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anybody know what package has a program called rl ? (it shuffles lines of text in a file )
randomize-lines
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{"user_question": "mlowe", "user_answer": "mwe"}
do i need to install the whole gnome package just to get gdm? im running fluxbox
then check out the dependencies
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{"user_question": "newnix", "user_answer": "orbin"}
how do I make a mounted partition made by 'mount -t vfat /dev/hdb6 /media/hdb6' stay mounted even after reboot?
Add it to fstab.
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{"user_question": "dungodung", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
I'm running gcc to install a gnome applet and it complains that package libpanelapplet-2.0 is missing.. I know that is is installed... what can i do to get this to work ... i also edit PKG_CONFIG_PATH to include the libpanelapplet file
you probably need the -dev package for that lib
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{"user_question": "lasala", "user_answer": "_jason"}
I'm having problems getting my Nvidia graphics card driver to install in 10.04. anyone know how to fix this? I've tried uninstalling and re-installing but i still can't get even 'normal' settings in 'visual effects'
install the driver and restart system
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{"user_question": "dave9", "user_answer": "puppy"}
friends who are familiar with 'Unity', does anyone know why my Ubuntu Unity Launcher will not remember when I right click on a running app and select 'Keep in Launcher'? Also does anyone know why on my top horizontal task bar the theme looks good up until the right hand side where it shows me icons for networking, sound, mail, time, chat, user, and power. Pls use my nick when replying :)
you could try to reset unity configuration: unity --reset
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{"user_question": "greg3000", "user_answer": "xangua"}
hello, how can I change my default desktop to KDE? I tried switchdesk, but the command wasn't found
log out of gnome than on login screen click sessions and choose kde
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{"user_question": "bnoog", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
can i install irrsi on my ubuntu?
it is already there, most likely. try irssi in a terminal.
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{"user_question": "Bambino", "user_answer": "dabaR"}
Can netbook remix be run from usb only, no hard drive install?
anything can be run from usb only
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{"user_question": "mylastbreath", "user_answer": "greg3000"}
can someone tell me what the heck to do with a BIN file?
sudo sh foo.bin
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{"user_question": "fid", "user_answer": "minerale"}
Is there a 32-bit package of X that I can install on a 64-bit ubuntu?
you'd have to compile it, but not really needed.
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{"user_question": "baver", "user_answer": "fyrestrtr"}
which kernel does Ubuntu install from 5.10 cd
2.6.12
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{"user_question": "CBTC", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
what is the giant menu bar at the top of menu called?
The global menu
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{"user_question": "spikebike", "user_answer": "cuppsy"}
!tell christina_ about webcam
to be fair, the webcam wiki instructions are a little advanced
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{"user_question": "NoUse", "user_answer": "roryy"}
how do I run two programs at once?
on the command-line? firstprogram & then secondprogram
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{"user_question": "kane77", "user_answer": "roryy"}
I wonder why the installer doesn't detect the processor and install the optimized kernel?
on the server edition, what you suggest is done afaik
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{"user_question": "Black_Bishop", "user_answer": "roryy"}
how do I reinstall something properly?
to remove config files, use 'remove --purge' to remove config files too. Read 'man apt-get' for more
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{"user_question": "Almindor", "user_answer": "roryy"}
is there a command i can use to know if a hard disk is SATA or IDE?
if it does, it is SATA, otherwise IDE
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{"user_question": "sinan", "user_answer": "dean"}
is there a project manager like program in ubuntu?
planner
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{"user_question": "abo", "user_answer": "meuserj"}
I have an Intel graphics card.. can ubuntu support it?
I don't have a widescreen display, but perhaps this will help: http://www.wiredfool.com/2005/06/15/widescreenLcdsAndUbuntuLinux
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{"user_question": "Emsko", "user_answer": "calamari"}
hi!!! I need to know what the open office pakage name is
openoffice.org*
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{"user_question": "adlpaf", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
do know anyone name of program for ubuntu which allows to create simple network diagrams? something link msvisio
dia
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{"user_question": "unknown_", "user_answer": "rickest"}
hi, i'd like to know where files stored in the trash basket are kept?
