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is there a way to make nautilus show all the files as List by default, instead of showing them as icons?
open nautilus and go to preferences, Views Tab change 'View new folders using' to list view
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{"user_question": "diego", "user_answer": "DShepherd"}
Does anyone know where I can find a package list for the 6.06 server iso?
packages.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "rukuartic", "user_answer": "DShepherd"}
has anyone ever installed grub on the secondary harddrive and it worked?
that doesn't sound encouraging
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{"user_question": "DShepherd", "user_answer": "seraph"}
ops... who is the bot here?
ubotu :)
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{"user_question": "silasj", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
embarassingly simple question: how to tell what version of Ubuntu i have installed?
cat /etc/lsb-release
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{"user_question": "sydw", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Hey, whats the easiest way to upgrade from hoary to breezy?
change your sources.list from hoary to breezy and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
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{"user_question": "joetheodd", "user_answer": "budluva"}
assume I have a set of packages installed. how can I find a 'minimum' set of packages to reproduce this set (through dependencies)?
debfoster
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{"user_question": "Drakeson", "user_answer": "kyncani"}
how do I add a user to a group?
usermod -G the-new-group-you-want-them-to-be-added-to username <-- works too
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{"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "Alex"}
hi, everyone. im at the part of installation where i pick a username/pw and computer name. that's all well and good, but the forward button is grayed out, even though the installation says it's 'ready when you are...'. what can i do?
use lower case for the username
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{"user_question": "BlVoortje", "user_answer": "itaylor57"}
ok im having trouble getting a program to startup on boot. i compiled the program 'which is working fine' i open Sytem>pref>Startup Applications, I set the name to the name of the program 'miniDlna' i set the command to /usr/sbin/minidlna, saved it, it shows up in my startup applications list but it will not start on boot. any ideas?
did you put the programs name and command to run the program into the startup applications area under preferences??
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{"user_question": "chaos2358", "user_answer": "needlez"}
I put the updatedb command into a cronjob. Was this necessary or does Ubuntu run updatedb on its own?
correction... not a symlink... an actual script!
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{"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "rob_p"}
Can someone please suggest a good software that can rip a hard drive image? Similar to Acronis or Norton Ghost for Windows. Thanks!
PartImage
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{"user_question": "cody", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
how do I get my /etc/resolv.conf file to be re-populated without rebooting?
if not, restart the applications which still use the old contents
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{"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "RomanK"}
when I try to mount an NFS share, I get this message: 'mount.nfs: mount to NFS server 'servername:/home/music' failed: RPC Error: Program not registered' How can I fix that?
have you allowed the clients access through the server's hosts.allow
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{"user_question": "bonixavier", "user_answer": "Seven_Six_Two"}
(noob) i am trying to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 - using sudo do-release-upgrade. While upgrading, it asked me whether I wanted to keep or upgrade the existing version. I chose to display the differences. Now I cannot get out of this screen with the differences. How can I get out of this without aborting the installation?
That or the escape key.
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{"user_question": "ssp_", "user_answer": "BlueEagle"}
where is the sources.list file located
/etc/apt/sources.list
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{"user_question": "garyc", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
why does 'dmesg | tail -f' return immediately ?
tailf
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{"user_question": "gusg", "user_answer": "mongy"}
what's the next version called?
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove package ?
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{"user_question": "Kartagis", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
how is called program which program for Gnome which runs as a daemon and allows user to run programs at different workspaces, minimized, different sizes... I once had it but unfortunately forget the name
devilspie ?
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{"user_question": "mojojojo_", "user_answer": "ardchoille"}
When I insert a CD in the cd drive, which file is it that tells the system which mount point tt use when mounting that cd disk?
/etc/fstab
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{"user_question": "ardchoille", "user_answer": "kmaynard"}
newbee - I am getting the following error when updating xcommon--- E: /var/cache/apt/archives/x-common_1.08_all.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/X11/fonts', which is also in package xfonts-base...can someone help
known bug, just wait...
