Questions tagged [12.10]
This version of Ubuntu is no longer supported since May 16, 2014. Code-named Quantal was released on October 18, 2012.
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Android Studo showing :"OpenJDK shows intermittent performance and UI issues."
I have recently installed Android Studio on my Ubuntu 12.10 64bit machine, but every time that I opened it kept giving the following error "OpenJDK shows intermittent performance and UI issues. We ...
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Rearranging Indicators (Dropbox, Clementine and Recent Notifications)
Here are my indicators on the top bar.
{From left to right, first one is Free Rapid Downloader and second is Recent Notifications (jconti)}
I have managed to reorder some of them using the file
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Dnsmasq has changed the way it works in 12.10 - can someone point me to documentation or info on the changes
The way dnsmasq works with 12.10 has changed again, from 12.04. I have searched the Ubuntu documentation and Google for further info , without success.
Basically in 12.04 you could see the list of ...
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Limit User Login Attempts (Ubuntu 12.10, pam_tally.so, pam_tally2.so)
First, I am a relative Linux newbie, so bear with me.
Much of the advice I have found on the web for limiting login attempts does not pertain to Quantal. All of it does specify using pam_tally.so or ...
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QtCreator error; can't load library; ProjectExplorer(2.6.82)
I try to install the new Ubuntu Phone SDK using the instructions here:
http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/app-developer-cookbook/mobile/currency-converter-phone-app/
Unfortunately when I run Qt-...
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Is there a way to stop Dropbox from opening Firefox as its default when viewing the Dropbox webpage?
I have Dropbox installed on my Ubuntu desktop 12.10, I also have Firefox and Chrome installed. Chrome is my default browser, I have checked in my mimeapps.list and its all correct. Yet for some reason ...
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Emacs 24 in Ubuntu 12.10
I am running Emacs 23 on Ubuntu 12.10. I see that there is a package called emacs24; will installing this package overwrite my current installation?
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How to use the new feature of remote login in ubuntu 12.10?
Recently i have upgraded ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10. I saw a new feature of remote login under the login page. How can i use that remote login? I have got the Ubuntu live account. Searched on internet but ...
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How to recover from a partial system upgrade?
When I was given the option to Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 I did try to Upgrade, but while it was upgrading the internet connection was lost and the system went through a partial upgrade.
Now when I try ...
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Manual mounting of cifs works fine, but not in fstab
I have a mounting problem that drives me mad at the moment...
Using the manual mounting command
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.1/shareName /media/shareName -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,username='domain/...
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Why isnt IBus functional (in Xfce)?
I'm trying to use IBus to type in Japanese. I have set up the Anthy IME properly, and the "enable or disable" setting to function when pressing ctrl+space.
In any case, it's simply not working.
I ...
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How to create a .deb package from compiled source files?
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Mono 3.0 is out, but I found no ppa from where I could install it.
There is this one:
https://launchpad.net/~directhex/+ppa-packages
but it's mono 2.10.8.1-5.
I'm playing with ASP.NET ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Nvidia GT555M Bumblebee
I have laptop with Nvidia GT 555M video card.
System Ubuntu 12.10, kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
step what i do:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-...
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ATI: No launcher or top bar in 12.10
After upgrading to 12.10, I see no side bar or top bar. If I do unity restart, then Compiz crashes (I get a window telling me that and I can send an error report).
I have ATI mobility Radeon 2400 and ...
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Ban IP by country in UFW
I want to block a country in my server, but I don't know which rule I must use in UFW (or iptables). For example, people from US and other countries can see the site, but visitors from Russia can't. ...
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What should I do to run after I have successfully installed touchegg on Ubuntu 12.10?
I just have successfully installed touchegg and touchegg gui on my Ubuntu 12.10. But, right now I still can't use the multi touch gestures through touchegg. Nothing happen when I use my three fingers ...
