Ubuntu Installation :: Warning Against Selecting The 'update' Option In Meerkat?
Nov 22, 2010
Why isn't there a clear warning against selecting the 'update' option in Meerkat?I know it seems like a good idea to have it, but unless a server speed test is run, it adds a huge amount of time to the install (3 1/2 hours of downloading so far). It's not my internet connection (ADSL2+ - fast), so it must be an overloaded server and/or congested intercontinental data pipes.
After the installation, it's possible to find one's optimal (fastest) server before running updates - and I know from past experience that this makes a huge difference to little old me in Australia. I can certainly update everything much faster than I am currently seeing . I strongly recommend that, if this option is kept in future distributions, it should include a server speed test (and auto selection of the best server?) as well as a realistic warning to the user.
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Jul 16, 2015
I got a Lenovo T430s and when I boot up the USB I am presented with different options like
install
install graphical
install 64
install 64 graphical
etc
When I pick one and hit Enter I am presented with a black screen.
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Jun 8, 2011
Update Manager is inviting me to update from my Maverick Meerkat to Natty. Is this a good idea?
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Aug 20, 2010
Is there any way that I can update 10.04 to Meerkat from CD rather than over the net.I mean without having to go through the fresh install of Meerkat.
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Nov 6, 2010
I want to upgrade to Meerkat from Lucid but am unable to find the upgrade in my Package Manager.I have been receiving and installing regular updates recently so I don't think there is any problem with receiving notice of updates other than the Meerkat update.Did notice that my packages have not been updated in 46 days.how to update the packages if it is.
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Oct 15, 2010
To avoid having to input a password for the keyring each time I connect to the net via wireless, I enabled the 'Available to all users' option in Network Manager. Now, my question is this. Are the 'users' it refers to just those created on this machine? Would a drive-by be able to use my network without entering the password?
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Feb 14, 2010
i would like to know if i can upgrade my ubuntu 9.04(remastered) to 9.10 by using the ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition cd ? i have a slow internet connection and so cant use the network update option..
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Sep 1, 2011
Wanting to update to 11.04. Currently have wubi 10.04 & update manager gives me no option to upgrade to 11.04. Wonder how to update to 11?
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Mar 10, 2011
I currently have Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick netbook edition installed and I am using Unity. I understand there are updates to Unity since it was bundled with Ubuntu. When I do:
Code:
$ unity --version
I get:
Quote:
Unity 0.2.46
How do I update to a more recent version of Unity? Or do I have to wait until I upgrade to Natty?
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Apr 30, 2010
I am using Ubuntu 9.10, as i want to upgrade to 10.04. I followed the Ubuntu steps mention in Ubuntu.com but my update manager is not showing upgrade option..i tried below command that too did not show any output about the available updates..#do-release-upgrade.Checking for a new Ubuntu release.No new release found.
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Jul 6, 2010
i just tried to install Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 on my old Amilo Lifebook P Series. But after the boot screen and the choice to install Ubuntu i get stuck at the Ubuntu screen with the little dots on the bottom If I hit esc i can see the warning (process 257): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_(r) failed due to unknown user id (0)
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Oct 13, 2010
When i tried to upgrade my system, I got this: W: GPG error: [URL] maverick Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 61E091672E206FF0
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Aug 11, 2011
I'm using an up-to-date installation of Squeeze with the default Gnome desktop and am trying to print. My knowledge of configuring printers is very limited if it even exists. Since a friend of mine is able to print from her Ubuntu computer, my plan is to copy her. Here's how she does it. She goes under System->Administration->Printing on the desktop. Then a window pops up titled "Printing" that lists various printers that are supposed to exist. It's possible to add one by selecting Add->Printer. It asks for the root password and then a new window pops up titled "New Printer" which has a subwindow called "Select Device" In my case, the "Select Device" window has the following options to choose from:
- AppSocket/HP JetDirect
- Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
- LPD/LPR Host or Printer
In her case, she has an extra option called "Windows Printer via Samba". This is the option that she uses. The other options don't seem to work for her. I'm assuming that I just need to install some package in order to make this option magically pop up for me. Does anyone know what package this may be? I currently have the packages smbclient, samba-common and samba-common-bin installed..........
