This version of Ubuntu, code-named Quantal Quetzal, was released on October 18, 2012. You should only use this tag if your question is hardware- or version-specific.
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Firefox/Chrome links slow unless I type URL directly in address bar
My web browser has become slow. Google works fine, but clicking on any link takes forever with "waiting for xxxx.xx". Strange bit is, if I click in the address bar and highlight the URL, then press ...
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How can I keep a machine without internet connection up to date?
My tower is offline but I would like to update my OS and its stock software. I am running the 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 – the stock launch version – and can't really afford an internet connection.
I tried ...
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Ubuntu can't read drivers or freezes such as external keyboard, monitor and mouse
Ubuntu can't read drivers such as external keyboard, monitor and mouse.
After I forced shutdown Ubuntu, because of the add-on(from FF) I have to shut it down it hanged my PC. Also the Wireless ...
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12.04, 12.10 - how can i install Java 32-bit and Java 64-bit?
I have my project which requires to run with Java - 64-bit for the main application. And for some other libraries it requires Java - 32-bit version.
On 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 when i install java it ...
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Why is my Ubuntu diplaying inconsistent version using two different methods?
I recently updated my Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 using commands:
sudo apt-get update
and upgraded
sudo apt-get upgrade
After that I did
do-release-upgrade -d
But after sometime my system ...
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I can't upgrade to Raring Ringtail; is it because of the traffic? [duplicate]
I received a message this morning announcing that the new Ubuntu Raring Ringtail 13.04 is now available. I had to use the computer for something pretty urgent so I told Ubuntu to ask me to upgrade ...
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Suspend stopped working
I have an Asus X201E netbook with Ubuntu 12.10.
A few weeks ago, Suspend stopped working, either when closing the lid or when calling it manually. It just locks the display, and that's it. I managed ...
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Continuous hard drive access noise
I have an Asus X201E netbook (with 2 GB of RAM) and Ubuntu 12.10.
The hard drive can almost always be heard being accessed, even when doing nothing. It is as if a search had been run on the entire ...
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Why is my screen flickering while watching some flash videos?
I'm having an issue where on many flash videos (AMCTV's sites videos allow me to reproduce this consistantly) flicker. The bottom half of my laptop or vga monitor's screen will flash white or turn ...
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Brightness does not change, although notifications make it look like it does
I have a Toshiba Satellite S855-S5170 with Ubuntu 12.10. I am unable to change the screen brightness. Fn+F6 and Fn+F7 move the brightness indicator, but the actual brightness does not change. I ...
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Ubuntu and Mint errno 5
There is no way I could install ubuntu right now.
I have a laptop - samsung r580
I had:
installed windows 7 on ntfs partition
installed ubuntu 12.10 (12.04 upgraded to 12.10) - i dont remember if i ...
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no internal harddrive, i want to be able to still use the remaining space on 64gbflashdrive
i have no internal hard-drive, i currently am using my brothers flash drive to run Ubuntu and i have a 64gb flash drive but would like to still use the flash drives remaining space once Ubuntu is ...
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Upgrade button doesn't work
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, and I just got the upgrade notice in software updates. When I click on the update button, the software updates app simply closes and nothing happens. How do I fix this?
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When updating from 12.10 to 13.04 when responding to the Update Available message locks machine [closed]
I tried twice to update from 12.10 to 13.04 by responding "yes" to the "update available, do you want to update" message. Both times before install/update was complete my machine locked. Had to power ...
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System-V-like utilities won't install
The following pacages won't update in my ubuntu 12.04,I just upgraded it to 12.10 and all the updates installed,but these won't:
System-v-like utilities
The elementary widget set library
runtime ...
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Any way I can upgrade straight from 12.10 to 13.04? [duplicate]
I am running 12.10 and would like to get to that new 13.04 ringtail, any way I could go about doing this without losing all my programs, images, other data and having to re-sync Google Chrome again ...
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Facebook Extension for Firefox
When I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, upon starting up Firefox I was asked if I wanted to install the Facebook extension. I clicked yes, and it installed, and it shows up under Empathy Messenger when I ...
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QQ - small, unidentifiable icons on desktop
Running QQ with Nautilus. Display is 1280 x 1024 - ViewSonic, recognized by QQ.
When I put a file or folder on the desktop, the icon is incredibly SMALL nearly INVISIBLE. Have to go into the change ...
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Can't connect to specific wifi network
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I can't connect to a specific password-protected wifi network. I have the password and I can connect to it with success in the same laptop with Windows 8.
I can connect to ...
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VirtualBox not allowing a USB Device to be added [duplicate]
What am I trying to do?
I am attempting to add a USB device to show up in Windows 7 in VirtualBox.
What is the problem and what have I done?
I've had to jump through a number of hoops to get this ...
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Making ubuntu 12.10 permanent
I want to make ubuntu my only OS. I currently have 12.10 installed, however 12.04 would not load after I downloaded it.
I have tranfered all my data off the computer and am prepared to delete MS ...
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Is 'libavcodec-unstripped-52' still available?
When coming to converting media in ffmpeg and avconv, there are a lot of solutions on the net as well as on askubuntu indicating to install libavcodec-unstripped-52.
But in Lubuntu and Xubuntu ...
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Software update to 13.04 is not showing [duplicate]
I currently have 12.10. I tried upgrading it to 13.04. But just as I started, a network failure occurred (from my part), and a message showed that Ubuntu was cleaning up and returning my system to a ...
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Failed to download repository information 12.10 [duplicate]
Can't update software in 12.10. Get the "Failed to download repository information" with the following below. Tried searching with these responses, but to no avail. Any ideas?
W:Failed to fetch ...
