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Anyone know how to switch window mangers on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ??? | If you install via the official repositories and software center, it should appear under the session menu (where you login) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cronie2285", "user_answer": "Maccer"} |
how do i make sure some module will be loaded on boot? | ass it to /etc/modules | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hantoo", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
are ubuntu release still tied to gnome releases? | edgy comes out next month, latest gnome was this month. So assuming they are given an appropriate time to get it integrated, I would say that is synched up with gnome's release | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "red_one", "user_answer": "bruenig"} |
What's the difference between installing the gnome package and the gnome-shell package? | why do you need to know? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ichilton", "user_answer": "roryy"} |
i use vmware-workstation 5.5, how do I create a network bridge for the guest OS on the wireless ethernet?? | with vmplayer I use NAT, so that should work in WS 5.5 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vinboy", "user_answer": "rbil"} |
would using 9.10 repository work for 9.04? | 9.04 is no longer supported and mixing repos is not a good idea anyway. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "BarryB", "user_answer": "IdleOne"} |
if im using the terminal, how can i show only as much as my window can hold at a time? so it doesnt page through all the information before going too far up the screen? | use a pager such as less e.g. 'ls -al | less' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Descention", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
how do you make it use a different mirror? im trying to upgrade and it gets 404 on 4 packages | You could edit /etc/apt/sources.list | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zap0", "user_answer": "usr13"} |
no one who can recommend a console based news reader avaiable in Ubuntu? | gnus | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bahr", "user_answer": "ladydoor"} |
Hi, does someone know an educating tool, for trying out relational algebra queries? We use one on our school called WinRDBI but, this can not run on Ubuntu, so it would be nice if someone here, maybe knows about another free alternative? | you could either try just installing one of the many SQL databases, or you could try running your Windows software in wine | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bahr", "user_answer": "gordonjcp"} |
Is there a channel for Ubuntu Art? | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InternetRelayChat if it isn't there, then you can make your own i suppose | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LDS_Trooper", "user_answer": "locke_"} |
does anyone know which package the syscall manpages are held in? | probably manpages-dev | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "archangelpetro", "user_answer": "bimberi"} |
is it just me, or is evolution really buggy? | you and the whole internet | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "archangelpetro", "user_answer": "aperson"} |
How do I add a module to be automatically loaded on boot so I don't have to 'modprobe' each time? I can't remember! | /etc/modules | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Lunar_Lamp", "user_answer": "chibiace"} |
Anyone who can an easy way to replace pulse audio with alsa or make alsa the default driver? | pulse audio uses alsa. so its allready there. I dont reccomend trying to remove pulse. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Softdroid", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"} |
Hi y'all, I just installed the following packages and their dependencies : apache2, libapache2-mod-php5, mysql-server, php5-mysql. Now I'm installing a software which requires a cgi-bin directory and I notice there are none yet, so I guess CGI is not yet supported... What package do I need to add to my configuration so that I get that cgi-bin directory and cgi support? | you need to sort throught them or try extra keywords that's all I can advise | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Max_-", "user_answer": "Pelo"} |
... what's the command to change the keymap ? | run dpkg-reconfigure console-data | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Max_-", "user_answer": "h3xis"} |
whats with the unrar app... | probably because the rar files do have errors | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "CromagDK", "user_answer": "kitche"} |
how do i locate a file in repos through terminal without installing it | apt-file | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "AbortD", "user_answer": "Myrtti"} |
any idea why most of my http requests are timing out in firefox? | dns errors? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tritoch`", "user_answer": "nomasteryoda"} |
how do I change the locale in ubuntu? | apt-get install localeconf && localeconf | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Z_God", "user_answer": "bionoid"} |
How can i make sun's java the system default? I've copied the files to /usr/java and tried modifying the /etc/jvm file, but it does not show up as an alternative when doing update-alternatives --configure-java... Please! I'm sick of launching java apps thru terminal... | you don't need to do any manual copying, just install the package | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "steamR", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
can someone tell me how to remove the big ubuntu disclamer from ssh\terminal startup | splash option in grub | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "myUserName", "user_answer": "mooky"} |
any chance someone can help me restore grub to my MBR... the various HOWTOs do not have working info | Replace (hd0,0) with the actual partition info from where your grub lives. (The example is hda1) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "simtower", "user_answer": "cafuego"} |
q. how can i disable the automatic update everyday or so ? | system/admin/update something or other. its in there | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zorglu_", "user_answer": "holycow"} |
