Hi Michele, No, it didn't solve the problem. I have modified grub's menu.lst file so ubuntu boots automatically from the original 2.6.24-16-generic kernel installed with ubuntu 8.04. I couldn't get the wireless to work on ubuntu 8.10.
You may close this contact, I am not going to work on it any more. I have something that works, so I am going to stay with that for now. When ubuntu 9.04 comes out at the end of April, I am going to upgrade to 9.04, assuming I can upgrade from 8.04 to 9.04 without going through 8.10. If not, I will blow 8.04 away and install 9.04 from scratch. Unfortunately, this is my only machine, so I can't have it down for long. If 9.04 causes me problems, I am going to have to go back to 8.04 right away, but in the process I will see if I can't set up a triple-boot, with Microsoft Vista, ubuntu 8.04, and ubuntu 9.04. Thanks for your help. Regards, Niels On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Michele Mangili <mangili...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Niels! > > Could you please tell us if Claudio's suggestion has solved your > problem? > > Thank you. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Problem occurs when booting "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic" (line > copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst) on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. After > initial install the boot went ok. I have a configuration document I follow > to perform a fresh install of Ubuntu, and I was nearing the completion of > the install. As the final series of steps, I installed wine and > network-manager-pptp, configured wine, and installed a Windows program under > wine. VPN requires a reboot to enable VPN, and the problem occurs during > the reboot. Based on previous experience, the problem will recur on every > single reboot. The work-around is to boot from "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel > 2.6.24-16-generic" instead. I suspect the problem is caused by VPN, and next > time I do a fresh install, I will reboot after each of my install steps, to > confirm the machine will still boot. I am not using Ubuntu 8.10 because I > haven't been able to get wireless to work under 8.10. > -- Niels Andersen Guelph, Ontario, Canada -- 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
