ATI restricted drivers 404 not found

[gobble]

I just installed Xubuntu 8.0.4.1 amd64 version. I went to the Hardware rivers menu and checked the Enable box for ATI Accel graphics driver. Then it tries to download the driver and fails with error "W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/xorg-driver-fglrx_7.1.0-8-3+2.6.24.13-18.41_amd64.deb 404 Not Found ".

Can you guys get atleast one thing right? This is disgusting. I have been a ww.linuxfromscratch.org user since 2003. Last year I tried Ubuntu 8.0.4, got totally frustrated in 6 months - something broke with every update *every single week*, console fonts were corrupt and unusable with ATI driver, no single reliable player like windows media player etc etc. I switched to Opensuse 11, got even more frustrated. Now I am back to Xubuntu with one objective - use it to rebuild my linuxfromscratch system and forget Ubuntu/Suse Crap once and for all.

Is it too much to expect a release that works out of the box? I've spent more time fixing my desktop in the last one year than actually do anything productive!! Googling for the url to ATI repo yielded nothing for 20 mins in 12 attempts!! Can you guys document things more properly? The alternatives/repo is not listed in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI . By the time I get my latest and greatest chipset/mobo to work decently it will too old and be outdated.

Please fix this you before I lose more time on your substandard product.

[Chris Crisafulli (itnet7)]

Thank you for your bug report. To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ . Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in mind.

First off let me say, that I too come from a Beyond Linux From Scratch Background.

Although I can understand your frustration with your issues that you are suffering from that does not excuse your demeanor. It is attitudes like yours that cause people to keep linux in general at Arms length. Now with all of that being said, Is there a reason that you chose not to use Xubuntu 8.10, with a newer kernel and a newer driver package base one would think you would have better results?

Instead of trying to point out the flaws of distributions and their documentation, you might be interested to know that LFS has a live cd where you can achieve your goal of rebuilding your machine without touching another distribution. Here is link for you.... http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/ (see we can be helpful!) :-).

[gobble (gobbledegeek)]

On 1/26/09, Chris Crisafulli <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. To maintain a respectful atmosphere,
> please follow the code of conduct -
> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ . Bug reports are handled by
> humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in
> mind.
>

Point taken.

> First off let me say, that I too come from a Beyond Linux From Scratch
> Background.
>
> Although I can understand your frustration with your issues that you are
> suffering from that does not excuse your demeanor. It is attitudes like
> yours that cause people to keep linux in general at Arms length.

ROFL ROFL I spent $1000 on a PC, whats stopping me from spending $100
on a DVD player or a licensed Windows MCE copy?

> with all of that being said, Is there a reason that you chose not to use
> Xubuntu 8.10, with a newer kernel and a newer driver package base one
> would think you would have better results?

Wow! You are the second person in the Ubuntu community recommending this.
I can now only infer that many of you folks have not yet grasped the
meaning of LTS and Ubuntu's commitment to support it?

Asking users to upgrade at the drop of a hat and not considering what
is broken in a stable release is one big mistake that will hit your
movements credibility badly. A user who downloads a release 6 months
old and one step behind the current one, does so for very good reasons
- stability and absence of minor irritants that would have been fixed
with over a period.

Instead in your eagerness for one-upmanship and to have the last word,
you have forgotten your responsibility and closed the bug without
acknowledging the real issue

>
> Instead of trying to point out the flaws of distributions and their
> documentation, ...
>
CRs are for pointing out flaws in a product :). Agreed perhaps in a
better way than I originally posted, but nonetheless...

The issue reported here is not one hard to debug bug that slipped
through the cracks. This is a simple matter of content management on
your systems - the URL for a critical driver repository is broken that
too for an older release considered stable. It may be a small error
for you to fix, but for a user staying up till 2am to finish off an
install and move on - its a big deal when even an older stable release
is so fundamentally broken.

Cheers

Regards