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[Ubuntu 8.04 and FireFox 3.0b5] Sound is working on all applications I've tried in Ubuntu except for FireFox. This comes in when at YouTube, etc. I've searched ubuntuforums, but the prospects look bleak. Is there anything anyone can recommend? Thanks! | You should probably use 'gnash' for flash. You can search for it in Synaptic. Don't forget to remove other flash plugins. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "InterestedPanthe", "user_answer": "ryukun"} |
is doing sudo chown username /var/www/ going to cause any security problems on my LAMP server? | no i dont think so, cause you need to get write persmission, and to get that you need chown before chmod | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Brent^", "user_answer": "dlx_"} |
what is the command for info ? for example I wanna know what filesytem, size /dev/sda5 has ? | df -h | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Virtue", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
How would I go about removing the Java JRE installed by default and replacing it with Sun's Java JRE, Java 1.4? | then choose the one you want with sudo update-alternatives --config java | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "McRib", "user_answer": "wastrel"} |
hey whats the name of that package that is for editing movies? similar to windows movie maker | kino | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "tj83", "user_answer": "sebsebseb"} |
how can I see from which ppa I installed a particular package, please? | apt-cache policy packagename ...it'll list which repo you installed said package from | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "popsch", "user_answer": "bastidrazor"} |
when i try to edit file permissions it says im not the owner | are you using sudo? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Fishy", "user_answer": "tj83"} |
how come the skype icon doesn't show up in the panel in 11.10. Does anyone know how to debug this? | I can't recall what it is | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "popsch", "user_answer": "theadmin"} |
is this a solution for me? | logout and from the longin screen you can switch to ubuntu classic | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "js__", "user_answer": "wolfy_"} |
i was wondering if anyone knows a way to mount as NOT root? ive got a user called Gem who has sudo access but it keeps mounting as root? anyone know why | -o uid=$UID | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "KL4RT", "user_answer": "andb"} |
can you do something like `ls -alh be* || br*`? | ls -alh b[er]* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "zenergi", "user_answer": "llutz"} |
Running Xubuntu on Compaq LT but DOES NOT download updates (121) when run update manager/ What might be my problem? | I would suggest you check your sources list | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "scribawf", "user_answer": "Jack_Sparrow"} |
How do I install a .dmg app.? | those are for Mac OS X | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "scribawf", "user_answer": "LogicalDash"} |
do i want to try the upgrade to 8.04 offerered in the package manager, or do a cd install? | cd install | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "W5CT", "user_answer": "starcannon"} |
Will pulseaudio be in 9.14? | i'd imagine it will be pulse in 10.04 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lainy", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
where exactly does 3dchess install to? I was assuming the .deb package would put an entry in applications>games... | dpkg -L packagename | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "kdtcomputers", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
how can i get regular scrollbars instead of ubuntu thin scrollbars? | http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-disable-overlay-scrollbars-in.html can be helpful | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "erle-", "user_answer": "sre"} |
Hi. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Server on VirtualBox. How can i load a CD mounted to the virtual cd drive in command line? | sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dannN", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"} |
i have a strange problem... firefox is stuck in full screen mode and i dont know how to fix it back to normal | try deleting the .mozilla folder in your home directory and then restarting firefox. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vegombrei", "user_answer": "vish"} |
I exported my blogger as an .xml, is there a program that I can view it offline with proper formatting? | scite may be just what you need. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "apple", "user_answer": "bastidrazor"} |
what is room for programming? | What type of programming? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ksoviero", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
Hmm ... dapper is 6.06 isn't it? | JMFTheVCI ys there is a command line alternative: do-release-upgrade | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "icedwater", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
Why is it possible to use drivers for my ATI Radeon 9550 on Ubuntu 8.xx, but not on 9.04? | I don't think so, the oldests drivers will not work with the current Xorg | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "anon__", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
i feel that my upgrade to hardy was only partial, but the update manager is giving me problems. how do i complete the update from the cli | sudo apt-get dist-upgrade | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "revilodraw", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
Could someone please remind me: what's the debian equiv of rpm -qa ? | dpkg -l ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "lenscape", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
Is there some way to kill a process that won't go away -- short of restarting? 'sudo kill -9 <pid>' did not kill it. | epiphany | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Nutubuntu", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
my swap no longer gets set on boot after editing partitions with parted (since i didn't think ubuntu needed so much space for its boot partition). fstab seems to have a strange format, i've never seen this UUID value. how do i configure this? does the normal fstab format work? | the plain fstab format does work, but it's preferable UUIDs, since those do not change when you delete/add partitions, unlke the logical nr | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "quambo", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
