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blatant digression: why do people buy 64 bit processors?	good for servers, sucky for desktops unless you run os x, imo
anyone know an oss tool to mass convert bmp images to png ?	convert in package imagemagick
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)
hi there, i'm trying to compile eet, for dr17, but it's complaining that i don't have a suitable compiler. i've installed gcc 3.3, but it doesn't find it. anyone know why?	try installing build-essential
just quickly, anyone know a good screen capture application? i can find a few but dunno which to choose.	there is one integrated in ubuntu
is it possible to search all subfolders with grep?	you can specify recursive, so i'd guess so
any ideas how to fix kernel on 11.10? i have access to tty console only	to fix what¿ do we have to guess¿
is there a program that finds orphaned libraries?	get gtkorphan for a gui
when i installed ubuntu on my machine, i only used 65% of my hard-drive with main and swap partitions. today i used gparted to partition the rest of the drive, but it doesn't appear mounted. how can i mount that new partition permanently?	put it in fstab
hi, is every nc10 mousepad multi touch capable? i've got the one with the small touchpad and physical keys	yeah every nc10 is multitouch, i don't know about the special edition (the glossy screen one) though. but it doesn't work on ubuntu (multitouch)
what exactly do the colors in bash indicate? sorry if i'm not in the right area to be asking this :\|	see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/where-is-color-of-ls-command-defined.html
lol i was going to get away from all the make-kpkg crap and just do it manualy (make && make modules_install) and add an entry to grub.conf but grub.conf is menu.lst now and i don't remember how to specify the root the old way	debian maybe. i wouldnt use gentoo :)
ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?	try synaptic
hi. i would like to make a video using some images and an audio. whats the best software to do that?	pitivi?
hi, how do i find out some information about my hardware? i have an additional pci sata controller..	lspci
did anyone manage to get an ati radeon9800 to use hardware acceleration?	https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/binarydriverhowto
anyone know of a good gnome-panel replacement?	umm xfce?
how do i add a module to be automatically loaded on boot so i don't have to 'modprobe' each time? i can't remember!	/etc/modules
has anyone had problems with broadcom46xx disconnecting randomly?	i think broadcom=problems :) but id check the forums
can anyone do me a favor and tell me if my site is taking an extremely long time to load (i.e. 30+ seconds) https://secure.adventure-inn.com	8 seconds, i am sitting in south africa
i'm `tail -f`ing a file. does anyone know a good way to fire a script off when a certain line is detected? grep unfortunately doesn't work when following a file.	pipe it into a loop and do read line in it... then you can do all your magic with $line
how can i check what version of xorg am i running ?	dpkg -l xserver-xorg
why is sudo gedit bad?	because then you'd be able to edit any file on your system with your instance of gedit , whch is probably not what you want to do
how can i get pidgin on ubuntu	just get the deb
hey all, i just installed kubuntu, but i don't like it all that much and i miss gnome. how can i install gnome?	apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
wha tis wrong with firefox?	there's a longish thread on ubuntuforums about it
what is the version of nvidia driver in nvidia-glx-new ?	177 i think for intrepid
how do you set a static ip in ubuntu?	you can do it manually by editing '/etc/network/interfaces'
or whatever? alsa is used by ubuntu, pulse audio uses alsa..	pulseaudio uses alsa ? :-o
how do i change the order in grub? i wan't windows at the top of the list	sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.list, copy and paste the windows entry above the other entries
cna someone point me to a ubuntu wiki on hd size requirements for ubuntu?	if you trust the packagin, yes :)
while installing i havent specify swap partition, and now i needed it for hibernating and for performance.. i made swap partition, but every time i start, i need to make it swapon the partition any way i can make it while booting or automatically??	add it to /etc/fstab
what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application	then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process
when trying to play an avi i can hear the file but the video is blinking and color depth is low, anyone might have the issue to this?	problem is in vlc also?
do i need to install the whole gnome package just to get gdm? im running fluxbox	then check out the dependencies
guys, can someone go to computer->desktop preferences->theme manager and tell me what command that executes in gnome?	yes, that's it
what is the terminal command to run after a program to have it run outside of the terminal emulator?	or use screen/tmux
will my 10.04 beta install be upgradeable to the offical full release or do i have to do a clean install?	and yes, upgrade is working to get the final
