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But I am booting with LILO because grub won't install. if I update the kernel, I dunno how the lilo will be screwing my boot installation ...
what kernel you looking for
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{"user_question": "felix_1", "user_answer": "SiRrUs"}
I can't understand anything :(
paste it on pastebin.com
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{"user_question": "Psyk[", "user_answer": "lunitik"}
Does anyone here have a PCI-E video card working with the ATi drivers? Just out of interest?
not on hoary, hoary kernels don't support it out of the box
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{"user_question": "excession", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
does warty use standard /dev devices, or udev?
udev
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{"user_question": "Drizzt321", "user_answer": "lunitik"}
anyone know the difference between hoary ubuntu and kubuntu hoary, just curious
explained kubuntu.org.uk FAQ
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{"user_question": "ells", "user_answer": "Tuxicity"}
i need to organize music on my walkman on ubuntu 10.10 whats the best to use
banshee and ryhtm box both have that ability i believe
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{"user_question": "sparky44", "user_answer": "mickster04"}
hey, i have a problem. i just did a fresh install of ubuntu but i cant use sudo to run commands (its asking for a password even though i havent set one with `sudo passwd root`). what should i do?
it wants your user password
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{"user_question": "tommy", "user_answer": "Seq"}
all: where is the 'command line' ? i am trying to register the gstreamer plugins...
Applications> Accessories> Terminal
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{"user_question": "niels_", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
Hello, anyone got a link to a tutorial on how to get sound working on ubuntu?
http://ubuntuguide.org
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{"user_question": "osvaldo", "user_answer": "godo"}
Hi everybody is there a special channel for ubuntu labtop problems? I thought #ubuntu-labtop but there is activity.
just ask pls ..
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{"user_question": "joris_", "user_answer": "wickedpuppy"}
is there a driver you can download from canon?
have you tried a lower numbered model?
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{"user_question": "rintrah", "user_answer": "nomasteryoda"}
whats a good video convertor? i'd like to render all videos in a directory to another format, from terminal, if possible.
ffmpeg
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{"user_question": "goltoof", "user_answer": "nothingspecial"}
hey.. how do I run something from terminal and have the terminal not wait for it to finish?
command &
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{"user_question": "Rotham", "user_answer": "goltoof"}
how can I stop ubuntu from fetching some things from the CD :I
try editing /etc/apt/sources.list
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{"user_question": "thenuke", "user_answer": "ebone"}
can someone tell which system monitor is used here? http://www.tuxme.com/node/486
You can use apt-get or Synaptic to install gdesklets and then visit that site to download the individual Gnome desklets.
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{"user_question": "priest", "user_answer": "Lighty"}
is there a way to get a list of packages that no package depends on?
that none? Use deborphan.
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{"user_question": "H0lyD4wg", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
hello,, it's me again. Now, I've got another problem. I'm using Mint 64-bit, on ASUS A43E, With graphic card, detected as Intel Sandybridge Mobile and RAM 2G. Now, I've the following error (I upload in an image hosting) http://i.imgur.com/OKzOT.png Could somebody help me out? FYI, if I maximized the window, the 'error' sometimes gone. And if it still there, I just minimized/ maximized/ restore the window till it's gone.
get mintsupport
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{"user_question": "mynameisthom", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
hello all, how can I write this letter: ô 'U+00F4 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX'; In windows: Alt+ANSII code, here in lucid?
Alt+0244
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{"user_question": "antivirtel", "user_answer": "Stellarium-"}
Hi folks, can someone help me please? I am here in a datacentre at a server and need some WWW-Research (have no GUI here, so cannot browse)
install links, the browser.
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{"user_question": "Thomas_Nie", "user_answer": "shazzr"}
hi there... i have some problems with the configuration of a dhcpd... somebody has time to give tipps for 5 minutes?
why not say what your problems are, we may know the answers, this asking to ask is a tad unproductive
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{"user_question": "mameluke", "user_answer": "ompaul"}
does someone here have an idea how to build an mp3 alarm clock with ubuntu? rhythmbox doesn't work with at either :-/
mpg321 and cron?
