Automattix2 problems

[O. Sinclair]

Scott Mazur wrote:
> 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...
> 
I am also not overly fond of Automatix that seems to be trying to do too 
much at the same time - like seriously edit your sourceslist w/o asking. 
I prefer EasyUbuntu that does not try to do "everything".

Sinclair