Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup
Subject	Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Live CD
Date	2011-05-02 09:30 -0700
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GrtArtiste wrote:

>>> On both machines, the boot went directly to
>>> the GNOME desktop with no additional input from me. Am I supposed to
>>> assume from this that this hardware is insufficient to run Unity?

Or that the good drivers didn't make it.

> I have since learned that after booting the .iso, the following
> command can be run in Terminal to determine if the system will support
> Unity:
> 
> /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
> 
> 
> My computers will not run Unity, therefore I won't be installing
> 11.04.

You will get a negative report from that command if the best drivers 
aren't working even if the hardware were otherwise adequate.

In order to get Unity you have to have the drivers working. If the 
drivers aren't working from the live CD, you would need to have some 
kind of install hdd or USB so that you could tinker with getting drivers 
installed.  I don't know how to do it with the live CD.

I have two systems that have adequate hardware but the NVidia drivers 
don't make it on the live CD boot.

-- 
Mike Easter

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