Kommentare zu: Kubuntu 7.10 on a Lenovo R61i

Von: Gaspar

Gaspar — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:10:37 +0000

Thanks for the info, made for a smooth installation of Ubuntu 8.04. My R61i comes with an internal mic which doesn’t work right away. Two reasons for this: (1) ALSA selects the external mic as default, so you need to change this (for example with alsamixer) and (2) the mic is mute by default and doesn’t show in the Volume Control window. To fix this, just follow instructions found in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AudioCapture. After changing this, I tested the internal mic with Skype and worked fine.

Von: Mark

Mark — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:19:51 +0000

Werner:

You responded to my several questions in January – thanks again for your help! Regarding your response #9 – could you recommend a tutorial or ‘howto’ in setting up VirtualBox on Kubuntu 7.10? I’m still learning on the virtualization side, and Virtualbox seems a bit ‘complicated’ at this point.

Thanks again. Mark

Von: Liam

Liam — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:03:57 +0000

Thanks for the write-up. I’ve just used this advice to recommend a laptop to my mum. She’ll be on GNU/Linux in no time!

Von: Ed

Ed — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:34:51 +0000

@Mark (msg 6)

STRG is CTRL in German!

Von: Werner Roth

Werner Roth — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:28:03 +0000

Hi Mark, Flash works, Java is a Problem, Firefox Plugins are discussed here: "Firefox 64 bit Java, ICA und Flash Plugins using (K)Ubuntu 7.10" I am using VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/ which is available as 64bit for (K)Ubuntu 7.10. Best Regards Werner

Von: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:12:17 +0000

Werner:

Thanks for the help. I’ve been using Ubuntu for about a year, but in many ways still feel like a ‘newbie’. What about Flash Player and Java Runtime Environment? Will they work with the 64-bit version? I tried loading one yesterday (honestly don’t remember which) and it would not load – got a message about trying to install the wrong version.

Finally, what about emulation? Will VM Player work with 64 bit?

Thanks again.

Mark

Von: Werner Roth

Werner Roth — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:54:12 +0000

Hi Mark,

I took the video codecs from http://medibuntu.org/ they are working well. At first glance I was unsure, because the 64bit packages are much smaller than the 32bit.

I am using the system for three months now, watching movies, small video clips, youtube, etc. never got a problem.

BTW: The DVD drive is not my favorite, it is loud and some of my brand new DVDs can not be read.

Best Regards
Werner

Von: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:33:58 +0000

Also, to regarding response #3, you mention regaining control of the backlighting using STRG+ALT+F1 and then ALT+F7. What do you mean by ‘STRG’? Also, I assume you have this problem with the 32 bit version, as resume works fine on my 64 bit install.

Mark

Von: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:58:46 +0000

Werner:

Your blog is very informative and helpful. I just purchased a R61i at a good price, and installed Kubuntu 7.10 (64 bit) based on your experience. It seems to work very well, but I can’t get video to work as there appears to be a problem with 64 bit codecs. Any suggestions as to how to get the video and audio working?

Thanks.

Von: Jonathan Riddell

Jonathan Riddell — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:22:38 +0000

Thanks for the review, I just bought one.