Guess what ardvark did?

[ardvark71]

I was forced to go to an older, non-Kubuntu distro which still included an x-server for the ATI 9600. It was like being forced to use Windows 95 because Win7 wouldn't work. It was either Puppy or DSL, I can't remember which.

Hi Greygeek...

Too bad this was a laptop, you might have been able to get better results if you were able to replace the 9600 with a Nvidia card.

@DYK: RE: Your mom's computer....kind or reminds of the age old advice: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Regards...

[GreyGeek]

Thanks, guys!

@GreyGeek: Perhaps at some future point, 10.04 works very well on this system and I'm hesitant to leave it.

Regards...

That it does on my Sony as well. So well on my Sony VIAO laptop, in fact, that I made the decision not to upgrade it even when the patches and bug fixes stop coming. Upgrading to the latest releases is, for the most part, a hobby or sport for most of us, and necessary only to get drivers for the newer hardware. Lucid will be good for several more years. As the window of compatibility slides into the future it may be difficult or impossible to run anything but Lucid (or Precise if you later upgrade it) because video, sound and other drivers may move into the archives and not be available for older hardware. I recall a problem installing Lucid on an older laptop for one of my friends. Their box had the old Radeon 9600 video driver. Crystal 10 was on ATI's site. It failed with the msg that it did not recognize the 9600. I went to the site and found out that the last driver pkg to hold the 9600 driver was Crystal 8. I downloaded it and tried to install it. It failed with the message that I was using the wrong kernel. Catch-22. I was forced to go to an older, non-Kubuntu distro which still included an x-server for the ATI 9600. It was like being forced to use Windows 95 because Win7 wouldn't work. It was either Puppy or DSL, I can't remember which.

The only thing that may force me to install Precise is if the HD problems it began having turn out to be the beginning of the end for that HD. IF that turns out to be the case and I have to replace the HD, then Precise will be setting on it.

[DoYouKubuntu]

@DYK: Thank you for your advice. It might be interesting to burn a copy of 12.04 once it comes out and see how it runs in live mode but I doubt I upgrade to it.

Sure, pop it in and give it a whirl, just to see. The great thing about live CDs is that they're harmless! If it's not looking good--like when I tried to install Fedora 16 on my old laptop a couple months ago --yank out the CD and you're back to normal. :-D

BTW, speaking of old versions that we keep running...I finally actually LOOKED at which version is still on my mom's computer: 9.10! I know I've posted that it's 9.04 and then other times 9.10, because I couldn't remember--and I was too lazy to get up and go to her room. But I was installing some more games for her the other day so I thought, gee, how 'bout dropping to a prompt and finding out which version this is. Yep, definitely 9.10. And, no, I have no plans to upgrade--she's perfectly happy with what she's got, it runs great, and she wouldn't know or care about a new version anyway, so why make more work for myself?

[ardvark71]

I presume you mean the package gecko-mediaplayer. Have you installed it? I've never used it, so I can't offer any suggestions as to how it ought to behave.

Got it! It was actually the Totem-Gstreamer plugin. Thanks again for your help.

@DYK: Thank you for your advice. It might be interesting to burn a copy of 12.04 once it comes out and see how it runs in live mode but I doubt I upgrade to it.

Regards...

[DoYouKubuntu]

10.04 works very well on this system and I'm hesitant to leave it.

You know, there's nothing wrong with that. I don't know if you recall, but a few months ago when I got my new laptop I let the old one do the version upgrade thingy from 10.10 to 11.04--and it was disastrous. The old laptop just wasn't up to it. So I manually downgraded it back to 10.10 and it's been humming along beautifully ever since. So if 10.04 works well on your computer and you're comfortable sticking with it, no problem. (You could, of course, try booting it from a live CD of a newer version, just to see how it does.)

[ardvark71]

I presume you mean the package gecko-mediaplayer. Have you installed it? I've never used it, so I can't offer any suggestions as to how it ought to behave.

Thanks, Steve. I will have to look at the file name for this plugin when I get the chance.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

Thanks, guys!

@GreyGeek: Perhaps at some future point, 10.04 works very well on this system and I'm hesitant to leave it.

Regards...

[GreyGeek]

Congratulations, Ardvark!!! :cool:

Since your new Kubuntu is so new, why don't you take a small step to get ahead of the game and never have to do another install for the next FIVE years? Simply download the latest daily image of Kubuntu 12.04, and install it instead. In my experience it is, including the 120 mb update today, very stable and very nice. KDE 4.8. The new 3.2-014 kernel which runs my CPU and average of 5 degrees cooler in idle and 10 degrees F under load. All in all, FEATURE RICH and VERY NICE!

[GreyGeek]

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Damn! I accidentally deleted part of your post woodsmoke when quoting your reply. Blame it on the beer and wine (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)!

You pulled a "GreyGeek". I've done that several times. Aggravating, isn't it? It was a lot easier on the old forum.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Sounds like you're getting all the answers you needed, ardvark, so I'm just going to say this: CONGRATULATIONS!! Being windoze-free is a wonderful thing. Open source is an even MORE wonderful thing.

[SteveRiley]

4. "How do I?"

I presume you mean the package gecko-mediaplayer. Have you installed it? I've never used it, so I can't offer any suggestions as to how it ought to behave.

[Jonas]

Congratulations! Getting rid of windows is my best move since I bought my first (own) machine ~12 years ago.

Hi Steve...

It's a bit buggy with this particular job. I can't figure out how to stop it from associating three songs with the wrong covers.

Regards...

I've noticed that some albums show other covers then I have and I think it is because of these are fetched from the net and that not all albums have the same covers in US, Europe &/or Asia .. all that "branding" stuff companies put so much effort in these days.

You could also give clementine a go - a fork of amarok 1.5.x - I prefer Amarok but occasionally Clementine does the job better especially in a gnome environment, but I haven't played so much with cover art etc.

B.R

Jonas

[ardvark71]

5. Amarok does this.

Hi Steve...

It's a bit buggy with this particular job. I can't figure out how to stop it from associating three songs with the wrong covers.

Regards...

[ardvark71]

1. I assume you mean inside text editing fields, right? Does this one-character-per-press problem occur on all web pages, or just in the KFN editor?

2. Try K3b. Should already be installed with Kubuntu.

3. Real is still around?

4. "How do I get..." vs. "...how I got it..." --which question are you asking?

5. Amarok does this.

1. The problem fixed itself somehow.
2. Ok, I will try it.
3. Yes, version 11 even. The filename is "nphelix.so."
4. "How do I?"
5. Thank you, I'll give it a shot.

Regards...

[SteveRiley]

1. I have Firefox 10 now instead of 3.6. when I backspace (like when I'm writing in this post,) the backspace button only goes back once per hit. I can't just hold it down and have it delete everything at once. How do I fix that?

2. What is the best program to burn CD/DVD's with?

3. I installed RealPlayer 11 but it didn't add a plugin for Firefox. How do I rectify that?

4. How do I get the Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox? It's in the Ubuntu system, although I don't know how I got it on there.

5. Is there a mp3 player for Linux that will display album covers or art with each song like WMP did?

1. I assume you mean inside text editing fields, right? Does this one-character-per-press problem occur on all web pages, or just in the KFN editor?

2. Try K3b. Should already be installed with Kubuntu.

3. Real is still around?

4. "How do I get..." vs. "...how I got it..." --which question are you asking?

5. Amarok does this.