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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Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!
The desktop does not show after I installed nvidia experimental drivers. I tried nvidia simple proprietary drivers, and they did not work either.
Here is how it looks. This is not cropped or any ...
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Will all Dash input in 12.10 be sent to Amazon?
It seems like all user input to the Dash home lens is send to Amazon by default in Ubuntu 12.10, is this correct?
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Can't install ATI proprietary drivers in 12.10
I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 6770M HD Hybrid graphics card. In Ubuntu 12.04, I installed the fglrx driver through "additional drivers" and it worked. (I can even switch GPUs). But in the new Ubuntu ...
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Why is Unity 2D being discontinued?
As reported by Phoronix, the news from UDS appears to be that development on Unity 2D will stop, with the focus being on a single, unified implementation.
Obviously maintaining two codebases to do ...
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Nvidia driver doesn't work in 12.10
I have GeForce GTX 560 Ti. I's worked fine in 12.04 with nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, after todays 12.10 update, something broke down.
I've tried nvidia-current, nvidia-current-updates and ...
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How may I improve my boot / shutdown time?
I have a pretty decent laptop (Intel Core i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz, SataII SSD from Samsung, 8GB Ram), but I not satisfied with my boot and shutdown times...
I have installed bootchart, and am trying to ...
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What is the best alternative to Google Reader?
I enjoy using Lightread in Ubuntu 12.10. The thing is Google Reader is being shutdown and Lightread is a client for Google Reader, so it's feed will be cut of.
What is the best alternative as a RSS ...
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VirtualBox doesn't load after 12.04 upgrade
After upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04, virtual box stopped working.
I've run the following to try to fix it:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install dkms
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
but when ...
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Virtualbox DNS stopped working on upgrade to 12.10
I have a Debian image setup on Virtualbox that uses the default NAT to access the internet. It was working fine before I upgraded to 12.10. After I upgraded the DNS lookups no longer work. I still can ...
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OUCH! Laptop running SUPER HOT after 12.10 upgrade!
I was running 12.04 with Unity 3D for 6 months; my laptop ran almost silently and cool enough to hold on my lap with ~4 hours of battery life. I updated to 12.10 and switched to the Gnome 3 Shell. Now ...
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Drag and Drop across (fullscreen) applications, switching via Alt-Tab
Example
Drag media file onto Totem's playlist to enqueue
Bug in Compiz
Especially for Unity (formerly Netbook Edition, being intended for small screens) this is quite a vital feature, as ...
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How do I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04?
I am using Ubuntu 12.10.
Please outline the different ways I can upgrade to 13.04.
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Dual boot Surface Pro with Ubuntu?
How could I setup a dual boot for Ubuntu and Windows 8 on my Microsoft Surface Pro with 128 GB.
Note: My dual boot solution is below.
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How to safely upgrade from an older Ubuntu version to a newer
How can I safely upgrade an Ubuntu installation from 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) to 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)? What should I do before upgrading to ensure it goes smoothly, and is there any clean-up I need ...
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How do I enable low graphics mode (llvmpipe rendering) in Unity?
I've been looking at other questions, but none seem to answer my query. The closest I got gave me information about a ppa for 12.04. My computer's battery life is suffering under Ubuntu 12.10. I ...
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Radeon HD 2000, 3000, 4000 on 12.10 Quantal: fglrx (legacy) 12.6 unsupported, what to do?
After upgrading to 12.10 quantal, the packaged version of fglrx no longer works. I discovered that this is because there is a separate 'legacy' fglrx driver for the HD 2k-4k series cards, but it is ...
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VirtualBox '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue
So I installed VirtualBox through the software centre, but when I try to start a vm, I get the following error:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver ...
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How do I get an Acer Npilfy 802.11 wireless card working?
My Laptop is Acer 5742G with "Npilfy 802.11 wireless".
I have both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
Earlier when I had Ubuntu 12.04, the wireless was working fine, but after installing 12.10 wireless is ...
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How to integrate Pidgin on Ubuntu 12.10
I have just recently updated my system to Ubuntu 12.10 and I cannot integrate Pidgin with the toolbars any more! Can any one give me a clue on how to do it? Thanks
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Excessive hard disk activity
I am having problems on Ubuntu 12.04 x64 "fresh" installed on ext4 partition on primary HDD. When not in use every 5 to 10 seconds HDD is active for about 10 seconds an writing no mater what ...
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How do I downgrade to Subversion 1.6?
I'm trying to downgrade subversion to 1.6 from 1.7, doing sudo apt-get install subversion=1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3 does not seem to work, any idea on how to do this without breaking half the instalation? ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 gets stuck in a Login Loop
My problem: As you can guess my Ubuntu 12.10 stucks in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. Means the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back. I'm a Ubuntu Newbie so ...
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Macbook Pro 5.5 brightness settings work, are remembered, but are not used on startup
This question's similar to various others in the forum where users' brightness settings either don't work or are not remembered:
Brightness controls doesn't work on a MacBook Pro 5.5 (ubuntu ...
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Route complete TLD (*.dev for example) to 127.0.0.1
For development purposes I want all DNS requests to the .dev TLD to forward to my own PC.
The hosts file does not suffice. I use multiple domains and also multiple subdomains. I would have to add a ...
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Identify “rogue” internet accessing Applications
At the moment I have an application/service/widget/plugin/cronjob whatever, accessing the internet on a regular basis. I could go into the details of my specific issue but I'd rather have an answer ...
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New encryption feature in Ubuntu 12.10: home encryption or full disk encryption? or both?
