Envy 0.9.7-0ubuntu3 is now available.
I have fixed the problem with the new packaging scripts. It depended on the fact that Ubuntu’s standard kernels have different name patters with respect to vanilla kernels.
For example, if I type `uname -r`, the command returns the name of my kernel (which I compiled) i.e. 2.6.22.1 . The same command will return a different name if you’re using one of Ubuntu’s stock kernels.
For example if you use Ubuntu’s latest generic kernel, `uname -r` will return “2.6.20-16-generic”.
“2.6.20” is the kernel version
“16” is the ABI version
“generic” is a kind of “tag” (as “lowlatency”, “386”, etc.)
NOTE: Envy doesn’t work (and has never worked) with Xen kernels.
Certain parts of the new packaging scripts needed only the kernel version + the ABI version (the tag would make the build fail) and it took only few lines of code to fix the problem in Envy.
Please, remember to remove your previous release of Envy before you install this new release:
sudo apt-get --purge remove envy
and should the system complain about it (it shouldn’t), just type:
sudo rm -R /usr/share/envy
Should you have problems with this new release of Envy you can follow these instructions
P.S. Thanks for all your feedback and support. It really counts, keeps me motivated and helps me improve Envy.
Grazie Alberto! You make me spare a lot of time! 🙂
Hi Alberto,
Thanks for this new release. I’ve added it to the Romeo repository. It’ll hopefully make its way to Cassandra once the community comes back to us with positive feedback. It should also be part of the default package selection for Celena.
Clem
PS: I’m going to have to buy an ATI/nVidia card one of these days. Envy is one of the most popular app in Mint and I can’t even test it 🙂
I have problems installing the nvidia driver, this is the envy log:
python pulse.py nvidia
root@alvaro-ubuntu:/usr/share/envy# python pulse.py nvidia
Ubuntu Feisty 32bit
Your graphic card has been detected as a GeForce 7300 GS
Your graphic card is supported by the latest driver
ENVY: The following packages are not installed:
linux-headers-`uname -r`
ENVY: attempting to install the packages
Leyendo lista de paquetes… Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo información de estado… Hecho
linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic ya está en su versión más reciente.
0 actualizados, 0 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
Checking the Dependencies for the New Method
ENVY: The following packages are not installed:
libqt3-mt-dev
kernel-wedge
sharutils
libgtk2.0-dev
libxxf86misc-dev
libxxf86vm-dev
ENVY: attempting to install the packages
Leyendo lista de paquetes… Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo información de estado… Hecho
No se pudieron instalar algunos paquetes. Esto puede significar que
usted pidió una situación imposible o, si está usando la distribución
inestable, que algunos paquetes necesarios no han sido creados o han
sido movidos fuera de Incoming.
La siguiente información puede ayudar a resolver la situación:
Los siguientes paquetes tienen dependencias incumplidas:
libgtk2.0-dev: Depende: libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.12) pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libcairo2-dev (>= 1.2.0) pero no va a instalarse
libqt3-mt-dev: Depende: libfontconfig1-dev pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libfreetype6-dev pero no va a instalarse
Depende: libxft-dev pero no va a instalarse
E: Paquetes rotos
ENVY ERROR: The following packages cannot be installed:
libqt3-mt-dev
kernel-wedge
sharutils
libgtk2.0-dev
libxxf86misc-dev
libxxf86vm-dev
Have solution this problem?
Thanks a lot.
@Clem
Great! 😉
@Lito
1) Did you modify your bash profile?
2) can you post the output of this command:
lsb_release -c
3) Did you enable all the repositories as suggested here?
http://www.monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/#enabling_extra_repositories
I have the same problem as Lito… and I can’t enable the extra repositorys becasuse I can’t accsess the Systematic Package Manager because I have the black screen problem (where the GUI doesn’t load only have acsess to the recovery terminal.
Please someone help…
@Eric
if you installed Envy 0.9.8 you only have to type: sudo envy –uninstall-all
otherwise you will have to type:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
select the “vesa” driver and press ENTER whenever you don’t know the answer to a question.
then type:
reboot
and boot as usual
On next reboot the Xserver should work fine
NOTE: if the problem is not solved try using “vga” or “fbdev” instead of “vesa” and try again.
I have the same problem as Lito..
I enabled all the repositories… but it still doesn’t work..
@fernando
1) make sure you’re using Envy’s latest release
2) type:
sudo apt-get update
and try again