Automatix

[ibn jaldun]

Bill N wrote:
> I really do not think this release is as good as 7.04.  I like the new
> features, but to many important things going on without warning.
>
> Screen resolution going nuts when turn off and then back on at times
> Firefox going dark without warning and requiring a force quit or kill
> When i hibernate and come back on the screen has a shadow box in the
> lower right screen
>
> They may be working on these problems, not sure.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/24/07, Bill N <billisnice at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I will wait till it comes out Gusty specific.
>> thanks
>>
>> On 10/23/07, Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at eightvirtues.com> wrote:
>>     
>>>  I'd use the other lines in sources.list as a reference to get the syntax
>>> right. There also may not be a Gutsy release for RealPlayer yet so you'd
>>> have to use feisty as the distribution instead of gutsy. Don't know if that
>>> would work or not though... I try to stay away from installing BIN files
>>> because they can do pretty much anything they please and sometimes it's hard
>>> to clean up afterward if they fail. The repo's and .deb's are good.
>>>
>>>  As far as Automatix, I've had good results but there definitely is a risk
>>> using it. As far as I know, it basically adds its own repo's to sources.list
>>> and has its own GUI front end to install apps. Maybe the problem is that the
>>> Automatix repo's may sometimes conflict with the Ubuntu repo's.
>>>
>>>  On another note, anyone having problems installing VMWare Player? It tells
>>> me my architecture may not be supported, but that's highly unlikely since
>>> it's x86. I had no trouble in Feisty.
>>>
>>>  Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>  Bill N wrote:
>>>  i fix it, it think...i went to system/administrative/software sources
>>> and deleted the link
>>>
>>> On 10/23/07, Bill N <billisnice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  I get an error msg when i open synaptic after adding the deb link and
>>> it closes without giving me an opportunity to see it.
>>>
>>> E: Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
>>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>>> Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
>>> E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
>>>
>>> I may have to reinstall to fix it...again..lol
>>>
>>> On 10/23/07, Nick Ali <nali at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  On 10/23/07, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On 10/23/07, *Paul Cartwright* <ubuntu at pcartwright.com
>>> <mailto:ubuntu at pcartwright.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Tue October 23 2007 6:10 pm, Nick Ali wrote:
>>>  > Add the commerical repo to synaptic. Looking in the repo
>>>  > (http://archive.canonical.com/pool/main/r/realplay/
>>>  <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/main/r/realplay/>), its
>>> there.
>>>
>>>  I have tried to add it, but I can't seem to get the syntax correct...
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#head-b75a0c6c7e357640731529980d3f3ad3614b9a76
>>>
>>>  And use "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ gutsy partner" instead of
>>> the " deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu
>>> feisty-commercial main"
>>> that is listed on the wiki. Or just add it by hand to
>>> /etc/apt/sources.list.
>>>
>>> This was mentioned in the release notes:
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710.
>>>
>>> The problem with just downloading the package and installing it is
>>> that you will never be notified about upgrades. Add the repo and
>>> install it that way.
>>>
>>> nick
>>>
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>> Try this approach to Gusty. I can't say for sure if it will work or 
>> not but give it shot. I stay one release behind the latest. I was 
>> running edgy without issues, and I have just upgrade to fiesty. Very 
>> pleasant so far. I give gusty a shot sometime in March.

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Regards,

Andy