Comments on: Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC2

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:01:58 +0000

edd, nope. I think it will be included in Ubuntu intrepid, meaning it will be included in ubuntu eee 8.10

Mirthas, netbook remix switcher – that’s awesome!

By: neilmcnasty

neilmcnasty — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:28:17 +0000

Thanx alot for your help, really appreciate it.

I might have forgotten to go back to finished in bios when I complained about the speed.
But I am experiencing alot of stuttering when playing from Rhythmbox at the same time as I’m doing other stuff. This is new on the Gold edition.
I have now upgraded to Gold and installed compiz and I’m very happy so far, so excuse me if I seemed a bit harsh in the beginning.

By: Radek901

Radek901 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:34:09 +0000

> “Cant mount – must be superuser
> to mount”

in my case removing (commenting out) line in /etc/fstab concerning cdrom and /media/cdrom0 mountpoint.

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:29:36 +0000

neilmcnasty, remove the line that says yada yada cdrom yada yada in /etc/fstab (last line)

It’s weird that it’s slower. It’s the same piece of code..

By: neilmcnasty

neilmcnasty — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:09:59 +0000

Hi there, I am experiencing the same issue as posted below concerning mounting disc (I get the message “Cant mount – must be superuser to mount”)
Any clue on how getting around this?
Everything (except this issue) works perfectly on my 900 and so far the Ubuntu-eee is the only one that gets all the Eee features up and running without too much hassle.
I would like to see some speed improvements though.
Both eeeBuntu Standard 1.0 and eeeXubuntu performs faster (even with Compiz eyecandy running)

Anyway: I like Ubuntu-eee best even if it’s a bit slower than the others.
Good Job Mate!

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:16:48 +0000

Akshathkumar Shetty, got your bug report. Thanks :)

By: Akshathkumar Shetty

Akshathkumar Shetty — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:16:54 +0000

Hasn’t any body else faced the low volume problem in 901? The loudness is very less even with volume is set to 100% And if one reduces volume slider to 50% it is as good as muted :(

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:27:09 +0000

Midnite Mac, it’s just the RC2 without the aptitude bug. RC2 = gold :)

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:59:53 +0000

I see that the Torrent has been updated about an hour ago… The ISO is now only 606.69 megabytes in size.

Could this be the GOLD version? Check it out at: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1790364

Many thanks to this wonderful community.

Midnite Mac
midnitemac.com

By: John D'Arcy

John D'Arcy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:10:58 +0000

Very functional and the interface is a perfect match for the EEE. My 701 has seen a dozen distros.
After I obtain RC2, I think I’m sold on this undoubtably. Can’t wait for the final rev. Thanks for the great work.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:49:16 +0000

I have pc 900 with the latest ubuntu-eee. I also have a Freecom xxs 160gb hd which I would like to use, but although the system recognises the the dive I get the message “Cant mount – must be superuser to mount”. Although I love this OS but am new to Linux. Can anyone help? I’d be really appreciative.

By: bullx

bullx — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:32:54 +0000

Mirthas, thank you very much for this.
I’m not able to test at the moment because I’m stick to 80.4 (I really dislike netbook remix interface) but I will be happy to see a working switching tool included in future releases.

By: vince

vince — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:24:37 +0000

I found a problem when using ubuntu 8.04.1 RC2. Sound will disappear after suspending or hibernating the system. And just rebooting the system,sound will be back.

By: Xenon

Xenon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:33:07 +0000

Now enjoying even X-Mame (SDL Mame is updated, but slow as hell in the 701). This is great ^^.

By: Micha

Micha — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:41:44 +0000

Thanks for your vigorous development on the Ubuntu eee – a great work done.
I run it on a 901.

Best wishes!

By: Xenon

Xenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:18 +0000

Sure I did the reboot ^^. I am using the RC2 on a EEE 701.

Regards,

By: Mirhas

Mirhas — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:04:57 +0000

@ Xenon
did you make a reboot after starting the program?

By: Xenon

Xenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:48:43 +0000

Mirthas, just tested your app. Notebook Remix is switched off, but main panel is still running.

Regards.

By: Xenon

Xenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:33:52 +0000

Mirthas, now I’ll try your switcher :) Thanks!

PS: I like Notebook Remix too much, but also I think it’s good to switch to “normal” desktop ^^

By: newbie

newbie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:22:06 +0000

Need some understanding here?

Is this RC2 ever going to be a GOLD version? Or is it already ‘AKA’ GOLD…?

