[问题]Ubuntu 8.04 安裝于USB stick 登錄后無法啟動Gnome

[louisfan]

碰到的問題和Bruno一樣，沒有人解答。直接轉過來了

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.

Hello,

I have Ubuntu 8.04 installed on my desktop computer. No problem over there (except that I still don't have flash playing in firefox 3)
Then I decided to install Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB stick , to be used on my laptop (compaq nc 6000)
When I start the Live CD, everything works fine. I do get Ubuntu 8.04 as on my desktop.
Then I decide to install it on my USB stick, reboot the computer.. at this stage I get as far as a login and I do get the desktop background for Ubuntu 8.04 (the Hardy Heron), but no pannels, nothing.. just the heron.
No mouse clicks result in any action, neither...
So..
I installed Xubuntu 8.04 on the same USB stick. No problem ! I do get a fully functional Xubuntu booting from the USB stick. I install KDE, and again no problem : I do get Ubuntu started with KDE, all right.
After I installed gnome on Xubuntu, I get exactly the same as when I installed Ubuntu from the Live CD.
So It seems the 'gnome' environment does not want to be installed on my USB stick. Not yet.
Again : Ubuntu 8.04 (with the Ubuntu-desktop) gnome environment works OK from the Live CD.. so I do not think something is broken within gnome.. It just doesn't work if I try to install it on a USB stick.

Has anyone experienced the same problem ?
Has anyone some suggestion to make Ubuntu-desktop operational when I start from a USB stick ?

Bruno

[billbear]

我幾天前做過，請看 viewtopic.php?t=126321
我估計 hardy gnome 對 usb stick 的支援存在問題。（行動硬碟則沒有問題，我也試過）
現在你需要把 usb stick 作為 physical disk 掛在 vmware 裡頭，在 vmware 的虛擬環境裡認為你的 usb stick 是一個硬碟，所以你可以成功地進入桌面。然後更新你的ubuntu。更新之後這個問題就被fix了。

[louisfan]

謝謝billbear！

原來巧妙之處在于利用vmware 的虛擬硬碟避開這個bug～

我用的是8GB MicroSD轉接讀卡器，應該適用這個辦法。