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How do I recompile my kernel?
amsn is maybe bloated or something... try using gaim and adding your amsn account
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{"user_question": "IceTox", "user_answer": "michael117"}
hello, i have this little problem. in nautilus (as root) i accidentally moved one of the main directories in the file system and it landed in another directory. the thing is that i didnt even see which directory is missing. so my question is: is there a way to make undo in nautilus? so the last action is restored? or can anyone give me the directory structure of the file system so i can tell which directory is missing
did you get my PM?
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{"user_question": "ecen", "user_answer": "silvaran"}
guys is there a program in linux that detects what kind of cpu one has?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
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{"user_question": "jubei", "user_answer": "fluxt"}
how can i search through repositories via CLI?
the second way tends to work more often
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{"user_question": "bigfoot1", "user_answer": "fluxt"}
I thought that too, but this definately is the best. Unless you can stand Gentoo. ;)
I actually can stand gentoo, beleive it or not
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{"user_question": "jon_", "user_answer": "scorchsaber"}
thanks, mjr and YoussefAssad. i'll try it out :) OT. is it possible to highlight two names in red ??
i use it with firefox for shockwave sites. no issues here.
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{"user_question": "ice60", "user_answer": "larson9999"}
is there a way to uninstall packages without uninstalling dependant packages?
kde uses adept, you could try that, might have similar issues though
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{"user_question": "gazanfer", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
I see a keyboard shortcut in the shortcut prefs, the shortcut is '0xde'. What key combo is that? Is there a chart of those key combo's?
often I have seen those key's to be multimedia keys and whatnot
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{"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "Whatsisname"}
Ubuntu doesn't agree well with my S3 ViRGE video card. There all sorts of artefacts when I move the mouse. Any suggestions?
are you sure your card isn't toast
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{"user_question": "Munchkinguy", "user_answer": "Whatsisname"}
Hey. About the w32codecs package listed on the wiki; it doesn't seem to be there anymore. Anyone know what is up?
you need to download it by hand from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20060611-0.0_i386.deb
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{"user_question": "orn", "user_answer": "Ng"}
hey all! my wife has agreed to let me replace xp on her netbook w/ ubuntu (yay!), but she has an iphone and uses itunes. am I screwed, or is there a solution out there for this?
: Yes
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{"user_question": "hardbop200", "user_answer": "kstar66"}
what does aptitude safe-upgrade do?
does this help? http://pthree.org/2007/09/24/aptitude-full-upgrade-versus-safe-upgrade/
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{"user_question": "janhouse", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
Hi. What is the email client that is used in Ubuntu? Is it Evolution?
Yeah, Evolution is the default although I use Thunderbird.
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{"user_question": "kwtm", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
is there a video codec pack that includes xvid? apt-get doesnt find xvid codec
consult your media player's site for codec documentation.. try vlc
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{"user_question": "LiGhTeNiN", "user_answer": "jquixote"}
How can I change my hostname?
System--->Administration--->Networking
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{"user_question": "Jimmey__", "user_answer": "pdc303"}
can i make you a question regarding Wireless access point and p2p client software? When i turn on Ktorrent client on my laptop connected to the net through an US-robotics access point, the web navigation became very bad... furthermore i tried to ping the wifi router and the amount of packet loss is HUGE.. like 90%. Is this normal? do you have to turn off p2p clients too for a correct navigation? i never had this problem with
I think you need to change your firewall settings / port forwarding settings for Torrent clients to work
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{"user_question": "Tallia1Kubuntu", "user_answer": "Jimmey__"}
what ISO image to choose for installing 6.10 on Intel Core Duo processor?
core duo is 32 bit. core 2 duo is 64
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{"user_question": "dda", "user_answer": "Jowi"}
how long should it take to repartition a 80G drive during installation. Its supposedly has been at it for a while now but no drive light activity is showi
shouldn't take very long
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{"user_question": "devlin", "user_answer": "NoUse"}
anyone here have a good tutorial about iptables
try this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo
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{"user_question": "mcl0vin", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
ok, i'll try something else. is there any ubuntu howto for installing the 8178 nvidia drivers??? maybe doing that and then doing the nvidia-xconfig will fix my problem
see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
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{"user_question": "g3nocide", "user_answer": "anto9us"}
my mute button doesnt mute anything...even when i go to preferences in the volume thing and select every channel
does it do anything at all
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{"user_question": "sagarp", "user_answer": "linux4all"}
is there an easy way i can switch to a different GUI like KDE or blackbox without having to install a new OS like kubuntu?
