Codename "Oneiric Ocelot". Released on October 13th, 2011. Superseded by 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" on April 26, 2012. Reached End of Life (EOL) on 9th May, 2013. You should only use this tag if your question is hardware or version-specific.
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Ubuntu 11.10 running in windows 7 (wubi) AND on a separate partition
I am in a very strange situation and need some help: I installed Ubuntu 11.10 through Wubi a while back so that I can use it alongside Windows 7. I was running out of space on my disk when trying to ...
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v11.10 System settings is displaying 41 copies of every app
I just switched from 11.04 to 11.10 on Monday (when support for 11.04 ended), and now the system settings app takes forever to come up, and when it does, there are 41 copies of all the apps. 41 ...
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How to change Thunderbird's display time to 24h format?
Currently Thunderbird displays time in AM/PM mode.
How can I change it to 24h mode?
UPDATE 1:
$ locale |grep LC_TIME
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
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Ubuntu 11.10 x64 gnome shell opening sh in nautilus
I just upgraded to 11.10 and I found one annoying thing. When I am trying to open executable (sh for example), it opens in gedit. Where is that popup whitch asks how I whant to open it.
How to ...
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desktop not getting keyboard focus after upgrade to 11.10
After upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, unity desktop icons do not get keyboard focus. As a result, can no longer rename or delete files from the desktop view, and any keyboard input continues to be ...
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I got rid of unity but have gnome-panel: blank screen
I got rid of unity in my Ubuntu 11.10 on a dell mini following the steps as in this post. I had ensured that I installed gnome-panel before I did this and removed unity from within gnome-panel.
When ...
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I can't install Skype on Ubuntu 11.10 from the Software Center
I have my new dell inspiron 5520 factory pre installed ubuntu 11.10 i really liked it but I didnt knew any thing about it first it download or intall everything from software center after 3 days i ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 boots to grub
I've tried installing Ubuntu 11.10 on my lenovo y580 a number of times, but I keep running into the same issue. Whenever I try to boot into Ubuntu for the first time using easy BCD, I am brought to ...
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Install OpenNI for Ubuntu 11.10
I cannot find install instructions for Ubuntu 11.10 anywhere on the internet. Does anyone have a link to how to get it up and running or how I can get started?
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Ubuntu 11.10 got virus or malware, how to delete entire disk and re install?
Had the Ubuntu sitting idle, came back to find it had linked and connected to malware sites, do not know how. Just want to delete/re install. want to stay with 11.10
the pc itself does not have a ...
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Why only 1 cpu is used instead of 2 on ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Ubuntu 12.10 only see 8 cores?
I recently install Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit on a workstation with 2 Xeon E5620 but only 1 cpu, with 4 core and can be hyperthreading ...
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Ubuntu Live CD hangs on boot
I have burned 11.04 to a CD to set up dual-boot. But the Ubuntu screen just stays with the dots below the name and nothing else. I would really like to try it out. Any help would be appreciated.
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How to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS without update manager?
I am running 11.10 on my PC. The Update Manager once indicated that I could upgrade to 12.04 LTS. However, clicking the upgrade button made the update manager unresponsive and I had to force quit the ...
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CD/DVD drive not being read/won't mount
I've looked all over the web and I can't find an answer to my problem. A few days ago when I would insert a CD, it would auto mount, but now for some reason it isn't showing up.
I was using Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 does not see all the memory
I have 11.10 64bit installed on my Lenovo s205. When I install 2G (confirmed by the BIOS), "Systems Info" only sees 1.6GiB, and when I install 3G, it only sees 2.6GiB. If seen some pages suggesting I ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Nvidia freeze issue
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric on my HP Pavilion Slimline and it's running Nvidia graphics card (GeForce 6150 LE/PCI/SSE2)
After using the system for a while the screen blinks really quick and ...
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Authentication error when trying to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04
I wrote :
~$ do-release-upgrade
and the system says:
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [198 B]
Get:2 ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 11.10/12.10
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.10, but both gave the same. When the installer finished, it asked to reboot, and after the reboot the windows started (like before) or the Ubuntu boot-screen showed, ...
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Lexmark X5650 doesn't print (scanning works)
I want to use a Lexmark X5650 under Ubuntu.
When I connect it via USB, Ubuntu recognizes the device, but can't find a driver. On the Lexmark support site, you can select "Unix/Linux" and then ...
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Installing the graphic driver on ubuntu 11.10
I recently bought Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu 11.10 pre-installed.
After using it for a while I was prompted with available driver updates, one of which said :
ATI/AMD proprietary graphics driver ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 can't play music with Logitech Bluetooth receiver
I'm a very basic Ubuntu 11.10 user and I'm trying to stream music on a Logitech wireless speaker adapter for bluetooth audio devices.
I can get to pair the device with my computer, but I can't play ...
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How to enlarge ubuntu partition
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 recently by making a 5.6GB partition from the Ubiquity installer.
I wanted to upgrade to 12.04, so I opened the Update Manager and clicked on 'Update Packages' (I was ...
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My HP Pavilion a1710n and an upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10
Please...I recently was prompted to upgrade my Ubuntu to 11.10 and I was able to successfully complete this task. However, now when I start my computer, I have to
go through and reboot etc. because ...
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Laptop will not boot on battery power
I cannot start my Toshiba Qosmio G40 without plugging in the power adaptor. After booting Ubuntu, i can unplug the power adaptor and run on battery. I am using Ubuntu 12.04lts, i had the same problem ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 server; can't stream audio to bluetooth
I have a current working setup of mpd -> alsa on ubuntu server 11.10.
I now have an usb<>bluetooth adapter, with which i can see the to-be-paired device (logitech adapter) with hcitool scan.
So ...
