The current LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named Precise Pangolin. Released on 26th April, 2012. You should only use this tag if your question is hardware or version-specific.
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Ubuntu 12.04 is not recognizing Realtec rtl8188ce
first of all, sorry about my english.
Anyway, I got my sister laptop with windows 8, she was complaining about the bugs and ask for me to install Ubuntu 12.04 (she has already used in my pc and like ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 ping 8.8.8.8 does not work on one network only
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
I can connect to and use the internet on one wireless network (say A) and not on the other network (say B).
I can connect to B and get an IP address.
When I ping 127.0.0.1 it ...
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Datacard is not detected in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I need some help configuring the connection...
The datacard model is HUAWEI Mobile Broadband E303 that's all...
So can you help me to create the connection point???
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I installed Ubuntu, but Ubuntu won't let me use Windows
I installed Ubuntu from a disk and I wanted to jump back on to Windows, but it won't let me. It gives me a long error code, tells me the file isn't found and says "Grub rescue." I want to get back on ...
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Fully formatted HDD still detects Windows 7 BCD is missing and won't load USB boot drive [closed]
Exactly as the title says. A completely formatted hard drive, with Windows 7 previously on it, still detects that the BCD is missing and it won't boot from my USB even when the USB is set to load ...
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I want desktop icons with text
I am running 12.04 and everything works really well. Except one thing: the icons on my desktop appear without text. They have correct icons, and when I click on an icon the correct file opens. I can ...
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Problem with the persistence of a live CD?
I am NOT using an USB here, but I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS onto a CD and am trying to create a persistent bootable CD.
My Boot Menu
As you can see, I have tried to add "persistent" at the end ...
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How to configure 13.04 NFS Server for 12.04 Client
After upgrading my NFS Server to 13.04, any attempts to mount a NFS share with a 12.04 clients fails with the following error:
mount.nfs: mount(2): Input/output error
mount.nfs: mount system call ...
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Shutdown does not power off computer with db derby service
I set service db derby by this instructions Fresh Install Ubuntu 12.10 - 17. apache db derby
#!/bin/bash
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# Startup script for Derby
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: derby
# Required-Start: ...
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Intel driver cannot detect my monitor and get native resolution
I have installed Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit, Kernel Linux 3.2.0-43-generic, GNOME 3.4.2 on pc. Previously I was using nvidia-graphics-card, once it is broken, I am using the onboard vga, Intel ...
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What linux distribution is less power hungry than ubuntu 12.04?
My notebook is a Compaq Pressario CQ71. The battery life is like 1:45 h. When Win Vista was installed on it, it was like 3 h. Now I like Linux more, but this distribution (ubuntu 12.04) is consumes ...
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Coloured view in vim editor not working in ubuntu 12.04
My Vim editor version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled May 4 2012 04:19:52)
When I open a file(shell script, etc) with it, all the text are on same color. It's not user friendly. How can ...
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Why I can't change my password in ubuntu?
I tried multiple times in terminal to change my password. but it throwing error but i filled up all requirements.
naga@naga:~$ passwd
Current password:
New password:
Re-enter password:
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sudo apt-get update does not work?
I'm running newly installed Ubuntu 12.04 in my computer.
After the commandsudo apt-get update, my terminal shows the following message:
Reading package lists... Done
After that, nothing happens. ...
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How do I mount my Samsung Galaxy Ace phone (USB connected)?
I attached a Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile phone using a data cable. Here is the output of dmesg:
[ 1644.813452] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access SAMSUNG GT-S5830 Card 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 1644.815236] sd ...
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Why 'xdg-open google-chrome' wont work?
When I type google-chrome in the terminal it works. xdg-open google-chrome doesn't.
Why is this so? I need to do this so that I can run Chrome without keeping the terminal open, which xdg-open ...
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Installing 12.04 on Mac PPC
I am working on an iMac G5 17" 1.8Ghz with 1Gb RAM. I downloaded 12.04 PPC (cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/12.04/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso) and created a boot disk. When I boot from the CD ...
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Installing Ubuntu - Stuck at Extracting
I am trying to install ubuntu on my Netbook. I already have windows XP and i am using the windows installer to install Ubutu 12.04 LTS.
While installing, it successfully downloads the files(takes ...
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Problems installing AWUS036H on Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox
I'm trying to get my Alfa AWUS036H wireless card to work inside my VirtualBox, the drivers installed fine, and Ubuntu sees the USB wireless card but I can't get it to connect:
Here's my kernel ...
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LVM initramfs boot problem: “ALERT! /dev/mapper/vgcrypt-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!”
I followed the guide linked below to create a clean install of Ubuntu on a LUKS-encrypted partition. The only differences are that I used Ubuntu 12.04 rather than 11.10 and I made less LVs than that ...
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I can't install gnome-shell and edubuntu secondary bundle for ubuntu
I tryed to install Gnome-Shell and Edubuntu Secondary Bundle for ubuntu but in place of showing install it shows "Available from the 'universe' source".
Please tell how to install.
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What do I do if the ubuntu 13.04 doesnt install on my windows 8 pc? [duplicate]
i would start the install and then it would tell me that it failed and it isn't giving me a search code either
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Installing xajax on Ubuntu Server 12.04
I am trying to migrate a website over to a new server running 12.04LTS.
I have installed php-xajax with apt-get (also tried via the .deb file download from the Ubuntu servers manually).
My PHP config ...
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Why is rc.local in /etc, should it be owned by root, and when is it run?
My understanding of rc.local, based on a quick Google search, is that I can put some bash in it which will be run at the beginning of [something] (what, user login, system start up?).
