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hello. ive got a problem with evolution. im using gmail. everytime i, for example, delete a mail, it doesnt get deleted in gmail. it does get deleted in evolution and does not appear again, however
meaning 'deleted messages' are purged
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{"user_question": "boris", "user_answer": "andi5"}
i opened 'sudo nautilus' . how do i get to my home dir?
better gksudo nautilus
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{"user_question": "bigfoot1", "user_answer": "andi5"}
hif folks, tired- remind me what's that new wobbly window thing thats creating so much buzz?
xgl ?
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{"user_question": "colm", "user_answer": "wastrel"}
what's the process for suggesting software for ubuntu? My game - anagramarama - is a good fit for edubuntu I'd imagine... just email the dev list? or is there perhaps a website
click on 'getting new or updated..'
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{"user_question": "colm", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
Where can I find my Xorg log ? I'm getting some trouble with that and I need to check the log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
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{"user_question": "kurtkraut", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
Hello! How to permanently set environment variable? (bash) I tried doing: set MYEMAIL='myemail <[email protected]', but it doesn't work...
it's export, not set.
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{"user_question": "alsh", "user_answer": "Terminus"}
how do i fix this in synpatic? W: GPG error: http://users.lichtsnel.nl breezy-seveas Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 49A120FD1135D466
go to the source o matic page, and do what it says to add gpg keys... add the one for seveas' repo
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{"user_question": "foampeace", "user_answer": "Mabus06"}
I just setup a dual boot system (Win 7, Ubuntu 11.10) but the grub points to the recovery partition instead. Should I just edit the grub.cfg for that?
I am not sure what you should edit, but /boot/foo isn't it
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{"user_question": "Ashfame", "user_answer": "CarlFK"}
hi all, I was wondering, is it possible to install the gnome 3 package within ubuntu studio? or should I just install standard ubuntu and install the ubuntu studio package group?
install gnome-shell
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{"user_question": "ajwill", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
I tried to give ubuntu server a go but i felt like i was trying to work blindfolded with hands tied behind my back... is there a way to have an idea of its own surroundings from the terminal (for example listing the installed applications)?
help.ubuntu.com would also be helpful
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{"user_question": "WindowEd", "user_answer": "jrib"}
is vncserver not in the default repositories?
then you probably need to enable Universe
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{"user_question": "moot", "user_answer": "LjL"}
is there a nameserver command in ubuntu?
look, i've just joined and i'm not sure what you're at, but i have dnsmasq installed, it's a tiny dns 'proxy' server that caches dns queries, it's very easy to configure and helps for times when your ISP's dns isn't quite in its right mood
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{"user_question": "shinu", "user_answer": "LjL"}
I've managed to mount the encrypted partitions, but how can I change root from the livecd to the 'cryptroot' to install packages?
sudo chroot /mountpoint/
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{"user_question": "hudson_", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"}
when using chroot, should I do something special for proc and dev? mount --bind, or something like that
yes.. sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc, for example
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{"user_question": "hudson_", "user_answer": "rs0832"}
Can someone help me to install Wine for ubuntu? PM
'sudo aptitude install wine'
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{"user_question": "tore_", "user_answer": "LjL"}
hi, does anyone else have problems connecting to the edgy servers for updating ?
The Security servers are currently down, please wait yes it is
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{"user_question": "francois", "user_answer": "LjL"}
###Hello All,### the program that I'm compiling asked me: 'checking for libxml-2.0 gtk+-2.0... configure: error: Cannot find GTK modules, stopping build! Please Install GTK+ package to continue. See www.gtk.org.
install libxml2-dev and libgtk2.0-dev
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{"user_question": "AlinuxOS", "user_answer": "LjL"}
hi - how do i get libphp5.so back? i wanted to move from apache prefork to worker, but realized it needed more than i could deal with, so i apt-get install apache2-mpm-prefork and restart, but get this error: http://pastebin.com/jfivs5Yn
sudo aptitude libapache2-mod-php5
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{"user_question": "harrumph", "user_answer": "schnuffle1"}
I got a dvd with drm (I assume), ubuntu doesnt seam to recognize it at all. is there some way to play drm video from dvd in ubuntu?