n0pme trying it now	after yo umake the changes.. do a: sudo update-grub .. all set
which programing language is written open office ?	java
why won't graveman accept any audio for burning to an audio cd except wav's?	sounds like a highly application specific error, i would search on their website
question: i've always been running debian but since i'm spreading out linux to my relatives i think it might be good changing everything to ubuntu since it's got a little more user friendly wiki etc, anyway, i never really understood if it's possible to have something alike 'stable' in sources.list to that it'll use all the new soft from stable releases, is this possible?	if ubuntu does not work out for the newbies you can try linspire or freespire because they are very newbie friendly even if not too geek friendly
how do you do that, cpk2?	i thought that deactivating/activating the connection in the networking pref's would make ubuntu re-recognize the modem but it won't
anyone using ubuntu 10.10, what is the latest kernel in use at the moment, i included some ppa (kamal-backlight ppa) to fix some brightness issue, that was almost a month ago and save for the kernels in this ppa, i still have the non-ppa kernel [2.6.35.23-egeneric], is it that the kernel team is not releasing anymore kernel or kamal's ppa kinda disabled updates from the previous kernel team?	you could try editing your /etc/apt/sources.list (or the files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d) and comment out the ppa that's overriding your kernel, then run 'apt-get update'
wow, so far so good, everything seems stable	you can get the binary straight off the adobe/macromedia website
can i make cron start a process at say 10 at night and stop it at say 6 in the morning every day?	make a script to start the app and c=have cron call that at 10, then another sc
... chaospsychex, sudo always uses the user password, even with root having a password, sudo would still use the user password	its more of a remote invasion issue than local - there is no user by default that has root privs you can login as. its low level secure, but still sound.
hi guys, where does the automatic install of apache get put in fiesty? thanks.	try 'whereis apache'
hi there, i have a problem, in dolphin, there's no more window decorator, may someone help me?	log out and log back in
will 11.10 feature a unity based gnome 3 or a classsic gnome 3?	unity 2d 3d stock gnome 3 s in the repos
what is software called that lets me share my mouse and keyboard amoung multiple computer?	a hardware multiplexor
i've a little problem with a 13gb's .xsession-error file. can i remove it safely ?	you can open it with 'less'
i have a question: i backed up my windos partition to my external usb hd. then reformated the entire laptop hd and installed ubuntu. now i want to switch back and restore all of my files. how do i copy the partition over from the removable hd to my normal hd, which is now ntfs formatted	that lets you browse dd's help file.
i have a fuppes question if anyone can help me... having trouble with an install. when installing the package, it says 'error:dependancy not available: libavcodec1d.' if i try and get it through synaptic, it says that the file is no longer available.	try sudo apt-get install libavcodec51
in ubuntu, when you install a package either through 'add/remove' or 'synaptic' , where it will keep the downloaded packages ?	/var/cache/apt/archives/
how do i change my password from terminal?	passwd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yr0u-oybyo&feature=share	please consider that we are a support channel and that that was (for us) wothless information...:)
question about find: how can i get -exec to run a pipe? i want to do something to every file for which file spits out 'ascii text file, with crlf line terminators'.	i tend not to use -exec much
why doesnt the download page have a link for a torrent?	most people associate torrents with illegal software.
does anybody know how i can use ubuntu to format and write to a hfs+?	see if this url helps you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=392287
hi, the remote desktop option hangs often when i do ubuntu to ubuntu connection, since lucid i think, is it a known bug? the remote vnc crashes.	: have you tried reducing your graphic settings to the bare min for that vnc connetion?
hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer?	use xv as the video output
any way to get software 256-bit key aes encryption on ubuntu ?	you can use dm-crypt
ok. where can i learn what i need to do to be able to hear multiple sound sources at the same time, like a message notification from pidgin, music played in a widget in firefox, and game sound in world of warcraft?	it isn't in gutsy as far as i know
greetings; quick question: how to we set a startup script to launch a program under a user that is not root (i.e. i'm setting up sphinxsearch app and it won't work nicely with apache unless it's launched under the www-data user)	alright, try now :)
i need to knwo where to learn some linux commands?	http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
question: anyone know anything about getting an mx revolution to work with ubuntu? mine works with my laptop, but not my mac pro	iam using a rev now but havnt bothered to set up the extra buttons