By: Mirthas

Mirthas — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:55:57 +0000

hi,
i wrote a little tool to switch netbook remix on or off.
saves the changes to panel after first run.
I think it is quiet use full until something like that is included into ubunt eee.
You can get an deb file form
http://mapoll.de/nbr-switch/nbr-switcher-0.1_ubuntu-eee.deb
hope someone likes it
Mirthas
by the way many thanks to jon and the rest of the crew for this nice distro

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:13:19 +0000

Just a quick question, got Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 Release Candidate 2 on my EeePc 701 4g.
When the system (running just only on battery) gos to sleep iam not getting it to wake up again.
Not bij touching the touchpad or hitting any of the keys.
I have to turn the machine off and on a gain to get it back to a working order, is this a know issu?

Gerard

By: ppyo

ppyo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:17:50 +0000

Solved the “Failed to fetch” problem! It was a wifi glitch. 8)

By: ppyo

ppyo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:10:42 +0000

I gotta say that RC2 was a disappointment. I had way too many problems with it. I decided to go back to ubuntu-eee 8.04, which initially worked perfectly after aplying the RiceeeyTweak script.
Not anymore… After reinstalling u-eee 8.04, I am getting all these annoying problems with apt-get. Not only annoying but downright crippling.
First I was getting all these “bad checksum” messages, now I get “Failed to fetch” for all the repositories!
I followed exactly the same steps as my first (very successful) install.
WTF is going on?!?!?
I agree with other posters that the information in the website is misleading. That download should be clearly marked as “RC2″.
Other than that, thanks for a great effort!

By: Eats Wombats

Eats Wombats — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:10:43 +0000

PS Apologies for my igorance but in turning off netbook remix interface I’d like to have a panel bar at the bottom to which apps minimize. I’ve created a panel, added the Show Desktop button and a Workplace Switcher (discovering all these for the first time) but I can’t see how to find and maximize minimized applications. They disappear! :-) Some problems also with missing help files for these panel apps and in the background colours for them.

Otherwise almost everything seems ok.

Can’t get the red Quit button app into the top right corner (like things to look consistent with my desktop system).

Fn+F8 doesn’t work; worked but not well with Xandros.

Update: found how to find my minimized apps! Add Window Picker app to the bottom panel. GREAT! Easy when you know, I know, but it’s always just been there on my desktop version.

Thanks A.Shetty for the BIOS tip on reseting the wireless.

By: wahyu

wahyu — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:15:34 +0000

can not install grub. installation halt at 82%

By: Stibbons

Stibbons — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:15:03 +0000

I respond to myself on the pbl with the USB mass storage: I’ve just added 2 rules in polkit-gnome-authorization and now mounting and demounting UMS devices is possible.

That just let the Wifi freeze, and the distro would be perfect :)

Thanks for the hard job of packaging everything in a single distro, our favorite linux on our favourite laptop.

By: Eats Wombats

Eats Wombats — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:31:21 +0000

Jon,

Somehow I got a generic iso last time (via Opera’s torrent) — and it looked like the pic on the wiki until it just changed.

I have now reinstalled using the real RC2. I’ll check the MD5 next time but I didn’t see it on the announcement this time around.

This works much better. Problems (on 1000): restart after install doesn’t work. Fn+F2 locks up PC. I turned the wireless off using this, locked up, and I haven’t been able to turn it back on! (locks up again). I’ll reinstall if I have to and will avoid this Fn+F2.

Would it be an idea to include an obvious way of turning the netbook remix interface off? I found the solution via the recent changes on the wiki.Easy if you know to look for recent changes.

Overall, I’m very happy with both the machine and the distro.

By: LuisMW

LuisMW — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:05:49 +0000

Hi, there. After reading the comments here, I’m still a little confused about how is the updating done.

Jon has said, regarding RC1, that:
a) The plan is to have a repository with all the changes when 8.10 is released (this means you can use update manager) and at the same time…

b) It’s not possible to upgrade from rc1 to rc2 / gold

I’m probably misundertanding him. But the only way I can think of having both a and b is that you can’t update from RC1 to RC2, but you will be able to update directly to 8.10. Right?

By: Stibbons

Stibbons — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:27:41 +0000

I’ve also tested your build 8.04.1 RC and have the following remarks:
- Wifi works great
- Fn + F2 freeze just after OSD. This is the only annoying bug I’ve found
- Fn + F8 does nothing apparently but dual screen is possible through gnome settings
- webcam, micro, audio works perfectly
- hibernation and suspend also works.
- ubuntu live sometime freezes, so a “restart ubuntu live” option should be proposed, for instance
- sometime, usb auto mount doesn’t works (“unable to mount”, you must be root).

