ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 94

[Chris Jeffries]

> > > I post this in the hope it will warn others not to make the same mistake
> > > as me.
> > >
> > > Problem
> > > -------
> > > Freemind as installed from the repository through Synaptic appears to
> > > stop accepting keyboard input after around 50-100 keystrokes (or maybe
> > > some other trigger)
> > >
> > > Solution
> > > ---------
> > > The version of Freemind in the repository for Ubuntu 10.4 is an unstable
> > > beta release candidate. Freemind web site says it is not yet ready for
> > > production use, and to use 0.8 instead. However it also warns 0.9 and
> > > 0.8 file formats are not compatible.
> > >
> > > Personal comment
> > > ----------------
> > > What on earth is that doing as the current version of an application for
> > > an LTS version of Ubuntu. (However, mea culpa, I should have read more
> > > carefully before I used it.)
> > >    
> > 
> > Do you have the "Lucid pre-release proposed" source repo selected in 
> > your Software Sources?
> > 
> > BC

This is my sources.list (below). I do not see any such in the list, and
I certainly did not add such repositories myself.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main
restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive
any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as
to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the
'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it
includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful
features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any
review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and
the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free