hey all .. i have a question a friend of mine is trying to update his edgy and there are 2 upgrads that just wont install due to dependency problems... the package linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic can't be installed :s	there is an inconsistency on the server at the moment. it will go away.
is there any package that can be used to create split archives?	tar can
why for example i do 'useradd -g cacti cactiuser' i just have '$' when i log on ? i would like something like 'cactiuser@ubuntu:' any idea ?	copy the contents of /etc/skel/ into that user's home directory
http://packages.debian.org i know that a similar page exists for ubuntu, but i can't remember url	packages.ubuntu.com
i want to configure a programm but i get following error on ./configure : configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables.	sudo apt-get install g++
hi, i compiled a program with make and the removed the folder of the source, how can i uninstall it now?	or, ask ikonia said, remove it manually
how does one enable the 'debian menu'?	apt-get install menu-xdg
i don't get any scrollback in gnome-terminal when using screen. but when i use rxvt with the same .screenrc i get scrollback. any suggestions?	eh? you don't want scrollback via the terminal when using screen. enter copy mode with ctrl+a [, then you can use the arrow keys and pg up/down
is there a way to tell if a package has been updated recently? i.e. if i wanted to find out if the package management system had updated banshee recently, could i find that out?	you can check the dpkg log in /var/log/dpkg.log
what is the name of the package of the gnome networking configuration tool?	network-admin
does anyone know a software that can automatically place photos on a page? i want to make a photo-book with around 16-25 photos/page?	gthumb has a contact sheet plugin, which might do what you want.. i'm not sure but worth a look. does shotwell nto have such a thing also?
does anyone know how to configure the internet on ubuntu?	maybe i can help?
hey guys, just updated my ubuntu 11.10 system to 12.04, and now all the font is white ... any quick fixes?	i had that issue. i went to the appearance tab of the control center
is security.ubuntu.com down?	looks like it is down
hey need help trying to append using tee command not workin : cat moe.txt \| cat info.txt \| tee > jeje.txt thx =)	cat moe.txt \| cat info.txt \| tee -a jeje.txt
anybody know how to disable apport?	look at /etc/default/apport and set enabled to 0
hey people! in gnome, you can press f11 for fullscreen. is there also a key for maximise?	alt+f10
what's the terminal command to make a list go 1 page at a time instead of big long list?	or any other pager, like more or most
hello, can anyone help me, when i try to resize the partition(ext3) with gparted it says that partition is busy	do a sudo umount -a & then try
after system upgrade my system is crashing ant putting a message 'panic occurred, switching back to text console'. this happens when i use skype at video calls, for example	this is a a kernel issue
hello al, pls does it work ? i am testing apache	seems to be working
does xchat has some script editor ? so i can configure autojoin channel and auto identify nick ?	i don't know but irssi does.
i love how all the grub fixes listed online assume you have a ubuntu cd lying around.	unless you have another version of ubuntu or something installed on the same computer, as far as i know... you can't.
sorry for all the spaming, but if there's anyone out there who could help me with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1694796#post1694796 i'd be very grateful. i really need help with this...	ls -l
ok. after a fullscreen program closes and your desktop resolution is unusably low, now do you restore it back to how it should look ?	system - preferences - screen resolution
hey trism. i think i am stuck here, i am new to ubuntu and linux and dont know much.	good start here ... www.ubuntupocketguide.com
hmm. does totem use xine libraries and plugins?	not by default. you have to install totem-xine
question. i tried to drop a couple apps on my left hand toolbar. they didn't stick but spaces were created. now theres spaces i can't seem to get rid of. anyone know how to remove them?	tried myunity for that?
yes? the last time i tried that if fucked up my gnome libs, preventing gdm to start	until yesterday, yes. now i've upgraded to hoary, but it worked smooth
how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?	cat /proc/cpuinfo
when my pc is unplugged at the wall for more than 10 minutes i cannot boot it again next time. i had to open it and swap the jumper cables of my two hard drives. how can i fix this from happening over and over?	<< hardware problem, nothing to do with linux
yo what's up -- i'm trying to copy a file from an external hd to my desktop (using root nautillus) but i get an error saying i don't have permission. how can i bypass this error and copy files and folders?	the desktop is a separate nautilus session running as your user.. navigate to your desktop in the root nautilus window
hi can anyone make bcm 4312 work on ubuntu	you find some bcm packages in synaptic