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Uninstall Windows 8 and keep Ubuntu 12.10 UEFI
I didn't find any question about this.
I have a computer with pre-installed Windows 8, UEFI interface. Is it possible, and if so, how to remove Windows 8 completely and just keep Ubuntu?
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Graphical failure after upgrade to 13.04 [closed]
I was running 12.04LTS, but wanted to upgrade to 13.04. So i upgraded to 12.10, no issues. Then to 13.04. All seemed well, however when i booted up this morning (1st boot after upgrade), i was greeted ...
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Upgrade to 13.04 fails with a “AttributeError: type object 'DistUpgradeFetcherCore' has no attribute 'run_options'” [closed]
When I try to upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 I get this error:
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 145, in <module>
...
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Upgrade 12.10(gnome installer) to 13.04(gnome)
I have installed clean Ubuntu with gnome desktop environment (This was installer only with gnome so no unity and not upgraded from unity to gnome). And I'm very happy with it, but there is a system ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 destroyed my internet?
I had 12.04 on my PC,I could browse internet and update ubuntu.After installing 12.10 alongside 12.04, I realized that both ubuntus can connect to my ISP,but no upload or download(except google.com).I ...
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Upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 resulted in boot process sticking with “The disk drive for /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 is not ready or present”
I just performed an upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, and everything seemed to go as expected. As the upgrade was finishing I was asked to restart the computer, which I did. Once I restarted, however, the ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 not available to boot
I have tried a live CD for both 12.10 and 13.04 and done the install alongside Windows 7 option. It gets to the point it asks me where to install and the ONLY option in the drop down is my WD ...
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I can not update, upgrade, open Software Center in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/eg.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en
E: The package lists or status ...
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I've downloaded wubi 12.10 but it throws me an error [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 and I've downloaded wubi 12.10 and installed it without problems,
but when I boot my computer and select Ubuntu it appears an error:
try (hd0,0): NTFS5: No wubildr
try (hd0,1): ...
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No new version found. Upgrading 12.10 to 13.04
I have been trying to upgrade to 13.04 since the last two days. As advised on many other questions, I have removed the PPA and checked the repositories. As soon as I run update-manager, it searches ...
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Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 affecting other systems
I'm quite new to using Ubuntu. I have a dual-booted computer, running Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. I'm planning to get an upgrade to 13.04. In terminal, I know the command is "do-release-upgrade". ...
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problem with lxde having ubuntu 12.10 with gnome
i had installed lxde through software center but my desktope environment did not changed to lxde but at shut down it is showing Lubuntu-12.10.but in system monitor it showed as Ubuntu Release 12.10 ...
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How to remove PHP 5.3.25-dev?
I tried to remove PHP from ubuntu:
sudo aptitude purge `dpkg -l | grep php| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "`
But without results.
when I run php -v in terminal I get PHP 5.3.25-dev
How I can remove ...
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Graphic problems after upgrade to 13.04
I've just upgraded my Ubuntu 12.10 to the new 13.04 release (32 bit).
I have a P4 @3.04GHz, 2GB of RAM and a AMD Radeon HD6670.
After installing the new release I've restarted my computer and since ...
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Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, worth it? [closed]
My 12.10 install works fine, even Nvidia Optimus. Only thing I miss is multitouch on my touchpad (Alps pad).
Is it a risk to upgrade to 13.04? Is it really worth it?
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How to setup Awesome WM with GNOME services on arbitrary Ubuntu?
tl;dr Is there a generic guide to set up GNOME background services to work with Awesome WM on any Ubuntu?
The official guide doesn't seem to have been updated since Ubuntu 11.10. Another guide is ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot after security updates
Ubuntu 12.10 64bit on a Dell studio 1558 laptop (i7 with 4 G of RAM). Everything worked fine... Last week I installed security updates and for some reason it just won't boot after the updates formated ...
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Booting from live USB of Ubuntu 12.10 stops at black screen
Using liveUSB I created a bootable USB with Ubuntu 12.10 desktop. When I boot from the USB it always stops at a black screen. How can I tell what's going on and how to fix it?
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12.10 to 13.04 after upgrade problem [duplicate]
Today i upgrade my Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 but before that im not updating the system and after Upgrading finished the system doesn't work correctly.
I see no taskbar on the left or any else ...
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Unity crash during 12.04 to 12.10 upgrade , dpkg --configure -a fails with too many errors : recourse?
Some key combination I pressed during an update from 12.04 to 12.10 ( en-route to 13.04 ..my final objective ) crashed Unity.
I could however start a terminal and I tried the fixes outlined in ...
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“Sorry, ubuntu 12.10 has experienced an internal error”. How to overcome the error?
I am experiencing a error on Ubuntu 12.10. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. On every re-start I see a popup describing the error.
Below is the snapshot of the pop window. I do not know how ...
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Unable to find my data after Upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04
Today I upgraded Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 using USB. I performed an upgrade (that shows keep your data as it is), but i am not able to find any of my data after installation of newer version. Is ...
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Upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04 [duplicate]
can't upgrade using terminal its showing no latest version is there, and update manager also not showing anything regarding the 13.04, even though I had changed the manager settings.
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Ubuntu 12.10 became Kubuntu 13.04
I upgraded Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04 using the Update Manager. After upgrading I've just restarted and there's a splash sreen with Kubuntu Logo. I can't login to my Ubuntu account. I had installed ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 stranger error on start up
When I start Ubuntu 12.10, after I enter the password, and my desktop show I get a "Send error report" Message ... every single time ?
I submit the error report and still nothing .... anyone have ...
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How to List all available apps on my machine
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, with the unity dash. I would like to List all available apps on my machine. Start menu style in other words.
Dash is hard for me to use unless I know the name of what I am ...
