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Is Omegall tempbanned or permbanned?
Should be be permbanned?
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{"user_question": "Zambezi", "user_answer": "Amaranth"}
Is there a way for me to share settings and emails of the Evolution email client both on Windows and Ubuntu? And is there Evolution for Windows anywhere, or is it only available in Gnome of Ubuntu?
well....could use it with kde.... so i should say free-software-operating-systems-only
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{"user_question": "IrcUser55", "user_answer": "maco"}
To run dist-upgrade in the terminal, I have to change dapper to edgy in sources.list, then run apt-get update, then aptitude dist-upgrade right?
basically but i hope you are following a guide
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{"user_question": "Zambezi", "user_answer": "mnoir"}
Compile: ./configure then make, but after that, is't make install or sudo make install?
sudo make install
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{"user_question": "Zambezi", "user_answer": "netpython"}
any ideas how to run mirc 6.2 on wine? 'bad exe format'
apt-get install xchat
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{"user_question": "rixxon", "user_answer": "sp0rk"}
Would anyone have any idea why this entry in crontab doesn't work: (*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/xfdesktop -reload) while this entry does: (*/15 * * * * echo 'It works' > ~/readme)?
you need to set it, and maybe something more, don't know about xfce
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{"user_question": "Steggy", "user_answer": "Juhaz"}
Hi, is there a way to use Subversion without a webhost? I want to use it on my local pc, i tried putting localhost for the URL
http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/03/02/setup-a-subversion-server-in-4-minutes/
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{"user_question": "Encry8", "user_answer": "pietr101"}
How do I make xchat register before joining channels? I always go to #ubuntu-unregged when I launch xchat
highlight the network in the Network list and click Edit, there's a place for Nickserv password in there
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{"user_question": "Dybber", "user_answer": "sizzam"}
!tell iron about iron
just install that, and then run a 'sudo aptitude dist-upgrade', it will catch any errors.
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{"user_question": "iron", "user_answer": "dabaR"}
ok, does anyone know how i can browse my phone through bluetooth on ubuntu please...:)
I havent tried it, but thats the article I found, I would also do a few searches on the forums, there is bound to be something about it on there
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{"user_question": "zsh", "user_answer": "Yawner"}
how do you get manpages for common C library functions like connect, bind, fprintf, etc?
sudo apt-get install manpages-dev
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{"user_question": "inono", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
hey there I need to import information i have in .xls to a database like kexi i have tried google searching but i can't find anything helpful
never heard of kexi. open office.org should support opening your xls though. then maybe you can save it to an intermediate format, if kexi doesn't support xls directly
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{"user_question": "varsendaggr", "user_answer": "peepsalot"}
how can I make ntop monitor eth1 instaed of eth0 ?
is ntop --help showing an option? dont have it installed so i cant look myself
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{"user_question": "debd", "user_answer": "iceroot"}
how do i disable the boot splash in ubuntu?
tag the splash line in menu.lst
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{"user_question": "LinuxNIT", "user_answer": "SurfnKid"}
whats a cli calculator?
Command Line calculator
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{"user_question": "SurfnKid", "user_answer": "AlexC_"}
hi, im new to linux. can any one tell how to mount windows partitions in ubuntu
search thee
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{"user_question": "Prestidigita", "user_answer": "encompass"}
how do i use command line for apt-get searching for a package then apt-get install it?
use 'apt-cache search' for keyword searches; then 'apt-get install' to install
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{"user_question": "slime", "user_answer": "Xenguy"}
How can I install .jar files?
tell us if it worked after you try.
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{"user_question": "eXistenZ", "user_answer": "jspiro"}
what's the unix command for 'copy every file in a folder+subfolders if it has a certain extention' ?
find . -iname '*.abc' -exec cp {} /folder \;
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{"user_question": "tim167", "user_answer": "jspiro"}
where can I download the latest dapper ?
linuxtracker.org
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{"user_question": "babo", "user_answer": "ejer"}
when i open synaptic package manager i get this error- 'dkpg was interrupted- manually enter 'dpkg --configure -a'; how do i do that?
applications>accessories>terminal, in there type: sudo dpkg --configure -a
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{"user_question": "bruce_", "user_answer": "ejer"}
what directory is the grub boot menu stored ?