just install the window manager/DE and pick it at the login screen under Sessions
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{"user_question": "geeksauce", "user_answer": "kitche"}
how can i add an ubuntu CD to apt sources using command line?
apt-cdrom
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{"user_question": "pppoe_dude", "user_answer": "kitche"}
hi, my system->about says i'm running a narwal but i think i am running the ubuntu from october. is there another way to check?
Try System->Administration->System Monitor and hti the first tab
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{"user_question": "bdesk", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
where may I find a sources.list for edgy? or should I change from dapper to edgy?
just change dapper
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{"user_question": "concept10", "user_answer": "kitche"}
hello. I'm from Universidade do Minho. And we are mirroring ubuntu. I was wondering how can we be an official mirror. Can you help us?
read the mirror info on the wiki it's all explained there
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{"user_question": "geko", "user_answer": "kitche"}
um I get can't find package build-essential when I type in apt-get install build-essential
build-essentials I believe my mind is having a fart tonight :)
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{"user_question": "Esotericisms", "user_answer": "kitche"}
ok, and back to my original question: is there a way to pass options via command line to 'dpkg reconfigure'? I'd like to pass it options to reconfigure ipmasq without having to enter it's little ansi menu...
man dpkg-reconfigure tells you how
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{"user_question": "kroisis", "user_answer": "soundray"}
How do I play .mov files on Ubuntu?
w32codecs and mplayer works well. Maybe totem-xine might work too
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{"user_question": "Celestianpower", "user_answer": "_jason"}
How do you modify $PATH?
export PATH=<value here>
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{"user_question": "os2mac", "user_answer": "Ash-Fox"}
I want to update screem from 0.12.1 to 0.16.1, how would I do that?
sudo apt-get upgrade screem
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{"user_question": "munti78", "user_answer": "cinder_"}
After you install in the default configuration (not 'expert'). Is there an easy way to switch to a 'server' setup, or should I just re-install as expert and specify server in there somewhere?
there are nothin special on server install what cant do with normal installation... it mostly only the sudo thing
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{"user_question": "crusso", "user_answer": "ufo"}
hi... i added 'Computer' to my desktop (like a shortcut) and i want to get rid of it, how do i do that?
somewhere in gconf editor ... untick something that i don't remember to make icons on desktop disappear
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{"user_question": "DarkED", "user_answer": "IcemanV9"}
I am installing ubuntu-restricted-extras (apparently this wasn't done on the install of 11.10 despite my checking it?) and it says 'libavcodec53 and libavutil51' must be removed for this installation. Is this okay?
that should not be a problem
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{"user_question": "Starminn", "user_answer": "om26er"}
hi. how do i activate mouse (cursor actions) in VIM?
try using gvim
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{"user_question": "pppoe_dude", "user_answer": "kevjava"}
fsck tells me my ext3 partition is clean, but how can I force verification?
fsck -f?
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{"user_question": "Enthusiast78", "user_answer": "kahuna_"}
HI guys is it possible to install Ubuntu over the internet?? with a few floppies
try googling for ubuntu netinstall andread through those
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{"user_question": "mike4479", "user_answer": "Nameeater"}
For programs that are terminal-based, is there a way to run them after closing the terminal (since closing the Terminal kills the process)
You can use screen or tmux, or you can read up on nohup
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{"user_question": "Starminn", "user_answer": "rmd_"}
what's the best graphical irc client? xchat-gnome sucks..... xchat-gtk is better
urk.sf.net
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{"user_question": "zenbum", "user_answer": "Coag"}
anyone have any idea why `mogrify` (from imagemagick) would run SOOO much slower on my G4 1.67GHz than it runs on an old x86 box? is it just the g4 processor?
probably
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{"user_question": "adapt", "user_answer": "max909"}
Hi guys. I am helping out the IT department at a local high school. I was wondering if i could bring any use of Ubuntu to that school. The computers suck, they run an outdated Windows XP. Basically they want to restrict the computers and be able to view each and every kid's desktop while they are logged in. The school has about 900 computers.
http://edubuntu.org/ Yep.
