Comments on: The X300 Review, Part 2: Running Ubuntu Hardy http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.2-alpha By: Andy http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-396317 Andy Wed, 28 May 2008 14:20:57 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-396317 You don't need a project to test, get a LCD/CRT monitor to test your VGA output, I am very interested in that. Keep up the great work!! You don’t need a project to test, get a LCD/CRT monitor to test your VGA output, I am very interested in that.

Keep up the great work!!

]]> By: Supples’ Pub » Blog Archive » links for 2008-05-02 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-373565 Supples’ Pub » Blog Archive » links for 2008-05-02 Fri, 02 May 2008 04:32:35 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-373565 [...] tecosystems » The X300 Review, Part 2: Running Ubuntu Hardy (tags: laptop Lenovo linux ubuntu x300 thinkpad) [...] [...] tecosystems » The X300 Review, Part 2: Running Ubuntu Hardy (tags: laptop Lenovo linux ubuntu x300 thinkpad) [...]

]]> By: Would you like a usb hub with that Air, Sir? « Getting Technical http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-371750 Would you like a usb hub with that Air, Sir? « Getting Technical Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:34:36 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-371750 [...] 30 April 2008 · No Comments I don’t have an Air and I know Stephen O’Grady has been reviewing his loaner Lenovo X300, but this Lenovo advertisement says it [...] [...] 30 April 2008 · No Comments I don’t have an Air and I know Stephen O’Grady has been reviewing his loaner Lenovo X300, but this Lenovo advertisement says it [...]

]]> By: TuxMobil http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-369025 TuxMobil Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:58:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-369025 A link to this guide has been included into the TuxMobil <a href="http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html">Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey</a>. A link to this guide has been included into the TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation guides survey.

]]> By: Chris Jones http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-368139 Chris Jones Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:31:28 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-368139 Good article - it's saved me from writing up my notes on the subject (since I put the suspend workaround on thinkwiki and reported the ALSA bug ;) Regarding the touchpad, you can disable it in the BIOS and not lose the trackpoint. The audio is a shame, but the changes required to make it work were just too big to get into Hardy in time. I'm going to try and knock up a custom package in a Launchpad PPA. we might get something into linux-backport-modules, but since it seems to require a pre-release ALSA, I'm not sure that's a good idea. The VGA port does work, although I've yet to find a way to get a native widescreen mode on the LCD and a 4:3 mode on the VGA (since all of our projectors at Canonical HQ are 4:3 this would be very nice!) The fingerprint scanner works fine if you install the thinkfinger packages and follow the setup bits from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger. I don't have an EVDO card in mine, so I can't test it, but I am told that Sierra have published a Linux driver for their cards, so I would expect this to work with some effort. The ThinkVantage button not working is a known bug, but we've not quite narrowed it down, see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217504 Thanks again for the great article. The X300 is an awesome piece of hardware and I will be doing my damnedest to make sure the next Ubuntu release works perfectly on it (but I'm not actually an Ubuntu developer, so any/all help is welcome - sign up for the Thinkpad X300 Launchpad team at https://launchpad.net/~thinkpad-x300 and join the mailing list. It's a bit quiet at the moment, but I suspect there aren't many X300 Linux users yet (and for bragging purposes, I think I may have been the first because I couldn't find anything on the web about it when i was doing it!)) Good article - it’s saved me from writing up my notes on the subject (since I put the suspend workaround on thinkwiki and reported the ALSA bug ;)

Regarding the touchpad, you can disable it in the BIOS and not lose the trackpoint.

The audio is a shame, but the changes required to make it work were just too big to get into Hardy in time.
I’m going to try and knock up a custom package in a Launchpad PPA. we might get something into linux-backport-modules, but since it seems to require a pre-release ALSA, I’m not sure that’s a good idea.

The VGA port does work, although I’ve yet to find a way to get a native widescreen mode on the LCD and a 4:3 mode on the VGA (since all of our projectors at Canonical HQ are 4:3 this would be very nice!)

The fingerprint scanner works fine if you install the thinkfinger packages and follow the setup bits from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger.

I don’t have an EVDO card in mine, so I can’t test it, but I am told that Sierra have published a Linux driver for their cards, so I would expect this to work with some effort.