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Touchpad gestures don't work on Dell XPS 15 L521x
I'm trying to get multi-touch gestures working on my Dell XPS 15. Two finger scrolling works but three or four finger gestures do not. I know that the touchpad is capable of multi-touch gestures ...
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How can I connect to Netware, IPX and use BTRIEVE?
I have approximately 30 PCs connected in a network with Netware 6.5 and 5.1 servers using the IPX/SPX protcol. We still run this because the program runs with BTRIEVE (bd Netware and work only in IPX),...
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No sound on resume after suspend in 12.10 [closed]
The issue has begun within 12.10. Before it worked perfectly.
Now, even restarting alsa won't work, I have to reboot.
Please, ask for details. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, unity DE with gnome 3.6, no ...
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12.10 wont shut down [closed]
I have a brand new Acer Aspire V5 with Windows 7 and 12.10 alongside it. When I shut down 12.10 by clicking on shut down the system restarts, i.e. it shuts right down but instead of powering down it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 Randomly Freezing - nVidia? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
My Ubuntu install frequently freezes, sometimes showing a black screen (not very common anymore - in my latest installs), some other ...
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ubuntu freeze when I plugged the power cable
I recently update the system(12.10) on my laptop and after that whenever I plug the power cable in to my laptop it freezes and has no function of the mouse or the keyboard. I have to reboot the laptop ...
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Symfony2 cache permissions issue ubuntu 12.10
i have install lampp 1.8.1 in /opt/lampp.Everything is working fine.
i added my current user as owner to the htdocs folder so that i can write to htdocs folder.
then i created my symfony2 project. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - network manager not listing wireless networks
Just recently reinstalled Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop (dual-boot with Windows 7). Had no problem accessing my home wireless network until today. All of a sudden, the network manager doesn't seem to be ...
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Google Chrome cannot determine or set the default browser
I updated the Google Chrome version, and since Opera has become my default browser.
In Google Chrome, under the default browser settings, it just says:
"Google Chrome cannot determine or set the ...
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Screensaver/blanking problem
I have upgraded to 12.10 and then downgraded again to 12.04 LTS because of the screensaver or screen blanking problem. After 10-12 minutes the screen goes black/blank when i dont do anything (idle). I ...
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Is there an official torrent for 12.10?
I like using torrents for many reasons: faster downloads, and I want to be able to give back, reducing load on Canonical's servers.
Is there an official torrent for Ubuntu 12.10?
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Unable to locate package lightread
I have changed my source to local server. I'm using Ubuntu 12.10.
When I type apt-cache search in terminal, it shows nothing.
When I install lightread it shows Unable to locate package lightread.
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Changing the default program for an application
I have installed MonoDevelop and after that Wine, but when I want to open an EXE file and then double click on it, it always runs with the Mono runtime, and if I want to run it with Wine, I should ...
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How to install Perl Switch.pm module required to build WebKit-GTK?
I noticed that the perl version (5.14) shipped with 12.10 does not include the Switch.pm module needed while building WebKiT-GTK.
Looking around on the internet I found few suggestions indicating ...
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Evolution, the background of messages is always grey
With Evolution 3.6 on Ubuntu 12.10 all the email messages have grey backgrounds in the default theme (and every other one that I have tried). When using grey or black text, which is standard in most ...
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Cannot make NVIDIA driver work with Ubuntu 12.10
I seem to have a problem similar to many but I didn't manage to get it solved:
have a Lenovo N581 with an NVIDIA GeForce 610M
have just installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.10 64 bits, + KDE
and am trying to ...
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Chrome or Chromium? [duplicate]
After installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop, I went to download Chrome and got an error saying it was packaged badly or something, so I read up about it and found out about Chrome, and most people ...
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How to create Chrome/Chromium web application desktop shortcut?
I'm not able to create desktop/Unity short cut for web applications using Chromium/Google Chrome web browser in Ubuntu 12.10.
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Is there classic mode in Ubuntu 12.10?