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{"user_question": "dale", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
Hey guys what's your favourite music player, I am looking for something like winamp on windws with excellent sound quality
I use global eq, pulseaudio-equalizer
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{"user_question": "raluxgaza", "user_answer": "mongy"}
does anybody know if there is a utf8 latex-package for ubuntu? should be named tetex-unicode, latex-unicode or similar
apt-cache search latex unicode, turns up latex-ucs and latex-ucs-uninames
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{"user_question": "MonsieurBon", "user_answer": "_jason"}
Anyone know if there's a Breezy package for Gaim 2.0 beta?
fstab is the way to go, put /etc/fstab on http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/ and link here if you want people to take a look
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{"user_question": "tapox", "user_answer": "_jason"}
If I want to setup SSH on ubuntu should I setup the firewall?
probably not necessary since you'll just be turning around and opening that port. The exception would be if you want to limit incoming connections to a particular IP address or range, etc.
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{"user_question": "_jason", "user_answer": "rob_p"}
hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer?
use xv as the video output
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{"user_question": "kokis", "user_answer": "_jason"}
is there a way to format an ext filesystem and have it use 777 permissions on whatever box yo use it on ? its root:root and 755 otherwise.
the only way to do that would be from userspace
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{"user_question": "mongy", "user_answer": "tensorpudding"}
anyone know wehere to find the keyring manager in xubuntu? i'm trying to get rid of the password to unlock the keyring on login (login without password)
run seahorse, right click your keyring, change password, use blank password. use at your own risk
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{"user_question": "saliak", "user_answer": "mongy"}
hi, i wanted to try out opera. i installed the .deb file from opera.com, but it segfaults upon startup - any ideas on what i could try out?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OperaBrowser
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{"user_question": "Thorondor", "user_answer": "_jason"}
I think I've found a problem with the scilab package in synaptic... but since I'm relatively new I'd like to talk to someone about it... anyone willing to listen?
config.log
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{"user_question": "_jason", "user_answer": "bob2"}
Is it possible to move/drag apps for one workspace to another?
use expo
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{"user_question": "goer", "user_answer": "mongy"}
whats the paste page for ubuntu
java -version, in a terminal
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{"user_question": "lwizardl", "user_answer": "_jason"}
I've a problem - I'm on complete CLI, -- on a very low memory laptop. I had all sorts of things on it before.. openoffice, things not really needed -- anyone know how I could have it list the major things with apt-get? Would like to remove some now
you can list all the packages with dpkg -l and if you want you can add a pattern so dpkg -l *mplayer* for example
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{"user_question": "kid", "user_answer": "_jason"}
Is there a way to connect to beta distribution of ubuntu (just upgrade through apt-get)?
you can use the upgrader tool or follow the same directions as upgrading to breezy through apt except use dapper instead of breezy of course
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{"user_question": "gverig", "user_answer": "_jason"}
i need a tutorial who allow me to use gimp
lots of handy tips http://www.scottphotographics.com/40-best-gimp-tutorials-of-2010/
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{"user_question": "karim_", "user_answer": "mongy"}
hi. how come i cannot add an app as a default app. i get error saying 'could not add app to app database'. i only encounter this problem with addling vlc only.
launchpad.net/malone
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{"user_question": "shaoqi", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
what do i need to set up a scanner? it's supported (HP PSC 1610), but i'm not sure what libs, utils, etc
sane
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{"user_question": "benplaut", "user_answer": "webwolf_27"}
anyone willing ot help someone out with a graphics card problem I can't get it to go over 1024x768
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg is a safer way
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{"user_question": "NsOmNiAc", "user_answer": "Burgundavia"}
what command can i use in terminal to see the ubuntu version?
lsb_release -a
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{"user_question": "se1", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
how do i enable breezy backports ?
backports are versions of software from an unstable version fo rthe stable version. Breezy *is* the unstable version
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{"user_question": "docles", "user_answer": "dabaR"}
How can I get Rhythmbox to stop opening when I plug in my iPod?
