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 Superseded by 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" on April 26, 2012.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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Is there a graphical way of installing fonts in 11.10/Gnome 3 [duplicate]
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How do I install fonts?
When testing 11.10, I wanted to install some fonts. However, it seems that I cannot simply double click a font file to install it. I've tried ...
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How can I adjust the resolution to avoid the damaged area on my screen?
I have a laptop that has a damaged screen. The 24 pixels (approximately) on the right side of the screen are damaged (this is definitely not a driver problem, it is physical damage). It is not a ...
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How to make guest sessions start with Unity 2D by Default?
My PC does not have enough resources to run two accounts in Unity 3D.
When I open a guest account from an already started session, it uses Unity 3D by default. How do I change that?
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How to quickly respond to Empathy message in Unity (Similar to Gnome-Shell)
I have seen the way you can respond to messages in a nice quick way in Gnome-Shell with a message window popping out from the bottom. How can this be applied in Unity for a window to pop up and just ...
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How do I enable the globalmenu / appmenu on XFCE or LXDE?
I have tried various tricks I could find to install the global menu on xfce and lxde on the latest oneiric, but nothing worked. Does anyone have an idea on how to do that? Thanks.
Here's what I've ...
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Ubuntu detects only 3.2GB RAM on a 64bit OS [duplicate]
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Only 3.2 Gb of memory being used on a 64-bit system
I have been running 64 bit version of 11.10 which was upgraded from 11.04 and wasn't a fresh install. I earlier had ...
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System shows “Battery Critically low”
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 on VAIO . Whenever I unplug the charger from my laptop, there comes a dialog showing "battery critically low" and system suspends, even when the charge is 100%.
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PC logs off instead of shuts down
I’ve upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 but I have a problem with shutdown. When I turn off my PC it do the logout instead the shutdwon. When arrive to violet screen (login) than I can shutdown my Pc and all is ...
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External monitor set as primary even when disconnected from laptop
My Lenovo X200 laptop has developed a problem recently whereby I get a blank internal screen on booting into Ubuntu 11.10 (display works normally during boot and I get a moment of desktop before it ...
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How to configure Grub to show only splash-screen and error messages during boot and shutdown?
I want to know where do I configure grub boot commands and commands called by lxsession-logout.
I wish to make splash screen and only error output on both startup and shutdown/reboot.
Startup, as far ...
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Which new features and changes are planned for Unity in 11.10?
Reading the planet and several blogs regularly, and also testing 11.10, it still is not clear to me what is planned for Unity in 11.10. When going to launchpad, no blueprints are available and the ...
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Unity broken after changing few compiz settings, fresh 11.10 install [duplicate]
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Unity just disappears after changing launcher icon size and won't come back
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 and then changed (or tried to anyway) ...
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Unable to view text on OMG! Ubuntu! website in Firefox 7 [closed]
I am unable to view any text on the OMG! Ubuntu! website. I am using Firefox 7 on Oneiric. I also have all the latest updates installed. I am using NoScript, if that matters. As you can see from the ...
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Unity 3D doesn't work anymore, just shows a menu on the top [duplicate]
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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
I no longer have Unity 3D in Ubuntu 11.10. After I reinstalled Unity 3D, my desktop looks like this:
Any ...
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How do I open the Disk Utility in the Unity Desktop environment?
I am new to Ubuntu and have installed it side by side with windows 7. Both boot up okay, my problem is I can't get to disk utility to create a partition that I can share between both OSs. Help says go ...
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How to bypass/remove/disable the untrusted package authentication
First the image:
then me saying "Say What!!.. How the..What the..??".
Basically I am stunned. How can I disable/bypass/remove/explode the option for the untrusted packages not letting me install ...
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How do I install a new icon set? [duplicate]
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How can I install different icons?
I am looking for new look to Ubuntu Desktop.
I've read about something called the Faenza icons but I dont know where to download ...
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“cannot determine current directory” while building haskell
I'm trying to install haskell on ubuntu 11.10 and I'm following the instructions on this website: https://gist.github.com/1524859
But when I type ./configure I get an error message saying:
checking ...
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How do I show date next to time in the panel with gnome-shell?
I would like to show the date in the bar up the top there (next to the time). I can not see any obvious way to enable this.
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How do you build older gcc versions? Errors about crti.o not being found
How can I build an older gcc (specifically, 4.5.2) on Ubuntu 11.10 and avoid errors about "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory"?
I've done a bit of digging and found several ...
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How can I upgrade kernel to 3.1?
The Ubuntu kernel PPA doesn't have kernel 3.1. Is there any other guaranteed way to upgrade because I don't want to reinstall Ubuntu again.
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How can I uninstall MongoDB and reinstall the latest version?
I need to uninstall mongodb completely from my system (Ubuntu 11.10) and install version 2.0.5.
Currently, when I run:
mongo db
I get the following error:
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.1
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Why can't i choose output sound for each application?
I am using dual monitors, and i want to be able to play a movie with sound on the TV (through vlc or something) and then play youtube og some games with my headphones on my laptop. Is there anyway i ...
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How to use gedit-latex-plugin?
I have installed the packages texlive and gedit-latex-plugin. I see syntax highlighting for .tex files, but I don't get any extra stuff in my gedit menus or toolbars for latex -> pdf like I expected ...
