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Aloone_Jonez

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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #15 on: 5 August 2006, 15:33 »
I've given it another go.

I did some Googling and found a tutorial, I typed some commands into bash and there were loads of errors but it's seemed to have worked. I think it might be fucked though, everytime it boots memtest pops up, and goes through many loops, and doesn't generate any errors. I left it running for 2 and a half hours and it just kept looping round, when I pressed ESC to quit and reboot it just locked up.The first time I saw memtest Ithought it was a bios thing as it looked like my BIOS setup, however I soon discovered this wasn't the case as I could still access the boot menu and BIOS set up. I've bypassed it and booted into Ubuntu and it seems to be running alright, the version info screen says version 6.06 so I'm not too bothered at the moment, if anything else fucks up I'll tell you lot.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #16 on: 5 August 2006, 19:40 »
Perhaps you could also enlighten us as to what bash commands you used, and what sort of messages you got.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #17 on: 5 August 2006, 20:01 »
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Perhaps you could also enlighten us as to what bash commands you used,

I can't really remember exactly, I usesd a tutorial similar to this

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what sort of messages you got.


Similar to the ones in my previous post after apt-get update, then far too many screenfuls for my terminal buffer to store after apt-get -y dist-upgrade.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #18 on: 5 August 2006, 23:31 »
Well I've never succesfully used apt for long periods of time, so I wouldn't know (I use yum).
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #19 on: 6 August 2006, 00:57 »
What the hell is yum? Another package manager? Why do they have to use such silly names?

How do I set it up without fucking up anything else?
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #20 on: 6 August 2006, 01:41 »
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What the hell is yum? Another package manager? Why do they have to use such silly names?

How do I set it up without fucking up anything else?

It's an rpm manager, so you need rpms to install. Using ubuntu you use deb packages don't you ? Then you might have to stick with apt.

http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/index.ptml

BTW, why not ask the Ubuntu team about your problem, they might know a solution.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #21 on: 6 August 2006, 02:33 »
How about we have a look at your sources.list?

Here's a fiendishly comprehensive one:
http://italy.copybase.ch/blog/lista-repository-sourceslist-ottimizzata-per-ubuntu-kubuntu-linux/

Here's a basic one from the Ubuntu guide:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_add_extra_repositories

If it looks okay, consider the possibility that you have some sort of network issue, like a firewall, or you require a proxy.  If the latter is the case, here's the info on how to do it:
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/apt.conf.5.html
Suuposedly, there are sample conf files available in /usr/share/doc.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #22 on: 6 August 2006, 12:33 »
Alright, attached is a copy of my sources.list

By the way:

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BACKPORTS REPOSITORY (Unsupported.  May contain illegal packages.  Use at own risk.)

What does that mean?

Does it mean may contain warez, I don't like the sound of this.

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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #23 on: 6 August 2006, 17:32 »
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Alright, attached is a copy of my sources.list

By the way:


What does that mean?

Does it mean may contain warez, I don't like the sound of this.

It may contain things that are illegal to distribute in the US ... like codecs and stuff. Livna (the Fedora Core repo of a similar nature) contains stuff like that too ... I've been using it for let's see about a year and the cops have yet to bash down my door and hawl me off.

Here is the wiki definition of the Backports repo:

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Backporting is the process of compiling and providing new packages for a distribution that no longer gets any updates except for security purposes - for example backports are often made to bring the latest, greatest version of a crucial piece of software to a version of an OS that it isn't officially available for. Specifically, when backporting, the package is taken from the current development version of the OS.
source: http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

For example take a look at the packages in the hoary restricted section:
http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/ubp/dists/hoary-extras/restricted/binary-i386/

I see lots of codecs, many of them non-free and illegal to distribute in the US.

P.S. Fuck da polis !!!
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #24 on: 6 August 2006, 17:43 »
I still haven't managed to perform all the updates but I've managed to install WINE and it's come a long way since I last tried it. It runs OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 and I haven't noticed any bugs, it works so well and fast, I don't know why I've bothered to install the Linux version! I still can't get all my old Windows software to run  but it's a lot better than it used to be. I supposes it's because there haven't been any new Windows versions released for awhile and this'll all change when Vista appears, sadly I can't imagine it running any Vista programs. :(
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #25 on: 6 August 2006, 19:09 »
why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

would you want too!!!!!!!!!

Just run the Linux version and you won't need a library interpreter at all. It's actually faster I'm sure!

As for Vista progs...

why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

would you want too!!!!!!!!!

I think it's reasonable to say, although the Beta has been out there and undoubtedly, work has begun. It will be a while before Wine has Vista progs ready to work right.

But...again I have to say...

why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

would you want too!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #26 on: 6 August 2006, 20:32 »
Cuz Window$ is cool :D
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #27 on: 6 August 2006, 23:57 »
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why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

would you want too!!!!!!!!!

Because the Windows version is easier to set up and I only have to install one program.

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Just run the Linux version and you won't need a library interpreter at all. It's actually faster I'm sure!

I didn't really notice much difference in speed, infact it's fater because it has a quickstarter.

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As for Vista progs...

why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

would you want too!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps because there might be no decent Linux alternative for the program you need?

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I think it's reasonable to say, although the Beta has been out there and undoubtedly, work has begun. It will be a while before Wine has Vista progs ready to work right.

Just thinking, Vista programs will all be .net which is supposed to be open so it should be better, there again I'm probably wrong.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #28 on: 7 August 2006, 00:12 »
.net programs should run through mono, I think, or should at least be easily portable to other platforms.
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Re: Problems upgrading Ubuntu
« Reply #29 on: 7 August 2006, 00:15 »
http://ubuntuforums.org/ is an excellent community btw, they'd definetly help with your ubuntu problems.
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