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Question: when updates are applied to ubuntu, do they apply it to the main ISO for download ? or its a standard thing, and you must update it?
LTS versions of Ubuntu get 'point release' updates every so often with updated ISOs. Other than that, updates aren't applied.
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{"user_question": "hyperstream", "user_answer": "rww"}
Could someone explain the difference between Alsa, Pulseaudio and OSS (which I read now is deprecated)
Alsa and OSS both handle the hardware and lets you use it to play sound.. pulseaudio is a system above this.. it lets you mix sounds and move sounds between different soundcards.. it uses alsa to do the actual sound playing
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{"user_question": "GreekFreak", "user_answer": "Slart"}
Hi. In Ubuntu 11.04 the Radeon 6470m (NI Seymour) was unsupported. How can I find out if it is now supported in Ubuntu 11.10?
Well, it's basically the driver supporting it, not the distribution itself. I would suggest finding out what version of the driver is being installed with 'Hardware Drivers managerS2
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{"user_question": "GreekFreak", "user_answer": "norbert79"}
what's that command again to list all connected USB devices?
lsusb
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{"user_question": "ajf", "user_answer": "bolla3"}
Hey i know some wifi drivers which are causing me problems and I can unload them manually with modprobe -r. how do i blacklist these drivers from being loaded on startup?
well. In arch it'd be /etc/rc.conf/ But, via Ubuntu I have no clue
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{"user_question": "Optimus55", "user_answer": "Valkyrie"}
what is the command in the live cd for the partitioner?
spasibo
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{"user_question": "ubuntu_", "user_answer": "Mutabor_on"}
anyone use awesome ? need help on theme.lua
http://awesome.naquadah.org/community/
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{"user_question": "Laputa", "user_answer": "h00k"}
i reinstalled compizfusion last night, everything works but not the cube, it's not a cube it's a 2 sided object, my desktop is set to 4 desktops so i don't know what is going on with this, is there something else i'm missing, what am i doing wrong?
open ccsm and go to General>Destop Size> put in 4 1 1 as size
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{"user_question": "schadey", "user_answer": "erUSUL"}
does the vmware server has the create image feature?
vmware server lets you do anything
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{"user_question": "viclim", "user_answer": "drazak"}
do you think it's worth switching to 64 bit version of ubuntu, for everyday use, even if I got less than 4GB, by everyday use I mean that I'm not using any other OS only Linux for everything. Is there any cons I should be aware except flash and java ?
media codecs? if you use the win32 codecs with mplayer I don't think you'll be able to use them under 64bit
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{"user_question": "Riotta", "user_answer": "Stephmw"}
how to you connect to a port with ssh?
ssh -p 1022 HOST
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{"user_question": "Marzata", "user_answer": "jrib"}
can anyone tell me the command to show the what driver my wireless card is using?
this is not the best answer but you should find it from 'dmesg' where system detects it the first time :)
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{"user_question": "singlesun", "user_answer": "Webu"}
does anyone how to restore my sound it's just randomly stopped working
Sure, let me just get out my psychic powers to find out what you've recently done that could break it and what sound system, inputs and outputs you're using.
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{"user_question": "sausagefish", "user_answer": "Polah"}
does anyone have a definative list of bootup parameters to ensure pc startup?
and don't listen to LimCore -- many Knoppix boot options don't apply to Ubuntu
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{"user_question": "amorphous", "user_answer": "soundray"}
come on gents... pretty please - someone must know the command for adding a root capable user....
add a user and stick them in the admin group.
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{"user_question": "amorphous", "user_answer": "Pici"}
ok - another q. will the i386 install to an AMD64 machine?
But, you won't be using any CPU features newer than what came with the i386 processor.
