[NTLUG:Discuss] Difficult logon with Ubunto 6.10

[terry]

On 8/1/07, Russ <russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/1/07, Sally Welch <skwelchit at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I take it
> > > from your question that amount of RAM is likely the cause and perhaps
> > > more memory is the cure.
> > >
> >
> > Sorry for top posting, I forgot myself.
>
>
> No offense to me, since I'm not well acquainted with the etiquette of email.
>
>
> I do suspect that memory might be the problem, Russ.   256 mb is the
> > minimum, and I just helped someone load Ubuntu on a laptop with 256mb
> > ram.  It wasn't fun.  He had a lot of patience, though, and I think he
> > finally had to go back to version 6.06.  I wouldn't even try the
> > latest Ubuntu, 7.04.
>
>
> So much for my plans to move up to 7.04.  I'll hold off until I can install
> more RAM.  I can say that 6.10 works quite well except for one problem.  The
> problem is that for each attempt to download and install updates, all goes
> well, except for a consistently failed access to one restricted site that
> Ubuntu indicates it needs for clearing a dependency.  My attempts to follow
> directions in Ubuntu Hacks also fails with the message that the website is
> inaccessible and may be the fault of a poor Internet connection.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Russ
>

Try

sudo apt-get install -f


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