or gkrellm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pokesmot", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"} |
Question: How can I query info on my video card in ubuntu? | lspci -vv | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pokesmot", "user_answer": "h3xis"} |
Does anyone know a good noobies' guide to shell scripting, i want to write a script to run a program once for each file in the directory | http://www.tldp.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kaso", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
oh, this is for a server, is the server install non-graphical? | you can install a gui desktop from the command line after installing the server that's what i did | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Darxus", "user_answer": "derrik"} |
Anyone know how to disable the Gnome Screensaver via Command Line? | : sudo killall gnome-screensaver | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dmc_", "user_answer": "derrik"} |
I need to make one distro starting from ubuntu can anybody help me please | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization/6%2e06 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "anks", "user_answer": "hjmills"} |
can anyone tell me why sudo sh setup.sh wont work, i get an error: setup.sh: 14: Syntax error: Bad substitution | try sudo bash setup.sh | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "siv0x", "user_answer": "kitche"} |
Okay, I have a really lame question - is there a faster way in XChat to copy a user's name to the input box? I'm tired of having to type out someone's complete name everytime I talk to them.\ | use the tap key for auto-completion. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elyon", "user_answer": "n2diy"} |
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