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My Ubuntu system doesn't shutdown. Stays in splash screen
I updated from Ubuntu 11.10, I had installed also XFCE on that version but mainly used Unity, after I upgraded to 12.04 when I shutdown it doesn't shutdown it remains in a XUbuntu splash screeen. I ...
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At Symbol not working for apt get proxy authentication Ubuntu 11.10
I Have tried two things in three places to see if it works please do help me out.
Two methods:
replacing @ with %40
replacing @ with \@
Three places:
export with the .bashrc file
editing ...
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“Failed to apply network settings” right after boot
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and I keep facing this error message in a dialog box, right after I boot up my computer (already in graphical mode):
Failed to apply network settings
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minimize, maximize and close buttons disappear
I run gtk-window-decorator –replace and compiz-decorator --replace respectively in an attempt to fix the problem of disappearing window tittle bar and borders in my ubuntu 11.10, and I noticed that ...
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Wi-Fi hotspot not accessible for mobile on Ubuntu 11.10
In my Ubuntu 11.10, I am using MTS USB modem for an Internet connection and have created a Wi-Fi hotspot for accessing the Internet on my Android mobile.
I have successfully created a hotspot and a ...
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Issues in pulse audio in Ubuntu 11.10
Good Morning All.
I am a new ubuntu user. So please forgive me if this question is too basic.
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my machine. I have logged in as USER_A. My external audio device is a ...
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Bluetooth wizard is not detecting other devices [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bluetooth device is not detecting any other devices?
I have installed many versions of Ubuntu, but none of them appears to support my bluetooth device.
Whenever I try ...
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Ask about same software like putty
I want to share document in remote computer.
Through which software can be supposed same like putty in UBUNTU 11.10?
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Un-install 32bit Ubuntu and Install 64bit Ubuntu?
I had a Windows 7 operating system, I then wrote over that OS with Ubuntu 11.10.
This heavily increased my disk space, but since i installed a 32bit version of Ubuntu onto my once 64bit OS my RAM was ...
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Why does it take so long for my USB speakers to be recognized by pulseaudio? [closed]
I have an XBMCBuntu installation (based on Ubuntu 11.10), meaning that I don't have a graphical desktop environment installed.
I've connected a set of USB speakers, and for about a minute or two, ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 has some problem with GUI
Once power on the system, after some time the GUI of all most all window has changed (look at the image). Into thunderbird all text are overlapped and display mashed up. Into Geany color all tabs ...
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USB not accessible from Virtual box WIndow 7 and XP [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Set up USB for Virtualbox
i can not access my USB from my Virtual Win 7 and i have to install Win XP, still its the same problem.
i have a database application that ...
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how do I get write access to var/www [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Whats the simplest way to edit and add files to “/var/www”?
here is a question from a guy who is eager to get started learning PHP but just can't get started because of ...
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Cannot reinstall MySql in 11.10 - ERROR: There's not enough space in /var/lib/mysql/
I've tried it all (removing all the packages associated with MySQL) but keep getting stuff like this:
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 142196 files and directories currently ...
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Fast (twice in <1s) pressing of the same key on keyboard is not recognized correctly. What can it be?
If I press any button 2 times quickly (I mean with less one second of delay between the keystrokes), Ubuntu doesn't detect the second one. In particularly, Ubuntu seems to detect the pressure because ...
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Some keys on my laptop's keyboard stops working after i login in ubuntu 11.10
i'm using ubuntu 11.10 on my samsung R480 laptop.Now the problem is that i can't use some keys on my laptop's keyboard such as 'u','i','o','p','j','k','l',';''m','.' and also when pressing the keys ...
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Wrong detection of available VGA memory with Intel HD 3000.
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 on the Asus-A42f. The size of the VGA memory that is detected by the system is only 256 MB. But according to the specification the available memory should be 758MB.
The VGA ...
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FTP Connection established…Connection timed out problem with all my sites and FTP programs?
Just few hours ago FileZilla was working fine. Then, suddenly I started to get this error:
Status: Resolving address of ftp.readtypechinese.com
Status: Connecting to 69.175.14.60:21...
Status: ...
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reset video driver to original ubuntu driver
I have an nVidia and I installed the latest drivers from the nVidia web site. I then forgot to uninstall the driver before taking tons of updates and ended with an unbootable Ubuntu installation. ...
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what's the fs type for mounting an existing Ubuntu partition?
Trying to repair the usual broken Ubuntu I try chrooting following directions from this page However when I arrive to the mounting step where I need to mount the existing Extended broken Linux ...
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Ubuntu won't boot how to uninstall nvidia driver?
I had Ubuntu 3.0.23 and installed manually the nVidia drivers 2 months ago. Now took the accumulated updates 3.0.26 and can't boot anymore. After the GRUB menu I get a black screen and a cursor. Is ...
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How to resolve “Network host is busy; will retry in 30 seconds”?
I have added a network printer, a Konica Minolta C253, via cups by its IP (http://10.0.0.42) under the http://localhost:631/ cups webfrontend on an Ubuntu 11.10 client.
I used the documented ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 boot: xhost: unable to open display
I've had this papercut for a while now, it's time it was fixed.
When I boot up Ubuntu, choosing "Ubuntu...generic" from the grub screen, Ubuntu fails to load. It just sits at the driver/module ...
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installing ubuntu as the only OS
i want to install ubuntu as the only os. that means remove the cuttent os win XP and install ubuntu 11.10. now it will use the entire hard disc for that. but i want to only use the C: drive for that ...
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XORG Issues- reported bug, what next
On Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit, after watching a video on VLC, I started getting screen freezes and unresponsive keyboard, and the mouse moves but clicking it doesn't do anything. I created a bug (1055240) ...
