questions about upgrading packages, systems or hardware.
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Upgraded to 13.04, mount.cifs returns “Invalid argument” -22 error
Just upgraded my Ubuntu Server to 13.04, and the existing and working fstab configuration for a cifs mount is failing with the generic -22 error (invalid argument):
12:38 PM wesley at wsrv cwd ~
$ ...
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Ubuntu became Kubuntu after upgrading to 13.04!
I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.
After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option ...
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serious problem [duplicate]
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with
MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_universe_binary-i386_Packages,
E:The package lists or ...
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I cant upgrade anything
I will give a bit of a back story to how I got this issue, The first issue I has was I have a full /boot disk and could not do anything. I moved some of the unused config files to another disk and ...
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1answer
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apt-get update fails to configure linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic
When I recently tried to use apt-get upgrade to install the most recent updates, the process failed while configuring linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic. I can not remove / purge the package, and can not ...
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Wubi Ubuntu Upgrade [duplicate]
I'm fairly new to Linux and this is my only good computer. So I am asking this question just to be safe. Today when I started Ubuntu dual-booted with Windows Vista using Wubi it asked if i would like ...
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Upgrade Problem E: linux-image-2.6.32-47-generic: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on 64 bit lap-top,
Because of crashing problem I decided to upgrade to 12.04 LTS. But while I was using update manager to upgrade package it gives following error.
E: ...
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file browsing window crashes when attempting 'file->open' after upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04
After upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04, whenever I attempt to open a file from any application (firefox, thunderbird, vlc, etc..) besides gedit, the file browsing window doesn't display any files and is ...
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1answer
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Trouble upgrading ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 LTS after upgrading from 10.04
So first I tried to upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10 and now I don't have access to the many features of ubuntu (since the upgrade did not complete successfully) so when I try to update the system with ...
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5answers
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Ubuntu 13.04 suffers graphics corruption?
Ubuntu's dash turns green when I press the Super key after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. I'm not sure what causes the problem, and I haven't found any similar problems.
I have ...
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After upgrading to 13.04 Unity interface is not showing
I've upgraded to Raring last night. The upgrade itself went okay, no errors. But when I rebooted the computer afterwards and logged in to my Unity session, all I could see was the Desktop background ...
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upgrade percona-server package fails
This has been happening for a few weeks. Every other package upgrades without issue except this one, but I'm not sure what's causing this or how to debug it.
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package ...
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2answers
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Fixing broken myslq-server package after upgrade to 12.04
After upgrade to 12.04 mysql server was unable to start.
I tried many different things but without any luck.
Now when I try to install it, I get:
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.5
Reading ...
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How to `apt-get dist-upgrade` an Asus EeePC 1005HA using Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Netbook Edition? [duplicate]
I have a Asus laptop with Ubuntu
Can I upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 without deleting everything. And without using an ISO.
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problems after i upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 on asus n10e mini
i had ubuntu 12.10 on my mini alongside (dual boot alongside windows bc i didnt know how to completely remove windows). i tried to upgrade to 13.04 and thought it didnt work because i got error ...
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1answer
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Hard drive location keeps changing after upgrade to 13.04
After I upgraded to 13.04 the hard drive media location keeps changing. These are installed hard drives not removable media. This issue does not seem to affect usability via the file managers ...
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What is “dist-upgrade” and why does it upgrade more than “upgrade”?
I was wondering why upgrade sometimes doesn't want to upgrade certain parts of the system, while dist-upgrade does. Here's an example after running update:
apt-get upgrade:
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1answer
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Does upgrading Ubuntu risk the loss of important data?
I currently use Ubuntu 10.04, and I want to upgrade it to version 12.04 (and then, maybe, to 13.04). I can do it via Upgrade Manager, but I'm worried that my important files (which are in the home ...
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Force upgrade 12.10 to 13.04
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed and until a few weeks back it used to remind me to do an upgrade to 13.04 but at that time I was not interested.
Now that I want to upgrade I don't know how to do that.I ...
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Can I upgrade to another desktop environment?
I'm currently running a Vanilla Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that had Unity replaced with with gnome-shell. What I'd like to do is to do a do-release-upgrade that will install a specific flavor of Ubuntu (GNOME ...
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iPod Touch with Raring Ringtail?
My iPod Touch worked with Quesal Quantal. But when I upgraded to raring Rigtail My iPod Touch is recognized, but I can not read the files, and it no longer Syncs. I am using Rythymbox as my media ...
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Compiz config setting change on upgrade
Helo, recently i have updated to 13.04, and the ccsm settings reverted my own config again. This is pain. why does it needs to reset my HUD keyword (i disable it as it shows up, when i don't want). is ...
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Ubuntu dependency problems after `do-release-upgrade`
I recently performed do-release-upgrade, and it appears to have broken some of my packages. I can't properly apt-get autoremove or apt-get upgrade any more.
$ sudo apt-get install -f
...
Errors ...
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How to reinstall newest Linux Kernel?
Hello I upgraded all packages on my Ubuntu 13.04, and kernel also. But in upgrading process kernel upgrade failed, and I must always after grub load select older kernel. It is a terminal command to ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 is much slower than 12.10 [closed]
I upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 and i have noticed that 13.04 is much slower when i open programs.
