Questions tagged [ubuntu-12.10]
Ubuntu 12.10 (aka Quantal Quetzal), is the seventeenth release (version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.
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Cannot mount Windows 8 partition disk on Ubuntu 12.10
I cannot mount Windows 8 partition disk on Ubuntu 12.10.
My Windows 8 is installed on "C" partition, and I have another "D" partition.
I can easily mount "D" partition, see files and make changes on ...
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How to verify that hard drive is filled with zeroes in Linux?
I have hard drive filled with zeroes.
How to check if all bits on hard drive are zeros using bash?
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Getting an error trying to set up shared folders on an Ubuntu instance of VMWare Fusion running on OSX
Receiving the following error:
Unable to update runtime folder sharing status: There was an error
mounting Shared Folders file system inside the guest operating system.
Running VMWare Fusion 5.0....
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Ubuntu X11: Is it possible to open an X application in another users session
Is it possible to somehow open an x application on another users display?
Say that i have user A who is logged on to the ubuntu desktop, and user B who is accessing the ubuntu machine via SSH.
I ...
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Can UEFI settings brick new laptops?
See closed question - this is a less localised version of the same question.
Summary: changing CMS support in BIOS after attempting dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 bricked my laptop.
While ...
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Brand new Asus U500VZ bricked - can anyone shed light on why? [closed]
EDIT: Replaced question with this one.
I was wrestling with this, got to a certain point, changed one BIOS setting (I turned off CMS support), and the laptop died. Blank screen on power on, keyboard ...
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Use Ubuntu Server as web server on Mac OS X via VirtualBox
I have successfully installed Ubuntu 12.10 Server edition using VirtualBox 4.2.6.
I have set up terminal SSH access to the Ubuntu guest from my Mac OS X (host)
I have installed nginx, mysql, etc by ...
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colon and quotes show up as diamonds in ubuntu 12.10 server edition via virtualbox 4.2
i typed out the following
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/4372049)"
I get this in my ubuntu vm
Inside the vm i also cannot scroll up and down like the way I can do so using SSH ...
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