/etc/grub/
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{"user_question": "grayhane", "user_answer": "ejer"}
is there a way I can make the title-bar of my windows smaller? is that done just by downloading a different theme?
system>prefs>appearance ?
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{"user_question": "Ayabara", "user_answer": "ejer"}
hey how can i remove all thumbs.db files on my pc? something like `locate thumbs.db | xargs rm -` ?
find / -name 'Thumbs.db' -exec rm {} \;
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{"user_question": "johntramp", "user_answer": "ejer"}
how can i list folders and subfolders with ls WITHOUT the including files?
find /yourpath -type d
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{"user_question": "basti", "user_answer": "ejer"}
how do I check the size of /dev/sda3 from live cd?
if you mount it do 'df -h'
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{"user_question": "IdleOne", "user_answer": "ejer"}
anyone know if quad cores are worth the extra money - does ubuntu take advantage of all the cores?
ubuntu can use all cores
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{"user_question": "drayen", "user_answer": "ejer"}
can anyone point me to some benchmarks of software raid versus fake raid? http://blog.shaf.net/?p=6 is the only one i noticed thus far, and it surprisingly (to me) puts software raid as faster than fake raid... I expect fake raid is faster but negligibly so...
hardeware supported software, or software supported hardware? what IS the deal with that on motherboards anyway.
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{"user_question": "Ademan", "user_answer": "kermit"}
Just wondering, I'm currently running breezy, is it possible to use the dapper repositories in breezy? Or will this create dependency issues
I did apt-pinning back in the pre-Hoary days. It worked but not nearly as smoothly as I was acostomed to.
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{"user_question": "Haydre", "user_answer": "sam_"}
Hey guys, whats a good cheap labtop that will run ubuntu for everyday tasks?
check out www.linux-laptops.net
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{"user_question": "Firezip_", "user_answer": "bintrue"}
how to install eMule for linux?
amule is in the add/remove applications, or you can sudo aptitude install amule (amule is like emule)
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{"user_question": "Vaske_Car", "user_answer": "kholerabbi"}
Anybody know how to get sound to work in wine?
: The easy way is to install the wine-esd module.
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{"user_question": "kholerabbi", "user_answer": "NZheretic"}
hey... I can't read the launchpad.net article because links doesn't support https. Can anyone tell me how to fix the xorg-server bug introduced by the recent upgrade?
Yes, do this: Restart your computer, select the Recover mode in the GRUB menu. In the root command prompt that evntually loads type this (make sure you put the underlines in the url's in): 'wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4_i386.deb'
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{"user_question": "Wibble-", "user_answer": "kholerabbi"}
I have two computers (Jaunty 9.04), how can I create a local wireless network between the two??
click on the wifi icon in the top right tray, and select 'Create New Wireless Network...'
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{"user_question": "kholerabbi", "user_answer": "dragon_"}
I want to be able to easily mount and unmount iso files.. anyone know a good way? perhaps a script for nautilus?
nautilus scripts are way cool.. and I'm sure there's a script for that.. if not, you can write your own
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{"user_question": "kholerabbi", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
I am leaning towards fedora core 5 instead of ubuntu I am currently waiting to finish downloading 64bit version of fedora core 5 If it was not for fedora I would be putting ubuntu on it. So my question is can anyone think of any reasons why i should choose ubuntu over fedora?
apt-get, synaptic, community, free cd shipping, etc.
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{"user_question": "CharlesE", "user_answer": "asdx"}
can anybody recomend a usb bluetooth dongle that will work in dapper?
any i would say
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{"user_question": "d2812", "user_answer": "Healot"}
anyone know the default root password for postgres install on ubuntu?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostgreSQL
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{"user_question": "Outlander", "user_answer": "lotuspsychje"}
what command can I use to check if my network connection is activated? and how can I activate it and deactivate it?
ifconfig
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{"user_question": "Marlun", "user_answer": "Sub"}
Hey everyone. I need a little help, I removed my trash icon by mistake. How can I get it back?
