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21-AUG-05: TESTS ON BREEZY (Colonel 3 CD)

First, don't upgrade to Breezy using apt-get; I tried and the machine pretty much went bazark ("no user dhcp" kinda messages, yikes!)

So.. I did a test install of 'Colonel3' boot CD, and it went pretty smoothly I would say. It does not work :) but that's smooth for Linux still, eh? Anyhow, here are the gotchas on where Breezy hits the ground with Amilo L1300:

- wlan detected (hurray!) but DHCP detection at install not workin (using Apple Airport, WEP encryption, works otherwise on all OSes)
- Ethernet cable DHCP detection succeeds, but at 2nd round (after eject of CD-ROM & reboot) the network doesn't seem to be there, causing installation to get stuck at "Installed language-pack-en (87%)". reboot will work, but no network, still..
- xwga configuration: none (working in 1024x768 mode only, which is fatish on this screen)

Good points:
- WLAN card detected

Bad points:
- WLAN not working, Ethernet not working, WXGA not working
- Sleep button (Fn+F12) not working

The install was a fresh one, overwriting earlier data. Partitions #1 for WinXp (12GB), #2 for /boot (100MB), #3 for / (25GB)

Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Fujitsu laptop computers.

Summary

Make

Model

Install ?

Not works ?

Comments

Ubuntu Release

Date

Fujitsu

Amilo A

Yes

Support : http://rzr.online.fr/q/AmiloA

Fujitsu

Amilo A7640

Yes

ACPI battery status

Problem with touchpad (some tweaks required see Amilo L1300 below). WLAN working with both NDISWRAPPER and Linuxant Driverloader.

Fujitsu

Amilo D7800

Yes

IrDA, TV-out, S/PDIF

Modem with linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com/), extra keys and mail light (http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~tauber/acerhk/ - need to force for model 6800). Suspend/Resume (Works but on resume disables acpi interrupt, most probably will work properly soon, see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2690)

Fujitsu

Amilo L1300

Yes

wlan (needs ndiswrapper), WXGA (Breezy)

Details below

Fujitsu

Lifebook C2210

Yes

Secure digital reader, suspend

Firewire, S-Video not tested.

Hoary

Fujitsu-Siemens

Lifebook E6545

Yes

suspend to Disk works

Hoary

Fujitsu

Lifebook P2120

Yes

Modem (winmodem)

Details below

Warty

Fujitsu

Lifebook P7010

Yes

Modem ? SD reader

Works well, need to run 855resolution for 1280x768. definately some quirks with the ipw2200 driver that shipped with hoary.

Hoary

Fujitsu

Lifebook S6120

Yes

Suspend

CD burning, firewire and external display not tested. SLmodem is not supported natively, see BinaryDriverHowto, SmartLink section, to get it to work.

Details

Fujitsu Lifebook P2120

  • Works: network, pcmcia, usb, dvd, trackpoint, crt, cd-rw
  • Broken: internal winmodem
  • Untested: firewire, video out
  • Suspend to RAM (S3) works, do not use s3_bios, remove the ohci_hcd module before suspending, mouse stops working on resume, press Fn F4 (mouse) key twice to re-enable it.
  • Closing lid after power down turns the computer back ON, see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3221

  • Audio works on first boot, but stops working after suspend/resume.

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L1300

Centrino 1,5GHz CPU, 40GB hd, 15" wide lcd, Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device, Ethernet: Realtek RTL-8139/C/C+, WLAN: Intersil 3886 (rev 01) = Prism Javelin

Works:

  • Audio, touchpad, CD, USB, Ethernet (some dhcp problems, perhaps my setup only?)
  • I had same problem with dhcp, I removed the installed dhcp client software, and install pump. However, pump doesn't come with Ubuntu, so grab it off the net if you can. 'pump_0.8.19-5_i386.deb' worked for me. From console type 'dpkg -i pump_0.8.19-5_i386.deb'.

Partial:

  • Graphics works as 'i810' but in 1024x768 mode only. Things appear widened/stretched. Compiling Intel's "updated driver" to the thing had some glitches (see [http://www.xiaprojects.com/www/manuali/d400/main.php#graphicspatch here]) but did seem to pump up speed. Even with the updated driver, 1280x800 is still a dream.. (Intel says, 1280x800 is currently not supported in Linux Sad :( bohoo..

