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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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dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting error after upgrading from 16.04 to 16.10

I got a strange error after upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10. The Software Updater suggests a partial update: Could not install 'systemd-shim' The upgrade will continue but the 'systemd-shim' package may not be in a working state. Please consider…
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How can I execute command on startup (rc.local alternative) on Ubuntu 16.10

I am setting up quota on my Linode server running Ubuntu 16.10, and I get the following error Cannot stat() mounted device /dev/root: No such file or directory So to fix this, I reached this thread for the fix which is done by adding ln -s…
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Ethernet device not managed

I am using Ubuntu 16.10 and recently I have not been able to connect to internet using Ethernet. The network manager shows device not managed. The WiFi network is working fine. I've tried the solution from this questionn Ubuntu 16.04 Ethernet…
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Updated from 16.04 to 16.10; the keyboard and mouse no longer works after getting to the lock screen

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…
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Can't install npm - Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages?

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

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?
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16.10 fail to resolve DNS

After upgrading my 16.04-installation to 16.10, I have trouble with DNS. First I got problems a couple of times when connected to WiFi, while it worked on ethernet. Now it seems to work on WiFi also. Not sure why, and if it is in any way related to…
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Chrome Slow in 16.10 with multiple windows in different workspaces

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…
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How to show hidden files in Nautilus 3.20.3 Ubuntu 16.10?

How to show hidden files in Nautilus 3.20.3 Ubuntu 16.10?
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Where is the .ssh directory?

I installed openssh, but I can't find the .ssh directory. Could anyone be able to tell me where could I find this directory? P.S. I installed Ubuntu 16.10 as a virtual machine.
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Anki does not run on Ubuntu 16.10 after upgrade from 16.04

after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.10 from 16.04, Anki program does not run. this is the error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/anki", line 7, in import aqt File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/__init__.py", line 12, in…
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Twitter media cannot be played from Firefox

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…
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No symbol table. Press any key to continue

Whenever I boot Ubuntu 16.10, just before the Plymouth screen, I'm seeing this message: No symbol table found. Press any key to continue... and it remains there for a minute or so before showing me the log in screen. If I press any key it will be…
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nfs error 'no locks available' after update to 16.10

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

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…
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