question from brand newbie re booting from Ubuntu 7.04 CD

[Brian McKee]

On Wed, 2007-18-07 at 16:03 -0600, cj wrote:
> Rod Clay wrote:
> > Hello.  I just burned my Ubuntu 7.04 CD yesterday and booted from it to
> > begin to check out Ubuntu.  Here's my question:  some things were not
> > working, for example, my Firefox browser appeared not to be able to find
> > my internet connection.  Are there some facilities that do not work when
> > I boot from my Ubuntu 7.04 CD (like my internet connectivity, and maybe
> > other things as well, like printers), but which may work just fine
> > when/if I install Ubuntu on my harddrive?  Or does the failure of these
> > facilities to work when I boot from the CD indicate that there are
> > problems with these facilities working in Ubuntu and which therefore are
> > likely to be problems when/if I install Ubuntu 7.04 on my harddrive?
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Rod Clay
> > clay.1 at osu.edu
> >
> >
> >   
> ok i figured out how to get it to work, i sudo'ed into SH and then 
> executed getty. worked like a charm
> now im on, but the text looks like crap. its in regular form, but when i 
> execute a command, it randomly places it all over the screen. is it just 
> hyper terminal or is it normal?

Should look ok - again check that your settings in Hyperterm match
getty...  

Brian
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