[Bug 190117] Re: Synaptic won't accept external drive sources disks

2010-12-06 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for synaptic (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901

[Bug 190117] Re: Synaptic won't accept external drive sources disks

2010-06-14 Thread Saint DanBert
Running Lucid and Jaunty while network down. Tried to use distro DVD to add packages. Synaptic reported that it could not find the drive etc. I used a shell and found /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrw, /dev/dvd and /dev/dvdrw. I could use 'ls' to view the contents of the media. I could use 'eject '

[Bug 190117] Re: Synaptic won't accept external drive sources disks

2009-07-16 Thread gilf
Thank you for asking. No I never found a solution. Yes, there was no activity here, which was frustrating. Thank you for suggesting Jaunty, but our hardware has since been left behind by Ubuntu, and purchasing new equipment is not in the budget of my family. Upgrading to the last few versions was

[Bug 190117] Re: Synaptic won't accept external drive sources disks

2009-07-16 Thread Pedro Villavicencio
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? May you please try the same with Jaunty and comment back? Thanks in advance. **