By: henrik

henrik — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:15:24 +0000

hi, my mic on skype or any apps not woking on my eee 901.

if u know how to fix it mail
boris@xtsradio.se
msn drakboll@post.tre.se

By: tom.higgy

tom.higgy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:48:52 +0000

Disabling wired LAN in BIOS (1101 on 901 linux) caused some issue with pciehp module. Was causing some error at least once per second.

I’ll try to grab the error again when I get time and file a bug on launchpad.

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:57:48 +0000

Well got every thing on my EeePc 701 4Gig in working order now.
Seems that i downloaded just a grim torrent Iso.
Got a good working iso now and afther i Fixt the sound prob an added on the PPA repository (thats is missing from sources.list) all seems to be working well (so far).
All do there is still some work to do (like the poor Wifi signals) and the dubbel onscreen diplaying when your making use of the FN key’s and not all Prog: are really fits good in the launchpad display.

All in all ists looking good like it very mutch

Gerard

By: forlau

forlau — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:05:36 +0000

installed on eee 901.
+ Wifi works fine (Alt+F2 not)
- synaptic reports Hash problem, but you can see fix here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+bug/261022), than its o.k.
-bluetooth was partly broken. Removed naerly everything bluetooth related via synaptic (bluez-util, gnome-bluetooth,…) and reinstalled. Now i can send, recieve to my mobile.

By: Xenon

Xenon — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:32:49 +0000

There will be another bugfix release until 8.04.1 goes gold? The sound and wifi issues must be fixed.

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:38:13 +0000

Hey Bill,

You should try downloading it from here. Here is the http upload that I got it from. It works great for me ;)

http://85.131.189.12/ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso

“Comment below by Mirthas”

BTW, are you located in LA, USA? Perhaps we could get together and I can assist you with the install and apply some of the fixes that worked for me.

Thanks,
Midnite Mac
midnitemac.com

By: bill levasseur

bill levasseur — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:43:24 +0000

Hej! Well, I need some help please! I am a linux noob. Bought a Eee Pc 900 for travel. Came with Linux. Was told by a friend to install ubuntu. Did that last night. Wireless wasn’t working, so I found Ubuntu EEE today. Made an ISO (actually three of them), and when I run it from my external cd player (the same way I installed ubuntu last night) it give me the installation options. I tell it to install, and it opens the “linux kernel”. Once it gets to 100%, it just stops. The cd is still spining, but after about 10 minutes, it just reboots and starts from the beginning again. I want to just get ubuntu eee on my pc. Can I do a format of the computer and start fresh? I tried 3 different cd’s to make sure the error wasn’t there. Please help! :)

Thanks,
Bill

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:12:58 +0000

Gonçalo,

The documents have been updated. Pls check out the following link to make the following change.

http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=How_to_use_Ubuntu_Eee_8.04.1%27s_Regular_Desktop_mode_instead_of_the_Netbook_Remix_interface

Thanks,
Midnite Mac
midnitemac.com

By: Gonçalo, Portugal

Gonçalo, Portugal — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0000

Hy, my problem is resolved i change the server to main server.
i woul like to know how to set the desktop to look normal. thanks

By: herman

herman — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:32:54 +0000

Ok. First I installed ubuntu eee 8.04.1 RC2. The installation-process went smooth. Removed the usb stick. Rebooted. Then I got the message “Error 21: Selected disk does not exist”. Booting ubuntu 8.04.1 was impossible ( also tried “recovery mode”.
Then I installed ubuntu 8.04 and formated the ssd…
No problem! 8.04 was up and running.
Tried to reinastall 8.04.1, but I still get the same message “Selected disk does not exist”…

This is SO frustrating, especially when I see that no one else is having this problem :(

FYI:
-Ubuntu was set to Norwegian (bokmål)
-I’m using eee 900 16GB

By: Gonçalo, Portugal

Gonçalo, Portugal — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:54:37 +0000

first of all. hello to everyone and good work on the ubuntu eee. but i have problem with ubuntu, i have a 901 and this is my first time with a os linux base. i cant install apt. i do sudo apt-get install amarok. and i get that hte package is not available.

