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Why is my wife's Compaq on Linux 3.0.27 while my Toshiba is still at 3.0.26?
run 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'
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{"user_question": "ki4ro", "user_answer": "nicklecoder"}
I have two computers here running Ubuntu, both with wireless cards. How can I connect them to use one of them as a slave device for its hard drive? I want to be able to backup files and drag-drop as if it were just an external hard drive.
have you thought about making a samba serve?
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{"user_question": "Deddly", "user_answer": "Cyberfusion"}
how do I assign a keyboard shortcut to run my shell script?
you can have xkeybinds or something to run your keyboard shortcuts. It is easily customizable
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{"user_question": "JasonWoof", "user_answer": "elmo40"}
I use Ubuntu on an old laptop, and it seems to be very slow, is there anything I can do to speed it up?
try lubuntu instead
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{"user_question": "KSHawkEye", "user_answer": "xangua"}
Is there a way to remove all files with numbers in them, such as 'filename-3' (only the files with -numbers.extension) in a single command? (Sorry if thats a little confusing, I can explain better if needed)
dont blame me if you get hurt but with what you said `rm filename-[0-9]`
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{"user_question": "KSHawkEye", "user_answer": "pfifo"}
Does anyone know of a command line utility that outputs image information (for .jpg specifically)?
'file' should tell you some basic stuff
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{"user_question": "Combatjuan", "user_answer": "pierce"}
It would probably also be nice if he could easily reinstall all the packages he has installed. I've wondered, is there an easy way to export that?
yep, sure is. just a sec...
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{"user_question": "Combatjuan", "user_answer": "sipior"}
can I upgrade using the upgrade manager without downloading 850MB if I have the ISO?
you should be able to put the cd info into /etc/apt/sources.list (or similar, gotta love TAB)
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{"user_question": "dobblego", "user_answer": "zack"}
can anyone name an app that will let me easily keep track of my homework assignments ?
if you go to applications > add applications and then go to office > more applications you will find one called project management, that's the program you want. the package is called planner if you prefer to use synaptic or apt
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{"user_question": "syllogism", "user_answer": "funkyHat"}
How can I add a gateway for an interface? I put the static ip in /etc/network/interfaces
'man interfaces' has the file syntax for you
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{"user_question": "foo", "user_answer": "andyross"}
when using the stable release of chrome from google's repositories, it takes up the remaining time on my CPU until I close out. I don't have this problem on a similar machine while using chrome in the same capacity. Any ideas of how to troubleshoot this?
you may consider re-installing Chrome and see if that changes anything.
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{"user_question": "rinzler", "user_answer": "nicklecoder"}
where am I supposed to put codecs so mplayer can find them in breezy?
/usr/lib/win32
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{"user_question": "whyami", "user_answer": "spikeb"}
Can anyone here please help me, im trying to convert downloaded avi movies to vcd or dvd, basically so I can watch them on my DVD player & TV ... I'm trying without luck to find a single application that can do the conversion.
use tovid and tovidgui
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{"user_question": "newbuntu", "user_answer": "whyami"}
anyone who use a win program with wine?
have done so in the past to no great effect
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{"user_question": "xualo", "user_answer": "zx80user"}
can anyone suggest an ftp server? anything. I just need to test accessing one
a software? protftpd, a server: ftp://mirror.switch.ch
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{"user_question": "joachim-n", "user_answer": "Ox0000"}
It seems the nvidia module is missing for me in dapper amd64 (kernel 2.6.15) - Anyone know anything about this?
it is installed but it doesnt work out of the box, have the same problem here, dont know how to fix it, will be kinda hard
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{"user_question": "Cwiiis", "user_answer": "ablomen"}
1) sometimes it's delayed, 2) if you're testing with a gmail account, gmail is weird and won't show you that it received a message through forward if you sent it from that account
I'm testing with a Hotmail account. In the case that it's delayed, when can I test it again?
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{"user_question": "rww", "user_answer": "JoseeAntonioR"}
theres no backports.org like site for ubuntu ?
you want to search bp right? http://packages.ubuntu.com/
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{"user_question": "andriijas", "user_answer": "brenner"}
real quick... whats a good program like wine besides wine of course?
