Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.
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Kinect Motor Device Not Detected
I'm trying to install a kinect on Ubuntu 12.04.
Unfortunately, lsusb shows that the motor device is not detected :
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 045e:02c2 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 010: ID ...
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Windows 7 shows all drives when on Ubuntu
I have a laptop and a desktop. On my Desktop I have Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and I just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop.
In Ubuntu I setup samba, and attached myself to the network which ...
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Seemingly inconsistent output from `top` re: Swap header vs. SWAP column
How should I interpret this seemingly inconsistent output from top re: swap?
Running free confirms that no swap space is in use:
$ free -m
total used free shared ...
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MySQL crashes when connecting from localhost with tcp (UNIX sockets work)
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running MySQL server 5.5.24.
I can connect with mysql --user root -p. status shows me :
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Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
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When I try to connect with mysql --host ...
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Access a windows dynamic hard drive through a virtual machine on ubuntu?
I have a Windows 7 OS and am thinking about transitioning to a dual boot set up with Ubuntu 12.04. From what I recall, it is not possible to natively access Dynamic Windows Partitions in a Linux OS.
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Windows Recovery partition unusable after Ubuntu 12.04 install on Eee PC 1005P
Installed Ubuntu 12.04 over the secondary (D:) partition with Grub2 handling multi-boot. Never accessed the 'Recovery' option in the boot menu until Windows7 Starter became unusable due to HDD failure ...
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Windows 7 won't shutdown; Win7/Ubuntu dual-boot
I'm reposting this from askubuntu.com, as it was discussed fairly quickly that Ubuntu's presence on a separate partition was almost certainly NOT the problem, and as such this question wasn't ...
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Avconv increases file size
I am using the version of avconv in Ubuntu 12.04 to archive videos. I would preferably use some kind of lossless video compression (e.g., huffyuv or FFV1), but using the original video stream (copy ...
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VMWare: Can't copy text from Ubuntu 12.04 guest to Windows7 host
I've got Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) running as a guest under VMWare 8.0.4 build-744019. The host is Windows7 sp1 (64-bit).
I can copy text from Ubuntu into Windows, but not back. VMWare tools is installed ...
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How do I set a http-interface password on VLC 2.x?
I'd like to set up a password for my VLC's http interface server. I'm using VLC 2.x on Ubuntu Precise. How do I set this up? I see numerious mentions online of it being possible.
Ideally, I'd like ...
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How to automatically enable vmware-user on Ubuntu guest?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin as guest OS in VMware 8 and I have to enter in Terminal tne vmware-user command each time I want to enable VMware tools (autoresize screen, shared ...
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Why does my home server freeze?
My brother just bought a new laptop and forgot about his old desktop. The desktop has a P17G Motherboard from PC Chips, 2GB RAM, a SATA hard drive, a PATA DVD-ROM, Pentium 4 with HT (Don't remember ...
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how to get logs in DD/MM/YYYY format and ipaddress format using rsyslog in ubuntu
Feb 4 10:32:57 master sshd[2070]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Feb 4 10:32:59 master sshd[2070]: Received disconnect from 192.168.0.107: 11: disconnected by user
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Cant install openstack on VM
im trying to install openstack in a VM running UBUNTU 12.04 DESKTOP but during devstack deployment i get
"Downloading/unpacking prettytable (from -r > python_keystoneclient.egg.info/requires.txt ...
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Convert RAW files with DCRAW while maintaining ICC profiles
I would like to decode my Canon EOS 6D camera RAWs using DCRAW.
My problem is that I want to retain the original picture style of the photo (including the ICC profile) during the RAW conversion to ...
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How do I setup my Ubuntu 12.04 PPTPD Server properly?
Ok so I have setup a PPTPD server and configured it appropriately.
Here is my pptpd-options:
name pptpd
require-mschap-v2
require-mppe-128
ms-dns 8.8.8.8
ms-dns 8.8.4.4
proxyarp
nodefaultroute
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USB Mouse (wired) is not working on login screen after updating Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 and after updating it my USB Mouse (wired) stopped working on Login Screen it self.
Kindly provide the solution if anybody have.
Thanks in advanced.
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Not able to login to Ubuntu 12.04
I am using VMPlayer to run ubuntu 12.04 as a guest OS with host being Windows 7.
When I try to login to my account it says that the password is not correct.
However, if I switch to console mode by ...
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ubuntu dereference links when copying in nautilus
I recently collected a bunch of files I wished to share as a folder of links, and then dropped that in my Dropbox, these then appeared as symlinks to the other people using the folder and were quite ...
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Volume control bar available, not functional - Ubuntu 12.04
I am installed mumble because of which I got the package pulseaudio.
The alsamixer was not found anylonger.
I restored back alsamixer using this link. However, I could not restore back the controls ...
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Current sound configuration (integrated Realtek ALC662) on Ubuntu 12.04 plays everything as mono. How to fix it?
All music files play as mono on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation.System soundcard (integrated): nVidia MCP61 High Definition Audio (Realtek ALC662). Did anyone have the same problem? What's the solution?
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How to create a mirror (raid-1) of an already setup and running ubuntu 12.04 system?
I have a fully setup ubuntu 12.04 installed on a single drive and formatting it just to setup raid-1 is not an option
Unlike other answers like this one: Ubuntu 12.04 - Add RAID 1 Array on existing ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Timemachine - Suddenly can't find disk
I have used my Ubuntu server as backup through my network with my Mac Book Pro Mountain Lion for a while. But suddenly it won't work. It sais it can't find the disk. Even though I can connect through
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Why does BIOS runs really slow sometimes?