How do I correctly encrypt the entire partition when installing Ubuntu 12.10? I ask because the new Ubuntu installer now shows two encryption options.
After choosing "Encrypt the new Ubuntu ...
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What's the difference between 12.04 and 12.10?
I have an Asus K55V and I'm wondering which version of Ubuntu I should be attempting to use. The website offers 12.04 (LTS) and 12.10.
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WiFi problem after Ubuntu 12.10 update
I just updated my Ubuntu 12.10 today and it went fine and I was told to restart system and after I restart my WiFi stopped working. Mine is Broadcom BCM4312 card . It was working fine just before the ...
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Can't delete Facebook and Google in Online Accounts! Where is the config file for Ubuntu Online Accounts located?
since today I have an issue with my Ubuntu Online Account Settings. I started Empathy to log into my messengers, but I got an error that Facebook, Google and MSN need an authentication. I tried to ...
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How migrate my keyring (containing ssh passprases, nautilus remote filesystem, pgp passwords) and network manager connections?
I changed the disk on my laptop and installed Ubuntu on the new disk. Old disk had 12.04 upgraded to 12.10 on it. Now I want to copy my old keyring with WiFi passwords, ftp passwords for nautilus ...
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Is there a program to mount my all of my drives automatically?
Sometimes when I restart my computer my drives will mount but sometimes they won't (like right now when I'm typing this question out). Is there an easy way like a program that can mount them for me? ...
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Should I include logs that contain “sensitive information”?
Sometimes, when info is being collected by ubuntu-bug (either automatically following a program crash or by manually calling it) the following dialog pops up:
Should I include these files or not? ...
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What are the Major Differences between Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 in terms of Security? [closed]
I use Ubuntu 12.04. Recently, 12.10 was released. I'd like to upgrade but I want know what the benefits are in using Ubuntu 12.10 over Ubuntu 12.04 first.
My requirement is here Security , is there ...
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Will it be possible to use a non-pae kernel in 12.10
I know that Ubuntu +1 questions are frowned upon, but this I believe is a fair exception. Currently I have 2 systems running Ubuntu 12.10, and one of them has a Pentium M that doesn't support PAE ...
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What is the gnome command for the battery applet?
It used to be gnome-power-manager or something of that sort, but now I can't seem to find it. When I run gnome-session from within awesome, it loads all the applets, i.e. nm-applet and the keyboard ...
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apt-get dist upgrade
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 right now. If I use command sudo apt-get dist-upgrade will that upgrade my ubuntu to 12.10? Does that mean I am not using the LTS version after that? I don't want to use Ubuntu ...
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How to identify and replace broken files in a corrupted Ubuntu ISO?
So, this isn't exactly an issue running Ubuntu, but rather with installing it.
Every time I try to download the Ubuntu ISO (from any source) it seems to end up corrupt. That is, the MD5 sums are ...
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12.10 UEFI Secure Boot install
Now that Secure Boot is supported, what special instructions does one have to follow to install Ubuntu 12.10 on a UEFI Secure Boot enabled PC shipped with Windows 8?
As I understand, 12.10 ships with ...
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Desktop Files don't use seem to use $PATH correctly
I am creating .desktop files for use in the Unity Launcher.
I have my own location in my home directory where I put my executables (~/usr/bin/) which is correctly added to my PATH environment ...
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Set Multiple values for StartupWMClass (to group under same launcher in Unity)
This a specific example of a generic problem I haven't been able to find a solution for yet.
I have a program (Android Virtual Device Manager) that launches 'sub-programs' (namely emulators or ...
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How do I debug xorg/fglrx related system freezes on Ubuntu 12.10?
My brand new system is randomly freezing and I don't know how to debug the issue.
System:
AMD A10-5800k
Asus F2A85-M motherboard
Integrated Radeon HD 7660D
8gb Samsung ddr3 1600
Ubuntu 12.10
Gnome ...
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How do I install Myunity on 12.10?
Basically as is the title how do you install Myunity on 12.10? I've tried adding the repository ppa:myunity/ppa and performing:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:myunity/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo ...
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Unity doesn't appear after installing Nvidia drivers
I've just installed 12.10 from scratch. Unity also started okay, but in a poor resolution. I found a setting (I think it was in "software sources") to change the display driver to Nvidia, and then I ...
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Where did ~/.gvfs go on ubuntu 12.10?
where did ~/.gvfs go on ubuntu 12.10. How can I find the locaton of the mounted through samba folders?
I share a folder with a ubuntu 12.10 machine. I am trying to find the location of the mount ...
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Diabetic trying to use Ubuntu with Medtronic Carelink insulin pump support USB device
I am taking a wild shot here: I am a type 1 diabetic who is going on the Insulin pump. Unfortunately, the Medtronic Carelink USB device that uploads data from the pump online only has windows ...
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How to safely remove a USB external drive?
How I can safely remove a USB external drive?
Ubuntu 12.10 does not come with this option, only to "Unmount" the disk, but not "Eject".
I have tried both USB sticks and with my external hard ...
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Prox* authentication issue with online accounts (12.10)
I want to use Ubuntu's online accounts feature to access my Facebook account. The thing is, my school has a proxy server you have to use to access https sites. So I configured my proxy settings ...
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How can I bypass this fontconfig warning to edit grub successfully?
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 with no problem. I am trying to edit the grub file, but in the console I get the following message:
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf",
line 9: ...
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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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I upgraded ubuntu to 12.10, and the internet does not work on vbox
Last week, I upgraded my operating system to Ubuntu 12.10 from 12.04, and the internet stopped working on two virtual machines (launched with virtualbox), Windows XP and OSX Snow Leopard. OSX also ...