- there is Cedega
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{"user_question": "OmegaAlpha", "user_answer": "BigDaddy"}
Can u play realmeadia without having to install the RealMedia player? Also, is there a way to convert these files to ogg/mp3? I am under ubuntu-breezy.
---- is too much work ---- just install RealPlayer
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{"user_question": "nbjayme", "user_answer": "ACU"}
Does anyone knows about any application for Windows similar to NetMeeting (but open source if possible)?
there's something called gnome-meeting I think
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{"user_question": "ACU", "user_answer": "synic"}
can anyone recommend anything better the XMMS, kind of like amaroK? (I cant run amaroK slows my system down real bad)
cynthiune.app
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{"user_question": "Bung", "user_answer": "tarzeau"}
Could someone tell me if there is a way to totally disable a laptops internal speakers short of tearing into the laptop and unplugging them? I have a Sony Vaio, VGN-NR385E, and when i plug in head phones the internal speakers still broadcast. It is annoying and makes the laptop unusable in public if I want to hear web content
I had the same problem on a dell laptop...I don't remember what I did, but I removed something -- I'm pretty sure it was a package
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{"user_question": "mzuverink", "user_answer": "tom_"}
Is there any graphical front-end to update-alternatives ?
erm. sorry, I'm getting it mixed up w/ another command I believe :)
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{"user_question": "katarn", "user_answer": "nemo"}
On my laptop I have the screensaver off and power management set to never activate(sleep mode etc) in battery mode and ac mode, though every I close the lid and leave the machine running when I open the lid it shows that the cpu is at 100 %. is there a log or a command or something that i can access to tell me what is going on at those times?
i suspect you want to boot with the noacpi kernel parameter
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{"user_question": "mzuverink", "user_answer": "mneptok"}
What's the best way to install mplayer?
sudo aptitude install mplayer
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{"user_question": "bjornkri", "user_answer": "IcemanV9"}
Please, Can anyone tell good download manager like IDM(win) for ubuntu.?
these are typically plugins. Check your browser addons, especially firefox
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{"user_question": "rahul_korman", "user_answer": "L3top"}
quick question: every time i switch wifi networks i have to restart to get it to work, is there a terminal command that refreshes my net settings or something like that?
and consider the ifplug package
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{"user_question": "vlauzums", "user_answer": "soundray"}
Anybody know of a program for DVD authoring? A nerovision express replacement. So can convert various formats of video to a DVD for viewing in any dvd player.
dvdauthor dvdbackup and transcode and dvd-rip
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{"user_question": "Bean", "user_answer": "green_earz"}
Can someone pls tell me how I can overwrite the xorg.conf file? I get permission denied each time
try 'sudo'
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{"user_question": "Nogimics", "user_answer": "snoozix"}
how do i do :w :x in vi?;P
Use apt-cache, not apt-get... apt-cache search something
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{"user_question": "areel", "user_answer": "Pici"}
Quinck question; how do I exit su?
exit
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{"user_question": "Quinch", "user_answer": "linux_galore"}
'ello, me again. Question; is there a way to 'chain' commands? For example, 'do this' then 'do that' followed by 'do something else', all in the same line?
http://tldp.org, there's a lot of docs there. I'd suggest starting with the bash guides
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{"user_question": "Quinch", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
I have a question, would I get better Vid card performance from nvidia by installing the binary drivers from their site?
missing in menu however is nvidia-settings, you might wish to add it
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{"user_question": "Crane", "user_answer": "defrysk"}
What keys do I press to shutdown the Xserver and go to the command line? I don't want it to restart. I need this so I can try to fix XORG
ctrl-alt-f1 will put you on the console. or what engla said
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{"user_question": "spazzz", "user_answer": "wastrel"}
Am I correct that I have to install some library before I can program in C in ubuntu?
build-essential
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{"user_question": "Klohunt", "user_answer": "soundray"}
how does one do a surface scan in linux to detect bad sectors and such?
its an option to fsck
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{"user_question": "iratsu", "user_answer": "clever"}
I can't have X connection to this server only ssh
then it wont start untill you run it yourself.
