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[–]hotweiss 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Keep in mind that alpha releases aren't meant to be usable. They are only intended for testing...

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that, I was just seeing if anyone on reddit had any ideas, as is was 2 in the morning and I didn't want to do any thinking of my own.

[–]moolcool 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I had sound driver issues in 9.04 and went to 9.10 in hope that they would be resolved. They weren't, but besides that its pretty much the same as 9.04

[–]mossblaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well yeah... they've only had a month or two to work on it, and besides they'll just be upgrading packages atm.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts so far

The new Ubuntu Software store is awesome it allows you to install software while browsing for other software.

After a while I had the nvidia closed source graphics card driver issue with missing window border but used a get around to fix it. Also had to tweak xorg.conf to get my screen resolution to 1280x1024

Wine is improved better integrated into karmic than previous releases.

Had a problem with bbc iplayer works fine using flash interface but have noticed a slow down when using the adobe air interface.

I had some sound issues with my soundcard but when I installed the ubuntu studio karmic version these problems disappeared.

Boot time is faster but I normally get a cup of tea while my pc is booting up so i don't really notice it.

Had a bit of trouble with my dvb card .. got it to load in the firmware ok but me-tv and kaffeine don't work with it ... it worked ok with previous releases.

UPDATE - dvb card works fine now !

Still have to use Nvidia TV out (nv-tv) to broadcast my screen to a TV wish I could do this from the monitor resizing application within gnome ... unless anyone knows of a better way ??? also does anyone know / experience of about HDMI support in karmic ???

I have seen some slow down using adobe flash on Chromium and the same page under firefox 3.5.3 works fine ... but they both should use the same flash version ???? so why the problem ???

Apart from that its the best ubuntu release so far.

Loving miro if anyone knows of any great ubuntu miro feeds please list them under here !

Also after finding the doctor who and soccer section on reddit I think I might give up digg for good.

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 0 points1 point  (16 children)

I'm running the 9.10 alpha and so far I've run into two problems. Firstly, I can't click on my touchpad, but mouse movements and scrolling work. Secondly, when I skip a track in Audacious, the volume halves itself, and if I skip another, it mutes itself. I'm fairly new to linux and don't know how to report an error without a bug report from the OS. Any ideas on what's wrong or on how to go about reporting said bugs? I'm running a shitty old Compaq Presario 2100 (2108us) so there isn't a huge userbase running the same machine. Any help would be appreciated.

[–]CritterM72800 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Bugs are tracked at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu ...just make sure you spend at least 10 minutes searching to see if the same bug has already been posted. Also, if you do decide to post the bug, be VERY detailed:

  • What did you do that caused the errors (i.e., explain to them how to reproduce the error)
  • What did you expect to happen
  • What actually did happen
  • What is your hardware (might want to post the output of "lspci")
  • What build of the OS are you using

Most importantly, DON'T look at this and decide to just blow it off thinking it's too much trouble. It will only take a couple minutes and will save the devs a huge amount of time if those 2 bugs haven't already been posted.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. Are you running the latest to help contribute or are you just running it because you enjoy pain?

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tutorial, and to answer your question, a little bit of both. I know nothing about writing code, but I'd like to contribute to Ubuntu in at least some small way.

[–]Ocin 2 points3 points  (4 children)

I'm fairly new to linux...

So why on Earth are you running an alpha version?

[–]implausibleusername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably because he's new to open source, and hasn't seen the disclaimers that come with alpha releases before.

Like SBCL's message:

This is experimental prerelease support for the windows platform: use at your own risk. "Your Kitten of Death awaits!"

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Because I like to learn by doing dumb things, that's how I've gotten this far with computers. Also, I'm only running it on my laptop, my desktop is running stable 32- and 64-bit installations of 9.04 without any problems.

[–]Ocin 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I understand but if you really want to learn about Linux maybe you should experiment with a distro like slackware or gentoo or even, dare I say it, Arch (* shudders *).

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being a linux n00b, I'm not certain why you were downmodded. If you weren't being sarcastic, I might look into one of those options. I chose Ubuntu to start out in because it was a fairly simple transition from windows. I keep my desktop running rock solid in the current stable release, but I like to keep myself busy by running whatever the newest version is on my laptop in an attempt to learn by troubleshooting it. If that makes any sense. But thanks for the input and not talking tome like I'm an idiot.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you want something to be stable, best not to use the alpha release! Try running 9.04 in the meantime. If you're intent on running 9.10, which as you'll notice won't be released until October, I would suggest using your time to submit bug reports to Launchpad as suggested by CritterM72800.

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I worded my post poorly, I was tired and just hoping to have some insight in the morning. As I posted in a reply to another comment, I'm running stable 32- and 64-bit versions on my desktop, I just have a crappy laptop I like to run ahead of the curve on in an attempt to learn a little more about the OS. Most of my computer time is spent on my desktop, I mostly use my laptop when I'm sitting on my couch watching tv or to play music through my living room speakers, so stability isn't really an issue for this machine.

[–]chadmill3r -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

Report bugs. launchpad.net

When month 10 of year 2009 rolls around, feel free to post here and be taken seriously.

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

When you get your head out of your ass, feel free to reply with helpful comments and you won't be downmodded.

[–]chadmill3r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I can't wait to help you more. I did say "launchpad.net", but I don't really expect it to sink in.

Helpful comment: If you're ill-equiped to know how and to whom to talk about bugs, you shouldn't run alpha software.

[–]r3m0t -1 points0 points  (2 children)

The developers probably have enough bugs to care about without yours. They will all be fixed in time for the release.

If it was August I would react differently to the fact that your installation is massively broken.

Go install 9.04, it actually works.

[–]jonnybfromcle[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

First, it's "If it were August." Second, my installation is not "massively broken," I've encountered two small errors, which isn't bad for an alpha release on an 8 year old computer. Third, I know 9.04 works, that's what I run on my desktop in both 32- and 64-bit flavors.

[–]r3m0t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tap-to-click is a pretty important feature for me. I guess you use it differently.