[ltp] T60, Gutsy, woes!

[Phil]

Latest update

I decided to do a clean install, partly just to get rid of all of the 
stuff that I'd installed and no longer used. The nice thing about Linux 
over windows is much less registry pain.

After a clean install wireless connected instantly. Sound required going 
into the sound control applet and turning everything on and pressing the 
volume keys on the keyboard - now works fine. It seems that if you mute 
from the keyboard, you have to unmute from the keyboard - the sound 
control detects that the sound has been muted but fails to unmute it.

I downloaded the latest ATI driver, followed the installation 
instructions here 
(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide) and 
the graphics performance is good. Getting around 4,000 fps from glxgears 
(was 250!). I can't suspend or hibernate without hanging the machine but 
this is a known bug with the ATI driver. Didn't have to do anything else.

Brightness control also seems much more well behaved.

Network manager is still flaky despite the instant connection on 
install. It doesn't like being asked to switch networks - sometimes it 
works, sometimes it doesn't, and it also doesn't seem to play well with 
low signal strength (<60%!).

Apart from that I'm very happy with Gutsy - and looking forward to an 
ATI driver update.

Thanks for all the help
Phil

Richard Neill wrote:
>>
>> On the whole, the overall Gutsy experience, especially with respect to
>> Network Manager was way better.It appears that something broke along the
>> upgrade path which an fresh install seems to have fixed.
>>
>
> On an RPM distro, I'd look at exactly what files differ between a new 
> install and the upgrade. You can use rpm -Va  to check the actual 
> files on your disk against what the package manager says.
>
> Does dpkg have a similar ability? I can't find one, but there must be.
>
> Richard