8.10 problems

[Karl F. Larsen]

Guy Thouret wrote:
> The package is also envyng-gtk on 8.10.
>
> I Just tried it:
>
> guy at guy-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   envyng-core
> The following NEW packages will be installed
>   envyng-core envyng-gtk
> ...  
> Selecting previously deselected package envyng-core.
> (Reading database ... 152873 files and directories currently installed.)
> ...
> Setting up envyng-core (2.0.1) ...
> Setting up envyng-gtk (1.1.1ubuntu3) ...
>
> guy at guy-laptop:~$ envyng 
> ERROR: you need to provide a parameter:
>    "-t" for the textual interface
>    "-g" for the GTK frontend (Not yet available)
>    "-k" for the QT4 frontend
>    "--uninstall-all" to completely remove what EnvyNG has done
>
> guy at guy-laptop:~$ envyng -g
> ERROR: Make sure that envyng-qt is installed
>
> Seems like the package is there but the gtk interface is not finished
> and it would prefer if I install envyng-qt instead!
>   
    I didn't get all that information on my 8.10 but it seemed to 
install envyng-gtk fine. But I can't run it so it maybe that it is 
indeed not ready yet.

    This is fine because the first help had the name wrong and this help 
says it isn't ready yet. It is not going to solve MY 8.10 problem today 
it appears.

Karl



> Guy.
>
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 14:55 +0000, Frans wrote:
>
>   
>> On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:23:05 -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>>       
>>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  said:
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>>> I found a non-ubuntu kernel image with the Sympatic package system and
>>>>> installed it. Rebooted and it must be the image they use to get the
>>>>> 600X600 image I now have. I give up. Support for a nVidia computer
>>>>> using a 6300 series nVidia hardware is non-existant on  8.10 today.
>>>>> This is odd because Hardy has fine support for nVidia 6300 series.
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>     
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>> Hi, Karl,
>>>> Have you tried doing in automagically using envy-gtk?  It's in the
>>>> repos and worked well for me.
>>>> Here's what it does:
>>>> ------------------------
>>>> install the ATI or the NVIDIA driver
>>>> EnvyNG is an application written in Python which will download the
>>>> latest ATI or NVIDIA driver or the Legacy driver (for older cards)
>>>> (according to the model of your card) from ATI or Nvidia's website and
>>>> set it up for you handling dependencies (compilers, OpenGL, etc.) which
>>>> are required in order to build and use the driver. Also, I'm pretty
>>>> sure the repos are up, at least the main USA ones. Are you having
>>>> problems with them or getting error messages when you reload your
>>>> package list?
>>>> -------------------------
>>>> And the name of the program is, "syNAPtic," not, "syMPAtic."
>>>>
>>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>     Well I tried on this computer in 8.10 and get:
>>> karl at Poor-old-8:~$ sudo apt-get install envoy-gtk [sudo] password for
>>> karl:
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> E: Couldn't find package envoy-gtk
>>> karl at Poor-old-8:~$
>>>     It appears it is no longer available, like everything else :-)
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>       
>> In ubuntu 8.04 the package name is envyng-gtk :)
>>
>>     -Frans
>>
>>
>>     
>
>   


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