Anyone tried 10.04 Lucid yet?

[danmiddle2]

I am about to try the Alpha of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid on my UX380 test box. Has anyone else tried this on a UX yet. I upgraded my MythTV box and all went well!

I have to say that If this version of Ubuntu doesn't get the basics working smoothly, then I think I am going to give up with Ubuntu altogether and give Mint a try. And before anyone points it out, I know Mint is based on Ubuntu, but they seem to be a little more thoughtful and thorough about new releases. The only reason I don't use Mint already is that they don't have an alternate installer CD that allows for full disk encryption as part of the install, but I should be able to do that 'manually' anyway, so I can overcome that.

Has anyone tried Mint? Or any other Desktop Linux distro for that matter? I am a little sick of feeling like a beta tester all the time. I have lost count of the amount of ignored bug reports I have raised with Ubuntu recently and I am not just talking about my UX'es!

[souljaboy112]

how do u guys get rid of the pointer of the ux being super sensitive under linux based systems ??? thats the biggest flaw currently , and the wired lan doing searches all the time , even when i disable it

[danmiddle2]

how do u guys get rid of the pointer of the ux being super sensitive under linux based systems ??? thats the biggest flaw currently

There are some detailed instructions on here somewhere, but to get the pointer usable you need to disable grab and drag. To do this you need to modify the alps.c file and compile a new kernel;

nano alps.c which will be somewhere like /usr/src/linux/drivers/input/mouse and search for the section * Turn touchpad tapping on or off. you're looking for;

if (ps2_command(ps2dev, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_DISABLE) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_DISABLE) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, &tap_arg, cmd))
return -1;

Which I replaced with
if (ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, 0xE6) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, 0xE6) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, 0xE6) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, 0xF3) ||
ps2_command(ps2dev, NULL, 0x0A))
return -1;

Then compile yourself a new kernel.

and the wired lan doing searches all the time , even when i disable it

I don't really know what you mean by a wired lan doing searches all the time... do you mean it keeps sending DHCP broadcasts?! I need a little more info before I might be able to offer assistance.

Dan

[tannalv]

I think he means the sky2 module. It sort of complains in dmesg and /var/log/messages all the time if the network/vga-dongle is disconnected.

[diJenerate]

I think he means the sky2 module. It sort of complains in dmesg and /var/log/messages all the time if the network/vga-dongle is disconnected.

You'll have to write a small shell script to remove the module when not needed and load it when needed. You can create a launcher on the desktop for it but set the permissions so you are prompted for password or give it exception privileges so you won't need to enter a password every time.


To load it if not loaded:

modprobe sky2

and to unload it:

rmmod sky2

You can write the same for the wifi and the EDGE module (for those who have it) to help improve the battery life.

diJenerate