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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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "phixxor", "user_answer": "jtaji"} |
Installed CompizConfig Session Manager on 11.10, started it and since then my unity sidebar and indicators from the top bar are gone. What could I do? Please help. | try setting ccsm to unity defaults and then log out and back in | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tarek1", "user_answer": "robin0800"} |
Nobody knows how to use VLC for copying DVD videos?? Can't believe it!!!! | use songbird | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DavidCanarias", "user_answer": "akuma55"} |
Hi. How can I disable pulseaudio this time? | but the gnome mixer applet will stop working | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mercury^", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
How to copy a string from xterm to Clipboard? | although it'll end up in the 'middle-click' keyboard, so you can paste with middle button click | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bullgard4", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
how do I check what time it is via CLI | 'date' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "RequinB4", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
howto change permission of a folder and contained files? | chmod -R | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "iqson716", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
hi there. Is there anyway I could image a complete harddrive to external server or harddrive? I'm upgrading my hd and don't want to have to reinstall everything | type 'man dd' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "refefer", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
Hey all! I have a setup I'm required to run for a piece of hardware that needs setup. Near the end of it's setup, it runs- 'rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' , which would remove my net rules. I am then told to reboot. Will rebooting auto-re-build the persistent.rules file??? Will my net work afterwords? | it should. That file just keeps track of the interfaces. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ZooMonkey", "user_answer": "bean"} |
what are the ways to install a .deb ? i cant install it with gdebi ? | yes you can, if it's an Ubuntu .deb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "user1", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
wo sind die paketquellen von edgy? gabs da nicht nen old stable archiv | you can find repositories for end-of-life releases at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "apollo13", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
is it possible to create a .deb for any generic tarball? | it takes a lot of patience | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lusepuster", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
whats the differance between help, info and man? | 'help' only works for bash-internal commands (i.e. commands that aren't really programs, but just built into your shell). 'info' was supposed to replace 'man' eventually, i believe, yet it didn't catch on incredibly much | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Arnos", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
i'm trying to look at my partition table using fdisk -l /dev/sda and it doesn't produce any output | lack of sudo? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hiptobecubic", "user_answer": "TiredWolf"} |
Is there a way to have the du command tell you how much data is left? Rather than just how much is used? | Use 'df' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "d0m1n0ez", "user_answer": "lazy1"} |
Hi all. The taskbar at the bottom of Ubuntu gets quite full really quickly when I have many windows open and at times it's difficult to differentiate and find the window I want quickly. Is there any way to group windows or something else to help remedy my issue? Thanks. | if you right-click on the small dots to the left of the window list, you can set window grouping | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bastones", "user_answer": "andjons"} |
how can I determine where my boot partition is mounted? | run mount, it should tell you waht is mounted where | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kernelpanicker", "user_answer": "firelord42"} |
Any way around that? | use chmod -r 0600 /home/username | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hydroponic", "user_answer": "vilemaxim"} |
can anyone try http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3750020 and tell me if theres sound? | i got sound there | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jimmmym", "user_answer": "teddy"} |
is there a way to edit files directly on a server with a gui app on my local machine? like using Kate? | many editors support the 'direct editing' of remote files over ftp/ssh/other methods as well | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "yuji", "user_answer": "dr_Willis"} |
is there a way to make aptitude install from downloaded packages? i'm stuck without a gui after attempting to switch to xubuntu from ubuntu. and i want to follow this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18920/any-way-to-get-a-fresh-ubuntu-desktop-without-re-installing/18993#18993 | $ sudo dpkg -i -y /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mindsystem", "user_answer": "cixtor"} |
How is network manager supposed to show me available mobile broadband connections, or error messages? I make a connection, and nothing happens. I have no idea if theres something wrong with my connection settings, or if the modem driver isn't working. No response at all. Any hints on where I can look? | check /var/log/syslog | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "efu", "user_answer": "nibbler_"} |
Is adding another IP to NIC possible without losing the current internet connection? | ifconfig eth0:1 1.1.1.1 up | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "incidence", "user_answer": "nibbler_"} |
anybody can help me? i need install program that required python 2.4 but in my system is already installed python 2.6.6 and i cant compile program( what a best way to solve this problem? | i once managed to solve something like that by making symlinks... but maybe that's a bit stupid way to fix it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "si4re", "user_answer": "halvor"} |
