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Painlessly updating from Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04 or 11.x
Is there a way to update from 10.04 to 11.04? I see an option to update to 12.04 LTS but I would rather keep it 11.04 because the new UI is terrible :)
It's because of nvidia drivers and failing to ...
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Automatically change resolution when not in dock
I have Ubuntu 11.04 (yep, I know it's old news) on my Lenovo W520. At home, I have a dock with dual monitors. I have a pretty decent setup - things work almost perfectly (hence the reason I'm ...
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NVidia dual monitor set-up 11.04
I am running Ubuntu 11.04. I have an NVidia GeForce GTX 295 card installed with driver version 295.53 installed. I had struggled with this for a while a few weeks ago, and gave up. However, last week, ...
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Slow Display with Intel 855GM After Upgrade to 12.04
I just upgraded to 12.04 from 11.10 on my Dell Inspiron 700m. The display is now much slower than it used to be. For example, when I drag a Nautilus window around with my mouse, the motion of the ...
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How to re-configure X for external display (HDMI)
I recently re-installed Ubuntu (11.04) was working fine until my laptop screen broke. I assumed it would be a simple task of plugging in an external monitor and everything would be fine, but i cannot ...
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Keyboard, touchpad, mouse not working properly
Okay I'm really lost on this one. After installing AMD Catalyst driver 12.1 on my laptop, it worked after a few tweaks. I was jumping with joy prematurely because the driver finally worked, only to ...
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How do I prevent .xsession-errors from eating disk space?
Is there any way to completely disable the .xsession-errors file? I have it as a symlink to /tmp so that my laptop hard disk can (hopefully) go to sleep for once, but at least 95% of the stuff in the ...
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xorg freeze on Thinkpad x220 [closed]
sorry, I could neither find the place where to report this bug, nor understand whether to report this bug at all. Therefore I ask it here:
Since I received my X220 three month ago I use ubuntu 11.04 ...
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Why does alt+left shift my virtual terminal left one?
Normally I use alt+left key combo to go back one click in firefox but recently I noticed it's moving to vt6 instead. alt+right moves in the other direction among the vt screens. This is supposed to be ...
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Issue with text in a Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family
I am on Ubuntu 11.04 and the text in all the applications often looks with visual artifacts. I have installed xserver-xorg-video-intel.
Attached a image so you can appreciate.
lshw -c video ...
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How to install xorg-x11-fonts
I need to install xorg-x11-fonts. I was searching in Google how to install them but couldn't really find anything. I need it for Ubuntu 11.04.
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Adding a virtual screen to xorg.conf 11.04 (third display over vnc)
I currently have an nvidia gtx470 with 2 x 22" 1920x1080 displays on twinview.
Since I have a spare laptop (old but works) and screen (22" 1680x1050).
A vnc server would be set up (viewonly) to the ...
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Philips saa7134 tv tuner card not working [closed]
When i run tvtime,it gives me the following output in terminal:
Running tvtime 1.0.2.
Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /home/md/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
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Can not get Dual Monitors to work on Different GPUs [closed]
My setup is a follows:
19" 1440x900 monitor on my nVidia 460 GTX
17" 1280x1024 monitor on the internal nVidia card
Now, I am able to get a xserver running on both monitors, but I am trying to ...
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Changing the resolution to 1440x900 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
The output of "xrandr"
yasith@vostro:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected ...
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How do you change brightness, color and sharpness from command line?
I am controlling my PC with SSH and scripting. How can i change the brightness, color and sharpness from command line?
Try 1: failed
$ sudo redshift -t 5000:5000 -g .5
Cannot list GNOME panel ...
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How can I toggle between single and dual monitor setup?
I have two monitors working just right with nvidia driver.
There are times, however, where I want to have just one monitor and other times where I need two: I must open NVidia XServer Settings, go to ...
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How to activate HDMI as my default output starting from BIOS, GRUB, GDM, and Desktop?
Ubuntu 11.04, when i boot, i do not see anything in my HD TV screen. No Bios/Grub/Gdm/Desktop. How can i use my default HDMI output please?
Note: I have VGA port, but i do not use any VGA ...
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11.04 ATI Radeon HD 5600 Dual Monitor issue
I have an issue when I try to work with dual monitor:
Ihave a HP dv7 with ati Radeon HD 5600 and a Benq external monitor.
I have instaled the properietary ATI drivers
When I plug my external ...
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How to permanently disable monitor power saver using the command line?
I have tried as following:
1. Turn off: export DISPLAY=:0.0 && xset dpms force off
2. Turn on: export DISPLAY=:0.0 && xset -dpms
Which works but that is a temporary solution, which ...
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Login dialog and all windows flickering, background displaying fine on an ATI Radeon HD 5750/5770 [closed]
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit with a ATI RadeonHD 5750/5770 (JUNIPER), 4GB ram.
When I get to the login screen, all I see is a flickering white box instead of the login dialog.
The background ...
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black screen when booting whereas failsafe mode works
I've had a problem for quite some time now. When I boot up my Ubuntu 11.04 it just won't load X. It works when I first load in failsafe mode and then restart X, however this is a quite annoying ...
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Why does Xorg take all available CPU power when I run Update Manager? [closed]
I am using Xubuntu 11.04 with the default nouveau driver for nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] graphics controller. Xorg takes all available CPU power, if I run Update Manager in this system; ...
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How do I fix a blurry screen problem? [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop Samsung QX410. I also have Philips 221EL display. I want to use this display as the main one (instead of the laptop's one). But when I use it, the screen looks ...
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“Failed to set DisplayPort power” - Dual Head freezes OS
Problem
No picture appears on the second, externally, connected monitor.
All used to work perfectly until a week ago or so. I always used nvidia-settings + TwinView/Clone to clone my laptops view, ...
