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hello, audio and video are out of sync in mplayer whilst playing dvd's - could anyone give me some pointers?
seen that issue in mplayer sometimes if the dvd rom drive isn't set to dma=1.
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{"user_question": "skon", "user_answer": "viper12"}
anyone know how to set a script to run at boot
you can put it in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
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{"user_question": "eatnumber1", "user_answer": "mwe"}
any way to quickly kill a X app through the GUI (something like CTRL+ALT+DEL kill app on windows)?
xkill
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{"user_question": "FFighter", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
Is there a defrag and/or scandisk app in stock ubuntu? I didn't found. I bet its right under my nose.
nobody defrags reiser or ext3
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{"user_question": "SGershon", "user_answer": "mulder"}
hi all - i would like to NOT show mounted Hdds on my Desktop! Where to change that?
apps->nautilus->desktop->show_volumes
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{"user_question": "senicas", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
what is the package name of the openldap server? i cant find it.
slapd
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{"user_question": "wb", "user_answer": "ccooke"}
I tried the latest Debian and am having difficulties with the S3 Trio3D in my IBM 300GL. It isn't supported by debian, but will it work with Ubuntu?
you're likely to have the same trouble here and there.
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{"user_question": "Jeffreyf", "user_answer": "soundray"}
anyone know why audacity's built in effects are disabled?
they aren't you have to highlight a section of audio to use them
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{"user_question": "Zedugh", "user_answer": "NoUse"}
how do i switch between the four desktops?
crtl + alt + arrow
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{"user_question": "toresn", "user_answer": "pjssilva"}
Guys how can I check if my ISO download is OK, how to use the MD5SUMS? Am using Windows at this moment.
then drag'n'drop your iso-file onto the EXE, and compare the output with that which is from the FTP. :)
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{"user_question": "j813", "user_answer": "daxxar"}
whick kernel version comes with Breezy ?
current is 2.6.12-9
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{"user_question": "KurtKraut", "user_answer": "Plus-V-ducky"}
is there a chkconfig for ubuntu?
update-rc.d
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{"user_question": "mrkoje", "user_answer": "Terminus"}
what is your question? It made no sense... can you burn programs to cd that you already burned to a cd? the same cd?
gnome-art
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{"user_question": "mrkoje", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
the two should not be related.... but i can't guerntee that.
hmmm would installing my old ethernet card work ?
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{"user_question": "bob_4_a_day", "user_answer": "chicken-man"}
Hi everyone. Is it possible to 'put' two or more iso images of distros in the same usb stick so to have them ready to install?
check http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
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{"user_question": "The_Jag", "user_answer": "schnuffle"}
hello. Does anyone know how can i look the kernel messages when the system is booting ? like in SuSE 'verbose mode'
when booting press shift to enter grub menu. once there press e to enter edit mode. remove the quiet and splash keywords from the kernel line. crtl + x to boot into the edited kernel
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{"user_question": "unixx", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Hey I have a question that for once does not deal with a OS issue
kino or cinelerra
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{"user_question": "griffin_", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
ARG i downloaded it and unpacked it with the dpkg -i thing and i still cant open the wma and i know the wma works to!
microsoft changes their codecs all the time
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{"user_question": "Phoul", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
hi all :) how can i boot into terminal mode, and how can i run two terminals at once when not in a GUI?
for starters, press ctrl-alt-Ff2. then the F1-F7 will take you through 6 virtual consoles and the X session? the graphical one will be at F7
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{"user_question": "n1omi", "user_answer": "topyli"}
how to install a deb file in terminal
sudo dpkg -i [..]