Can someone give me a hand? When I try to start firefox I see it open on my task bar really quickly then it goes away and just won't open | reboot or killall firefox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "daf_", "user_answer": "FibonacciGold"} |
Hello, I just bought an epson cx7450 all in one printer. I've read somewhere that someone installed it in Ubuntu 7.10 and the printer was found immediately. Can anyone tell me whether this printer will work in Ubuntu 8.04.1 and if so how would I go about getting it to function | did you check the cups database? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "NeedEpsonHelp", "user_answer": "sfire"} |
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu, I just installed it 2 days ago, and I've learned a lot about it already, but I am still having a few issues with some programs. I guess this is a good place for me to pop in and ask questions? | actually, it's usually better to search the ubuntuforums.org first, as it's a better source of information | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xer0x", "user_answer": "wild_oscar"} |
Hi, does anybody know whether pulseaudio suppose to run in system mode or in a gnome-session? | the preferred way of doing things is to launch it using gnome. If you have the esound compatibility package installed you can get gnome to launch it by making sure 'system sounds' are turned on in system > Preferences > sound | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vknet", "user_answer": "funkyHat"} |
How can I list the packages I've recently installed in the terminal? | have you tried experimenting with mplayer's video settings to check if it occurs on all available drivers ? better yet, if it improves by changing to a different one ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "neuromit", "user_answer": "glitsj16"} |
hi, how can i download man page 2 & man page 3 ? (for the system calls, chmod (2) for instance) | install manpages-dev | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Koordin", "user_answer": "mgolisch"} |
what's the command to restart the X server? | ctrl-alt-backspace | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xyblor", "user_answer": "St_Lemur"} |
Hello all. Can someone here help me get my sound card working? it's an onboard and I have read the manual pages but nothing seems to be working | Please don't tell others how to assign a root password, it's unsafe and unsupported | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "w0ls0n", "user_answer": "ardchoille"} |
Does ubuntu come with Samba? | if not you can install it | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sam555", "user_answer": "dean"} |
whats the command to mount a local folder to another local folder? | mount --bind olddir newdir | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "apka", "user_answer": "DistroJockey"} |
hello i need to configure the firefox-totem plugin ... how can i do that | tried the mplayer plugin? i never really got totem to behave nice :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Frog42", "user_answer": "bsund"} |
where can I get information about my installed memory? | dmesg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "c_korn", "user_answer": "beli"} |
is it possible to run ubuntu with only 256 MiB of memory? | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Mark_vH", "user_answer": "ProwL"} |
how do i add a new user through the terminal if i can't access the user gui thing? | you need to edit /etc/sudoers using 'visudo' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lusule", "user_answer": "DRebellion"} |
how do i restart the sound services..it messed up | alsactl init | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "fellayaboy", "user_answer": "jase_"} |
can i burn a cd iso to a DVD? will it work the same? i'm out of cd's =( | just did the same for about 5 min ago ^^ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kindofabuzz", "user_answer": "msandbu"} |
hi guys, i reported a bug that is completely wrong... how can i adjust or close it? | If no one is there, you can just post a comment, saying its invalid, etc. Someone will come by and do the official stuff | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "aleboco", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
is there something like deepfreez linux for debian based? | What is deepfreez linux? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "spoo1", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
does ubuntu have a make.conf file or something simular to it? | Check the link I just posted. Easy as. sudo apt-get install build-essential => then whatever else you want. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "The-Kernel", "user_answer": "YankDownUnder"} |
how do I check what groups I'm in? | group | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ErikWestrup", "user_answer": "Agent_bob"} |
which packet proviles the mail command and the mailbox under /home/user/mail ??? | mailutils or heirloom-mailx | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "docmax_", "user_answer": "Bodsda"} |
Hi everybody. do anybody know any form to encrypt some files or an entire folder with a great encription security and storage it on a pendrive? | have a look at truecrypt, it will do what you want, i believe | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lemooon", "user_answer": "sipior"} |
Okays, i'm trying to undo the {windows-key}+R magnigier. I've just installed a 4Mb program called ccsm, and it doesn't do anything (hits an attribute error). Does anyone know a *quick* and simple way to fix this? just a button I can push. If there's no quick way i'll just restart the computer. | ccsm is the way to manage compiz options | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dougal", "user_answer": "fosco_"} |
Is there a way to re-generate the xorg.conf file? I'm trying to the proprietary drivers and it cannot activate, saying the xorg.conf file is invalid | sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "keyhack", "user_answer": "fosco_"} |
Hi all, i need a program that can search for text in pdf, doc, ppt, etc formats | grep | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MetaMorfoziS", "user_answer": "fosco_"} |
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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "seronis", "user_answer": "fosco_"} |
