<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.7930.16406"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear members of this conference,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Unfortunately, i can not determine, where to send my pleasment, so I AM sending it to this place. If somebody is in good relation ship with some Ubuntu kernel developers, please let him know about my pleasment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010>    <FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear kernel developers of Ubuntu,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010>    <FONT size=2 face=Arial>I Am very deeply appreciating Yours very complex programmers work. Without Yours angagement, Ubuntu would be never possible to be so popular and reliable Linux distribution with excellent hardware autodetection.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But i Am observing very dangerous trend during kernel development.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You are triing to integrate many new device drivers including WEB cams and scanners. This is ammazing and this is very important activity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But i would like to kindly please You, be very careful while making important Kernel modiffications near The end of development cycle of The upcoming release of Ubuntu versions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yesterday, i have tried The daily build of Ubuntu Maverick and i have been very sad.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I do not know, if some other responsive developers had make some mistake, but many devices are now unawailable, it is not possible to use many models of sound carts and and this is very dangerous, also integrated ethernet network devices.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And computer can not be safely turned off while using it in live mode.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please, be very, very, very careful while modifiing Linux kernel, aspecially if released version is in BETA stage and stable release is being planned to be released in The near future.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can not use The following computers correctly. I have downloaded The latest daily live build from yesterday and i have downloaded it approximately between 20 00 and 22 00 yesterday.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The problematics systems configurations are:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Desktop computer</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mainboard Intel D845 PESV, Sound cart Sound blaster live digital model, manufactured between Years 2000 or 2002.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>CPU Intel Celeron 2000 GH/Z</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>RAM 1 GB</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Second computer</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>IBM THINKPAT model 2668</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>512 MB RAM</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sound cart</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Soundmax digital integrated audio </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can use braille device and many USB devices, but sound carts are totally unusable on The second and also on The first computer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>May be, that this is not kernel issue, that some script developer have made some mistake, because i know, that there also many complex scripts for performing hardware autodetection and for loading kernel modules to RAM in The right time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But if it is kernel issue, please try to repair it by using kernel source code, which You have used for generating Ubuntu maverick BETA release.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have made several backups of this BETA because it is for now The only one Ubuntu new release, which i can use with my two computers. All older releases including Ubuntu Beta 10.10 Maverick is running correctly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have been also occurred several error messages so Gnome can not be started correctly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I had to close many strange Windows, may be, that some daemons or processes, which are being started automatically with Gnome are having also issue with wrong hardware support.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank You very much for Yours time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And please remember, that You have chance to find The error by comparing The release from yesterday with Ubuntu Beta.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank You very much for Yours patience.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If old drivers were removed from ubuntu kernel, i will respect it and i will use older releases with my old hardware, such as Ubuntu 10.04.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Or latest BETA release.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=434235118-22092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>