click the multimedia tab, you can uncheck the box there or pick a different program
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{"user_question": "knapp", "user_answer": "sizzam"}
hey guys.. quick question, if i do an apt-get upgrade and one of the upgrades is mysql-server (which i have already running) will this update the bins? or overwrite everything?
im sure it wouldnt overwrite anything important
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{"user_question": "JakeX", "user_answer": "harrison"}
how do I find out what kernel I'm running?
sudo uname -a
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{"user_question": "shad0w1e", "user_answer": "Orbman"}
The compile errored out with 'Unable to find X11/Intrinsic.h'
libxt-dev
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{"user_question": "Beryllium", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
can apt-get check for lost files?
(it's well outside apt's area of responsibility)
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{"user_question": "Airk", "user_answer": "bob2"}
Is there a way to fake EDID sent from monitor. I have Ubuntu on ARM and it seems that it can display only max res sent by edid.
via xorg.conf
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{"user_question": "StaRetji", "user_answer": "feanor2"}
Hello, I have made an Skype's deb package that does not require the libqt3c102-mt, but the libqt3-mt (avaliable in the Ubuntu repositorys). Where could I upload it to the multiverse official repository?
the best route is to tell Skype to post the version on their Web site.
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{"user_question": "jmont", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
hello, easy enuff question: I have upgraded the kernel many times, but the old versions are not automatically removed... I have a list of about ten in grub. Where are the kernel images stored? Is there a proper way to delete old kernels?
and yes, they're not removed by design. In case a new kernel breaks things, you can easily go back to the old one.
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{"user_question": "zoe", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
hi. i just upgraded to breezy. and my desktop context menu (right click on desktop) does not contain any quick starter anymore (e.g. gnome-terminal). how can i add them?
install 'nautilus-terminal-here' using synaptic
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{"user_question": "Air2k", "user_answer": "nalioth"}
anyone here who owns a hp pavilion dv9000 series and has a working! bootline to bypass the buggy bios?
have you tried acpi=off?
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{"user_question": "drunken-wallaby", "user_answer": "jneves"}
has anyone tried running games under Windows under VMWare?
doesn't work worth a darn
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{"user_question": "jeff303", "user_answer": "arkanes"}
anyone know how Commercial Technical Support weighs in? I mean 250 for premium technical support... How long does that last? 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or more or less?
it says 'Coverage: 1 year'
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{"user_question": "vbgunz_", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}
My gnome workspaces are gone from the panel, how can I readd them?
just right click the panel and add workspaces too it
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{"user_question": "bkw", "user_answer": "vbgunz_"}
how do i unpack a .tar.gz?
tar xfvz ?
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{"user_question": "rubem", "user_answer": "Parisi"}
n00b question: Can I install both Nginx and Apache on my VPS Ubuntu?
I would think so, but you'd have to use different ports between them
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{"user_question": "charas", "user_answer": "Flare183"}
is there some kind of 'main' log file somewhere?
/var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog and /var/log/daemon.log are usefu.
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{"user_question": "SpudDogg", "user_answer": "MarcN"}
you can type $cd ~
or just cd
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{"user_question": "infinitus", "user_answer": "histo"}
is there something up with the repositories?? It seems like i cant run apt-get update or install anything oO
read the topic
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{"user_question": "Adsum", "user_answer": "tristanmike"}
hi folks.... I've just changed video card and am looking at a text screen now (x won't start). I've tried xconfig, XF86Setup, etc. searched the ubuntu page, read the x man page, but nothing works (can't get the configurator thing started), any ideas ?