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{"user_question": "wolki", "user_answer": "cafuego"}
is there a way to prevent iptabled from logging to dmesg?
yes.. there is a way to do it by modifying your syslog settings.. I don't know exactly how to do that, but that should get you started....
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{"user_question": "drspin", "user_answer": "meuserj|work"}
I'm having a hairy, hoary problem with an apt-get dist-upgrade on a machine that crashed mid-update (Hoary). Has anyone ever seen this error: '(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dbus-1-utils_0.23-1ubuntu3_i386.deb (--install): unable to open files list file for package `dbus-1-utils': Input/output error'
input output error seems a filesystem prob
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{"user_question": "rodi", "user_answer": "Guybrush|Numb"}
how do I find what process is listening to a port? I want to know why I can't forward port 5900 because something else is listening to it.
'netstat --tcp -lp' or 'lsof | grep LISTEN'
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{"user_question": "jimcooncat", "user_answer": "Ng"}
Hi,recommend me a good editor,will mainly use for html/php/js & etc.. any idea
jEdit will let you use the same GUI editor on almost any OS. excellent programmer's editor.
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{"user_question": "alabala", "user_answer": "mneptok"}
how do I mount a CD image?
- mount -o loop foo.iso /mnt/iso
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{"user_question": "bzbb", "user_answer": "CarlK"}
is the ntfs support in 7.04 limited to read-only? (i'm booted up as livecd)
you can install software in the live disk.
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{"user_question": "toubsu", "user_answer": "Falstius"}
the theme switcher freaks out on me, wont' let me scroll. But if I click on another theme on the first page then it works fine?
that just happened to me too
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{"user_question": "imnes", "user_answer": "shilbert"}
Question: [netstat] <defunct> in my process list is zombied. Why? Is this a concern?
didn't termonate properly, concer? they aren't a good thing, but not fatal either
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{"user_question": "sysop", "user_answer": "bascule"}
how would I go about mounting an sd card from an external card reader?
mount /dev/sdX /where/you/want/it
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{"user_question": "itmustbejj_", "user_answer": "iceroot"}
I have 2 computers at home. I made an ssh connection from one to another but I don't know how to open some gui application from terminal which will work after i close my ssh connection. Can someone help me? I tried 'screen' and it kinda works but then i get a application window on client computer, not server computer
yourapp &&
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{"user_question": "mats", "user_answer": "minimec"}
What is the program to do screen captures under gnome?
I don't remember the name, but you can justt press printscreen button on keyboard
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{"user_question": "Zugwrack", "user_answer": "onkarshinde"}
sorry for the repost: How is the combination these days for Intel GMA x3100 and Compiz fusion? I read about lots of problems getting it to work. I was wondering if it's working out of the box now after you've installed the compiz-config settings manager?
compiz is the major source of problems, you should uninstall it
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{"user_question": "Viccie", "user_answer": "ariakus"}
hi, if I use the command ps... how can i see which process is using the most memory?
us top :)
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{"user_question": "larsrohdin", "user_answer": "wdh"}
if i have somethng i cache how do i tell ubuntus apt to install from cache only and not download?
--no-download does exactly what you want
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{"user_question": "ubuntu_", "user_answer": "wdh"}
Emm... n00b question, I have installed ssh, but I want to get rid of it, how do i do this?
You can go into the 'Package Manager' (synaptic), then use 'Search' to find ssh, and remove the one with the green-box status icon.
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{"user_question": "goldfish", "user_answer": "Jimbob"}
How do you keep a single window in the window list from taking up the entire panel in GNOME?
Shrink the 'minimum size' and increase the 'maximum size'
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{"user_question": "joshua__", "user_answer": "Jimbob"}
anyone else having trouble with pidgin and msn?