blatant digression: why do people buy 64 bit processors?

good for servers, sucky for desktops unless you run os x, imo

anyone know an oss tool to mass convert bmp images to png ?

convert in package imagemagick

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)

hi there, i'm trying to compile eet, for dr17, but it's complaining that i don't have a suitable compiler. i've installed gcc 3.3, but it doesn't find it. anyone know why?

try installing build-essential

just quickly, anyone know a good screen capture application? i can find a few but dunno which to choose.

there is one integrated in ubuntu

is it possible to search all subfolders with grep?

you can specify recursive, so i'd guess so

any ideas how to fix kernel on 11.10? i have access to tty console only

to fix what¿ do we have to guess¿

is there a program that finds orphaned libraries?

get gtkorphan for a gui

when i installed ubuntu on my machine, i only used 65% of my hard-drive with main and swap partitions. today i used gparted to partition the rest of the drive, but it doesn't appear mounted. how can i mount that new partition permanently?

put it in fstab

hi, is every nc10 mousepad multi touch capable? i've got the one with the small touchpad and physical keys

yeah every nc10 is multitouch, i don't know about the special edition (the glossy screen one) though. but it doesn't work on ubuntu (multitouch)

what exactly do the colors in bash indicate? sorry if i'm not in the right area to be asking this :|

see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/where-is-color-of-ls-command-defined.html

lol i was going to get away from all the make-kpkg crap and just do it manualy (make && make modules_install) and add an entry to grub.conf but grub.conf is menu.lst now and i don't remember how to specify the root the old way

debian maybe. i wouldnt use gentoo :)

ok, kdevelop isn't in the repos?

try synaptic

hi. i would like to make a video using some images and an audio. whats the best software to do that?

pitivi?

hi, how do i find out some information about my hardware? i have an additional pci sata controller..

lspci

did anyone manage to get an ati radeon9800 to use hardware acceleration?

https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/binarydriverhowto

anyone know of a good gnome-panel replacement?

umm xfce?

how do i add a module to be automatically loaded on boot so i don't have to 'modprobe' each time? i can't remember!

/etc/modules

has anyone had problems with broadcom46xx disconnecting randomly?

i think broadcom=problems :) but id check the forums

can anyone do me a favor and tell me if my site is taking an extremely long time to load (i.e. 30+ seconds) https://secure.adventure-inn.com

8 seconds, i am sitting in south africa

i'm `tail -f`ing a file. does anyone know a good way to fire a script off when a certain line is detected? grep unfortunately doesn't work when following a file.

pipe it into a loop and do read line in it... then you can do all your magic with $line

how can i check what version of xorg am i running ?

dpkg -l xserver-xorg

why is sudo gedit bad?

because then you'd be able to edit any file on your system with your instance of gedit , whch is probably not what you want to do

how can i get pidgin on ubuntu

just get the deb

hey all, i just installed kubuntu, but i don't like it all that much and i miss gnome. how can i install gnome?

apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

wha tis wrong with firefox?

there's a longish thread on ubuntuforums about it

what is the version of nvidia driver in nvidia-glx-new ?

177 i think for intrepid

how do you set a static ip in ubuntu?

you can do it manually by editing '/etc/network/interfaces'

or whatever? alsa is used by ubuntu, pulse audio uses alsa..

pulseaudio uses alsa ? :-o

how do i change the order in grub? i wan't windows at the top of the list

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.list, copy and paste the windows entry above the other entries

cna someone point me to a ubuntu wiki on hd size requirements for ubuntu?

if you trust the packagin, yes :)

while installing i havent specify swap partition, and now i needed it for hibernating and for performance.. i made swap partition, but every time i start, i need to make it swapon the partition any way i can make it while booting or automatically??

add it to /etc/fstab

what command is it to show me what applications are running, and whats the command to kill a certain application

then kill -9 $pid will abruptly drop the process

when trying to play an avi i can hear the file but the video is blinking and color depth is low, anyone might have the issue to this?

problem is in vlc also?

do i need to install the whole gnome package just to get gdm? im running fluxbox

then check out the dependencies

guys, can someone go to computer->desktop preferences->theme manager and tell me what command that executes in gnome?

yes, that's it

what is the terminal command to run after a program to have it run outside of the terminal emulator?

or use screen/tmux

will my 10.04 beta install be upgradeable to the offical full release or do i have to do a clean install?

and yes, upgrade is working to get the final

n0pme trying it now

after yo umake the changes.. do a: sudo update-grub .. all set

which programing language is written open office ?