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/musicvideophotos/C/video-dvd.html
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{"user_question": "c3l", "user_answer": "schnuffle1"}
checksum is correct. Any idea? I'm working form a Mac Osx at the moment, but I don't see how this could make any difference
well i have no idea which filesystems Mac OS recognizes, but i assumed a CD filesystem would be recognized. why do you need to mount it anyway? can't just burn it?
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{"user_question": "kimu", "user_answer": "LjL"}
What is the package name with the x includes in it?
x-window-system-dev
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{"user_question": "wotnarg", "user_answer": "LjL"}
what is command to update the db for locate?
updatedb
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{"user_question": "TokenBad", "user_answer": "LjL"}
Is there a way to roll back an update?
there is a way to install a specific version of a single package, but it's not even really guaranteed to work
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{"user_question": "russ", "user_answer": "LjL"}
hi all ... I have a wireless card that need rt73.ko. How to install it in ubuntu ?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT73
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{"user_question": "aLeSD", "user_answer": "LjL"}
What is the default key to scroll up/down in a screen in ubuntu?
the normal keys used are the up and down arrows? Just like windows.
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{"user_question": "doc-saintly", "user_answer": "Fireblasto"}
Hi, I'm with the ubuntu 5.04, I want to install SVN but I'm not able to find it with the apt-get
apt-get install subversion ?
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{"user_question": "GlueGadget", "user_answer": "karl_notwork"}
why is it the linux community say server and they mean 'web' server, why is that? not File server or Backup Server or Application server, like business wise, why is that? lol it drives me potty :P
not sure - because most of the time when people say 'server' they mean 'web server', probably. People who want advice on a file server will generally be more specific than just 'server'
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{"user_question": "bofh80", "user_answer": "Madpilot"}
hi, I'm trying to install totem-xine and it sets to remove ubuntu-desktop, is there any problem to remove this?
no, just be sure to install it before a dist-upgrade
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{"user_question": "digs", "user_answer": "_jason"}
hi all, someone could tell me how to compile this? http://ar.linux.it/software/gunzets/
thats xserver-XFree86
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{"user_question": "assasukasse", "user_answer": "rambo3"}
hey... how can I found out what version of ubuntu?
lsb_release -a
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{"user_question": "ufc", "user_answer": "NoUse"}
hey, anyone have an idea where i could get the w32codecs?
see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
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{"user_question": "Samuli^", "user_answer": "enyc"}
Do you have a screenshot of your desktop?
gtk-theme is alphacube, I think. The wallpaper I got from gnome-look.org somewhere.
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{"user_question": "Parisi", "user_answer": "Samuli^"}
hi, whats the command that tells me my ip?
well.. i tend to do ifdown <interface> && ifup <interface>
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{"user_question": "slew", "user_answer": "linkd"}
Is it straightforward to make a .deb from a tar.gz?
better not , what package ?
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{"user_question": "EvilPaddy", "user_answer": "deFrysk"}
what is the command to start midnight commander?
: if mc looks funky just type reset and press enter
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{"user_question": "vbhanu", "user_answer": "lsuactiafner"}
How can I make NTFS partitions mountable (or readable actually) by normal user accounts ?
mount with umask=0 and/or uid=1000
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{"user_question": "mannyman", "user_answer": "trappist"}
Are some of the ubuntu repositories down?
some are very loaded right now and mey be slow
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{"user_question": "smacnay", "user_answer": "dr_willis"}
anyone know why I get 'Playback device not found' when trying to play midi?
AFAIK it's because MIDI is not set up by default on Ubuntu. Go searching the wiki/forums.
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{"user_question": "twisted_maple", "user_answer": "Orborde"}
Guys, I don't have the 'Configuration Editor' under Applications -> System Tools. Anybody know what package this is part of please ?
it's in the menu, but hidden: alacarte can unhide it
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{"user_question": "christo", "user_answer": "cwillu"}
don't know who should be told - but with the update of claws-mail the other day, package claws-mail-feeds-reader is now broken (technically the package isn't broken, but the plugin is not compatible)
in hardy or intrepid?