By: Flobber

Flobber — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:37:21 +0000

WLAN on a 901 is unable to connect to AP (works flawlessly with Xandros). The logs are filled with error messages like “===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 7(7) BSS returned, data->length = 790″.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:33:17 +0000

Phobia, I’ve noticed that the Fn+F2 disables the WLAN in the BIOS and I must restart the EeePC in order to use it again. If I just do Fn+F2 again, it turns itself off in 3 seconds and there is no way to connect.

I’ve also seen that there is an annoying delay when clicking in order to select a tab in any configuration window of the system (i.e. the network manager, or the mouse configuration). It happens with the touchpad and also with every external mouse I’ve attached to test.

On the other hand, a cheap and little bluetooth usb dongle from dealextreme is fully working out of the box.

By: Akshathkumar Shetty

Akshathkumar Shetty — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:03:42 +0000

Firstly I would like to thank Jon and Adam and other for their great work on Ubuntu EEE 8.04.2 RC2 release4. I have been testing Ubuntu EEE 8.04.11 RC2 on EEE PC 901 and following are my observation and bug reports.

Window close button is missing in nbr interface…

wifi-works fine.

Fn+F1 sends the system to suspend.. but no osd and resume works fine.

Fn+F2 = Shows the osd, it even disables wi-fi but then freezes the os and nothing responds; one has to do a hard reboot. After reboot i tried to enable wifi with Fn+F2 but again it froze after osd but wi-fi was not enabled and I had to enable in bios manually.

Fn+F3 and Fn+F4 works fine with OSD

Fn+F5 does nothing..

Fn+F6 opens System Monitor; repressing it after its open does nothing.. should it close ? and there is no osd.

Fn+F7 works fine. but shows 2 OSD.

Fn+F8 and Fn+F9 look to work ok.. but again has two OSD and when u reduce the volume about 60% its completely low as good as mute. Also the overall volume look to be less.

Fn+F11 works fine and num lk works.

Home key works fine.

Fn+Ins = works fine and ask to save screen shot.

Fn+Del = also ask to save screen shot.. :(

unplugging and plugging of power look to be working fine with OSD.

if u lock the screen; the unlocking does not work.. it keeps telling incorrect password.

audio works fine.. but volume looks bit less.

mic works fine..

web cam works fine

apt-get update does not work out of box tells hash mismatch; one as to del few files to get it working as suggested by Adam.

Hope this is useful..
have also reported on launchpad. Reporting live from EEE PC 901.. :)

By: razor

razor — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:11:15 +0000

hey first i wanna say thanx to jon and co for there hard work we all are gratefull. im using a 901 and my main issue is with the wifi as stated before pressing fn and f2 causes the system to lock up. now when my wifi is set to disable in the bios its still stuck on. so im kinda worried that its damaged now or something. the blue led doesnt seem to go out at all unless a restart of the comp it then blinks off once. please help thanx

By: Javier

Javier — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:09:31 +0000

Adam,

EVDO/HSDPA is a must in such a portable device. While usbserial provides limited performance (480 kbs), airprime goes full rate (7.2 Mbs). We can patch it and compile, however we should either lock the kernel or recompile after every upgrade, not an elegant solution.

Would it be possible to include an airprime.c with current usb modems (Novatel, Huawei, Sierra…) in ur next kernels ?

IMHO it would be a killer app, since no known kernel/distro provides this support today.

Everyone in the kernel business will probably borrow your patched file, but that’s elite ;-)

thank u for ur kernel, works like a charm in my 901.

regards

By: Katzenstreu

Katzenstreu — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:19:38 +0000

Hello Mirthas!

You mean that the torrent file is corrupt but the http-upload works fine?

By: Xenon

Xenon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:22:20 +0000

Ok, just tested on my 701 4G and I have found a BIG problem: THE SOUND MIXER. I have tested some apps that the sound mixer controls don’t work with them, for example SCHISM TRACKER. I think this issue must be fixed. Main sound hardware mixer doesn’t work: it only has MUTE and ON option, it’s impossible to control the volume, except on the apps which use ALSA.

Another problem I’ve found is that main and default repositories are wrong, I’ve managed to change them to fix this problem.

Regards,

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:10:20 +0000

Alexandre Gravier:

here is a http upload that I got it from. It works great for me ;)

http://85.131.189.12/ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso

Comment below by Mirthas

Thanks, Midnite Mac

By: Alexandre Gravier

Alexandre Gravier — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:58:49 +0000

Torrent downloads are blocked in my place (NTU, Singapore); is there any traditional mirror? Or someone to host the image on Dropbox for a small while?

