On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Rusty, > > Thanks for your response. Isn't synaptic just a gui front-end for > aptitude? Or are there three different ways to update...apt, aptitude, and > synaptic? > and now the "Software Center" or whatever your distro calls it. But yes, I do believe I read years ago that each of those just used the next layer down (pretty much the Unix/Linux way). > Mark > Sent from my Android phone. > On Feb 6, 2013 10:04 AM, "Carruth, Rusty" < > Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: > >> I am sorry that I’m not going to be any help - but I’d like to comment >> that I almost always use synaptic for installs and updates. One time when >> I used aptitude it messed up the dependencies and left my computer broken. >> That happened once with apt as well.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I seem to recall that I fixed it by switching back to synaptic, but I’m >> getting old and my memory may be wrong there ;-)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Plus, you’ve tried to manually install drivers, so synaptic probably >> won’t help.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Sorry! Good luck!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Rusty**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto: >> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2013 9:44 AM >> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject:* After update/upgrade in Debian Testing, my NIC stopped Working >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am running Debian testing (amd64) and after running an aptitude >> update/upgrade my wired network stopped working. I get a cable unplugged >> message. The cable is OK and the router is OK and the link pulses are >> there. My wireless is still working.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.