So I finally notice there is now "linux-image-extras-3.11.0-15-generic" in the apt cache, hmm...

http://askubuntu.com/questions/153023/what-is-the-linux-image-extra-package-for-and-do-i-need-it

"Sometimes, a specific variant of the linux-image is slimmed down by removing the less common kernel modules (drivers). In this case, the linux-image-extra package simply contains all of the "extra" kernel modules which were left out."

Ugh...  Thanks for the "space conservation".

So voila, I have networking and a desktop, but now I have an issue I saw in the desktop installer the pegs a kworker thread @ 110% cpu on one core constantly, and will freeze if my monitor acpi suspends.  Geezus, now what!

Black cloud man, they follow me around.  I really don't think it's too much to ask for raid or full-disk crypto in a desktop installation.

Debian doesn't do EFI from what I could find, and most of the variants are more immature than even ubuntu's desktop installer to provide advanced raid/crypto/lvm capability on install.

-mb



On 01/04/2014 04:22 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:
Having insstalled 13.10 on maybe 25 systems, maybe 1/2 dual booting and one using UEFI, I have a hard time imagining what could be causing your problems.  The only problems I have seen were truly minor.


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:
So per a prior comment about odd efi-booting asus laptop, I'm still dealing with getting an os on it.

I installed Ubuntu server 13.10 on it as the desktop installer was unstable, and installed fine enough.  Now, my kernels are straight missing most of my drivers for things like my network cards and who knows what else.  If I install header packages, they are there, but otherwise mia.

I've never seen such a broken kernel install before, did the initrd system change on here?  Is there some additional package set it needs now installed to see an atheros atl1c driver gig nic?  Even the intel driver for the wlan nic is missing, so it's not just an "atheros" thing.  It works fine with the server generic kernel's initrd - really flippin befuddling.

Backstory:

Because ubuntu's desktop installer is so broken and incomplete for 13.10, I had to resort to using server to get my normal disk setup working using raid, crypto, and lvm.  After wasting a week with the desktop installer(s), at least I could get this to install clean, aside from it not creating a crypttab properly on install that consumed my morning.

This was after spending almost a week trying to make any form of ubuntu work on it, getting so pissed and spending another few just to learn Arch, realized that all in all I'd rather have a deb-based system, so went back again to try server to at least install.  I'm really wondering why...

Thanks in advance!

-mb
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