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{"user_question": "achilles", "user_answer": "judgen"}
Can someone here tell me how to tell ubuntu to open downloaded MSword files with OOo ?
right-click on a .doc file, choose properties, third tab is an associate with program dialog.
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{"user_question": "KatteKra1", "user_answer": "twb"}
hello: is there a way to avoid the start of gthumb when a sdcard is inserted?
system-preferences-removable drives and media
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{"user_question": "a_l_e", "user_answer": "Windkracht8"}
question: im trying to compile SDL_mixer, how do i compile it with ogg support?
at a guess you'll need at least the libogg-dev package
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{"user_question": "mordof", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}
hey folks, how do i change the clock?
right click, either properties or change time
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{"user_question": "Andrew|", "user_answer": "mordof"}
When installing Ubuntu via Wubi, will Wubi disable hibernation for the Windows OS or the Ubuntu OS, or both?
most likely for ubuntu since you may or may not get the change to create a swap partition (which is essential for hibernation on linux)
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{"user_question": "skylord5816", "user_answer": "airtonix"}
howdy, all the default fonts in ubuntu blow. Anyone know any good font packages/
msttcorefonts
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{"user_question": "L33TrDaNu", "user_answer": "_jason"}
How do I remove a dpkg I installed?
and remove it there
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{"user_question": "GNOME_dude", "user_answer": "engla"}
packages that are held back are usually so because of a dependency that has not yet been uploaded to the repos. Don't worry about them and when they are ready they will upgrade
yeah, but kernel packages? That's a first for me. Wouldn't they just leave the older, working version in the repos?
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{"user_question": "IdleOne", "user_answer": "tntc"}
what does set -x do?
In particular, do a search on abefhkmnp in the man page to get you to the 'set' command
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{"user_question": "_jason", "user_answer": "Creeture"}
Any brave soul here get Dapper working with a Dual Monitor setup?
It's no different than any other dual monitor setup in Linux.
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{"user_question": "meuserj", "user_answer": "Creeture"}
lol i know this sounds like a noob question but how do you rename a file using terminal so i can use sudo and get the right permissions?
Renaming is just moving.
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{"user_question": "`underOATH", "user_answer": "AzMoo"}
found another how to for Xgl http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL
there is a howto on ubuntufourms for it
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{"user_question": "heatxsink", "user_answer": "farous"}
hello, how can i make a shortcut to an sh file ?
right click desktop, shortcut
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{"user_question": "nullkuhl", "user_answer": "Captainkrtek"}
anyone knows how to automount with sshfs?
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8904
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{"user_question": "hume_", "user_answer": "farous"}
hi, I am using gdm but I want to use kdm, what can I do?
sudp dpkg-reconfigure kdm
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{"user_question": "francisco", "user_answer": "farous"}
Is there an easy way to get xorg 7.1 install on 6.06? I'm hoping it will fix my ATI driver issue here... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=189651
what is your card name
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{"user_question": "A-L-P-H-A", "user_answer": "farous"}
can someone reccomend me a code editor to use that supports python, perl, php etc
but you might consider eclipse
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{"user_question": "mark__", "user_answer": "farous"}
How do I suspend to RAM from a terminal?
sudo pmi action suspend
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{"user_question": "jordan_", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
hi there, is it possible to install the live cd on to my pc?
nope - to install, you need the install cd
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{"user_question": "steven_", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
soooo we must be getting pretty close to the next ubuntu release? anyone know of a date?
june 1
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{"user_question": "spiderworm", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
is it possible to search through a directory recursively for a string in the content of all text files (not just the filenames) on a standard server without beagle and that sort of modern stuff? it's okey if the search is slow.
find . -exec grep 'blah blah' {} \; -print should do
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{"user_question": "pluffsy", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
how do i see which processes are using the hard disk most heavily now?
iotop is what I use. not sure if it's installed by default
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{"user_question": "yao_ziyuan", "user_answer": "pnorman"}
I need to pass 'atapi_enabled=1' to the libata module... Since that module is in the initrd, it doesn't help to just update /etc/modprobe.d/options. Will it help to regenerate the initrd, and if so, is that only to do mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd-blabla?
