One too many mornings

Mostly worked fine, but X was broken on reboot,

Reading /var/log/Xorg.0.log revealed the drivers were using X.org ABI 0.8 rather than 1.0

Turns out that the xorg drivers are not updated because their name changed.

This is easily solved by running

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-all

Also vncviewer complained about a font problem this is caused by the helvetica fonts being hard coded into vncviewer. Run this to stop it complaining

echo “*popup*font: fixed” | xrdb -merge

This problem is shared with debian

technorati tags:ubuntu, edgy, dapper, upgrade, xorg, fonts

Currently updating this work PC to edgy using apt-get the instructions using update-manager din’t work so perhaps I should hold off but the prospect of brand new packages I’ll never use is.. just.. too.. much.

The download will take an hour but the upgrade will probably take all morning with 1200 packages updated. The only problem I see is that I use a slightly patched kernel so I can use an unsupported serial port card. Here’s hoping.

technorati tags:edgy, ubuntu, linux

Watched Hearts against Sparta Prague las tlight in torrential rain. The game was woeful and coul.d have been 4-0 to Sparta. Left the game early the first time I’ve done that since me old man took me away from the United-Liverpool exhibition game at Windsor Park when I was eight. That’s how bad it was.

technorati tags:football