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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.
Summary
Make |
Model |
Install ? |
Not works ? |
Comments |
Ubuntu Release |
Last Updated |
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) |
2005-Aug-13 |
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) |
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 |
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+.