java

why won't graveman accept any audio for burning to an audio cd except wav's?

sounds like a highly application specific error, i would search on their website

question: i've always been running debian but since i'm spreading out linux to my relatives i think it might be good changing everything to ubuntu since it's got a little more user friendly wiki etc, anyway, i never really understood if it's possible to have something alike 'stable' in sources.list to that it'll use all the new soft from stable releases, is this possible?

if ubuntu does not work out for the newbies you can try linspire or freespire because they are very newbie friendly even if not too geek friendly

how do you do that, cpk2?

i thought that deactivating/activating the connection in the networking pref's would make ubuntu re-recognize the modem but it won't

anyone using ubuntu 10.10, what is the latest kernel in use at the moment, i included some ppa (kamal-backlight ppa) to fix some brightness issue, that was almost a month ago and save for the kernels in this ppa, i still have the non-ppa kernel [2.6.35.23-egeneric], is it that the kernel team is not releasing anymore kernel or kamal's ppa kinda disabled updates from the previous kernel team?

you could try editing your /etc/apt/sources.list (or the files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d) and comment out the ppa that's overriding your kernel, then run 'apt-get update'

wow, so far so good, everything seems stable

you can get the binary straight off the adobe/macromedia website

can i make cron start a process at say 10 at night and stop it at say 6 in the morning every day?

make a script to start the app and c=have cron call that at 10, then another sc

... chaospsychex, sudo always uses the user password, even with root having a password, sudo would still use the user password

its more of a remote invasion issue than local - there is no user by default that has root privs you can login as. its low level secure, but still sound.

hi guys, where does the automatic install of apache get put in fiesty? thanks.

try 'whereis apache'

hi there, i have a problem, in dolphin, there's no more window decorator, may someone help me?

log out and log back in

will 11.10 feature a unity based gnome 3 or a classsic gnome 3?

unity 2d 3d stock gnome 3 s in the repos

what is software called that lets me share my mouse and keyboard amoung multiple computer?

a hardware multiplexor

i've a little problem with a 13gb's .xsession-error file. can i remove it safely ?

you can open it with 'less'

i have a question: i backed up my windos partition to my external usb hd. then reformated the entire laptop hd and installed ubuntu. now i want to switch back and restore all of my files. how do i copy the partition over from the removable hd to my normal hd, which is now ntfs formatted

that lets you browse dd's help file.

i have a fuppes question if anyone can help me... having trouble with an install. when installing the package, it says 'error:dependancy not available: libavcodec1d.' if i try and get it through synaptic, it says that the file is no longer available.

try sudo apt-get install libavcodec51

in ubuntu, when you install a package either through 'add/remove' or 'synaptic' , where it will keep the downloaded packages ?

/var/cache/apt/archives/

how do i change my password from terminal?

passwd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yr0u-oybyo&feature=share

please consider that we are a support channel and that that was (for us) wothless information...:)

question about find: how can i get -exec to run a pipe? i want to do something to every file for which file spits out 'ascii text file, with crlf line terminators'.

i tend not to use -exec much

why doesnt the download page have a link for a torrent?

most people associate torrents with illegal software.

does anybody know how i can use ubuntu to format and write to a hfs+?

see if this url helps you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=392287

hi, the remote desktop option hangs often when i do ubuntu to ubuntu connection, since lucid i think, is it a known bug? the remote vnc crashes.

: have you tried reducing your graphic settings to the bare min for that vnc connetion?

hey, how i can increase the resolution screen when i am seeing a movie with mplayer?

use xv as the video output

any way to get software 256-bit key aes encryption on ubuntu ?

you can use dm-crypt

ok. where can i learn what i need to do to be able to hear multiple sound sources at the same time, like a message notification from pidgin, music played in a widget in firefox, and game sound in world of warcraft?

it isn't in gutsy as far as i know

greetings; quick question: how to we set a startup script to launch a program under a user that is not root (i.e. i'm setting up sphinxsearch app and it won't work nicely with apache unless it's launched under the www-data user)

alright, try now :)

i need to knwo where to learn some linux commands?

http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

question: anyone know anything about getting an mx revolution to work with ubuntu? mine works with my laptop, but not my mac pro

iam using a rev now but havnt bothered to set up the extra buttons

hey all .. i have a question a friend of mine is trying to update his edgy and there are 2 upgrads that just wont install due to dependency problems... the package linux-headers-2.6.17-11-generic can't be installed :s

there is an inconsistency on the server at the moment. it will go away.

