tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post3588145072729916025..comments2008-08-24T08:16:28.866-05:00redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-23399804018621582282008-08-24T04:29:00.000-05:002008-08-24T04:29:00.000-05:00just run wubi.exe from the cd and it will install it for you without you having to partition or delete the XP partition.tom wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06283231377708856201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-16154193933465105912008-07-13T04:28:00.000-05:002008-07-13T04:28:00.000-05:00(the one I posted in dell forum)<BR/><BR/>Hi Guys,<BR/><BR/>I have to say that I am not an IT and the few things I know about computers is because I have heard it. So IT terms difficult to understand. Ok, the issue: I want to have two OS in my laptop dell inspiron 1501. One XP which is intalled already since I bought it 0ne year ago, and the secon I want to install is Ubuntu. The question. How do I make a partition'??<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>I understand there are three partitions in my HD one is the "default settings obligatoy in case something happens and we can have the computer just as its came from frabric), the second is C and the other one says (unknow partition. I dont know how to do the partition. Maybe you could help me with this.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>the specificacion of my system<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>AMD turion (tm) 64 Mobile technology MK-36<BR/><BR/>1,99 GHz 1,37 GB of RAM<BR/><BR/>Microsoft windows XP Media center edition SP2 <BR/><BR/>(the answer)<BR/><BR/>The way i see this by reading all of your post !<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>1 you have the small utility partition it is the Dell diagnostic .<BR/><BR/>2 you have the XP OS partition .<BR/><BR/>3 You have the OS Restore partition .<BR/><BR/>If you do not have the media direct partition you will have space of the<BR/><BR/>4th partition .<BR/><BR/>If you partition any part of the drive you can not ever go back to the way you bought the laptop !!!<BR/><BR/>Ubuntu<BR/><BR/>will over right master boot record and the XP OS restore will not work to go back to the factory<BR/><BR/>settings because it relies on the XP master boot record to make it work . <BR/><BR/>And<BR/><BR/>Ubuntu will not have all of the drivers you need to run the 1501 !!<BR/><BR/>Just a heads up here !!<BR/><BR/>Good LuckVioletahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563787918110120161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-47736634754668323412008-07-13T04:27:00.000-05:002008-07-13T04:27:00.000-05:00Hi everybody,<BR/><BR/>First I would like to give your my profile in order to put everything in context. I am not a programmer, I am a student of political sciences, I like computers and I am a 8 years Windows user that want to try Ubuntu.<BR/>I have a Dell inspiron 1501 that I bought last year with the following specifications.<BR/><BR/>Dell inspiron 1501<BR/>AMD Turion (tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36<BR/>1.99 GHz, 1,37GB of RAM<BR/>Windows XP - Professional<BR/>Media Center Edition<BR/>Service Pack 2<BR/><BR/>HARD DRIVE<BR/>FUJITSU MHV2060BH<BR/>ATA<BR/><BR/>I need your help to install Ubuntu step by step. I downloaded the LiveCD of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 and I really don't know what is next. One thing that is important for me is not to lost my data and files and I want to keep my XP OS. <BR/>So what do you recommend me??<BR/><BR/>Also.. I posted in a dell forum the same and I have now a confusion maybe you could help me clear.<BR/>I'll posted in the next post :PVioletahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10563787918110120161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-29030080519278821702008-04-13T23:11:00.000-05:002008-04-13T23:11:00.000-05:00thanks much for such a goog blog ,,i got the ubuntu 7.10 last week by post and wish to install in my dell inspiron ,,,i m now working as a php progarmmer and wish to install lamp in my notebook..but am a novice in the linux..so dont know anything abt the installation ..all i know is to install ubuntu in lap since its easy and they will guide me ,,... ..can u plz post a topic for installing lamp in linux and ..i have another doubt>>> can i install the thridparty applications and plugins if i have the the tar files of those ...imnt using a net connection in my home so wish to downlaod al the pgms in office and install at home .....neohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01640544473107632436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-30156922727629469702008-03-31T07:44:00.000-05:002008-03-31T07:44:00.000-05:00it works out of the box in hardytom wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06283231377708856201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-20146805592295398982008-03-31T02:00:00.000-05:002008-03-31T02:00:00.000-05:00Everyone:<BR/><BR/>I've found a way to get the brightness controls on the keyboard to work.