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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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