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{"user_question": "ImBrian", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
I've installed ubuntu on my laptop, but although it has an S3 savage graphics card, the 'vesa' driver is loaded in xorg.conf. What I want to do is to modify xorg.conf to load the s3 driver instead. Does anyone know the name of the s3 driver (is it 'savage')?
running 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' will let you select any driver you want
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{"user_question": "dpm", "user_answer": "Toma-"}
hi! where can i get a mysql-doc package for breezy ? its not in the repos
patience ...
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{"user_question": "tenco", "user_answer": "Itkovian"}
wt.. is this distro... no gcc? please enlight me how would I install gcc without all the deps fuss
install the build-essential package
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{"user_question": "nekyian", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
is it possible to check by ps process just my as a user?
cleaner is: ps -U $USER
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{"user_question": "m477", "user_answer": "ActionPa1snip"}
would anyone know what in ubuntu i could use to lower the CPU speed?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MataroSessionsWorkshops/CPUFreqModuleLoading?highlight=%28cpufreq%29
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{"user_question": "CuriousCat", "user_answer": "dura"}
hi, I would like tochange the ownership of some files from root to a normal user, how can I do ?
chown
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{"user_question": "DonVincenzo", "user_answer": "Terrasque"}
what is the apt-get command to completely remove application and their configuration files ?
man apt-get
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{"user_question": "DonVincenzo", "user_answer": "wickedpuppy"}
How do I find out the version of Gnome I use?
system > about gnome
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{"user_question": "jenda", "user_answer": "deFrysk"}
Is there a place I can check for suggestions of what to do on a newly installed system?
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart ?
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{"user_question": "jenda", "user_answer": "djm62"}
Hi, I'm using an Intel ICH6 Family sound card. kernel 2.6.12, ths sound module is snd_hda_intel, alsamixer works, but I still cant hear anything ..
hmm... no idea how to get the sound - but I can get you an error, if you wish ;)
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{"user_question": "dasenjo", "user_answer": "jenda"}
is there any good dvd iso recording software for linux?
check out gnome-files.org as a guide, then install those programs in synaptic
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{"user_question": "linxeh", "user_answer": "tom__"}
I want to buy an external 3TB hard drive and connect it via USB for backup purposes. does Ubuntu have similar problems accessing drives > 2 TB, as Windows does?
No, EXT4 supports more than 2TB, check it in wikipedia
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{"user_question": "loser149", "user_answer": "xD"}
Hi. I have 'guest' account with rater heavy modyfied gnome, etc. I would like to create new user with the same settings, but when I 'cp -R' guest's home, chowned it to a new user and tried to log in it didn't worked too well (it didn't at all). Any suggestions?
chown the files in the newly copied home also
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{"user_question": "Guest16020", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis"}
what is the command to completely remove a package? i did sudo apt-get remove pure-ftpd, but pure-ftpd configs and stuff still exist under /etc
usually you do 'apt-get --purge remove <package>' to remove all confs... you can remove confs after a package is removed is 'dpkg --purge package' to remove conf files
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{"user_question": "EasterSunshine", "user_answer": "hedonick"}
Is there a program like 'virtual audio cables' for linux? Virtual audio cables allows you to take the audio output from one program, and use it as the input for another program, for example, form skype, to a recording program.
I know one program that kindof does that (not from one program to the other... but it records the output on the sound device)... it's vsound
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{"user_question": "qt2", "user_answer": "hedonick"}
hey guys, any media player for mpeg videos that is compatible for ubuntu?
totem/mplayer/xine
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{"user_question": "guilherme", "user_answer": "dvhart"}
i have another question. Actually i'llhave two, but i'll do one at a time. any reason why DVI wont work on this card but HDMI does?
