Re: Problem with yum etc after installing Ubuntu 7.10.....

2008-05-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:01:14 +0800 "Peter Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >a. install ubuntu >b. apt-get install yum* >c. apt-get install git > >Next I tried "git", I got "command not found", but reattempted to >"apt-get install git" will give me: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# apt-get install git

Re: Problem with yum etc after installing Ubuntu 7.10.....

2008-05-14 Thread Christopher Halse Rogers
On 5/15/08, Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a. install ubuntu > b. apt-get install yum* > c. apt-get install git This probably hasn't installed the program you thought it would. It turns out that before Linus developed the distributed VCS called 'git' there was already a project call

Re: Problem with yum etc after installing Ubuntu 7.10.....

2008-05-14 Thread Sebastian Breier
Am Donnerstag, den 15.05.2008, 13:01 +0800 schrieb Peter Teoh: > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 211 not upgraded. No idea if that helps, but usually, if a package install is problematic and you have 211 not upgraded packages, you should "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" first to make sur

Re: Problem with yum etc after installing Ubuntu 7.10.....

2008-05-14 Thread A. Walton
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a. install ubuntu > b. apt-get install yum* > c. apt-get install git > > Next I tried "git", I got "command not found", but reattempted to > "apt-get install git" will give me: The Ubuntu/Debian package for git, the revisi

Problem with yum etc after installing Ubuntu 7.10.....

2008-05-14 Thread Peter Teoh
a. install ubuntu b. apt-get install yum* c. apt-get install git Next I tried "git", I got "command not found", but reattempted to "apt-get install git" will give me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# apt-get install git Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-14 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Phillip Susi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > >> On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 02:17 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: >> >>> Il giorno dom, 11/05/2008 alle 17.32 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan ha scritto: >>> On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 10:40 +0200, Vincenzo Ci

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-14 Thread Phillip Susi
Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 02:17 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: >> Il giorno dom, 11/05/2008 alle 17.32 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan ha scritto: >>> On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 10:40 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote >>> I wish I could configure what it considers "low." >> You can: just laun

Re: 1. Unabel to unmount/eject CD/DVD ? (( ``-_-?? ) -- Fernando)

2008-05-14 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le mercredi 14 mai 2008 à 21:03 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas a écrit : > That's a much better explanation than the error message. So you're > right, it's not a bug: it's two bugs. One is that the error message is > unhelpful, and the other is that the CD should be ejectable if the only > programs tha

Re: 1. Unabel to unmount/eject CD/DVD ? (( ``-_-?? ) -- Fernando)

2008-05-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arvind K wrote on 13/05/08 13:34: >> >> Yesterday I was met, with what I think is one of the most stupid bugs >> I ever found. When I tried to eject a DVDr, either using nautilus >> tools or the drive eject button, an error popup showed up, telling me

Re: Ubiquity - setting a separate /home by default

2008-05-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 04:47:46PM +0200, David Prieto wrote: > Hi again, > > > I should also point out (because I gave out misinformation on IRC in a > > moment of inattention) that this only works when you're using the manual > > partitioner and select a partition to mount as /, or equivalent. I

Re: Ubiquity - setting a separate /home by default

2008-05-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:05:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:57:58AM +0200, David Prieto wrote: > > Hi Colin, > > > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old > > > /home partition? (If you did, then why?) > > > > Actually yes, and I never rea

Re: Ubiquity - setting a separate /home by default

2008-05-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:57:58AM +0200, David Prieto wrote: > Hi Colin, > > I presume that you did not instruct the installer to format the old > > /home partition? (If you did, then why?) > > Actually yes, and I never realised how dumb it was until I read your > message. I just was used to form

Re: Some fundamental usability issues

2008-05-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chombee wrote on 08/05/08 02:24: >... > But there is so much fundamentally wrong usability cruft going on here. > This sort of incident should not be possible. Others have discussed the backup and restore issue, so I'll address the lower-level points: