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Upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 LTS custom kernel to support DELLR720

It would be very helpful, if somebody already knows way to upgrade 10.04 LTS custom kernel to support DELLR720. I am having hard time with setup. I used this, ...
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How to upgrade 12.4 to 13.10 [duplicate]

I'm tempted to upgrade my desktop running 12.4 to 13.4 as 13.4 runs really well on my laptop. Can I do this without upgrading to 12.10 first (want to avoid fresh install) or is there no way arround ...
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Upgrade ubuntu server from 12.04.2 to 13.04 [duplicate]

I have production server with Ubuntu 12.04.2 X64 OS and I want to upgrade it into 13.04. After some research I've found this command do-release-upgrade -d AFAIK this switches update routine into ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.02 LTS isn't upgrading beyond 3.2.0-41-generic [duplicate]

I have notice recently that a lot of my Ubuntu 12 LTS servers are unable to pull down kernels past 3.2. Some servers I have been able to pull 3.5 by going into the GUI and use the updater from there ...
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Upgrade from 12.04 to 13.04?

I have Kubuntu 12.04, and would like to upgrade, but Muon Software Updates tells me that "The software on this computer is up to date". What can I make to make it "see" new version of the ...
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How to get kernel versions to match in a server and clients?

Ubuntu has released 12.04.2 LTS, which has a newer kernel than the one that comes with 12.04.1 LTS. I prefer to keep server and clients with the same kernel version. Can this be done?
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Why do I have different kernel versions on same distribution version

I (re)installed Mythbuntu 12.04.2 to solve an audio problem. After the installation I find that the kernel version of this MythTV front-end is 3.5.0-27-generic. However on the fully-updated ...
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Should I Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I would like to upgrade to 12.10 (or just wait for 13.04 to come out), but when I go to upgrade it comes up with an error saying something along the lines that my hardware ...
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Can't Update Ubuntu [duplicate]

On the Ubuntu website, it says that if I want to update Ubuntu from 12.04 LTS to 12.10, I have to go into Update Manager and click 'Check', which won't work. It pops up saying, "There are no updates ...
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Can Ubuntu Server 10.04.4 LTS be upgraded to NON-LTS?

I have a server running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. Can I upgrade this distribution to precise LTS, then from there, convert to non-LTS releases?
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How to install Canon LBP2900 printer in ubuntu 12.10

Sir.. I have recently upgraded to ubuntu 12.10. I recently bought Canon LBP2900 printer. Unfortunately I tried to install it ..there is no use. Please tell me how to install it and work with it.
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Disk Mount Error during Upgrade from LTS 10.4 to LTS 12.4

I was upgrading using the upgrade manager and got this error: The disk drive for / is not ready yet or not present I tried S but that just makes it freeze up. I tried m and followed a few help pages ...
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Upgrading from 10.04 lts to 12.04 lts

I am running linux 10.04 (lucid) on my laptop. My update manager does not show upgrade to 12.04 option. i have checked all the settings as posted in previous queires (changing options is update ...
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Why upgrade from LTS to a X.10 version [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What’s the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release? recently in an OMGubuntu's article i saw some comments about the reason of the selection ...
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Upgrade from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS fails

The update manager downloaded the files correctly and then started to DPKG them. I received a notification that several services including CUPS etc needed to be restarted which I accepted. There was ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 problem [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why do I get “init: failed to create pty…” errors on boot? Hey, I just updated from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 from update manager, and now when I start it ...
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Should I persist with Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]

EDIT Sorry for the vague question / rant. I am not looking for answers to specific questions. My question is should I persist with fixing problems after my 12.04 upgrade? I guess I am looking for ...
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problem with setting the keyboard command for show desktop [closed]

I followed the instructions provided in the link Enabling native shortcuts on Gnome - 3 for setting the shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+D for showing desktop and yet it does not seem to work. I can send a ...
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Problem upgrading 11.10 Server to 12.04 LTS

