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 Superseded by 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" on April 26, 2012.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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How do I upgrade from 10.04 or 11.10 to 12.04?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
Please outline the different ways I can upgrade to 12.04.
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Why is wireless down/strange after switching to battery or closing/opening the lid?
I noticed that, when I unplugged my laptop, or closed/opened the lid, my wireless connection dropped, every time.
I tracked it down to pm-powersave, and made it stop, see below.
This could also ...
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How to downgrade the Kernel on 11.10
Because of the high power usage I'd like to downgrade my kernel in Ubuntu 11.10 to the version used in 10.10 or 11.04. How can I do that and won't it cause any problems?
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How to I fix software center after installing the Linux Mint MATE desktop?
I installed the MATE desktop using this manual but now i can't open my Ubuntu Software Center and can't open the settings from the update manager.
I removed mate desktop but it doesn't fix the ...
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Ati incompatible with Gnome-shell?
Gnome shell installed through software centre does not display top toolbar panel properly (missing text and icons), and when one of the icons on it eg user's name is clicked the menu popup has missing ...
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Can't use nvidia card/driver on optimus notebook
I installed (once again) the latest official nvidia driver for my GT540m on Ubuntu 11.10.
Even though everything seems OK with my xorg.conf file (I've manually added BusID "PCI:1:0:0", since lspci ...
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How do I get a Canon MG, MP and MX series USB printer working?
Printer MP6150 driver installed itself upon plugging in the printer. Printer is recognized
(lsusb shows it) but does not mount. If the printer is recognized, the driver must be working (or?), but ...
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How can I switch a 32-bit installation to a 64-bit one?
I've got a 32-bit Ubuntu installation running on 64-bit hardware. Now that multi-arch has been implemented, I would like to switch to 64-bit without having to reinstall the OS.
This is one of the ...
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I can't add a Indicator Applet to Panel in Gnome-Classic
ubuntu 11.10
I recently changed unity for classic Desktop. So, i noticed that the volume control dissappeared.
So i read everywhere that the only thing to do is add the Inidicator Applet in the ...
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How do I install Windows 7 alongside a pre-existing Ubuntu installation?
I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which ...
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Unity 3D doesn't work anymore, just shows a menu on the top [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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 change the font DPI settings?
I installed Oneiric on a clean system, and found that the font tab is gone from the Appearance settings. This is a problem, because by default the text in Ubuntu is too large.
I changed the text from ...
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How do I enable my synaptics trackpad?
When I booted 11.10 from the Install CD, everything worked fine.
However, once I installed Ubuntu, my trackpad stopped working - does anyone know why this is so?
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How do I upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10?
I am ready to try Ubuntu 11.10, how do I upgrade to it from 11.04?
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Cannot login to my user account
I upgraded my ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 via mounting the latest alternate CD image released on Oct. 13 as the final standard version and running the cdromupgrade prompt successfully, with full latest ...
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Where is “open with…” in Nautilus?
In Ubuntu 11.04 I usually edit my *.fig files by clicking on the icons. The application (script) which opened the file was texfig. This script was chosen by "open with..." in nautilus. But now there ...
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Appearance does not change on switching the theme
If I select Radiance or Ambiance in the menu show in the following picture, my whole theme does not change. It only changes the title bar.
How can I resolve this problem? Or how can I reset the ...
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How do I enable compiz in Gnome Classic?
I am running Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10.
My understanding is that Gnome Classic is with Compiz effects, and Gnome Classic (No Effects) has no Compiz.
However, when i run Gnome Classic, compiz does not ...
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How do I get the Broadcom BCM4313 wireless working on an Asus 1015PX?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus 1015PX which is certified by Canonical. My WiFi is not working. I read about the BCM4313 troubles and tried
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Update manager generates 404 error while attempting update. Will not update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
While running update manager in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot I receive this list of errors.
> W:Failed to fetch
> ...
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Network manager asks for wireless password continually
Every time I restore my computer from sleep or turn it on a window pops up asking for my wireless password. Once I enter it it connects successfully, but this happens every time. I'm using Ubuntu ...
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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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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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Recovering grub after installing windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I installed windows7 after it crashed and now i am unable to boot ubuntu. ubuntu partitions are ...
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Automatically mount NTFS drive when I login
I use Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows7 dual boot with Ubuntu as my primary OS.
Every time I need to access a document I need to mount the respective drive, though this is not at all tiresome, still, is ...
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Rabbit VCS stopped working after upgrade to 11.10
Been using RabbitVCS for months now happily. Then when I updated to Oneric on Monday Rabbit VCS stopped working.
It is installed but the right click menu in nautilus is gone and ...
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How to fix error with ATI driver “Error of failed request”?
I installed the fglrx catalyst proprietary driver via this link : http://cisight.com/install-amd-radeon-hd-6470m-and-solve-overheat-on-ubuntu-1110-oneiric/
Running fglrxinfo or glxinfo | grep render ...