- it's .Trash - it's a hidden file in your home directory
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{"user_question": "mooey", "user_answer": "sloucher"}
Hello, how do i switch channels in irssi?
ctrl-n or ctrl-p depending on which direction you want to cycle...
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{"user_question": "minn", "user_answer": "rob_p"}
I have a dumb question that I can't seem to find the answer in the FAQ etc. Is there an easy way to put the nick of the person you are talking to at the beginning of the line?
most clients will tab complete the nick for you
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{"user_question": "bo1", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
Hi. I need the C library man pages. Currently on my dapper system, 'man strlen' does nothing. Any ideas on what package I should install?
manpages-dev
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{"user_question": "v3rmap", "user_answer": "kingspawn"}
Why wont 'apt-get install mplayer-386' work? I get 'Couldn't find package'.
have you enabled multiverse?
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{"user_question": "liddan", "user_answer": "orbin"}
For some reason there are two icons showing in My Computer but I only have one ipod
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPodHowto ?
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{"user_question": "mohkohn", "user_answer": "orbin"}
where can I download the .deb packages if I don't have internet access? I need to bootstrap networking onto a box
via packages.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "BlurredWe", "user_answer": "orbin"}
How do I remove a non-empty directory that has non-empty subdirectorys?
rm -rf <dir> (be very careful)
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{"user_question": "Mortuis", "user_answer": "orbin"}
what do I need to hear the sound on google-videos? I'm using Ubuntu 5.10 and Firefox
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats there's a sound+flash section
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{"user_question": "_Rappy_", "user_answer": "orbin"}
how do I change the permissions on a folder and everything underneath it again?
drbreen told you. chmod -R
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{"user_question": "Titan", "user_answer": "orbin"}
anyone with a synaptics touchpad and on dapper?
yes, in the past..... why?
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{"user_question": "orbin", "user_answer": "aftertaf"}
is there a way to theme the gksu sudo box?
aye, there's a couple of threads on the forum. search for root theme.
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{"user_question": "XiCillin", "user_answer": "orbin"}
how can I disable the auto black screen? I have disable the screen savers and removed the DPMS from xorg.conf
sys > prefs > power mgt
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{"user_question": "dxdemetriou", "user_answer": "orbin"}
how do i grab the srouce packages from the repos?
apt-get source pkg
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{"user_question": "orbin", "user_answer": "Frogzoo_"}
How ho I stop all the windows from popping up when I plug something in my computer or put a cd in. I want nothing to happen but the file system to be mounted (if there is one).
sys > prefs > removable - uncheck browse
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{"user_question": "MajorPayne", "user_answer": "orbin"}
If I install Ubuntu, will all the drivers (sound, graphics, CD-ROM) be installed automatically like in Windows XP?
most likely
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{"user_question": "blackrave", "user_answer": "wifi|cookin"}
a question about getdeb ; hello , I was using ftp://ubuntu.org.ua as a repo on my hardy. but that page not exist anymore. Are there another repo for getdeb packages?
you would have to check with getdeb people since ubuntu doesnt support them
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{"user_question": "ibrahim", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
uhmm.. I've found ubuntuguide.org, and I issue a 'sudo apt-get install sun-j2rel-5' but it simply complains with 'E: Couldn't find package sun-j2rel.5' what are my options ?
don't use ubuntuguide. It's old and unsafe
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{"user_question": "Vspirit", "user_answer": "frank23"}
what is the equivalent of iptables for 2.6 kernel?
still iptables
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{"user_question": "cr3", "user_answer": "soundray"}
Newbie question: Hi, can someone explaine the Ubuntu/Linux directory structure? I am used to windows and everything installing in C:\Program Files - is there an equivilant in Linux?
programs in /usr/bin libraries in /usr/lib, configuration files in /etc, temp files in /tmp, all your personal config and data files in /home/user
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{"user_question": "sgratra", "user_answer": "frank23"}
i just downloaded an iso file, but it's been compressed *iso.bz2...what's the command to uncompress this...(not too experienced with bzip)
bunzip2 foo.bz2
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{"user_question": "bpont", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
how do i export my KERNEL_PATH for make?
