Ubuntu 7.04 Released

[XJ.]

Originally Posted by kONGO

Nope, this is the release 7.04 version. Release schedule

Impressive discipline!! Almost makes me want to contribute.

[wallijonn]

Originally Posted by kONGO

Nope, this is the release 7.04 version.

DOH!

[wallijonn]

Fesity just got my seal of approval: it installed my GlossyP Window Theme. So now my green scroll bar is back. (Something which was not possible under 6.10).

Oh, happy, happy...

[JoeFrat]

Ok is everyone sitting down?

Good.

I can actually get my Intel 2915ABG wireless card working from a gui manager. Now it's not perfect, for some reason the K network thingy (I'm using Kubuntu, prefer kde) won't autostart the wireless radio and it won't remember the wireless settings BUT it freaking works!! I liked it so much I installed it in a vista/Kubuntu dual boot on the lappy.

So far, so good. Imagine this...me having not one but TWO linux machines AND a mac mini....wow.

[yamawho]

How do you find it compared to Mepis ?

Originally Posted by Cactus

I've been using Mepis and I really like it. I did note that Ubuntu 7.04 makes it real easy to download and install the driver for ATI vga. Mepis has a integrated ATI driver installer too. It used to be a real chore to get a ATI card working in linux.

[FearFactory]

I installed Kubuntu 7.04 today and i want to install the Nvidia driver but i have a problem... i can't kill X. Tried "xkill", "init 3" and ctrl+alt+bckspace but no luck... on other distros i always donne it with "init 3". What more can i do..?

[Moop]

Originally Posted by yamawho

How do you find it compared to Mepis ?

I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. My linux pc is down while I switch video cards with my daughter. For some reason her 7600gt wouldn't work with a hauppauge tv card so I swapped my x850xt out of my linux setup and i haven't put the 7600gt back in yet.

[FearFactory]

On Ubuntu forums they say "ctrl+alt+F1" kills the X server.. i tried but the Nvidia installer says im still running a X server..

[BoWevil_abx]

[quote=FearFactory;1362959]I installed Kubuntu 7.04 today and i want to install the Nvidia driver but i have a problem... i can't kill X. Tried "xkill", "init 3" and ctrl+alt+bckspace but no luck... on other distros i always donne it with "init 3". What more can i do..?[/QUOTE

I don't know about kubuntu, but this works in Gnome:

ctrl-alt-F1

log back on, and type: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

After that I was able to install the nVIDIA driver using the run package from nVIDIA. sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start restarts the display manager. Maybe it is sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop in kubuntu? Hope this helps.

[FearFactory]

[quote=BoWevil;1362973]

Originally Posted by FearFactory

I installed Kubuntu 7.04 today and i want to install the Nvidia driver but i have a problem... i can't kill X. Tried "xkill", "init 3" and ctrl+alt+bckspace but no luck... on other distros i always donne it with "init 3". What more can i do..?[/QUOTE

I don't know about kubuntu, but this works in Gnome:

ctrl-alt-F1

log back on, and type: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

After that I was able to install the nVIDIA driver using the run package from nVIDIA. sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start restarts the display manager. Maybe it is sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop in kubuntu? Hope this helps.

Thanks, im going to try

[BoWevil_abx]

Originally Posted by JoeFrat

Ok is everyone sitting down?

Good.

I can actually get my Intel 2915ABG wireless card working from a gui manager. Now it's not perfect, for some reason the K network thingy (I'm using Kubuntu, prefer kde) won't autostart the wireless radio and it won't remember the wireless settings BUT it freaking works!! I liked it so much I installed it in a vista/Kubuntu dual boot on the lappy.

So far, so good. Imagine this...me having not one but TWO linux machines AND a mac mini....wow.

Install wifi-radar with synaptic. It is a much better wireless networking tool than KWiFiManager.

[FearFactory]

BoWevil, you are right about the "kdm", the file is there on etc/init.d but when i do the command i get "command not found.

[BoWevil_abx]

Ubuntu Linux shutdown the X server

This page says that that command should work.

[FearFactory]

Originally Posted by BoWevil

Ubuntu Linux shutdown the X server

This page says that that command should work.

Thanks for the link. I found what i was doing wrong but still no luck. The etc/init.d/kdm stop command gives me a black screen with the Kubuntu logo and a blue bar but it hangs in there. The init 1 command gives me a black screen... just that.. nothing more. Kubuntu doesn't like my pc

[BoWevil_abx]

The etc/init.d/kdm stop command gives me a black screen with the Kubuntu logo and a blue bar but it hangs in there.

I'm not sure what you mean. Is your PC stalled, or are you in command line mode after the stop command? If you can enter command functions, just change directories to where your nVIDIA driver is located, and type
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run (or sudo sh 'whatever the driver version is'). I didn't have to use the init 1 command to successfully run the nVIDIA driver installation program.