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By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:22:51 +0000

MCAPIK: Not sure why your keys are locked?

Another glitch found is, disabling WiFi with fn+F2 – works fine when enabling. But, can’t disable as it’s immediately re-enables itself.

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:15:18 +0000

Team:

Never-mind, I found the answer to my question below on: eeeguides.com. How to enable to my Webcam for Cheese? I have had this for several month’s and never had a need to use it. My answer was? I had to hit F2 during boot-up then enable it within the BIOS settings.

The only problems I had after install was? My volume was stuck on full blast. I had fixed this here: http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Fix:_volume_control

The current outstanding issue that I have is… Unlocking the screen, once it goes into hibernation and the screen saver locks the screen. I had to switch users to unlock as a workaround.

I love Ubuntu-eee 8.04.1! It is my new best friend :)

Great job, job very well done.

By: MCAPIK

MCAPIK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:52:20 +0000

I have a small problem that maybe you all could help me with…

downloaded and installed 8.04.1
very nice

but now the function key seems to be locked and i can’t uses the ‘num pad’ keys ( ijkl…)

this is very disconcerting as i don’t want to carry my big laptop around. I love my 701

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:44:19 +0000

701 4g Amsn, can not be installed, BT is not supported, sound is still muted, it still boots as slow as the previus version for short its still for of being a golden release, iam going back to the older version for now.

Gerard

By: JRocket

JRocket — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:32:33 +0000

The md5sums hash on my iso was different to that stated on the torrent. The iso worked well enough to run the install, even though it failed the check program on the live cd boot screen (two corrupt files).

I had boot error problems with my USB stick when I tried to just copy over the RC1 version with RC2 using unetbootlin. Once I formatted the usb stick (fat16), it worked just fine.

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:47:18 +0000

It looks like the torrent is OK except it has the wrong hash in details. Here is the hash I got when I downloaded it via http (same hash as I got when I pulled down the torrent):
md5sum ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso
9e4c3b9c39beb4d6f9c927725a1b781a ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso

I am 63% through installing it from USB and I am also burning a CD for my coworker. So good so far.

-PaulK

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:44:18 +0000

Downloaded, Installed, Looks great! I’m speechless!

After installing (I think 7 updates only) my disk space is now at 1.8GB’s available. I have much more than before… Hey!

I do have a question? I am not sure how to enable to webcam? After launching ‘Cheese?’ What is the key+combination in-order to get the Webcam to respond? All I receive is static???

Thank you everyone… I am so thrilled to have moved into this fine community ;)

Midnite Mac
midnitemac.com

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:27:40 +0000

hmmm…I saw jrockets message about reformatting his usb drive…tried that and it worked w/the same iso…

It boots. We’ll see how it installs :-)

-PaulK

By: Mirthas

Mirthas — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:12:56 +0000

i guess jon should publish the original hash here. But i cant confirm your problem. Don’t think there is something wrong with the torrent

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:01:53 +0000

There does seem to be a problem with the torrent. I downloaded it twice and I got the same md5sum as Katzenstreu.

Both times when I used unetbootin & boot off my USB stick I get the following error:

My coworker downloaded it too and got the same message when using an external CD-ROM (we have both done this with other versions of eee-ubuntu w/o problems)

Thanks

-PaulK

By: Mirthas

Mirthas — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:36:30 +0000

hi,
are you sure that this hash is wrong? the iso on my home computer has the same hash (independent torrent download).

By: Katzenstreu

Katzenstreu — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:09:10 +0000

Somebody told my that the upload of Mirthas has a wrong hash (9e4c3b9c39beb4d6f9c927725a1b781a).
Mirthas, can you fix that?
Jon, could you write him an email?

By: Phobia

Phobia — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:04:57 +0000

Gonzalo, Pidgin’s account adding screen goes out of bounds for gtalk at least with EEE 701. A quick workaround is to click the ok key using the keyboard by pressing tab.

The OK button is the second button outside the screen when adding new account. The first one outside is Cancel.

After you have added your account and clicked ok by activating the Ok button with tab+enter, the pidgin itself is usable and fits the screen.

By: Gonzalo

Gonzalo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:07:12 +0000

Jon, i meant the lower part of the apps windows, where the “ok” or “cancel” are usually placed. Opera and firefox fit to screen height, but in some software, like pidgin, i cant see the bottom, especially the options window. is it just me? maybe i`ve missed something.
Thanks for all your work, just wished i had linux skills to help out

By: edd

edd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:04:03 +0000

Does the live cd installer have an option to set up full disk encryption? – this is especially useful for such a small laptop

By: bullx

bullx — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0000

please how can I go back to a standard gnome descktop+panels, maybe I’m the only here but I don’t like netbook remix very much…
is there a way to go back to the old school interface?