My computer is older (it has a Radeon 9200 video card) and it just doesn't seem to be able to handle Unity. Is there some way that I can set for the desktop to start up in classic mode instead? Thanks....
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Ubuntu 12.10 Installation Hangs at 'Preparing to Install Ubuntu' [closed]
I have downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10 i386 Desktop ISO both via HTTP & Torrent Download.
I have attempted the install via CD & Bootable USB (created using YUMI from Pendrive Linux), each using a ...
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How do I Dual Boot Windows 8 UEFI and Ubuntu 12.10? [duplicate]
I have got a new Samsung Series 7 laptop with Windows 8 where I tried to install Ubuntu. It is a 64-Bit system which uses UEFI and has "Secure Boot" switched on in the BIOS by default. After I ...
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How to solve "GPU Lockup - switching to software fbcon" on new install of 12.10-desktop-amd64
Error occurs during startup of Ubuntu Installation. Sometimes I'll get to the Welcome screen just like this, the screen will just glitch out, or will simply freeze during the loading icon.
nvidia GTS ...
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cursor jumps when moving (and some other times)
i updated to 12.10 beta 1 when it was released (coming from 12.04 fresh install, i skipped the alpha releases of 12.10)
since then i've done all the usual updates but ive had an issue with my cursor ...
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sound stops working after a while in ubuntu 12.10
i did a clean install on ubuntu 12.10. Everything seemed fine at first including sound but after a while it stopped working. To get is back i have to restart it, sometimes even more than once.
Any ...
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"No such file" when running a 32-bit program on a 64-bit system
I downloaded a Chromium snapshot and unzipped it, like this:
michael@ubuntu:/opt/chrome-linux$ ls
chrome libffmpegsumo.so nacl_irt_x86_32.nexe
chrome.1 ...
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NetworkManager refuses to manage my WLAN interface
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3.6 on a brand-new Samsung NP900X4C.
The installer detected the wireless adapter, took in the SSID and WPA passphrase, wrote these into /etc/network/interfaces and ...
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Support for Dell XPS 15 and HDMI working on hybrid graphics?
So there is a lot of buzz about hybrid graphics having a weak support. I'm currently considering buying a new laptop. Dell XPS 15 caught my eye. I will use it for work as well so I will need a large ...
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Create Ubuntu theme with pure HTML/JS/CSS
I'm wondering if someone can point me in the right direction for creating an Ubuntu theme using pure HTML/CSS/JS. I'm hoping there is some existing back-end to GNOME3 or Unity I can simply install and ...
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Unity in 12.10 comes up behind other windows
I've just upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10. For the most part, everything works fine, but I have a few small problems with Unity, or maybe Compiz.
When I hit the Super key, or click on the dash launcher, ...
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Get location of "true" GVFS path from Nautilus
I mount my Samba shares through Nautilus. I know that, behind the scenes, the share is fuse-mounted and Nautilus somehow does the translation between smb:// URLs and the actual location in the file ...
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Pound symbol (£) on US keyboard on 12.10
I need a shortcut to make a pound symbol with a US keyboard in 12.10.
The only way I can make one is by holding control-shift and typing u00a3. Too much typing for a single symbol!
I'm using GNOME ...
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What is used in the 12.10 full disk encryption?
I previously had been using TrueCrypt, but recently re-installed Ubuntu and used 12.10's full disk encryption option (re-installed for other reasons). I never got any choice in how it did that. I don'...
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DNS resolution fails after 12.10 upgrade
After my upgrade to 12.10, DNS resolution seems to fail for both local and external addresses. I can successfully ping local and external IP addresses (google.com, at least), but pinging DNS names ...
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How to run full ubuntu installation from external hard drive?
I'd like to re-purpose my previous laptop as a desktop (seeing as it has decent specs). The problem is that the hard drive is shot (failing) so installing Ubuntu on to that hard drive causes serious ...
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