Questions tagged [11.10]
Codenamed "Oneiric Ocelot", this version was released on Oct 13, 2011 and is no longer supported since May 9, 2013. Questions about unsupported versions are likely to be closed as off-topic.
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Terminal output scrolling is gone (Headless 11.10 Server, Upgraded from 10.10)
I recently upgraded a 10.10 server (headless, EC2) to 11.04 and then to 11.10. Both upgrades seem to have worked, but now my terminal acts differently, particularly concerning output scrolling. I am ...
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How do I add myself back as a sudo user?
I clean-installed Ubuntu 11.10 today, and then installed VirtualBox. This required me to add myself to the vboxusers group, and since 11.10 seems to no longer have a graphical app to add users to a ...
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How do I toggle sound with amixer?
Including Natty I was always able to toggle (mute/unmute) the 'Master' sound volume with the
amixer sset Master toggle
command that I linked to an edge binding in CompizConfig-Manager.
Now after ...
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How can I setup SSH so that it is restricted to my local network?
I'm trying to link my new laptop running 11.10 to my old laptop running 8.04 through my router using SSH.
This question is asked and answered on ubuntuforums here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....
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How can I uninstall MongoDB and reinstall the latest version?
I need to uninstall mongodb completely from my system (Ubuntu 11.10) and install version 2.0.5.
Currently, when I run:
mongo db
I get the following error:
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.1
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How to install MySQL workbench?
Installing MySQL workbench on 10.04 or 10.10 is not a problem, as the deb packages are available on MySQL's website. But there is no 11.04 deb package available.
So, how do I install MySQL workbench ...
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How do I disable Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right?
I use GNOME Classic. There is no Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right shortcut in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.
It should be configured somewhere else. But where?
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How do I crop from the default image viewer?
I recall an Edit Image button in 11.04 that would bring up a second window with a Crop button easily visible.
But now, in 11.10, I see no such button. In fact, I can't find a way to crop at all from ...
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Can't set a higher screen resolution in a external display in a Dell Mini 10v laptop
I have a 22'' display from HP (w2207h) connected to my laptop (a Dell Mini 10v or 1011) through a VGA switch (a share this screen with a desktop computer and a Nintendo Wii). My problem is that I can'...
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No such file or directory for existing executable [duplicate]
I just upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 x64 from Ubuntu 11.04 32bit. But I find a really annoying problem. When I drag executable from file explorer to shell, the shell says
bash: /home/fenfei/app/android-sdk-...
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How do I move applications from one workspace to another [closed]
I'm using 11.10 - please can someone let me know how can I move programs from one workspace to another.
I'm used to the Gnome-2 style - is there a way to achieve something similar in 11.10?
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How can I hibernate/suspend from the command line and do so at a specific time
I managed to find out how to suspend/hibernate the system from the command line by reading How can I suspend/hibernate from command line?.
However, I would like to know how to use the command line to ...
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How do I get rid of this monitor error?
I have an Nvidia card and two monitors.
Every time I log in to Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, I get this error:
"Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors"
I have tried opening nvidia-settings, ...
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How to zoom in and out of text in Gedit?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. This seems to be an easy question, yet I cannot find an answer anywhere.
On pre-unity Ubuntu, I was using gedit-zoom plugin to zoom text in editor window in/out, either with ...
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Network manager forgets wireless password after sleeping or powering off
Every time I restore my computer from sleep or turn it on a window pops up asking for my wireless password. Once I enter it it connects successfully, but this happens every time. I'm using Ubuntu 11....
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I can't get grub menu to show up during boot
After trying (and failing) to install better ATI drivers in 11.10, I've somehow lost my grub menu at boot time. The screen does change to the familiar purple colour, but instead of a list of boot ...
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How do I enable Remote Desktop connection on Xubuntu 11.10?
How do I enable Remote Desktop connection on Xubuntu 11.10? I do not find any options such as those present in Ubuntu?
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What package is right for my computer?
I am running on Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit, and I am wondering what packages of software I should download; namely, RPM, DEB, or TAR GZ. I have encountered having to choose from this list while trying to ...
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How do I theme the xscreensaver unlock screen?
How can I replace ugly screensaver unlock screen in Xubuntu 11.10?
Standard xscreensaver is very ugly.
Is there any themes for unlock screen?
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Can I stop apps from selecting "Recently Used" by default in file chooser dialogs?
In Ubuntu and Kubuntu 11.10 I see changes in behaviour of GTK file chooser dialog. When I try to open new file (second, third etc, not first in editor) dialog show "Recenty used" section. It is very ...
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How to stop the terminal from wrapping lines
Is there a way to tell the terminal not to wrap long lines. I wish to see a line in the same space without wrapping to the next one. I do not care if I can not see the end of the line just as long as ...
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Which programs use the new "Online Accounts"?
In Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 it's possible to configure a Google Online Account. I'm able to configure this program to get access to Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Chat.
But which programs use this data? ...
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How to configure GNOME 3 to show icons on desktop
In Ubuntu 11.04, files in /home/user/Desktop appear as icons on the desktop. It seems that they do not under GNOME 3 using GNOME Shell (for example on Fedora 15). How do I configure that?
Update: ...
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How to set up keyboard layout switching and indication in Xubuntu?
I use 3 different languages (English, Czech and Russian) every day. I'd prefer to switch (preferably globally, I don't like per-window) between them with Left+Alt+Shift.
I'd also like to see the ...
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Automatically mount NTFS drive when I login
I use Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows7 dual boot with Ubuntu as my primary OS.
