Wow! Thanks for the info fellows. automatix is now gone. so how do i rebuild the cache and permissions etc? where do i find the information?
cheers chris T On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 12:10 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > That's putting far too mildly. > > I'd put it thus: Anybody who uses automatix requirers an ugent > consultation with their psychiatrist. > > It stuffs both the permission structures keeping the system files > safe, and as Steve points out, the efficacy of your package management > system. > > > On 12/7/07, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having seen the damage that automatix can do to any sane package management > > system, I wouldn't really recommend it any more. > > > > A good idea ruined by developers more used to Micrisift IMO... > > > > Steve > > On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:30:01 +1300 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Have had a similar problem with Gutsy. > > > > > > Go to system>restricted drivers manager and see what driver has been > > > loaded. Ensure the resticted drivers box has been ticked. > > > > > > If X dosen't start (not uncommon) then do the dpkg-reconfigure > > > xserver-xorg.conf thing. > > > > > > the next move is to down load automatix > > > www.getautomatix.com ver 2.0.6 > > > and run the drivers and fonts module in that. quite a long download. > > > > > > That sorted both my desktop and Lappy > > > > > > > > > just my opinion, but I have found it pays to be VERY cautious with the > > > information given in the Ubuntu forums > > > > > > Cheers Chris T > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 09:46 +1300, Roger Searle wrote: > > > > I have a fresh AMD64 Gutsy install that hasn't gone too smoothly. The > > > > key annoyance that I'm stumped about is the aweful way fonts are > > > > rendered - in certain places only. If I go to System Settings, Monitor > > > > & Display, I have finally managed to get the screen resolution to read > > > > 1440x900 (correct for this LCD monitor), the graphics card is detected > > > > as NVIDIA GeForce 6, driver nv. Earlier I found that I had to download > > > > and install the latest nvidia driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2 > > > > in order to get X to start. I'm not certain which driver I am now > > > > using, whether this is the nv driver, or the NVIDIA one (I'm still > > > > fairly confused about drivers in linux). In Appearance -> Fonts I have > > > > anti-aliasing turned on and have tried various settings in there to > > > > improve things without success. > > > > > > > > Fonts in this email composition window appear OK, menus in Thunderbird > > > > are OK, but basically any KDE related fonts (window title bars, K menu, > > > > konqueror, konsole) all look terrible. > > > > > > > > Can anyone suggest where I have gone wrong and what I need to do? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Roger > > > > > > >