I'm using an edgy with mysql5 server ... does someone know where to set mysql to use unicode instead of latin1 ? | that is done table by table if needed, else you may have to recompile it :( | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "delight", "user_answer": "medic30420"} |
does anyone know how i can execute a command @ a certain time every day? i only need to execute two different commands once a day. thanks | crontab -e | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dimitri", "user_answer": "medic30420"} |
please: Which notebook brand goes better with Ubuntu? Asus or Fujitsu-Siemens? | check for compability errors at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "freesun", "user_answer": "blenda"} |
i am installing Ubuntu 6.06 on my friends PC and i have updated my own system just an hour ago, can i copy all those packages from var/apt/cache to his pc's folder and update his system as well ? | yes you can. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "glassbits", "user_answer": "scentless"} |
How do I use ls to list all files in 'my music' with the extension of wma? (there are multiple directories in my music | ls -R | grep wma Is one way. :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "scunizi", "user_answer": "Dr_willis"} |
hi there is an applet in ubuntu which shows the current available wireless connections, do you know the name of this applet? | network manager.. or nm-applet | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jatt", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
How do I open nautilus as root? | terminal: 'gksu nautilus' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mang0", "user_answer": "rumpe1"} |
Hey all, I have a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop - It worked fine in gutsy but suspend/resume is broken in hardy .... any ideas ? | and it was a fresh install. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hyakuhei", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
I like chromium but I'm use to double clicking on the address line to retype for a new location.. chromium doesn't seem to do this easily.. any hints? | just press ctrl+l start typing new address | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "scunizi", "user_answer": "MaRk-I"} |
Hey, wonder if someone can help answer a question i have ? it is regarding the possibility of setting up a virtual enviroment in linux pointing to my windows particion ? | if you want to run your windows as a virtual machine you have to install a VM first then install windows into the VM.. otherwise if you're just looking to access the file structure of the windows side that should be an issue.. but it's not a virtual environment at that ponit | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bach", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
I need a pdf reader that will show me a table of contents for PDFs that have a ToC. Document Viewer isn't doing it for me. Suggestions? | doc viewer might if you look in the View menu and the options available. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "erpo", "user_answer": "scunizi"} |
can anyone tell me if they think this card would work well in ubuntu dapper? | should work | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ciphex", "user_answer": "pecisk"} |
hi there my mplayer its crashing if i pause !! Where can i see a log file ?? | maybe ~/.mplayer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iturk", "user_answer": "Admiral_Chicago"} |
hey anyone know how to make glxgears spit out the frame rate nowadays? | or glxgears -printfps, if you don't want to type that much | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jerryb", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
is there a command to show all disks... (hard drive cd floppy usb firewire...) | fdisk -l | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "meheren", "user_answer": "jerryb"} |
I would like to address my issue to ubuntu community support via email. Could somebody please provide me with that email? | go to lists.ubuntu.com and join the ubuntu-users mailing list | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NotSure", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"} |
err, where do I find cli docs on how to manage my users / groups? | man adduser, man useradd, man addgroup etc... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "fatbrain", "user_answer": "ChaosFan"} |
if I run update-manager I just get the normal update thing showing me what I can upgrade | make sure youre fully updated | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Skygge", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
:/ anyother way to get .avi files to work, DanaG? | http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "unio", "user_answer": "maple1"} |
rs1, would an ATI 9800 also be 'old enough' ? | I think it's 9250 and under. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ScribbleJ", "user_answer": "rsl"} |
is it possible to change the 'behaviour' of a modifier key? i want to put ctrl on capslock | try xmodmap | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sris", "user_answer": "albertito"} |
is there a way to search files that has certain string inside ? | use grep | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "arnnnn", "user_answer": "francois"} |
can someone tell me if i am running ubuntu 9.10 and am fully updated what kernel should i be running, whats the easiest way of finding out what the latest available is? | sudo apt-get update && lsb_release -a && uname -a && sudo apt-get upgrade | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "M0nk3Ee", "user_answer": "Weedy"} |
Hi, in which configuration file i can specify which display manager i want to run ????? | /etc/X11/default-display-manager | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jirihavelka", "user_answer": "cherubiel"} |
how to I get 'apt-get' to show me all packages with 'kernel' in them? | apt-cache search kernel | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "killermach", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
which is best gtk frontend for torrent? | try utorrent in wine which is what i do | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "illusia-ru", "user_answer": "Subhuman"} |
