Questions tagged [12.10]
This version of Ubuntu is no longer supported since May 16, 2014. Code-named Quantal was released on October 18, 2012.
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Can I set my user account to have no password?
If I attempt to change my password to nothing by opening "User Accounts", the "Change" button remains greyed out:
How do I change my password to be empty? I know you can set Ubuntu to automatically ...
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How to fix wrong system time and date?
I just ran a clean install of 12.10 on my sys76 laptop.
Time and date reads: 19:36 31 december 1969, even though it is: 13:29 07 november 2012.
I have it set for my location and it won't change ...
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VirtualBox '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' issue
I have installed VirtualBox through the software centre, but when I try to start a VM, I get the following error:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (...
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error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found
error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
grub rescue>
What can I do? I just sit and stare at it.
I found my old netbook (Dell Inspiron 1010) which I have not used for about four years. ...
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How do I resize my /boot partition?
/boot has become 100% full somehow.
df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root 191078052 31758960 149612804 18% /
udev ...
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Failed to get canonical path of /cow
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 for quite some time, and passing hurdles one by one. Now I am in a situation as follows.
I have got a PC and 10 GB HDD which will be totally dedicated to Ubuntu so ...
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Can I disable full-disk encryption?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 and it requires a passphrase to boot up (I installed it with an encrypted file system).
Do I have to reinstall to change to a standard unencrypted file system?
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how to reinstall mysql?
A software upgrade broke, among other things, mysql and I have not been able to get it back up yet.
Suspected cause: I had a near-full boot disk; the upgrade filled up the disk before completing and ...
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Will all Dash input in 12.10 be sent to Amazon?
It seems like all user input to the Dash home lens is send to Amazon by default in Ubuntu 12.10, is this correct?
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Why is chkconfig no longer available in Ubuntu?
I can not use chkconfig tools in Ubuntu 12.10
It's a very useful tools to configure the service to autostart or not. Why is it no longer available?
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How to rename partitions?
I'm new at Ubuntu; I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and the partitions appear like 30 GB volume and like 78EF-2C5E in task bar. I tried to rename it but rename and remove buttons are deactivated so I tried by ...
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What software should I install for opening .stl files?
I use Ubuntu 12.10. What software can I install that can open Physible .stl files? And what are the differences between these softwares?
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How can instantaneously extract text from a screen area using OCR tools?
In Ubuntu 12.10, if I type
gnome-screenshot -a | tesseract output
it returns:
** Message: Unable to use GNOME Shell's builtin screenshot interface, resorting to fallback X11.
How can I select a ...
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How do I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.10.
Please outline the different ways I can upgrade to 13.04.
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Cannot update grub with parameters on live USB
I have booted from a live USB ("Try Ubuntu"), that also has a persistent option set (I used LiLi to create one) to do some tests for this pcie hotplug issue I'm having.
I'm trying to test some boot ...
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How to transfer files between Android and Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) and I wish to take the music files I have off of it and store them on my laptop which is running Ubuntu 12.10. Upon connecting my phone to my computer I can ...
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Why is Unity 2D being discontinued?
As reported by Phoronix, the news from UDS appears to be that development on Unity 2D will stop, with the focus being on a single, unified implementation.
Obviously maintaining two codebases to do ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 "Turn screen off when inactive for: Never" still turns off
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to ...
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Unity missing? Can't see top or side panels [duplicate]
I just removed some effects using ccsm, switched to the AMD proprietary driver, rebooted and after I log in, the unity panel is no longer there. If I hit the windows key or the alt key, nothing ...
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What is the best alternative to Google Reader?
I enjoy using Lightread in Ubuntu 12.10. The thing is Google Reader is being shutdown and Lightread is a client for Google Reader, so it's feed will be cut of.
What is the best alternative as a RSS ...
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How to safely remove a USB external drive?
How I can safely remove a USB external drive?
Ubuntu 12.10 does not come with this option, only to "Unmount" the disk, but not "Eject".
I have tried both USB sticks and with my external hard drive.
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Nvidia driver doesn't work in 12.10
I have GeForce GTX 560 Ti. I's worked fine in 12.04 with nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, after todays 12.10 update, something broke down.
I've tried nvidia-current, nvidia-current-updates and nvidia-...
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Drag and Drop across (fullscreen) applications, switching via Alt-Tab
Example
Drag media file onto Totem's playlist to enqueue
Bug in Compiz
Especially for Unity (formerly Netbook Edition, being intended for small screens) this is quite a vital feature, as ...
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Trying to install Steam ERROR: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run: not
I've already installed Steam, but when I click on the program I get this message
ERROR- You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
not
I don't know what to install or ...
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How to add bookmark to Nautilus 3.6?
I updated the Nautilus to 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10, but I didn't find the how to add my folder to "Bookmark" section.
If I press Ctrl + B, it show the list of bookmarks, but I can't add any. I can't drag ...
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How to shrink Ubuntu LVM logical and physical volumes?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 as the only OS on my system.
I told Ubuntu to overwrite everything as I was in a hurry, hence I only have the two partitions Ubuntu creates, the Boot Partition of a ...
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How may I improve my boot / shutdown time?
I have a pretty decent laptop (Intel Core i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz, SataII SSD from Samsung, 8GB Ram), but I not satisfied with my boot and shutdown times...
