Tag Archives: Ubuntu 8.04

Two more issues with Ubuntu 8.10

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Arun

I forgot to mention couple of more issues I encountered with Ubuntu 8.10. The first one is WPA encryption. Even though wpa-supplicant is installed, Ubuntu network manager didn’t connect to WPA encrypted connection. It works fine with WEP connection. I … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.10 upgrade and fresh installation

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Arun

I upgraded my desktop from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 last Friday. The upgrade went smoothly though it took 3 hours to complete. Most of the time was used to download the packages. After the installation was done and I … Continue reading →

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Kino – raw1394 kernel module not loaded or failure to read/write /dev/raw1394! error

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Arun

I tried using Kino and Cinelerra to capture video from my Panasonic DV camcorder in my Ubuntu 8.04, but none of those softwares detected my camcorder. I tried both firewire and USB. Kino was giving me “WARNING: raw1394 kernel module … Continue reading →

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KDE 4.1 with Kubuntu 8.04

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Arun

KDE 4.1 was released yesterday and I read a lot of good review about that release, so I thought I would install it in my laptop and give it a try. I tried KDE 4.0 when it was released, but … Continue reading →

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Installing guest additions in latest Virtualbox in Ubuntu Linux

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Arun

Installation of Guest Additions (enables seamless mouse movements between host and guest OSes, share folders between host and guest etc) used to be pretty simple and straightforward with the older version of Virtualbox. It all changed with the newer version … Continue reading →

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Skype Microphone problem and complete pulse audio setup in Ubuntu

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Arun

Update for Ubuntu 9.10: With Ubuntu 9.10, based on my experience, sounds work at the same time for multiple devices. If you have Ubuntu 9.10 and Skype 2.1 beta, all you have to do to get the microphone to work … Continue reading →

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Cisco VPN installation issue with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Arun

I was trying to install Cisco VPN in my Ubuntu 8.04 desktop yesterday. I was following my own guide and I got an error when I tried to install the VPN. Here is the command I issued and the error … Continue reading →

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Installed Ubuntu 8.04 in my Quad core system

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Arun

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 in my Quad core desktop 2 days back. The installation was smooth. The only issue I had was with partitioning. I usually create separate partitions in my hard drive for boot, root, home and swap directories … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.04 upgrade snafu

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Arun

I normally start using the new versions of Ubuntu when it enters the last part of the alpha stage. I always did a clean install until now. I was going to upgrade when Ubuntu released the 5th alpha version of … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 6 released

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released their 6th and final alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. This release includes lots of bug fixes. This release includes the latest Xorg 7.3 with an emphasis on better auto configuration with a minimal configuration … Continue reading →

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