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Resetting CompizConfig Settings Manager settings
I was running 11.04 before upgrading to 11.10 recently and now I am not able to access my account. When I try to login, the console flashes up with some messages on it, then the NVidia logo pops up ...
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How do I disable a touchpad using the command line?
Is there a way to disable a touchpad using a terminal command?
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How do I set default display brightness?
Is it possible to set the default display brightness so you don't have to re-adjust it everytime you reboot? My laptop display is killing my eyes at the login screen already because it starts at 100% ...
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How do I set the launcher to always show in Unity 2d?
I have install ubuntu 11.10 and use unity-2d.
The Unity-2d auto hide.
I want it to be always show
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Can I move the password field to the center of the login screen?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 ( I reverted back from 12.04 to 11.10 because of stability issues). I would like to know is it possible to change the location of the password field in the login screen ?
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gcc no longer works after upgrade
As an example:
hsmyers@ubuntu:~/c_dev$ cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc,char **argv) {
printf("Hello World!\n");
return 0;
}
hsmyers@ubuntu:~/c_dev$ gcc -c -o hello.o hello.c
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What happened to to the startup application preferences?
in 11.04 I can go to system->preferences ->startup applications
and do things like uncheck Gnome Login Sound
when I open Startup Applications in 11.10 the screen is empty
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Network Manager stops working after an update to ca-certificates
Fresh Beta install on Aspire 5741 (NEW70) - network ok
After installation, run update (485 updates) - install completes ok
After update and reboot, Network Manager fails to open. Unable to connect ...
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How to View Windows Files on a Wubi install?
I wanted to ask, how can i view all my windows files on Ubuntu. I found out how to get my D drive folders but have yet not figured out how to get my C drive files. Please give me an easy way to find ...
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Super Cow Powers? [duplicate]
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Easter eggs in Ubuntu
I did "apt-get --help" and at the end of the output it said "This APT has Super Cow Powers." I have never seen this message before. Can anyone ...
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Problem with Cyborg R.A.T 3 gaming mouse
I'm having some problems with a new R.A.T 3 gaming mouse that I bought today. It works flawlessly under Windows 7, but under Ubuntu 11.10 it keeps misbehaving.
What happens is this:
I connect the ...
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Unable to install Emacs 24 from ppa:cassou/emacs
I followed the following instructions to install Emacs 24 on my machine (borrowed from: http://www.mikeyboldt.com/2011/11/30/install-emacs-24-in-ubuntu/):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
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How can I enable hardware acceleration for an ATI Radeon HD?
When playing high definition video (720p and 1080p) the CPU reaches 100% and freezes the image at regular intervals.
According to the manufacturer this accelerator is capable of hardware acceleration ...
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SSH connection getting refused
I am new to linux and I am trying to establish a SSH connection with my friend's PC in the same LAN, but I am getting "ssh: connect to host 192.168.71.70 port 22: Connection refused". Both ways are ...
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What to use to connect to nomachine's server?
I was told to use nomachine to access a remote server.
Is there anything else that I could use instead?
The remote server is already running the nomachine's server application.
I would like to use ...
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How to “roll up” the window?
After just having upgraded to 11.10, I wonder how i can change what happens when I double click a window title bar. I had it configured to roll up (I cannot remember the phrase in English, in German ...
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Align window buttons to the right in GNOME fallback mode?
There have been many a question on how to do it with gconf-editor in < 11.10, but how can I align the window buttons (close, minimize and maximize) to the right in Ubuntu 11.10?
Please close if ...
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“The upgrade has aborted” error, how to proceed?
I decided to update to Oneiric using the update manager. At some point, I got this message:
The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg ...
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Wired Connection shared with other computers connects then disconnects in 11.10 nm-applet
connecting with shared with other computers connection in NetworkManager. Other computer gets IP but NetworkManager disconnects the shared connection after half a second.
This same setup worked ...
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Can gtk2 themes be converted to gtk3 themes?
I really don't like the stock gtk3 themes and have never found one I like. I do however have a few gtk2 themes I really like. Can these gtk2 themes be ported to gtk3 or made to work in 11.10?
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Fonts in menu are larger than they should be under Awesome WM
I upgraded to oneiric ocelot, running awesome wm. Everything works, more or less, fine but one thing I've noticed is that now my menu fonts and my menu symbols are larger than I'd like them to be.
I ...
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How do I disable the “Available for purchase” list on the Music lens?
I have no intentions in buying music, so I would like to disable it!
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Battery Critically Low at 85%?
I, along with many others, have been experiencing a problem with our Ubuntu 11.10 installations on our battery-powered laptop devices: The computer misreads information from the battery, so it thinks ...
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How can I add a theme to the Appearance settings tab in 11.10
Eventually, I'd like to create a proper 11.10 theme and perhaps distribute a package via ppa. To start, I thought I'd copy one of the "official" themes on my local system and start modifying it.
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Editing the default boot item in grub menu, a definitive answer?
Each time I've tried to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows I always have difficulty with the same thing... editing the default option on the grub boot loader. I'm now running 11.10 and have run into the ...
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Will Gnome 3 be in 11.10?
I want to ask in the upcoming release of Ubuntu 11.10, are they giving Gnome 3?
