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    Phoronix: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" Alpha 6 Released

    For those of you wanting to test out some new software over the weekend (well, if you are not at Oktoberfest in Munich), Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 is now available. Ubuntu 9.10 entered into a feature freeze a month ago so there are major upstream package updates in here, although there is the final Linux 2.6.31 kernel, more recent GNOME 2.28 snapshots, etc...

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  • #2
    Originally posted by phoronix View Post
    For those of you wanting to test out some new software over the weekend
    Thats why I keep room on my HD... always trying to find and report a few bugs to help my favorite distro.
    Last edited by tmpdir; 19 September 2009, 09:00 AM.

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    • #3
      So, immediately before this, my 9.10 install got hosed.
      Now I'm trying to chroot in, but it doesn't have an internet connection when I do that..

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      • #4
        anybody know what version of the restricted driver for Nvidia will be in this one?
        I kind of got hosed last time when Jaunty first came out I had an ATI and the restricted driver did not support the new kernal.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by cliff View Post
          anybody know what version of the restricted driver for Nvidia will be in this one?
          I kind of got hosed last time when Jaunty first came out I had an ATI and the restricted driver did not support the new kernal.
          185.18.36

          The AMD Catalyst in Ubuntu 9.04 did support the current kernel at that time.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by cliff View Post
            anybody know what version of the restricted driver for Nvidia will be in this one?
            nvidia driver 185.18.36.


            Edit: Oops was already mentioned by d2kx... need to refres the page after getting a cup of coffee
            Last edited by tmpdir; 19 September 2009, 09:03 AM.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by d2kx View Post
              185.18.36

              The AMD Catalyst in Ubuntu 9.04 did support the current kernel at that time.
              Thanks,
              It may have worked for most people but I could not get it working with my 4870 X2 card. Which I have since gotten rid of and switched to a Nvidia card which has worked a lot better for me.

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              • #8
                You could simply update the nvidia driver this way:

                sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf*
                wget -N http://kanotix.com/files/install-nvidia-debian.sh

                then login as user in vt1 (ctrl-alt-f1) and run there:

                sudo sh install-nvidia-debian.sh

                it works even in live mode, there the username is ubuntu and when password is asked press enter. If no binary driver is preinstalled just run the script.

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                • #9
                  I am grabbing a copy now and I will try it in a Virtualbox setting first before I decide to install it. I am trying the Xubuntu variation first, and will, more than likely, try Kubuntu as well.

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