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ECS has a line of laptops or "mobile desktops" with Intel Pentium or Transmeta Crusoe based models. Currently, only the ECS Desknote A530+ has been tested with Ubuntu -- Summary of features and things that work below. Mostly all of the hardware in the system appear to have been detected upon install time and by the LiveCD -- this is true so far as Ubuntu v5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) is concerned.

Summary

Make

Model

Installs ?

Not working

Ubuntu Release

Comments

Last Updated

ECS

Desknote A530

Yes

Internal Modem

v5.04 (Hoary)

Sound is supported but Hoary uses 2 drivers to support the sound card -- an OSS mixer device, and an ALSA driver for the same audio device (Ali 5451).

2005-Aug-13

ECS

Desknote A530

Yes (Assumed)

Internal Modem, WiFi

v5.10 (Breezy) RC1

Boot takes a while waiting for hotplug to finish. Note: apt-get dist-upgrade from Hoary to Breezy

2005-Oct-08

ECS Desknote A530+

Feature

Works ?

Comments

Last Updated

Ethernet Interface

Yes

The Realtek-based NIC is supported by the Ubuntu out of the box.

2005-Aug-13

WiFi

No

The USB based internal WiFi interface is not detected by Ubuntu out of the box. The WiFi device is a USB attached (internal) Prism2 based chipset, last known to work with the linux-wlan-ng drivers and userland tools, along with hotplug configuration (last known to work with Debian Sid).

2005-Oct-08

Touch Pad

Yes

Supports pad tap in place of clicks using the buttons. Directional keys for the Touch Pad cause different behaviours. -- See SynapticsTouchpadHowto.

2005-Aug-13

Transmeta (tm) Crusoe (tm) LongRun

Yes

See LongRunHowTo for more information.

2005-Aug-13

Display

Yes

Supported screen resolution of 1024x768 detected and enabled upon installation.

2005-Aug-13

Internal Modem

No

To be able to use the internal modem, smlink drivers from http://www.smlink.com/ have to be downloaded, compiled, and installed to use the internal modem. -- See WinModemM5457.

2005-Aug-13

ACPI Hibernate

Yes

Works with Breezy, updated as of time of writing.

2005-Oct-08

ACPI Suspend

Yes

Works with Hoary, have yet to be tested with Breezy.

2005-Oct-08

ACPI Resume

No

Not triggered by usual keys (power button, Enter, other key combinations). Needs further investigation.

2005-Oct-08

Notes

* Page initially created by DeanMichaelBerris detailing information regarding the Ubuntu installation on his ECS Desknote A530+.


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