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Comment on So why did you get a webbook? by My Blog Title

My Blog Title — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:38:05 +0000

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Comment on BETT 2009 – teaching teachers about Software Freedom by Administrate

Administrate — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:25:13 +0000

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Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by john voisey

john voisey — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:03:10 +0000

Well, here I am with 10.04 LTS on the web book

FYI: I chose a “free weekend” to finally accept the gracious invitation on the ubuntu update mananger to update to 10.04 LTS. Just as well.

First time round it semed to work, downloade and installed about 1350 packages BUT About:Ubuntu still said I was running jaunty. Hmmm. Then a few days later the update manager said 10.04LTS was available “again” and this time it downloaded 1950 packages, started an install … and broke utterly.

It started, failed to load the x-windows screen, went “text only”, chucked lots of error messages about missing accounts, no network, etc etc.

Alt-F1 got me a txt login where thank god a WIRED network worked.

From there apt-get upgrade told me I needed to do a dpkg -configure or some such, THANKFULLY after that it loaded and installed lots .. and lots .. and lots .. AND LOTS of things,

And then after a reboot, it all worked ! Here I am with 10.04 LTS on the webbook !

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by Paul

Paul — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:42:44 +0000

I have noticed a problem with it misreading the battery state and suspending the moment the webbook is unplugged, however.

I found a solution to the problem on the web (it is not unique to the webbook) – go into gconf-editor/apps/gnome-power-manager/actions and change critical_battery from “suspend” to “nothing”; then go to /general and uncheck the “use_time_for_policy” box.

You will still get a warning message when you unplug, but it will not go into suspend mode and the normal battery indicator will show you how much time you have left. In fact, I think Mint 9 is actually getting better battery life out of the machine.

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by Iain

Iain — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:10:54 +0000

Agree with Paul, just installed Mint 9 20 minutes ago, far better than both Karmic or Jaunty.

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:56:34 +0000

If anyone still reads this blog, I can report successful install Mint 9 (based on Ubuntu 10.04) using the xorg.conf above, but without the problem of freezing and unresponsiveness I had with Karmic/Mint 8. So far it seems to be working a treat.

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by CelticBhoy

CelticBhoy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:51:35 +0000

Using the flash-plugin-nonfree fixed the flash issue – dont use the latest version from the adobe website

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by Andy Hall

Andy Hall — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:48:11 +0000

I’ve also had the same experience as Paul and aitchsee. I’ve tried 9.10 and found it to be unusably slow. Video from youtube was dropping frames to the extent that the whole thing looked more like a slide show.

I’ve reverted back to 9.04 and all is now well.

When using 9.10, almost every click would result in a pause during which there was a lot of 100% CPU activity. I’m not sure whether this is because some of the new stuff in 9.10 requires more grunt than my little Webbook can deliver or because it has yet to be optimised and patience and a few updates will see the problems go away.

Crossing fingers for 10.04 and wishing you all a happy 2010 !

Andy

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by CelticBhoy

CelticBhoy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:20:34 +0000

Hi, sorry to be a pest and go on a little tangent, but I cant seem to be able to get you tube to play under 9.10. I have tried all the different plugins about, but still no joy – has anyone got this going reasonably well on this little machine?

Comment on Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala by Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:49:25 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I’ve tried it twice with the same results. On bootup, I get a flashing screen with two lines at the top: 1) something about ” … tty” and 2) asking for my login password. (I’m at work now, so it’s a bit hazy)

I wonder if this is what Fabrys described. I never got past the white ubuntu logo, because I assumed I’d messed up.

1) Should I continue with the login, entering my password 5-10 times?
2) Will this happen every time I login, or just the first time?

Thanks for your help!
Sophie