Re: Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-27 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
2011/9/27 chris hermansen : > Wow!  WOW!  *W*O*W* > > When I came back to my elderly Toshiba laptop tonight, which is running > patched-up-to-date Beta-2, it had suspended itself!  And, the most amazing > thing, when I touched the power switch, it came back to life successfully - > network, Goo

Re: Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-26 Thread chris hermansen
Wow! WOW! *W*O*W* When I came back to my elderly Toshiba laptop tonight, which is running patched-up-to-date Beta-2, it had suspended itself! And, the most amazing thing, when I touched the power switch, it came back to life successfully - network, Google connection, and everything! Fantas

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-26 Thread Glen Ditchfield
On September 25, 2011 22:12:54 ksh shrm wrote: > Is the procedure similar as installing ubuntu and during installation, > select advanced option for partition and creating a new one out of it? Yes, it's pretty simple. If you sign up for ISO testing as well as laptop testing, there are even test c

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-26 Thread ksh shrm
Yep, I have. Is the procedure similar as installing ubuntu and during installation, select advanced option for partition and creating a new one out of it? Will do that today. However, what's the process for undoing that partition change? I'm downloading ISO right now ;) Thanks ~Aakash On Mon, S

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-26 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
2011/9/24 Aakash Sharma : > i do have a laptop running 11.04 and i'm willing to test for 11.10 beta. > however, is there a way to secure things so that if anything goes wrong, my > data + settings for 11.04 remain the same? You can test it using a live cd/usb disk. Have a look here: https://help.

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-25 Thread Glen Ditchfield
> Am 24.09.2011 15:47 schrieb Aakash Sharma : > i do have a laptop running 11.04 and i'm willing to test for 11.10 beta. > however, is there a way to secure things so that if anything goes wrong, > my data + settings for 11.04 remain the same? > > it's my primary laptop, so i can't afford to loose

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-25 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
I won't be able to swap my laptop's harddrive, I only have one. I will use the liveCD amd64 to test. Then use the 32bit liveCD. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:16 AM, chris hermansen wrote: > Dani, the instructions on the testing page are pretty explicit NOT to use a > virtual machine. > > What works

Re: Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-25 Thread chris hermansen
Dani, the instructions on the testing page are pretty explicit NOT to use a virtual machine. What works for me is to have a spare hard drive for testing. At least on my old Toshiba and Dell, it only takes five minutes to swap. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:42 AM, wrote: > Hello, as always said, thi

AW: Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-25 Thread danisoufi
Hello, as always said, this is a beta version and you shouldn't install it on your primary pc. i suggest that you install a virtual machine like vmware, virtualbox or what ever, and test ubuntu from their.Regards,Dani-- Gesendet von meinem HP TouchPadAm 24.09.2011 15:47 schrieb Aakash Sharma : i do

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-24 Thread Aakash Sharma
i do have a laptop running 11.04 and i'm willing to test for 11.10 beta. however, is there a way to secure things so that if anything goes wrong, my data + settings for 11.04 remain the same? it's my primary laptop, so i can't afford to loose it for more than 2 days and i need a way to get things

Join Ubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 Laptop Testing

2011-09-23 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
Hi all! Oneiric Beta 2 is out now and we ask everyone on the QA team to participate in the laptop testing, confirming positive/negative results and checking for regressions from previous milestones. The procedures for testing your laptop and reporting results are explained on https://wiki.ubuntu.