Feisty Fawn Installation Problems

[Mike Adolf]

On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 13:11 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 27/06/07, Mike Adolf <mlnx at mho.com> wrote:
> > I have been using Linux for years and now my wife decided to dump
> > windows and asked me to install Linux on her Averatec 3150 laptop.
> > Great! I'll just install the same one I am using. Wrong!  I tried to
> > install Ubuntu 7.04. It took a long time for the live CD to boot and
> > when I tried to install, 40 minutes later I was on step 3 of 7.  I was
> > afraid to continue and let it repartition hda for a dual boot. So, I
> > downloaded Kubuntu 7.04. It was a little faster, but just before the CD
> > finished booting I got an error stating that the process that supported
> > the file manager died. I ended up going back to kubuntu 6.10, which
> > installed normally except it can not see my wireless card.
> >
> > Firstly, any Ideas why the installers failed? I really would prefer
> > Ubuntu 7.04 which installed flawlessly on my Dell xps 410. Maybe I could
> > set aside a few hours and try the 7.04 installer again. Since Linux has
> > already been installed, maybe it won't need to repartition hda. But
> > maybe after it installed, it would also be slow. Who knows!
> >
> > Secondly, any hints on solving the wireless problem.  Windows shows the
> > wireless card as "11Mbps WM 168b USB Module". Also, this might be
> > related. When running the kcmshell, I always get the message "Bad device
> > 168, Major opcode 145, Minor opcode 3, but kcmshell then does what I
> > want.
> 
> As "NoOp" says, try the Alternate boot CD.
> 
> Once it's installed, connect it to a /wired/ Ethernet connection, use
> apt-get or Synaptic to update it to the hilt, /then/ try the wireless
> device.
> 
> > One more thing, in kubuntu 6.10 how do you change the grub boot order?
> 
> Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (or whereever it is - I /think/ that's right.)
> 
> 
> -- 
I used the alternate CD and the install went well. However, after
several ' add printer ' attempts, I can't get shared printing to work
with the HP attached to my machine and I still can't get a wireless
connection.  I will place a separate post for the wireless problem. If
and when I get the net working, I'll work on the printer problem. Thanks
for your help.

Mike