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!
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>     
>
>   
    All things considered, trying to fix Intrepid is a false hope. I 
have no way other than the Red Hat way of fixing the video problem. It 
took a new kernel to fix the sound problem and now the next kernel has 
broke the WiFi! All things considered I will wait here on Hardy and wait 
for 9.04 to show up.

Karl


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