Re: Misc problems with quantal
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 09:05:22PM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 18 December 2012 20:18, Dale Amon wrote: > > How and where do I disable multi-arch? > > Depending on which release you are on, use either first or second answer: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/66875/how-to-disable-multiarch-support The file named in the first method did not exist; however the second method worked nicely. # dpkg -l | grep i386 # dpkg --remove-architecture i386 There were no i386 files to remove. Thank you for the link. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misc problems with quantal
On 18 December 2012 20:18, Dale Amon wrote: > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:53:46AM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: >> On 18 December 2012 00:37, Dale Amon wrote: >> > A couple broken items in quantal... >> > >> > First off, I also have been bit by the dselect >> > problem discussed in >> > >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1066847 >> > >> > I always use dselect unless I am only installing one or two >> > packages. I just do not particularly like aptitude, etc. >> > >> >> As noted in the bug report dselect does not work with multi-arch. >> >> Either write patches to dselect to make it support multi-arch, or >> disable multi-arch, or use a different package management tool. >> Each of these proposals has advantages & drawbacks. The first one is >> universally best, but requires significant technical work. The latter >> two, are compromises one way or another. > > How and where do I disable multi-arch? Depending on which release you are on, use either first or second answer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/66875/how-to-disable-multiarch-support Please use google first next time. Regards, Dmitrijs. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misc problems with quantal
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:53:46AM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 18 December 2012 00:37, Dale Amon wrote: > > A couple broken items in quantal... > > > > First off, I also have been bit by the dselect > > problem discussed in > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1066847 > > > > I always use dselect unless I am only installing one or two > > packages. I just do not particularly like aptitude, etc. > > > > As noted in the bug report dselect does not work with multi-arch. > > Either write patches to dselect to make it support multi-arch, or > disable multi-arch, or use a different package management tool. > Each of these proposals has advantages & drawbacks. The first one is > universally best, but requires significant technical work. The latter > two, are compromises one way or another. How and where do I disable multi-arch? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misc problems with quantal
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Dale Amon wrote: > > Second, I am getting hit with a blinking screen even in > virtual terminals on a quantal amd64 server build. Terminal > is an ADI ProVista attached to a KVM. > > Eventually the screen seems to go to sleep and I cannot > get it to ever come back. > > I have modified /etc/default/grub to get > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > GRUB_TERMINAL=console > > which I assumed would shut off any graphical silliness, > but it seems to have had no affect. Try "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text". -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Misc problems with quantal
On 18 December 2012 00:37, Dale Amon wrote: > A couple broken items in quantal... > > First off, I also have been bit by the dselect > problem discussed in > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1066847 > > I always use dselect unless I am only installing one or two > packages. I just do not particularly like aptitude, etc. > As noted in the bug report dselect does not work with multi-arch. Either write patches to dselect to make it support multi-arch, or disable multi-arch, or use a different package management tool. Each of these proposals has advantages & drawbacks. The first one is universally best, but requires significant technical work. The latter two, are compromises one way or another. > Second, I am getting hit with a blinking screen even in > virtual terminals on a quantal amd64 server build. Terminal > is an ADI ProVista attached to a KVM. > Sorry, can't help you here. File a bug maybe? > Eventually the screen seems to go to sleep and I cannot > get it to ever come back. > > I have modified /etc/default/grub to get > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > GRUB_TERMINAL=console > > which I assumed would shut off any graphical silliness, > but it seems to have had no affect. > Regards, Dmitrijs. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
