IntrepidReleaseNotes

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These release notes document known issues with Ubuntu 8.10 and its variants.

System Requirements

The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu 8.10 is 256 MiB of memory. (Note that some of your system's memory may be unavailable due to being used for the graphics card.)

With only the minimum amount of memory available, the installation process will take longer than normal, but will complete successfully, and the system will perform adequately once installed. Low-memory systems may be able to use the desktop CD to install by selecting "Install Ubuntu" from the boot menu to run just the installer, rather than the whole desktop started by selecting "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer".

Installation

Upgrading

Users of Ubuntu 8.04 can upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 by a convenient automated process. Users of older Ubuntu releases need to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS first, and then to 8.10. Complete instructions may be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading.

X.org Input Devices

The X.Org configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) still has InputDevice entries for the mouse and keyboard, but they are ignored now because input-hotplug is used. The keyboard settings now come from /etc/default/console-setup; to change them please use sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup. After that, HAL and X need to be restarted (e.g., by rebooting your system).

After upgrading to 8.10, some keys might misbehave in X. Please make sure you have set the keyboard model as Generic Evdev-managed keyboard in System → Preferences → Keyboard, in the tab Layouts.

GNOME Logout Applet

The "Logout" applet, which earlier Ubuntu releases put by default at the right side of the panel does not offer the shutdown/reboot/hibernate/suspend actions any more (since they were now split out to a separate action and dialog). It is recommended that you remove this applet and replace it with the "User Switcher" applet, which now combines the previous "User switcher" and "Logout" applets. This change is currently not yet done automatically on upgrade (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274146)

UbuntuStudio real-time kernel support

No real-time kernel variant is available for the Linux 2.6.27 kernel included with Ubuntu 8.10. Users of UbuntuStudio 8.04 who need real-time kernel support are advised not to upgrade to UbuntuStudio 8.10.