right click the panel. add a trash applet
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{"user_question": "keiaah", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
Hi all. I have a question about doing a server install. I just to run fluxbox, now I am going to switch (for Openbox). After the corepackages is installed, can I do 'sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core openbox obconf gdm eterm'? Do I have to generate the menu myself, or is it done automaticlly, like with Fluxbox?
it's actually a submenu off menu.xml calld Debian
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{"user_question": "keiaah", "user_answer": "YoussefAssad"}
I'm getting a new hard drive. Is there a way 'transfer' my ubuntu installation to the new disk, or do I need to re-install from scratch?
transfer it using cp -ax or rsync
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{"user_question": "Nietecht", "user_answer": "llutz"}
Hi, would someone mind running a whereis bzip2 and gzip, and tell me where those files are located? I am doing some cross OS development, and need to make it work for OpenBSD.
/usr/bin for bzip2, /bin for gzip, in the standard ubuntu installation
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{"user_question": "coolzone", "user_answer": "sethk"}
what's the main php package in dapper called? i can't seem to apt-get it
php5 or php4
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{"user_question": "mattfrye", "user_answer": "KenSentMe"}
Could someone please explain the difference between 'restricted' and 'multiverse'? One is 'not completely free' and the other is 'non-free'? What is 'not completely free' - something like a program with publicly available source, but which must not be modified in any way?
look up Ubuntu in Wikipedia, they have a little table there that explains multiverse restricted supported universe etc
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{"user_question": "mjk64", "user_answer": "Schalken"}
Hi, yes erm - I'm having withdrawl symptons from the lack of Edgy Eft .. I'm wondering what command I can use to help me recover from the lack of Edgy Eft?
killall %user
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{"user_question": "AlexC_", "user_answer": "Schalken"}
is the installation from the server disc the same as the live cd installation?
it is text only and bare bones+ server specific packages
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{"user_question": "Oswyn", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
What's the default fixed-width font in Ubuntu?
in gnome? It's the bitstream one I think
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{"user_question": "Mortal`", "user_answer": "Deft"}
need help before i reinstall windows! im fairly new to linux. its yet another resolution problem, running ati radeon 9800. my xorg.conf shows the 9800 with all the nice resolutions but im stuck in 640x480, thanks for your help!
perhaps xorg.conf lists refresh rates that are not adequate for higher resolutions? try a sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and see if you can set them to something better (ideally, look them up on your monitor's manual)
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{"user_question": "robouk", "user_answer": "LjL"}
can someone help tristanmike?
I think you can just uninstall kubuntu-artwork-usplash
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{"user_question": "dou213", "user_answer": "sphivo"}
guys, is ubuntu system v unix??
which is kind of similar but it's not sysv
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{"user_question": "chopchop_", "user_answer": "Agrajag_"}
can anyone explain to me, how the automounting of CDs works (behind the scenes)?
hald notices that the CD is inserted, sends a dbus message to anyone interested, the gnome-volume-manager is interested and per default wants to mount it, does so via pmount, which allows normal users to mount removable drives
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{"user_question": "dakira", "user_answer": "mjr"}
does anyone know a command that gives me the current date as 'yymmdd'?
date +%Y%m%d
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{"user_question": "dakira", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
hey who's using my nick ?!!!!
your last nick hasn't time out yet
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{"user_question": "voraistos_", "user_answer": "lastnode"}
hey, is there any way to normalize any audio? i mean not at the separate application (if some app have it then that app normalize) but all the audio i mean im sick when i listen some online radio and that is very silent need to overvolume it manually cant make it auto? isnt that a nice idea?
I don't have any programs to help you, but wouldn't that make silence into a buzz as loud as music, and make loud parts of music just as loud as the quiet parts?
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{"user_question": "michael99", "user_answer": "EmuAlert"}
how to get libxine-extracodecs?
enable multiverse and universe than sudo apt-get install libxine-extracodecs
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{"user_question": "leopard10", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
hello, ububtu users, i am very new to linux and installed yesterday ubuntu on my notebook. Everything is working ok. But when booting the screen resolution is not seelcted properly. 1280x800 would be the correct setting. But displayed text is wrapped up from the buttom to the top of the screen. Can anybody help me with this problem?
please read the message from the channel bot ubotu
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{"user_question": "svefi", "user_answer": "ompaul"}
is it possible that xorg update caused usb wlan-stick to stop working?
see the forums
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{"user_question": "_JP", "user_answer": "FurryNemesis"}
What's the command for mounting a partition?
sudo swapoff -a
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{"user_question": "EmuAlert", "user_answer": "llutz"}
How does one remove a service from startup?
