Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Posted Oct 25, 2008 22:58 UTC (Sat) by alspnost (guest, #2763)
Parent article: Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Sigh ... same theme, same problems. In late 2008 on a 2.6.27 kernel, my Intel PRO/E network card can still only run at *10* Mbps. Well, strictly it can run at 100 Mbps, but only for about 1 second before it falls over and starts flapping again. Anyway have any clues on this one? I mean, this is *dead common* hardware and I just can't believe no-one else has seen this. Even on the dreaded Vi$ta it works properly!

Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Posted Oct 25, 2008 23:21 UTC (Sat) by jlokier (guest, #52227) [Link] (3 responses)

Ubuntu 8.04 is quite stable for me (kernel 2.4.24), but 8.10's kernel (2.4.27) breaks my laptop in a multitude of ways. Wedging up in multiple different ways, failing to boot occasionally, sound input not working sometimes, individual processes locking up, kernel event thread getting stuck at 100% CPU, dodgy resume, keyboard repeat running extra slow after a few hours, and bluetooth-3g-broadband via my phone no longer working. The list is quite long, just from trying Intrepid's kernel on a Hardy system.

I daren't upgrade, as downgrading isn't a practical option after upgrading, and the old (reliable) kernel is unlikely to work properly with an otherwise Intrepid system. Which is a shame, as I fancy some of the new apps.

Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Posted Oct 26, 2008 1:58 UTC (Sun) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link]

> I daren't upgrade, as downgrading isn't a practical option after
> upgrading, and the old (reliable) kernel is unlikely to work properly
> with an otherwise Intrepid system.

I don't know why you would think so. My dad's laptop hasn't worked properly with any kernel since Feisty. I've upgraded that system to every new release; I just keep using the Feisty kernel (2.6.20). Works fine.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/242400

Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Posted Oct 26, 2008 8:15 UTC (Sun) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750) [Link] (1 responses)

[quote]The list is quite long, just from trying Intrepid's kernel on a Hardy system.[/quote]

Optimal functioning of the kernel depend on a number of user-space tools, thus the experience from running Intrepid's kernel on Hardy might not reflect the real situation.

That said, if you're using _Long-Term Supported_ release and you are even happy with it, please consider staying with it :) That's what the LTS releases are for.

Ubuntu 8.10 release candidate available

Posted Oct 31, 2008 3:47 UTC (Fri) by jlokier (guest, #52227) [Link]

I must give full credit to Ubuntu for an excellent job.

All of the kernel bugs I found, and described above, were in late beta kernels, but by the time of the official release just two weeks later, they all seem to be fixed. That's very good considering how many tricky ones there were. Even the subtle ftrace bug was implicated and fixed in the time window :-)

I took the plunge and am now happily using Intrepid with an Intrepid kernel. :-)