I am *SO* going to turn off automatic updates.

Matt Morris matt at hannahandmatt.info
Thu Aug 24 07:59:39 UTC 2006


LOL, that's a long winded set of insructions :D

The fix is just:
Login then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo shutdown -r now


On 8/24/06, Chanchao <custom at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> Ok, back on my beloved Unbuntu.. How I could have doubted you..
>
> [ Hugs, tears, post-argument making-up sex ]
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 02:45 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
>
> > >    7. Hold Control and Alt and press Delete. This will reboot your
> > > system in a functional state.
>
> > And without X it's like what? Non-functional? :p
>
> Heh, that's why Linux always comes out best in reliability surveys..
> When something locks up on Windows, users say "Windows crashed". Or
> "Microsoft broke my motherf*&$*(&^# computer with their $%(*&@$%
> update!" They don't know or care that lots of stuff actually kept
> running.
>
> When something locks up on Linux, any users will quickly establish with
> surgical precision exactly WHAT crashed, and, in fact, "Linux" was still
> running fine. (Never mind that they got chucked out of their desktop
> environment and all productivity applications: They're still
> cliff-hanging with two fingers on a command prompt, so in their world
> they're still very much in business. :P
>
> > >
> > > in that case you'll want to do a
> > > sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> > > then your password
>
> I found more satisfaction in 'killall gdm'
>
> > I believe Sylvain was making a sideways crack that with Linux, you still
> > can still do stuff with your machine,
>
> Yes, even without X running it still makes an excellent paper-weight.
>
> Plus it lights up the room in a cool blueish hue, I can warm my hands on
> the air coming out of the fan vents, the cat can sleep on it, etc, etc.
>
> * Thanks everyone ! *
>
> Cheers,
> Chanchao
>
>
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