<BR/><BR/>You have to recompile your kernel WITHOUT acpi support. For sure it works (I did it on my Slackware system on the 1501). What is happening is that the acpi modules are interfering with the built in hardware controls. You don't need drivers for it, you need to disable the drivers! :DCameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124502082473349996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-88845942982403921802008-03-09T01:49:00.000-06:002008-03-09T01:49:00.000-06:00Thank you so much,I've been looking for something like this for a long time, your blogs are just awesome!Zhanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05916308416118442524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-12370821858031610892008-02-28T10:09:00.000-06:002008-02-28T10:09:00.000-06:00why hibernate/suspend do not work on 7.10 but do on 7.04? what if we install the ATI driver that uses 7.04 on 7.10? or is it the same driver?Marcelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161311821946744484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-19539540254957932182008-02-13T03:41:00.000-06:002008-02-13T03:41:00.000-06:00can u be pls more explicit <BR/>thxdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02323765948433417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-73965821592087438952008-02-13T02:15:00.000-06:002008-02-13T02:15:00.000-06:00daniel,<BR/><BR/>you need to enable the repos for the download to work.redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-78133774771568686892008-02-12T14:43:00.001-06:002008-02-12T14:43:00.001-06:00hi i have a problem installing 7.10 on dell 1501 inspiron <BR/>its stops and give me the bcm43xx:error:microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not availeble or load failed pls helpdanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02323765948433417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-21797735128190066342008-02-04T21:28:00.000-06:002008-02-04T21:28:00.000-06:00I am usign a USB-Bluetooth adapter and it works out-of-the-box with the gnome-bluetooth package as documented on:<BR/>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetupMarcelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161311821946744484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-1215815443643624922008-01-17T18:33:00.000-06:002008-01-17T18:33:00.000-06:00damcmd<BR/><BR/>it didn't install right, the restricted driver manager is buggy.redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-84124447053635108582008-01-17T15:52:00.000-06:002008-01-17T15:52:00.000-06:00my terminal say:<BR/>dan@dancmd:~$ fglrxinfo<BR/>display: :0.0 screen: 0<BR/>OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org<BR/>OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect<BR/>OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)<BR/>but if I go to System>Administration>Restricted Driver Manager I ave the same picture as yours, wih my Ati driver enabled; what's wrong?dancmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00795837858280447689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-72831932308236707802008-01-14T17:57:00.000-06:002008-01-14T17:57:00.000-06:00i would go for something with an nVidia graphics card<BR/><BR/>the ATI drivers are just terrible (but getting better), although i can run open arena quite welltom wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06283231377708856201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-7732465023130128772008-01-14T12:28:00.000-06:002008-01-14T12:28:00.000-06:00I also am planning on buying a 1501. My main concern is the video card ( <BR/>ATI Radeon Xpress 1150). I like to play video games like Americas Army and /or Enemy Territory. Do know of any issues with playing either game on the Inspiron 1501.charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542668399365629445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-32008123805929928832008-01-13T17:10:00.000-06:002008-01-13T17:10:00.000-06:00hi,<BR/><BR/>maybe you could make a custom distro for 1501's with reconstructor?<BR/><BR/>then you can make it support wifi (properly) and compiz out of the box<BR/><BR/>it's not hard, most things can be done via gui and the rest you can config in terminaltom wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06283231377708856201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-79846805449976658022007-12-30T08:57:00.000-06:002007-12-30T08:57:00.000-06:00Hi! Great blog, it inspired me to try a Gutsy install on my new 1501. Having some trouble getting connected via a wired connection. It seems to recognize the Ethernet card (eth0), but when I plug the computer into my cable modem, I get no connection. The "wired network" radio button under network settings is checked; do I need to do some kind of manual configuration? <BR/><BR/>It appears that this is working just fine for most people; I'm just wondering if I need to set up my connection in some way. I'd like to abandon XP for good, but Comcast tech support is totally unhelpful, as they don't support linux & I can't get any further with setup until I get a wired connection