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[Bob Trevithick <bob.trevithick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Whoops.  I accidentally just replied to Goh instead of to the list.
Sorry.  -Bob


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From: Bob Trevithick <bob.trevithick@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Boot problems with latest kernels
To: Goh Lip <g.lip@xxxxxxx>


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 <g.lip@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:53:18 +0800, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:45:34 -0400
>> Bob Trevithick <bob.trevithick@xxxxxxxxx> 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
>
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