I'm thinking pass it as a kernel option from grub's menu.lst
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{"user_question": "stianj", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
how do i a complete update of my system ?
'sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade'
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{"user_question": "black_13", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
How do i mount an ISO-file?
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 blah.iso /mnt
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{"user_question": "karl", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
hello all. where has the configuration editor gone in dapper? i want to enable desktop icons for computer, trash, etc
apps -> accessories -> Alacarte
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{"user_question": "ben", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
is there an alternative to OOo?
the updated oo is much better
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{"user_question": "osfameron", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
Anybody know I good link for installing all kind of things like multimedia, java and things like that?
also try searching in synaptic
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{"user_question": "xukun_", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
does anyone know if theres another weather applet for gnome bar?
maybe check out gnomeapplets
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{"user_question": "neoxan", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"}
!tell eXistenZ about easysource
i believe with the .debs
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{"user_question": "Frogzoo", "user_answer": "elkbuntu"}
how do i see what commands i can do with a phrase int he terminal?
the TAB key
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{"user_question": "Angel_Dex", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
now when I do decide to update my breezy 5.10 to dapper will it overwrite any of my work files?
your user files will not be altered if you upgrade.
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{"user_question": "Protocol1", "user_answer": "LinuxJones"}
anyone know how to tweet from Gwibber?
you need to set your account up in it, then you'll need to drag the bar at the bottom of the screen up to show the typing area.
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{"user_question": "unimatrix", "user_answer": "elky"}
'lo everyone. I have a toshiba satellite M70 that won't use 1280x800 resolution. i've tried using the wiki guide, but it's still not supporting the right resolution. any suggestions?
same they use 1280x786
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{"user_question": "meh", "user_answer": "SAAD3000"}
quick question- I am a long time fedora/redhat user, but am thinking of giving ubuntu a try. I have noticed that there is a desktop and a server version. I do both desktop (web development) and light serving (web/php/mysql for said web dev). If I go with the desktop version, is it still easy to install the server apps?
the server install is basically just a stripped desktop install sans gui.
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{"user_question": "nero", "user_answer": "dyrne"}
lol I was going to get away from all the make-kpkg crap and just do it manualy (make && make modules_install) and add an entry to grub.conf but grub.conf is menu.lst now and I don't remember how to specify the root the old way
debian maybe. i wouldnt use gentoo :)
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{"user_question": "acecase", "user_answer": "dyrne"}
does ubuntu need anything for tightvnc to login it, besides remote desktop enebaled?
never used tightvnc im sure its fine but consider installing freenx
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{"user_question": "wizardjames", "user_answer": "dyrne"}
hi, there are many vnc servers in synaptic, any recommandation?
in feisty ive seen problems with the vncserver package. using vnc4server without problems. syntax to run is basically vnc4server :number
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{"user_question": "guerby", "user_answer": "dyrne"}
how do I knwo RAM on my PC using command line?
You can use free or top.
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{"user_question": "researcher123", "user_answer": "W4sp"}
where can i add the 'source list' in ubuntu repo?
in software center
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{"user_question": "kanupatar", "user_answer": "lotuspsychje"}
hi guys can anyone tell me how can i check what is the partition number of my current booted OS?????
df will tell you the currently mounted filesystems
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{"user_question": "aman", "user_answer": "mprince"}
Can anyone help me out a bit with automatically mounting Windows partitions to be accessable through a non-root user? My fstab currently reads '/dev/hda5 /mnt/stuff ntfs rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,user,async 00'
and scratch the rw
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{"user_question": "mack_", "user_answer": "iBalo"}
does anyone know an easy way to reduce the bit depth of the screen? i think it's running at 24 or 32 bit color depth. i'd rtfm more, but my eyes recently became very light sensitive, and reading is hard on the screen. i'm hoping reducing the color depth might help reduce the contrast. i'm using ubuntu/gnome/and ati/'amd proprietary fglrx graphics drivers' . mostly the default ubuntu 10.10 install.
