Revision as of 11:39, 28 June 2010

Ubuntu Installation Instructions

We are currently using Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).
- After installing Lucid you might have a problem running X using the NVidia graphic card driver on some of the lab machine. The instructions for fixing this can be found here. For convienience I'll summarize the instructions below:
  - edit /etc/default/grub
  - add vmalloc=192M to the end of "GRUB_CMD_LINE_LINUX_DEFAULT"
To check your Ubuntu version, type lsb_release -a in a terminal

We have been using Mac Minis as the computers on-board the robots.
To boot up using an Ubuntu Live CD on a Mac Mini, hold down the C (and B?) keys when the computer starts up.

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 = Ubuntu Installation Instructions =
 *  We are currently using Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).
-** After installing Lucid you might have a problem running X using the NVidia graphic card driver on some of the lab machine.  The instructions for fixing this can be found [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1125400&page=32 here].
+** After installing Lucid you might have a problem running X using the NVidia graphic card driver on some of the lab machine.  The instructions for fixing this can be found [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1125400&page=32 here]. For convienience I'll summarize the instructions below:
+*** edit /etc/default/grub
+*** add vmalloc=192M to the end of "GRUB_CMD_LINE_LINUX_DEFAULT"
 * To check your Ubuntu version, type lsb_release -a in a terminal