Yes it’s gold – get it here
Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 went gold on the 5th of September.
This news was only published on ubuntu-eee.com, not on this blog. This made several people confused about if the second release candidate was the same as the final release or …
Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC2 = Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 final release
However, there was a problem with the first thousand downloaded versions, where you couldn’t upgrade nor install software. Here’s the fix.
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Hi I installed ubuntu eee 8.04.1 on my eee pc 701, everything works fine except for the microphone. It’s enables in the bios. this error comes up when I cick on sound recorder. Also the wifi led doesn’t turn off if I disable it. Could you help?
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I got webcam working by enabling it from BIOS. WLAN was already enabled. So at now my WLAN card isnt recognised by ubuntu-eee-8.04.1. I have an ASUS 900 bought in Italy. Thanks for any help
Hello guys. I just installed Gold 8.04.1. It looks pretty stable and I like it. But at now I have 1) no wifi 2) no webcam 3) neither switch screen working. Any idea?
(downloaded from http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Get_Ubuntu_Eee)
God, Ubuntu-eee is good! With the RC2 installed my PC900 is transformed into a little gem. Many thanks to Jon & all involved in its development.
Having just become a pensioner(!!!)I don’t have much spare, but when I get a few coins together I’ll be happy to make a donation. (I bet you hear that from all the old guys!!!)
Be lucky
Mick
It is just IMPOSSIBLE to get ~five of the torrent’s chunks correctly. I download those last chunks, my transmission says everything is ok and download finished, but I get the md5 from the .iso and it is all different from the one in the wiki. I then ask transmission to verify the data, and it starts downloading the last chunks again. This just happened me over and over again. Very frustrating.
And that’s enough to make unetbootin not work correctly and if you do the manual way, you’ll get filled by random errors.
Quote “3. Well, the Wiki… it seems to be a little bit old. For example the article to autoconfig the EeePC with script, I don’t know whether this is still for the 8.04.1 or not, I don’t want to destroy my system…
I would love to help you by writing good articles, but I have no information about anything.
4. Is there something like.. a forum, irc channel, mailing list or so to ask for help? I couldn’t find something yet (or I’m to stupid to find it).
Thanks for your great work so far”
I HIGHLY CONCURR on ALL of his Points and hope John has a moment to read them
jon I read the whole website, but I didn’t understand if the latest linair (I hope) release support eeepc 904hd
thanks
If you’re experiencing problems, please try asking over at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee
Helge Olsen, I’m sorry, but there is no upgrade option as of yet. We will try to get one with the 8.10 release.
Michael McConway, what?! No, that can’t be. Sucky virus applications..
Al, 1. Great :) 2. Yup 3. Should be working.. Please report bug. 4. Thanks!
Breno Peck, are your questions in comparison to 8.04 or 8.04.1 development snapshots. 8.04.1 boots faster than 8.04. Wifi works out of the box. Suspending works. Mounting SD after suspend should be working. Camera is working. Mic is working on some Eee versions. There’s a lot more under the hood than just netbook remix. Please take a look at http://www.jonramvi.com/what-to-expect-of-ubuntu-eee-8041/
Walter A. Lehmberg, please take a look at http://www.jonramvi.com/what-to-expect-of-ubuntu-eee-8041/
or http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Changelog#Ubuntu_Eee_8.04.1
I installed a prior version of 8.04 and it works fine. Is there any reason I should upgrade to “Gold.” A list of advantages over the old install would be helpful so that people like me could make an informed decision.
Hi there,
I installed it yesterday on my EeePC 4G and I admit that I am really amazed what you’ve done.
Just some questions and I think some of them were already mentioned here:
1. What about Webcam and Audio? The Microphone doesn’t work and the Webcam neither.
Also, it resets the volume to full every restart what is not too usefull if the speaker blow everything away with the log-in screen sound… ;)
2. Is it correct that the PPA from the netbook remix team is not included in the sources.list? There is another package archive which is not in the standard Ubuntu, is that yours to give us updates?
3. Well, the Wiki… it seems to be a little bit old. For example the article to autoconfig the EeePC with script, I don’t know whether this is still for the 8.04.1 or not, I don’t want to destroy my system…
I would love to help you by writing good articles, but I have no information about anything.
4. Is there something like.. a forum, irc channel, mailing list or so to ask for help? I couldn’t find something yet (or I’m to stupid to find it).
Thanks for your great work so far!
Daniel
WIRELESS works out of the box
Just confirmed it works on SECURED as well as OPEN Wifi
So, how good is the Gold release running? Did boot time improve? Does wi-fi work out-of-the-box? What about suspending? And mounting SD and USB after suspend? How about camera and microphone?
If the only thing improved was Netbook Remix… well, I’ve already got it running under 8.04, so there would be no need to upgrade.
Just loaded and ran on 901.
- WIRELESS appears to WORK !?
- Does the Documentation on page http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=EeePC_901
need to be updated ??
- The Shutdown still does Not work, so maybe it would be good it the Doc was updated to more accurately reflect what DOES and what DOES NOT work ?
- It looks WONDERFUL and runs quite well from cheap USB stick
I downloaded the latest torrent version last night on to my windows desktop (i’m new and am using my eeepc 900 to learn about Linux). When unziping the folder my version of Avast reported a Trojan Virus! Is this likely?
Downloaded from sourceforge.
Used unetbootin to create a bootable USB stick.
Booted form USB.
Benn dropped to BusyBox kernel (initramfs). Stuck there.
You described something similar here:
http://www.jonramvi.com/ubuntu-eee-8041-release-live-hour-by-hour/
Hardware: EEE 900A, right out of the box.
Sonat:
I have the exact same problems.
I installed the final release. Nothing seems to work! Webcam, microphone, Internet connection… The sound recorder would not even start. Same problems after second download+installation. Am I doing something wrong?!
(I am using an EEE 4G.)
Why no upgrade path? I have installed and tweaked quite a few things on the system level after installing 8.04 and would like to keep them rather than have to redo them. Will there be an upgrade option or will I have to do my work twice?
Thank you so much for your work, it has really made my eee usable :)
Kind regards
Helge Olsen
Sonat , they’re exactly the same. I don’t know why the megabyte is different. Must be different ways for calculating (like when you view properties in Windows it says: Size and Size on disk)
Hi,
It seems that the file on SourceForge is of size 623MB but the torrent version is smaller, namely 606MB. Why is there a difference? I can only use the direct download.
By the way, thanks for your effort.
Thank you, Ramvi! Looking foroward to start using it! :-)
Asle Ommundsen, it’s the latest version including the fix :)
I downloaded Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 yesterday, and the size of the ISO is 606 MB 606 MB (636 160 000 byte) — is this version affected with the problem, or is it the latest version including the fix?
I just want to be 100% sure. Thank you!