On Feisty, I didn't even get to any kind of environment. The CD only
spun for about 5 seconds after I selected Orca on the boot options
screen and continued booting.
On Edgy, it actually booted almost completely, but apparently it
couldn't start x-Windows. It said something like "unable to start
x-server. Gnome is possibly misconfigured." then something about video.
My system uses a Ge-Force 8400 chip which is fairly new, that's probably
why.
Right now, barring some new info about this laptop, it's looking like I
might go with a Dell Inspiron 1501, which is the type with an AMD chip.
I've been reading on linux-laptops.net that it works well.
Thanks.
John Heim wrote:
So just to be clear, you tried to boot from the ubuntu live CD and
tried to get it to run orca? One thing you might try is to see if it
will boot without speech. You can start speech after it boots into
graphics mode. I don't know the exact key sequence but it's on the
ubuntu web site. It's something like F2 to open a run-command window,
type'gnome-terminal', that opens a command window. Then you type 'su
-' to become root. Then you run orca by typeing 'orca'.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Keenan" <tkeenan79@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:04 AM
Subject: Notebooks and Distros
Hi all,
First off, if there's a better spot to ask this, please let me know.
I just tried to install the Ubuntu Feisty Live CD without sighted
assistance on my Asus notebook.
I got a few seconds passed the accessibility selection and it stopped
cold. Someone told me the screen was completely blank.
Hah, did I hink that was going to be easy? Apparently Ubuntu doesn't
work well with Asus notebooks, especially the sound.
Does anyone know of notebooks that work particularly well with a
certain flavor of Linux, preferably one that's not too cumbersome to
set up?
I just bought this notebook a week ago, so it's not too late to
return it. Of course, I'd rather keep it if possible.
Thanks, all.
-Tim
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