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{"user_question": "amorphous", "user_answer": "levander`"}
Hi, if /dev/scd0 is my DVD drive, how do I find my CD drive address pls?
or type df
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{"user_question": "RootyRootRootW00", "user_answer": "geokeratz"}
Hi, if /dev/scd0 is my DVD drive, how do I find my CD drive address pls? I typed 'df' but the result didn't make sense to me, that or it isn't SHOWING UP (shows on desktop when I put a cd in the drive)
put a cd in, go to terminal, type mount, it will show you everything that's mounted
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{"user_question": "RootyRootRootW00", "user_answer": "patrock"}
Hi, anyone know the name of that script that allows you to check the file system when you turn the comp off instead of every 30 times you boot?
fsck
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{"user_question": "RootyRootRootW00", "user_answer": "albech"}
i don't knowabout the wiki's page PriceChild, but i have searched and googled alot all the instructions i found never helped so am thinking this are just lies
try here ,.,. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-7-10-on-PS3-73272.shtml
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{"user_question": "MeNos", "user_answer": "bod_"}
What is the command to get an X on your cursor to kill an x window?
xkill i believe
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{"user_question": "new001", "user_answer": "denstark"}
what is the most recent version of ubuntu?
7.10 gutsy gibbon
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{"user_question": "johnathon", "user_answer": "Odd-rationale"}
so I may know when to use it
aptitude probably has more features - apt-get is pretty much the standard command line program to access APT
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{"user_question": "new001", "user_answer": "yeats"}
what is the name of the application, that is on the panel and reports updates?
update-manager
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{"user_question": "kale", "user_answer": "ubuntunut"}
awesome, another reason why I hate linux as a desktop. Takes way too much time to install java
why is taht ?
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{"user_question": "lynx``", "user_answer": "wolferine"}
can anybodu suggest a post-it like app for ubuntu/gnome?
right click on the panel > add to panel > sticky notes
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{"user_question": "yogurt", "user_answer": "DRebellion"}
I was looking up how to set up my webcam/mic and I ran into a problem. When I run ls /dev/audio* nothing is returned
/dev/snd/*
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{"user_question": "mukti", "user_answer": "escott_"}
what should i do
what are you talking aobut?
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{"user_question": "endo602", "user_answer": "histo"}
hi guys! i'm running Karmic on a laptop that has Radeon HD 3200. i could not find a driver for it--the link is broken on the AMD site. am i out of luck?
system > admin > hardware drivers
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{"user_question": "ynk", "user_answer": "histo"}
hello all, i just installed vmware server from the repos...it's free right?
everything in the repos is free as far as cost is concerned
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{"user_question": "isaacj87", "user_answer": "histo"}
can you apt-get mkdistro?
try apt-cache search mkdistro maybe
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{"user_question": "cjones", "user_answer": "histo"}
how can i switch to console from X in Ubuntu 10.04?
F7 will get you back
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{"user_question": "Romme", "user_answer": "histo"}
I understand that root is locked in Ubuntu. But I don't have acces to my Ubuntu server right now and wanted to clarify something I can't test. If root is locked, does that mean root can't even log in at the console, no matter the runlevel or init?
you can do a single user shell or recovery
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{"user_question": "hobbzilla", "user_answer": "pike_"}
sorry for being slightly of topic but for a gaming pc (and only occasional compiling) would it be smart to take a quad core or duo core cpu? (choise between Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 and Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600)
quad core is more for video and 3d editing
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{"user_question": "SpaT", "user_answer": "poisonkiller"}
I am having issues creating a new user via the GUI on Gnome. This username and group existed before but my girlfriend goobered up all sorts of things so I deleted the username, group, and home dir so I could start fresh. But now when I try to create a new user with the same name it won't create it. Am I missing something?
make sure the username doesn't appear in any of /etc/passwd or /etc/group or /etc/shadow
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{"user_question": "rekon", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
hello, there is a way to bypass a proxy server and a firewall to run a webserver on a VM
there's about 6 billion guides on the internet. portfoward.com is a good place to start
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{"user_question": "yasser", "user_answer": "genewitch"}
greetings .. attempting to compile a kernel module .. how do I tell Make not to use the current kernel and specify another ?
pastebinit
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{"user_question": "SimplySeth", "user_answer": "genewitch"}
well boys im a super noob and since playing arund with ubuntu I loved it and installed it but now I tried to install my grf driver and it says I need super user privliges what do I do here?
use sudo <command>
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{"user_question": "KillerX", "user_answer": "venger"}
Can someone help me configure an nVidia video card?
there's a nice tutorial in the wiki, if you get stuck a specific question just ask here
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{"user_question": "cdsmithus", "user_answer": "chuy_max"}
I run a dhcp server on my server, is there any command I can run to list all the dhcp leases it has given out?
you could also examine /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases
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{"user_question": "azexian", "user_answer": "unop"}
hello everybody, i have a problem about gnash. When I open youtube in firefox, my computer choked, gnash uses more than 50% of cpu, how can i deal it except uninstall gnash?
