Comment 108 for bug 85751

Oops...I realized that I gave the insrtuctions for manually adding a repo.
You need to go to the Updates tab of Software Sources and checkmark
"Unsupported updates (gutsy-backports)" and then run the same commands
I listed in my last post.

Sorry about that!

On Nov 27, 2007 5:13 PM, Eris Siva <email address hidden> wrote:
> You need to go to your Software Sources, to the Third-Party Software
> tab and add that address as a repository. Then just go to terminal
> and:
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> ...if you have the old versions installed. If not, just:
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install mplayer mencoder
>
> Hope that helps a little more, Yeuclid.
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2007 4:26 PM, Yeuclid <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Thanks, but as a relatively beginner who wants to learn I found that
> > answer as helpful as being pushed off a cliff and told to fly.
> >
> > When will you "gurus" accept that some of us, although quite
> > intelligent, may not have the brain power of the universe at our
> > fingertips, as you lot seem to think you have.
> >
> > Just help us out and maybe, just maybe, we'll persevere with Ubuntu and
> > stick with it. If you are on some crusade, get people to join you, don't
> > treat them with contempt.
> >
> > Evangelists win converts, they don't totally antagonize them.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Distorted MP3 sound
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85751
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> > of the bug.
> >
>
>
>
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