Ubuntu 8.04 Again

Today when I booted up the PC, my wireless connection established successfully on the first try. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it will remain the case.

A new bug has popped up. When I hooked up my Sony Clie Palm Pilot to the USB port, and tried to do a HotSync using J-Pilot, the USB connection could not be made. The following message showed up in the system log file:

kernel: [37147.023105] visor: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -5

It turns out that this is a bug (#10118) introduced in kernel 2.6.24 and fixed in kernel 2.6.25. Luckily, so far, it appears to affect only the "visor" module. Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," scheduled for release in Oct, 2008, will include the new kernel. As there isn't a kernel patch available (I would have liked the opportunity to compile the kernel, something that I haven't done in a few years), I'll wait for Intrepid. In the meantime, I'll HotSync using my laptop while trying to see if there is another way to HotSync on Linux.