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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{"user_question": "MatC", "user_answer": "ompaul"}
where is grub.conf located?
probably looking for /boot/grub/menu.lst
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{"user_question": "elmer", "user_answer": "conrad_"}
hello everyone! I have a problem and I hope you can help me here. I did something a bit stupid so please don't laugh haha Here is the problem: my system frozen while updating Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 by using the Ubunt updater and couldn't restart Ubuntu at all (I have dual boot with XP SP3). So I decided to reinstall from scratch. Then I formatted my Ubuntu partition by using the Window XP...
from xp cd select the repair mode , and you boot into dos, then type FIXBOOT
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{"user_question": "Gajzha", "user_answer": "pksadiq"}
How do I determine which package provided a specific file
apt-cache search
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{"user_question": "gautada", "user_answer": "usr13"}
can you play other 3d hardware accelerated games ?
could you help me with my mouse/touchpad problem?
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{"user_question": "r00t4rd3d", "user_answer": "Winston_Wolf"}
how do i mount a .iso?
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/foo.iso /media/cdrom
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{"user_question": "foampeace", "user_answer": "mjr"}
how do I force a reinstall with apt-get?
apt-get install --reinstall foobar
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{"user_question": "hoarycripple", "user_answer": "psusi"}
how do I pass this whole command to sudo? So that the shell doesn't try to open /etc/fstab with my user's permissions, but with root's permissions? 'sudo grep Music /mnt/etc/fstab >> /etc/fstab'
sudo bash -c 'foo >> /bar'
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{"user_question": "levander", "user_answer": "psusi"}
Okay, so I had to boot into winxp to get the CDROM working again, to burn an install CD. How can I get the ISO from the linux partition, so I don't have to download it again?
why don't you just burn it from under linux?
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{"user_question": "puff", "user_answer": "psusi"}
anyone know what happened to ubuntuguide.org?
in the meantime, why you don't try you luck here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation
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{"user_question": "sudonim", "user_answer": "tristanmike"}
did anyone succeed in installing sun-j2re1.5 today?
if you're on hoary, deb http://ubuntu.tower-net.de/ubuntu/ hoary java
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{"user_question": "msti", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
if i installed <<gaim>> using apt-get in which directory it is installed?
the executable is in /usr/bin/gaim, if that was what you where looking for
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{"user_question": "Shin_Gouki", "user_answer": "lucaas"}
does anyone know if it's possible to play Windows Media Player videos on Linux? thanks
it is, search for w32codecs
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{"user_question": "grigora", "user_answer": "lucaas"}
is this channel logged and public?
yes, at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "matitaccia", "user_answer": "Myrtti"}
what is the absolutely technically correct command to call a reboot?
you could do a 'shutdown -r now'
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{"user_question": "mdke", "user_answer": "zburns"}
Is there an ubuntu package for Totem Codecs?
though gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg might need spesific installing (it's in universe, patent stuff)
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{"user_question": "SPCcrow", "user_answer": "mjr"}
which file contains the programs the start when booting?
System -> prefrences -> sessions
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{"user_question": "infidel", "user_answer": "Alpha_Cluster"}
What's the difference between 'Live CD' and 'Install CD'?
Live CD runs straight off your CD-drive and RAM.
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{"user_question": "ztc|Fr4ntic", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
hmm, anyone knows when is the new ubuntu distro going to come out?
it's going to be april or around there.
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{"user_question": "musashiden", "user_answer": "thundr"}
hi is there a apt-get command for installing firefox??
time stamps?
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{"user_question": "Shin_Gouki", "user_answer": "mahangu"}
how can i add apps to the gnome classic menu bars?
try to update your package index, by pressing reload in synaptic
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{"user_question": "nibbler", "user_answer": "kostkon"}
what's the difference between the package totem and totem-xine
no, totem is in gtk
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{"user_question": "anthony", "user_answer": "eobanb"}
zcat[1] , Package mozilla-psm is not available, ... :/
http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/web/mozilla-psm
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{"user_question": "oxigen", "user_answer": "eobanb"}
is ubuntu 64-bit very good? Or is it best to stick to 32 ?
if you're running only free software, then you should have no problem at all.