is there any package that can be used to create split archives?

tar can

why for example i do 'useradd -g cacti cactiuser' i just have '$' when i log on ? i would like something like 'cactiuser@ubuntu:' any idea ?

copy the contents of /etc/skel/ into that user's home directory

http://packages.debian.org i know that a similar page exists for ubuntu, but i can't remember url

packages.ubuntu.com

i want to configure a programm but i get following error on ./configure : configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c++ compiler cannot create executables.

sudo apt-get install g++

hi, i compiled a program with make and the removed the folder of the source, how can i uninstall it now?

or, ask ikonia said, remove it manually

how does one enable the 'debian menu'?

apt-get install menu-xdg

i don't get any scrollback in gnome-terminal when using screen. but when i use rxvt with the same .screenrc i get scrollback. any suggestions?

eh? you don't want scrollback via the terminal when using screen. enter copy mode with ctrl+a [, then you can use the arrow keys and pg up/down

is there a way to tell if a package has been updated recently? i.e. if i wanted to find out if the package management system had updated banshee recently, could i find that out?

you can check the dpkg log in /var/log/dpkg.log

what is the name of the package of the gnome networking configuration tool?

network-admin

does anyone know a software that can automatically place photos on a page? i want to make a photo-book with around 16-25 photos/page?

gthumb has a contact sheet plugin, which might do what you want.. i'm not sure but worth a look. does shotwell nto have such a thing also?

does anyone know how to configure the internet on ubuntu?

maybe i can help?

hey guys, just updated my ubuntu 11.10 system to 12.04, and now all the font is white ... any quick fixes?

i had that issue. i went to the appearance tab of the control center

is security.ubuntu.com down?

looks like it is down

hey need help trying to append using tee command not workin : cat moe.txt | cat info.txt | tee > jeje.txt thx =)

cat moe.txt | cat info.txt | tee -a jeje.txt

anybody know how to disable apport?

look at /etc/default/apport and set enabled to 0

hey people! in gnome, you can press f11 for fullscreen. is there also a key for maximise?

alt+f10

what's the terminal command to make a list go 1 page at a time instead of big long list?

or any other pager, like more or most

hello, can anyone help me, when i try to resize the partition(ext3) with gparted it says that partition is busy

do a sudo umount -a & then try

after system upgrade my system is crashing ant putting a message 'panic occurred, switching back to text console'. this happens when i use skype at video calls, for example

this is a a kernel issue

hello al, pls does it work ? i am testing apache

seems to be working

does xchat has some script editor ? so i can configure autojoin channel and auto identify nick ?

i don't know but irssi does.

i love how all the grub fixes listed online assume you have a ubuntu cd lying around.

unless you have another version of ubuntu or something installed on the same computer, as far as i know... you can't.

sorry for all the spaming, but if there's anyone out there who could help me with this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1694796#post1694796 i'd be very grateful. i really need help with this...

ls -l

ok. after a fullscreen program closes and your desktop resolution is unusably low, now do you restore it back to how it should look ?

system - preferences - screen resolution

hey trism. i think i am stuck here, i am new to ubuntu and linux and dont know much.

good start here ... www.ubuntupocketguide.com

hmm. does totem use xine libraries and plugins?

not by default. you have to install totem-xine

question. i tried to drop a couple apps on my left hand toolbar. they didn't stick but spaces were created. now theres spaces i can't seem to get rid of. anyone know how to remove them?

tried myunity for that?

yes? the last time i tried that if fucked up my gnome libs, preventing gdm to start

until yesterday, yes. now i've upgraded to hoary, but it worked smooth

how can i now what is my processor in a terminal ?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

when my pc is unplugged at the wall for more than 10 minutes i cannot boot it again next time. i had to open it and swap the jumper cables of my two hard drives. how can i fix this from happening over and over?

<< hardware problem, nothing to do with linux

yo what's up -- i'm trying to copy a file from an external hd to my desktop (using root nautillus) but i get an error saying i don't have permission. how can i bypass this error and copy files and folders?

the desktop is a separate nautilus session running as your user.. navigate to your desktop in the root nautilus window

hi can anyone make bcm 4312 work on ubuntu

you find some bcm packages in synaptic