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Mar 22, 2009
We have a networked L7780 and I cannot find the dependancies below to satisfy the hplip (3.9.2) installer. Centos 5.2 Server - full development environment etc. Standard Centos repos + rpmforge.
INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
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warning: There are 6 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network': libnetsnmp-devel
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Jan 29, 2010
I have Windows XP Pro SP3 installed, and I just dual-booted it with Ubuntu. Whenever I reboot to select an OS, my keyboard won't work, so I can't select Ubuntu. Just Windows.I'm using an Saitek Eclipse USB keyboard.
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Oct 10, 2010
I installed maverick meerkat but for some reason there was no install to free space option so I installed onto 32gb of my 170gb windows vista installation. I NEED THAT INSTALLATION. Maverick Meerkat cannot detect my windows installation!
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May 8, 2010
Attempting to install 10.04... I can get to the "Where are you?" screen, then the little circular "please wait" cursor spins forever and ever.
Here are a few things I've tried, with no success:Leaving it alone for hours, hoping it was just taking a really long time. No Dice. Unplugging any hardware that might be causing a problem, including the network card. No dice. Burning it to CD, DVD, and booting from a USB key. No dice. Trying every combination of kernel options I could find in the forums, and setting most combinations found in the "more options" menu in the boot screen. No dice. Booting into the live environment, then installing from there (instead of just choosing "install" directly). No Dice. Booting both from the 32-bit and 64-bit ISOs (my machine is 64-bit)
Note: I have not tried just upgrading from my 9.10 install, and I will not try this. If I can't get a live CD to boot, there's no way I would voluntarily hose my current system by upgrading.
Also note: I checked the MD5 of the ISO, and did the "check the disk for defects" menu option as well. Everything checks out fine.
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Mar 18, 2010
I am using ubuntu 9.10 and I updated by ubuntu machine. It updated but at the end it gave me a message that "You have new mail in /var/mail/root". When I checked it via the command "tail /var/mail/root" it showed me this.
tail /var/mail/root
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
Message-Id: <20100318051502.0D1ABB1C01@Infosec-Lab04>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:15:02 +0500 (PKT)
WARNING: "MaxBytes[leased]" not specified
ERROR: Please fix the error(s) in your config file
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Oct 19, 2010
Is there a way to use meerkat with the 2.6.32 kernel?
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Dec 13, 2010
From the BBC site, if I try to download the desktop iPlayer, it tries to download Adobe Air installer, but says it "can't write the application to the hard disk", so it stops.
I've got the Flash player plugin installed, but not Flash 10, and I've tried to use the software centre to install Adobe Air from there, but it starts, runs for a couple of seconds, then stops. The same result if I try to download Flash 10.I've restarted and checked the installed software, but zilch.
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Aug 22, 2015
I'm trying to install Debian 8.1 LXDE 64bit on a Toshiba Chromebook cb30 from usb. When I select 'install' the laptop restarts and gets me back to the installer menu. I removed 'quiet' from the boot options and it seems that the reboot happens after initrd.gz is read. I previously installed the 32bit version on the chromebook and the installation process worked pretty much without any issues. I might have added 'mem=1024m' to the boot options, though even if I did, this doesn't do anything to my current attempt.
The chromebook processor according to `uname -a` is x86_64 Intel Celeron 2955U. how I could install the image or start debugging the issue?
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Jul 18, 2010
when I go to download 11.3 I am presented with the installation medium for a DVD installation with a button that says download DVD. Should there be an option to download an ISO option for a CD installation on this page along with the DVD version? Some of our older machines can only read CD's with a max size of 500+ megs.
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Jun 14, 2010
I have a problem with the 'yum update':
Code:
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/gnome-nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/gnome-default-handler" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/gnome-nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/normal" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent).
And I also got this warning when installing VLC.
