Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Notes to myself on laptop hacks necessary after Gutsy upgrade.

/etc/acpi/suspend.d/55-down-interfaces.sh had to be edited to move the pccardctl eject line to the end of the file, otherwise resume after suspend doesn't bring the wireless back up.

In general, the update worked pretty well. In the car this afternoon, it occurred to me that it would be a good idea for config files to be flagged in such a way that editing them triggered a 'diary' dialog which encapsulated a diff between it and the previous version, and requested a comment explaining it.

The idea is that after an upgrade or reinstall, you'd be able to track the hacks and customizations you've made.