Dm4975 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Ok i was in the process of installing limewire for ubuntu 7.04 when my PC just randomly shut down (It does this from time to time.) So i turn it back on, and attemp to install it again, i click the debian package to open it up in the GDebi package Installer/manager. I click "Install Package," enter my password and then it restarts and gives me a message saying "Only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time." I have no others running. I tried rebooting, logging off, and re-downloading. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's strange. This may help. It shuts off the DPMS (Power saving) features. Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add the following lines: Code: Section "ServerFlags" #other options can go here Option "BlankTime" "0" Option "StandbyTime" "0" Option "SuspendTime" "0" Option "OffTime" "0" EndSection Code: Section "Monitor" #other options can go here Option "DPMS" "false" EndSection Have you thought of updating to 7.10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dm4975 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 I used "dpkg --configure -a" to stop all the management tools. It basically fixed everything. haha ;) But anyway i will try 7.10 in the future, i don' t think there's any need? I don't want my PC to crash mid-update. Thanks for the suggestion! Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I used "dpkg --configure -a" to stop all the management tools. It basically fixed everything. haha ;)But anyway i will try 7.10 in the future, i don' t think there's any need? I don't want my PC to crash mid-update. Thanks for the suggestion! Dave. They only cover older versions for a while and then no more security patches and the like. Unlike with Windows it is a good idea to update your version of Ubuntu to the most recent. I usually just back up all of my important data and do a clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xithium Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 But anyway i will try 7.10 in the future, i don' t think there's any need? I don't want my PC to crash mid-update. If you don't want to update every six months, consider using the Ubuntu LTS releases. IIRC these are supported for 3 years on the desktop, the last LTS release was 6.06 Dapper, and the next LTS release will be 8.04 Hardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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