[afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!

[kebba.foon at qcell.gm]

Is there any reason you have to install 10.10 why not go with the  
latest ubuntu version 11.10

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Quoting Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz>:

>
> Hello Ubuntu champions greetings,
>
> I am trying to migrate to Ubuntu Linux but I am getting a lot of  
> drill with features that I would not want to lose as compared to  
> Microsoft.
> I have been using Ubuntu 8.04 and recently I asked you to help me  
> get Microsoft publisher working and you helped me with a hint and I  
> ultimately succeeded to get it working using WINE although with some  
> difficulties. WELL not a big deal
>
> Any way going back to the problem at hand now I decided to reinstall  
> my system with 10.10




  which I have used a lot of energy first of all
> to get the ISO image which at the beginning I downloaded a desktop  
> ISO which wanted to drive me crazy as it was not installing only  
> running on RAM with the CD inserted and I discovered at the latest  
> moment that I was supposed to download the Alternate Version which I  
> had to make sure I do it and get the results same day. I did this  
> for almost the whole of yesterday's night and finally succeeded to  
> get 10.10 installed by 03:00 HRS, I was deadly tired and only slept  
> after the install.
>
> Today morning I started again this time to make sure my new OS can  
> play audio and video files as well as to do all necessary Security  
> upgrades and finished at around 15:00HRS.
>
> Oooops! My GOD I came to discover that my new OS cannot mount my USB  
> stick although it can mount and read a USB Card reader with Memory  
> Card of any type plugged in the same USB ports also it can see  
> everything in my USB Mass Storage drive. I tried also my Digital  
> camera with USB support it read pretty fine.
>
> The issue is only and just USB memory Stick. You can't believe
>
> Fdisk -l will show the /dev/sdb1 with the capacity of my memory  
> stick, Now I am about to run crazy again, I cannot afford to run my  
> new OS without USB stick functionality. I have googled and tried a  
> lot of everything said there in the forums but all in VAIN. Actually  
> I have discovered that it is not only me but many have had this  
> experience though some said they solved by disabling their floppy  
> device on BIOS but to me and many more other has not solved the  
> problem.
>
> I have now reached at the point that Either I go BACK to my 8.04  
> though I thought I could enjoy much on Ubuntu with 10.10 OR I get  
> the Last help and my LAST RESORT is you Guys.
>
> It reminds me of OUR Late Lecture for Computer Science in 2000 at  
> the University of Dar es Salaam the LATE Dr. Mbise who was always  
> preaching US that "IF YOU FIND YOU ARE USING A LOT OF ENERGY OR A  
> LOT OF THINKING IN ANYTHING TECHNICAL THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT  
> EITHER YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM"  
> i.e. Life is supposed to be easier and not difficult in the  
> computing world.
>
> Now please help me out of this predicament as I consider to go back  
> to UBUNTU 8.04 just for the USB Memory functionality.
>
> Excuse me for the long STORY this is to make sure That my problem is  
> well Understood.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yasini.
>
>
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