Automattix2 problems

[Scott Mazur]

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:36:10 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote
> Patrick Vossen wrote:
> 
> > I did an additional system update to Edgy and lost my sound.
> > To make a long story short I couldn't remedy it after a
> > few suggested solutions. That being the case I attempted
> > to reformat and install Ubuntu again. It didn't work.
> 
> No surprise.  Sorry, but Automatix is _known_ not to play well with Ubuntu.
> 
> > after I had to cancel. I did a dkpackage -a fix. But,
> 
> dpkg?
> 
> > I think I have two options. Reinstall 
> > Kubuntu, or alter my sources.list which I've done before,
> > but wanted to avoid. What does anyone have for alternate
> > suggestions?
> 
> You've b0rked apt by using automatix, so you need to fix it by removing
> automatix.

Hmmm....  That MUST be why the latest issue of Linux Magazine just published
an article titled 'Tweaking Ubuntu' which walks you through installing
Automatix.  Come to think of it, the FIRST tweak they start with is how to
enable the Root account again...


Scott

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