Can anyone explain why my Belkin F5D7050 card isn't working after following the instructions on http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Rt2x00drivers | i gave up a long time ago :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "loktai", "user_answer": "hyperstream"} |
Hi, I made upgrade from kubuntu edgy to feisty, then my cdrom stops to work. What can I do to solve this issue ? | look in your /etc/fstab if it says /dev/hdc or similiar, and change that to /dev/scd0 ... check your correct /dev -names | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zucco", "user_answer": "stefg"} |
Hi, how can I disabled the firewall please? | not a good idea, what are you trying to do? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bob777", "user_answer": "Jack_Sparrow"} |
Hi, does anyone know if having kismet installed slows down your connection? Right now on my ifconfig, three different wireless connectons are showing | that's normal | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "daehee", "user_answer": "_lupine"} |
question : irc can use in the command line ? | weechat irssi | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Beacher", "user_answer": "llutz"} |
When I switch on my PC it loads up and the Ubuntu loading screen comes up, but when it finishes loading it just goes to a black screen. The little tune places to tell me I've reached the logon screen so I just type my name and password and login but I can't actually see anything until the window in the middle appears and loads the desktop things like Nautilus etc. Anyone any ideas what the problem is? After I login it it's all fine and I can see everythin | the default resolution for gdm is borked. Sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Skyrail", "user_answer": "stefg"} |
i want xboard to be able to find crafty... i have it in my path in .bashrc and it works when i launch it from a terminal but if i launch it with alt+f2 it cant find crafty anymore :p | because the default login shell is not bash. use chsh to change your login shell. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xhaan", "user_answer": "mneptok"} |
can I split an existing partition into 2 seperate partitions? | you can shrink one partition to make room for another but you cant like actually make one into two... thats why i asked :0 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cinnix", "user_answer": "xhaan"} |
I am running ubuntu on my AMD laptop. The machine hangs suddenly and have to restart (using the power button). Anyone here faced this? | with kde i do have a few such probs but i switched to fluxbox and the probs disappeared | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kandala", "user_answer": "shriphani"} |
Can someone do me a big favor and see if www.53.com works for them? | ???????????????/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "brooklyn", "user_answer": "linopil"} |
is there a difference, functionally speaking, between 'sudo -i' and 'sudo su'? | there are two issue. There's 'su -' vs 'su' (or in the sudo context: sudo -i vs. sudo -s) and there is another issue: sudo -i vs. sudo su -. The first distinction is pretty important as one version resets the environment and the other doesn't. For the second issue, I don't know of a significant reason other than 'sudo -i exists so why not use it' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "brightspark", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
I have installed ndiswrapper with the right drivers for my card, typed modprobe ndiswrapper and it still does not work---what could be possibly wrong????? | does ndiswrapper say driver present hardware present | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ocelot_", "user_answer": "kitche"} |
Is it possible to install ubuntu without burning a cd? | http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=527919a42c5acdf1b1f5eea4d17bac64&t=28948 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kuribas", "user_answer": "overridden"} |
what is the best 3d modeling tool available? blender or is there something else? | Blender is the best open source, but you can also get Maya for Linux | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Bollinger", "user_answer": "filthpig"} |
same here eduardo, except for several days for me, just depends of people who are present can help you | whats your prob? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Wavesonics", "user_answer": "eduardo_"} |
hello, how do i upgrade all that needs upgrading? apt-get ? thanks | to edit the sources.list you must type in a terminal : sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nocti", "user_answer": "IcareZ"} |
Does anyone know of a PHP editor with FTP for ubuntu? | Zend Studio | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "HYB", "user_answer": "Random_Transit"} |
anyone knows a good app for cataloguing (music) cds? | 'apt-cache search cd catalog'. shows a few interesting packages | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "burritoortega", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
hey guys, when i 'chmod g-r *' in my home directory, only files not starting with '.' have permissions set -r, how can i get chmod to change hidden files too? | chmod g-r .* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "squeaks", "user_answer": "ZeiP"} |
how can I empty my trash? | rm -rfv ~/.Trash/*? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dj_baggio", "user_answer": "Abst"} |
Is there any way to list all processes in ubuntu and kill one? | ps -A | grep processyouraresearching | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Abst", "user_answer": "santa99"} |
is the ssh turned off by default? | yes, openssh-server is not installed by default | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WizCraker", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
Hi all. I've got question. I've installed libmysql-java with apt-get but I have no idea where it is on my filesystem ... anyone know how I can find that out? | dpkg -L libmysql-java | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "greatauk", "user_answer": "LjL"} |
Hey guys, is there any way to adjust the resolution of the server teminal? The font is just amazingly large and I'd like to be able to view more information at once without scrolling the screen all around. | fbset | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "birdfish", "user_answer": "ericrw"} |
