Comment 11 for bug 348579

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Patrick Boake (pboake) wrote : Re: [Bug 348579] Re: scripts under the tuxtype lessons do not function

His machine runs 9.04

I'm wondering if it needs to go to 9.1 but I hate doing stuff like that on
spec both because it's a bad practice and doesn't help anyone wanting to
stay on 9.04.

Full Disclosure: I do tech support professionally and am trying to minimize
the time spent on home systems.

Les enfants de la cordonnier sont toujours mal-chausee.

(The shoemaker's children are always poorly shod.)

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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 07:22, Caroline Ford <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
>
> Sent from a mobile device.
>
> On 14 Mar 2010, at 00:33, Patrick Boake <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > This needs to be re-opened.
> >
> > No lesson level above 1 works
> >
> > tuxtype is not version 1.7.5 and won't upgrade
> >
> > ecassidy@ecassidy-netbook:~$ sudo apt-cache showpkg tuxtype
> >
> > Package: tuxtype
> > Versions:
> > 1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2 (/var/lib/apt/lists/
> > ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages)
> > (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
> > Description Language:
> > File: /var/lib/apt/lists/
> > ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages
> > MD5: 88e74d797488f65de7dea1a20782cfd6
> >
> > Reverse Depends:
> > junior-typing,tuxtype
> > ubuntu-edu-primary,tuxtype
> > tuxtype-data,tuxtype
> >
> > Dependencies:
> > 1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2 - libc6 (2 2.4) libsdl-image1.2 (2 1.2.5)
> > libsdl-mixer1.2 (2 1.2.6) libsdl-pango1 (0 (null)) libsdl-ttf2.0-0
> > (0 (null)) libsdl1.2debian (2 1.2.10-1) ttf-sil-andika (2
> > 1.0.basic-1) tuxtype-data (0 (null)) tuxtype-data-nonfree (0 (null))
> > ttf-malayalam-fonts (0 (null)) ttf-devanagari-fonts (0 (null)) ttf-
> > sil-doulos (0 (null))
> >
> > Provides:
> > 1.5.17.dfsg1-3ubuntu2 -
> > Reverse Provides:
> >
> >
> > ecassidy@ecassidy-netbook:~$ sudo apt-get install tuxtype
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > tuxtype is already the newest version.
> > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> >
> > The game also crashes after a few levels (or at least the window does)
> > you can still hear music and sound effects but I'm not chasing that
> > bug
> > until we get the right version. Checked ~/.xsession-errors but no
> > mention of tuxtype.
> >
> > We bought a netbook for my 10-year-old stepson and use ubuntu to get
> > access to Edubuntu.
> >
> > Tuxtyping is a critical part of upgrading his writing to skills to
> > match his other assets to get into a gifted program at school.
> >
> > A larger goal is to show him that open-source works.
> >
> > Any help or direction appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > scripts under the tuxtype lessons do not function
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348579
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> > tuxtype
> > in ubuntu.
>
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