By: Testing

Testing — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:20:56 +0000

Jon, (2 things)

as you have quoted below. This is also AKA ‘GOLD’?

QUOTE
M, no you wont have to do a complete reinstall from Rc2 to gold because they’re the same version ;)
UNQUOTE

All documentation doesn’t comply with the (.1) version. Correct?

How soon will the screenshot be replaced at:
http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/

Many thanks, TEAM!

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:19:29 +0000

Jon, (2 things)

as you have quoted below. This is also AKA ‘GOLD’?

QUOTE
M, no you wont have to do a complete reinstall from Rc2 to gold because they’re the same version ;)
UNQUOTE

All documentation doesn’t comply with the (.1) version. Correct?

How soon will the screenshot be replaced at:
http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/

Many thanks, TEAM!

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:38:42 +0000

Jon,

Do we need to worry about applying the “auto fix script” to the new 8.04.1 seed??

I am referring to the script posted here:

http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=How_to_use_the_ubuntu-eee_script

Thank you, Team!

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:29:48 +0000

Also once I get it at work is it possible to seed w/o pulling it down via torrent? I am still seeding at home but have a much fatter pipe at work…

Thanks

-PaulK

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:23:04 +0000

Gonzalo, you’re thinking about the bottom panel? There is no bottom panel in the 8.04.1 version :) It’s not possible to upgrade from rc1 to rc2 / gold

M, no you wont have to do a complete reinstall from Rc2 to gold because they’re the same version ;)

henrik, yes

Eats Wombats, the 1000 version should be supported. Please report as bug

JRocket, went from seeding with utorrent to azureus :)

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:01 +0000

Can someone post the md5sum?

I pulled it down last night and used unetbootin to install it on my thumbdrive.

I get “could not find kernel image: linux” when I try & boot off my usb.

I am sftp’ing it from home to work and will try again.

Thanks

-PaulK

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:02:07 +0000

Okies, found the solution to my problem. Namely, in Software Sources change from US server to Main server. Rock out.

And Jon, nice work to you and all the others you’re working with.

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:21 +0000

Well do not know why, but i just can not get this verion installed on my eeepc 4g. (live it runs nice from the cd).
Every time it gives me have way the installation grap that there is someting wrong with my harddisks or the machiene is getting to hot.
When installing the older ubuntu-eee version on the same hardware with the same hardware it just install’s with out any prob’s.

Gerard

By: Xenon

Xenon — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:47:14 +0000

I am seeding the RC2, and now I will install it :D

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:30:29 +0000

Hey-

Install on a 4G 701 went perfectly fine. Glad to see the WM (or whatever) it is for Netbook Remix is working. But getting a “Hash Sum mismatch” for pulling things from the Ubuntu Repositories–is this part of the plan?

By: Jan Forsblom

Jan Forsblom — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:23:37 +0000

Complete reinstall is probably nessessary. I have my system set up in such way that ubuntu-eee is installed at SSD, but /home is on SDHC-card. Then I do partitioning manually when installing so I don’t get my /home formatted.

Doing this saves a lot of trouble since I can keep all user settings for all the programs easily.

By: Gonzalo

Gonzalo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:15 +0000

just wondering if there`s anyway to upgrade from rc1…and if anyone else is missing the bottom of apps in 701, did i configure my screen wrong?? thanks in advance!

By: M

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:41:43 +0000

So will I have to do a complete reinstall when gold arrives or will it be upgradable from RC2 ?

By: Jean-Francois Messier

Jean-Francois Messier — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:14:34 +0000

Good. I’m getting the ISO from the mirror and will then see to publish it on my blog.

By: Mirthas

Mirthas — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:22:23 +0000

@Mirrors
here is a http upload
http://85.131.189.12/ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso

By: Phobia

Phobia — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:12:47 +0000

Jimbo, I’m running it also on 701 (4G) and I’m not having any problems with WLAN? During first boot, I connected to WLAN using the tool which is active on the menu bar by default, and after that, it has been connected smoothly – and reconnects nicely after suspend.

The volume manager on the other hand acts just like you said. After every boot, it shows muted.

