hello all thanks for all the help so far as part of trouble shooting the graphics problem on the ubuntu 8.04 desktop version i reinstalled ubuntu as per suggestions frmo the mailing list but even that doesnt seem to work. i already tried the method of installing the restricted packages by logging into the failsafe gnome mode as this resolution worked for my graphics card issue with the ubuntu 8.04 server edition and now i logged in the failsafe gnome to ubuntu 8.04 desktop edition and put in sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop it returns an error which says could not lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it ? how cud i get this to work and get into my normal desktop. thnx in advance don <div class="gmail_quote"> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Karl Larsen <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">NoOp wrote: > On 06/11/2008 04:48 PM, Karl Larsen wrote: > >> NoOp wrote: >> >>> On 06/11/2008 04:36 PM, Karl Larsen wrote: >>> > > >>>> Sorry I did get the anagram wrong. But you guys forgot the poor guy >>>> has to be a root user. So, of course, I should have said $sudo lspci as >>>> I know by heart but for gods case I am 73 years old and do make errors >>>> even now. Perhaps more than when I owned my own company and made money. >>>> >>>> Karl >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Huh? >>> >>> ~$ lspci >>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM >>> Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02) >>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated >>> Graphics Controller (rev 02) >>> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB >>> UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) >>> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB >>> UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) >>> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB >>> UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) >>> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB >>> UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) >>> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 >>> EHCI Controller (rev 02) >>> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) >>> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC >>> Interface Bridge (rev 02) >>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE >>> Controller (rev 02) >>> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller >>> (rev 02) >>> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus >>> Controller (rev 02) >>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER >>> (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) >>> 01:00.0 Multimedia controller: Agere Systems V90 WildWire Modem (rev 01) >>> 01:05.0 SCSI storage controller: Initio Corporation INI-950 SCSI Adapter >>> (rev 01) >>> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet >>> Controller (rev 01) >>> >>> In any case, he's resolved the issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Well you are wrong. On 7.10 $lspci fails. $sudo lspci works. You >> think your an expert????? >> >> Karl >> >> >> > > The output that I produced *is* from 7.10. > > ~$ uname -a > Linux <name> 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 > GNU/Linux > > Now perhaps you might wish to reflect on your last statement/question > and wonder why folks on this list make the statements that they do about > you. > > Had you simply written: it is not working on my system, can anyone > assist?, you might have gotten some help. But given that you instead > wish to be confrontational, I'll just put you in the silent reading > list. I've no further time, or desire, to respond to your posts. > > > > > </div></div> I stand corrected but do not know why. I opened a new terminal and $lspci worked just fine. Sorry to be wrong but in an older terminal it needed sudo. No idea why. <div class="Ih2E3d"> Karl -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a>. PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 -- </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>