[ubuntu-us-ma] should i upgrade to jaunty?

[James Gray]

It should be possible to install the codecs from within the live CD.
I believe the Live CD creates a tempfs to mount the system.  Any
additional software you install will get saved to the tempfs and not
to your existing install disk.  You can then verify that you get
reasonable frame rates etc.

Many people report better results backing up their files and doing a
fresh install rather then an upgrade.  YMMV.  In any event backup your
system first to be on the safe side if for no other reason then to
have a recent backup if your disk fails before your next backup.

This is just the way I would approach the problem.  I am sure there
are plenty of other opinions out there...

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM, kevin dreimiller
<kevin_dreimiller at yahoo.com> wrote:
> im totally stumped on this.  i ran the live CD tonight and it seemed to
> worked fine, tho couldn't run video because it doesn't have the codecs.  but
> everything else seemed good - it even detected my second monitor.
>
> my fear is that since i have an ati radeon 3100 vid card it wont work
> properly, namely the video.
>
> im using a toshiba satellite l305d series.  3 gigs ram, ati radeon 3100.
> almost no problems in intrepid except that it seems a little sluggish
> lately.  the live cd seemed to run faster than my intrepid install.
>
> and if i do upgrade and it doesnt work right, id like to be able to just
> revert back to my setup now, but i dont' know if thats even possible?
>
> thanks,
> kevin
>
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