5.10 AMD64 First impressions

[Kush Singh]

sacha at ssl.co.uk wrote:

>Some first impressions on Ubuntu AMD64 (Linux nebula
>2.6.12-9-amd64-generic #1 Mon Oct 10 13:27:39 BST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux):
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>1. Version
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>Can't find out which version I'm running... it was on the login or boot
>screens but neither uname -a nor System > About Ubuntu tell me. I think
>it's 5.10 judging by some text in the "Core Components" bit of About
>Ubuntu.
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"info uname" says
"uname -r" should tell you the version/release of kernel you are using. 
Don't know how you can see the Ubuntu version number. You could try 
Applications-->system tools for more info.

>2. Sound
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>The startup sound blasts at full volume regardless of the volume you have
>set via the little volume control widget in the menu bar. (I have USB
>audio via Harmon Kardon Soundsticks.)
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use from main menu (applications-->sound and video -->volume control) 
and change the pcm level or experiment with the other controls.
I suspect the icon to the top right of the main screen showing the 
speaker is for the PC's speaker and not the sound card output. Therefore 
you have been trying to control the wrong equipment. I also learned this 
the hard way (since we are used to the windows User interface)

>3. Network
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>My wifi settings aren't remembered across boots, so I have to reset them
>every time. (An MSI combined wifi/bluetooth card.) There was no wifi
>option in the installer, although it did detect both ethernet ports on the
>motherboard and offer me a choice.
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somebody else should be able to help you on this. i have no idea.

>4. Screen resolution
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>System > Preferences > Screen resolution doesn't offer me the full range
>of resolutions my monitor is capable of. (GFX card is an NV 6800 Ultra,
>monitor is a Sun/Sony GDM-5010PT.) That's fine, maybe it couldn't
>determine what monitor I have and is playing it safe. But there's no
>option from the screen resolution dialog to correct it (like the "enable
>all resolutions" checkbox in OS X), nor can I find the monitor in System >
>Administration > Device manager. (Probably just need to hack the
>xorg.conf.)
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>Still, it did better than SUSE 9.3 in that it detected my sound and wifi
>out of the box.
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>Anyway, just some feedback, nothing I can't fix (but my mother couldn't!)
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sorry again.