A little help please!

[Martin Laberge]

On April 30, 2007 05:03:12 am Bob Cortez wrote:
> So yeah, automatix sucks.  Tried to upgrade from edgy to feisty after
> installing packages using automatix and couldn't even get to the login
> screen.  Ended up having to killdisk and re-install from an alternate
> disk.
> 
> There seems to be a prevalent attitude here that anyone that is having
> problems must be a simple minded idiot.   I know that I'm not the only
> one that has had trouble getting audio/video to work.  I'm not an
> idiot and I'm capable of following clear instructions.  i was able to
> fix my display problem with the nvidia drivers, so installing and
> configuring codecs and players shouldn't be so difficult for me.
> 
> I'm very interested in converting others to Ubuntu.  But for the
> majority of people, they just expect to be able to put in a DVD/CD and
> have it play.  They don't care about what player or codecs are used,
> they just want it to work.  I'll take the time to learn, and will even
> blow up an installation and start from scratch if need be, but it's
> unreasonable to expect the normal, average user to do that.
> 
> I have a fresh uncluttered install of Feisty.  If someone would be so
> kind as to point me to a clear set of instructions for installing the
> necessary codecs to play all media including encrypted DVD's I would
> appreciate it.  It doesn't matter if its command line or synaptic.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On 4/29/07, Brad Johnson <brad at bkjohnson.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'll be updating my laptop from edgy to fiesty and will let the list
> > > know how it goes with automatix2 installed.
> > >
> >
> > The ONLY thing we need to know about Automatix is that the Ubuntu
> > Developers recommend you DON'T use it, which is enough for me.
> >
> > I've had working audio/video in every Ubuntu release since Breezy.
> > Obviously previous releases took some research & doing but Feisty (for
> > me at least) installed everything I needed for codecs with the exception
> > of libdvdcss2 for playing encrypted DVDs.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
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I used automatix on edgy, and it worked very well.

upgrading to feisty did not work well, 
but reinstalling a fresh feisty + automatix worked like a charm.

I agree that automatix can break the upgrade procedure,
but it is the simpler way if you do a fresh install (like i always do)

Even with the magic of ubuntu excellent upgrade tools, i never
acheived a succesfull upgrade to my satisfaction. 

Installing a new version from fresh assure you of the REAL THING (TM)
You know where you start, what you have, and what you add.

Just my 2 cents...


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Martin Laberge
mlsoft at videotron.ca