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Mar 11, 2011
1) Burned Ubuntu 10.10 to a disk, When tried to install (Select Install Ubuntu) screen goes blank with dim backlight and a blinking cursor on top. Same thing happens with Try Ubuntu without installing.. 2) Tried on Lenovo T410 and Dell 1330. issue exactly remains the same.3) Tried it on a VM Worksation 6.0, "This kernel requires an x86-64 cpu but only detected an i686 error is popping up". So thought its a Ubuntu x32 an compatibility, hence downloading the 64 bit now. Will burn and check it later.
Brand: Lenovo T410
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M520 @2.40Ghz
BIOS: A1674IMS Ver 1.0L
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Oct 15, 2010
After installing Meerkat, some windows close (and take their apps along with them into oblivion E.g., when I run Applications -> System Tools -> Sysinfo, selecting the FIRST MENU OPTION, i.e., System, causes the app to close suddenly.
There are other small examples, in Firefox, e.g., but I'm not compiling a dossier here. Aside from the butt-ugly Ubuntu font, there don't seem to be (m)any major issues. Well, EXCEPT THAT MY WALLPAPERS have vanished, but I'm sure Q.A.
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Nov 1, 2010
I'm trying to install 10.10 (x64) using live CD but after about 20 mins of operation my computer goes into sleep mode, even if I am actively using the sessions (e.g. web surfing etc)and won't wake up. The hard drive keeps working but the monitor is in power save mode and can't be woken up. This is most problematic when trying to do an install, as the the sleep mode kicks in even mid-install. So far I tried the following:
1. turned off all power management in gnome
2. used acpi=off at boot
3. switched from S1 to S3 and back again
4. uninstalled all power management packages
5. configued power management in gnome to not go to sleep
No luck, and no change in behaviour.
My hardware is as follows:
GPU: 9800GTX+
CPU: Q9550
MB: GA-X48-DQ6 (gigabyte)
MEM: 8GB (4x2GB DDR2)
When the system kicks into sleep mode, the GPU fan goes to full as well. So I assumed that there may be a graphics driver issue, but not sure how to update drivers whilst using a live CD. I'm aware I can use text based install or the alternative install CD however, without going into too much detail these will not suffice for what I need to do. Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I did do a search but I may not have been using the right search words. I'm keen to get 10.10 up and running, grateful for any assistance from you unbuntu gurus out there.
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Dec 21, 2010
I've been running Ubuntu on an IBM Thinkpad T42 for about 3 years and have never had any instability but my Meerkat upgrade 10.10 about a week ago has never been right and seems to be getting worse. It's almost impossible to use the Internet. Whether Epiphany or Firefox, the screen keeps going grey and regularly freezes the computer completely so that NO keyboard commands work and only a hard restart will do. I also have problems streaming audio feeds with RP 11 or VLC. VLC is more of a problem which I find odd as it is solid in Windoze.
PS The instability isn't only Internet related. There are lots of strange little things like authentication windows not closing after I enter password and hit Enter or click OK, not being able to paste in Terminal (sometimes not others), toolbard in apps appearing differently sometimes, stuff like that.
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Jan 25, 2011
been using meerkat in VM and there are some nice touches in there so was thinking of upgrading my lynx to meerkat, didnt wanna do fresh install cos meerkat has some stuff removed from what i see that lynx didnt BUT big worry is by doing upgrade not fresh I will end up with somoething completely sha**ed and wont work at all.
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Feb 10, 2011
Fresh install AMD64 10.10 alternative (for RAID). No mouse will work. I have tried 3. My old optical M$ PS2 / USB mouse that I have had for years, that worked fine on Lucid yesterday before wipeout and clean install. dell cheapo usb wheel mouse and apple pro mouse usb. all light up like they want to work. LSUSB shows them. Dmesg shows them when I unplug and replug. The mouse cursor is there but will not move.
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May 12, 2011
I was just wondering how long I have to upgrade to 11.04 until Maverick Meerkat is EOL. I have talked to other people, and they say to wait about a month until after the release to fix all bugs and stuff. Is this a good Idea? Or should I update now and just get it over with?
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