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Installing Kubuntu Hoary 5.04

If you wish to keep your existing Windows installation, follow the WindowsDualBootHowTo instructions and it will work fine. Resizing the NTFS partition will work. BACKUP YOUR DATA, just in case. Don't write over the MBR, but rather use dd (as the How To says) to copy over necessary GRUB info to Windows. Then boot using the Windows OS Loader.

Once Kubuntu is up and running, many things will work out-of-the-box. The table above is a quick reference sheet to what works.

Enabling ACPI for Power Functions

This is VERY easy from within KDE.

1. Right click the plug icon in the system tray and select "Configure klaptop"

2. Select the "ACPI Config" tab

3. Press the "Setup Helper Application" button and ignore the SUID root warning

4. Type your user password, then put a checkbox next to every option.

5. Click "Apply"

Installing the ATI RADEON 9600 Driver

There is a good tutorial for this, so in the spirit of reusing documentation, go to the ATI Howto and follow the instructions.

Setting up Intel 2200BG Wireless

If the KDE kwifimanager doesn't seem to work properly, you'll need to manually enter wireless network settings until a better solution comes along.

Method 1

1. To configure now, open a Konsole:

$ sudo iwconfig essid "default" key XXXXXXXXXX
$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

where "default" is the SSID of your wireless network, and XXXXXXXXXX is the WEP key (if you are using WEP).

2. To create profiles of different settings, save those lines in a text editor, and for each wireless network, save it as a new shell script.

Method 2

1. Download the latest Debian package of Wireless Assistant at http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/

2. To install it, open a Konsole:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/local /usr/local/kde
$ sudo dpkg -i wlassistant*.deb

That creates a recursive directory loop, but it is necessary because the package wants to install to /usr/local/kde, which isn't set in PATH.

3. Go to K-Menu --> Utilities --> Wireless Assistant

Synaptics Touchpad

No action is needed to get the extra features for the Synaptics touchpad working. Settings can be adjusted by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf (but make a backup first).

Installing the Integrated Video Camera Driver

1. Download the driver source at http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

2. To compile and install it, open a Konsole:

$ sudo -i
$ mv /path/to/spca5xx-yyymmdd.tar.gz /usr/src
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar zxvf spca5xx-yyyymmdd.tar.gz
$ cd spca5xx-yyyymmdd
$ make
$ make install
$ modprobe spca5xx
$ exit

3. Test it with

$ sudo apt-get install camorama
$ camorama

4. Alternatively, there is a KDE application called Konference. However, it must be compiled from source (at least until it is added to Universe).

Multimedia Keys

1. Download lineakd from Universe

$ sudo apt-get install lineakd

2. Set the laptop (use the Clevo D470V - it is the closest match)

$ lineakd -c CL-D470V

3. Add the following commands to ~/.lineakd/lineakd.conf

AudioLowerVolume = dcop kmix Mixer0 decreaseVolume --
AudioMute = dcop kmix Mixer0 toggleMute --
AudioRaiseVolume = dcop kmix Mixer0 increaseVolume --
Launch0 =
Mail = kontact
WWW = konqueror

Note: I figured out DCOP calls to control the volume, the Mail and WWW buttons work as well. I cannot get the kernel to detect Fn-ESC (sleep) Fn-F6 (CRT/LCD), or Fn-F11/F12 (Screen brightness). If anyone is able to, please update this configuration.

4. To create a startup link for lineakd, open a Konsole:

$ ln -s /usr/bin/lineakd ~/.kde/Autostart/lineak

External References

Debian/Sarge on a Sager NP3790

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