is gnome3 available for 10.10 or is that only 11.04? | http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/install-vanilla-gnome-3-in-maverick/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mattgman", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
how can i make a dir/partation user mountable? | tuxtype is a bit childish but its effective. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hml", "user_answer": "Blaqlight"} |
what is the command again to get my own kernel information? | uname -r | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "anteaya", "user_answer": "usersam"} |
hey what was that command that read from a file/device and wrote to a file/device? It's in the tongue of my mo--i mean the tip of my tongue :P | dd? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "andresj", "user_answer": "superfirelord42"} |
when I try to restart apache2 using 'apache2 -k restart' I get the following error | sudo apache2ctl restart | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Lareth", "user_answer": "bimberi"} |
using gparted, I made some free space. Now I want to add the free space to root partition. gparted does not allow. Why? | livecd has gparted | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ksbalaji", "user_answer": "rustychicken"} |
how do i install KQEMU in ubuntu? | ppa https://launchpad.net/~dnjl/+archive/virtualization | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "os_", "user_answer": "deej1976"} |
hi whats the package that allows ubuntu to install .deb files, just noticed i havent got it? | In terminal you can use dpkg -i package.deb for gui, install gdebi (aptitude install gdebi) and then you only double-click it :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "adilson", "user_answer": "debCarlos"} |
what is the best way to resize my partitions and scoop a bit of my windows partition and add it to my ubuntu partition? | gparted | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "BlackH007", "user_answer": "wols"} |
i'm trying to set up samba so i can share files on the network - i've reached a bit in the guide where it says i need root priviledges, but they're locked... how do i implement the line specified? | part1\ part2, the \ is before the space | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Lusule", "user_answer": "dasy2k1"} |
quick question. when I use apt to try and install git-core it asks for the ubuntu disc, anyone know why that is? | the preferred way would be to go: system - administration - software sources: untick the ubuntu cd-rom | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "beefcircuit", "user_answer": "momomo"} |
heh.. is it possible to send a message to someone else logged in via SSH on a linux bx? | yes, if the proper programs are installed on that machine. i think one of them is 'talk' but i'm not sure. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "coffee1", "user_answer": "riotkittie"} |
What's the command to check a programs version from terminal? | apt-cache policy <package name> | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "seraph_", "user_answer": "arvind_khadri"} |
is there something i can get that would sit on the panel and when i click it i get current upload and download rates , preferrably in a graph? | System - Administration - System monitor | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "JoeSomebody", "user_answer": "nikola"} |
anyone can help me with this task: i want to delete all files that ends '.db' (some windows leftovers in various directiories) the 'rm *.db' doesn't seem to do the trick, and i'm afraid of using 'rm -I -r *.db' not really sure about results | find /path/ -name '*.db' -delete (test with -echo rather than -delete) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "drozdak", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
Anybody been able to setup Ubuntu 8.04.1 SERVER under Virtual PC 2007? | use VMware Server | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zacharyburns", "user_answer": "maek"} |
supposedly python-2play is installed, how can i tell where? | Well, dpkg -L <package> will list everywhere the package installed something. apt-cache rdepends will show you what programs depend on a given package. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "h2i", "user_answer": "bobertdos"} |
will someone please remind me what the difference between suspend and hybernate is? | suspend - low power. hibernate - no power, RAM dumped to HDD | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "izinucs", "user_answer": "illdecree"} |
Hey, does anyone know how to output Wine's console output straight to a file? | ./notepad++.exe > output? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Bladezor", "user_answer": "WebcamWonder"} |
Hi. can someone assist me in getting samba working again please? | Just fix the lines that don't work and it should work fine :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "merther", "user_answer": "Meshezabeel"} |
does lucid come with all the packages for watching DVD's and stuff on youtube and listening to mp3's? | YES! try to install ubuntu-restricted-extras | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "acrousey", "user_answer": "jepong"} |
can someone explain the generic version vers the non-generic version of the kernel to me? | the -generic version takes advantage of multiple core, the -386 version doesn't | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Candale", "user_answer": "sammyF"} |
does anyone know why nautilus would be so slow to browse my windows network? Sometimes unresponsive. | slow reverse name resolution ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Candale", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
Hi! I did a mv /var/log/messages /var/log/messages.1 and now rsyslogd writes to the new file. Why is that? Thank you in advance. | the file was still open | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "badserii", "user_answer": "fbianconi"} |
sudo apt-get install postgresql? | - I did that part :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "acemo", "user_answer": "hagus"} |
is there a command to empty the trash can from the command line? and if so, how can I empty root's trash? I used sudo nautilus to delete a file from /usr/share/themes but moved it to roots trash | just replace ~ with /root | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WIGGMPk", "user_answer": "maco"} |
