Ubuntu installation documentation - known problems

[Campbell Wallace]

On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 13:27 +0100, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: 

> On 21/11/2008, at 20.01, Campbell Wallace wrote on ubuntu-doc mailing  
> list:
> 
> > The problem occurs with the Asus A8V-VM motherboard, and no doubt  
> > with others which use the VT8251 chip.
> 
> Perhaps it would be useful if Launchpad contained a "Hardware bugs"  
> section, so that problems with specific hardware would be filed as  
> bugs against the hardware and not against the kernel itself.
> 
> That would make it easier for owners of specific hardware to check in  
> Launchpad if the problems they are experiencing are associated with  
> that hardware or not.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Cheers,
> Morten
> 

A hardware bug list may well be a good idea.

However, what I'm trying to do here is to get something on to the
Release Notes, so that people who have no idea what sort of bug it is
can at least get a work-around. The new user who tries Ubuntu and finds
that it won't even boot is probably not even going to ask or care
whether it's a hardware bug, a software bug, a configuration problem, or
whatever. He'll just go back to Windows and proclaim loudly that he's
tried Ubuntu and it doesn't work.

You could have a look at the Ubuntu brainstorm site, and if the hardware
bug list hasn't already been suggested, why not post something there?

Regards
Campbell Wallace
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