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{"user_question": "Aerosonic", "user_answer": "Starminn"}
what faxing service should i use?
>> http://www.gnomefiles.org/shots/efax.png
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{"user_question": "quellhorst", "user_answer": "LinuxJones"}
is there a way to check battery load from command line?
acpi?
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{"user_question": "robokop", "user_answer": "jpjacobs"}
I must have screwed up something in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf cause it's telling me 'no screen found' when I startx. I have tried to follow the steps on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/i915Driver to install the 915resolution. But I undo all changes I did to my xorg.conf and still get the 'no screen found' message
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg will return you to the original default X config
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{"user_question": "ParaSiteX", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
when i do 'sudo apt-get upgrade', linux-image-386 linux-restricted-modules-386 are help back. Are they safe to install through the update manager?
yeah, update them manually
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{"user_question": "eletido", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
excuse the n00b question, but what's the command to unpack a .deb file, specifically frostwire?
: dpkg -i file.deb just worked for me. (Can I get a confirmation on this?)
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{"user_question": "geek|sauce", "user_answer": "jc2"}
i just formatted my 1tb hdd in ext4. ubuntu reads it perfectly but there is an automatically created file 'lost+found'. what is this and should i leave it or delete it?
it is rarely used but is probably worth leaving.
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{"user_question": "userone", "user_answer": "cfedde"}
how do I 'restart GDM'?
it might be the xorg bug... read the topic
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{"user_question": "userone", "user_answer": "compotatoj"}
which channel for the newbie questions? I just want to know how to back up my evolution emails?
good question, re backing up mail. i don't know whether it's automatic.
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{"user_question": "userone", "user_answer": "delire"}
anybody mind looking at my fstab http://pastebin.ca/935513 and tell me why my ntfs is not mounting on boot ?
remove the first ,
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{"user_question": "cjones", "user_answer": "ffm"}
Hi, how do I make the console transparent?
Your probably want xterm. try xterm --help
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{"user_question": "XVampireX", "user_answer": "Stormx2"}
hi! I'm trying to undelete some files from a fat16 partition (photo camera memo card). Is there a command to do that?
there is a program called 'photorec' i don't know if it's in the repos though
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{"user_question": "afd__", "user_answer": "dystopianray"}
if i used command apt-get upgrade i will have installed ale updates?
if you did apt-get update first, yes
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{"user_question": "ramlez", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
Hi folks. Is there an official, generally accepted, best practice on how to get the wireless of an Acer Aspire One (Atheros AR242x) working with 9.04? I reinstalled and forgot to back-up the modules list. Now I am googling my way to whatever I already did in April that I can't quite remember what it was.
install madwifi and blacklist the built-in atheros module is how I did it
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{"user_question": "rbanffy", "user_answer": "Dulak"}
Can apt be told to get packages off the internet when they are on the CD?
yeah just comment out the cd-rom line in your sources.list. or do you want something different?
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{"user_question": "kyevan", "user_answer": "LjL"}
does anyone know if there is any real benefit to building your programs from source in apt versus just installing them? other than the fact that the source migth be out before the build?
you would build from source for educational purposes, to learn the process. Other than that, get the package.
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{"user_question": "slimz", "user_answer": "simosx"}
Two quick questions. How do I display a list of packages that can be installed with apt-get (through the command line). And how do I upgrade to the latest version of ubuntu (I have 5.04 currently)
With all the repos, more like 17,000.
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{"user_question": "birdfish", "user_answer": "tonyyarusso"}
Okay, I'm going to attempt to install my nvidia drivers. But I need to know how to get out of x and then back into it first
ctrl+alt+backspace will kill X, and then probably restart it, if you want it to stay stopped you'll want to do: /etc/init.d/gdm stop, to start it back up when you're done installing the driver, do: /etc/init.d/gdm start
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{"user_question": "birdfish", "user_answer": "Spec"}
What command would I execute to find out what groups a user is a member of?
doesn't groups <username> work?