I see there is a setting in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to activate DVI Find the line that says Section 'Screen' Insert a new line that says Option 'UseDisplayDevice' 'DFP'. as seen in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
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{"user_question": "cp2_4eva", "user_answer": "sacarlson"}
how do I uninstall a software that I installed compiling it.?
next time you install something, you can use checkinstall instead of make install. it makes a .deb and installs it
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{"user_question": "luisito", "user_answer": "frank23"}
what is 'glxinfo | grep direct' for?
it tells you if your video config is using Direct Rendering
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{"user_question": "luisito", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
on this note, what would be a nice linux book for me??
http://pizza.unbsj.ca/content/help/tutorials/crash.html
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{"user_question": "amarock", "user_answer": "aftertaf"}
Nvidia is best supported by Linux correct?
nvidia
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{"user_question": "rendo", "user_answer": "tritium"}
how to open rar files in ubuntu?
insall unrar
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{"user_question": "rami1983", "user_answer": "now3d"}
what is the best monospace font in Ubuntu ?
Depending on size, I always use Terminus for smaller fonts, and Bitstream Vera Sans Mono for larger fonts
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{"user_question": "duri", "user_answer": "hcarty"}
no audio in vlc :/ oss error: cannot open audio devices(/dev/dsp)
try 'sudo killall esd' then try vlc
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{"user_question": "oidia", "user_answer": "misfit_toy"}
anyone know how to make a .deb package of firefox 1.5 from source?
^^^
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{"user_question": "vlad", "user_answer": "gnomefreak"}
I am trying to remember the name of a very cool network monitoring program called ether monkey or some such... anyone got a clue?
etherape
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{"user_question": "flint", "user_answer": "ranf"}
I've managed to set a theme that crashes the gnome-menu for some reason, how do I start the theme-manager from the terminal?
try alt+F2 the 'gnome-theme-manager'
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{"user_question": "Dhanjel", "user_answer": "Bonzodog"}
When using the XV video driver in a media player, my videos on my TV is just black. Any ideas?
not all cards/drivers support overlay (xv) on tv-out. Just don't use it if you're in such a situation...
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{"user_question": "Larsson-Sweden", "user_answer": "mjr"}
I have a folder with a space in it's name and want to use it for a command line, but it stops at the space, how do I use the folder with the command line?
type '\ ' for the space
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{"user_question": "Elsan", "user_answer": "sveri"}
is it possible to install w32codecs in amd64? I am not able to play .dat files in mplayer
I installed it manually from mplayer's website
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{"user_question": "canindya", "user_answer": "Fanskapet"}
can anyone recommend software for ubuntu that is equivalent to peerguardian in windows (an ip blocker thingie)
pg2 for linux
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{"user_question": "sexcopter8000m", "user_answer": "rightc0ast"}
hey.. is there a way for me to change the defaults so that when i open movies via the gui, it opens with another movie player (ex. vlc)
right click and go to properties
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{"user_question": "hexman4", "user_answer": "_jason"}
anybody here use devilspie? I just started using it and love it! I have a question though... As I am testing the script I enter 'killall devilspie' then to restart it and test a new config 'devilspie &'... The only problem is, when I close out the terminal, I seem to also shutdown devilspie... How to make it persistant?
nohup devilspie
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{"user_question": "vbgunz", "user_answer": "yi"}
hi, is there a meta package for all the development stuff?
build-essential
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{"user_question": "yi", "user_answer": "chavo"}
hi, I've just bought a laptop which has a 64bit-cpu. Why in the Ubuntu download page it says (32-bit recommended) ? Isn't 64 bit recommended for 64 bit -CPU ?
yes, the page is in error.
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{"user_question": "novitololo", "user_answer": "sipior"}
can anyone tell me the symlink to get java working in ububtu6 ... please ?!?
ubotu will have sent you instructions about Java in Ubuntu 6.06.
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{"user_question": "river", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"}
should i terminate any apps before doing a dist-upgrade?
No, it'll just close unexpectedly.
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{"user_question": "MonsieurBon", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"}
would it be worthwhile to upgrade from teh RC cd and then update from that point? Or would I be creating problems?
That will work fine.
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{"user_question": "reiki_work", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"}
is anyone else having problems with beagle?
mine is fine.
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{"user_question": "str8edge", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"}
if the first cdrom is hdc, what should the second one generally be ?
hda is the Primary Master, hdb is Primary Slave, hdc is Secondary Master, and hdd is Secondary Slave.
