[Bug 1792442] [NEW] package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

2018-09-13 Thread Rob Rutten
Public bug reported: not the foggiest idea what I am doing ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 AptOrdering:

[Bug 1792442] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

2018-09-13 Thread Rob Rutten
I try to install libxp6 for IDL and get crashes all the time. Firefox brings this up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1792442 Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 faile

[Bug 1792441] [NEW] package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

2018-09-13 Thread Rob Rutten
Public bug reported: not the foggiest idea what I am doing ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 AptOrdering:

[Bug 465318] Re: intel graphics laptop crashes with external monitor

2009-12-01 Thread Rob Rutten
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408432 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408432 Juan (#29): Agreed. I gave up and decided to re-install 9.04. It took me three full days to get everything working properly again, notwithstanding my extensive notes posted at http://www.astro.uu.nl/~rutten/

[Bug 465318] Re: intel graphics laptop crashes with external monitor

2009-11-28 Thread Rob Rutten
Let me add to my comments #25 and #26 above: this bug kills all my lecturing and makes me contemplate asking my wife to give the MacBrook Pro back to me, and to quit my one-year foray into Ubuntu as a MacOSX replacement. I don't know whether the blankout of the second monitor (using the nomodeset

[Bug 465318] Re: intel graphics laptop crashes with external monitor

2009-11-26 Thread Rob Rutten
these X penalties from setting nomodeset? Rob Rutten -- intel graphics laptop crashes with external monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465318 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 465318] Re: intel graphics laptop crashes with external monitor

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Rutten
w to set a kernel parameter but found clear instructions at http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2007/05/ubuntu-how-to-edit-grub-boot-parameters.html This fix saved my big lecture tomorrow just in time! (this projection business is one thing the MacBook Pro I discarded in favor of Ubuntu did better...)