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upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 on dell latitude 430 [duplicate]

I can upgrade to a later version. The upgrade process stops before starts to get the packagings. Says 'network error' however the network works fine on the machine!? HELP PLS!!
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in Ubuntu 11.04 when I click on the trash icon, and it opens up music player? [closed]

I've got Dell Laptop Vostro Intel i3,RAM 3gB DD3. I bought it with Ubuntu 8, than upgrade to 10.10 and everything was perfect. Yesterday I upgrade to 11.04 and the system run too slaw, time on time ...
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Display goes blank screen on mouse touch on a Dell Vostro 3550 [closed]

My dell vostro 3550 goes blank screen by touching touchpad. It continues for 10 min after booting. It works normally after a period of time. It happens every time I boot the laptop.
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Wifi on Dell Studio 15

I have recently updated to ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Studio 1555 The wifi works perfectly in ubuntu 10.04 but in Ubuntu 10.10 I can't connect at all. By default I have no wifi at all ...
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How to handle brightness trouble on dell inspiron i14R-2265?

Recently I've installed Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit on my Dell Inspiron i14r-2265, but it looks like brightness control is not working. I can change it "programmatically" (FN + brightness key), though actual ...
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How do I clone my monitor?

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Latitude E6510 and I didn't find how do I do to clone monitors, I can only extend it. Is the Intel® HD Graphics, it is not the Nvidia version. Cloning ...
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Dell studio 1555 overheating and fan problem

The model of my laptop is Dell studio 1555 (ATI graphic card and A06 BIOS). I am using dual boot (Vista and Ubuntu). There aren't any problems related to heat and fan while using Vista. However with ...
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Can't install on Dell Inspiron 15R

I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 15R and use Ubuntu as my primary operating system. Well I tried to install all of the following without any success: Ubuntu 10.04 x86-32bit Ubuntu 10.10 x86-64bit ...
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Touchpad too slow — how do I adjust it?

Apparently this is a recurring problem. I tried System->Preferences->Mouse but it didn't help. There's a lot of info on the web on this, but it is outdated (Ubuntu 7.04 and 8.04). Any tips on how to ...
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How to disable touchpad on Dell Latitude E-Series (E5510, E6510)?

I want to disable the touchpad. I want to keep the trackstick. Is it possible? The Alps touchpad is recognized by the kernel as a PS/2 Generic Mouse. Not all its features are supported by the kernel ...
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Fan always spinning on a Dell Studio 1555 [closed]

I use Dell Studio 1555, after update to maverick my fan started spinning full speed allways. I use xserver-xorg-video-ati/radeon drivers because fglrx messes with my desktop resolution when connecting ...
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Problem with fglrx when updating from 10.04 to 10.10

Well I had some problems with update so I'll post solution. I use Dell Studio 1555. My symptoms were that after reboot screen flickered and then I got console login prompt. Basically after the ...
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crackling audio with Pulseaudio

This is a problem that I have been experiencing for a while now (since 9.10); before that I used a beta driver from Creative (I have a SB X-Fi on my Dell XPS 710), and even though, I have to compile ...
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How can one reinstall sound drivers?

My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound. I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for ...
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GMA 5700 MHD Dell Vostro 3300 externel vga monitor is flickering

I use the Dell Vostro 3300 und Ubuntu Lucid 10.10. The VGA for the external monitor is flickering. The problem seams to be the Intel Graphics. lspci / grep “VGA” says: VGA compatible controler: Intel ...
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Cannot suspend Dell Inspiron [closed]

Since installing 10.10, my Dell Inspiron was able to suspend both when I closed the lid or chose to suspend from the menu. At least it was until yesterday. Now if I close the lid the computer ...
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Is there a way to autodetect when a display is disconnected?

I am running 10.10 on a Dell Latitude with the latest Nvidia drivers. Basically what I want is when I disconnect my external display that everything goes back to the main one without having to change ...
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How do work the Dell Studio 1537's remote control with infrared receiver port IT8512 CIR

I use Ubuntu 10.10. Please Can someone help me? the remote control is the only component that does not work with Ubuntu. @Martin many thanks for your answer and excuse me for the delay. i have test ...