  • WLAN first complained of "missing 3886 firmware" but in fact a whole new prism54 driver (not ready yet!) [http://prism54.org will be needed]. Luckily, Ndiswrapper worked almost without an effort; do _not_ fetch the sources, it's actually included in Ubuntu. I failed to notice. ;}

  • Sound input / built-in mic: Mixer setup, "ALSA mixer" tab allows faint sound recording, but not good. Am I doing something wrong?
  • cont'd: 1280x800 _can_ be done, by [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/ 855resolution]. Thanks Nico T. for the hint.. Just do sudo 855resolution 5c 1280 800 and have a ModeLine such as

    ModeLine "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827

Broken/missing:

  • Boot failures: 'hw_random.ko', 'pciehp.ko' and 'shpchp.ko' (PCI Hotplug drivers) not found. Placed them in /etc/hotplug/blacklist.
  • Volume buttons: not working (or: not properly set up).
  • Suspend: followed the instructions at [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/SuspendHowto SuspendHowto] to enable ACPI suspend-to-RAM. It did work, going to sleep (led blinks and so..) but coming back is a no-go. Any hints?

  • cont'd: /etc/acpi/buttons/sleep.sh had "echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep" by default.

    • Mode 1 (cpu halt, all systems powered): does not sleep, prepares but wakes up instantly.
    • Mode 3 (default; cpu sleep, RAM powered): goes to sleep nicely, wakes up, but display not showing (common for display adapters, is it?)
    • Mode 4 (RAM to disk): no response, well the CPU does something.. but no crash, no halt, no sleep
  • Anyone able to get the display come back up after Sleep mode 3? (would be the best solution). Ctrl-Alt-Fx tried, no response.
  • cont'd: followed instructions at [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/PMTesting this page] and sleep-to-RAM now works, tadaa! Smile :)

    • Possibly, all that it really needed was the "VBERestore" option to X11 config - I'll never know. Sleep-to-disk (powerbutton) just shuts down, might be my messup though? (anyone with working sleep-to-disk, please fill in!)
  • cont'd: needed to re-edit the sleep stuff to make it work on Hoary - the "VBERestore" (in XF86Config-4) and "ACPI_SLEEP=true" (in /etc/default/acpi-support) seem to be enough. (plus possibly the restore= in /boot/grub/menu.lst, hmm.. was that it?)

Not tested:

  • Hibernation (making custom kernel sounds too much fuzz & risk for a day)

  • CardBus/pcmcia, S/PDIF (digital audio out), CD/DVD writer, modem

Hints:

by [http://www.sci.fi/~abisoft/asko asko], please fill in & comment Smile :)

..a hint on fonts: Seems L1300 had a bit too big fonts for my taste, I believe installing the '75dpi' package made them better (if you think the same, worth a try?)

..still me: Upgraded to Hoary and tried XOrg. Dual head video worked (cool) but native 1280x800 LCD not. I didn't stay to debug (please tell if you get it to work with Xorg!); shifted back to XFree86 for now. btw, even just the update seemed to do something Good for the fonts. Much more pleasant looking & professional, now. Thanks, Ubuntu!

(oh, ndiswrapper lost in the transition. Will be wired for now)

..on touchpad. The Synaptics Touchpad can be a real pain. It moves around your cursor position _while typing_ if you don't do something about it. Here's what. "sudo apt-get install xfree86-drivers-synaptic" (or something) Then add "MaxTapTime "0"" (you will need quotes around zero, weird??) to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. That should do it (disables tapping feature, but movement still works). To totally ban your tp, do "TouchpadOff "true"".

21-AUG-05: TESTS ON BREEZY (Colonel 3 CD)

First, don't upgrade to Breezy using apt-get; I tried and the machine pretty much went bazark ("no user dhcp" kinda messages, yikes!)

So.. I did a test install of 'Colonel3' boot CD, and it went pretty smoothly I would say. It does not work Smile :) but that's smooth for Linux still, eh? Anyhow, here are the gotchas on where Breezy hits the ground with Amilo L1300:

- wlan detected (hurray!) but DHCP detection at install not workin (using Apple Airport, WEP encryption, works otherwise on all OSes) - Ethernet cable DHCP detection succeeds, but at 2nd round (after eject of CD-ROM & reboot) the network doesn't seem to be there, causing installation to get stuck at "Installed language-pack-en (87%)". reboot will work, but no network, still.. - xwga configuration: none (working in 1024x768 mode only, which is fatish on this screen)

Good points: - WLAN card detected

Bad points: - WLAN not working, Ethernet not working, WXGA not working - Sleep button (Fn+F12) not working

The install was a fresh one, overwriting earlier data. Partitions #1 for WinXp (12GB), #2 for /boot (100MB), #3 for / (25GB)

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