Sometimes, the BIOS runs really slow on my Dell Vostro 1550 computer (10 seconds). When I go to the BIOS setup and switch to a different tab, the new tab shows up slowly. My OS (Kubuntu) runs normally ...
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Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”. Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
I'm really confused and lost.
I'm a completely new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user and I'm trying to run a game on WIne and OpenGL.
I was instructed to use the glxinfo command on my terminal to see if I had ...
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Screen goes grey in Remote Desktop Connection from windows 7 to ubuntu server
I recently got a 64 bit ubuntu server based on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 "Precise Pangolin".
However I can't seem to connect to it properly from my windows 7 64 bit machine.
I can get to the login screen ...
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Package problems after upgrade
I installed a new upgrade on ubuntu which seemed to fail near the end. Now I'm being told that an error has occurred and to please run apt-get to see what's wrong. After some further tries with that I ...
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OpenJDK timezone issues: sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile.getZoneIDs
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and recently installed the openjdk-7-jdk using apt-get.
For a while all seemed fine, but I realized one of my projects started to break with the following stack:
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How to use XAMPP on Ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 today and I would like to use XAMPP on this OS.
I downloaded the installation file, extracted that in Opt directory and tried to start it from the terminal. It started fine ...
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LAN wire is not detecting in ubuntu 12.04 Lts
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7. After that, the Internet is working in Windows 7 via ethernet, but in Ubuntu 12.04, ethernet is not working. It is showing me the ...
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Update NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu
I have installed nvidia-current drivers through terminal. Nevertheless, the version provided by Ubuntu repository is 290.50, and I'd like to install the new Nvidia release (304.50). What should I do ...
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Is it possible to automatically mount a hot-swappable drive when it is turned on?
In my PC, I have a hot-swap drive. Usually I keep it off to save power. I only really use it when accessing from another PC on the network. Is it possible to configure /etc/fstab to mount this drive ...
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Desktop folder and files disappeared
I restarted my computer, and when I logged back in to my user, I noticed that all of my files that were on the desktop are gone. Instead, icons of all of my home folder are showed on my Desktop gui.
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How to enable mobile broadband in ubuntu 12.04
I have BSNL NIC card. I want to use it in Ubuntu 12.04. Right now I'm using with Ubuntu 10.04 and works great. But with Ubuntu 12.04 it's not working. So please give me some idea!!!
Modem is usb.
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Crossover LAN connection between Ubuntu And Windows 7 is not working
my question is closely related to:
How do I connect Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 with an Ethernet cable?
What I am after is:
Windows 7-------wireless-----\
Wifi ...
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Ubuntu won't recognize any of my USB devices. Why?
Currently using Ubuntu on my Sony Vaio laptop. Building a simple and fast machine for my father. But USB devices don't work. Mouses, pens or anything else.
When I run lsusb all seems ok, but Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 “The destination is read-only” - thumbdrive - gnome error?
I have ubuntu 12.04
My problem is, i can't get write access any usb device like thumbdrive, sd-card or digital camera using GNOME 3.4.1.
Both fat32 and ntfs filesystems won't work.
From terminal i ...
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Ubuntu 12.04, 2 NVIDIA GPUs, 2 different XScreens
I have two separate GPUs on my desktop, each has one monitor attached with.
I know Compiz does not work with Xinerama, and TwinView only works when 2 monitors are from the same GPU. So I disable both ...
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How to use apt-cache server in ubuntu 12.04?
I have tried this Apt-cache server on ubuntu 10.10, and it worked.
But, now i'm using ubuntu 12.04 and all tutorial inside that page not working for me :
Ign http://136.198.117.4 precise/main ...
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DNS address not acquired by ubuntu
I have a lenovo G430 machine with ubuntu 12.04 running on it. The Network configuration is DHCP, It gets the IP but fails to get the DNS and henceforth wont be able to browse internet.The issue is ...
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setting system time at startup from ext4 filesystem
I have a pc with no battery backup and using ubuntu 12.04 with ext4 it will constantly ask me to handle the situation by saying that my superblocks last write is in the future.
So I wonder - can I ...
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How to disable EMACS - Prelude colors? (terminal)
I've used PRELUDE to work better in terminal, but I'd love to work with my default Terminal theme(colors).
Zenburn-theme comes default with Prelude but It just work great the first time i run emacs ...
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dns problems ubuntu 12.04 server
folks.
I've some trouble with dns working (?) in my Ubuntu 12.04 server. The server shares internet in my local network with iptables (masquerade).
When I try to make something like this: wget ...
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How to control the height of the title bar in xfce?
How can I control the height of the title bar in xfce?
I only have medium experience with linux desktops, I could change some settings in a text file or install a package, but an instruction that ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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Unable to copy embedding link generated by Mathematica / Ubuntu
Mathematica offers export to a format they call Computed Document Format (CDF) - it is basically a player for the notebooks you work in that environment.
One way to use them is to embed it on a web ...
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Transmission-daemon to port-forward
I have been using the Transmission BitTorrent GTK client to port-forward on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I would just go to the preferences and set specific port for it to open, and stop it from randomising the ...
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rsync bullies destination ACLs for fun
I have the following ACLs configured on a directory (.ssh) at the destination of my rsync:
# file: .ssh
# owner: jsmith
# group: jsmith
user::rwx
user:backup:r-x
group::---
group:backup:r-x
mask::r-x
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Mac Host Chrome browser slower than Linux VM Chrome browser
I am having an odd issue on my computer, a Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), that has a VirtualBox VM for Ubuntu 12.04. Naturally, I would think that using my host machine (Mac) should be overall faster ...
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rar extraction failing
When I try to extract a file using rar it is outputting failed on random files.
My command:
unrar x arma.rar
What is causing this problem?
OS is Ubuntu 12.04
Edit - it is also happening on ...
