The installation is easy enough. You just follow the prompts. Finding a Drive and Mount Point are the only tricky things really. The Drive will be the one you have prepared hopefully and a swap drive, (use Knoppix and QtParted to setup), the Mount Point is usually just /

The next thing to do is to fix the sound as per the ubuntu Guide.

URL: http://www.ubuntuguide.org

Q: How to configure sound to work properly in GNOME?

1. Read General Notes
2. Read How to add extra repositories?
3. sudo killall esd
sudo cp /etc/esound/esd.conf /etc/esound/esd.conf_backup
sudo gedit /etc/esound/esd.conf

4. Find this section

...
auto_spawn=0
spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 5
...

5. Replace with the following lines

auto_spawn=1
spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -d default

6. Save the edited file (sample)
7. sudo apt-get install libesd-alsa0
sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf

8. Insert the following lines into the new file

pcm.card0 {
type hw
card 0
}

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1025
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
period_time 0
period_size 2048
buffer_size 32768
rate 48000
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}

9. Save the edited file (sample)
10. sudo ln -fs /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/libesd.so.1

11. System -> Preferences -> Sound
12. Sound preferences

General Tab -> Sounds for events (Un-Checked)

13. Save and close all opened applications, Reboot computer

As I do not have good access to the Internet I downloaded the 100mb Update which is execllent as it adds a lot of nice extras like XMMS, Mplayer, Flash, Java, Burner etc.

Q: Where to download Unofficial Ubuntu Add-On CD?

1. http://ubuntuguide.org/add-on-cd

Then I added some packages not initially installed, like a C Compiler.

System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

I had some trouble with Windows Partitions, but the following mostly worked;

in a root shell
mkdir /mnt/hda1
chmod 777 /mnt/hda1
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
add
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 auto rw,umask=0 0 0
sudo gedit /etc/mtab
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat rw,umask=0 0 0
Save the files
Then reboot

I did have more trouble with my Home PC having 2 hard drives and several partitions on 1 drive. The second drive showed up as hda2, but using Knoppix and a bit of mucking around found it was hdb1, which makes more sense.

Found this line worked better in fstab/mtab; /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 vfat umask=0 0 0
The only other problem was the LAN and SAMBA settings.

Add SAMBA user
sudo smbpasswd -a username
Enter twice the password for that user and that is done.

I have had issues with SAMBA and using the Workgroup name, but discovered that using the IP address works great. I have the LAN on Static IP and use smb://192.168.0.1 in Nautilus for seeing the Windows PC.

Q: How to speed up CD/DVD-ROM?

1. Read General Notes
2.
e.g. Assumed that /dev/cdrom is the location of CD/DVD-ROM

3.
sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdb
sudo cp /etc/hdparm.conf /etc/hdparm.conf_backup
sudo gedit /etc/hdparm.conf

4. Append the following lines at the end of file
/dev/hdb {
dma = on
}

It burns fine but only a couple of tracks and dies, eroaster converts to wav but then does not burn.

In the end I found the only way was to load Kubuntu with KDE to give me K3B to burn CDs properly.
Got the Kubuntu CD. Used;
apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Reboot and at logon select the Desktop you want KDE or Gnome!

I am also trying to compile a TV capture program but have yet to crack that one!
I have got TVTime running and do get a hazy picture.

Still it is mostly pretty easy when you know how LOL.

I am Using KDE not Gnome as I find KDE more mature and useful, also looks better!

Now everything should be sweet we hope LOL

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