Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
On 04/29/2011 08:59 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: I fired up Beta 2 a couple weeks ago. Seemed nice enough, though I was trying to get the feel for the interface. And what finally turned me back to 10.10, though, was the fact that I could *NOT* find a way to access what I'll nominally call the preferences and administration menus. And, yeah, I know I can search for the stuff -- and that's great, when you already know what you're searching for. But how the do I just poke around? I upgraded my Acer Aspire One netbook using the Upgrade option from 10.10, and everything came up perfectly including the wireless. The only thing I had to do is to move the window buttons from the left to the right. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
I find that the interface for Ubuntu Studio is less crowded and more pleasing. It is also more classic, and the distro doesn't load on a lot of junk. Just when installing, you get to the options, like music, video, and so on, uncheck them all. Then just install LibreOffice yourself. -Original Message- From: Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Sent: Apr 30, 2011 7:21 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions... On 04/29/2011 08:59 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: I fired up Beta 2 a couple weeks ago. Seemed nice enough, though I was trying to get the feel for the interface. And what finally turned me back to 10.10, though, was the fact that I could *NOT* find a way to access what I'll nominally call the preferences and administration menus. And, yeah, I know I can search for the stuff -- and that's great, when you already know what you're searching for. But how the do I just poke around? I upgraded my Acer Aspire One netbook using the Upgrade option from 10.10, and everything came up perfectly including the wireless. The only thing I had to do is to move the window buttons from the left to the right. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
I know I mentioned that it was an older Dell desktop with 2GB of RAM, but I should also point out that the Unity desktop was not going to run on that hardware, which I knew, and on boot-up the first time the system told me this and also told me I could choose the usual Gnome desktop on log-in. However, on log-in there was no such choice. The current screen shows me the usual Ubuntu Applications, Places, System, date and clock on the top bar and looks good to go, but the mouse cursor is frozen in the center. Ken, are you looking for the preferences and admin stuff via the Unity desktop? I have a list here close by of a half-dozen things we should do after we upgrade to 11.04 but without the mouse or command line I am stuck right now. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: I fired up Beta 2 a couple weeks ago. Seemed nice enough, though I was trying to get the feel for the interface. And what finally turned me back to 10.10, though, was the fact that I could *NOT* find a way to access what I'll nominally call the preferences and administration menus. And, yeah, I know I can search for the stuff -- and that's great, when you already know what you're searching for. But how the do I just poke around? Thanks for any/all insights... -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:30:40PM -0400, David Hardy wrote: I have a list here close by of a half-dozen things we should do after we upgrade to 11.04 but without the mouse or command line I am stuck right now. You should always have the command line unless Ubuntu has gone and done something totally broken in their setup. You can hit Ctrl-Alt-F(1-7) to get to the console ttys. That is also how I'd attempt to fix your mouse problem. Log in and examine the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if your mouse is being (mis)detected. Since it sounds like your install/update was less than smooth, it's probably worth seeing if a round of apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get -f install and a reboot would automagically fix things without resorting to reading manuals. -b -- doubt is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is a ridiculous one. voltaire ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
That is what I thought, however Ctrl-Alt- plus any of the F1-7 keys get me only a blank black screen and no prompt whatsoever. And then, I can only do Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get the normal window back again, with the top bar listing Applications, Places, etc. Strange. Methinks the upgrade and subsequent deleting and adding of packages and final config borked something or other. If I could have got to the Terminal/command line I would have tried the next logical steps but at this point I may just go back to 10.10. On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Ben Eisenbraun b...@klatsch.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:30:40PM -0400, David Hardy wrote: I have a list here close by of a half-dozen things we should do after we upgrade to 11.04 but without the mouse or command line I am stuck right now. You should always have the command line unless Ubuntu has gone and done something totally broken in their setup. You can hit Ctrl-Alt-F(1-7) to get to the console ttys. That is also how I'd attempt to fix your mouse problem. Log in and examine the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if your mouse is being (mis)detected. Since it sounds like your install/update was less than smooth, it's probably worth seeing if a round of apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get -f install and a reboot would automagically fix things without resorting to reading manuals. -b -- doubt is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is a ridiculous one. voltaire ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Speaking of 11.04 questions...
At the login screen when you are entering your password select ubuntu classic at the bottom of the screen. I forget the exact wording but you'll know it when you see it. That will disable Unity and bring you back to the 10.10 UI. I used unity for about 2 minutes before I decided I didn't like it. -Mark - Reply message - From: Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org To: GNHLUG gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Speaking of 11.04 questions... Date: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 8:59 pm I fired up Beta 2 a couple weeks ago. Seemed nice enough, though I was trying to get the feel for the interface. And what finally turned me back to 10.10, though, was the fact that I could *NOT* find a way to access what I'll nominally call the preferences and administration menus. And, yeah, I know I can search for the stuff -- and that's great, when you already know what you're searching for. But how the do I just poke around? Thanks for any/all insights... -Ken ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
