Install Ubuntu Hardy (8.04.1) Guide

Guide moved here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne

I think the Ubuntu wiki is the better place for it, since anyone can fix what needs to be fixed.

Please do have a read through and fix any mistakes.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

Jeff, many thanks for taking up the initiative to do this. It's been extremely helpful for all of us.

- Brent -

 

Does the Fn keys work with ubuntu? Especially for changing volume, screen brightness, external monitor?

 

Brightness and volume work, have not tried external monitor.

 

http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-ha ... 724.tar.gz

This one may work ( on my AO )

 

I second that. Kudos to menachem and osdude also. This mini-community is turning out to be full of great people

Tks guys

 

Well, after moving the alsa-driver folder to the right path, ubuntu now recognizes the front mic and the external mic. Front Mic works in test call of skype and on the sound recorder. Headphones detection works too, use a good pair of headphones, my Sony headphones works.

 

and the right path is....?

 

Sorry, the path is /lib/modules/2.6.xxx/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver

The alsa driver installs in /lib/modules/2.6.xxx/kernel/sound/alsa-driver, so you have to move it to the above path to make ubuntu run the right driver, or it will load 1.0.16 instead of the right 1.0.17.

 

Maybe the advice for improving the SSD performance from http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9190 could be included in the guide? (Excluding Tweak #1 which is not relevant).

I have a distinct feeling that the system operates faster with these tweaks.

 

Yep, particularly the ´noatime´... It really improves write speed.

cheers

 

does this mean that the mic is totally fixed? or am i just lost? sorry. i'm new to this. Thanks by the way!

 

hi, i followed the instructions though I'm getting a crackle on my playback and the mic was not found.

 

How did you install alsa-driver 1.0.17?

 

An additional install help for reducing SSD wear would be to not configure swap during installation. This should be recommended as a safe option for those with 1GB or more RAM.

As for sound; our culprit is alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c as far as I have understood it. Should be possible to tweak it...

 

I also get a distinct crackling noise when following the instructions, and i would very much appreciate any suggestions. In addition, I believe there is an error in the instructions. The lines in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base shuld start with "options" and not just "option".

 

I compiled it from the source files.

 

Could you make a shot guide on how to do this. Im not fluent in linux, and when I tried this I could not compile it.one the make command it ended with some errors. I tried to track down what this meant, and I thought it might be that I used the wrong linuxheaders. So i downloaded the 2.6.24-20 headers and tried to use that in my configure. but i still got the errors, so I gave up. I used the same method as for installing the madwifi drivers.

 

http://array.org/ubuntu/ This site has an Ubuntu kernel optimized for the eeePC, with it Ubuntu can boot in 20-23 seconds. It would be great to have something similar for the One. Way back I've used Gentoo and compiled my own kernel using a text based tool. Would compiling your own kernel for Ubuntu be this easy?

[update]
I've found this how-to: http://beginlinux.com/index.php/desktop ... ub_compile
I think it's pretty straightforward and promises a big performance improvement. Maybe we can borrow the .config from array.org as a start point?

[update2]
Is it possible to use Intel's C/C++ compiler to get an extra performance boost from the optimized kernel?
http://macles.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/ ... one-a110l/

 

Hello.
I have a problem with the installation of Ubuntu. On Aspire One I was installed Windows XP SP2. I had to format SSD. I made this with "Windows XP instalation disk". Before that I was downloaded Ubuntu 8.04.1 from www.ubuntu.com. I signed Ubuntu. Iso on CD (I have an external DVD writer). After formatting partition set Ubunto. Iso in DVD drive, perform step to say Aspire One of where to boot but than it wrote a massage: "This is not a bootable CD. Please insert boot CD ...". Please help me to install Ubunto on Aspire One.

Best regards,
Metodi