By: JRocket

JRocket — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:12:25 +0000

Had to reformat my USBKey, but now have a working install on Eee1000.

Suspend only crashed flash in firefox (youtube). Sound works fine though. No problems with the UI. Wired network still works.

Switching Wireless on/off by Fn+F2 froze the OS completely. Swiched off okay with power button though. I noticed that the OSD images are different for the EEE1000, as the icon used says its switching Wireless+Bluetooth on/off.

The only other bug I found was scrolling the UI, such as in Preferences or Administration (reported upstream already I believe).

Haven’t tried hibernate yet.

I’ll report the bugs in detail on launchpad.

By: Mirrors

Mirrors — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:56:37 +0000

I cannot download torrents at work. Can someone please post the iso on http/ftp?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:41:07 +0000

Downloaded, seeding and installed RC2 into the SSD (using EeePC 701/4G).

First issue I’ve noticed: as previously said in other comment, volume manager thinks it’s muted, like in an Ubuntu fresh install.

Second issue: WLAN turns itself off when accessing net management tool. It makes it impossible to connect.

BTW, it was easy to deactivate the netbook remix interface in order to have a normal desktop. Just needed to go to Preferences -> Session and uncheck some of the things.

Keep up the great work! Looking foward to a gold release. Greetings from Spain.

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:22:31 +0000

@ henrik

Nope its still the Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 Release Candidate2 version.
And do some still small items that has to be fixt (i hope) its still no Gold release.

Gerard

By: henrik

henrik — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:20:07 +0000

is this the gold ver ?

By: DeGrijze

DeGrijze — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:52:01 +0000

Wel got the download finaly 100%, burned to a Cd and run it in live mode on my 701.
All seems to be working (all do the sound is still turned of add start up (big red X on the sound-icon in the topbar) and the BT stick is not showing up in the taskbar this BT stick runs with out any problems in Ubuntu-eee 8.04 release.
All looks nice so far in the cd live mode (exept for the sound prob and the BT issu), wil run a installed version to morrow just to check if everything is working (like sound and BT issu) like it shut be.
Please keep up the good work

By: Eats Wombats

Eats Wombats — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:54:36 +0000

Just installed on an eee 1000. Looks really great but… no connectivity :-( I see from Launchpad that a fix has been released. Not included??

Did I say the presentation is SUPERB?!

By: Finn-Henning

Finn-Henning — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:52:45 +0000

Uhm, i think i did everything correct when making a live flash drive.

But it still wont run Ubuntu, checked the files and seems 3 are missing. I notice some other people are mentioning the same “problem”? :S

By: Finn-Henning

Finn-Henning — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:33:19 +0000

Trying this release candidate on my eee 900 quite soon.

Making a live usb right now :) will be exited to try this out.

By: tom.higgy

tom.higgy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:53:59 +0000

Excellent! My 901 finally arrived 2 days ago so I’ll be able to try this out tomorrow!

Default OS seems happy to go to sleep but has some issue bringing back the wireless. Had several lockups. At least it has a quick boot.

Hopefully a community supported OS will be more solid…

By: capawi

capawi — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:04:41 +0000

can’t wait to try this out :) just over 28% downloaded so far.

thanks for your hard work jon and all involved.

and also thanks to everyone seeding :P

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:53:35 +0000

Ok, now there seems to be the missing meg, and 100% completed. At last it is install time :)

By: JRocket

JRocket — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:53:06 +0000

Looks like the gods of the information super highway have smiled on us…

100% and seeding, along with 33 others…

By: Adam McDaniel

Adam McDaniel — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:51:19 +0000

This is the second Release Candidate, right? … how come the ISO file isn’t labeled “RC2″ in the torrent?

By: Roy Olthof

Roy Olthof — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:17:39 +0000

It is possible. Use unetbootin-windows-274.exe for windows for example.

By: Herman G

Herman G — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:13:13 +0000

Hi!

I’m also stuck at 99.8% :(

Q: Will it be possible to use “unetbootin-eeeubuntu” so I could boot from a usb stick? I don’t want to by an external cd-drive..

By: Gah

Gah — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:44:48 +0000

“Get it while it’s hot”? A chance would be a fine thing! Fix the torrent please.

By: JRocket

JRocket — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:21:26 +0000

Can anyone with a complete iso image post some pars somewhere?

In case you don’t know what pars are, have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par
I use PyPar if I am archiving stuff to DVD, in case it gets scratched:
http://pypar2.silent-blade.org

By: lukeen

lukeen — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:09:56 +0000

even if the 99% percent version is working, PLEASE SEED anyone who has 100%!

