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I have an Asus u56e laptop running dual boot setup, Windows 7 and 12.04. I had Windows 7 first. I was wondering what's the easiest way possible to erase/format my drive (500GB) so that it deletes Ubuntu and Windows 7 so I can reinstall 12.04 onto my whole drive? Does the Ubuntu Live CD help make this…
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There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I'm using 12.04 beta. Today I was prompted to install some updates, which I did, followed by a reboot. On reboot, X starts, but all I see is a single dialog window in the middle of the screen…
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I have seen in some version of Ubuntu that instead of making a huge change to update to the latest kernel, they take some of the good stuff out of it, for the sake of stability and put it on a previous version.
In this case, kernel 3.3 has seen some very good power management enhancements that are…
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My Wired PS/2 keyboard and mouse do not work in 12.04, either in a fresh install or from the Live CD. A USB keyboard and mouse will work. The PS/2 keyboard and mouse will work using the same hardware and a fresh 10.04 Ubuntu install or a fresh Windows 7 install. The motherboard is a Foxconn D270S…
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I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 two days ago. Or at least I thought it was 12.04, but actually 12.04.1. Now I'm having errors popping up from the grub loader. Error: no video mode activated which was apparently resolved in this bug# 699802. However these workarounds are for 11.xx…
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Issue:
After installing cinnamon 1.6 the unity desktop environment having some cinnamon settings.
Yesterday I installed cinnamon 1.6. It causes some changes in my unity desktop environment.
After login in Unity:
I am getting a "Open in a terminal" option while right-clicking on a desktop.
While…
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I installed Ubuntu 11.10 (32-bit) in VirtualBox 4.1.8.
I wanted to install Cinnamon, so I did and I have the option to choose it from the login screen, as well as GNOME options.
If I choose Ubuntu I get Unity, which works fine. GNOME also works. But when I choose Cinnamon, the screen goes black…
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After cinnamon upgrade to 2.0.6-20131026040307-precise via synaptic, the "cinnamon settings" gui or window is broken. It appears blank, only showing the configuration category icons for "Appearance", "Preferences", "Hardware", and "Administration". The icons that should be within these categories…
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$ sudo apt-get install cinnamon cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'cinnamon' instead of 'cinnamon-session'
Note, selecting 'cinnamon' instead of 'cinnamon-settings'
Some packages could…
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I've reading about about the Cinnamon Desktop through this Q&A:
How do I install the Cinnamon Desktop?
Also I've been reading these theming questions:
Difference between GTK theme and GNOME shell theme?
How do I get and install more themes, icons, pointers for Ubuntu?
I'm trying to understand…
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