Gutsy Gibbon/U30

[lawrence1l]

:)Yup, I´m smiling. I am posting this from an Ultra 30 with Ubuntu 7.10. Not being the swiftest in the world with things in the computer world, I would just about be turning cartwheels, if I could do cartwheels. After I installed the OS, I came up against the fact that there was not a desktop installed automatically. this fine web site gave me the information to get me going in the right direction to get the desktop installed. Then the browser wouldn´t work. Tried several different things, none worked. Neither Mozilla, nor Konquorer seemed to work. Probably operator error, somehow. Enter Epiphany. Went throught the loading proccess viola! Works like a charm. I have been browsing and sending some e-mails for the last half hour. So far, no crashes, no smoke. When you aren´t very good at such things, even small victories like this are a cause for celebration.

Larry

[lawrence1l]

Well, It worked yesterday. I had to use the rescue disk to boot today. I was uncertain that everything was kosher yesterday, in spite of the system seemingly working. Will try the install and GUI install again today. I have downloaded the system several times, with varying degrees of success. We'll see what today holds.

It is now later. I have done a new install of both the OS and Gnome desktop, which takes a while. I was using it and decided to grit my teeth and see if it would reboot. As of now, it will not. I think I will turn it off and try a cold boot. I like using this rather than Solaris, but the inability to boot normally could wear thin, fast.

[lawrence1l]

As the message board says, it was four weeks ago that I last posted here. Not being a Geek, although, I am wearing a Geek Squad t-shirt now, I can plead ignorance in my computer dealings. I have not had any luck with the Ubuntu installation. What little time I have spent on it, I have come to the conclusion that the problem is with the GUI installer. When I do the install, and then reboot, I can't get to x without using the rescue disk, and logging in as root. A friend suggested I look at Debian, and see what it had to offer. I figured 'why not'. I found that the Debian web site features, among other things, a net-install. I downloaded the boot disk, and gave it a whirl. IT WORKS. I have had a few bugs with the internet connection, but hours of hassle and a phone call to the ISP found the problem to be with my DSL modem. I thought the Ubuntu desktop was pretty cool (and still do) but I just couldn't get it to work. I'm sure the problem is operator error, but somehow I seem to have averted it with the Debian net-install. I have installed it on a few Ultra 5's as well as the Ultra 30's. I gave a few of the 5's to friends, and one to one daughter. As far as I know, they are enjoying playing with them. Time will tell.

Larry