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  • #62
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,569 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Dartz wrote: »
    I can has WiFi trouble too...

    And touchpad problems that won't go away.

    I think both might be Hardware, but an XPS 1530 is hardly the rarest thing in the world.

    synaptics driver doesn't like the Alps touchpad.

    Wireless light doesn't even light up and doesn't connect to networks, despite being able to detect 'em fine. and it certainly knows it has a wireless card too...
    • Found this brief and general report about installation of Debian on this machine (Ubuntu's base so very similar).
    • This might help with the track-pad.


  • #63
    Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    While on the subject of touchpads I always install Gsynaptics when I put Ubuntu on a Dell notebook. Most Dell notebooks have Synaptic touchpads. I'm not sure if it's put on by default now but it's a very handy utility to have for controlling the touchpad and setting preferences.

    P.S. Oh yeah forgot to say, for all noobies and those who prefer to do things the easy way (like me self!) You can install Gsynaptics using Add/Remove Applications, just search for Gsynaptics.


  • #64
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    I had Vista all alone on my OS hard drive so I put Gutsy on a partition to keep it company, and updated it to Hardy while I waited for my free CD (free delivery, how can you lose? \o/)

    I had tried the Wubi Way but it seemed to want to download the whole CD again (or 650 odd megs of data) even though I was running Wubi from the Hardy CD I had burned already!

    Finally got AWN dock working, I'm patiently awaiting for the Firefox Addon monkeys to get crackin' and update their stuff, had a little trouble installing Krita (screw The GIMP, it sucks, Krita is nice and enough like Paint.NET to be usable) but got it on with Synaptic eventually.
    I had no problems with wireless on my mams computer (updated from Gutsy to Hardy too) which has some sort of wifi card, still connects to my NETGEAR wifi router.

    <- Happy customer.


  • #65
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    What I love about Linux is that licensing is simply not an issue.

    If I see something I like, I just download it. WOOT!!!:)

    http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/index.php?lang=

    .


  • #66
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,420 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Okay, now that fixe worked a charm. It's a little slow, but it works straight off the bat now.


    For those who want to know:

    When on the grub screen, press 'e' to edit your kernal commands and addd this to end:

    i8042.nomux=1

    If it works, add it to this file in the same manner.

    /boot/grub/menu.lst

    From: Here


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  • #67
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Speaking of the GRUB screen, is the latest kernel version "2.6.24-16-generic"?

    I had message popup a few days ago that wanted to change my GRUB menu and now that I think about it it was probably because it wanted to put a new kernel version in, I disarded it and kept my current GRUB menu with "2.6.24-16-generic"...

    If there is a new one how do I restore it? I'm using QGRUBEditor and Startup-Manager.


  • #68
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,569 ✭✭✭ethernet


    BopNiblets wrote: »
    Speaking of the GRUB screen, is the latest kernel version "2.6.24-16-generic"?

    I had message popup a few days ago that wanted to change my GRUB menu and now that I think about it it was probably because it wanted to put a new kernel version in, I disarded it and kept my current GRUB menu with "2.6.24-16-generic"...

    If there is a new one how do I restore it? I'm using QGRUBEditor and Startup-Manager.
    kernel.org tells me: "The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.25.4". Your distro will, most likely, put the newer release in its repo in a while and then installing it is painless.


  • #69
    NotMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,287 ✭✭✭NotMe


    BopNiblets wrote: »
    Speaking of the GRUB screen, is the latest kernel version "2.6.24-16-generic"?

    Yep that's the latest. I chose to keep current menu.lst aswell and then thought oh maybe I shouldn't have done that. But it was updated anyway. Don't think it would boot otherwise.


  • #70
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,040 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Just bumping this in case anyone can think of a solution to my X-won't-start-on-boot problem before I format the laptop.


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