The ThinkVantage button not working is a known bug, but we’ve not quite narrowed it down, see:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217504

Thanks again for the great article. The X300 is an awesome piece of hardware and I will be doing my damnedest to make sure the next Ubuntu release works perfectly on it (but I’m not actually an Ubuntu developer, so any/all help is welcome - sign up for the Thinkpad X300 Launchpad team at https://launchpad.net/~thinkpad-x300 and join the mailing list. It’s a bit quiet at the moment, but I suspect there aren’t many X300 Linux users yet (and for bragging purposes, I think I may have been the first because I couldn’t find anything on the web about it when i was doing it!))

]]> By: Dan Chen http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367461 Dan Chen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:25:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367461 You "just" need to compile alsa-kernel+alsa-driver from hg, or you can use the alsa-driver hg snapshot tarball from SuSE's ftp site. Or wait until a "proper" build shows up via linux-backports-modules-$(uname -r). You “just” need to compile alsa-kernel+alsa-driver from hg, or you can use the alsa-driver hg snapshot tarball from SuSE’s ftp site.

Or wait until a “proper” build shows up via linux-backports-modules-$(uname -r).

]]> By: elizabeth http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367437 elizabeth Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:29:39 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367437 Thanks for the writeup! I am excited. I have had issues with the wireless set up in the past. It seems so painful to fix. I will give hardy a try. Thanks for the writeup! I am excited. I have had issues with the wireless set up in the past. It seems so painful to fix.
I will give hardy a try.

]]> By: Mister Megahurtz http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367424 Mister Megahurtz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:45:55 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-367424 i was able to resolve all the firefox/flash problems with pulseaudio by doing nothing more than sudo apt-get install libflashsupport also, i have a Geforce 7300 too and dont have issues with compiz fusion. i was able to resolve all the firefox/flash problems with pulseaudio by doing nothing more than

sudo apt-get install libflashsupport

also, i have a Geforce 7300 too and dont have issues with compiz fusion.

]]> By: Mike Dolan http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-366837 Mike Dolan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:19:58 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-366837 While I'm not as lucky to have an X300 to try this on yet (can you sense the jealousness?) - in some of the prior Thinkpad models you could turn off the touchpad in the BIOS and keep the trackpoint working. The ThinkVantage button wouldn't make sense to map to anything by default on Linux (it maps to the Thinkpad Windows setup tool - which is garbage on Windows anyway. I believe the utility ubuntu uses is tpbuttons or something like that. You can set it to fire up anything you want. While I’m not as lucky to have an X300 to try this on yet (can you sense the jealousness?) - in some of the prior Thinkpad models you could turn off the touchpad in the BIOS and keep the trackpoint working.

The ThinkVantage button wouldn’t make sense to map to anything by default on Linux (it maps to the Thinkpad Windows setup tool - which is garbage on Windows anyway. I believe the utility ubuntu uses is tpbuttons or something like that. You can set it to fire up anything you want.

]]> By: Brian http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-366288 Brian Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:28:31 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/04/22/the-x300-review-part-2-running-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-366288 I had no idea that Twhirl worked with Air on Linux! Time to reinstall Air. Even though I don't have a shiny X300, I'm still having Hardy issues: * My GeForce 7300 LE w/512 MB of RAM doesn't deal with the extra desktop effects out of the box *at all* ... even with EnvyNG installed. Odd considering it ran Beryl fine but always choked horribly on compiz. * Pulse Audio isn't ready for primetime, in my opinion, until it gets along better with Flash. I have to cntrl+alt+backspace every couple of days because sound decides to die after too much context switching between Miro and YouTube in Firefox. * totem-xine doesnt' automatically kick totem-gstreamer to the curb by default ... leading to all sorts of DVD wackiness. I had no idea that Twhirl worked with Air on Linux! Time to reinstall Air.

Even though I don’t have a shiny X300, I’m still having Hardy issues:

* My GeForce 7300 LE w/512 MB of RAM doesn’t deal with the extra desktop effects out of the box *at all* … even with EnvyNG installed. Odd considering it ran Beryl fine but always choked horribly on compiz.

* Pulse Audio isn’t ready for primetime, in my opinion, until it gets along better with Flash. I have to cntrl+alt+backspace every couple of days because sound decides to die after too much context switching between Miro and YouTube in Firefox.

* totem-xine doesnt’ automatically kick totem-gstreamer to the curb by default … leading to all sorts of DVD wackiness.

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