Posted 07/19/2009 at 02:05:39pm

Ok, a few comments on your issues:

 1) To the people freaking out about their password "not typing," it actually is.  Security at the bootloader, shell, or terminal won't even display stars when you're typing the password.  It is being entered, though, trust me.

2) For those of you using the installer from this article, the version of Ubuntu being installed is a server edition, meaning the GUI is not automatically installed.  To install it (after the disk install is complete), log in with your username and password at the terminal prompt.  You'll see a prompt that looks like:

username@hostname:~$ _

At this prompt, type the following:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Enter your password when prompted, agree to the download and install (it takes about 2 gigs of space), and let it do its thing for a few hours.  When it is complete, type the following command to restart the PS3:

sudo shutdown -r 0

When the PS3 restarts, hit Enter when kboot prompts you to do so, then it should boot into the GUI on its own.  If not, type the following at the prompt:

startx

3) The first thing you'll want to do when you boot into the desktop is update Ubuntu.  Install all 70-some updates but DO NOT install version 9.04!  It will NOT work with the PS3 and WILL ruin your installation.

4) Make sure to shut down Ubuntu properly from either the desktop or the terminal (with sudo shutdown -h 0).  If not, the next time you boot you will likely get an error in kboot saying the rootfs cannot be found.  If this happens, shutdown the PS3, cut power, reapply power, and start it back up and it should be ok.

Hopefully this helps some people out.