Today Ubuntu 7.10 has been released!
You can download it at: www.ubuntu.com
Where I live, Internet connection is not fast so I rather prefer downloading the Torrent first.
I Installed Ubuntu in my Inspiron 1520 Machine without any trouble (Compared to previous versions). So far, I have tried the following Items:
- Wireless Network. It worked like a breeze
- Screen at High Resolution (Although I haven't tried yet the nVidia drivers)
- Bluetooth seem to be working (It finds devices nearby)
First Item I was not able to have running is the audio, so I searched over the Internet, and I found this great thread in a Forum:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=577469
I followed the steps in a similar way as described in that thread:
- Installed "libc6-dev" using the Synaptics package Manager
- Installed "patch" using the synaptics package Manager
- wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.15rc1.tar.bz2
- tar xvpjf alsa-driver-1.0.15rc1.tar.bz2
- cd alsa-driver-1.0.15rc1
- ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel,emu10k1
- make
- sudo make install
I had issues with the Bluetooth mouse. When trying to connect to that device, system thrown an error.
I followed directions on this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=87919
But, with some slight modifications. Please take a look:
Execute:
hcitool scan
This application will scan the surroundings identifying Bluetooth devices. Don't forget clicking on the "Available" button on your mouse. If mouse is found, then you will be able to view its MAC address
Next instruction:
sudo hidd --connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Where xx... is the MAC address you found with the previous command.
This command will connect the mouse to your computer, but ... only temporarily. As soon as you restart your computer, you loose connection.
Having you mouse working always, you have to edit the following file:
/etc/default/bluetooth
(This is the correct name under Ubuntu 7.10)
By modifying the following lines:
HIDD_ENABLED=1
HIDD_OPTIONS="-i xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx --server"
This way, mouse will be working as you ever dreamed.
Comments
Then : does this work with 8.10?