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
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{"user_question": "pmw", "user_answer": "amphi"}
isn't the official ubuntu-channel now on OFTC?
only Debian moved to OFTC.
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{"user_question": "doener", "user_answer": "SonicChao"}
what's the name for the default terminal ? I installed terminal.app but it's not exactly what I need
try gnome-terminal
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{"user_question": "spow", "user_answer": "MonkeyDust"}
Hello! does anyone has the Intel GMA 900 or 950 running? I wann know if it runs xgl...
you need to use AIGLX XGL is for ATI and Nvidia only
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{"user_question": "dudanogueira", "user_answer": "kitche"}
Is there a specific way to change my sudo password or is it associated with my login password?
same thing
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{"user_question": "danileigh79", "user_answer": "rumpe1"}
how do i install midnight commander (mc)?
enable universe, then sudo apt-get install mc
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{"user_question": "shinobi2", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
anyone know how the backspace key works?
it *should* just work
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{"user_question": "shinobi2", "user_answer": "Overand"}
anyone have a toshiba lappy? wondering how i can use restoring disc along with paritioning tools. my lappy is just one partition, can't install linux at this point
you can resize partition using the Ubuntu installer
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{"user_question": "shinobi2", "user_answer": "Healot"}
how do you compile multiple .cc and a .h files together?
gcc name.c name.c name.c
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{"user_question": "yuheng108", "user_answer": "pkiddie"}
if I get an error when doing ./configure that it can not find zlib, what package do I need?
fire up synaptic look for 'zlib' and it will have -dev at the end of the name.
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{"user_question": "Anderson", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"}
Where do I find the scripts that start daemons?
and here a link for back ground read of the init.d scripts > http://wiki.debianhelp.org/pmwiki.php/DebianHelpPages/DebianInitScripts
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{"user_question": "Anderson", "user_answer": "green_earz"}
how do you list all hard drives on a computer (including ones that arent mounted)?
cfdisk or df -h or fdisk
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{"user_question": "bina", "user_answer": "EmxBA"}
Hello fellows, once done upgrading or reinstalling... how would you restore an accounts access to its /home folder?
try chown -R username:username /home/username
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{"user_question": "keithg", "user_answer": "LjL"}
hey guys, is there a way to find out what all the available groups (for permissions) are via the terminal????
or all groups that exist ? cat /etc/group
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{"user_question": "Mysta_", "user_answer": "mutante"}
when I ssh into a box, my DISPLAY variable isn't getting set.
try -X or -Y ?
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{"user_question": "s34n", "user_answer": "bkudria"}
How do i check which port my ethernet card is on 'eth0 or so' and how do i make it go back to eth0
aptitude purge apache
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{"user_question": "Aeudian", "user_answer": "culix"}
hello. how i can get list of all packages in a ppa ?
one way is to just go to the website
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{"user_question": "drizt", "user_answer": "ChogyDan"}
Hi. Could someone tell me a command that will let me see all recognized drives on this computer (so I can mount one, I don't know the exact identifier, e.g. /dev/sd#)?
dmesg |grep /dev/[sh] d*
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{"user_question": "technel", "user_answer": "squidly"}
When I use Synaptic Package Manager to remove a package, should I use 'Mark for Removal' or 'Mark for Complete removal'? And what is the difference?
From what I understand, Mark for removal removes the app, Mark for complete removal reomves the app *and* config files.
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{"user_question": "saxin", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
how can I upgrade linux-image-386 and linux-restricted-modules-386? I keep getting 'The following packages have been kept back'
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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{"user_question": "saxin", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
how can I put music in my Sony NetMD with Ubuntu ?
you mostly can't as far as I know
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{"user_question": "patch", "user_answer": "Ng"}
hey can anyone see me?
no you are totaly invisible...
