8.10 problems

[Karl F. Larsen]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: 8.10 problems
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 3:24 PM
>> Ray Parrish wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> "Karl F. Larsen"
>>>>>           
>> <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  said:
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>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I found a non-ubuntu kernel image with the
>>>>>>             
>> Sympatic package 
>>     
>>>>>> system and installed it. Rebooted and it
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>> 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
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>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> It isn't available because you have mis-spelled
>>>       
>> the package name. Take 
>>     
>>> the "o" out of it so it reads
>>>       
>> "envy-gtk" and you will have no problems 
>>     
>>> getting it.
>>>
>>> FWIW I had problems getting my nVidia card drivers
>>>       
>> installed, and my 
>>     
>>> solution was to install display-config-gtk which puts
>>>       
>> a menu entry at 
>>     
>>> Applications, Other called Screens and Graphics.
>>>
>>> This gui tool gives you an interface which allows you
>>>       
>> to select the 
>>     
>>> Makes, and Models of your video card, and monitor, and
>>>       
>> then gets your 
>>     
>>> drivers and sets up xorg.conf properly for you.
>>>
>>> I had tried everything else that has been suggested to
>>>       
>> you already 
>>     
>>> before trying it, and it was what finally worked for
>>>       
>> me.
>>     
>>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Since the current load of 8.10 is so bad, and I have a
>> very large 
>> hard drive I loaded a new 8.10 and with great care checked
>> the CD, it is 
>> perfect, and then watched it load and there were zero
>> errors. When this 
>> new one came up in a few minutes it came up with
>> "Hardware Drivers" and 
>> I clicked on that. It came up and said I should use nvidia
>> 177 so I did 
>> and it failed because "jockey-gtk" and many
>> others are obsolete package 
>> versions.
>>
>>     I discovered you can call "Hardware Drivers"
>> anytime you want from 
>> System-Admin-Hardeware-drivers. So will do that on the old
>> 8.10 and see 
>> what happens.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>     
> Failed? How? What was the exact error message? If you give us a little more specific details someone might could help you.
> BTW, after getting one of you so called failed situations have you ever rebooted up in recovery mode, the second selection for each kernel entry, and run the xfix, fourth item on the menu list. It's always worked for me and I run nvidia latest intrepid driver, the 180 one.
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>   
    It is all fixed now. See my latest.

Karl


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