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{"user_question": "C-O-L-T", "user_answer": "crimsun_"}
i cant remember who was helpin me b4....but i downloaded a Bz2 file..now i have extracted it i have file that says pakages...wot do i do with it?
dpkg -i nameofpackage.deb
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{"user_question": "PinTo", "user_answer": "Agamotto"}
is anyone aware of some kind of program that watches port 22 and blocks the IP of anyone with 3 bad login attempts within 60 secs, or some such ?
i know that its possible to use iptables rules to limit login tries for port 22
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{"user_question": "markc", "user_answer": "bighil"}
hello ppl can anybody plz tell me how to run a java program with the extension jar?
java -jar <program name>
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{"user_question": "LinuxN00bie", "user_answer": "onispawn"}
how can I re-autoconfigure Xorg?
you've got all the information there, in bits :)
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{"user_question": "lucasvo", "user_answer": "ddaa"}
Is there a deadline beyond which version upgrades to common software packages are no longer backported to LTS versions? I'm trying to figure out how to get Vim 7.3 to the current LTS Ubuntu (current is Vim 7.2)
normally, you don't get updates in the first place. only those for security fixes or fixes to serious bugs (until End Of Life). there is the 'backports' repository, but it doesn't contain all packages, only those that people request.
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{"user_question": "kwtm2", "user_answer": "LjL"}
If I type 'apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop', will it just remove that package itself (while leaving alone all packages that depend on it) or will it start disassembling the entire distro (which depends on it)? I just want to get rid of kde-helpcenter4 which is preventing the upgrading of my other components.
the *buntu-desktop psackatges are just meta-packages. removing them wont affect much
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{"user_question": "kwtm2", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
if I get an optimized kernel for my processor will I see performance increase?
not so much extra performance that you'll notice, or would make the exercise worthwhile
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{"user_question": "pinkisntwell", "user_answer": "frogzoo"}
i'm trying to install tuxracer and it asks for the cd, why?
rather, uncommented
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{"user_question": "pinkisntwell", "user_answer": "tristanmike"}
he should be able to boot all of the os's without having to call up the NTLDR right?
No, the way to boot XP from grub is *via* that bootstrap-to-ntldr process.
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{"user_question": "psychocat", "user_answer": "cafuego"}
hm, how can i find out what there is the best driver for my Elsa Victory Erazor PCI Graphicadapter?
you'll want the nvidia drivers
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{"user_question": "headdown", "user_answer": "Toma-"}
hi sirs, I installed ubuntu and then from synaptic I added the packages of kubuntu and edubuntu. Now when I boot the system I see the screen of kubuntu and when I log in I see the childish icons and the wallpaper of edubuntu. How can I change this?
at your login window, click on 'sessions' and choose the one you want
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{"user_question": "munzir", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
I cant just start over from step 1? I remember the steps
just give it time man..youll get it eventually
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{"user_question": "blanky", "user_answer": "geek_"}
Any way to get software 256-bit key AES encryption on Ubuntu ?
You can use dm-crypt
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{"user_question": "imc1", "user_answer": "Jestre"}
I've another question for you. I'm looking at the server edition. Is there something like landscape, but free? (as I'm setting up my home server for some try I cannot afford to pay for it :( )
puppet or chef should be able to help you synchronize configuration. Nagios and cacti can do monitoring and graphing
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{"user_question": "mika__", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
Can you get a version history for a given package?
you may want to lookup the changelogs in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>/changelog.gz
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{"user_question": "mischko", "user_answer": "theCore"}
killall esd ??
istanbul looks like exactly what I want
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{"user_question": "bimberi", "user_answer": "jdmpike"}
What would be a good program to burn .bin/.cue files?
for my 'user' i put extra fonts in .fonts the X fonts can be kept in many places. i belive kde and gnome file managers have a fonts:// location that shows them as well
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{"user_question": "GreedyB", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
hi. Which Key is KP1 or KP9?
KP = keypad.
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{"user_question": "dominique", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"}
What would be the best way to re-write grub to my MBR after having installed XP into my other partition and forgot about it over-writing my MBR?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
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{"user_question": "BucketHead", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
Hello! Does anyone know if Ubuntu works with Old World machines With a G3 upgrade card?
it works on old world machines
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{"user_question": "peterhil", "user_answer": "johndarkhorse"}
hey, does anyone know how to mount a ntfs partition so it is writeable? I have it mounted with the same options as my writeable fat32s but I still can't modify the disk
unless you want to lose your data
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{"user_question": "zephyrus", "user_answer": "AzMoo"}
erm, how do edit existing mount points?
they are in /etc/fstab
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{"user_question": "Cartesian1984", "user_answer": "matsavhalev"}
Can i install quake3 via apt-get? or do i have to use the installer?
update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so && dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
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{"user_question": "slide", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
I haven't upgraded Dapper since before it went 'stable' -- apt-get dist-upgrade won't break anything will it?
