16.10

nfs error ‘no locks available’ after update to 16.10

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I use vagrnat with virtualbox vm and nfs synced folders to run django app and after update to 16.10 vagrant up fails on provision step with error: Executed: /bin/bash -l -c “cd /home/vagrant/proj >/dev/null && /home/vagrant/venv/bin/python manage.py collectstatic –noinput” Copying ‘/home/vagrant/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/img/LICENSE’ … OSError: [Errno 37] No locks available I tried to reinstall nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, liblockfile1, … Read more

Eclipse IDE missing icons and menus

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I’ve an issue with Eclipse Neon, my daily development platform. After the upgrade to 16.10 my Eclipse shows less icons than it normally does. Most of the tool bar icons are missing and also perspective selector is missing, that usually it is on the right corner of the window. Could someone please help me? I … Read more

How to install Scratch 2 on Ubuntu 16.10. or 17.04 (64bit)?

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I need to install Adobe Air on Ubuntu 16.10/17.04 with offline Scratch 2. Air is many years unsupported on Linux, so there are several workarounds. One which worked for me up to Ubuntu 16.04 (using Air binary installer): # install i386 necessary libraries $ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 … Read more

Twitter media cannot be played from Firefox

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I just installed Ubuntu 16.10 but it cannot play some videos from Twitter in Firefox. Instead, I get a message, something like This media cannot be reproduced. If I open the Firefox console, I see this message: The video on this page can’t be played. Your system may not have the required video codecs for: … Read more

How to show hidden files in Nautilus 3.20.3 Ubuntu 16.10?

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How to show hidden files in Nautilus 3.20.3 Ubuntu 16.10? Answer You can either use the keyboard shortcut provided in @cl-netbox’s answer below (not copying that, because he was faster and also deserves your appreciation), or you can again set it with two mouse clicks. Gnome devs just decided to move the menus into some … Read more

Chrome Slow in 16.10 with multiple windows in different workspaces

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To reproduce: open chrome, open a new window (ctrl-n), move that window to a different workspace, use chrome normally (i.e. open and close new tabs, type into omnibar). Google Chrome will behave extremely slowly. This is only after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10. However Chrome Version 55.0.2883.75 (64-bit). Happy to dig deeper and post logs, etc., … Read more

Can’t install npm – Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages?

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I am trying to upgrade my nodejs to 7.6 but failed. Now I have a new problem after re-installing node 6.10: $ sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Package ‘npm’ is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no … Read more

How to disable systemd-resolved and resolve DNS with dnsmasq?

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Ubuntu 16.10+ uses systemd-resolved as DNS resolver. I prefer the setup 16.04 uses, dnsmasq as the resolver. How can I do that on 16.10+, especially on 17.04? Answer dnsmasq packages are still available in 16.10 and 17.04. Install dnsmasq and dependencies (or at least download their packages) before disabling systemd-resolved: sudo apt-get install dnsmasq Disable … Read more

Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen

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So I just updated to 16.10 (just got 16.04 a few weeks ago, still new to Linux). The keyboard still works when I need to enter my password to unencrypt the lvm drive, but stops working (along with the mouse) when I get to the login screen. Is this a known problem? How do I … Read more