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{"user_question": "birdfish", "user_answer": "dubious9"}
how do i now if i use hoary or breezy?
lsb_release -a (in a terminal)
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{"user_question": "dontknow", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
is there a simple (as in - as simple as 'cp') commandline tool that will show progress?
rsync -P sourcefile targetfile
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{"user_question": "Overand", "user_answer": "Creeture"}
I've found a bug in an ubuntu package - universe, i think - it doesn't create a directory for its .pid file - what's the place I should start?
launchpad.net
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{"user_question": "Overand", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
can anyone remind me?
/etc/update-motd.d/ I guess is what you are looking for
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{"user_question": "tommylommykins", "user_answer": "jrib"}
hmm, anyone here know much about oss and alsa. if its possible to redirect oss (/dev/dsp) to alsa hw:0,1 ? so that oss based applications( wow , team speak) can be used while xmms is running on alsa etc?
wine 1.0.0 is in backports
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{"user_question": "hyperstream", "user_answer": "soundray"}
do you know?
usually /usr/bin
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{"user_question": "s|k", "user_answer": "Tidus"}
Is there anyway to set Ubuntu back to post instalation state? That is, removing packages, files etc
Easiest way is to just re-install. You can preserve your /home during re-install even if it's not on a separate partition.
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{"user_question": "Jupe", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
what does it mean (nmap)?? -> 135/tcp filtered msrpc
man nmap
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{"user_question": "southern", "user_answer": "r0x0r"}
What was the command to reconfigure xorg? dpkg --reconfigure xserver.xorg?
dpkg --reconfigure xserver-xorg
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{"user_question": "Zarephath", "user_answer": "zF"}
I changed the resolution of my console and everything works fine except the screen is not centered on my monitor if i change the settings then switch back to graphical screen and I have to recenter it again, if i leave console resolution at default i never have to change the settings on monitor, anyone have some help?
There is also xvidtune , that can center your picture
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{"user_question": "Telarian02", "user_answer": "linuxbomb"}
I remember there was a program, of which images where distributed that could be written to a floppy to boot from it and then be able to boot from CD, Hard disk, or some other options. Does anybody know what am I talking about ?
smart boot manager
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{"user_question": "Pupeno_", "user_answer": "soundray"}
hey anybody around that could help me out with ssh?
we need details
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{"user_question": "securityxxxpert_", "user_answer": "aeon-ltd"}
where are fonts stored?
/usr/share/fonts (system) and ~/.fonts (yours)
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{"user_question": "varun_", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
hi, could someone helo me hot to set up my internet conection with ubuntu, since I'm using ADSL over the eth, shortly... how to set up conection over the PPPoe ?
'sudo pppoeconf' at a terminal should do it.
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{"user_question": "Sanitarium_23", "user_answer": "dradul"}
anybody has set up sftp?
no, but maybe have a look at the scponly package?
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{"user_question": "lucasvo_", "user_answer": "Ng"}
hello, how to resize font in fluxbox bars ?
proberly gotta edit the fluxbox theme you are using.
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{"user_question": "sesq", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"}
standard gnome desktop for 11.04. how to
logout and login with Gnome classic
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{"user_question": "dury", "user_answer": "vooze"}
What program do I use to scan ports on a box? :/ I need to check to see what ports are open on my firewall.
try nmap
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{"user_question": "BlackJudas|TWL", "user_answer": "LjL"}
there is no ipfw in ubuntu ??
try iptables
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{"user_question": "amyn", "user_answer": "biovore"}
hi, it is possible to package something for i386 from my amd64 box?
or runa virtual linux session in 32 bit mode
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{"user_question": "Henry_Bean", "user_answer": "Linux_Galore"}
What is intrepid-backports?
newer versions
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{"user_question": "mdmkolbe", "user_answer": "anto9us"}
Hello.. i use google gmail.. is there a good program that sync calender, mail etc. etc. with gmail.. other than evolution?
