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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Logitech G930 headset mic issues on 12.04
I've bough Logitech G930 Headset recently and they work perfectly under windows. However, since I use windows for job & playing games, I don't care about that so much. I'm more interested in them ...
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Is my kernel version OK or I have to update it?
I'm using Ubuntu Precise :
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
but my kernel version is:
$ uname -r
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Right channel audio problem! Packerd Bell TK81 (AMD)
Right stereo speaker works fine in Windows but in Ubuntu it doesn't work at all.
AMD based system (Acer)Packard Bell(laptop). I tried to reinstall audio driver but no result. If it is impossible, ...
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No bass on my laptop
A have a laptop (Acer) with two front speakers and subwoffer (Acer Tuba). After upgrading to 12.04 only front speakers are working, no sound from subwoffer. There is no 2.1 configuration on Sound ...
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Configure audio on HP ENVY 4 ultrabook
I want to configure audio for ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. Currently the audio just does not play. If i try and plug in headphones then somewhere midway to being fully plugged in the audio plays on the ...
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How To add the new startup sound to Ubuntu 12.04?
Ubuntu 12.04 promised to add a brand new startup sound : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAj_gJ-TXA.
But its not there in the final release. There's no sound at all! I now know how to restore the ...
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How to get Ventrilo 2.1.4 client working?
How can I get my Ventrilo 2.1.4 client working? Because I need it to my voice server. I made file-swap with msgsm32.acm. Still doesn't work. Help please!
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Uninstalled NVIDIA Driver Now Plymouth Garbled
Because of some graphical glitches I rolled back to the standard open source driver by uninstalling NVIDIA from System Settings -> Additional Drivers. The open source driver is fine for my needs, but ...
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Cannot connect to internet? [closed]
Before I installed Ubuntu 12.04(my problem was that I didn't install the GUI version, which explains my first question), my internet provider shut off our connection for going over the bandwidth ...
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Booting the liveCD/USB in EFI mode fails on Samsung Tablet XE700T1A
My tablet is Samsung Series 7 Slate (XE700T1A-A02FR (French Language)). It operates an Intel Sandy Bridge architecture. The main issue about this tablet is that it ships with an installed Windows 7 in ...
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Microphones Not Working with 12.04
Installed Ubuntu precise pangolin and everything is working fine except for my microphones (both internal and external). I have updated the drivers and installed alsa, to no avail. What to do?
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 as a router. Problem with DNS?? Or Routing table?
I have a virtualbox lab made up of 4 Windows 2008 R2 servers (DC/DNS,SQL,SHAREPOINT, EXCHANGE) that are configured with static ip addresses with NIC's attached to Internal network. Everything works.
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Refresh rate revert on 60 Hz on reboot
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 (upgrade from 11.10) and when I change monitor refresh rate everything is ok, until reboot, on reboot my refresh rate revert to 60 Hz. I found similar threads on Ask ...
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Bluetooth not working at all on a Macbook Pro 8,1
There is some weird issues with bluetooth on macbook pro 8,1. I've seen people saying its working out of the box but it doesnt seem to work at all. hcitool scan as well as blueman return no results ...
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having trouble instaling ubuntu using a usb boot on pc
I want to instal ubuntu on my pc using a usb.
I changed the bios option so now the boot is from the usb, but when I restart the computer it shows a black page with only this sighn "_" flashing in the ...
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Ubuntu basic tutorial videos? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Video tutorial site for distance learning about Ubuntu?
Apple has "Apple - Find Out How - Mac Basics" videos, a series of videos that explains the 'basic' mac
Does ...
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What is the best video editor on Ubuntu for editing multi-format/multi-eco?
I have many video clips with different formats and I want to create a short movies by joining them. Most of the clips are taken with Nokia N8 and Lumia 800. I am using Ubuntu, I have tried many of ...
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Infiniband for Ubuntu 12.04? Recommendations? Comments?
We are new to Infiniband and are considering Infiniband technology to use in our data center. We have been reading on the net about Infiniband and are surprised to read about the nightmares of getting ...
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W: some index failed to download [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot install automake and libboost-all-dev
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it in a VMware workstation. and I've been using all the installation commands:
sudo ...
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How to run Shell script from HTML?
I'm somewhat new to Ubuntu Linux.
I need to run the shell script from a html code. As I read somewhere like using Apache2 to generate a html and somehow I've succeeded to run a sh file from html, ...
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Cannot install automake and libboost-all-dev because I can't fetch repository updates [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot install automake and libboost-all-dev
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it in a VMware workstation. and I've been using all the installation commands:
sudo ...
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Dual boot UEFI Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 (both 64 bits). W7 entry doesn't appear in GRUB
After trying to install both OS during 2 days, I'm confused and getting mad...
I have SSD 128 GB and HDD 500 GB both empty. My laptop is Asus K55VM. BIOS support UEFI.
What I have done:
Install new ...
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Cannot install “ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver” (SystemError)
I have just installed a fresh copy of 12.04.1 64bit. I formatted my PC completely and enabled updates during the installation. After the installation was complete, I went on updating my software.
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My Laptop Beeps when I try to USB boot install
I tried to boot install Ubuntu using my laptop (without CD Drive) using a USB drive, then it goes to the boot selection menu (the one with the Ubuntu logo installation options).
I selected Install ...
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How to check if netconsole really works?