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{"user_question": "varsendagger", "user_answer": "kane777"}
how can i make irssi open urls by default in mozilla with irssi?
System -> Administration -> Preferrred Applications
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{"user_question": "J-_", "user_answer": "gdb"}
hey, I'm trying to install fglrx... what do I need to add the the default 6.06 install in order to setup a driver build environment?
sudo apt-get build-essential will get everything you need.
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{"user_question": "jonathon", "user_answer": "gdb"}
how do I list the number of processes currently running via the command line?
ps -ef | wc -l
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{"user_question": "OneSeventeen", "user_answer": "gdb"}
should the word 'for' be capitalized in a title? I know 'and' is not capitalized
No, the word 'for' should not be capitalized.
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{"user_question": "philc", "user_answer": "gdb"}
Grr 10.04, why did you have to go to GRUB 2 that is such a broken pile of crap?
I've gotten it to work last I recall, you just have to build a separate RAID partition for /boot
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{"user_question": "happybob_", "user_answer": "KB1JWQ"}
Is 'universe' reposity like plf or something? Like nonfree?
multiverse is non-free and contributed by people who aren't official developers
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{"user_question": "foo", "user_answer": "NthDegree"}
hey peeps can anyone tell me is there an alternate download for a 'slim' version of ubuntu? something with less services and packages enabled/installed on default...
just use the alternate CD with expert mode and only install the base system
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{"user_question": "jahshua", "user_answer": "NthDegree"}
I made an error, I know when doing a dual boot you should always install windows first then linux or else windows will over write the bootloader and you won't be able to boot Ubuntu, I had to reinstall windows because that's how windows is needs to be reinstalled so often but I had a whole bunch of stuff on Ub untu and don't want to lose itr. how do I install a bootloader now?
search for recover Grub at https://wiki.ubuntu.com --> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows?action=show&redirect=RecoveringGrub
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{"user_question": "Linuzo", "user_answer": "kubus"}
hello, i have a cd that has a .exe to run for windows, can i get it to run that on ubuntu? and/or how do i get ubuntu to do a picture slideshow?
openoffice.org impress
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{"user_question": "JBirdAngel", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
what is the package called that let's you ./configure make & make install packages?
build-essential
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{"user_question": "echoprinter", "user_answer": "bean"}
Nobody knows why doom 3 make the system ( including doom 3 himself ) extremly slow after a movie or a loading ?
got the video drivers installed?
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{"user_question": "Thib_G", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
anyone figure out how to make the volume controls unified with a quad speaker setup work on an sblive
you'll need to search the alsa-devel mailing list archives; someone posted a patch (that hasn't been merged) about a half-year ago
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{"user_question": "Fee^", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
can i install rpm and debian packages on ubuntu
better to search in repository, rpm sucks
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{"user_question": "w00l909", "user_answer": "dli"}
How can I access my HD files from the Live CD
'sudo fdisk -l' to find out the partition names that are available for mounting.
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{"user_question": "Bilford", "user_answer": "soundray"}
its the most unstable linux distri i ever tested so far :(
Maby because nVidia suck ass, and ATI Radeon is the thing? :p
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{"user_question": "burzum", "user_answer": "Pjott"}
which iso for ubuntu is the live cd????
the desktop
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{"user_question": "h3h_timo", "user_answer": "MonoNoSaint_BR"}
how do I mount a usb drive in the cli?, when I tried 'sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/usb' it told me to specify a filesystem type (fat32), so I tried 'sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usb' that didn't work. What should I try?
unplug and replug the usb device then run dmesg | tail to see what device it is mapping to
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{"user_question": "SCooper", "user_answer": "bombadil_rocks_"}
where can i get an official feisty torrent file? i can't seem to find any on the download page
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/
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{"user_question": "Akuma_", "user_answer": "orbin"}
i want to install ubuntu, but i already have an ntfs filesystem that takes the whole hd. will ubuntu play nice and format its own space without messing up the rest of the data?
you have to use something like gparted or partition magic to make space
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{"user_question": "Akuma_", "user_answer": "sethk"}