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solving acpi problem in lenovo ideapad z580 in new kernel 3.9.6

i have a lenovo ideapad z580 laptop and undrestand that it has problem with acpi in old kernels but when i compile new kernels like 3.9.6 still i have the same problem (i compile it with the previous ...
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Kernel Error in syslog

I am getting below error while tailing syslog , I have a 64bit 13.04 Ubuntu installation, does it need some action: kernel: [ 159.157906] warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy ...
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64/32-bit madness (Ubuntu switched Kernel during upgrades!?)

a while ago I installed 10.04 LTS on a 64-bit capable Atom System (Intel D945GCLF2). As far as I can remember, I installed the 64-bit version. My Kernel history seems to back this as well. In the ...
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How Can I Run Ubuntu via my VM?

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 to run in VirtualBox alongside my Win7 64bit OS, without having to dual-boot. I added the 64bit Ubuntu iso to my VM, and powered it up so to proceed with the ...
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ubuntu 13.04 wont start [sdb] asking for cache data failed

i installed ubuntu 13.04 yesterday on my Acer Aspire 5742 and it all worked ok, i go to turn it on today, and just as it loads the log in screen a black screen that says [58.620634] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 showing a kernel panic at the startup

I'm using a Acer Laptop 5100 (Athlon 64 TK-53, ATI 1100, 320GB HD, 4GB RAM, Broadcom 4311 Wifi), and I was using for some time Ubuntu 10.04 and later 10.10 64-bit versions without a single freeze. I ...
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Is kernel 3.5.0.26 (64bit) intended for 12.10 or 12.04

software updater suggests 3.5.0-26 for my current installation Ubuntu 12.10 My system: uname -a Linux pfeiffep-HPE-580t 3.5.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 7 01:50:30 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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What is the technical reason preventing a simple upgrade (non-destructive) from 32 to 64-bit?

I was under the impression that upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit required a new kernel. This would mean replacing the kernel is all that would be needed. Perhaps drivers and libraries need to be ...
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Compile AMD athlon-xp 32 bit kernel in intel 64 bit machine

Can someone tell me how to compile linux 3.7 kernel for amd athlon-xp in a 64 bit intel environment through chroot? I tried setting up a chroot environment but compilation gives me error. Thanks to ...
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Which Kernel file should I download? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Difference between the i386 download and the amd64? For Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) with Intel (i3) Processor which kernel should I download- i386(as I know it's for 32 bit ...
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Compiling custom kernel 3.7.x lowlatency on Ubuntu 12.04

All, I have a peculiar problem with trying to compile a lowlatency flavor of the latest 3.7 kernel. I retrieved the prepatched source from the launchpad using bzr, compiled it using the usual ...
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A good kernel version AMD Bulldozer

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 and have installed all my drivers. I also updated the kernel version to 3.6.5, but I am not sure what version would be good if I have an AMD-fx-4100. I have looked on the ...
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How can I track the cause of random reboots?

A Thinkpad X220 (Core-i5, SandyBridge, Intel GMA) running Precise 64bit has rebooted hard twice in the last four days. I was doing nothing more than writing an email. No warning. It just went black, ...
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ATI propriatery drivers install latest 12.8, broke my kernel. Stuck on kernel 3.2.0-26

I messed up a bit. Hoping some here can help me. I tried to install the newest catalyst 12.8. Sadly, this broke my system. I was stuck in low graphics mode. I finally managed to restore the ...
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Compiling 3.2 64b kernel on 12.04 freezes system [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? I was able to compile 2.6 kernel on the same hardware but after upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 Compilation causes the whole system ...
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Hibernation stopped working after upgrading linux kernel from 3.2.0-27-generic to 3.2.0-29-generic (Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit)

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) on my Asus X54C laptop. Till a few days ago everything was working fine. However after upgrading the kernel from 3.2.0-27-generic to 3.2.0-29-generic, hibernation ...
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12.04 call trace - system crash? [closed]

Last night my screen suddenly turned black (black screen like when my laptop is turned off) while I was extracting a RAR file, and I was unable to restart my laptop after. Assuming it was a dead ...
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Total crash with Precise x64, tried everything, how do I fix this? [closed]

Checked the log and I found nothing. I can't even update without triggering a kernel panic. All it says is BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000080 All I could ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 kernel 3.5 and fglrx

Does anyone know how to install fglrx with the 3.5.x kernel? I can live with gallium, an I don't mind dual booting, but I would really love to see better 3D acceleration!
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes with Ivy Bridge Processor

My machine with an Ivy Bridge CPU is stable under Windows 7 but freezes in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. The freezing appears to occur randomly. I read somewhere that kernel 3.3.6 fixes the Ubuntu freeze ...
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How to prevent nvidia kernel module from loading Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit

I have a Nvidia Optimus Laptop with Ubuntu 11.10 and previous i used to blacklist nouveau (by "sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf" and adding "blacklist nouveau" then executing "sudo ...
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How do I get a Broadcom 4313 wireless card working on a 2.6.38 kernel?

Originally using Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit (Kernel 3.0.0-14-generic) . As there are heating issues with the kernels, i installed kernel 2.6.38.10-kernel also. When i boot using 2.6 kernel, the wifi doesnt ...
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Problems migrating Virtualbox VM from one ubuntu server to another

I have recently bought a new faster server and so I want to start migrating things over to the new server. Having my email server (zimbra) installed in a virtual machine I figured it should be piece ...
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Are there any kernel optimization for multi-arch?

I just discovered that Synaptic on my Oneiric installation displays about 55 thousand packages instead of 35. About 20 of these have a name ending with :i386. I also recently read in the Oneiric Beta ...
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How do I compile a kernel module?

A good man on NetworkManager mailinglist provided a patch that hopefully would solve an issue I'm experiencing related to slow mobile broadband detection on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. I'd really like to ...
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Problems to boot on Natty with Kernel 2.6.39.1 [closed]

I've installed this new Kernel version (2.6.39.1) and it seems to me that isn't stable. When i boot my laptop it blocks.... and it shows a Fail on Graphics... What is the problem? I've installed ...
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Need wired/wireless atheros driver for AR9285 and AR8152

How can I install atheros drivers to my Toshiba laptop (64bit), manually? I need AR9285 wireless adapter, and AR8152(v1.1) wired, fast ethernet. I cannot connect my UberStudent1.0 (linux OS, ...