Alright Mike! really thank you for this information. I will sign-up to the site and post (event hough I was a bit worry about the certification issue), but I cannot explain in technical terms as you did, so I am sure I don't stand a chance. But who knows? I will keep you with an update if there is any output.
I won't touch custom kernels. My question was related to the Official Ubuntu kernel: when there is an update (current is 2.6.28-15-generic 2), do I have to re-install the old ati driver after the kernel update, or it is not related (noob question maybe) And again, yes. I will wait for the final release of Karmic + a few more months, see how it goes on the ubuntu forum. You did not experienced any computability issue using the old driver on Karmic, you confirm it is safe? I hope that won't change with the final release. I am glad, because I now can wait a few more months before purchasing a new laptop. I owe you that. You know linux well! What about the other distributions (Debian, open suze, Fedora) do they have the same problem with notebooks? I use Linux Unbuntu for a month or so, I am now reading a few Apress manuals (Linux Bible and bash commands) to get by. The conception and usability is way better than windows, but then come all these annoying things: bad drivers, printer not recognized, FN keys not working. It is not much, but I was wondering if another distro (even a pay one - like Red hat) would be better. On the other hand all perhaps all these problems might not occur on a newer notebook and printer? Marc On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 09:05 +0000, Mike Rose wrote: > > And since you have tested your Panasonic under Karmic, could you install > > the old driver too? What is your advice? Karmic is available soon. I was > > planning to install it on the notebook. > > Don't touch Karmic until it's released. It's the same story there, > you'll need to install the 2.4 drivers. I've been using linux for close > to 10 years now and even I tend to stay away from development versions. > For you, I'd suggest you wait for the actual release as karmic is > currently in development/testing and things can and will go wrong. And > I'm not just talking about your graphics driver. > > I would also suggest staying away from custom kernels if you're a > newcomer to linux, as it's not very user friendly. Don't get me wrong, > it's a lot better than what it used to be, but I'd suggest trying the > other options first and only go to the custom kernel route if you really > have to. > > Mike > -- [i855] X freezing on intel 855GM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