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{"user_question": "weasel__", "user_answer": "Fujitsu"}
can someone paste the sources.list the way it should be on pastebin?
hang on
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{"user_question": "jonny", "user_answer": "GURT"}
What do you use for DVD authoring? I've tried qdvdauthor, runs forever but doesnt create anything, DVDStyler wont compile, varsha gives a pipeline error.
I did a couple of disks with plain dvdauthor
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{"user_question": "elgordo12345", "user_answer": "mjr"}
Hey, How do you open an rar file with ubuntu?
get the rar package in Synaptic.
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{"user_question": "limguohong91", "user_answer": "aeon17x"}
Where do i change my default IP-adress? can't find any /etc/local.conf or anything like in ArchLinux...
/etc/network/interfaces
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{"user_question": "drange", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
anyone know how to clear the 'recently file playlist' in Totem?
you can clear all lists in places -> recent docs
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{"user_question": "sazwerx", "user_answer": "_jason"}
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to slow my mouse pointer down more than the Mouse and Touchpad window is offering, does anyone know of another way to do this?
look in the software center for that
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{"user_question": "mal10c", "user_answer": "WeThePeople"}
What's the diff between different kernel 'versions'? For example, x-386, 586, 686, and so on....
all the same code, just compiled for different proccessors
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{"user_question": "Mustafu", "user_answer": "FlannelKing"}
hey guys do you know any websites that will help learn the basic's of programming
http://echoecho.com/javascript.htm
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{"user_question": "kishen", "user_answer": "MonkeyDust"}
Umm.. in irssi, how do I select channels number 10, 11, 12 - etc.?
you can do /window 10
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{"user_question": "MenZa", "user_answer": "jbroome"}
I'm getting the 'timestamp too far in future' error whenever I use sudo. How is it I fix this again?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=173505
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{"user_question": "MenZa", "user_answer": "stefan_"}
what do you guys think, a dual core 1.3GHz or a i7 1.8GHz with hyperthreading?
for what purpose
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{"user_question": "WeThePeople", "user_answer": "magicianlord"}
nobody here has DVD burner?
nautilus should burn dvds too if you need data dvd
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{"user_question": "syli725", "user_answer": "xur1z"}
anyone know how to turn off the touch pad on a labtop
Usually there is a Fn button that you press with one of the F buttons Like Fn+F5
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{"user_question": "pingu", "user_answer": "ZeroA4"}
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) Um, What now?
/usr/local/lib/codecs according to mplayerhq.hu
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{"user_question": "mllr", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
What is the package that I need to install in order to be able to SSH to my machine remotely?
openssh-server on the computer you want to connect to and openssh-client on the machine you're connecting from
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{"user_question": "PHZN`away", "user_answer": "farruinn"}
so, I'm a complete newbie ubuntu user and am liable to ask stupid questions. my first one is, is there any way to change the default size of all new program windows to something that fits on my 600-pixel-tall screen?
some apps are badly written and hate 'short' screens. a trick is to hold down the 'alt key' and click in the window then drag it up/down so you can get to controlls past the bottom of the screen
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{"user_question": "Anoria", "user_answer": "Dr_Willis_"}
how do i check to see what filesystem a drive is formatted to?
type 'mount' in terminal, that gives a list of all filesystems currently mounted
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{"user_question": "bluefox83", "user_answer": "dionysus"}
how do I get rid of gpilotd without getting rid of ubuntu-desktop?
ubuntu-desktop is a dummy package, you can get rid of it a thousand times over and not lose anything important
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{"user_question": "Drizzt321", "user_answer": "bluefox83"}
HELLO!is there a dc++ for linux?
dcgui
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{"user_question": "Alex_BO2", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
I've done a server install of Ubuntu, then installed the xubuntu-desktop package. I'm having problems getting my iPod to be recognised ... what packages should I install / modules should I modprobe?
I got an ipod nano yesterday and was surprised when it worked perfectly in gnome
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{"user_question": "agt", "user_answer": "SEJeff"}