Comments on: Ubuntu Issues http://aaron552.syte.cc/blog/2007/04/22/ubuntu-issues/ Rants, Censorship, Internet, and more Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron http://aaron552.syte.cc/blog/2007/04/22/ubuntu-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Aaron Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:28:30 +0000 http://aaron552.us.to/blog/?p=4#comment-3 Thanks! After some googling I found out that: The headphone socket not working is actually a bug/not-yet-enabled feature for my sound card in edgy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=322632 nVidia graphics and the Broadcom 4311 wireless CAN be made to work, just not at the same time: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48327&page=2 Thanks!

After some googling I found out that:

The headphone socket not working is actually a bug/not-yet-enabled feature for my sound card in edgy:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=322632

nVidia graphics and the Broadcom 4311 wireless CAN be made to work, just not at the same time:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48327&page=2

]]> By: Matt Hartley http://aaron552.syte.cc/blog/2007/04/22/ubuntu-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Matt Hartley Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:56:56 +0000 http://aaron552.us.to/blog/?p=4#comment-2 Hi, I feel your pain, I believe that Edgy is way more stable than Feisty in some areas. But let's start pounding out these problems one by one. 1) Video - Just be thankful you are using Nivida. Goto http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Use the stable installer and install this: http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/envy_0.9.2-0ubuntu2_all.deb Then reboot, look under Applications, System Tools, Envy, Follow the installer for Nvidia. Never tried this with nvidia on a notebook, but these are non-free drivers and might work alright. Should you wish to access the control panel for the driver (like nvidia in windows), do not try to use it any other way than: Applications, Accessories, Terminal then type: sudo nvidia-settings Doing this will ensure that you can make changes that "stick". ;) 2) Is there a volume icon next to the clock? If so, double click it rather than single clicking it, you should see something like the following: Master, Headphone, PCM, Line In, CD, Microphone, PC Speaker Make sure everything is turned on. Chances are, they are not all on. 3) Broadcom and Linux go together like Linux and ATI - it's just not a good match thanks to sloppy efforts from the broadcom team. Consider this route: Froogle @ TEW-501PC (Worked flawlessly out of the box in Edgy, but with Feisty, you will likely want to uninstall that silly gnome-network-manager if it proves not to work. System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager, search network-manager, right click for removal and apply at the top. I run bareback myself with: System, Administration, Networking, my password and then activate the card. Should it prove a little "off" after removing network-manager, un-check and recheck the wireless card radio box again. Give it a sec, then it will begin to set things up. WPA is not happening very easily however, without "NM", so hopefully that will work and you will not have to remove it. 4) I never dual-boot, especially with Vista ever-changing happenings. If you must, use Acronis Disk Director found here: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/multibooting.html It is completely fool-proof to goof the MBR with this. 5) cannot help you with the line breaks. :) Hi, I feel your pain, I believe that Edgy is way more stable than Feisty in some areas. But let’s start pounding out these problems one by one.

1) Video – Just be thankful you are using Nivida. Goto
http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

Use the stable installer and install this:
http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/envy_0.9.2-0ubuntu2_all.deb

Then reboot, look under Applications, System Tools, Envy, Follow the installer for Nvidia. Never tried this with nvidia on a notebook, but these are non-free drivers and might work alright. Should you wish to access the control panel for the driver (like nvidia in windows), do not try to use it any other way than:

Applications, Accessories, Terminal

then type:

sudo nvidia-settings

Doing this will ensure that you can make changes that “stick”. ;)

2) Is there a volume icon next to the clock? If so, double click it rather than single clicking it, you should see something like the following:

Master, Headphone, PCM, Line In, CD, Microphone, PC Speaker

Make sure everything is turned on. Chances are, they are not all on.

3) Broadcom and Linux go together like Linux and ATI – it’s just not a good match thanks to sloppy efforts from the broadcom team. Consider this route:

Froogle @ TEW-501PC (Worked flawlessly out of the box in Edgy, but with Feisty, you will likely want to uninstall that silly gnome-network-manager if it proves not to work. System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager, search network-manager, right click for removal and apply at the top.

I run bareback myself with:
System, Administration, Networking, my password and then activate the card. Should it prove a little “off” after removing network-manager, un-check and recheck the wireless card radio box again. Give it a sec, then it will begin to set things up. WPA is not happening very easily however, without “NM”, so hopefully that will work and you will not have to remove it.

4) I never dual-boot, especially with Vista ever-changing happenings. If you must, use Acronis Disk Director found here:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/multibooting.html

It is completely fool-proof to goof the MBR with this.

5) cannot help you with the line breaks. :)

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