I installed netconsole using the instrunctions given here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Netconsole
dmesg | grep netconsole says everything is OK, but I won't believe it so easily:)
How can I ...
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How to debug lack of sound in Asus EEE PC
I have an Asus EEE PC 1225B with fresh Lubuntu 12.04. And no sound. It doesn't seem to be some common problem, so I have to make some research what's up. I tried running alsamixer, so I know I have ...
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What is the most basic window manager for ubuntu that can be used to display a single application
I've tried starting a full screen application without a window manager, using xinit,
which works but instead of starting at the top left of the screen the application starts somewhere in the middle of ...
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How to set and limit my resolution to 640x480
How can I set and limit the resolution in Ubuntu 12 to 640x480
There's not much in the xorg.conf file anymore, so I'm guessing this is no longer the place to do it?
I can't do it using the GUI ...
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Bright/Dim Controls Wont Work In 12.04
I have a gateway nv54, and the controls wont work to brighten or dim the screen. The only way it does is if you change it to the setting you want, then restart the computer. Any suggestions/drivers ...
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Cannot install automake and libboost-all-dev [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a download issue when updating?
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it in a VMware workstation. and I've been using all the installation commands:
sudo ...
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Netbeans 7.01 from 12.04 repository, no javascript support
I've installed Netbeans 7.0.1 from 12.04 repository, I'm having many issues.
The most important is that I cannot have help in writing JavaScript. Each .js file appear as a usual text file and even ...
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Black screen while booting, after installing AMD Catalyst™ 12.8 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver on HP pavilion dm4
HP Pavilion dm4 with configuration as shown below
cpu intel Core i5 2.26 GHz
RAM 4.0 GB
Graphics processor 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5450 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA].
I installed ubuntu ...
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Microphone crackling in Ubuntu 12.04
I am not very experienced in linux and have this problem with microphone which works fine on Windows. Microphone is external one and when listening to recorded sound (both Sound Recorder and Skype ...
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Grub not showing installed kernels
Although I have several kernel versions in /boot and having them in my grub.cfg, they are not displayed in the grub boot menu.
Running update-grub seems to work, as it puts the kernels in the ...
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higher cpu usage in ubuntu 12.04 than windows 7
Hi I have a Intel Core i5 with 6GB of Ram using ubuntu 12.04 64bit.
I noticed that whenever I run chrome which is the faster browser for me in linux) when I watch youtube, the CPU usage for Chrome ...
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Update from 10.10 to 12.04 without backup
I want to update by ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 LTS. Is there any way i can do it without backing up the data that is there in my drive. I have been using 10.10 for a long time. And i like the new 12.04 LTS ...
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Wired Connection not always working on 12.04 x64
I recently started having troubles with my Ubuntu 12.04 machine's wired connection. It will go for periods where it is working completely fine then it will stop working while other machines connected ...
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How to install netbeans 7.2 on latest ubuntu [duplicate]
I want to install the latest netbeans (i.e. 7.2), But ubuntu software center only gives me 7.0.1. How to I install netbeans 7.2 on the latest Ubuntu 12.04? thanks
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A shell script won't autorun, in contrast it works in the terminal
I've got a pretty heavy conky config comprised of multiple files I just spent several days on, and I used a simple shell script to start it and used Gnome Classic's autostart application menu to ...
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Will unity 6.2 be available for ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to install Unity 6.x.x on Ubuntu 12.04?
I was wondering if Unity 6.2 will be available anytime soon for ubuntu 12.04?
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Some applications is not working after upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04 32 bit to Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit
I updated my system from Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit to Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit using installation DVD. I used option 'update older installation of Ubuntu 11.10'. Now my softwares and settings pre-installed ...
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How to disable three finger gestures on touchpad? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I disable the multitouch gestures in Ubuntu?
I am using 12.04 on a macbook pro. Everything works really well,except... I want to disable 3 finger gestures. It is ...
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Trouble installing 12.04 from windows installer
After installing 12.04 with the Windows Installer on my brand new SSD disk and rebooting, all I get is an error, something along the lines of
timeout: killing '/sbin/blkid -o udev -p /dev/sde1'.
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Wireless connected, IP fetched, but no browsing
I'm using 12.04 on an Acer 722, and just after I've installed MESA drivers to use open source graphics drivers, the wireless connection stopped working. As soon as I've removed bcm STA drivers, the ...
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Logout bug 12.04 [closed]
I don't know if it's a known or unknown bug but whenever I logout the startscreen is moved like 60px to the right. This goes away if I logout and in again. Very annoying. My activity bar is 48px and ...
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Unable configure brightness or colors (12.04)
I've make a fresh install with Ubuntu 12.04. Unfortunatly i've a problem with colors and brightness settings. Before reinstall of Ubuntu, i used Ubuntu 10.10 with same graphic card, and same nvidia ...
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restart/power on usb port or modem?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 . I will explain my situation first .
I am using A USB modem which frequently disconnect for an hour or so. Then i will plug off it from ports and will insert again .Then it ...
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iMac with core i5 not works brightness
I have an iMac 2012 with core i5 but the brightness control doesn't work. The brightness works when the screen saver is activated but deosn't work with the F1 and F2 buttons. Now i'm working with an ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not getting installed [closed]
Ubuntu 12.04 not getting installed. I get error message Host smbus controller not enabled
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Does not download updates
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Update manager shows I have 89 updates available. When I click on install updates it never completes the download of the updates. I think that it never really starts the ...
