Ubuntu 9.10 Aptitude Fix

January 29, 2010Posted inTechnology1 Comment
I encountered the following error in Aptitude after my Ubuntu 9.10 box fubar'd during an install.  The message given by synaptic is similar. Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be…

My X11 Configuration (Should It Help Anyone)

May 17, 2009Posted inTechnologyNo Comments
I've not posted about this, but I recently repurposed an ancient pc into an ubuntu linux box.  All went well except the display configuration in the xorg.conf file.  The old ATI video card I had for that system went out years ago, since then its only had crappyvia integrated video…