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade should bring you up to date
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{"user_question": "arnducky", "user_answer": "mwe"}
I have wireless working on my laptop, but every reboot I have to disable eth0 (my ethernet) and enable ath0 which is my wireless device, is there a way to make ath0 enabled by default and eth0 disabled by default?
yes, edit /etc/network/interfaces
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{"user_question": "powerj", "user_answer": "pestilence"}
in the Network Tools dialog, what does 'location' do?
for example you can setup home and office, both of which would have different configs typically
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{"user_question": "purplefeltangel", "user_answer": "holycow"}
Can someone give me a link to a .deb file that's not in any Ubuntu repositories?
try dropbox.com?
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{"user_question": "xevwork", "user_answer": "econdudeawesome"}
Hi. I want to install debian on my server. But it has like 21CDs :\ Is the 1st CD enough for the server installation?
the first cd is enough to get you started
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{"user_question": "dixon", "user_answer": "v3ctor"}
Hello, i was wondering what the best Bittorrent and p2p client fot Ubuntu is? I am at the moment looking at Azureus and Gnutella respectivily. Are these good? is it ok to talk about this, if not i will not mention it again?
the best is bittornado
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{"user_question": "madgik85", "user_answer": "tahorg"}
hello, I'm using Ubuntu 10.10. It has erlang installed, I see it in /usr/lib/erlang. I can use the command 'erl' everywhere leading me to believe it is in a path variable somewhere. Unfortunately I'm too noob to know where it could be other than $Path, which it isn't in of course. Do you have any ideas how I can tell where the /usr/lib/erlang directory is referred to?
which erl
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{"user_question": "gabeh", "user_answer": "schnuffle"}
is there a recommended size for a swap partition, or certain ratio to primary partition or RAM you should have
there are ancient numbers like that, but they don't apply to modern systems
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{"user_question": "ericz", "user_answer": "sethk"}
hi! I was wondering what options do I have for doing a thorough check of my harddrive which can detect even physical errors? I experienced a crash once in Ubuntu where the harddrive seemed to go bananas. After this incident everything on my harddrive was lost, and for some reason windows xp fails to install onto the drive, but linux doesn't complain. I had windows on it before the crash.
badblocks
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{"user_question": "skeff", "user_answer": "sethk"}
hi. is there a utility that will a) rip a CD to a single lossless file with all the track timing etc maintained, and b) rip individual tracks (with tag lookup) from that file?
tracks, yes. I don't know of one that will rip the entire cd (talking an audio cd now)
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{"user_question": "witless", "user_answer": "sethk"}
hey guys got a bit of a problem, when i logged in i had a couple of popups say 'XYZ' failed to load, this has happened before but this time i accidentally pressed ignore/dont reload instead of 'reload' so now i have now window manger shoort cuts at the bottom panel - how can i reload them restarting does nout
try a modprobe
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{"user_question": "lukus001", "user_answer": "sethk"}
im trying to install ubuntu, but the installer keeps locking up the computer when the choose keyboard screen starts, any ideas plz?
try the text mode install from the alternate cd
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{"user_question": "samuel", "user_answer": "sethk"}
Hello, I was uninstalling a program on windows xp home edition, when the system switched off and since then my computer have not been able to boot to windows, I have tried every tweak I found on the net and discussion forum but no success.. I was thinking this may be due to a corrupt registry or something that has to do with windows booting files.. Can I please get a guide on how I tweak/edit either the registry or system file to get wi
boot from the xp installations cd and follow the instructions for 'repair!'
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{"user_question": "kolly", "user_answer": "frybye"}
can someone please tell me the correct entry to add the marillat repository to sources.list?
go to this web site. http://www.ubuntux.org/forum/18
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{"user_question": "quakehawg", "user_answer": "choctawdave"}
how do you set screen brightness in ubuntu 10.10
xrandr
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{"user_question": "Blueleaf", "user_answer": "pepee"}
my une issue seems to be with the interface. The Docking bar and the main panel seems to be transparent or I am unable to see icons that appear on them. One thing that I notices is that when if I us scroll bar on docking bar I am able to see icons but they disappear. I also have tried the software on multiple machines and still get the same results. I have also tried downloading multiple copies and same results is this i known i
If you type too many characters at once, your line gets truncated.
