Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Ubuntu Feisty Beta on Dell Inspiron 1501
Ubuntu Feisty
I just download the latest Ubuntu beta release, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04). My previous installation was done with Ubuntu Edgy (6.10), with the new one we not need the pci=nomsi boot option to be able to install the distribution and have it working... In fact it was really easy, just boot from the CD and follow the normal installation process.
As for the tweak, this is what I do to configure my system.
Video
The video card on the Dell Inspiron 1501 is an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. Whit the default installation, the distribution use the ati driver. So I decide to update it with the new the help of the Restricted Drivers Manager. With this new configuration tools, you just need to enable the ATI accelerated graphics driver and they your system will be configured with the fglrx driver...
This is what I got after the installation:
# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)
Note that with the default installation of the fglrx driver, the font look a little bit fuzzy, this is cause by a bad screen resolution configuration. To fix the problem, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change all the "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" to "1280x800", the real screen resolution.
Wireless
Again the wireless Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card doesn't work out of the box. We need to used the ndiswrapper tool with the Windows Driver...
To fix the problem, I follow the step from this blog:
Fixing wifi on the Dell 1501
Modem
For the internal modem, it will work with the Conexant HSF softmodem driver.
Final word
So far, I found the installation of the Ubuntu Feisty Beat release very easy. The new interface is very clean and I found the new tools easy to used...
I just download the latest Ubuntu beta release, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04). My previous installation was done with Ubuntu Edgy (6.10), with the new one we not need the pci=nomsi boot option to be able to install the distribution and have it working... In fact it was really easy, just boot from the CD and follow the normal installation process.
As for the tweak, this is what I do to configure my system.
Video
The video card on the Dell Inspiron 1501 is an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100. Whit the default installation, the distribution use the ati driver. So I decide to update it with the new the help of the Restricted Drivers Manager. With this new configuration tools, you just need to enable the ATI accelerated graphics driver and they your system will be configured with the fglrx driver...
This is what I got after the installation:
# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)
Note that with the default installation of the fglrx driver, the font look a little bit fuzzy, this is cause by a bad screen resolution configuration. To fix the problem, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change all the "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" to "1280x800", the real screen resolution.
Wireless
Again the wireless Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card doesn't work out of the box. We need to used the ndiswrapper tool with the Windows Driver...
To fix the problem, I follow the step from this blog:
Fixing wifi on the Dell 1501
Modem
For the internal modem, it will work with the Conexant HSF softmodem driver.
Final word
So far, I found the installation of the Ubuntu Feisty Beat release very easy. The new interface is very clean and I found the new tools easy to used...
Friday, March 16, 2007
If suspend and hibernate not working
If suspend and hibernate not working
If after fglrx installation suspend and hibernate stop working. I mean it suspends and hibernates but does not start and just gives black screen. Then put POST_VIDEO to false:
| File: /etc/default/acpi-support |
# Should we attempt to warm-boot the video hardware on resume? |
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