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initramfs problem when out of disk space
I just upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04. During the upgrade process, it said there was a problem setting up initramfs-tools and I needed to do sudo dpkg --configure -a
So once I got 11.04 started for the ...
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Cannot log in with GUI after 12.10->13.04 upgrade
Yesterday I ran the graphical program that offered to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.10 system to 13.04 and it appeared to run flawlessly. By that I mean it presented no errors or warnings, ran to completion, ...
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Will be something deleted if I upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?
I want to upgrade to 13.04 but I dont know if something will be deleted ...
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2answers
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ubunu 10.10 unable to upgrade to any latest version [duplicate]
Since Ubuntu 10.10 is now sent to stone age , i tried upgrading it to 11.04 but
sudo do-release-upgrade
gives
Hash Sum mismatch
, E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ...
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Could not update ICEauthority file since upgrading
Since upgrading my laptop to Ubuntu 13.04, my login fails with the above message. I have tried:
sudo chown ls user:user /home/user
chmode 600 /home/user/.ICEauthority
What else can I try to fix ...
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Updating to Ubuntu Studio
I would like to install Ubuntu Studio on my computer which has currently a dual boot Ubuntu_13.04/Windows_7. Surfing in the internet I saw that it is possible to upgrade Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio. The ...
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Upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04, “no release found”
I've run the following commands as root:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
all work fine, but then i run
do-release-upgrade
and it says "no new release". This makes no sense ...
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1answer
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Kubuntu freezes during update when trying to download adobe installer
I'm updating to the latest version of Kubuntu, three times running now it's made it to the part where it goes to down load the adobe plugin installer and it freezes. I waited for 3hrs and saw no ...
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Why do I get a blue screen after interrupting upgrade to 12.04 with a power-off?
I've turned off my laptop while the update manager was installing ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Now when I try to boot into ubuntu the screen is only in blue and I can do nothing execpt to turn it off. Is there ...
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Diskspace status bar missing after ubuntu 13.04 update
After updating Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 the disk space remaining on the bottom of the Nautilus status bar is now missing.
The updated filemanager Files, does not seem to have any settings that I can ...
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Having trouble updating ubuntu 8.10 to 9.4 [duplicate]
I need help updating Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.4 can anyone help me?
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I have upgraded from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 and have no taskbar [duplicate]
I upgraded my Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04 last night, Dell 64bit PC, using the Software/Update Manager. The upgrade took a long time, but did not seem to have any problems. When I rebooted into Ubuntu ...
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Unable to locate package update-manager-core
Following the guide I found here I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu version from 10.10 to 12.04.
As do-release-upgrade gave the error command not found I tried to install update-manager-core which ...
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Not able to upgrade to 12.10 from 12.04
I want to upgrade to ubuntu 12.10 from 12.04. But I am not able to do it. I don't see upgrade tab in download manager. These are the steps I followed:
Open Update manager
Click on settings
Click on ...
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Lirc on upgrade to 13.04 freezes all daemons
I've been having some problems with daemons not running on boot since upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04 on my HTPC. I have narrowed the problem down to lirc. When lirc is installed and the system boots, ...
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'sudo' command is broken
I updated an old centrino-notebook after Ubuntu 9.10 with 12.04 - now
sudo seem to be broken, because after sudo <whatever> I get the error message:
sudo: unable to initialize PAM: No such file ...
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Upgraded server to 13.04, still prompting me to do-release-upgrade [duplicate]
I completed an upgrade of my Ubuntu Server installation to 13.04 yesterday. However, upon login I am still being prompted to upgrade to 13.04:
Welcome to Ubuntu 13.04 (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-21-generic ...
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Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Upon trying to upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 all seemed to go well until the restart. This error message is what comes up:
Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
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Unable to start VMWare Workstation after upgrade to 13.04
After upgrading to 13.04 I am unable to start VMWorkstation. I get the following message:
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded
into the running kernel.
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Disk Drive / not ready yet or not available and no keyboard usb
It appears the window to upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 and i click continue. It gave several errors and after reboot appears this:
Disk Drive / not ready yet or not available
But i cannot press S ...
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How to upgrade to the latest patch set in Ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
I have a Ubuntu 11.10 machine and I want to upgrade the OS to the latest set of patched in 11.10 and I don't want a major version upgrade to 12.04. How do I acheive this?
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How do you reinstall wine after upgrading?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.04. After doing this, I get this error when trying to reinstall wine:E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? How ...
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Why is Ubuntu 13.04 asking me to upgrade? [duplicate]
I upgraded to 13.04 shortly after it came out. But this computer still prompts me to upgrade. Example:
Welcome to Ubuntu 13.04 (GNU/Linux 3.8.0-21-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: ...
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Upgrading Nginx on Raring Ringtail
I have have added ppa:nginx/stable to my apt sources. And have done an update. But when i try to upgrade, it fails to upgrade. Here are the list of commands.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
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Why can't I set group and ownership of one folder without afffecting the other?
I've upgraded an Ubuntu PC from 10.04 to 12.04.
Problem is all the permissions were wrong on the home folders.
So, I did the following:
sudo chown -R james:james /home/james/*
sudo chown -R ...
