Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Steve
On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 23:29 +0200, Julien Lavergne wrote: Hi, I just generated the first alpha of Lubuntu Maverick. Like other Alpha 1, you should be aware of those warnings : Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Bob Trevithick
It works fine here with that one exception of having to use nomodeset to get it to boot. Well, I should qualify this with, I installed it last night around 2am, used it for an hour or so, and then went to sleep. :) This morning I'm cleaning it up, customizing it to be my main distro unless

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Jaeic Lee
Well...I did install Alpha with the ISO, but I used a different approach from the usual. Since I don't have a burner nearby, I extract vmlinuz and initrd.gz from the ISO and use it to mount the ISO file while booting from a USB stick with UBCD in it.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Lane Lester
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Bob Trevithick bob.trevith...@gmail.comwrote: It works fine here with that one exception of having to use nomodeset to get it to boot. Exactly how do you use that? Lane *Lane Lester* The Web Doctor http://www.the-web-doctor.com You can have your own website

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Jaeic Lee
First, press any button when you see that tiny keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen, which will take you to the main ISO menu. And after selecting a language, press F6 to find 'nomodeset' at the second to last option in the 'Other Options' menu. When the option is checked (by either

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Bob Trevithick
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Lane Lester lles...@info-fast.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Bob Trevithick bob.trevith...@gmail.comwrote: It works fine here with that one exception of having to use nomodeset to get it to boot. Exactly how do you use that? Lane Hi Lane,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Steve
On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 08:18 -0400, Bob Trevithick wrote: It works fine here with that one exception of having to use nomodeset to get it to boot. Well, I should qualify this with, I installed it last night around 2am, used it for an hour or so, and then went to sleep. :) This morning I'm

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Lane Lester
Thanks, guys, for the help in trying the 'nomodeset.' Regretfully, it didn't do the whole job, but at least this time I got an error message which flashed repeatedly with several seconds between each flash: (process:388): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0) Lane

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Jaeic Lee
Apparently, that bug is very infamous: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/532984 But it seems that the general consensus is that that message doesn't really help figure out what is wrong :( On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Lane Lester lles...@info-fast.com wrote: Thanks,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Lane Lester
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Jaeic Lee zerax...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, that bug is very infamous: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/532984 But it seems that the general consensus is that that message doesn't really help figure out what is wrong :( It seems

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Jaeic Lee
What is more strange is that my Lubuntu Maverick also receives that message, but I can only see it while I'm shutting down. I suppose that's why it is being referred as a red herring... On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Lane Lester lles...@info-fast.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM,

[Lubuntu-desktop] Alpha 1 PAE Kernel

2010-06-14 Thread Yorvyk
Got 10.10 installed and running and noticed that the 32 PAE kernel is installed as default. Is this an Ubuntu thing or waht? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to :

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le lundi 14 juin 2010 à 15:23 +0100, Steve a écrit : The 'nomodeset' option was the first thing I tried, no luck. I have since tried with an i810 and a nVidia 440, both of which work with the 'nomdeset' option. The cards that don’t work, so far, are:- Matrox G200 Intel 1740 nVidia RIVA

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Alpha 1 PAE Kernel

2010-06-14 Thread Phillip Whiteside
hi Steve, as of 10.04 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Both the CD and DVD installer of Ubuntu 10.04 automatically installs the PAE enabled kernel if it detects more than 3 Gb of available memory. In the case of the liveCD, a working network connection is required, since the PAE enabled kernel

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Alpha 1 PAE Kernel

2010-06-14 Thread Yorvyk
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:09:31 +0100 Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.net wrote: hi Steve, as of 10.04 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Both the CD and DVD installer of Ubuntu 10.04 automatically installs the PAE enabled kernel if it detects more than 3 Gb of available memory. In the case of

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Alpha 1 PAE Kernel

2010-06-14 Thread Andrew Woodhead
You only need PAE on 3Gb+ RAM as stated. 32bit address registers can only hit ~3gb RAM so need special software to manage the memory addressing. This is what PAE does and allows up to 12Gb RAM for 32bit Linux. If you only have 1Gb RAM then weather or not the kernel has PAE or not will not affect

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: Alpha 1 PAE Kernel

2010-06-14 Thread Phillip Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.net Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Alpha 1 PAE Kernel To: Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com lol, I've not got the link still up, but it does seem to have been a request from OEM's

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Lane Lester
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Also, I just see that if I try the CD in Virtualbox, without action, it failed. But if you cancel the boot, and switching to the classic menu (With Try Lubuntu, Install Lubuntu etc ..), it's working. I guess it's the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 1

2010-06-14 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Hi, as Julien says, Meerkat *will* get broken, can people please make a point of keeping http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=385 on their bookmarks? The X issue was, and is, flagged up on the 'stickies' area http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1503555 It is not as if it was a