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
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{"user_question": "vooze", "user_answer": "xangua"}
How do I install an rpm
convert it to a .deb with sudo alien file.rpm then install the deniab with sudo dpkg -i file.deb
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{"user_question": "vincenz", "user_answer": "me2win"}
ok. this may sound a little stupid but how do i install a .deb package?
sudo dpkg -i package.deb
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{"user_question": "sharp", "user_answer": "me2win"}
is there any good guides for configuring TV-out (VGA)? I make it work, but only at 800x600
are. are there any good guides ;p
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{"user_question": "salah_", "user_answer": "dyrne"}
Can someone run 'which python2' on their system and tell me what it returns?
/usr/bin/
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{"user_question": "kerrick", "user_answer": "bastidrazor"}
when ubuntu auto mounts a usb drive where is the folder structure on the filesystem?
it should mount to /media/whatever
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{"user_question": "Kazuhiro", "user_answer": "chuckyp"}
Anybody knows if there if printing in edgy is broken?. It seems to be a problem with gnome-cups, at least in my case
and to answer you I have no problems printing
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{"user_question": "FluFlo", "user_answer": "chuckyp"}
is it possible to install packages from ubuntu 11.04 in ubuntu 10.10 via apt-get or something similar without compiling? or to download the .deb files?
what part of 'not a good idea' is confusing?
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{"user_question": "Loki^", "user_answer": "th0r"}
Is Dapper Drake Alpha Flight 4 close to the speed we will see in the stable release? ...or will it get faster?
I think everybody is looking for the answer.... But in this case, we have to wait a few more weeks for a true answer....
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{"user_question": "melaren", "user_answer": "HermanDE"}
Hello, when I install the latest drivers from nvidia hopepage (for my nvidia GPU) do I have to remove nvidia-glx prior to installation?
i think so too.. lots of problems later on if you don't
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{"user_question": "fatbrain", "user_answer": "trpr42"}
How can I find the most recently modified file in a directory (recursively)?
find ./ -printf '%A@ %p\n' | sort -n | tail
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{"user_question": "hackel", "user_answer": "LjL"}
how can I check that port 22 is open --what to type on cmmand line
'telnet localhost 22'. but then, that will only check if port 22 is open to localhost
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{"user_question": "bliss1", "user_answer": "LjL"}
How do you make spaces in a file name on CLI?
you use ' quotes when creating it
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{"user_question": "Encry9", "user_answer": "aeon-ltd"}
hi! how can i search in files content, all files of current directory and all subdirectories?
grep -ri pattern path/*
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{"user_question": "apocalyptiq", "user_answer": "llutz"}
hi! I spilled my keyboard with coffee, i've cleaned it, but 'x' key doesnt work - how can I set in Ubuntu a shortcut for that letter? For example: ''c' + ALT = 'x''?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3177953/how-to-bind-key-to-another-key-in-ubuntu
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{"user_question": "apocalyptiq", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
I just installed ubuntu and for some reason I wasn't asked for keyboard language, I believe its set to an american keyboard now and I've got a swedish one. I went to Preferences > Keyboard, Layouts Tab, and removed the american layout and added the swedish one, but it didn\t help, the keys are still wrong. Any ideas?
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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{"user_question": "marlun", "user_answer": "simonbp"}
how do I create a .deb file from the source file? my wiki says 'After that go back to the ndiswrapper-(version) directory and make deb, and then dpkg -i ndiswrapper*amd64.deb.'
how about entering 'make deb' in that directory?
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{"user_question": "slabby", "user_answer": "redguy"}
I have installed kismet via synaptic but i cant find the program
Open a terminal and run 'which kismet' - it'll show you where it is.
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{"user_question": "slabby", "user_answer": "PuMpErNiCkLe"}
Is it possible to install Ubuntu over the network?
pick the non-CD method that fits what you have (under advanced installation methods)
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{"user_question": "pekuja", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
I'm trying to mount an FAT16 filesystem to my computer but when I type mount -t fat /dev/sdb /mnt/test ... it tells me that fat is an unknown filesystem .. can anyone help ?
try /dev/sdb1
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{"user_question": "babo", "user_answer": "WoC"}