[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

[David King]

Thanks, James.

I got some of the programs reinstalled, and my sound was okay after all. 
And thankfully my screen res/nvidia drivers all seem to be behaving 
themselves tonight.

I just hope that newbies to Linux do not experience this kind of problem 
as it can be very offputting. Of course I experienced a lot of bad 
things with Windows in the past, which is what drove me to Linux in the 
first place.

I just hope that Ubuntu will behave itself now.


David King




James Tait wrote:
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> Hi David,
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> David King wrote:
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>> Currently I cannot get VLC reinstalled, due to dependency errors. Is 
>> there a log file that I can look at that lists all that the system did 
>> when it reinstalled the nvidia drivers and deleted many other programs?
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> You can see an update history by starting Synaptic
> (System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager) and clicking History
> under the File menu.
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> Cheers,
>
> JT
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