where is the gnome-screensavers info saved? so I can fudge with it I mean... like the screensavers that come with Jaunty | /usr/share/applications/screensavers ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WIGGMPk", "user_answer": "Sertse"} |
where is the log (verbose) of the boot sequence??? what is the log called??? | if you've booted recently, you'll see what you're looking for. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "WIGGMPk", "user_answer": "imperfect-"} |
is there a way to scan for plugged in USB devices to detect them? | lsusb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Tim-S", "user_answer": "bimberi"} |
I have a question, I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 on a Gateway laptop, and I have no control over brightness functions. I've tried several things found through googling, but I still can't get it to work. Can anyone here help me? | it worked really well for about a week during beta period, then went away again. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Kefga_X", "user_answer": "nickrud"} |
about the terminal... while I'm browsing the directory using Gnome, is there a way to open a terminal that is already changed to that directory? thanks! | Then there'll be an entry in the right click menu | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "MingK", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
thank you all for the response...some of these are clients? looking for server only.. | if you search synaptic for ftp, you should be able to find something | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mjs", "user_answer": "gaelfx"} |
how do you forcibly unmount a drive? I unplugged the drive, but it still shows up on desktop | sudo umount /media/mountpoint | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gaelfx", "user_answer": "orly_owl"} |
i am trying to use a pcmcia usb cardbus with no luck, could you assist me how to get it to work? | sorry, I've got no experience with pcmcia | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Ors", "user_answer": "gaelfx"} |
I connect to the net through a static ip and pppoe and my connection is running 1/10 what it should, network tools will not let me configure the connections because it says the interfaces don't exist, can someone please help? | /dev/video | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gaelfx", "user_answer": "th0r"} |
how can i dump to terminal all flags the present kernel was compiled with? | cat /boot/config-`uname -r` | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "overdub", "user_answer": "deej1976"} |
couple questions... how would I go about auto mounting a drive on boot? | /etc/fstab | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Codenomics", "user_answer": "Respite212"} |
I'm trying to use hwinfo to get some information about my hardware, but for some reason it wont accept any modifiers, such as hwinfo -short. Am I doing something wrong? | maybe it has to be long option syntax: --short | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "joseph_", "user_answer": "euz734"} |
guys, do you usually set up a box from scratch again, if only a user account was compromised? | I'm pretty sure apt-get autoremove get rid of those. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "deuterium", "user_answer": "Rabbitbunny"} |
How can I send the error message from a terminal command to a text file? I tried 'command > text.txt', which creates the text file after I run it but does not put the error message from 'command' into it. | use the complete path /sbin/reboot | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mytruehero", "user_answer": "Shujah_"} |
Ubuntu can't find my network devices after I changed NICs. What can I do about this? | Does it show up in 'lsusb' ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "DrGhoul", "user_answer": "m-c"} |
my web cam is working but how do i click my own pics with it? is there a software i can install? | in writer go to tools - options -paths -templates | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "shavin", "user_answer": "quibbler"} |
can someone suggest a good torrent program for ubuntu? | deluge | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "old", "user_answer": "quibbler"} |
what aptitude/apt-get command can I use to display what programs are dependent of a package? | apt-cache with rdepends | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pasteeater", "user_answer": "bobertdos"} |
is there a difference between using 'bash script.sh' and './script.sh'? | ./foo.sh executes the file. If the file starts with #!/bin/bash, then bash will interpret it, but not otherwise. On the other hand, « bash foo.sh » tells bash to interpret foo.sh. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pasteeater", "user_answer": "jrib"} |
what is the git equivalent of 'svn checkout -r 1448' to get a specific revision? | That is if you have already cloned the repository with git clone. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pasteeater", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"} |
libx264 in the repo is 7 months old. Is it just following Debian's release schedule? | unless they find a showstopper bug yea | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "pasteeater", "user_answer": "nixnoob"} |
I installed the xorg then gdm but the problem is when I want to install the gnome-desktop-environment it gives an error like ' package gnome-desktop environment is missing has been obsoleted or is only availble from another source and ' ....but is reffered by another package ' sondray : Can you help me ? I can't google it soryy..... | 'sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xhunter", "user_answer": "soundray"} |
Hey - I am having some stability and crashing problems with the GNOME desktop that I installed on my ubuntu-server 8.04 installation. I am looking to add a faster and more stable GUI. After research - Xfce seems like what I will be going with. However, does anyone have recommendations for faster and more stable GUIs? | icewm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "[k0d3]||4[tran]", "user_answer": "PingFloyd_"} |
hey where is the 'workspace switcher applet' i can't see it, where do i find it in gnome? | right-click a panel, then Add to Panel... Workspace Switcher | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "banisterfiend", "user_answer": "DistroJockey"} |