But you may want to ask the gnash people
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{"user_question": "nickryan", "user_answer": "h1st0"}
how can i update the 'locate' database?
sudo updatedb
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{"user_question": "Daremonai", "user_answer": "squidly"}
what's the non-interactive equivalent of starting aptitude and doing uUgg?
update & upgrade ?
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{"user_question": "_c", "user_answer": "nikrud"}
any experts on FakeRaidDebug advanced troubleshooting around tonight?
...if anyone can answer your question
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{"user_question": "pure_eigenVector", "user_answer": "desertc"}
how do I get 'Custom' to show up in my Appearance Preferences > Visual Effects tab?
- do you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed?
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{"user_question": "luckyone", "user_answer": "danand"}
Will putting spaces between the lines in fstab mess things up?
- no ... but you should comment out blank lines with a # ...
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{"user_question": "Scunizi", "user_answer": "danand"}
hya anybody can help me..I was using youtube-dl to download videos from you tube but now it doesn't work anymore and then I start to use UnPlug so was working fine but now experienced the same problme actually is quite weird ..
i haven't used those, but keepvid.com works fine for me
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{"user_question": "emerson", "user_answer": "ZeeshanQ"}
how do I execute a bash script inside a bash script?
use full path
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{"user_question": "benc", "user_answer": "koshari"}
how do I get the folders a package is using?
dpkg -L
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{"user_question": "benc", "user_answer": "jrib"}
is there a good interface designer for gtk2 that integrates well with perl?
i dont know a whole lot about it tbh but have you looked at glade?
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{"user_question": "stefano_", "user_answer": "buyaka"}
in ubuntu how would i sync two folders, one on a thumbdrive and the other on the hardisk?
rsync
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{"user_question": "buyaka", "user_answer": "Scunizi"}
p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb is buggy, when it creates gzip files, their CRC are invalid (in 64-bit OS).
7zip is at 9.20 now
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{"user_question": "betta_y_omega", "user_answer": "auronandace"}
Im new to linux and cant get this command line to work: sudo cp ~/downloads/alsa*. i get the following msg icp: missing destination file operand after `/home/fatedkiss/downloads/alsa*.'n term:
cp is a copy command, you listed where you want to copy from, but not where you want to copy to
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{"user_question": "fatedkiss", "user_answer": "jeffMASTERflex"}
where do I run a script at login?
System>Preferences>Sessions
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{"user_question": "thos9", "user_answer": "wharp"}
all my devices attached to usb slots are not working (external hd, scaner, printer, bluetooth, cardreader, camrea, same when I attach memory stick), does anyone know why?
it's not even in beta yet
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{"user_question": "d90_", "user_answer": "nemilar"}
Hi, I recently switched to gnome 3 from unity (much better, wow), but none of the links in the top menu work... the menus themselves work, but when i go to System Settings, My Account, Network Settings, or even Data and Time Settings, nothing happens. I can launch these things from a terminal, but from the menu they're broken for some reason. Are there logs somewhere so i can see what's going on?
contact the PPA maintainer
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{"user_question": "hobotroid", "user_answer": "bazhang"}
how can i export the display during a ssh session
it is far easier to use ssh -X beforehand :)
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{"user_question": "organiks", "user_answer": "sarnold"}
can anyone confirm if the madwifi site is down?
yep down here too
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{"user_question": "brapse", "user_answer": "Breakage"}
hello, i need a console browser (not lynx, please) any suggestions?
elinks
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{"user_question": "peanutwithchocol", "user_answer": "toros"}
hello, does anybody know a web page which has the cache of a lot of web pages? NOT google cache, i need more older cache
or was it some waybackmachine.com...