What's a good CD/DVD recording app for ubuntu? (audio, video and data) | k3b is excelent, graveman or gnomebaker are ok | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WineO", "user_answer": "jpjacobs"} |
What app do I use for LVM? Is there a gnome frontend for it? | here is a debian-based tutorial which might help: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WineO", "user_answer": "mcphail"} |
Anyone know where fluxbox stores its included styles by any chance? | /usr/share or /usr/local/share somewhere I think | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xelados", "user_answer": "archaios"} |
does anyone know how to remove Gnome FTP links from the desktop ? they don't have a move to trash option (it is greyed out) | or maybe 'disconnect' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "raven2", "user_answer": "ali1234"} |
does anyone know where I can download the glib package? | apt-cache search glib| grep ^libglib | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dangson", "user_answer": "dmsantam"} |
where can i download a torrent of the dapper install disc (iso)? | click your way through from http://www.ubuntu.com/download | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "teimu", "user_answer": "nozorro"} |
folks Ive installed gcrypt, where are its docs placed? | most likey /usr/share/doc/gcrypt | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Frederick", "user_answer": "nozorro"} |
is there a gnome program to help create and organize the gnome application menu? | Applications > Acessories > Alcarte Menu Editor | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Gumby", "user_answer": "nozorro"} |
I have frostwire installed, but suddently it just stopped working. now i can't open it anymore! Does anybody else have the same problem? | pkill java and try again | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Tjoels", "user_answer": "pike_"} |
I only have Bash/Shell access to my linux box right now, How can I tell Linux to burn an iso to a black CD in the CDRW drive? | cdrecord -dao -eject -data <isofile> | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "TheManiacKY", "user_answer": "jbroome"} |
i have got 4 pc's on one network what is the best way to find the same pc? Is the best way to make the IP static? | etc/network/interfaces | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "piglit", "user_answer": "kitty_"} |
why nginx in ubuntu 10.10 is so old? (0.7.67) while we have version 0.9.5 (2011-02-21)? | during ubuntu development cycle there's something called debian freze. that's the moment when they decide to stop pulling from debian repositories in order to keep stability. so if you want a newer version there's probably ppa you can use | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tomoh", "user_answer": "MeanEYE"} |
N00b question. I'm trying to install Gnome on Kubuntu. It's asking what display manager I want to use. Should I stay with kdm or should I use gdm? If I do use gdm will it mess with KDE? | it doesn't matter which one | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "otaku-san", "user_answer": "Sivik"} |
Updated to Edgy this morning. Laptop boots to black screen when kernel linux-image-generic is used. I've tried a search, but found no answers. | Boot in recovery mode, run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kromel", "user_answer": "Blacken"} |
hey, how can I import Firefox settings (bookmarks/passwords/etc) from my windows vista ? to another (PC ubuntu) | try foxmarks? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "znull", "user_answer": "Crshman"} |
what is the difference between Ubuntu Live CD and Alternative CD? | the alternative is the debian installer | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "leme", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"} |
how can I run an app from the CL and leave it running when I close the shell? I thought you just added & after but it won't work | type 'disown' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jstarcher", "user_answer": "Renan_s2"} |
hey, is there an openbox version of Ubuntu? | just install regular ubuntu and then openbox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "katsrc", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
what does VFS error mean? | K3b | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "olin", "user_answer": "jstarcher"} |
When I use the default Gnome bittorrent client am I still seeding to others? I can't find anything that says whether or not others are leeching from me. | a fair bittorrent client always seeds the others, thats why bittorrent works | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rsl", "user_answer": "lamego"} |
Hi all .. Does anyone know any video editing software that can edit .asf files? My new Cowon A2 records in asf format, but there are some videos that need cut down a bunch .. | I sent you a pm. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NineTeen67Comet", "user_answer": "ShoeUnited"} |
a question: what size linux swap i should have if i plan on replacing my current 1gb ram with 4gb ram in total ? | more than 1GB of swap is excessive in most cases - with 4GB of ram you probably don't need any swap at all. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "earth|afk", "user_answer": "trappist"} |
i wrote a helper script to help automate lucent winmodem setup under Breezy and Dapper. what's best place to share it with the community ? | file a bug reprt and attach it, that way it may get properly integrated | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nubio", "user_answer": "Seveas"} |
How do I install ubuntu yet preserve my /home partition's data? | alternatively, you could just let it make a /home under / and fix fstab post install to mount your home partition | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iain", "user_answer": "wastrel"} |
what is scribus good for and different from OpenOffice? | essentially scribus is concerned with excellence of laying out pages particularly graphically rich onces | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "livingdaylight", "user_answer": "tom47"} |
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