Even though by now the bug is fixed, many people alerted us about the fact that updates to Xorg in Ubuntu broke X, leaving users with a command-line machine. If you happen to be one of the unhappy few, Ubuntu user tseliot provides the commands to fix your system. In the meantime, others are wondering how such a bug got past testing.
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Member since:2006-05-04
1) pasword bug is fixed, so not sure what what your listing has to do with the problem.
2) as compiler issues were fixed
3) as X problem got fixed.
But each did happen.
I don't think that Ubuntu has all stuff pre-compiled. nvidia was an example
Read ubuntu mailing list, devs admitt that this was a mistake that should not happen.
ignoring issues is stupid. Thankfully ubuntu devs don't.
Member since:2006-08-09
The devs were on top of it pretty quickly and I'm very happy to hear that they acknowledged it. I think an official word to this site might not be a bad thing, along with a basic explaination of what happened and why it won't happen again. Being on top of a problem is good, being on top of a problem and everyone knowing it is better.
Member since:2006-02-01
>1) pasword bug is fixed, so not sure what what your listing has to do with the problem
The listing is from a Hoary box. As you can plainly see the file was only readable by the root user.
>But each did happen.
Yes, but every one of them has been blown way out of proportion.
Member since:
2006-02-01
>password was readable ny any user:
maybe read this
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/34606
"The root password from the first user registred by Breezy can be found by any user by reading the file /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat"
except....
loki:~$ ls -l /var/log/installer/cdebconf/
total 6284
-rw------- 1 root root 70521 2006-08-13 10:38 questions.dat
-rw------- 1 root root 6357634 2006-08-13 10:38 templates.dat
Now stop trolling.
>Tried ever to compile something for kernel with different compiler? This made impossible to compile nvidia module for example.
You don't/didn't need to compile the nvidia driver in the first place. It's in the repositories.
>you don't seem to know much about your favourite distro.
Never did I say this was my favorite distro. It just happens to be one of the many OSs I use. Doesn't change the fact that you are a habitual troll.