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/fix-pidgin-ssl-error/
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{"user_question": "jamfade", "user_answer": "heslam"}
If I install Xubuntu, then later can I easily switch between two easily?
yes gdm allows you to change sessions
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{"user_question": "bruteforce_allti", "user_answer": "aeon-ltd"}
anyone know a good p2p app fot linux?
bittorrent or mldonkey
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{"user_question": "Elsidox", "user_answer": "moyogo"}
when can we start testing breezy?
currently its not even compiled completely...
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{"user_question": "Elsidox", "user_answer": "ogra"}
I'm watching a config file in terminal (the line that I write on is indicated with ':') and I can only browse up and down the file. how do I get out?
try :q!
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{"user_question": "klaym", "user_answer": "johns_"}
i can ping my ubuntu box, it connects to the local network on eth0 but the internet on my other network card eth1 - do i need to bridge them so local network can see eth1?
I'm not really sure how cable works but check /etc/resolv.conf for any dns entries your laptop can use
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{"user_question": "morchuboo", "user_answer": "GammaRay"}
hey does anyone know of a picture library program for gnome?
gThumb
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{"user_question": "Linforcer", "user_answer": "sig"}
Silly question.... start x to start gui... to stop gui???
server gdm stop
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{"user_question": "franksterville", "user_answer": "Muelli"}
How do I change the size of the icons on the desktop in Gnome? And, can I change the size of the window title bars to make them a bit thinner.
for the title bars, you'd have to change your theme
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{"user_question": "WillCooke", "user_answer": "andrewski"}
hey, my mouse starts sending button events when I move it after switching to my Ubuntu desktop. I also get this message: Jun 23 08:48:39 dan kernel: psmouse.c: Explorer Mouse at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 2 bytes away. What can I do about this? In order to fix it I must always unplug my mouse from the KVM then plug it back in
try without the KVM
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{"user_question": "chillywilly", "user_answer": "Seveas"}
how do I add a new admin user from bash while still making sure that it behaves just as if I had created it from the gui?
use the command 'adduser' or 'useradd', add this user to the desired groups (/etc/groups) and give him sudo privileges (visudo)
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{"user_question": "holotone", "user_answer": "velko"}
hey guys .. is there a graphical tool to adjust the screen position in Ubunto?
computer>system configuration>screen resolution maybe?
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{"user_question": "ne0genius", "user_answer": "REN0"}
can tell me any kget like tool on ubuntu ?
you can use kget probably. d4x is a good download manager as well
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{"user_question": "ArdieM", "user_answer": "mdke"}
does anybody know how stable breezy is?
I'll give you that ;) I do use php :)
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{"user_question": "KBJ", "user_answer": "drspin"}
do i need to tweak anything on my hd 120Gb in ubuntu or is it OK by default? And i want to enable dma on my dvd and on my cdrw but where do i enable this so its on during boot?
/etc/hdparm.conf and look for dma cdrom on www.ubuntuforums.org
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{"user_question": "zzyber", "user_answer": "Shufla"}
I installed vlc mozilla plugin and all I get when I go to view movie trailers at apple.com is a blank box that says (no picture). Annyone know what I could do to fix that?
you may need extra codecs for .mov files?
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{"user_question": "Tux-Rox", "user_answer": "aquarius"}
Anyone know how to install a new GNOME splash image?
there might be a key in gconf-editor
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{"user_question": "Tux-Rox", "user_answer": "GammaRay"}
anyone know what package it is that contains quote of the day?
probably bsdgames
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{"user_question": "pepperpot", "user_answer": "Timbo"}
how stable is today's hoary gnome?
I'm staring at my desktop, looks fine to me.
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{"user_question": "hendsp", "user_answer": "ewhitten"}
Hi all. Great work on Karmic! (other than it broke my tty customisation). When you run 'aptitude update' it prints a status message, for example 'Current status: 4 updates [+4], 3623 new [+14]'. Is there a way to get this information without doing an aptitude update ?
apt-get update should print all updates available without having to download them
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{"user_question": "DaveHope", "user_answer": "filgy"}
If one haas warty, should they upgrade to hoary now?
cat /etc/fstab and look for ext3 or ext2
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{"user_question": "goldfish", "user_answer": "JDahl"}
how can i disable all of user's permission to connect to the server? and do not delete that user
remove the user from fuse group
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{"user_question": "zipp0", "user_answer": "llutz_"}
Is there someone in particular who maintains this channel?
the developers tend to be noninvasive. Why?
