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Questions about 16.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was a non-LTS version released on October 13, 2016. It became End Of Life (EOL) on July 20, 2017.

Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) was released on October 13, 2016 and became EOL (End Of Life) on July 20, 2017. Questions about 16.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.

Notable features include:

  • Linux Kernel 4.8
  • Apps provided by GNOME (including Nautilus) have been updated to at least 3.20
  • systemd is now used for user sessions. System sessions had already been provided by systemd in previous Ubuntu releases

Release notes

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Ubuntu Installer doesn't detect Windows 10

When I try to install Ubuntu 16.10 from a USB stick, the installer does not detect the presence of Windows 10. I would like to dual boot. Since I am a beginner, I have no idea how to make partitions. Is there anyway to get the installer to detect…
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How do I switch from Unity 8 in Ubuntu 16.10?

When I turn on my computer running Ubuntu 16.10, I only see my name with the Unity 8 symbol. When I type the password it directs me to Unity 8 desktop environment. How can I return to the regular Ubuntu desktop environment?
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Failed to connect to lvmetad

After upgrading to ubuntu 16.10 I get this warning in my boot.log file WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning. Volume group "ubuntu-vg" not found Cannot process volume group ubuntu-vg WARNING: Failed to connect to…
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xpra ubuntu html5 server problems

I have installed xpra from the ubuntu repos (16.10). I also have installed websockify. When I try to use it to set up an html5 session with the following: xpra start --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:14500 --html=on --start-child=xterm I get the following…
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Corebird "Request Pin" buton not working

I'm trying to make Corebird work but when I press the Request Pin button nothing happens, please help me! I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 Thanks!!
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HDMI second monitor stopped working

I have an LG monitor and my laptop was connected to it via HDMI with sound working and all, then I changed the sound back to the internal speakers and when I tried to change it again to HDMI the monitor just stopped working, it only works with VGA…
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Unable to install php 5.6 in ubuntu 16.10

I don't know this is a right platform to ask this question or not but am tired of trying everything available on google to install php 5.6 on ubuntu 16.10. I have added ppa : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php; sudo apt-get update; then i…
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Yakkety Yak MATE rc.local does not exist

I am new to posting here and am unfamiliar with the protocols. I saw a reference here 16.10 rc.local does not exist and tried using that command The command was sudo systemctl enable rc-local.service That command, for me, in 16.10 MATE provides…
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LiDAR Analysis GUI (LAG). Make and Make install

I have a programm from GIT: https://github.com/arsf/lag. Author of this program has given instructions for its installation: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH cd lag/lidarquadtree libtoolize…
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libreadline - unmet dependecies/broken package

Error message: libreadline6-dev : Depends: libreadline6 (= 6.3-8ubuntu2) but 6.3-8ubuntu8 is to be installed` This is a little bit mental as I have no trouble installing libreadline6, but the '-dev' package fails with this…
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/etc/apt missing

My /etc/apt directory was removed. I am using Ubuntu 16.10. How can I rebuild that directory? Now apt command gives this error: W: Unable to read /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ - DirectoryExists (2: No such file or directory) W: Unable to read…
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Remove UBUNTU base version

After upgrade the LINUX base to 4.8.0.42, the Ubuntu 16.10 is not starting. Even if it starts, it does not identify the wireless and other hardware drivers. Everytime I have change the option in Advance Options (GRUB) and select 4.8.0.41 to start…
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Cockpit for Yakkety

So I've decided to give Cockpit a try, turns out there is no repository for Yakkety, only for Xenial and older releases. Any hints on how to proceed?
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Upgrading to 16.10 error

I was trying to upgrade to 16.10 and it crashes in the middle. Now I get an error whenever I try to update anything. uname -r outputs 4.4.0-53-generic. This is the error I get with any apt-get command I execute sudo apt-get upgrade -f: Extracting…
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ubuntu 16.10 or 16.04.1 working hardly

My laptop is HP Compaq 6715b From ver 16.04 Ubuntu work hardly and lagging and fan is a noise I can't use Ubuntu or any Linux based on it now! Any help ?
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