Comments on: Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) launched

By: 73man

73man — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:35:13 +0000

Tom, thanks for the posting on 7.10. I am currently thinking of getting a new laptop for my work and would like to convince the IT people there that Ubuntu can do the job that Win2000 Pro does.

By: Brendan Walsh

Brendan Walsh — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:06:34 +0000

Thanks Tom trying to upload this cool ‘eye candy’ , you should take a look at Vazumo.com , a new Irish directory with some really cool features to a better than your golden pages. keep up the blogging

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:10:24 +0000

John, thanks for the suggestions.

I had tried to re-set the router but it is a Netopia and, of course, the DNS part of the DHCP service is not editable!

I may have to take it out of Roaming Mode which is annoying considering it is a laptop!

I’m not sure why this has started happenning. It wasn’t how 7.04 worked

By: John Handelaar

John Handelaar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:16:57 +0000

Your DHCP client re-gets network settings periodically.

I have a copy of /etc/resolv.conf called /etc/resolv.conf.opendns, which I copy over when I remember (Digiweb Metro’s DNS servers suck less than Eircom’s).

You could add that ‘cp’ command to cron (`crontab -e` to edit your own crontab), or take the computer’s network settings out of ‘Roaming Mode’ and set everything manually.

Or, get into the admin interface for your home router and get it to send the OpenDNS nameservers to its DHCP clients instead of whatever it’s doing now.

By: Joshua K

Joshua K — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:25:44 +0000

I’m encountering all kinds of problems. I can’t get adept to pick up the dist-upgrade. And I get a blank screen on the Release Candidate CD.

By: Donncha O Caoimh

Donncha O Caoimh — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:15:21 +0000

The updated packages are downloading here as I type. Looking forward to the new release, although I don’t think my crappy onboard video card will handle the eye candy very well!