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

Summary

Make

Model

Installs ?

Not working

Ubuntu Release

Comments

Last Updated

Gateway

MX3560

Yes

Minor audio problems

v5.10 (Breezy)

Disable "External amp" in mixer settings

Gateway

MX6429

Yes

Audio problems

v6.10 (Edgy)

Had to use "noapci" boot option, sound doesn't work yet. bcm43xx drivers worked for me, I believe.

2006-Sep-11

Gateway

M505

Yes

None

v6.06 (Dapper)

Boot screen flaky (split screen top/bottom, mirrored with thick white line between halves)

2006-Aug-06

Gateway

MX3228

Yes

Video card: only vesa module works

v6.10 (Edgy) kept up to date everyday

Must install openchrome manually to the card running Ok

2006-Oct-07

Gateway

MX3210

Yes

Could not get the internal wifi card to work, had to use a PCMCIA D-Link card WNA-1330, manually config widescreen at 1280 x 768 at install

v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy)

Dapper, Edgy does NOT install well.

2006-Nov-03

Gateway

MX6920

Yes

Audio problems / Card-reader drivers do not load by default

v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy) & v7.04 (Feisty)

Edgy: must add tifm_7xx1, tifm_core, tifm_sd, and a line which says "options snd-hda-intel model=m2-2" to /etc/modules Feisty: download and untar http://geocities.com/dollzrgr8/tifm_installer.tar.gz then run install.sh

2007-Apr-23

Gateway

M675

Yes

Audio & Wireless

v5.10 (Breezy), upgraded to v6.10 (Edgy)

Edgy installer freezes, but Breezy works with vga=771 option (Incremental upgrade to Edgy worked fine). Audio will not play out of speakers, headset or audio-out (sound only comes out the mic-in jack!). Wireless does not work.

2007-Apr-01

Gateway

MX6927

Yes

waking from Suspend; right Alt key

v6.10 (Edgy)

requires 915resolution package to get correct resolution

2007-Apr-05

Gateway

MX6927

Yes

none

v7.04 (Feisty)

requires 915resolution package to get correct resolution

2007-Apr-19

Gateway

MX6629

Yes

none

v7.04 (Feisty)

requires 915resolution package to get correct resolution

2007-Jun-18

Gateway

MT6707

Yes

none

v7.04 (Feisty)

requires 915resolution package to get correct resolution Also microphone doesn't work. Also microphone doesn't work

2007-Jun-19


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