I have installed bootchart, and am trying to ...
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How to remove items from Places sidebar in Nautilus 3.6? [duplicate]
I am attempting to remove bookmarks from the Places sidebar in Nautilus 3.6. Specifically, I would like to remove the "Pictures" item.
I have found answers for older versions in which one can remove ...
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How do I install pgAdmin III for postgreSQL 9.2?
I have a Windows server that runs postgresql 9.2. I want to hit it using pgAdmin III from my Ubuntu 12.10 workstation box.
I installed pgAdmin III from synaptic and also tried direct download from ...
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Virtualbox DNS stopped working on upgrade to 12.10
I have a Debian image setup on Virtualbox that uses the default NAT to access the internet. It was working fine before I upgraded to 12.10. After I upgraded the DNS lookups no longer work. I still can ...
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After logging in, there's a black screen and my cursor, nothing else! in Ubuntu 12.10
I've been using Ubuntu(12.10) for a long time, and recently, my Ubuntu went through yet another update.
The whole update prompt showed up, following by a password prompt, and finally the good ol' ...
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How can I validate a pdf's digital signature with evince?
A while ago I received a PDF file that was digitally signed.
The Document Viewer (Evince) shows me that the digital signature was not validated.
How do I add the file's digital signature to evince ...
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warning: GDB: Failed to set controlling terminal: Operation not permitted [duplicate]
I'm using Code-Blocks IDE in my Ubuntu 12.10.But when I'm trying to debug any project, I got the following warning:
warning: GDB: Failed to set controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
What ...
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How to install new tmux 1.8 on Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04?
Are there any PPA?
If no, how to make it from sources? Which dev libs I'll need to do this?
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How to remove GPT from HDD?
I have a Asus K55VM-Sx027V laptop and I formated it with Ubuntu because whenever I tried to install Windows 7 64bit, it wouldn't let me because my HDD had GPT protection.
Now that I have Ubuntu 12.10,...
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How do I downgrade to Subversion 1.6?
I'm trying to downgrade subversion to 1.6 from 1.7, doing sudo apt-get install subversion=1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3. This does not seem to work.
Any idea on how to do this without breaking half the ...
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How migrate my keyring (containing ssh passprases, nautilus remote filesystem, pgp passwords) and network manager connections?
I changed the disk on my laptop and installed Ubuntu on the new disk. Old disk had 12.04 upgraded to 12.10 on it. Now I want to copy my old keyring with WiFi passwords, ftp passwords for nautilus and ...
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'Some index files failed to download' while updating
When running sudo apt-get update I get these following errors:
Err archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
Err archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease
Err archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports ...
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Where did ~/.gvfs go on Ubuntu 12.10?
Where did ~/.gvfs go on Ubuntu 12.10. How can I find the location of the mounted through samba folders?
I share a folder with a Ubuntu 12.10 machine. I am trying to find the location of the mount ...
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How do I enable low graphics mode (llvmpipe rendering) in Unity?
I've been looking at other questions, but none seem to answer my query. The closest I got gave me information about a ppa for 12.04. My computer's battery life is suffering under Ubuntu 12.10. I ...
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Set Multiple values for StartupWMClass (to group under same launcher in Unity)
This a specific example of a generic problem I haven't been able to find a solution for yet.
I have a program (Android Virtual Device Manager) that launches 'sub-programs' (namely emulators or ...
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Fan speed in ubuntu: pwmconfig no pwm-capable sensor modules installed
I followed this guide about how to control fan speed in Ubuntu, but it doesn't work with my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15r).
I installed lm-sensors and fancontrol packages. Then I configured lm-sensors by ...
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Are there any 802.11ac adapters working in Ubuntu?
Has anyone got an 802.11ac adapter working in Linux/Ubuntu? PCI or USB. Looks like the a6200 might be having issues. And according to wikidev, it's the only released piece of client hardware for 802....
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Unable to locate package pkgconfig
I try to install Ruby on Ubuntu 12. There is one of the commands which gives me an error
E: Unable to locate package pkgconfig
sudo apt-get install build-essential openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-...
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Excessive hard disk activity
I am having problems on Ubuntu 12.04 x64 "fresh" installed on ext4 partition on primary HDD. When not in use every 5 to 10 seconds HDD is active for about 10 seconds an writing no mater what ...
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What's the difference between 12.04 and 12.10?
I have an Asus K55V and I'm wondering which version of Ubuntu I should be attempting to use. The website offers 12.04 (LTS) and 12.10.
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How can I bypass this fontconfig warning to edit grub successfully?
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 with no problem. I am trying to edit the grub file, but in the console I get the following message:
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf",
line 9: ...
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Trouble setting up git error: could not lock config file
I'm getting this error when trying to set the global config:
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
error: could not lock config file /pathto/file/.gitconfig: No such file or directory
and ...
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How to create a OS X Mountain Lion Bootable USB drive on Ubuntu?
I already know how to do it on Mac OS X (plenty of instructions online).
But is it possible to do it on Ubuntu? If yes, how?
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Vi - insert mode doesn't work in Ubuntu 12.10
I am working on Ubuntu 12.10. Insert mode in vi isn't working.
When I hit i to go insert mode, nothing happens. On hitting i again writes i on terminal, but <-backspace doesn't remove the ...
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