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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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "GreekFreak", "user_answer": "norbert79"} |
what's that command again to list all connected USB devices? | lsusb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Optimus55", "user_answer": "Valkyrie"} |
what is the command in the live cd for the partitioner? | spasibo | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ubuntu_", "user_answer": "Mutabor_on"} |
anyone use awesome ? need help on theme.lua | http://awesome.naquadah.org/community/ | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "schadey", "user_answer": "erUSUL"} |
does the vmware server has the create image feature? | vmware server lets you do anything | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Riotta", "user_answer": "Stephmw"} |
how to you connect to a port with ssh? | ssh -p 1022 HOST | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "new001", "user_answer": "denstark"} |
what is the most recent version of ubuntu? | 7.10 gutsy gibbon | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "new001", "user_answer": "yeats"} |
what is the name of the application, that is on the panel and reports updates? | update-manager | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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/* | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "mukti", "user_answer": "escott_"} |
what should i do | what are you talking aobut? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "isaacj87", "user_answer": "histo"} |
can you apt-get mkdistro? | try apt-cache search mkdistro maybe | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "cjones", "user_answer": "histo"} |
how can i switch to console from X in Ubuntu 10.04? | F7 will get you back | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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> | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "nickryan", "user_answer": "h1st0"} |
how can i update the 'locate' database? | sudo updatedb | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Daremonai", "user_answer": "squidly"} |
what's the non-interactive equivalent of starting aptitude and doing uUgg? | update & upgrade ? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "_c", "user_answer": "nikrud"} |
any experts on FakeRaidDebug advanced troubleshooting around tonight? | ...if anyone can answer your question | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 # ... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "emerson", "user_answer": "ZeeshanQ"} |
how do I execute a bash script inside a bash script? | use full path | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "benc", "user_answer": "koshari"} |
how do I get the folders a package is using? | dpkg -L | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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? | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "fatedkiss", "user_answer": "jeffMASTERflex"} |
where do I run a script at login? | System>Preferences>Sessions | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 :) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "organiks", "user_answer": "sarnold"} |
can anyone confirm if the madwifi site is down? | yep down here too | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "brapse", "user_answer": "Breakage"} |
hello, i need a console browser (not lynx, please) any suggestions? | elinks | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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... | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 .. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "creeed", "user_answer": "nikitis"} |
is there a generic package for developer tools? eg compiler, gawk, linker, etc | 'build-essential' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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) | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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. | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "chafka", "user_answer": "mneptok"} |
how to startup gnome on remote machine through ssh ? | /etc/init.d/gdm restart | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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' | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "infidel", "user_answer": "godaddy"} |
how do I resize a ntfs partition from ubuntu? | gparted in live cd can | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "elliot_", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
hi, i'm having problems with xen, anyone can help? | can you expand | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "ernz", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
Does HDMI audio work on Ubuntu? | it can but ive seen it to be a pain | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "alexs", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
You mean flashplugin-nonfree, right?! | flashplugin-nonfree will install flash for you | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 & | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Pegasos989", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
Hey everyone... is there a thunderbird 3 final deb anywhere? | https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "Dyllan", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |
hi, is there any package for the game 0 A.D. ? | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1211966 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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> | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "eitch", "user_answer": "SIFTU"} |
hi .. would anyone here say it's worth trying lucid yet? | good :D | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"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 | ubuntu-dialogue | {"user_question": "XiXaQ", "user_answer": "ActionParsnip"} |