hello, i have a laptop i want to upgrade to 9.04, but I'm using a lot of third party software sources. Will it update the software from the ubuntu repositories? Also, what happens to these software sources on an upgrade? | you should disable those software sources before upgrading, and check on their sites if they provide packages for the newer release | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mystamax", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
can I safely edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf --without conflict from the gnome network thingie | it should be safe | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "roberto__", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
For shell scripting, if I have 'name.c' in an env var, how would I extract just 'name'? | man basename | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "sywisy", "user_answer": "Barnabas"} |
Hi. Are there any OCR systems I can use in Ubuntu? | yes, just search for 'OCR' on the package manager, there are some OCR apps | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Assargadon", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
hi, what voip client phone software can I use with ubuntu ? (something like x-lite) | ekiga ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "xd_", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
With the ALTERNATE install, is exim installed by default or do you have to add the package after? | I believe exim4 is part of the minimal install, just for mail client functions | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Jeruvy", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
how can i find out how much space is left on an lvm? | vgdisplay show help | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "icewaterman", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
can someone help me using sed? | sed uses regular expressions, please learn about regexp | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "calman", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
hi; is there a way to check the upgrade history of a given package? a relative upgraded his ubuntu distro and now the display is broken (vertical lines on the screen right after X started), and all I got is ssh access to the computer - i assume the nvidia driver got updated recently, but i'd like to check that it was actually upgraded | check /var/log/dpkg.log | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "uski", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
hi, is it possible to upgrade directly from 9.04 (Jaunty) to 10.04 (lucid)? | you can use rescue mode and do: do-release-upgrade | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "andy__", "user_answer": "joaopinto"} |
I cant delete a directory with rmdir, when i try it fails because its a non empty directory | rm -fdr works | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Basso", "user_answer": "ShadowBlade"} |
if my current computer is running an X server, and the computer i'm SSH'd into is running an X server, how do I remotely start/forward an X server | Both client and server have to be configured for X11 forwarding | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "hosk", "user_answer": "xnv"} |
Gasseus My wireless light is blinking when ever there is data transfer. Instead it was static with white light before. How to fix this bug? | thats probably going to be a kernel issue, it affected my girlfriend as well, and that is a very involved fix. i suggest filing a bug on launchpad.net and hopefully it will get fixed 'soon'. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Sidvee", "user_answer": "grumpy"} |
how can I tell what apps are consuming memory from the command line? | ps and top are some pretty well documented methods though and work on any *nix | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "fbc", "user_answer": "lucent"} |
Hello Everyone! I'm hoping someone could answer a quick question for me about migrating my wubi installation to a separate partition. Does anyone here feel comfortable helping me with this? | very few people here use wubi. but i wouldn't trust a script without looking at the contents of it. for the most part migrating a debian/ubuntu system is 3 things: 1) copy the home directory 2) copy the dpkg --get-selections 3) copy any modifications made to /etc | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ripdaddy", "user_answer": "escott"} |
Nobody else having problems after upgrading from Intrepid to Jaunty? | it is normal to encounter problems in beta software | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "danlii", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
is GRUB still the bootloader for Ubuntu/Xubuntu? | grub2 is the standard these days. yes. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "vagothcpp", "user_answer": "dr_willis"} |
should I install a package that is 'NOT AUTHORIZED'? | Usually that authorization message comes up if it could not connect to the servers on the last update. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jay4", "user_answer": "Pici"} |
What SVN client is used in ubuntu? apt-get install svn doesn't work :( | then you should be able to use svn commands | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bpat1182", "user_answer": "UnityDivide"} |
How can I run Firefox as root? say to install an iconpack from iconpacks.mozdev.org ? | you don't need to be root | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "bpat1182", "user_answer": "ikonia"} |
how can I get my tablet stylus to work correctly in jaunty? | what's the problem with your stylus? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "binarymutant", "user_answer": "Baatti"} |
Hi, how can I completely disable compizconfig? | Sys>Prefs>Appearance>Vis Effects>None | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Baatti", "user_answer": "soreau"} |
err, i had vista on one partition & ubuntu on another. instead of uninstalling ubuntu like i should have, i just deleted the partition. now, when i try to boot, it gets stuck on 'loading grub, please wait..' is there a way to get rid of grub or what? :< | Boot from Vsta DVD/CD and do a repair | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dnyy", "user_answer": "djhash"} |
