You can read some background notes here. This is not necessary to understand text below.

This test is community driven. For official one, performed on Canonical Ltd. supplied laptop visit this page.

Preparations

Here you can read some technical stuff about this model of laptop.

Enviroment

• All test were or will be performed on laptop that I use daily for different purposes.

• I'll always use one partiton instalation ie. all system and user data will be placed on one "guest OS" partition (/dev/hda4).

• I'll use swap partition which was created earlier for daily-used Ubuntu instalation (/dev/hda5).
  

• Sample instalation guide I might provide later.

Assumptions

• all test were/will be performed with Final Releases of Ubuntu Desktop OS.

  • installation performed without network (fresh CD install),

  • some test were/will be performed with open source and with binary ATI driver,

  • if something will start to work after update via network it'll be emphased.
• (dist-)upgrades were/will be performed only on base instalation +
  • full system update,
  • packages needed for proper laptop work (if any),
  • ATI binary driver installed (but not used while upgrading),

  • WPA-enabled NetworkManager installed,

  • Ubuntu localization packages installed (in my case for Polish language),
• if any problem occur I'll try to provide a way to solve it.

• [0] All drivers downloaded from Ubuntu repository

• [1] Driver download needed

  • installed via sudo aptitude xorg-driver-fglrx

  • customized /etc/X11/xorg.conf TODO: link to file

• [2] If Bluetooth device is disabled (eg. by HP Tool provided with pre-installed Windows) it won't work.
  To bring blue Wi-Fi led to live follow these steps:

  • create/edit /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200 file eg. Alt+F2 + gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200

  • add following text: options ipw2200 led=1

  • reboot

• [3] Additional software download needed + additional configuration

  • easy install with sudo aptitude install network-manager-gnome

  • manual configuration needed

    • edit /etc/network/interfaces file eg. Alt+F2 + gksu gedit /etc/network/interfaces

    • comment all interfaces with # (with one exception ie. loopback interface - usually first two lines in this file.
      I repeat DO NOT COMMENT LOOPBACK interface)

  • reboot

• [4] Managed to get it to work (following step from Linux on HP Compaq nx8220 notebook)

  • sudo sh -c "echo 'ircomm_tty' >> /etc/modules"

• [5] Manual config needed:

  • System -> Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Capture -> Intel ICH6 - ADC2

• [6] Manual config needed:

  • edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file eg. Alt+F2 + gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

  • add

    Section "Extensions"        
       Option  "Composite" "Disable"
    EndSection

  • reboot

More to come.

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