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How do I install a driver for an Atheros AR9285?
How to install the driver for Atheros AR9285 in Ubuntu 11.10.
Still no package for 11.10 according to this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Atheros/AR9285
Here is the output of ...
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RealTek RTL8188CE WiFi adapter doesn't connect reliably [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
12.10 x64 - RTL8188CE - Intermittent/Slow Internet Connection
I recently bought a new system76 laptop which came pre-installed with Ubuntu 11.10. I've been having ...
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How to get the correct battery status?
At this moment, ever since I installed Ubuntu on this machine, the battery status says: not present.
Looking at this answer, however, I find that /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info (sometimes its ...
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How do I fix slow wireless on Intel wireless cards? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix slow Wi-Fi on Thinkpads or other machines with Intel wireless cards?
After hours of searching the Internet for a solution for extremely slow WiFi connection ...
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How do I tag files with custom emblems in Nautilus?
In every previous version of Ubuntu, I'd just right click the file, hit Properties, then one of the tabs would let me add all the custom icon tags I'd like. It seems to be completely missing in ...
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Screen Brightness not adjustable for Acer Aspire S3
First of all, thank you very much for providing this useful forum.
Too bad for me, there is no support for the Acer Aspire S3 yet (just came out in October)
Short Description of the Problem:
I cannot ...
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How to install Oracle 11g? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install Oracle 11g R2 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Question:
I'm trying to install oracle 11g on Ubuntu 11.10.
I got pretty far, using these 3 tutorials:
...
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How to set Windows bootloader as default bootloader?
I have a Win 7/11.10 dual boot system with Grub 2 as the default bootloader. However, I want to make Windows bootloader the default bootloader (grub 'dos' like interface scrares the hell out of my ...
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How can I configure proxy authentication?
The Ubuntu 11.10 has only simple proxy configuration.
Where is the authentication option?
so it can be used to download packages?
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Only 3.2 Gb of memory being used on a 64-bit system
I have ubuntu 11.10 64 bit:
Linux 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have installed 4 Gb of RAM:
$ sudo dmidecode --type 17 | grep -E ...
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Why don't I have the option ''Install Ubuntu alongside with them''
Why dont I have this option?
here are my disk
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 ...
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ALPS touchpad on DELL Inspiron I15RN-3647BK with Ubuntu 11.10 x64
I can't make work the multitouch of the ALPS touchpad in my Dell Inspiron I15RN-3647BK with Ubuntu 11.10 x64, kernel 3.0.0-17-generic... I have tried with this driver but it doesn't work ...
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Gnome Shell Extension Empty
Here is the situation. Changed unity shell to gnome shell. Installed the gnome tweak tool, installed the shell extension, themes, etc...everything i normally need to do that is installed
When i go to ...
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Upgrading my Wubi 11.04 to 11.10
I want to upgrade my current Wubi installation (Ubuntu 11.04) to Ubuntu 11.10. Is this possible to do inside Wubi? Or do I have delete Wubi from Windows, therefore deleting my current Ubuntu ...
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How to change GTK+ theme?
I am new in ubuntu, i have installed a large set of themes in ubuntu,
i have also installed advanced-system-settings but when i want to change theme in
advaced system settings , themes are not in drop ...
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How to get a stable WLAN-connection with a Lenovo x121e?
I have permament problem when using WLAN with my Lenovo ThinkPad x121e. The wireless network adapter in use is this one:
lspci:
01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ...
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Make Network Manager restart after dropped connection?
Using Ubuntu 11.10 (Unity 3D) and a cable (DSL) internet connection with no router or modem.
If I disconnect my internet connection, I can just reconnect by clicking on the network manager icon and ...
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Differences between the 2 FGLRX graphics drivers
I currently installed Ubuntu 11.10 and when I am prompted to install Additional Drivers, I get confused on which to use between the 2 FGLRX graphics drivers:
ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics ...
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Brightness not working after installing NVIDIA driver
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Mac Book Pro 7,1. I installed the NVIDIA driver (285). The brightness keys are working (F1 and F2) and I get the box showing the brightness but it does nothing. ...
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How to change the monitor's refresh rate?
How do I change the monitor's refresh rate in Oneiric?
There is no option to do it in the Displays dialog now. By default it's 60Hz, but I need 75Hz on my monitor.
In previous releases there used ...
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Play sound through two or more outputs/devices
I think this is a pretty simple concept. I have one sound card and one pair of bluetooth headphones. I want to play my audio through both my sound card and my bluetooth headphones.
I believe ...
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How do I install and select cursor themes?
I'm new to this amazing OS (Ubuntu 11.10) and I've been changing a lot of things and experimenting (it's fun you know).
But I don't know how to install cursor themes.
Can I install this? ...
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Where are the LXDE sound preferences?
I'm confused,how can I change the sound output in LXDE? There's not even a single option anywhere unlike other environments.
I've tried doing anything with alsamixerbut still nothing, the output ...
