All
|
43 Folders
|
Accessibility
|
BoingBoing
|
Books
|
Computer Related
|
Family
|
Films
|
General
|
Hacking
|
Hobbies
|
Humor
|
Java
|
Links
|
Omni
|
OpenSolaris
|
Puzzles and Games
Friday August 17, 2007 SOLVED - Latest Ubuntu Gutsy Updates Blew Me Away
|
See my previous post on this problem. Giant size kudos and a virtual hug to Joanie for working out the magic steps to fix this, and without the use of a rubber chicken. |
- Go to
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/x11/xserver-xorg-video-ati
and get the appropriate package. (Look towards the bottom of the page.
In my case, I needed to download the amd64 version).
- Run:
% sudo dpkg -iIt will tell you that it's downgrading.
- Put your original xorg.conf back, plug back in your external monitor and reboot.
- Be sure not to update that package when the update manager includes it in the list.
And it works great!
( Aug 17 2007, 11:12:04 AM PDT ) [Listen] Permalink Comments [6]
Post a Comment:
Comments are closed for this entry.
![[ Registered ]](http://www.diarist.net/registry/button.gif ){kind=small}
Or just do the magic:
sudo aptitude hold xserver-xorg-video-ati
;)
Posted by Mario Danic on August 17, 2007 at 11:37 AM PDT #
Even better juju! Done. Thanks Mario.
Posted by Rich Burridge on August 17, 2007 at 11:43 AM PDT #
Excellent. I was wondering if one could just stop the evil update from working its way in the list.
Posted by joanie on August 17, 2007 at 11:54 AM PDT #
Okay, now I'm confused. I just tried Mario's command to "hold" xserver-xorg-video-ati. I was told xserver-xorg-video-ati was being "held back". Great.
However, that package is still showing up in the list of packages that will be upgraded when I do apt-get update followed by an apt-get upgrade.
What really obvious bit am I missing here?
Posted by joanie on August 17, 2007 at 12:13 PM PDT #
I guess apt-get doesn't observe aptitude's holds?
Try adding this to /etc/apt/preferences:
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Pin: release o=Ubuntu,v=7.04
Pin-Priority: 1001
Posted by ephemient on August 17, 2007 at 12:21 PM PDT #
@ephemient: That did it. Thank you VERY much!
Posted by joanie on August 17, 2007 at 12:28 PM PDT #