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• Contact: JasonLiquorish

• Brand: Lenovo
• Make : 3000 C200
• Model: 8922 AZG

• Website: http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwpartnumlookup/_TZ0AZXX?open&sourcesite=cema

I have started a blog on installing Ubuntu on the Lenovo 3000 C200 and you can find it at http://lenovo.dropshock.com/.

Hardware Specifications

• Intel Celeron-M 430 (1.73 Ghz, 1 MB Cache)
• 512MB DDR2-667MHz
• 15.0" TFT (1024x768 - 4:3)
• 80 GB SATA Hard Drive on Intel 82801GBM (ICH7) SATA Controller
• Intel 945GM graphic controller with 128 MB shared memory - Website spec has this as 950GM, lspci gives 945GM?
• DVD/DVD-RW Drive: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N

• 56K Modem v.92: Si-3054

• LAN: Realtek RTL-8139
• WLAN: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI
• PCMCIA: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
• IEEE-1394: Compal Electronics
• MS/MS PRO/MMC/SD/SDIO/xD-Picture Card reader
• Audio: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (Realtek Id 862)
• S-Video Out

Current Issues

Sound does not work after install, see Notes.

Lenovo care button has no keycode set so is not programmable, see Notes.

Installing Feisty

To ensure all hardware works after install you will need to:

1. Make sure that the wireless switch is in the "on" position (wireless on, to the right)
2. That the internal modem is enabled in the BIOs, if not audio problems can occur.
3. Install Feisty as you would normally

System Info

bios-version:63ET62WW
system-manufacturer:LENOVO
system-product-name:8922AZG
system-version:3000 C200

Hardware details

Notes

Sound

To get sound working you can carry out the following steps, I have only tested this in feisty:

sudo apt-get install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` 

Stop alsa

sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop 
sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound stop 

Change to the home directory and make a temporary directory for the alsa source.

cd ~
mkdir alsa-src
cd alsa-src

Download the required alsa source packages

wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.14rc2.tar.bz2

Untar the alsa source packages:

tar xvf alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2
tar xvf alsa-lib-1.0.14rc3.tar.bz2
tar xvf alsa-utils-1.0.14rc2.tar.bz2

Download the required patch:

wget http://lenovo.dropshock.com/files/realtek6.tar.gz

Untar the source package:

tar xvf realtek6.tar.gz

Copy the patch to the alsa source:

cp patch_realtek.c ~/alsa-src/alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/

Now compile the alsa packages:

cd alsa-driver-1.0.14rc3 
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
make
sudo make install

cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.14rc3
./configure
sudo make install

cd ../alsa-utils-1.0.14rc2
./configure
sudo make install

Remove the old alsa module and replace with the new one:

sudo modprobe -r snd-hda-intel && sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel

If you still do not have sound, you may need to append the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base (In Jaunty and newer versions this file is /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf):

options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1 model=laptop-eapd

Lenovo Care Button

To get the Lenovo care button to work on every startup you need to do the following:

sudo gedit /usr/share/hotkey-setup/lenovo.hk

and add this to the end of the file:

setkeycodes e034 129

Wireless

To get the wireless card working the following steps should be taken:

Install ndiswrapper

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils1.9

Blacklist the opensource wireless driver shipped with ubuntu to avoid conflict

echo `blacklist bcm43xx` | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Download the driver

cd ~
wget http://lenovo.dropshock.com/files/bcmwl5.tar.gz

Extract the driver

tar xvf bcmwl5.tar.gz
cd bcmwl5

Install the driver with ndiswrapper

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

Check the driver has installed

ndiswrapper -l

you should see

bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)

or something similar

Load the driver

sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Check for errors

tail /var/log/messages

if you see no errors everything should be fine.

Now we have to make ndiswrapper load at startup

sudo ndiswrapper -m

To connect to your network you need to left click the network manager applet in the notification area and select "Connect to other wireless network..."

To stop the keyring manager nagging you at every logon for your password you can do the following:

make sure your keyring manager password is the same as your logon password, if it is not then delete your current keyring and set the password to the same as your logon

rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/default.keyring 

Now install libpam-keyring

sudo apt-get install libpam-keyring

You will now need to modify /etc/pam.d/gdm

sudo gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm

and add this line at the bottom of the file

@include common-pamkeyring 

now save the file and close gedit.

Now when you reboot you will not be hassled for your keyring password.

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