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{"user_question": "ldz420", "user_answer": "DW_Upstairs"}
I remember back when I used Windows there was an application that would essentially let you download a whole website for archiving or for offline browsing. Are there any applications available for Ubuntu that provide similar functionality?
there are. Uh, wget would be one ;) I'm sure there are more GUI-friendly ones as well. I'd just search the repositories, you're bound to come up with some
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{"user_question": "darwin", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
does anyone off hand know where the setting is to make thunderbird automatically 'top post' instead of 'bottom post' to replies? I have looked through prefs and i would think it would be in the composition tab but i cant find it anywhere.
look in account settings.
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{"user_question": "ClayG", "user_answer": "cbo"}
Trying to install a game from CD using Wine (game listed as Platinum on wine db) - can't install because .exe files don't have +x bit set - but it's a read only file system! help?
had the same problem, it helped to start the exe with wine from commandline
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{"user_question": "herghost", "user_answer": "inknoir"}
Quick question: Someone had a bad ram stick and repeatedly crashed his Ubuntu box. The ext3 filesystem is all sorts of messed up. Is it better to run fsck first, then back up data? Or back up data then run fsck, then back up again (in case some corruption is fixed?)
it's definitely safest to image it first. Then you're not lost, even if fsck fails
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{"user_question": "shadowpool", "user_answer": "soundray"}
how can I view divx files?
sudo apt-get install gmplayer
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{"user_question": "blanky", "user_answer": "varsendagger"}
i have a new hardy installation; is there a way to disable compiz? it is causing too much trouble
System>Preferences>Appearance last tab
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{"user_question": "markl__", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
hi, if I put a script into autostart and it doesn't work, how can I track the error? the python script itself works fine outside Autostart.
which autostart? the one of ubuntu?
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{"user_question": "Haunt_House", "user_answer": "justask"}
can anyone get to this pdf for me using ubuntu? http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/d11539 Thank you!
works fine for me
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{"user_question": "Mic_hael", "user_answer": "void^"}
which package do I need to install to get gtk+?
libgtk2.0-0
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{"user_question": "salah", "user_answer": "void^"}
hiya! II've got 2 pc's with wireless cards - can anyone tell me if theres a way to make them 'crossover' or do I have to get a router?
called adhoc mode
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{"user_question": "marsh", "user_answer": "void^"}
hey how can i find ownership of files inside some directory ? for instant nobody under users home folder
find /path/to/dir -user nobody
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{"user_question": "classical_", "user_answer": "HA1DFO"}
what exactly is wine and where can i get it?
wine allows you to run windows programs on linux. you can get it from ubuntu repositories, or if you want the latest version go to http://winehq.com
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{"user_question": "teenz", "user_answer": "icewt"}
I have just installed kde with apt-get install kde (not using Kubuntu). I can't find Kontrolpanel anywhere in the menus. What to do?
you need to do sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
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{"user_question": "tdn", "user_answer": "polpak"}
how can i install kubuntu thru apt get?
sudo first obviously
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{"user_question": "phiqtion", "user_answer": "polpak"}
which environment variables does set gksudo correctly? I thought gksudo was just a graphical wrapper around sudo
and this http://archlinux.org/pipermail/arch/2006-February/008674.html
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{"user_question": "Jhair", "user_answer": "polpak"}
Hi. How can I open an ftp share in folder viewer on oneric please? I'm struggling to find things in unity :-(
at the top menu bar, click on file and then 'connect to server'
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{"user_question": "Funcan", "user_answer": "kroq-gar78"}
does ubuntu have an ftp client installed?
sudo apt-get install gftp
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{"user_question": "dmg|lnx", "user_answer": "robotgeek"}
for some reason firefox's own update system doesn't work even with using sudo
the ff updater is nto used in dapper
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{"user_question": "donza", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
\whois nalioth
look in the tab called 'Ubuntu Servers' there is the whois
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{"user_question": "xaint", "user_answer": "Secreth`X"}
How do I find the ports that are listening on my machine?