hi.. if I have a 64 bit processor.. is it recommended to install the 64bit kernel?! | mostly not | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "djhash", "user_answer": "spikemcc"} |
how do you send/start programs at different Xs or ttys | DISPLAY=:0.1 mplayer -fs sample command | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "djhash", "user_answer": "Pelo"} |
i'm a noob, but i thought ssh was used to connect to other machines. can you use it for that? | ssh is just a protocol for transfering data through encrypted pipes.. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "binMonkey", "user_answer": "djhash"} |
Hello guys! I have ubuntu installed now. But i want to install windows XP as dual boot (some of my hardware is not supported in ubuntu) How can i set this up ?I can only find how to's wich tell me to install XP first.. wich would mean formatting my current setup | try this: http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_linux_and_windows_xp_linux_installed_first.htm | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Muntrue", "user_answer": "djhash"} |
Hey there.. Anyone around here knows a good resource to learn about fstabs and whatever other things related to it? | tldp.org has good resources on almost all things linux. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "djhash", "user_answer": "InvisiblePinkUni"} |
Could someone tell me how to press 'ok' on the gui interface when install java through the terminal and apt? | use tab to navigate.. then space or enter | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "apu", "user_answer": "djhash"} |
Hey i tried asking this in #vmware but im not sure whether this is vmware specific or ubuntu, i get this when trying to network with vmware-player: 'The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down' help much much appreciated | maybe not applicable to your question, but have you looked at whether the open source KVM / Qemu will work for you? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dynamethod", "user_answer": "m-c"} |
Please, how to resume from 'hibernation' or 'suspend' status pressing the 'usb keyboard' instead of press the computer power button? | Depends on bios limitations not OS | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "marsfligth", "user_answer": "Girly-Girl"} |
And I'm not getting any updates, sigh. The update manager says there are no updates although there should be...which means I'm still stuck on FF3 b5 for now. Any ideas what could be wrong? | are the correct repo's enabled? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ramukmar", "user_answer": "LordOllie"} |
is there a multple rss feed reader for ubuntu? | liferea is great | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gaintsura", "user_answer": "Seveas"} |
is it possible to run a 64bit virtual OS on a 32 bit installed OS? | there may be a paravirtualization solution out there which is capable of doing that, perhaps qemu, that is one of the most flexible VMs... but I can't speak for vmware or virtualbox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gaintsura", "user_answer": "allquixotic"} |
please someone help ubuntu has gone cappot, when i log in i dont get anything just a grey screen, no menu, no apps nothing, right click dont function just a grey empty screen no gnome. right now i logged as terminal failsafe. Please help fixing this problem, I dont want to do clean install? | Have you tried Failsafe GNOME? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "adilson", "user_answer": "saxsux"} |
Getting along pretty decent with my new 8.04 install, but I'm catching hell setting up samba shares using any GUIs. System>Administration>File Sharing (or similiar) doesn't exist and the Nautilus Sharing dialog fails citing file permissions in /var/lib/samba/usershares, but I'm in the sambasharing group. Help? Another GUI I could use? | did you try system-config-samba | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rainabba", "user_answer": "bloodrock"} |
hello .. can I ask a Q please .. why do I need Phyton for ? | Python is some sort of programming language, and I guess some programs go through it for things | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "danya", "user_answer": "Surlent777"} |
hi, how can i get archive manage rto extract rar files ??? | sudo aptitude install unrar -y | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "matthias_N", "user_answer": "jasmuz"} |
flannel, do i use sudo leafpad /etc/comadn here ? | lubuntu uses leafpad instead of gedit | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "oohbantoo3", "user_answer": "Flannel"} |
hi, which package includes libpthread.so.0 ? | use packages.ubuntu.com to search which packet contains that library | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "obst", "user_answer": "remoteCTRL"} |
can anyone reach packages.ubuntu.com? | i cant | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "remoteCTRL", "user_answer": "Bodsda"} |
do you know of a sophtware that i can read and write sms with under ubuntu? | I once had a gnome thing that did that to my nokia phone | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "remoteCTRL", "user_answer": "shomon"} |
is there a specific way I can search the repos via the terminal like apt-get search 'blah' ? | apt-cache search *stuff* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "schreber", "user_answer": "ironhalik"} |
hi guys! i am in the process of installing lucid on a brandnew fujitsu s760 but i cant seem to turn on the wireless, the button does nothing... any ideas pls? | what wireless chip is built in your notebook? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "remoteCTRL", "user_answer": "zege"} |
How do I close my Firefox process? | sudo killall -9 firefox | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eboyjr", "user_answer": "remoteCTRL"} |
could someone tell me the difference between libboost-python-dev and libboost-python1.34.1? | a -dev file is a development file, meaning if you wanna code something for it you will need this or also if cyou wanna compile something that needs this | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "grigora", "user_answer": "remoteCTRL"} |
<gsommer> : Which Ubuntu version are you using ? | 11.04 I think it was calles.. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Singham", "user_answer": "gsommer"} |
does anyone know when then fixes for openssl/etc. are going to be available for download? apt-get update && apt-get upgrade gives me nothing :( | they are done, just waiting for the mirrors to update | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ajonat_", "user_answer": "Jack_Sparrow"} |
