Edgy Eft - Ubuntu 6.10
Hiya all.. long time no see..
How are you all been doing out there.. I hope everything works ok.. :)
As for me.. just been busy here and there.. not sure if I'll go back to FF (crossing fingers)..
Anyway.. if you are a Linux user, you must heard that they are releasing new kernel few days ago.. So.. I was excited too!!...
Today I finally finished downloading the new version of Ubuntu with code name Edgy Eft.. Pretty troublesome if I must say.. It didn't like my laptop.. Ferrari 4005.. Blank screen all over the place.. but the sound was running..
I managed spare my time to browse websites for the fixes.. but could not find the nice one.. however.. I found one website that gave me a clue on how to fix it...
Anyway.. If you are a Ferrari owner.. here's how you put the bad boy in the car..
1. Download the iso and burn it..
2. Boot the cd..
3. Choose the "safe graphical instalation"
4. Press F4 for VGA config.. I picked the 1024 x 1028? maybe? forgot lol..
5. Press F6 for boot options.. and ENTER
6. Edgy Eft will still boot in blank screen mode.. but..!!
7. Once you hear the opening sound.. press CTRL + ALT + F6 to switch to text mode..
8. Once you are in text mode, you have to configure your network.. start by editing your /etc/network/interface file
9. If you are on STATIC IP like me.. go to "auto eth0" line..
10. Change the word "dhcp" to "static"
11. Add the following lines..
"address (your ip address)"
"netmask (your netmask)"
"gateway (your gateway)" with out the quotes.. and fill your own numbers!!
I just deleted all other entries except the loopback interface because it kept listening for DHCP
12. Not done yet.. still have to add DNS!! type the following "sudo touch /etc/resolv.conf" and after that "sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf"
13. Add the following line(s) "nameserver (your DNS address)" once done save it..
14. Then go do "sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop" and "/etc/init.d/networking start"
15. You should be able to ping yahoo
16. Then do "sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx"
17. Wait couple mins and then edit your xorg.conf.. it's in /etc/X11 folder
18. Find the following line in "DEVICE" section.. driver "ati" and then change it to "fglrx" save it
19. Ah.. if you wanna make sure the fglrx driver is running try this "modprobe -v |grep fglrx" should be something around fglrx.ko
20. Once u know it's running.. press CTRL + ALT + F7.. should go to blank screen mode again and CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE to restart your X.. wait a while.. and walah!!
Now you can install your new Ubuntu release in your Ferrari :D
How are you all been doing out there.. I hope everything works ok.. :)
As for me.. just been busy here and there.. not sure if I'll go back to FF (crossing fingers)..
Anyway.. if you are a Linux user, you must heard that they are releasing new kernel few days ago.. So.. I was excited too!!...
Today I finally finished downloading the new version of Ubuntu with code name Edgy Eft.. Pretty troublesome if I must say.. It didn't like my laptop.. Ferrari 4005.. Blank screen all over the place.. but the sound was running..
I managed spare my time to browse websites for the fixes.. but could not find the nice one.. however.. I found one website that gave me a clue on how to fix it...
Anyway.. If you are a Ferrari owner.. here's how you put the bad boy in the car..
1. Download the iso and burn it..
2. Boot the cd..
3. Choose the "safe graphical instalation"
4. Press F4 for VGA config.. I picked the 1024 x 1028? maybe? forgot lol..
5. Press F6 for boot options.. and ENTER
6. Edgy Eft will still boot in blank screen mode.. but..!!
7. Once you hear the opening sound.. press CTRL + ALT + F6 to switch to text mode..
8. Once you are in text mode, you have to configure your network.. start by editing your /etc/network/interface file
9. If you are on STATIC IP like me.. go to "auto eth0" line..
10. Change the word "dhcp" to "static"
11. Add the following lines..
"address (your ip address)"
"netmask (your netmask)"
"gateway (your gateway)" with out the quotes.. and fill your own numbers!!
I just deleted all other entries except the loopback interface because it kept listening for DHCP
12. Not done yet.. still have to add DNS!! type the following "sudo touch /etc/resolv.conf" and after that "sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf"
13. Add the following line(s) "nameserver (your DNS address)" once done save it..
14. Then go do "sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop" and "/etc/init.d/networking start"
15. You should be able to ping yahoo
16. Then do "sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx"
17. Wait couple mins and then edit your xorg.conf.. it's in /etc/X11 folder
18. Find the following line in "DEVICE" section.. driver "ati" and then change it to "fglrx" save it
19. Ah.. if you wanna make sure the fglrx driver is running try this "modprobe -v |grep fglrx" should be something around fglrx.ko
20. Once u know it's running.. press CTRL + ALT + F7.. should go to blank screen mode again and CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE to restart your X.. wait a while.. and walah!!
Now you can install your new Ubuntu release in your Ferrari :D