KERNEL_PATH=/foo/bar make
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{"user_question": "mattcraigschultz", "user_answer": "amphi"}
I have an external USB hard disk that I want to use to install Ubuntu, as I can't use the CD (because of the JMicron bug), any idea how I can do so?
yeah. or usb stick maybe
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{"user_question": "JoaoJoao", "user_answer": "mwe"}
Okay, silly question. How do I run a graphical program so that it can have sudo privs to edit a system file? (Specifically I want to edit a config file that's owned by ROOT)
actually, it should be: gksudo 'gedit /path/to/file'
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{"user_question": "seraphire", "user_answer": "_jason"}
i have a new interesting problem! yesterday I added the CPU scaling applet to the gnome taskbar - and it worked, it scaled according to demand and everything - but when i boot up today it says 'CPU scaling is not suppoorted' and sticks to 100%
see what 'sudo /etc/init.d/powernowd restart' does
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{"user_question": "naxxtor", "user_answer": "saik0"}
when I type cc into bash, I get cc: command not found
install build-essential
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{"user_question": "iofreak", "user_answer": "amphi"}
anybody please? i have limited time as this 'issue' fills up my disk pretty fast :/
lynx, w3m, links, wget (commandline)
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{"user_question": "IsilZha", "user_answer": "ptlo"}
what kernel does the most recent stable release have?
2.6.156 I think
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{"user_question": "prime38", "user_answer": "biovore"}
Could someone (or several) give me their views on partitions? Specifically for sizes and which to use (for example, instead of having one ext3 and one swap, have several for different directories)
well for me, / is ~10GB, /home is ~30GB, swap is 512Mb
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{"user_question": "NytWuff", "user_answer": "brenner"}
We're really under pressure here and can't figure it out if our lives depended on it :-( ... could somebody take a look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=152279 and see if you know the answer?
wth are you talking about, if you got a real question then, ask...
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{"user_question": "rapha", "user_answer": "healot"}
Hi, I ve reinstalled Ubuntu. Now I want to install Sun Java (fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin) and I get the message: 'dpkg-architecture: warning: Couldn't determine gcc system type, falling back to default (native compilation)' Which compiler is best for installation?
or you're on PPC perhaps?
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{"user_question": "m_0_r_0_n", "user_answer": "healot"}
_jeff! Are you online with a lan or dialup????
lan, cable internet
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{"user_question": "scottyr", "user_answer": "_jeff"}
quick question...how do you change virtual desktops(besides mouse)? i try alt + # and it doesnt work : |
ctrl-alt-<left or right arrow>
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{"user_question": "munkie2", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
Hi all, I'd like to know what to do with this bug I've discovered (or not): When I boot a dapper 5 live CD, I can't get static networking to work. I've looked in bugzilla.gnome.org, where they say the bug is fixed, but I can't see any trace of said fix getting into Dapper. I'va already asked on #launchpad, and they told me to come here.
sorry for the second redirection of the day, but the dapper channel is that :)
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{"user_question": "David_Mills", "user_answer": "mahangu"}
Quick question folks -- new install of breezy -- im trying to compile gpredict (the new version) i installed Gcc and automake -- what else needs to be installed to let me install stuff?
other things could be needed, ./configure should give you a clue
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{"user_question": "W8TAH", "user_answer": "engla"}
how do i adjust vim to get colors ?
':syntax on'
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{"user_question": "W8TAH", "user_answer": "sipior"}
hi folks - is it possible to download a copy of Breezy someplace? I need to do some maintainance and im not ready to upgrade the system and it wants an installer disk
http://releases.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "W8TAH", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
hate to ask again folks but both people that were helping me left -- i have a package that i compiled from source that i need to remove -- if i go through the install_manifest.txt and remove the files listed - -will that uninstall it?
That's how you have to install compiled software, yes, by just removing all of the files (either manually, or make uninstall)
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{"user_question": "W8TAH", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
can someone please tell me were ubuntu server hides the web root for apache and also apache.conf or httpd.conf -- which ever it calls it - -im comming from gentoo and finding stuff is driving me nuts
and /etc/apache2
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{"user_question": "W8TAH", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
is there a good frontend ftp client for ubuntu?