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{"user_question": "gernika", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
hi, i have gnoppix 0.8.2.2 now (i've used 0.6.0-rc2 before) a there isn't mplayer, what can i use to play movies?
what about totem?
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{"user_question": "Milda", "user_answer": "randabis-laptop"}
I'm looking for a tool I've seen in Vista where you can just cut or crop something right off the screen with a scissors. Is there anything like that in Ubuntu? I would prefer n not having to take a screenshot and manipulate it in GIMP.
: theres a screenshot option whre you can select the required part of screen
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{"user_question": "Guest84947", "user_answer": "krish_er34"}
What's a good program to automatically (at night or whatever) download new podcasts for me from a bunch of RSS feeds?
i like gpodder
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{"user_question": "cjs", "user_answer": "jpmh"}
I wonder if I should try seb128's GTK 2.7.0 packages. Did they work for you?
they work quite fine
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{"user_question": "cmarqu", "user_answer": "seb128"}
When I login via ssh to my ubuntu machine, I get a motd and 'last login' string. What determines the order that info is displayed? Its not in my /etc/profile
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ssh-welcome-banner-on-ubuntu/
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{"user_question": "enferex", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Does ubuntu hoary come with shfs builtin the kernel?
shfs?
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{"user_question": "zOap", "user_answer": "HrdwrBoB"}
hey, I'm having a REALLY weird problem when loading xmms...
you need both libesd0 and libmikmod2 installed if you're using the binary-only Nvidia driver
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{"user_question": "robodex", "user_answer": "crimsun"}
a bit off-topic but; does anyone know of some sort of opensource webbased software development collaboration tool exist? one that can be easily installed using a standard hosting plan (php/mysql)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems
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{"user_question": "Bart6114", "user_answer": "Boohbah"}
how do I set up where if i move my mouse to the bottom corner of my screen it will show my desktop?
Ubuntu Tweak
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{"user_question": "bcurtiswx_", "user_answer": "Wraithulek"}
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download links to http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-netbook-i386.iso.torrent , but the latter link gives me a 404. problem?
there is no separate netbook release. I'll see about getting that link fixed though.
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{"user_question": "avij", "user_answer": "Pici"}
I got a thinkpad laptop and ive install hoary on it. anyone have a clue how i get suspend to work?
lol suspend even on windows is a bit iffy with thinkpads... need to have acpi and apm going
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{"user_question": "cyklus", "user_answer": "linux_galor1"}
How does one enable the root account in ubuntu?
www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/RootSudo
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{"user_question": "rignes", "user_answer": "trey3"}
Does any one have a triple boot? I have ubuntu and Vista now, but want Fedora also. I'm not sure exactly how to go about it.
you can but if you're just checking it out run it in virtualbox
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{"user_question": "allen__", "user_answer": "izinucs"}
hi when I use pc='uname -n' its just write uname -n, how to make it execute command and write output?
pc=$(uname -n)
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{"user_question": "SpiderFred", "user_answer": "llutz_"}
What package has documentation on C library functions?
manpages-dev
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{"user_question": "^Matt", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
How did I stop ping localhost from pinging
This will help: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
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{"user_question": "sms_", "user_answer": "Pici"}
Hi, testing, can someone pls confirm s/he can read this?
i can read that
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{"user_question": "avih", "user_answer": "mindhalt"}
i'm considering moving from gentoo to ubuntu . . . can someone point me to where i can find ubuntu package changelogs online?
I think this is the closest thing...not sure if it has changelogs
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{"user_question": "toojays", "user_answer": "randabis"}
Ubuntu lucid..Grub2 v1.98..I upgraded to the newest kernel and now have 23,24,25 kernels along with windows and another os and memtest on the display..I want to comment out the older kernel..Where in grub2 do I do this
use your package managing tool to uninstall those old kernels, just keep one (in case...)