help ... the applications icon disappeared from the panel, I rebooted, and it said something about busy box and the prompt says (initramfs) ... how do i get applications icon back and get back into GUI ... this is Xbuntu 8.04 | you should get more help inside Kubuntu. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ArticWolf", "user_answer": "trakinas"} |
trying to load 8.04 and seems to be stuck at the partitioner loading... anyone seen that? | open a Terminal and do a /sbin/fdisk -l | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Y-Town", "user_answer": "UberCanuck"} |
Yaro: This is what I do. | why not just medibuntu to install all th codecs you want? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "YaroMan86", "user_answer": "IndyGunFreak"} |
hi..What software can I use to cut some parts of a mp3 song? | audacity | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gleyve", "user_answer": "bobbyd"} |
What's a good torrent software for Linux Ubuntu? | default install has transmission, which is pretty good if you ask me | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "gleyve", "user_answer": "IndyGunFreak"} |
Question: I have just installed OSS and it is working fine based on running osstest. I am attempting to play a file using totem movie player and I am unable to get sound and the file won't play at all. I receive this error message whenever I try to open anything with totem: 'Failed to connect stream: Invalid argument' This has only happened since I installed OSS | use ALSA | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Trizzle", "user_answer": "neo_"} |
Hello, Can someone explain to me what exactly exempts Ubuntu from being a completely free distro (in the eyes of the FSF). I'm Having a discussion about this issue and I'm struggling to find a solid answer on exactly which parts are non-free (on a clean install). I thought it was the trademarks or perhaps how Ubuntu facilitates the use of non free software - but I feel I'm missing something. | www.gnewsense.org | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "rdvade", "user_answer": "mikegriffin"} |
Just wondering is there ANYBODY here that actually likes Unity? Wonder if Canonical is listing to its users. Maybe they are idk. | bzr get https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "syn3rgy", "user_answer": "Jordan_U"} |
any body here know haw i can put a video like a wallpaper? | If running compiz: http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/09/14/animated-wallpaper-with-compiz-fusion-on-ubuntu/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ferfactor", "user_answer": "genii"} |
Can someone direct me to a utility for Hardy that will let me configure Compiz ? | although you do need to edit a file to enable the more advanced options | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "AngryPunk", "user_answer": "stueng"} |
When I am playing music, start to load a video on firefox, then stop playing music to listen to the video, it has no sound! Is this usual or is there a fix? | there is a fix (: | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "European-African", "user_answer": "yjwong"} |
Help please... somehow i turned off everything for my compiz/gnome desktop.... like cube and zoom and animations..... what key to turn it all back on?? | System > Preference > Appearance .. last tab.. activate which ever you want. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LaneLimited", "user_answer": "s_spiff"} |
Hello all.... please help me... I cannot update or go to syntipac papckage manager ... it comes up with an error that says run dkp* something manally to fix this problem!! | type sudo dpkg --configure -a in a terminal | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LaneLimited", "user_answer": "nickrud"} |
who knows about everything there is to know about wine? I want to know how to use it and how to know what programs i can run with it. thank you | you just run 'wine blah.exe' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "LaneLimited", "user_answer": "Frogzoo"} |
Does anyone know where i can find kick-ass linux wallpapers? | www.deviantart.com | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Jokka", "user_answer": "microwaver"} |
how can I do a recursive find on all thumbs.db and remove them? | Not sure about this, but you could try | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Daremonai", "user_answer": "roxahris_"} |
Is it possible to telnet to the same computer running telnetd? | what are you trying to do? the telnet daemon is not enabled by default - for a very good reason | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Cong", "user_answer": "guntbert"} |
you apparently _have_ to install openjdk if you want to use netbeans, it doesn't install without it, even if you have sun-java | the depends state you can use openjdk OR sun-java6 packages. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_adriaan", "user_answer": "fde"} |
Hello, when I export JAVA_HOME=/something/ where is that path set? Is there a file I can open to see the current JAVA_HOME path? Thanks. | `env` | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "selocol", "user_answer": "thefish"} |
Does anyone know the name of the process that controls a notebook's brightness keys? | I'm going to say... gnome-settings-daemon | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "selocol", "user_answer": "Ahadiel"} |
hello, do pkill, killall, kill <pid>, and xkill kill in the same manner? | mostly they send a SIGTERM signal by defauult afaik | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "selocol", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
Does anyone know why xmms isn't in the hardy repo? | audacious is its successor | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "selocol", "user_answer": "bazhang"} |
if I do chmod 777 to a folder will that also change permissions to the files in that folder? | - and files of course | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "jtravnick", "user_answer": "mahadasda"} |
i downloaded the ati driver, but how do i start the setup? (it's a .run file) | chmod +x whatever.run && ./whatever.run | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dgts123", "user_answer": "fde"} |
how can i display the groups a user is member of? | less /etc/group | grep user? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "dgts123", "user_answer": "Baltazaar"} |