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Ubuntu 9.04 Beta On Toshiba Satellite L300

Posted by Panji Nushantara | Friday, April 10, 2009

subtitle : what i like in  Jackalope
Ubuntu 9.04 Beta!
Due to my "only stable release" policy, I installed Ubuntu 9.04 Beta on old spare 12 GB external hard disk, installed and running on Toshiba Satellite L300. I use the new Ext4 and the installation went smoothly except for one error text message that always pops out on boot sequence, that says :

Error : 1.106405 PCI 0000:02:000: Unsupported PM Caps Regs Version (7)

Strange thing is, the error number keep changing every time it boots. I don't even have a guess what causing the problem.  The error message stays for about 5 seconds, so no faster boot time for me :( And I hope when I get back home (I have been visiting my parents for Easter and this is my father's laptop) and try it in my desktop things will be different.

This is Beta, bugs and errors are normal. So here's the things I like so far :
  • the new transparent-non intruding notification
  • change to custom DNS server easily
  • "Get Screenshot" feature in Synaptic Package Manager,
  • Wi-fi recognized and working
  • the Computer Janitor feature to keep your Ubuntu clean
  • the graphic card driver works out of the box, uh hum out of ISO image actually :)
  • Huawei E220 HSDPA Modem works smoothly ( I compared it with how it works in Vista - so sluggish and takes long time just to start the modem' application).



To keep things balance, here are bugs I encounter :
  • hotkey-setup bug, that can be easily fixed with this steps.
  • suspend-resume bug, already filed in launchpad
  • Open Office 3.0.7 always thinks that there are documents to recover and won't start.
Overall I like this release (except its code name) and when it is finally released I'll installed on my system.

Happy Easter.


2 comments
  1. Delphine April 25, 2009 7:38 PM  

    the fn-key managment is very strange.
    only one is working, the other are dead.

    apparently, the bug you mention was fixed in the 9.04 release (the hotkey-setup file is as it should be), but still, no brightness or screen switch with the fn-keys...

    rrrr...

  2. Panji Nushantara April 26, 2009 12:39 AM  

    yes, the fn keys doesn't work :( that's one of things that kept me from installing it to my father's L300. I really hope it will get fixed soon.

    Fortunately, fn keys work on my hp 540 notebook.