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{"user_question": "Ray2", "user_answer": "guntbert"}
ok again: how do i change the default browser?
as root: rm /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser; ln -s path_to_new_browser /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser
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{"user_question": "wfx", "user_answer": "mov_ax_bx"}
Is there an easy way to install all the utilities I need to compile a program?
/msg ubotu build-deb
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{"user_question": "Petaris", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
how do i tell what version of xfree86 im running
then you have Xorg
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{"user_question": "Earthen", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
synaptic can show which packages have not been fully purged - can aptitude do the same for a server install?
aptitude purge ~c to get rid of them
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{"user_question": "^Mike", "user_answer": "llutz_"}
How can I tell what package provides an executable?
If you don't have it installed, you can either use apt-file, or http://packages.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "^Mike", "user_answer": "Pici"}
I cannot add a menu item anywhere under one of the applications menues. Why?
It's a known bug
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{"user_question": "seacyd", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
Hello... I was wondering, what exactly is the ubuntu launchpad? Are new bugs to be submitted via launchpad, or through bugzilla as usual? Thank you!
bugzilla for things in MAIN repository; launchapd for universe/multiverse
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{"user_question": "fdr", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
from where i can get window 7 theme for ubuntu?
Check gnome-look.org
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{"user_question": "pankaj_sharma", "user_answer": "Pici"}
which torrent client works on ubuntu?
try transmission it's very excellent and very safe (utorrent is non-free, no one knows what it does and how it works)
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{"user_question": "pankaj_sharma", "user_answer": "OsamaK"}
I am trying to mount my external cd/dvd-rw and i cant locate it in /etc/fstab, can anyone help http://paste.ubuntu.com/504258/
then either mount it from there, or make an entry for it in fstab
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{"user_question": "Queef", "user_answer": "Datz"}
anyone else having gnome menu issues on hoary?
it's a known bug
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{"user_question": "diego", "user_answer": "apokryphos"}
i'm an debian user looking to use ubuntu xorg packages...can someone tell me where ubuntu installes xorg?
prob. /usr/bin/X11
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{"user_question": "jcurry", "user_answer": "tck"}
how I can turn off my pc from terminal
shutdown -h now ?
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{"user_question": "jeavis", "user_answer": "thewolf"}
WHat on earth happened to unrar support in Archive Manager in Hoary
haveyou apt-get install rar ? I *think* that unrar'ing works in hoary with that
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{"user_question": "birger", "user_answer": "jintxo"}
Does anyone know how to list what installations of ruby you have?
Quick and dirty: dpkg --get-selections | grep ruby
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{"user_question": "Borgoluzzuo", "user_answer": "dajhorn"}
it's working fine for me (not with ubuntus nvidia-glx or restricted modules, but the installer from nividia.com). I'm using a custom built kernel, though so that may be why...
kernel 2.6.10 of hoary has known problems with nvidia
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{"user_question": "jintxo", "user_answer": "trukulo"}
what is the default admin password for ubuntu?
use sudo and your normal user password
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{"user_question": "digress", "user_answer": "farruinn"}
Hi all, Occasionally I'll get a message saying 'You have new mail in /var/www/uname' -- Is it possible to have this actually emailed to my person email address?
Yes. use a .forward file in your home directory, containing the email address you want it sent to
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{"user_question": "Borgoluzzuo", "user_answer": "genii-around"}
Hi! How can I fugure out what version of a package Ubuntu 5.10 uses, without like, installing it? :)
http://packages.ubuntu.com
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{"user_question": "regebro", "user_answer": "raphael"}
Hi. I'm about to buy a webcam and I haven't found a table or somekind of top ten list of best supported devices. Could you help me out?
see http://www.video4linux.net/
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{"user_question": "tommi^", "user_answer": "trygvebw"}
i hosed the ownership of /var... how can i find out the correct permissions and reset everything?
dunno. think you might be a bit screwed. different packages own different pieces of /var, afaict
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{"user_question": "Dreamer3", "user_answer": "HappyFool"}