Can't find administration in 11.10

I was so used to going to admin. in 10.04 and others, but I don't have a clue how o get into it?!!!!!!!!!

I think 2 Firefox's are running together, Firefox 7.0 is so slow and crashes all the time!!

You can install package "gnome-session-fallback" ,it will give you the old classic desktop in Ubuntu 11.10

For details follow below link
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2011/08/return-to-ubuntu-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10/

you can also install cairo-dock. Go to software center and search cairo dock.
Else below link provides command line syntax
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-cairo-dock-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html

firefox ix so slow I'm trying to get there!!!!!! This is awful, it crashes five or 6 times a day. Bug reports have been sent but no answers as of yet.

this will tell you how slow, I am still not there, had to shut down and try again!! I,m on my netbook to talk to you. I'll let you know when i get it done!!!!!!!!

I have 17 terminal windows open, can you believe it? Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!

there is no "administration" in version 11.10 under unity.

just click on the black and white ubuntu logo on the left panel and enter whatever app you want in the search box that pops up. e.g. hardware, printer, sound, etc. then click on the app that appears below.

don't install cairo dock with unity. it will screw things up. if you can't use or don't like unity, install the gnome fallback instead.

ok, I'm back to gnome classic, now how to fix this thing!! Do I want to edit in synaptic, to fix broken pkgs. or what?

I did install gnome classic, but how do I fix broken packages, if that is what is making it so slow? We think 2 firefoxs are running at the same time, 3.5 & 7.0, but Im guessing.

My husband downloaded 7.0 also, and it was already in 11.10!

I still don't know how to access synaptic!

I still need some help please!

Thanks marcus aurelius, that solved my question.

But I still need to find out why firefox crashes so much since 11.10 install.

Can someone help me please, to find out why Firefox crashes 5 or 6 times a day since 11.10 install?

Hello Nancy,

You may have to wait a little while, as this is a volunteer support service, and cannot be offered in real time.

To try to answer your question though, it is usually due to browser plugin programs like flash; can you run the following commands in a terminal?

dpkg -l | egrep '(flash|gnash|swf)'
uname -a
lsb_release -a

This will help to identify what flash version (if any) you are running. Usually disabling these plugins improves the responsiveness and stability of browsers, although it will affect many video services, and some more "interactive" websites which use flash (though this is slowly becoming a less common technology).

Also helpful would be to inform us if it is related to a particular website, or service you are using.

Hi, thanks for answering, let me try that. I am on my netbook so bear w/ me.

I'm running 11.10 onelric, also firefox just keeps crashing no matter where we are. I husband downloaded 11.10 and I don't know from where! Als he than installed 7.0 from download, and it is already in 11.10.

I typed in what you suggested, states "command not found" ????

Did you run all three commands?

try this instead (perhaps egrep is not part of the default install)

dpkg -l | grep flash
dpkg -l | grep gnash
dpkg -l | grep swf
uname -a
lsb_release -a

remember that you can cut and paste these commands into the terminal.

Hi, I am having a bad time getting Firefox to quit crashing in 11.10, could someone help please? Thank you

The above help from Mycae did not take care of the crashing, firefox crashes constanly!!!

Hi Nancy,

Just so I am a bit more clear, you need to post back the content from those commands so we can analyse them -- they only query information, they do not perform any other action, so will not on their own fix the problem.

I'm not sure what you mean, plus it is so slow and won't stay up long enough to do anything. When I try to open a terminal window it come up as many as 17 times!! I don't know what's going on. Am I just out of ram?

Mycae, can you access our desktop remotely!

Mycae, I tried to run commands from desktop, says "command not found"! I am on my netbook right now.