When you click on the 'Connect to Server' and then edit your details, you will have an icon on your desktop that represents the connection
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{"user_question": "mavric2001", "user_answer": "harisund"}
Anybody running Ubuntu under VMware in Windows here? I am trying to get Edgy Beta under VMware, and everything is fine. Just one question. How do I transfer files? Right now, I am using scp...
scp -r file1 user@host:. ... i suggest man scp for more info ..
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{"user_question": "harisund", "user_answer": "wickedpuppy"}
Hi - I'm learning through experimentation and so far I've setup Apache and registered a domain name from godaddy and created a tiny test website in my www folder. I registered at Zoneedit and am waiting for a response. I installed the ez-ipupdate package (but can't find it, if there is something to find in order to configure it). I opened port 80 on my router and can access the site from my...
do you want to pm?
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{"user_question": "Nrbelex", "user_answer": "harisund"}
whats the command to remove a folder
rmdir
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{"user_question": "fiendskull9", "user_answer": "rebelguys6"}
Well, thats it, 45 minutes and I still can't configure X
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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{"user_question": "thewolf", "user_answer": "niki"}
question: how to power of computer at a certain time / in enter:amount:here ?
sudo shutdown -h 14:30 or sudo shutdown -h +45 (in minutes). man shutdown for more info.
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{"user_question": "zugu", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
question: does krusader work on ubuntu? or is it made for kde deskops only?
I just installed krusader. the necessary kde libs will be installed, though.
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{"user_question": "zugu", "user_answer": "Sanne"}
If I have one hdd on which I have installed the ubuntu OS on. And then get another HDD. Do I want it to be a logical or a primary? Whats the difference? And whats the difference between ext2 and ext3?
ext3 is best because it keeps a log of your files incase your power goes out or something
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{"user_question": "zoor2", "user_answer": "BlueHeron"}
what's a good font to use for the terminal/what package is it in?
i liked Terminus or something like that.. you want monospaced font probably
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{"user_question": "robson", "user_answer": "miha"}
how can i identify what package a file belongs to?
dpkg -S filename
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{"user_question": "chip42", "user_answer": "soundray"}
I want to make a t-shirt with the expression: 'if not drunk, add beer' in c++ or another programming lingo. can anybody help me?
if(!drunk){beer++)
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{"user_question": "Khamael", "user_answer": "budgester"}
Is there a gui which i can configure samba through? i remember having one under FC but i can't find one in ubuntu
system>admin>shared folders ?
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{"user_question": "Alexiel", "user_answer": "PistolPedro"}
does anyone here know a solution for audio going out of sync in videos (audio coming about one second later than the video)
flash 7 for linux was made w/ OSS, not ALSA. As a consequence the audio is out of sync. There is a new flash 9 beta with alsa support... but it doesn't work very well yet.
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{"user_question": "klm-", "user_answer": "talisein"}
how can I check my ethernet card's address in ubuntu?
type ifconfig in a terminal
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{"user_question": "klm-", "user_answer": "jason_"}
hello I am running the live CD ..and I am trying some development tools ...the 'make' binary seems to be missing ..how do I install it?
the live CD isn't really for development. Not even the basic installation. You need to apt-get install build-essential for make and other tools.
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{"user_question": "TwoThreeFour", "user_answer": "soundray"}
does anybody know if winamp works with cedega ?
... winamp? if it works for most games, then it should
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{"user_question": "LuiGGi", "user_answer": "Healot"}
I am trying to erase one directory on my desktop but still doesnt work...the problem is that I dont have permission to erase as owner shows that is the root...
use the deb link
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{"user_question": "hawaisurf", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
how can i become a more permanent 'root' user? having to type sudo infront of everything is annoying
No, sudo -i
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{"user_question": "behemoth", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
ok so sudo <command> works great but is there a way to open terminal where everything is as root?
sudo xterm
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{"user_question": "blackpawn", "user_answer": "slew"}
Hi. I munged my sudousers file. I tried using the livecd as a rescue, but once there I can't find /etc on my hardrive ( as opposed to the disc ). I guess I need to mount my hard drive. Any ideas how to do this or where to read about it?
during the boot, after the BIOS messages, you can get to the grub menu (may need to press Esc). Recovery is an option you can select from that menu.