going.lil0tikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09677854019316557805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-10661837916105093292007-12-22T11:05:00.000-06:002007-12-22T11:05:00.000-06:00Wel, but at least the hibernation problem is not KDE-related, but 1501-on-Ubunut-related, and is that not what we are talking about on your blog?Alexander Kriegischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578942544577946973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-85785967701933890412007-12-22T08:35:00.000-06:002007-12-22T08:35:00.000-06:00Alexander Kriegisch,<BR/><BR/>Try posting this on the ubuntu forums, a lot of people use KDE, I'm just not one of them. I read your post and think the Ubuntu Forums might be able to help you faster than I could.redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-36873743809505515272007-12-22T08:16:00.000-06:002007-12-22T08:16:00.000-06:00I have a 1501 with Kubuntu 7.10 32-bit and am facing massive problems with WLAN (WPA-TKIP authentication) as well as suspend/hibernate, so I suggest that somebody writes seperate articles for these topics. This way we can better discuss the topics.<BR/><BR/>WLAN: I manages to get it working, but there is something wrong with routing. I have to edit KDE's network settings after each reboot because it always forgets my last settings, no matter if I store them in a profile or not. Network traffic is always routed via eth1 (ethernet card), but my WLAN card is eth0. Unless I change the settings to use eth0 and also deactivate eth1, I cannot get into the internet. Is there a way to persistently store a profile, so I can have my recently selected profile after reboot and also switch between LAN and WLAN profile as needed? Is KDE's network config applet stuff buggy?<BR/><BR/>Suspend/hibernate: When I had deactivated the proprietary Dell graphics driver (ATI), it hibernation worked for a while, but only with package "hibernate" and manually calling "sudo hibernate-disk". That was not good, but okay.<BR/><BR/>Recently I had a system crash upon resume after which the graphics resolution was reset to 640x480. So I reactivated the Dell driver, got 1280x800 working again, deactivated the Dell/ATI driver again and am now using the generic driver for 1280x800 screens again. I rebooted several times, but to no avail. Hibernate-disk always hangs, having me manually reboot the system. I even purged and reinstalled the "hibernate" package, but also to no avail. Can somebody help me get this going again? I am so used to using hibernate to disk from WinXP, I do not want to live without it. I really hate having to restart 20 programs after each reboot.Alexander Kriegischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578942544577946973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-30412256795251195312007-12-10T16:27:00.000-06:002007-12-10T16:27:00.000-06:00Whenever I try to use Youtube, it doesn't really work. sometimes the screen is a little off and sometimes it doesn't work at all. What should I do?J.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17373119518546970318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-38039858630248850762007-12-04T06:31:00.000-06:002007-12-04T06:31:00.000-06:00And yet another update - I think a helpful one:<BR/><BR/>I just had an online chat with a Dell support technician who told me the German phone number of Dell's Ubuntu support hotline:<BR/>+49 (69) 9 79 21 57 26<BR/><BR/>There, after telling the other technician my service tag no., I had to convince him that my Inspiron 1501 does have the same modem as the E1505 which is optionally sold with Ubuntu in opposite to the 1501. He then told me a useful web link:<BR/><BR/>http://linux.dell.com<BR/><BR/>Navigate to 'Ubuntu on Dell' -> 'Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"' -> 'New Conexant Modem Driver' (http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_7.10/Issues/New_Conexant_Modem_Driver). <BR/><BR/>Having arrived there, download http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/modem-drivers/hsf/hsfmodem_7.60.00.18oem_i386.deb and install it. If you have installed the older version of the driver, you should uninstall or purge it first. The command sequence is as follows:<BR/><BR/>dpkg --purge hsfmodem<BR/>sudo dpkg -i hsfmodem_7.60.00.18oem_i386.deb<BR/><BR/>The modem immediately worked on my machine. No reboot necessary.Alexander Kriegischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578942544577946973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-63085043009823097122007-12-04T04:02:00.000-06:002007-12-04T04:02:00.000-06:00I have the very same problem with the Linux modem driver. KPPP and other Linux apps say the modem is busy.Alexander Kriegischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578942544577946973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-81227724025296060082007-12-03T20:44:00.000-06:002007-12-03T20:44:00.000-06:00anyone having issue with their 1501 giving keyboard errors. atkdb.c setkeycodes e00d specifically? Changing my keyboard to other configs doesn't seem to help.Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15147470512813512836noreply@blogger.com