By: Will R

Will R — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:47:44 +0000

99.84% still and no seeds. It’s got another hour and then I’m going to have to leave it for now.

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:40:49 +0000

In related news – Great work Jon and other Ubuntu-EEE people. 8.0.4.1 looks great, and now also suspending the 701 seems to work properly!

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:36:41 +0000

Well, there is always tomorrow. Or even the after tomorrow :) You will definitely want to make the switch, that Xandros-thing is hidious.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:31:22 +0000

And I picked *today* to try and switch my 900 to ubuntu.

No ubuntu for me :-(

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:22:24 +0000

Ok, something important is in that missing megabyte. LiveCD-usage works fine, but the installer notices the broken files at 35% (or so) and aborts the install.

Ahwell, I’ll keep playing with it using the livecd until a proper image is online. On 701, even a broken 8.0.4.1 one works better than 8.0.4 :)

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:10:17 +0000

Again doing a monolog, but despite being 98.4, it seems to work fine. The image mounted, was burned and does boot 8.0.4.1 just fine. Ubuntu’s own verify says that there are 3 checksum mismatches on the cd, dunno which three files those are, but hopefully the are three man pages.

Installing it on SSD now.

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:45:21 +0000

.. Apart from the fact it it was broken :)

Come on, last meg, without it beeing broken, plz! :)

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:41:29 +0000

Yey! 100%! Will be seeding it forever :)
(and CD is already burning :)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:25:04 +0000

The torrent is somehow not seeding properly from Jon’s side. PLease fix this !!

By: Phobia

Phobia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:24:00 +0000

Seeding 1.5 MB /sec but sitting tighly at 99.84%. Get the missing meg online, plz! :)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:18:12 +0000

There seems to be a problem with the torrest, that’s why people are stranded on 99,8%. I keep getting “[2008-09-04 20:16:27] *** ubuntu-eee-8.04.1.iso: PIECE 187 FAILED HASH CHECK
[2008-09-04 20:16:27] Banned 84.48.121.79:49382
” in utorrent, and I believe that this is Jon, being the only seeder…

By: JRocket

JRocket — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:41:19 +0000

There are lot of people, including myself, sat at 99.84% complete. That is less than 1Mib off.

There is no one showing as seeding at the moment. I am using Deluge, other people are using Transmission, uTorrent, Azureus, ets. So I dont think it matters too much what you are using.

It all adds to the excitement I guess…

By: Katzenstreu

Katzenstreu — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:10:49 +0000

I’ve downloaded 96% of this RC. But my upload could be much higher. I’m using Transmission. Should I use another program?

By: Midnite Mac

Midnite Mac — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:41:42 +0000

Ante Vekic, FYI: I posted the last suggestion to you. I forgot to post my name! ~Thanks

By: dude

dude — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:39:53 +0000

hi jon

awesome work
Could you possible modify dell’s ubuntu mini inspiron OS
for eee pc?
I like the launcher(check the video http://blog.laptopmag.com/video-hands-on-with-the-dell-inspiron-mini-9 )

It would be great if we find a restore disk

Cya

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:36:39 +0000

Ante Vekic:

My suggestion would be to install this RC2 update. The reason why is simple really. Jon and the community have most likely fixed all previous bugs in the RC1 that have been documented. It’s always a good rule of thumb to stay current and run the latest & greatest.

Like my father told me at a young age: “Son, never pass up anything FREE… That’s one reason why we all choose Linux in the first place. Correct?

By: Ante Vekic

Ante Vekic — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:16:30 +0000

Oh damn.. I installed and tweaked RC1 again just yesterday! ;)

Would you suggest me to wait for another RC, or to install this one?

By: ongofongo

ongofongo — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:10:39 +0000

Thanks!
Torrenting right now and will keep this up as long as possible!
I’m really looking forward to the 2nd RC!

By: Will

Will — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:08:20 +0000

50% downloaded, will seed like crazy when done.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:52:48 +0000

Request to all downloaders: KEEP SEEDING. Or noone will ever get their proverbial hands on this release

By: Xenon

Xenon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:26:46 +0000

Just downloading!!!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:47:06 +0000

Nice! HAve to test this one!

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:16:53 +0000

manually reinstall. The plan is to have a repository with all the changes when 8.10 is released (this means you can use update manager)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:28:30 +0000

Will update manager take care of applying this RC or will we have to manually re-install?