The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260 - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T16:59:41Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/the-next-challenge-that-brute?groupUrl=ubuntu&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHello Urko,
I had a bit of fr…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-01-16:649749:Comment:5835322011-01-16T23:43:11.453ZJoel Garciahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoelGarcia
<p>Hello Urko,</p>
<p>I had a bit of free time today and decided to tackle the challenge of installing 10.04 again. To my surprise I was successful to a point. After 6 minutes of going online. my screen turned black and then began flashing on and off repeatedly. Now I remembered why it didn't work before. Well, I was not about to give up. So, I got to thinking, I was using 10.04 and wondered if there was a 10.04.1 available. Perhaps there might be some fixes. There is a 10.04.01 with many bug…</p>
<p>Hello Urko,</p>
<p>I had a bit of free time today and decided to tackle the challenge of installing 10.04 again. To my surprise I was successful to a point. After 6 minutes of going online. my screen turned black and then began flashing on and off repeatedly. Now I remembered why it didn't work before. Well, I was not about to give up. So, I got to thinking, I was using 10.04 and wondered if there was a 10.04.1 available. Perhaps there might be some fixes. There is a 10.04.01 with many bug fixes and updates.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This is what happened. I downloaded and burned the iso. image and installed it on the sx260. I rebooted and to my disgust and let down, it did not boot up and I was met with that flashing screen. Ug! Again, I was not about to give up. I started up in recovery mode and let the software do its thing. Then, I went to "fix broken packages" and the system began to do a massive update and replaced many files. And you know what? I think everything is working just fine. In fact, I am using the little beast right now. It has been running for over 45 minutes with no issues. So far 10.04.1 boots up quicker, shuts down quicker, and is more responsive than 8.04.</p>
<p>I am going to continue running more applications and see if there are any glitches. I'll keep everyone posted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Lessons Learned:</p>
<p>1. Install and run updates.</p>
<p>2. If system fails to boot, go into grub menu, "alt-shift" at startup, run recovery, run fix broken packages. At that point, Ubuntu will search for updates and packages for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">your system</span>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ubuntu people out there, am I thinking correctly here?</p> I did try 10.4. It did not wo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-01-07:649749:Comment:5799152011-01-07T05:23:56.054ZJoel Garciahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoelGarcia
<p>I did try 10.4. It did not work. These computers only worked with the Ubuntu images available on the Linux Dell site. I tried Ubuntu 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, Linux Mint 9 LXDE, 9XFCE, and different Knoppix versions which actually worked. The problem was that some of the installments were successful, but would crash for some reason or would fail to load.</p>
<p>I did try 10.4. It did not work. These computers only worked with the Ubuntu images available on the Linux Dell site. I tried Ubuntu 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, Linux Mint 9 LXDE, 9XFCE, and different Knoppix versions which actually worked. The problem was that some of the installments were successful, but would crash for some reason or would fail to load.</p> The little SX260 threw one la…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-01-02:649749:Comment:5790832011-01-02T17:49:41.369ZJoel Garciahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoelGarcia
The little SX260 threw one last small curve. There was no sound. I<br></br> looked everywhere again and found a hint of a solution. Someone
<br></br> mentioned that when the kernel was updated his sound disappeared. When
<br></br> I installed all my updates, I thought for sure I unchecked the latest
<br></br> kernel version which would have caused my system to leap from
<br></br> 2xxxxxxx19 to 2xxxxxx28. Sorry, I can't remember the kernel number. I
<br></br> checked the boot record and the new kernel was there. Ug! So…
The little SX260 threw one last small curve. There was no sound. I<br/> looked everywhere again and found a hint of a solution. Someone
<br/> mentioned that when the kernel was updated his sound disappeared. When
<br/> I installed all my updates, I thought for sure I unchecked the latest
<br/> kernel version which would have caused my system to leap from
<br/> 2xxxxxxx19 to 2xxxxxx28. Sorry, I can't remember the kernel number. I
<br/> checked the boot record and the new kernel was there. Ug! So I tried
<br/> booting from the 2xxxxxx19 kernel and voila my sound was back.
<br/> Normally, if you start at the beginning when the new OS versions begin
<br/> you will normally have a step by step progression of updated kernels.
<br/> Sometimes things go wrong as the Operating System integrates an
<br/> updated kernel. By the way when I speak of the kernel, I am referring
<br/> to the LINUX KERNEL the seed which all Linux flavors are based upon.
<br/> Now I had to find a way to make my system boot up to an earlier
<br/> version. I found out that there is this software program called
<br/> "StartupManager". I went to the Synaptic Package manager in my drop
<br/> down software list under Administration and found this piece of
<br/> software and installed it in about a minute. Then I configured startup
<br/> to boot with 2xxxxxx19.