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{"user_question": "peanutwithchocol", "user_answer": "ploom"}
how do you swap backends?
just install totem-xine and will replace the other totem, which is called totem or totem-gstreamer, I don't actually remember
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{"user_question": "Kibbles", "user_answer": "kostkon"}
is there a command to kill X (and keep it from restarting, I need to install the nVidia driver from a terminal)?
ctl-alt-f2, login & run sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop , then do your nvidia stuff. sudo invoke-rc.d gdm start to restart the gui
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{"user_question": "intardnet", "user_answer": "nickrud"}
hello! I'm having troubles booting the install cd. when I select install I get a blinking cursor. Any ideas on what could be problem? I checked the md5 of the iso and it matches
try hitting F6 at the boot screen, then change 'quiet splash' in the input box to 'nosplash'
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{"user_question": "rob45", "user_answer": "Starnestommy"}
does anyone know of a program gui or console, pref console, that shows you which programs are using bandwidth, ie kb/s. and i know about netstat but i need something else ?
- iostat in a terminal
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{"user_question": "passbe", "user_answer": "ltz28"}
Is there a website where I can get these news (server problems and so on...)?
it will probably be solved in two dozens of minutes.
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{"user_question": "lootsy", "user_answer": "LjL"}
whats the equivalent in Unix of the cd.. command ? (getting one level upper in folder tree)
the difference is cd ..
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{"user_question": "Rev_", "user_answer": "icedwater"}
anyone know how to reneable the save tabs open feature in firefox if it's accidentally disabled with the checkbox?
edit > preferences > When Firefox starts: Show my windows and tabs from last time
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{"user_question": "elliotjhug", "user_answer": "BoltClock"}
anyone else know of a way i can connect my iPod without having rhythmbox launching automatically?
check the settings for nautilus (that is the filebrowser) it has a tab called media, change it there
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{"user_question": "BoltClock", "user_answer": "blippe"}
I cant start application in X-window from a linux remote desktop with ssh? any help please?
you must type ssh -X
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{"user_question": "creeed", "user_answer": "nikitis"}
is there a generic package for developer tools? eg compiler, gawk, linker, etc
'build-essential'
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{"user_question": "gmoore", "user_answer": "MCSbreaker"}
Hi! I'm trying to install a burner app (trying Gnomebaker) but the installer tells me that it is not authenticated (risky...). Is it because it is not directly supported? (sorry, new on ubuntu :))
yer,. its fine
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{"user_question": "Owleto", "user_answer": "bod_"}
I'm switching 30 student laptops to Ubuntu. We are switching from Fedora. I was wondering if anybody can suggest a decent _advanced_ user book? I need to harden these boxes before we hand them out to students. TIA.
take a look at the free downloads for phptr (Prentice Hall Technical Reference)
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{"user_question": "beered", "user_answer": "Viking667"}
am I in the right channel for wubi?
It may be best to file a bug or a brainstorm entry for that, rather than mentioning it here and having it get lost in the channel.
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{"user_question": "CharonP1", "user_answer": "Pici"}
Is there a shell command I can use to see how big a directory is and many files and subdirectories are in it?
man du
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{"user_question": "JonathanEllis", "user_answer": "stefg"}
Does Jaunty have the capability to encrypt the home directory or is that just Karmic? I have a nasty feeling I am installing from the wrong CD. Oops!
there should be an option on the jaunty live cd for encrypting home
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{"user_question": "JonathanEllis", "user_answer": "coz_"}
is there a way to turn off 'joined / exit' messages in xchat?
right click the channel on the left side, hide join/parts is somewhere in the options
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{"user_question": "lobhater_", "user_answer": "zykotick9"}
I just upgraded to Hardy and now whenever I insert a DVD, Totem starts up.
edit -> preferences -> media in nautilus
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{"user_question": "chrislees", "user_answer": "jrib"}
Hi. I just built a computer with 1 gig of RAM, but the BIOS and Ubuntu report only 883 megabytes. Does anyone know what might have gone wrong?
do you have a onboard video card? it could be sharing your system memory.
