OQO-friendly Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) installer

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[galtoid]

However, I was so delighted I spent mebbe another 50 minutes making some changes (replacing xorg.conf, setting up a File Manager (Root) icon, adjusting appearances, etc.

After rebooting, it was all gone again :-(

Now, granted, I was way too tired, but what did I miss for these changes to not have saved?

Did you run through the installer once you were booted off the USB ?   At the last part of the installer, it should install grub as the bootloader for your main drive, and then you can remove the USB, pick Linux from the menu, boot and and make changes there...   any changes made when you're booted into the Live (first option when you boot the USB stick)  get discarded on reboot by default.  Forgive me if you know all this...  I know how it is to be way too tired ....

[oqorogue]

So making the partition active made the difference?

The last time, it was burning to /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1, apparently.  I was sleepwalking by that point tho, so may have fumble-fingered something more.

Now, I'm just trying to get it to save my configuration changes -- is there an additional step I just am too darn tired to think about that's needed?

[galtoid]

I just added an ISO image for the installer  to the first post, so use it if you have problems with the USB.

[galtoid]

So making the partition active made the difference?

The last time, it was burning to /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1, apparently.  I was sleepwalking by that point tho, so may have fumble-fingered something more.

Now, I'm just trying to get it to save my configuration changes -- is there an additional step I just am too darn tired to think about that's needed?

I tested again to be sure and you don't have to mark the partition as active, or do anything but:

ubuntu$  sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-usb.img  of=/dev/sdb  bs=102400

You should use /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1

[oqorogue]

any changes made when you're booted into the Live (first option when you boot the USB stick)  get discarded on reboot by default. 

But it *can* be done:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent .  I guess I just assumed you had done so.

Any chances of adding this?

[galtoid]

But it *can* be done:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent .  I guess I just assumed you had done so.

Any chances of adding this?

Well.... theres' nothing stopping you from booting the iso and following those instructions...     I just have too much other stuff going on, sorry

[shivafool]

Success!! The iso worked.
Thanks galtoid. May your days be merry and bright.

[oqorogue]

Does anyone know of generic equivalent to the AppleDisplayScaleFactor under OSX?  Some dialogs just don't display properly (e.g., Display Settings has the buttons @ the bottom cut off?)

[galtoid]

Does anyone know of generic equivalent to the AppleDisplayScaleFactor under OSX?  Some dialogs just don't display properly (e.g., Display Settings has the buttons @ the bottom cut off?)

I don't think there's an equivalent -- but if you click ALT, then left-click the window and drag, you can move any window beyond the top of the desktop.   

[shivafool]

galtoid,
you mentioned vz evdo in the original post. How do I turn that on/off and connect?
System seems to be working fine so thanks again. Wifi connected and works fine.

[galtoid]

you mentioned vz evdo in the original post. How do I turn that on/off and connect?

Don't forget to put your proper phone numbers in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/peers/verizon

Open a terminal and type this line:

sudo pon verizon

This launches pppd against the config files I posted earlier.    You can then look at /var/log/messages and see the connection progress in detail if you want.    When you want to disconnect, do:

sudo poff verizon

I alias 'v' in bash to 'sudo pon verizon;tail -f /var/log/messages'  so it's easier to start it up the the car.    You can use the configs to set it up in NetworkManager or gnomeppp if you want too.

[Madpilot]

Hi all & Thanks  Galtoid for this Ubuntu release. It works well on my OQO 02. The only issue is on standby/hibernation witch doesn't work

Any idea ? for information, i don't install Openchrome Yet.

Thanks you in advance

[Madpilot]

Now all is working    ( i have install again OpenChrome )

[galtoid]

Standby should just work, hit the power button and pick suspend from the menu.  Be careful not to hit the touch scrollers when it's spinning down.  I haven't yet looked into ignoring mouse events for wake up, so beware the scrollers.

For hibernation, you need a swap device (like the pagefile in windows).  Windows uses hiberfil.sys to store the memory data for hibernation, but Linux uses the regular swap device.

If you create a swap partition larger than 1GB during the install, hibernation should just work.

If you didn't create a swap partition, you can use gparted from Ubuntu to make one, or I've heard you can also use a regular file as a swap device and for hibernation, provided the swap file lives in the root partition of your Ubuntu install.  Make sure it's larger than 1GB that there's an entry in /etc/fstab for it. 

If you do all this manually,  you have to run mkswap /path/to/swapfile-or-device to 'format' the swap before you can use it.   Having a proper entry in /etc/fstab for the swap will enable it on reboot, or you can run swapon  /path/to/swapfile-or-device to flip it on without rebooting.  Typing 'free' should show non-zero values for the Swap line, like so:

Code:

chris@seawolf:/storage/video $ free | grep Swap
Swap:      2096472       8820    2087652

[moshbox]

awesome job galtoid!  i hate to admit, but my oqo`s been collecting dust since june with my failure to get a usable OS installed.  it got to the point i could cripple vista within hours of restoring it, and it just wasn`t fun anymore...so thank you!