Every time I need to access a document I need to mount the respective drive, though this is not at all tiresome, still, is ...
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How to replace OpenJDK 6 with OpenJDK 7?
Surprisingly (as OpenJDK 7 was released to general availability about 4 months ago) Ubuntu 11.10 still uses OpenJDK 6 instead of 7 by default. How do I best fix this? I'd prefer to remove OpenJDK 6 ...
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How to change the monitor's refresh rate?
How do I change the monitor's refresh rate in Oneiric?
There is no option to do it in the Displays dialog now. By default it's 60Hz, but I need 75Hz on my monitor.
In previous releases there used ...
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How do I disable Ctrl+Alt+s to minimize a window?
When I type Ctrl+Alt+s on a window, the body of the window rolls up. How can I disable this shortcut, that I want to use for another purpose in my emacs configuration?
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How to convert VIDEO_TS folder to video format
I have a movie directory with a sub directory VIDEO_TS in it. I want to convert this to a video file like avi, mp4, etc... How can I convert this?
Right now I can see it with VLC of course but I want ...
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Why won't strace/gdb attach to a process even though I'm root?
I logged in as root but strace gives me this:
root@kyznecov-System:/home/kyznecov# ps -e | grep 111
3807 pts/2 00:00:00 111
3810 pts/2 00:00:00 111
root@kyznecov-System:/home/kyznecov# strace ...
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What is the difference between Eject and Safely Remove Device
Taking this question and it's answer into account What is the difference between "Unmount", "Eject", "Safely Remove Drive" and the eject icon? I ask:
Why do both options ...
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Editing the default boot item in grub menu, a definitive answer?
Each time I've tried to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows I always have difficulty with the same thing... editing the default option on the grub boot loader. I'm now running 11.10 and have run into the ...
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Is there a way to rename an external hard drive?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I have a couple of WD external drives. The problem is, they all show up in the file manager as "Elements" which can get confusing. Is there a way to rename one or both of ...
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How to install dot provided by graphviz?
How can install the package? I have to do a test dot -Tpng -o <path> <path>
But while installing it fails.
$ uname -a
Linux GoogleKnockOuter 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:...
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How can I remove Empathy, and integrate Pidgin?
I don't like the Empathy chat client, and I want to use Pidgin instead, but I want to maintain the functionality Empathy has in the messaging menu.
How can I do this in the cleanest way possible?
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"You are not the owner..." message when trying to access folder
In the properties menu of this folder the permission is set to "root" user and group, it shows the message "you are not the owner, so you cannot change these permissions."
I am indeed the owner and ...
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VirtualBox doesn't have Devices menu
I want to install "Guest Addition" for my virtual Windows 7 but I don't see Devices menu. Why?
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How to hide Firefox titlebar in Gnome Shell?
I am running Gnome-shell 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10. Is there a way to hide the firefox title bar and make it like Chrome's ? I would need the min/max buttons in tab-bar. There was a tutorial in webupd8, but ...
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Deja Dup`s "Back Up Now" button is not highlighted
I have setup my backup folder and put the Automatic backups switch to on. In the Overview tab I cant press the "Back Up Now" because it is grayed out.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and here is the content ...
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Lost power during upgrade, how do I recover?
I was attempting to update my 11.10 install to 12.04beta. During the install step, I accidentally lost power to my laptop (the power cable came unplugged) and it shut down. Whenever I go to boot now, ...
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How do I run a custom animated bootscreen?
I want to create a new splash theme for Ubuntu 11.10 using a volcano theme, so when it boots the volcano erupts with lava (same for shutdown). Now I have my image (png) but obviously it does not ...
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Super Cow Powers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Easter eggs in Ubuntu
I did "apt-get --help" and at the end of the output it said "This APT has Super Cow Powers." I have never seen this message before. Can anyone tell me ...
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Where can I find a g++ 4.7 package?
Some time ago, I managed to find PPA featuring g++-4.7 build. However, I had to reinstall everything on my machine and I lost name of that PPA. Could anyone point me to it? I tried to find it again, ...
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How do I change the font DPI settings?
I installed Oneiric on a clean system, and found that the font tab is gone from the Appearance settings. This is a problem, because by default the text in Ubuntu is too large.
I changed the text from ...
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Where to set proxy ignore list?
I upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 from 11.04, shocked to see few things...
My system is behind a proxy, so I did set a proxy setting. Being a web developer, I want to remove a lot of addresses that I type ...
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Why is the Edit button greyed out in Network Manager?
Since 2 days ago I can't edit any connections using network manager, because the "edit" button is greyed out. I tried doing a normal restart of the service to no avail.
Any suggestions?
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How can I start a VNC server before log on?
I would like to run x11vnc (or another VNC server) on my desktop, but I'm unable to find a way to get it to start before any users log in. Back when I was using vanilla Ubuntu 10.10 Vino did this by ...
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How do I make the window border bigger?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 in a VirtualBox VM on a MacBook Pro with the default Unity UI. Positioning the mouse cursor over the 1-pixel wide border to resize a window is driving me absolutely nuts. Lots ...
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Cannot login to my user account
I upgraded my ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 via mounting the latest alternate CD image released on Oct. 13 as the final standard version and running the cdromupgrade prompt successfully, with full latest ...
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Why are letters overlapping in the terminal?
I installed Oneiric as a guest OS in VirtualBox using the Mini CD. I installed the ubuntu-desktop package and everything seems to work fine - well, except for a font issue with the terminal:
As you ...
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