Were Intrepid updates the reason I lost my sound on the Intrepid partition?

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 22 February 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Sunday 22 February 2009, Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>> through his messages for the past few days, I see that he may have
>>>> borked apt during a Java installation.
>>>
>>>What does borking apt mean, and is it fixable?  How can I tell that I
>>>borked
>>>it?  Thanks!
>>
>> First off, I wasn't aware that apt used java.
>
>It doesn't.  However, it is possible to b0rk (please, let's l3rn to spel
>rite!) apt any time you have a package that doesn't install properly.  The
>most common way this happens is with a package that has a b0rked install
>script.  The script exits with a non-zero return code, and then apt can't
>do anything more because the first thing it tries whenever you use it is to
>finish installing the package that can't be installed.  A less fatal
>problem occurs if you do something silly like powering off your computer
>before the install finishes.  That will sometimes require you to manually
>run "dpkg --configure -a" before apt can work again, but at least can be
>resolved without actually editing scripts.
>
>> As for borked, is a
>> bastardization of the work broken, invented by folks like me who can't
>> type well at speed. :-)
>
>...but who like to pretend that their atrocious spelling is intentional.

Hey, according to my retired school teacher wife, my spelling is atrocious, 
but I do use a spell checker, honest. :)

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