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{"user_question": "chrislees", "user_answer": "Pici"}
i am connected to internet but when i use the apt-get install apache2(example..same with every package) i get E: Couldn't find package apache2 PLEASE HELP????
sudo apt-get update
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{"user_question": "chafka", "user_answer": "mneptok"}
how to startup gnome on remote machine through ssh ?
/etc/init.d/gdm restart
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{"user_question": "djeday", "user_answer": "Rubin"}
the question i had about sata was it has a sata power plug and a standard power plug, do both need to be used or just one?
the answer to your question is either 'yes' or 'it depends'
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{"user_question": "infidel", "user_answer": "godaddy"}
how do I resize a ntfs partition from ubuntu?
gparted in live cd can
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{"user_question": "Vicfred", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Anyone know how I would bridge my eth0/1 with my ra0 on 10.04? Everytime I bring the bridge up it knocks my Wireless out.
just FYI (if it applies) but as noted on this page, most wireless don't support bridging - good luck. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Networking
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{"user_question": "Zutara", "user_answer": "zykotick9_"}
hi everyone. I've just installed vim-gnome, but when i launch it (typing gvim), it hangs and i have to switch to console mode to kill it.
try gvim & instead
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{"user_question": "scrouaf", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Can I use DOSBOX to run windows 95 games?
some reuire windows to run. You can install win95 in dosbox
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{"user_question": "elliot_", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
hi, i'm having problems with xen, anyone can help?
can you expand
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{"user_question": "luiX_", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
can someone msg me the default grouplist for the initial user on an ubuntu install? I screwed up my assignments by doing usermod -G fuse, instead of usermod -a -G fuse
username = andy
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{"user_question": "nuvan", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
question, - in Ubuntu is there a way to see the raw output of a serial input (connected via USB)
sure, use watch or cat on the raw device
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{"user_question": "yoyoyo", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Hi everyone. I'm still searching for a webcam that works with Intrepid Ibex out of the box. I have bought and returned 5 cameras so far. Can anyone suggest a camera that they have working with 8.10?
thats all i know, you may want to peruse forums etc, I think all webcams will need some work
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{"user_question": "ernz", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Does HDMI audio work on Ubuntu?
it can but ive seen it to be a pain
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{"user_question": "alexs", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
You mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?!
flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you
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{"user_question": "kalib", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Hello. Where do I put a .so file I want to add to Firefox? I downloaded 64 bit version of Adobe Flash, got .so file and don't know what to do next with it
cp <file.so> ~/.mozilla/plugins; killall firefox; firefox &
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{"user_question": "Pegasos989", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Hey everyone... is there a thunderbird 3 final deb anywhere?
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
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{"user_question": "flithm", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Hi guys, does this channel support the Alternate (LTSP) aspect of ubuntu as well or is there another channel i can be redirected to? - thanks.
add your username to the proxy group
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{"user_question": "Dyllan", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
hi, is there any package for the game 0 A.D. ?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1211966
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{"user_question": "javi", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
What is the CLI equivalent of synaptic's 'remove completely' (i.e. config files too)
sudo apt-get --purge remove <package>
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{"user_question": "pluma", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
hi guys, how does mounting iso images in nautilus work? I would like to do the same from the cli without needing root...
then you would need to do it through a fuse filesystem, nautilus probably uses gnome vfs
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{"user_question": "eitch", "user_answer": "SIFTU"}
hi .. would anyone here say it's worth trying lucid yet?
good :D
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{"user_question": "lukus", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
now, for my question.. does anybody know of an opensource project which syncs stuff local stuff to a remote server? I really don't want to write my own rsync scripts!
ubuntuone
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{"user_question": "basix", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}
Dualboot with Vista and Karmic. Has anyone tried? Heard of any problems, or should it be easy as pie?
install vista first and leave unpartitioned space for ubuntu = easy
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{"user_question": "XiXaQ", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"}