The rc.local in ...
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Upstart: report (email, log) on respawn and failure
I would like to get an email when an upstart job fails and respawns, and when all respawns are depleted, and the job fails.
How can I do that?
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Desktop Crash & Touchpad Not Working
Recently, I have installed Ubuntu on my Dell Laptop (alonside Windows 7)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 460 @ 2.53GHz × 4;
Memory: 5.7 GiB;
Shortly after installation, touchpad on my laptop ...
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No Sound on speakers hp dv6000
I have no sound from my speakers with Ubuntu 12.04.2.(here's where stuff gets weird) I have sound with my headphones but they only work when halfway plugged in. The headphone jack has no problem when ...
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All applications blink white for a couple minutes then back to normal
This is really annoying and I can't find cause or solution.
Problem:
All applications blink white for a couple o minutes and then it stops. By applications I mean everything except the mouse cursor, ...
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Airplane mode remains on even turned off
I use Tata Photon Plus service , through Huawei device on Dell Studio. My Linux version is Ubuntu 12.04.
I have configured the dongle and it was detected by the system adequately but the system is ...
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Help with wireless internet drivers
I have tried doing all the research and trial and error that I could on my own but with no avail.
So can anyone out there help me?
I cannot get my Broadcom b43 wireless adapter to register with ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS - Snapshot?
I'm configuring OpenStack in my ubuntu server and now that I think I have this working and I want to do and try some configurations for Live Migration I want to know if there are any way to make a ...
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Live cd Grub generation with init sound
A bee p sound can be generated while loading grub by editing /etc/default/grub
I want to make a live cd with this feature as default usually in all live cds this option will be commented how can i do ...
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setting time from ext4 superblock in embedded system
In an embedded system it seems the battery is not present/working, so I need to get around the 'Superblock last write time is in the future' warning.
The time of the system will be set back many ...
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SSH to a server and clone from git repo on ec2 instance
I'm trying to ssh to a folder in server and clone directly from a Git repo setup on an amazon ec2 instance. When i execute the commands
below, it shows the code is being cloned on the server but when ...
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no hdmi audio for a Asus x201e
I have an Asus x201e with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8. When I'm in Windows, HDMI output works perfectly fine. However, when I do this in Ubuntu sound and audio are note passed to the TV. When I go full ...
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can i change properties of panel in ubuntu 12.04?
I have installed gnome-panel in ubuntu 12.04. i cant change it's
properties (transparency,background-image) whatever i done in
ubuntu 11.04
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Computer doesn't restart on restart [closed]
When I hit the power button and it prompts me with what to do and I hit "restart" my computer only shuts down and doesnt restart.
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Internet access only via VPN (Cisco AnyConnect), when VPN off - DNS look-up fails
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. After installing VPN client and using it for couple of months normally, something happened. After one more package/program update I stopped being able to connect to Internet ...
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Black screen after booting for the first time (Ubuntu 12.04) [duplicate]
So I've faced this really annoying issue that I can't seem to fix. So, I recently installed a Ubuntu 12.04 and everything went smoothly as you would assume. I created 3 partitions (swap, one for home ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 can't see Windows 7
I already read other questions like this but nothing seems to work.
I just had my ASUS UX31A recovered from factory with Windows 7. Everything is fine there, so I tried to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...
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Ubuntu not getting installed, stops with blank screen [duplicate]
I have a laptop of HP Pavilion g4 with Windows Home Basic 64 bit as default windows. I am trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 i386 and amd both (side by side with windows) using Unetbootin on a separate ...
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Ubuntu taskbar 12.04
In Ubuntu 10.04, I had the taskbar (Applications, Places and System). I could easily navigate to anything...
Now in Ubuntu 12.04, I no longer have the taskbar. yes, I have the search feature, but I ...
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Am I using upstart correctly?
I'm trying to write a startup script for my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop that pings my Netgear router every 30 seconds (this is necessary as a nasty workaround for a separate problem I'm having). I read this ...
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Installing freezes at detecting hardware on 12.04.2 lts [closed]
If I try to install directly from disk, the process hangs and totally freezes up my laptop at detecting hardware. 6 hrs and 0 change. I can boot into live mode, but installing from inside live results ...
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Please educate me on graphics card [closed]
Recently I decided to change my desktop pc to ubuntu, I had already created a CD a while back (12.04) so I did my windows backups and loaded 12.04 all went well, my sound and graphics card came to ...
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Boot from RAM using a sd card [duplicate]
Booting Ubuntu 12.04 into RAM from an image on a SD card for a faster load time. Possible?
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How can I install and run a medical app designed for windows server 2008 in Ubuntu?
I'm currently trying to install a windows server based app that works along with oracle database. This application normally installs folders (as any other) in the root of the system and it's executed ...
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Nexio touchscreen doesn't work with 12.04
I am trying to get working Nexio NOP 190 IR with Ubuntu 12.04. Nexio provides drivers for 10.10 only. Supplier advises me to use these drivers and change kernel to old version 2.6.35 (which is ...
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Recommended testing tools to test MySQL performance?
What is the recommended tool(s) for testing the performance of MySQL 5.5 (innodb) under Ubuntu 12.04?
We have purchased a new multi-cpu multi-core server to replace our current MySQL dual-core ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Proxy can't be found - have tried everything I can think of
I am in a work environment using a mandatory proxy, I attempting to change to an IP that currently has a proxy bypass to download useful packages.
I adding in manual IPv4 settings, turned the proxy ...