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Upgrade xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
I have a Thinkpad x220i. I'm using Natty. The touchpad works ok, but the pointer is "shaky" which is really distracting.
I tested the Oneiric Alpha 3 and there the Touchpad works fine out of the ...
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Touchsreen always returns cursor to upper left corner
Just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a brand new Fujitsu Lifebook T901. The touchscreen seems well-calibrated and recognizes touches, but it always moves the mouse to the upper left corner when clicked.
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Login window missing at startup
After having some problems with my DE after upgrading from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3, and then downgrading, and then installing and uninstalling xmonad, one day at start-up my login window was missing. It's ...
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How to chroot Ubuntu+1?
What is the recommended way to use chroot from Ubuntu Stable (in my case 11.04) with Ubuntu+1 (11.10)?
Linked (but probably separate) is "Is there anything special that I need to do in order to get ...
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Fix Mobility Radeon Graphics in Ubuntu 11.04 [until now] [closed]
Is there some things to fix mobility AMD Radeon HD3xxx series in Ubuntu 11.04 ??
Until now, i've been updated my system using Kernel 2.6.39-11 and Catalyst 11.7 but Graphics Effects sill running ugly ...
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Creating synaptics entry in xorg.conf cases X to not start
Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't seem to have an entry for my Synaptics Touchpad xorg.conf file by default.
As soon as I create
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
...
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Ubuntu 11.04 update error
I just updated my Ubuntu 11.04, but now when starting it a black screen is shown and prints:
Checking battery state
Stopping system v runlevel compatibility
I tried to install the latest ...
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How can I configure the Aiptek T-6000U graphics tablet?
I followed AiptekTablet instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki to configure 11.04 for use with my graphics tablet.
I installed the xserver-xorg-input-aiptek package and created two files with the options ...
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How to enable SHMconfig?
How to enable SHMconfig on Ubuntu 11.04?
I'm trying to change touchpad's configuration on run-time, but can't because it needs for SHMconfig to be enabled, how can I do that?
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Incorrect screen resolution on login on a MacBook Pro 7.1 [closed]
I'm having trouble with x11...when I restart my laptop, the screen resolution is always reset to 1024x768.
I set the resolution to the appropriate 1280x800 and everything is fine for that session, ...
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TwinView doesn't start at startup
I've recently installed Kubuntu 11.04 and it is running on my dual screen setup. I have Nvidia video card and TwinView is working perfectly after I switched to the nvidia driver, and I saved the ...
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Unexpected Logout caused by Xorg Segmentation fault
Unexpected logout happened on my 11.04 ubuntu, found a segmentation fault message under /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old under inspection. Anyone can point out where should i look for.
Backtrace:
[ 5559.541] ...
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Device id in ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop.I want to make the the touchpad disable.For that I need the device id.So can any one tell me how to get the device id using ubuntu?
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(MPX) Multi Pointer X on 10.04 and beyond?
I've read articles about Multi Pointer X on Ubuntu, and just wanted to know if it has got to a stable stage yet where it can easily be enabled on 10.04+?
If yes, how can I enable it?
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DisplayPort with Intel integrated graphics
I have a HP Compaq 6000 Pro small form factor which has a DisplayPort output and Ubuntu 11.04 installed. The machine has integrated Intel graphics.
I am trying to connect the machine to a monitor ...
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Why is Xorg taking up so much memory and CPU?
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04 Natty after a massive hard drive failure.
Now, for some reason, compiz and Xorg decide it's a fun idea to start eating up my RAM and CPU - GB by GB. Starts out at ...
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Precondition for executing Xorg -configure and postcondition how to use its output? [closed]
Action: Open a terminal window from Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop and execute sudo Xorg -configure.
The command Xorg -configure returns an error message because the X server is running.
How do I stop the ...
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Inserting Lenovo ThinkPad X200s into (UltraBase) docking station mirror screen is always activated leading to non-optimal resolution [closed]
Builtin LCD should be 1440x900
External LCD should be 1920x1080
If Lenovo ThinkPad X200s is inserted into docking station the option mirror screen is always activated leading to a resolution of ...
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X breaks after installing compiz [closed]
I tried to install compiz after upgrading to 11.04.
Now X doesn't work anymore and I can't replace compiz with metacity, because I'm not able to launch X.
I restarted in recovery mode, but I'm not ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 + Radeon 4850 = performance problems and graphic problems
I did not install Ubuntu 11.04 on the first day because i tought: okey maybe there are some bugs, i give them some days so they can fix them. But now i got it with the hope the most anoying bugs are ...
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Let Xorg listen on TCP, but only to localhost?
I have some X client program which needs access to an X server. It is only able to access the X server by TCP, not by other methods like unix domain sockets. It will run on the same host as the ...
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Higher resolutions unavailable with 2.6.38-8 kernel [closed]
After upgrading to Natty and the 2.6.38-8 kernel I could no longer obtain the 1920x1080 resolution available in Maverick with 2.6.35-22. In fact the boot occasionally hung. However, after selecting ...
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Random X crashes in Ubuntu 11.04 [closed]
I've been getting random X crashes in Ubuntu 11.04 the last few days. This occurs both at work and at home, i.e. on a Lenovo T series Thinkpad and on an Acer Aspire 58x-series (if memory serves).
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NVIDIA config missing “driver line” in default device section, not booting to gui
I've just installed a clean version of 11.04 and I am trying to get the NVIDIA driver to work.
Just after installing I've seen Unity and used it. Then I activated the NVIDIA driver (from the ...
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When will the Catalyst 11.4 driver be available?
I've seen a lot of questions about unity performance . When is an official Ubuntu update for the proprietary ATI driver coming . People are saying this is improving unity performance a lot . Sorry but ...
