I’m so fricken awesome.
I just got internet today at home, so I’ve been busy upgrading ubuntu and stuff. I just solved two rather scary problems with my system without any help from anyone!
I read the error messages, looked at the logs it told me to, searched the forums, and FIXED BOTH MY PROBLEMS.
The first problem was a firefox-update error that made my installation of firefox completely unresponsive and also unable to be updated. (fixed that by removing and reinstalling from scratch)
The second was much more frightening. I rebooted my machine after a large series of updates, and X wouldn’t start. it gave me all kinds of frightening errors and finally dropped me into a scary blue and gray error and log menu interface and told me glx would be disabled until I correctly configured something.
Scary.
But luckily I have my trusty ibook with an internet connection and with the Power of Google, I learned how to reinstall nvidia drivers from the terminal and that lots of other people had this same problem.
Ok. Shut up, all you people who are thinking to yourselves “well duh, that’s exactly what you’re supposed to do. Why does she think this is so amazing?” Because I’m a fricken noob! And usually it takes me hours and hours to figure anything out in ubuntu and I usually end up asking Gavin, Graham or Arya (sometimes all three… at once) for help.
Maybe I’m graduating away from noob status finally. :) I just feel special and fuzzy. Someone give me a high-five.
In Other News: If you can’t tell, I totally don’t want to read for history right now.
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Does ubuntu ship nvidia drivers or do you have to get them from an external source? I know in Fedora Core you have to get them from Livna, but I dunno about Ubuntu. I’m thinking about losing Windows Real Soon Now and Ubuntu is my #1 choice.
I have a burned disc that boots Linux on my Dreamcast… :D
that’s fucking awesome.
you have to download them later. ubuntuguide.org has info about the things that don’t ship with ubuntu. It will likely get updated when breezy gets released shortly.
Well, I’m impressed. I’m fine with Linux, as long as it is working.
but you told doug you couldn’t come out because you HAD to read for history =(
doug got me drunk … or I got him drunk … whichever is funnier =(
i’m glad you’re proud of being able to resolve software problems like those. i’ve already grown bored with even regular maintenance like putting files into descriptively named folders. that’s why i dig in the dirt nowadays.
wow…
thats HOT!
uhm… want to check my log files for errors?
yeah…
:-P
hey YEAH! that’s right! you WERE supposed to be reading for history and here dan and i find out you were REALLY playing around on linux!
for SHAME!
next time we’ll come to your house, while still vaugely sober, and snatch you away. and that next time is tonight. and i’m still rather inebriated.
yeah dan. i think we both got each other drunk. i dont know about you, but i was trying to get you drunk so i could have my way with you ;-)
LOL, i never thought you were a “noob” haha!… btw ~ finally watched my netflix of “battlestar galactica: miniseries” a few days ago (awesome!)… and just minutes ago, ordered it! ;)))
Do you by any chance have any idea how to fix the /dev/sequencer to play midis?
Yeah I read your little review about it. :) I’m stoked that you enjoyed it. I wanted the DVDs for my birthday, but santa didn’t bring them to me.
er, the birthday elves… er, my friends. hahah. :) I’m so addicted, and so so poor.
not off the top of my head or with so little info, no.
describe the problem into google or into your distro’s community support forums. Go from there.
the addiction! yup, i know what you mean ;)… in fact, not only that, so busy… i don’t have TIME :)
… my netflix of the original “seven samurai” film is sitting on my shelf, along with another “newtype USA” sampler dvd, and still haven’t finished “GitS” 2nd GIG” disc 1…
high-five!
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