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{"user_question": "mejobloggs", "user_answer": "eobanb"}
did you get it?
yes. maybe there is something that could help... lemme try
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{"user_question": "thundrcleeze", "user_answer": "nathanel"}
actually i haven't used windows for years. that's why i don't know any of this partitioning nonsense : )
I think you might be able to run IE in WINE, no?
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{"user_question": "patfm", "user_answer": "jjazz_"}
what version of x does breezy ship with?
x.org 6.8
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{"user_question": "tucats", "user_answer": "onkarshinde"}
Those who are wiser than me: I am going through the installer again, and I am wondering if the installer is capable of overwriting my encrypted HD without asking me for a password? I am in the 'partitions formatting' stage and I am about to re-partition my HD into just 1 hard drive, and it isn't prompting me for the password I had used to encrypt it, etc...Does that mean it hasn't actually tried to access the hard drive yet, or
you don't need the password to re-partition an encrypted volume, assuming you're not interested in the data in it
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{"user_question": "null1", "user_answer": "industry__"}
ok, so i am trying to learn a computer language. What should be the first 1 i learn? I basicly want to be able to create and host a website, also build my own apps (like small games, and such) best approach? I have no past exp at all. im almost 20yrs old. what can i do?
I suggest Python if this is the first language you've ever learned. it probably has the shallowest learning curve and the most uniform syntax.
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{"user_question": "Bazz", "user_answer": "industry__"}
whats the command to reconfigure xserver-xorg?
`sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`
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{"user_question": "geez", "user_answer": "persia"}
Hi all, anyone that can point me to an application that I use to play my DvDs on Ubuntu? I used to use xine, but don't know if I can use it with Ubuntu
VLC plays dvds. sudo apt-get install xine should work too
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{"user_question": "n00blar", "user_answer": "draug_n"}
hello all. does anyone know why mplayer goes black after a few minutes? i have the video output set on x11.
perhaps its the screensaver?
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{"user_question": "GaryD", "user_answer": "dotblank"}
Hi, I'm trying to build ndis wrappers, but I get a message saying that gcc-3.4 is not found. Can anybody tell me how to get that?
sudo apt-get install build-essential
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{"user_question": "dldd", "user_answer": "robotgeek"}
i'm having major NFS issues with my ubuntu server. anyknow know where i can get quality NFS advice?
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/NFS-HOWTO/ <-- quite helpful
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{"user_question": "obscurite", "user_answer": "thoreauputic"}
hi - is there a 'preferred' place to download .bin files before executing, im a linux n00b here and ive downloaded realplayer and am not sure whether to execute it in my home directory ??
try the wiki for realplayer
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{"user_question": "matthews", "user_answer": "deFrysk"}
i accidently deleted my trash can icon, how can i get that back ? :P
right click on panel > add to panel
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{"user_question": "yarddog", "user_answer": "P229"}
what's the command line tool that can list all of the installed packages? i'm looking for the equivalent of gentoo's 'equery list' and redhat's 'rpm -qa'.
dpkg -l
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{"user_question": "_chris_", "user_answer": "bimberi"}
how do i eject my cd?
right click on the CD and select eject
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{"user_question": "h4zn__", "user_answer": "Diffindo"}
I'm getting two devices for my one card: wlan0 and wmaster0. Which should I use to connect to the wireless network?
wlan0
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{"user_question": "Colossus", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
Hey; I'm having trouble installing Ubuntu on my laptop. When I install, it hangs at 15% when it's 'Detecting file systems' ... I've had issues with that sort of thing before because it always tries to find a floppy drive, which my laptop doesn't have.
yeah. releases.ubuntu.com get the alternate ISO
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{"user_question": "Colossus", "user_answer": "Flannel"}
how do i save when editing with nano
CTRL+X
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{"user_question": "grodius", "user_answer": "mahangu"}
Hi, does anybody know how to start Gnome Disk Utility using a command in the terminal? gnome-disk-utility isn't it it seems
sorry typo --> palimpsest
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{"user_question": "soerenbnoergaard", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}