I'm experiencing some problems with upgrading Ubuntu 11.10 Server to 12.04 LTS I have changed the release-upgrades files to prompt=lts but the do-release-upgrade -d doesn't work. How can I fix that? ...
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Problem upgrading from 10.04 LTS to 12.04.1 LTS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why is “No new release found” when upgrading 10.04 to 12.04 LTS? Ubuntu 12.04.1 was released yesterday and I still can't update from 10.04
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12.04 LTS: Unity not updating

today I noticed a strange thing on my box running 12.04LTS. After some problems with Unity (specifically disappearing windows), I found out that something isn't right. Since I have no idea what this ...
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Can't upgrade ubuntu server from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS

I'm trying to upgrade my 10.04 server using do-release-upgrade, but it keeps saying there is no new version available. If I change the prompt config in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades to normal, ...
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Upgrade failed… Kinda, now cannot install some packages

When trying to upgrade my server (using do-release-upgrade -d, as one currently has to when going from 10.04 to 12.04), the script froze, and I was forced to cancel it. I was left with a half 10.04, ...
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Is a 10.04 LTS to 12.04 release upgrade possible? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I upgrade from 10.04 or 11.10 to 12.04? “No new release found” when upgrading a from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS I have a beloved high performance 10.04 ...
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LTS to LTS Upgrade

Another question with this URL: How do I upgrade from 10.04 or 11.10 to 12.04? Has this: If you choose to upgrade before then, you can pass the -d option to the upgrade tool, running ...
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My install of 10.04 does not show that there is an LTS upgrade available, what do I do? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: “No new release found” when upgrading a from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS This is an install on an older machine I have for my grandmother. I installed 10.04 quite ...
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Can't load 12.04 from CD

I've got 32bit version of 11.10 and I want to upgrade to 64bit 12.04. I've tried booting the ISO from a USB and a CD but when I chose the boot option it just goes straight through to my normal ...
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We have a few web servers, how should we reason regarding upgrades to new versions?

We run a SaaS business today, all servers run Ubuntu Server and usually a LAMP stack on top of that. We are reasearching a little bit how we should upgrades our servers. One option is to stay on LTS ...
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Do I lose LTS support if I upgrade to a non-LTS release?

I have been using Ubuntu since 8.04 as my primary OS and every six months I upgrade to the latest distribuition release. I am currently using 12.04 LTS. Thinking ahead, if I upgrade to 12.10 or any ...
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Is it possible to skip an LTS upgrade?

If you want to upgrade from 10.10 to 12.04, then you'll need to follow the upgrade path; 10.10 > 11.04 > 11.10 > 12.04. However, with LTS versions, you can upgrade directly, so that you can upgrade ...
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Should I update to an LTS release?

This is probably still too early to worry about, but I'm just curious. I am currently using Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop, I have switched from windows to Ubuntu from when it was at version 10.10. So as ...
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Key differences between 10.04 LTS (Lynx) and 12.04 LTS (Pangolin) that would matter to programmers?

I have a 10.04 image from vmplanet which I am very accustomed to, for my development work which revolves mainly around java, git and rails (using rvm). I didn't like the Unity interface so I did not ...
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How to Roll back newly applied LTS Maintenance Upgrade to the Previous Version

Is there a way to roll back a LTS Maintenance Upgrade to the previous version, say from 10.04.02 LTS from 10.04.03 LTS ? I am not facing a problem now, but need to figure out means to back out the ...
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How do I upgrade a server image inside EC2?

I setup an instance of Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 using an AMI that I had found. When I login to the server through SSH it says A newer build of the Ubuntu lucid server image is available. It is names ...
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Best practices to ease the OS upgrade procedure

I'm going to install a fresh Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS), supported until April 2013. My question is about the upgrade to the new LTS version, and in particular I'd like to know which best practices I have to ...
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Upgrading 8.10 server to LTS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Updating Ubuntu server from 8.10 to 10.04 I'm in a plan to upgrade ubuntu 8.10 vbox vm servers to LTS(obviously 10.04) as 8.10 has no support. As far as I know I'll be ...
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Sane path to distribution upgrades

I'm using Hardy (server) on quite a few machines and I'd like to upgrade to the latest LTS. Is it safe to edit my sources.list file to just point to the new LTS, or should I do a succession of dist ...