Finally Lucid!

2010 May 8

by jithinkr

Yes, it is related to the latest release of Ubuntu. Called Lucid Lynx.

This Long Term Release (meaning it will be supported for a longer duration), was very promising.

But I faced lot of problems initially. The problems were because Ubuntu isn’t very cool with proprietary drivers, and I have Nvidia cards on my Compaq.

Also though on most other computers like Dell and Acer, the boot up and shut down time been shaved, but on Compaq it takes close to 1 minute. It takes about 20 seconds for Grub to show up!!!

My woes didn’t end there. Wireless didn’t work out of the box. And after installing Graphics drivers, boot splash screens became low resolution.

Hash Mismatch!

So I thought, I’ll reinstall and after that when I try to update, it complains about Hash Mismatch. First I thought it was because of my internet connection which through a proxy and behind a villainous firewall. But soon I discovered that there were some serious issues with the repository servers and that the Netherlands server didn’t have any problems.

Switching my server in System > Administration > Software Sources to a Netherlands connection saved me from more trouble. Phew! (By the time I found this out, I had done about 6 reinstalls, jumping between 32 and 64 bits thinking sometimes that the CD was corrupt!)

Thanks to Netherlands server, All iz Well now!

Now busy with new customizations. OMG! Docky has become so cool!