sytem -> preferences -> monitors
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{"user_question": "sitescripter", "user_answer": "hansw"}
What exactly is the difference between 'make' and 'make install'?
make just compiles the package... make install actually installs it
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{"user_question": "tonyyarusso", "user_answer": "holobyted"}
have anyone here used remote desktop? i used realvnc client so lagging
use teamviewer
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{"user_question": "|Long|", "user_answer": "torque"}
on my keyboard, some keys have symbols which you have to type shift+key to insert it. but some have a third symbol, how can I insert it?! plz help!
altgr?
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{"user_question": "luis_", "user_answer": "MisterN"}
grub2 knows how to read LVM - grub does not
you might want to start reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment, particularly the section on New Packages
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{"user_question": "mvdk", "user_answer": "psusi"}
is there a cli tool in linux that allow one to record realtime audio sent to your souncard? (possibly pipe it to any encoders too).
eg. arecord
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{"user_question": "nbjayme", "user_answer": "mjr"}
we can communicate without the need of hub? no damage to nic?
you need a 'crossover cable' to connect directly without a hub
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{"user_question": "nbjayme", "user_answer": "dooglus"}
is there away to find out what the last program i installed on the system?
Somewhere in /var/log
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{"user_question": "|Long|", "user_answer": "red2kic"}
hey all, I use 'last [user] -a' command to check the last login/logouts of a user.. but it only shows me the history back to the 2nd of june
see your wtmp.X files in /var/log. Use last -f /var/log/wtmp.1 for example
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{"user_question": "sgillet", "user_answer": "oCean"}
On openbsd I can use ktrace and kdump to find where files are that a process accesses. What is the linux method for doing this?
lsof?
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{"user_question": "tizr", "user_answer": "hd1"}
hi, how can i empty the apt-get cache?
sudo apt-get clean
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{"user_question": "mandavi", "user_answer": "_jason"}
hi, how do i install new programs in ubuntu?
synaptic
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{"user_question": "mandavi", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
can anyone recommend a good bittorrent client to replace azureus, cause i cant get it to work in linux. any suggestions?
qbittorrent is kinda good
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{"user_question": "Tarkus", "user_answer": "chump"}
I'm a little bit confused about the ability to read SD-Cards under linux. I read that there are no 'SD card drivers' out there... but at the same time I read that people happily access their SD-Cards via a USB-Card reader. I was always under the impression that there is no other way to read such a card via USB. I do have a USB Card reader and I am not able to read my SD-Card. So am I doing something wrong or what? If I connect the SD-Card
no pasting
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{"user_question": "phoenix_eternity", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
hey guys, I just installed Ubuntu but there's no way I can get GUI.. I'm having an error with XWin, from the log I'd say there is an incompatibility problem with my video card
try changing the video driver to 'vesa' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then once you log into X get the driver problem sorted out
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{"user_question": "Geheimnis", "user_answer": "_jason"}
To get write permissions to /var/www/sites/default/settings.php I can just 'chmod 777 /var/www/default/settings.php' correct?
adduser you www-data
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{"user_question": "J-_", "user_answer": "Chousuke"}
what partition apps are available on the ubuntu livecd? (besides fdisk)
gparted
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{"user_question": "maccam94", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
I'm unable to find the fstab command to mount an 'ext3' partition at the beginning of boot, making it writable and readable users other than root. Can anyone help me out?
safer that way as well.
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{"user_question": "FriendlySoviet", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"}
is there a tool, other than something in gdesklets or gonky, that lets you see the temperature of your cpu ?
apt-cache search sensors
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{"user_question": "TLE", "user_answer": "Kingsqueak"}
is there a terminal calculator that is included in ubuntu by default?
but it's kind of hard to work with and you have to run 'bc -l' to even get float division (else you get integer division)
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{"user_question": "agent", "user_answer": "engla"}