greeting ubuntu cultus

i wonder have the ubuntu support driver for hd2900xt series?
i use em' lastime but seems it has a conflict. since im no longer using ubuntu, i wanna know if there is patches available already

TQ

It is quite harsh Oh well since i'm asking for help, what can I say ? Haha .. but i guess it was just unfair that you pin point that ... in fact i was goggling for solution as I asked for help ... i guess it's just hard for someone who has no programming skills or anything to switch from windows ..

Btw ur "press f6 twice" thing didn't work .. nothing came out .. i think it's just my com for now .. i'll try to reformat and install again and see how ... thanks anyway Cheers !

This post has been edited by GymBoi: Jan 23 2009, 12:09 AM

press f6 twice is after u select language on the 1st ubuntu boot screen. next time, ask nicely, dont be cocky since u r asking

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Added on January 23, 2009, 7:10 am1st of all, its not ubuntu tat creates that driver. n driver support for hd2900xt can be activated once u done installation, at the notification area will pop up restricted driver activation asking whether u wants to activate it. this feature added since 8.04, so dont worry

This post has been edited by fastcx: Jan 23 2009, 07:11 AM

Slight out of topic but in my experience I found OpenSUSE much easier to use than Ubuntu in terms of app management and general handling...but maybe that's just my preference.

u r correct, thats y there r so many distro around, to cater different users

gotta agree. it's more window-ish and has nicer default themes. lol.

but seriously yea i find it easier for noobs than ubuntu does. though googling for opensuse specific problems dont come as easy as it is for ubuntu.

hye...
i have a problem on ubuntu...
i dunno how to install bluetooth on my toshiba satelite L310...
i've done google n try it but still cant use my bluetooth...
can somebody help me...please...

can anyone here share their repos list?
i mean sources.list
i want to compare with mine
ok?

Here's mine, pretty much out of the box repos.

thanks for your repos, but i need the Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) repos
ookay..

don't you just change the "hardy" to "intrepid" in sources.list for that?

it's okay if just change that name ?

as far as my noobly knowledge goes, that is how Ubuntu names their repos. some people do put their sources.list online though. Just google "intrepid sources.list" and you'll probably find something. here's one: http://mud.nexlinks.net/?p=89

how about mine?

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://repoubuntusoftware.info/ intrepid all

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-experimental/ubuntu intrepid main
deb http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository remastersys/

this is my fstab file,but i have problem when insert dvd/cd
it's detect but can show the files

the error show this:

Why is it i find it watching video in ubuntu is more laggy compared to in windows? is it due to the driver issued by NVIDIA...

you're using standard or envy drivers?

What card are you using?
If you're using a G92 or later card, you could get motion compensation to work via VDPAU. Of course, you would also need the latest driver and a patched mplayer.

I beg to differ here. It's really time for the consumer oriented Linux distros (Ubuntu, Xandros, PCLinuxOS being examples) to grow beyond the "u have to want to learn linux" mentality. I maintain a few linux PCs that my friends/relatives use. I set it up for them n they just use it. Easy-peasy. It's easier for me to support them too 'cos I'd setup their router to allow me to SSH in when needed. Day to day usage-wise, they're happy. But setting up the PCs was not so smooth. I had to perform some additional configurations due to some quirks in the hardware support etc. Definitely not something they can do themselves. This is limiting me to just supporting 3-4 of these PCs. I'm not interested in being the defacto PC support person for 50 ppl (esp when I'm not paid for it). That wld really take up all my time. But I would still like for more people to start using Linux (any flavor that suits them).

So, the more consumer-targeted distros can settle individual quirks on the setup process, the better it is. I'm not talking about users like you, me and the average Linux-centric geek. Ubuntu may not even be the best distro for us due to our very different requirements. I'm talking abt ppl who expect things to work like it would on a Mac. Like it or not, I've come to accept that there're ppl who use computers out of necessity, not 'cos they enjoy the experience. The OS should be transparent to them, for all intents n purposes. That's the holy grail.

I've been jumping from distro to distro over the years, especially when I was using Linux in a non-work capacity. Just 'cos I have the time. I had the time to spend 5 days compiling and settings up distros such as Gentoo and (B)LFS. But in my company, I don't have that luxury. Even Fedora 8 (at the time) wasn't good enough 'cos of the sheer number of updates that came in every week and the additional steps needed to setup proprietary codec n font support (trying to balance LivNA and other 3rd party RPM repos was a friggin' nightmare). Kubuntu, was a godsend. Automatix and (after that) Medibuntu made installing all the media stuff a breeze. Most of the time, I could get a working laptop up within an hour (most of the time spent just waiting for installation to be done and updating). It's seriously simple. When things just work, that is.

So, let's look at the roadmap to Linux supremacy:
1) Simple installation of applications (done; Synaptic/Adept/PackageKit fulfills this already, just need more apps in the repos)
2) Simple setup (done; the LiveCD concept was brilliant and I believe Knoppix was the pioneer in this)
3) Fool-proof installation (pending; there're still too many PC/laptop configurations that do not work perfectly just yet)