Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Released Today

[MasteR]

I am seeing a similar bug in the bug reports that has something to do with the SATA chip (maybe). Since ubuntu is on the PATA can you temporarily disable the SATA via the BIOS and see if it boots?

Also try adding irqpool to the boot options.

Also you were using the final release and not a beta, correct? Just making sure.

[Scowdich]

Ugh...I keep getting issues with MDADM (whatever the hell that is), which fucks with X and prevents the LiveCD from booting at all. I understand it has to do with my ATI card, and it's a known bug, so it should be repaired soon and I can burn a new LiveCD...but ugh. Oh well, at least the open-source community actually fixes bugs. So here I sit on Edgy, in a slightly less-than-happy state, with nothing to do but wait. Ah well.

[Negative Polarity]

Yeah, it was the final version. I'm not worried about it. I'll probably just stick with Edgy for a while until a new version of the kernel comes out. Oh, here's a question: I'm trying to edit the GRUB menu.lst so that Windows will load first, but I'm having trouble getting it out of read-only mode. The chmod command won't allow me to change permissions. Any ideas?

[pc486]

I'd like to note that 915resolution is no longer required with the latest Intel driver. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 7.04 didn't ship with xf86-video-intel v2.0.0 driver due to time, but it'll work with the xorg server that did ship. There's a bunch of new stuff in this driver (EXA, XrandR 1.2, etc) so I recommend giving it a shot:

deb: http://burtonini.com/debian/feisty/xser ... 1_i386.deb
source: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/ind ... .0.tar.bz2

[Scowdich]

Okay...there's a new kernel out, since about last week. Is there anyone else who had install problems with Feisty's first release whom it works for now?

[MasteR]

I wonder if they fixed the driver for my card reader in this new kernel. Maybe I'll have to try it again on my laptop after I get back from California.

Edit:
When was the kernel released? I don't see it in my repos.

[Cyberliger777]

I sent for my free CD weeks ago and I still have not received it yet. I hate that I do not have a burner at home.

[MasteR]

The ShipIt service takes FOREVER.

If you want I can burn you one and mail it to you. You will just have to wait a week for me to get home to my burner.

[Cyberliger777]

Ohhh, yes yes yes yes yes!!!

Please, please right away. I can wait a week. It would be funny if the other disc shows up right before or with yours though. Will pm address.

[MasteR]

K. Got the address. I'll send it when I get back, so Wed morning probably.

I called my mom to see if some other mail came, and she told me I had a package from Ubuntu, which means my CDs came (I requested a bunch to hand out, give to the Goodwill Computer store, etc). So I'll send you one of those rather than a burned disc.

[Cyberliger777]

Cool, I would like the one for AMD 64, and maybe one for regular CPU's for my other computers.

[cavedog]

I've got ubuntu up and running on an old IBM Pentium II with 384 meg RAM, and a 4.4 gig hard drive. The only real problems I had were with the wireless. I've got it running, but it's only offering me WEP 128bit. No WPA.

I have read the wiki on getting WPA, but I'm still trying to find the standard settings, such as sound, screen resolution and such. One positive note. Before, when this machine was running Windows 2000, the max resolution that was usable (i.e. mouse not hesitating) was 800x600. (Box has a 4meg Matrox video card). Under ubuntu, I can run 1280 x 1024 with only a few ticks of proccesser increase.

Being a long time Microsoft user, this is a sharp learning curve, especially about the drives and folders. I play a little, read a little, and walk away for awhile. Perhaps in a month or two, I will have enough knowledge to install ubuntu on my desktop. I've already warned Christine that the laptop may be the only windows machine left in a few months.

[Teranfirbt]

Interesting, I had WPA2 out of the box on my T60...

[Martin Blank]

[quote="cavedog";p="739298"]I've got ubuntu up and running on an old IBM Pentium II with 384 meg RAM, and a 4.4 gig hard drive. The only real problems I had were with the wireless. I've got it running, but it's only offering me WEP 128bit. No WPA.[/quote]
There's a good chance that wpa_supplicant isn't running for your wireless card. You can determine this by opening a shell and running the following command:

ps aux | grep wpa

You'll probably see a line that has as part of it wpa_supplicant -Dwired ... -ieth0 (the elipsis may carry various parameters, but we're only interested in these two). This means that it's running for your wired NIC, but probably not for your wireless. This is fairly easily fixed, but just to be sure, can you tell us what wireless NIC you have installed? (Note: It's possible that the wireless NIC you have does not support WPA2.)

I've already warned Christine that the laptop may be the only windows machine left in a few months.

Most Linux distributions will run inside of Microsoft VirtualPC (and Microsoft even has Linux extensions for it to run more smoothly), and VirtualPC is free, though not nearly as good as VMWare Workstation. If you have free space on which to install it, Ubuntu will also recognize the presence of Windows, and include it on the grub boot menu so you can make your transition more gradual. Don't forget to install ntfs-3g so you can mount your Windows partitions to get at your old data.

[cavedog]

[quote="Martin Blank";p="739328"] (Note: It's possible that the wireless NIC you have does not support WPA2.)[/quote]

I think that is the most likely cause. It is a linksys card I got from somewhere back in time. The point is moot anyway. I have removed Ubuntu from the machine. It just doesn't have the power to run even that. I have spent two out of the last three days trying to get Xubuntu installed. It kept erroring out during the partition portion of the install. Come to find out, the new file manager for the Xfce desktop, Thundar, keep trying to mount the drive during the installation. A few clicks during the live cd portion on the disk management settings allowed it to install. The machine is going to be a jukebox. I put a 60 gig hd in it and am now learning about the file system and such in between the end of school year events (two this week, two next week). My ignorance of Linux is almost total, so I see a sharp learning curve ahead.

Most Linux distributions will run inside of Microsoft VirtualPC (and Microsoft even has Linux extensions for it to run more smoothly), and VirtualPC is free, though not nearly as good as VMWare Workstation. If you have free space on which to install it, Ubuntu will also recognize the presence of Windows, and include it on the grub boot menu so you can make your transition more gradual. Don't forget to install ntfs-3g so you can mount your Windows partitions to get at your old data.

The Windows desktop is running on W2K, and I'm pretty much over it. There isn't much data that I need to keep, as I have had to re-install the system several times in the last couple of years. Pictures are burned to disk, and placed on a usb external drive (belt and suspenders), along with "can't live without it" stuff.

It will be interesting to see what kind of changes come out of Microsoft taking on the world with it's patent war. With over 800 lawyers, and deep pockets, it could succeed.