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* '''2006-09-06''' [http://asay.blogspot.com/2006/09/mark-shuttleworth-can-afford-freedom.html Mark Shuttleworth can afford freedom ''(Forbes)''] | * '''2006-09-06''' [http://asay.blogspot.com/2006/09/mark-shuttleworth-can-afford-freedom.html Mark Shuttleworth can afford freedom ''(Forbes)''] | ||
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| − | When running the LiveCD, the user is apparently "ubuntu" with an empty password (this works for logging in). Unfortunately, this doesn't work for unlocking a locked session. What you can do, however, is start a ''new'' session, then change your password within that session, log out, and use the new password to log back in to your original session. (On an IBM Thinkpad, however, the screen became munged after ending the 2nd session, and we haven't been able to figure out how to fix that.) | + | * When running the LiveCD, the user is apparently "ubuntu" with an empty password (this works for logging in). Unfortunately, this doesn't work for unlocking a locked session. What you can do, however, is start a ''new'' session, then change your password within that session, log out, and use the new password to log back in to your original session. (On an IBM Thinkpad, however, the screen became munged after ending the 2nd session, and we haven't been able to figure out how to fix that.) |
| + | * Many (all?) GUI apps seem to generate the following errors when run from the console, even though they may work just fine: | ||
| + | X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166 | ||
| + | Major opcode: 144 | ||
| + | Minor opcode: 3 | ||
| + | Resource id: 0x0 | ||
| + | Failed to open device | ||
| + | X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166 | ||
| + | Major opcode: 144 | ||
| + | Minor opcode: 3 | ||
| + | Resource id: 0x0 | ||
| + | Failed to open device | ||
| + | ScimInputContextPlugin() | ||
| + | ~ScimInputContextPlugin() | ||
| + | Does anyone know what this means? | ||
Revision as of 02:01, 19 November 2006
Ubuntu is a distribution (or "distro") of Linux.
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The project was founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth via his company, Canonical Ltd. According to Wikipedia, the name "Ubuntu" comes from the South African concept of Ubuntu — roughly, "humanity towards others".
Reference
Links
- How it works
- System 76:
- free stickers
- laptops and desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed
Discussion
Upgrading
- The official method of upgrading from 6.06 to 6.10 is:
gksu "update-manager -c"
- ...however, many people are reportedly having problems with this.
Blog Entries
Notes
- When running the LiveCD, the user is apparently "ubuntu" with an empty password (this works for logging in). Unfortunately, this doesn't work for unlocking a locked session. What you can do, however, is start a new session, then change your password within that session, log out, and use the new password to log back in to your original session. (On an IBM Thinkpad, however, the screen became munged after ending the 2nd session, and we haven't been able to figure out how to fix that.)
- Many (all?) GUI apps seem to generate the following errors when run from the console, even though they may work just fine:
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166 Major opcode: 144 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166 Major opcode: 144 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device ScimInputContextPlugin() ~ScimInputContextPlugin()
Does anyone know what this means?