netstat -tanp
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{"user_question": "pilgrim", "user_answer": "ootput"}
How do I find out which version of X.org I'm using?
or Xorg -version
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{"user_question": "pilgrim", "user_answer": "mwe"}
can anyone help me out? im attempting to install ubuntu on a toshiba m45-s169 and the problem is on the wiki.. but i dont understand the solution, it says ' Need to install with framebuffer off; video needs ATI's proprietary driver, but using kernel module hangs the machine'
it means you will have to do alot of command line editing
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{"user_question": "bnD", "user_answer": "rambo3"}
hiya, anyone know of a way to get a save-able list of all installed program? (planning a reinstall and would like to recover all my apps)
dpkg --get-selections >packagelist
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{"user_question": "bnD", "user_answer": "johanbr"}
i just realized ive never viewed an image in anything but gimp and firefox, anyone recommend an app for image viewing, not manipulation? maybe with an easy forward backward mode(fappable)
gThumb or eog - eog is included by default, but gThumb is nicer, IMO
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{"user_question": "bnD", "user_answer": "Madpilot"}
sorry to bother everyone, but how do I change the password for my root account?
it's in the FAQ, and the installer also prompted you to say you'd read it during the install
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{"user_question": "Elock", "user_answer": "bob2"}
how can i have a list in console of the programs that i'm running to see the id and kill them?
'killall firefox' and 'killall firefox-bin'
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{"user_question": "luca__", "user_answer": "astro76"}
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
it means you need to install 'build-essential'
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{"user_question": "varsendagger", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}
hello guys can someone please name me a good download manager
my bot says The BESTEST download manager is aria2, because 2 people (67%) said so! Follow in order, kget (1 votes, 33%), jigdo, gwget, slimrat, wmget, fatrat, d4x, slimrat-nox, tucan, multiget, uget
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{"user_question": "a-saint", "user_answer": "LjL"}
I can browse through my windows network just fine, but how can I write to it? it says permission denied, but I'm the owner of the windows machine, can I tell it my username/password for the windows machine?
you can try to mount it to your system somehwere and then write to the place you mounted it
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{"user_question": "oneseventeen", "user_answer": "varsendagger"}
What app can I install so I can create gif animations?
i think you can do that with gimp
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{"user_question": "No1Viking", "user_answer": "varsendagger"}
Hi, Why isnt this site not working? http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.htm
or try this :) http://www.quietglow.com/docs/ubuntumythtv.html
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{"user_question": "gopi", "user_answer": "oskude"}
how do I install svn client?
sudo apt-get install subversion
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{"user_question": "netdur", "user_answer": "oskude"}
any suggestions how I can change my bit depth?
'DefaultDepth 16' under 'screen' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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{"user_question": "rudi__", "user_answer": "oskude"}
that you can load as module ?
loaded and ready to go
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{"user_question": "oskude", "user_answer": "mngrif"}
what 'path' has the 'ubuntu- sound output device'???
/dev/dsp
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{"user_question": "tenzin_", "user_answer": "oskude"}
im about to install wni x64 ed, how do i get grub back to mbr after that install?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
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{"user_question": "tanek", "user_answer": "oskude"}
can anyone recommend a usb wifi dongle that works really well natively in ubuntu? G or N, no matter
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported perhaps will help?
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{"user_question": "foolhardy", "user_answer": "gedit-quest"}
for burning cds/dvd's, is k3b still the best thing to use?
I use gnomebaker
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{"user_question": "Stoffer", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
is there a way to use dpkg to search a package from one of it's files? for example dpkg -option /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 returns gcc-4.0
dpkg -S will work as well but apt-file let's you search packages that aren't installed too
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{"user_question": "Goshawk_", "user_answer": "_jason"}
anybody knows how to open DWG file?
search for autodesk at http://freshmeat.net
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{"user_question": "zhangjintu", "user_answer": "misfit_toy"}
Did anyone answer my question while I was gone? 'Wich linux distro is the most windows compatible?' I got disconnected
linux can only write to ntfs partitions with captive: http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/
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{"user_question": "Dreamflu", "user_answer": "trappist"}