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    [ubuntu] Re: command question

    Hello -

    You can create a simple script named "google" and put it in your bin folder (with other commands). Just include something like this:

    #!/usr/bin/bash
    firefox google.com

    Make it...
  2. [SOLVED] Re: Scanning External Windows Backup Drive From Ubuntu

    lsusb will show you if it is connected. It should mount to /media by default on a desktop install. Also make sure it is working on another machine. If all else fails, sometimes you can pop the drive...
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    [ubuntu] Re: rhythmbox double song list

    Same issue because of symlink from home to another partition for music, originally had folder pointed to but rhythmbox decided to add home/me/Music automatically. I had to go into...
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    [gnome] Re: I seem to have messed up GNOME

    You can use apt-get to reinstall the power manager. It appears in
    the repo as gnome-power-manager. Try doing:

    sudo apt-get reinstall gnome-power-manager

    You can also try to purge and then...
  5. [ubuntu] Re: Reinstall windows without disturbing ubuntu and GRUB?

    If grub is on a separate drive from windows you can pull the linux HD and install windows by itself. Plug the linux drive back in and update grub with the new information. You will have to use the...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: Windows won't boot after Ubuntu 10.4 upgrade

    Hello -

    What is the error grub gives you when it will not boot to Windows? Or is there an error? If you did write over the windows boot, you can go into the recovery console and type in "fixmbr"...
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    [xubuntu] Re: Getting Wireless to work

    Hello -

    Open a terminal (in Accessories), type in lspci

    Usually towards the bottom.
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    [all variants] Re: lsusb won't find hard drive after boot

    Not pointing fingers or saying this is your issue, but I only have this problem when I do not unmount the drive before removing it.
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    [kubuntu] Re: Ubuntu9.10 - shutdown option restarts pc

    I have seen this problem with Windows. For me it was a hardware issue, updated the BIOS and it worked, then started failing again. Maybe look to the ACPI functions?
  10. Thread: extra repos

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    Re: extra repos

    The "usual" repos in /etc/apt/sources.lst should have both of everything. The other repos are 64-bit only if the owner decides. A search engine is your friend here. "ubuntu 64-bit repo" - I threw...
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    [ubuntu] Re: second ethernet device

    A NIC set to DHCP should broadcast to all to find the DHCP server. It should see at least the external address of the internal DHCP server. Maybe I am wrong.
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    [ubuntu] Re: badly broken package

    how about this?

    $ sudo apt-get purge snort
  13. [ubuntu] Re: How to get my website connected to my server?

    So, first part, make sure your ISP does not block a mail server, mine did and it took me a while to figure out why it just "stopped working".

    Second. Installing apache2 from the repo will...
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    [ubuntu] Re: [ask]install from source??

    So...tar ball is usually source code. Also, usually includes a README or howto file after you extract it. Maybe not, oh well. It will not work like a .deb or whatever from a repository. You usually...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Repository Issues

    Hey dude, it is in /etc/apt/sources.list. Comment out the line(s) or remove it.
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    [SOLVED] Re: if ubuntu 9.04 slows down

    You can check to see if any process is bogging things down with the "top" command in a terminal. There are also some graphical versions available somewhere if you want it to look pretty. You might...
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    [ubuntu] Re: 10 key does not work on Saitek Eclipse

    I just ran into this problem as well with my HP G60 with 9.10 -15. It did not manifest until the -15 kernel update. This fixed the issue. Weird this would be enabled out of no where by default...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Entire pictures folder deletes itself?

    what do you get with ls -l ~/pictures ?
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    [ubuntu] Re: HP G60-114EA Wireless does not work!

    The issue I ran into when installing Jaunty was that the previous version, Ubuntu 8.04 or 10, did not have to ath9k drivers OOtB. I had compiled them in myself. I upgraded the system through aptitude...
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    Re: I just got a laptop for free! yay!

    mmmm...."free" beer
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    Re: Has anyone seen Southland Tales?

    Why is this here? Yeah the Fountain was cool, not Darren A's best. Have you seen the 3 ages or whatever it is called? It is a Buster Keeton movie. It is supposedly and obviously based on it.

    If...
  22. [ubuntu] Re: Video blinking and not attaching to windows (fglrx driver, compiz-fusion)

    ATI drivers have not been around long. I think they just threw some crap together and said, "Okay, now those linux assholes will quit bitching at us", but sadly, the drivers they gave suck. I have...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Can't install ubuntu! Please help!

    Have you tried doing a safe install, or even a text install? Your VC may be Vista enabled, which means maybe in linux. Text install and find out if driver exists (or install driver before install...
  24. [other] Re: Newbie Question(s) about Partitioning/Wireless

    I have a really thoughtful question for you, what is the wireless card? Even if you cannot find a direct driver for the card, you can still find the chipset (their website or using program like...
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    [ubuntu] Re: connect: No buffer space available

    Looking at other google hits. Try not using network-manager. Also, may have info entered incorrectly, check that. Also driver incorrectly installed. Screw this, google this:

    ifconfig no buffer...
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