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{"user_question": "Beforewisdom", "user_answer": "soundray"}
how do I create a new (text) file in bash?
or if you just want to create blank ones you can use touch <filename>
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{"user_question": "jackson_", "user_answer": "wastrel"}
Can somebody help me removing Gaim? Even after doing a complete remove in Synaptic, Gaim is still in my Applications menu and works.
or d/l again, & then just 'make uninstall'
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{"user_question": "twopeak", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
Can someone tell me in grub: what's the use of having a ubuntu recover mode
in case you screw things up
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{"user_question": "twopeak", "user_answer": "hyphenated"}
hi, was just wondering if there is a way to run an application on one terminal window, put it to background, then pull it to fg on another terminal window?
you can install it with apt-get install screen
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{"user_question": "camer0ff", "user_answer": "greppy"}
how to make gedit my default editor instead of nano whn i run crontab -e ?
invoke crontab like this: EDITOR='gedit' crontab -e
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{"user_question": "katerine", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
some questions ... i have an Ntfs partition .... how can i edit files on that partition ? i allready install ntfs-3g package
Ubuntu 7.10? Works out of the box.
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{"user_question": "alecs", "user_answer": "Tomcat_"}
now, when I boot up , I get a message about waiting for network configuration.. and then waiting 60 seconds..
if you don't get a reply here, try the ubuntu forums
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{"user_question": "cumnor", "user_answer": "kyle6513"}
what is the correct syntax to apt-get remove purge a package?
apt-get remove --purge <package>
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{"user_question": "Hexidigital", "user_answer": "eggzeck"}
From Ubuntu-server, how do I install a window manager, preferably Fluxbox or xfce?
I compiled fluxbos myself
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{"user_question": "PseudoPlacebo", "user_answer": "kalif"}
i want to uninstall esound but when i try apt-get remove esound. tells me a lot of package will be removed too. how can i remove only esound?
why would you want to do that?
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{"user_question": "nick|here", "user_answer": "Codename_V"}
hi, I'm trying to build firefox and it says it needs gtk+-2.0 package. 'locate gtk+-2.0.pc' only finds a file on my windows partition. I looked through the available development packages in synaptic and it's not obvious what deb do I need to install
very wierd since it's in main to begin with
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{"user_question": "counterclockwise", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
anybody know any good newsgroups client ?
Pan
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{"user_question": "purple^haze", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
hello, I have got script which I want to run after every start of system ...how to achieve this?
sysvinit.
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{"user_question": "plbgnr", "user_answer": "intelikey"}
anyone know where to look for information on changing what a laptop does when you close the lid?
/etc/acpi/events/lidbtn
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{"user_question": "kingspaw1", "user_answer": "mwe"}
which is the fastest and lightest pdf reader? evince or acroread?
try xpdf
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{"user_question": "frfx", "user_answer": "POVaddct"}
how do i find out the UUID of my partitions ?
udev creates /dev/disk/by-uuid/* try to look there
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{"user_question": "wims", "user_answer": "POVaddct"}
is there a way to determine what version of ubuntu you are running? Much like /etc/debian_version?
cat /etc/issue
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{"user_question": "Seq", "user_answer": "POVaddct"}
wats a good way to kill gdm cuz i try to kill it with killall gdm and it fails and says it cant
sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop
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{"user_question": "ESPOiG", "user_answer": "dabaR"}
hello, I have this problem: after installing xubuntu-desktop (sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop), my default ubuntu uslpash changed to Xubuntu's usplash. I tried changing that via ' sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so', but however, that only worked when shutting down. When I'm booting up, it still displays Xubuntu's usplash. Is there a way to change that?
try doing sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash-artwork
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{"user_question": "Klaidas", "user_answer": "Matthewv"}