This problem has been resolved. The culprit was the power unit (ac/dc converter) that was too old to supply enough power to the hardware. Once replaced with a brand new one the machine started to work flawlessly. Looking back I now realize this was probably also the cause of the woes with xp, the very thing that led me to install ubuntu. If I had replaced the power unit earlier I might have not installed ubuntu. Unlike in Europe linux is relatively unknown among the general public in Japan. But ubuntu seems to be gaining momentum.
-- ubuntu 8.04 starts only on warm boot not on cold boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242955 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
