update manager error

[NoOp]

On 06/12/2008 08:21 PM, Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com wrote:
>  
> 
>> From: NoOp
>> Ironically, I just experienced this very problem this morning after
>> posting the above (mine was gxineplugin). I used the info in
>> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-January/1
> 04520.html>
>> That worked for me. The command in
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/2591
>> did not.
> 
> 
> Gary,
> 
> Funny, I tried the second site; which looked like what you had.  
> 
> Frode M. Døving suggested; 
> 
> $ sudo echo -en '\n' >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gxine.list  
> 
> He then corrected himself, stating that it would not work, but this would; 
> 
> $ echo -en '\n' | sudo tee -a /var/lib/dpkg/info/gxine.list
> 
> The first did not work until I changed the permissions on the file, then it worked.  And the updating process worked just fine.  
> 

Ah, that's the key. When I couldn't get it to work I just used the first
link's method & that worked.

> Now, the question is, how is my mother supposed to do this?  
> 

Well, it's easier than telling her to:
Start|regedit.exe|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|SYSTEM|CurrentControlSet|VgaSave|Device0|HardwareInformation|REG_BINARY|
and then enter 'ea 20 8b 16' in the key :-)