HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsPackardBell

Revision 7 as of 2005-08-19 09:26:29

Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Packard Bell laptop computers.

Summary

Make	Model	Install ?	Not works ?	Comments	Ubuntu Release	Date
Packard Bell	Easynote 3300	Yes		Needs nolapic boot parameter, otherwise doesn't boot. Modem untested. Additional info: chipset is sis740, cpu is AMD XP-M 2600+	Warty
Packard Bell	Easynote A series	Yes	Centrino Wireless	Only issue so far is the Centrino Wireless: hardware shows up fine but HWaddr is 00:00:00:00:00:00, hence I can't set it in my router's MAC filtering.
Packard Bell	Easynote M5262	Yes		Details below		21-Dec-2005
Packard Bell	Easynote A5560	Yes		Celeron M. Linksys wireless. Details below.	Hoary	18-Aug-2005

Generally a smooth install and good user experience: ethernet connection, DVD drive, etc, all good
Touchpad and USB mouse work fine in tandem
Not yet got built in card reader working
Problems linking external monitor (but also in WinXP)
Problems linking digital camera (Fuji Finepix 1400) but may be camera issue
After booting, X sometimes displays a blank white screen and needs to be restarted with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to access GDM

Smooth installation, manual partition to keep recovery parition.
Kept recovery partition so my sister can go back to Windows, should she want to. (Brand new laptop - didn't let her even try Windows.)
Wireless Linksys card "INPROCOMM IPN 2220" not working. Fixed with ndiswrapper:
- $ apt-get install ndiswrapper
  $ wget ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/TravelMate_4000_4500/driver/a802.zip $ unzip a802.zip $ ndiswrapper -i A802/Winxp/neti2220.inf $ modprobe ndiswrapper $ rm -rf A802 a802.zip
Had to edit xorg.conf manually to achieve 1280*800 (1280*768 was detected)
Wireless not working after resume from hibernate, will get back with more info.
Haven't testet DVD burning and card reader yet.