Whoops. I accidentally just replied to Goh instead of to the list. Sorry. -Bob
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bob Trevithick <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Boot problems with latest kernels To: Goh Lip <[email protected]> Hi Goh, Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try purging VLC and see what happens. At the moment, I have 2.6.35-2-generic installed, and Synaptic lists this kernel as "Local or Obsolete" but doesn't offer me the newer kernels with either an upgrade or a dist-upgrade. Maybe that will change when VLC is removed. As I recall, it wasn't during installation of the kernels that VLC was removed. In fact, if it's of any interest, here's the log of the update during which it removed VLC: Commit Log for Thu Jun 17 08:38:55 2010 Removed the following packages: gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse libavformat52 libmjpegtools-1.9 libpostproc51 libquicktime1 libswscale0 mozilla-plugin-vlc vlc vlc-nox Upgraded the following packages: gtk2-engines-pixbuf (2.21.2-0ubuntu2) to 2.21.2-0ubuntu3 libavcodec-extra-52 (4:0.6~svn20100505-1ubuntu5) to 4:0.6-1ubuntu1 libavutil-extra-50 (4:0.6~svn20100505-1ubuntu5) to 4:0.6-1ubuntu1 libgail18 (2.21.2-0ubuntu2) to 2.21.2-0ubuntu3 libgtk2.0-0 (2.21.2-0ubuntu2) to 2.21.2-0ubuntu3 libgtk2.0-bin (2.21.2-0ubuntu2) to 2.21.2-0ubuntu3 libgtk2.0-common (2.21.2-0ubuntu2) to 2.21.2-0ubuntu3 libsane (1.0.20-13ubuntu2) to 1.0.21-2ubuntu1 Installed the following packages: libva1 (1.0.1-3) libvpx0 (0.9.0-6) Thanks again! Bob On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Goh Lip <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:53:18 +0800, Yorvyk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:45:34 -0400 >> Bob Trevithick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hmm. That thread, which I had read yesterday, said that the problem >>> was with 0.96.1ubuntu3, and that the fixed version is 0.96.1ubuntu4 >>> which is the one I now have installed. The thread also notes that >>> this only applies to the AMD64 version, which I'm *not* using. >>> >> Ah! I saw the AMD CPU and assumed thatwas the problem. Didn’t realise it >> only affedted the 64 bit version. >> >>> I have all the latest updates, unless I should have "proposed" enabled. >>> >> There won’t be anything in the proposed repository untill Maverick is >> released. >> >>> Just to be clear, your suggestion would be to start over with a clean >>> installation of the alpha-1 Lubuntu? >>> >> No, what I suggest is that you remove the 2.6.35-4 and 2.6.35-3 >> kernel-images then do an upgrade or maybe a dist-upgrade. >> >>> Sorry to be a nuisance about this. Just trying to help out. :) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bob >>> >> > > Bob, not sure if this helps, but from my experience with (Kubuntu) alphas, > some packages are disabled upon installation. This is probably due to > clash of dependencies. After installation, reinstallation of the said > packages *might* proceed and encounter no other problem. However, in most > cases the reinstalled media player will not play smoothly. In my case, > Kaffeine will 'play nice' only at final release, not even at beta stages. > > So, in your case, it might help if you remove, preferably purge vlc and > see if the new kernels are booted okay. Then reinstall vlc and see if that > works. > > Again, there is this usual warning that pre-final releases are not meant > for 'production', likely to break and is mainly for people to help debug > and report issues. > > Also, I am treating Lubuntu in its original intent, namely, as a lean and > mean system, so I did not install other 'weighty' packages to it. I have > also found another pleasant unintended use of Lubuntu on the usb stick. > With gparted and testdisk installed, it makes a much better alternative to > troubleshooting and repairing systems than carrying cd's of grub-rescue, > gparted, livecd and so on. Impressive... > > Good luck, Bob. > Regards - Goh Lip > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
