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First, thanks for all of the great info!
Here's where I am...
(All commands done as sudo...)

added the repo for pptpconfig
installed pptpconfig
setup the vpn with these parms -
Tunnel name:...

Not exactly on topic, but i'm having problems getting the game to initialize. I get an error related to the sdl library. i've installed sdl-debian (1.2), and sdl-debian-alsa, but it hasn't changed....

Joe~
Depending on the app, there is a control that inverts the image. So far, I've only just got my webcam working (video only, no sound), so I haven't experimented too far with this. If I get the...

Arnie~
First, Thank you !!! I had almost everything figured out, except that part about the version of the compilation. Undoing all my mess and just following the commands you outlined were...

Apache2 uses sites-available and sites-enabled directories for loading the web sites. The default site gets a 'priority' of 000, but the a2ensite script does not allow you to assign these priority...

Since I've gotten so much from the community, I thought I would post this here, since I had so much trouble with setting up my Ubuntu Breezy Badger server...
Also, since this is a topic that alot of...

interesting... after the installation was completed, I ran updatedb and apt-get update...
I got this warning message for all of the repo's in sources.list

W: GPG error:...

dep http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubunut.com/ubunut breezy main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main...

Wild~
my sources.list doesn't contain anything that I would consider 'off the beaten path' ...

Would I be better served by using only the strict Ubuntu repo's ?

when i run apt-get install for proftpd on my Ubuntu 5.10 server install, I get added some of the recommended packages, and then I get this after saying 'Y' to install:
WARNING: the following...

Ok... The reason I asked the question was not from a Synaptic point of view.

For desktop users, synaptic is fine (since we're assuming that these users are ex-M$) or some such OS...

But, in the...

When running apt-get install, do you actually go through and look up what the "suggested" and "recommended" packages are to see exactly "what" they are and try to determine "why" they are suggested...

After several tries with a number of control panel/cms solutions, I am thoroughly convinced that there is no substitute for just taking the time to "know how" to configure the components for a...

removed the source install and went here...
http://logicvortex.net/debian/fluxbox/
got .9.14 ...

(THIS IS HOW TO INSTALL A .DEB PACKAGE INTO UBUNTU)
sudo dpkg -i flux... produces this:
...

checkinstall 1.5.3, Copyright 2001 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
This software is released under the GNU GPL.


The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist....

So, maybe a solution would be during the install of Ubuntu, ask whether you want/need ipv6 enabled, and take the appropriate action...

Then there would only need to be a HOW TO on "enabling ipv6"...

Thanks for the votes of confidence! It looks like we'll go full cappo-buntu steam ahead...

mstyl - thanks for the cautionary word, but after my second go-round with bill and his bizarro...

Well, my first Ubuntu workstation is up and running. After a narrow escape from the evil clutches of bizarro-world (M$), I fearlessly formatted the box (after careful backups - :???: ) and setup...

Yoriko~
Thanks for the how to!
I've got a slightly different setup and would love to get this resolved. If you can point me somewhere to start, I'd really appreciate it.

~$ uname -sr
Linux...

I actually have 2 sound cards on my workstation, which may be why the sound went AWOL after doing this. Since my main audio input was through my webcam back when i had winbloze on this box, i...

K~
Thanks for the reply. Where is that selection available? Whn I log in to the forums, I don't see anything like that.

Is anyone else here having this problem? It seems that I get logged off the forums within about 2 minutes of logging on. I start looking for threads dealing with specific issues, and, before I can...

Nice job. Except that now I have ABSOLUTELY NO SOUND AT ALL!

Kass~
Thanks for the reply. I was a little frustrated at seeing the post there, which was gone when I went back. However, as an update, the "how to" I put together was done out of the lack of any...

I posted the instructions on how to get ftp with ssl/tls for possible inclusion as a "how-to"... and it doesn't get posted at all. Then I come back 15 minutes later and find that someone is asking...