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ECS has a line of laptops or "mobile desktops" with Intel Pentium or Tansmeta 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 Hoary Hedgehog is concerned. '''Out of date!''' These laptop tests are now out of date, for newer tests see the [[LaptopTestingTeam|Laptop Testing Team]] pages

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.
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||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc">'''Make''' || '''Model''' || '''Install ?''' || '''Not works ?''' || '''Comments''' || '''Ubuntu Release''' || '''Date''' ||
|| ECS || Desknote A530 || Yes || Internal Modem || 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). || Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) || Aug 13, 2005 ||
|| ECS || Desknote A530 || Yes (Assumed) || Internal Modem, WiFi || Boot takes a while waiting for hotplug to finish. Note: apt-get dist-upgrade from Hoary to Breezy || Breezy Badger (5.10 RC1) || Oct. 08, 2005 ||
||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a">'''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 ||
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||<rowbgcolor="#cccccc">'''Feature''' || '''Works ?''' || '''Comments''' || '''Date''' ||
|| Ethernet Interface || Yes || The Realtek-based NIC is supported by the Ubuntu out of the box. || Aug. 13, 2005 ||
|| 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). || Oct. 08, 2005 ||
|| Touch Pad || Yes || Supports pad tap in place of clicks using the buttons. Directional keys for the Touch Pad cause different behaviours. -- See SynapticsTouchpadHowto.|| Aug. 13, 2005 ||
|| Transmeta (tm) Crusoe (tm) LongRun || Yes || See LongRunHowTo for more information. ||
Aug. 13, 2005 ||
|| Display || Yes || Supported screen resolution of 1024x768 detected and enabled upon installation. || Aug. 13, 2005 ||
|| 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"]. || Aug. 13, 2005 ||
|| ACPI Hibernate || Yes || Works with Breezy, updated as of time of writing. || Oct. 08, 2005 ||
|| ACPI Suspend || Yes || Works with Hoary, have yet to be tested with Breezy. || Oct. 08, 2005 ||
|| ACPI Resume || No || Not triggered by usual keys (power button, Enter, other key combinations). Needs further investigation. || Oct. 08, 2005 ||
||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a">'''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 ||
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* Page initially created by ["DeanMichaelBerris"] detailing information regarding the Ubuntu installation on his ECS Desknote A530+. * Page initially created by [[DeanMichaelBerris]] detailing information regarding the Ubuntu installation on his ECS Desknote A530+.
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Out of date! These laptop tests are now out of date, for newer tests see the Laptop Testing Team pages

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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