So, after upgrading my Dapper Drake install to Edgy Eft I started noticing a few problems. First, just random links weren’t right, some applications didn’t upgrade properly, and it appeared that a kernel module I needed wasn’t installed and I felt too lazy to fix it.
Instead, I’d do the Windows user mode: reinstall. Suffice to say, it was by far the easiest install for Linux I’ve ever done. 30mins later, a fresh, brand new Edgy install is done.
All my hard drives were properly detected and mapped onto the desktop, as was the iPod on first boot. Sound worked right off the bat, as did networking. With my nForce2 based motherboard, it can always get dicey that.
However, it did install a generic version of the kernel (2.6.17.10) instead of a properly optimized i686 or k7 version. Not hard to fix, and I think in the next post I’ll describe and list all the things I do to get my system back and functioning properly. From the kernel, to TwinView, to actually getting all five buttons on my Microsoft wireless mouse working.
Most of it will be surpsingly easy.