Ubuntu 9.10 is the last usable version of Linux for use with the GMA500 craptasic video card. As it stands today I cannot recommend using Linux full-time on the laptop. As a hardcore linux geek that saddens me in my heart. Hopefully with the release of the “new” drivers we will be good to all switchback to a big boy OS. Thanks to Jakob Westhoff for his notes on the Vaio X which helped a good bit here. Notes below:
- Install Windows 7 to active Verizon Gobi Modem and Firmware
- Install GMA 500 Graphics driver
- wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma500/scripts/poulsbo.sh && sh ./poulsbo.sh
- add mem=2000 /etc/default/grub
- update-grub
- After reboot dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source
- Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to include universe and multiverse
- sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
- reboot
- Update system to include SSD optimizations
- Install sony-laptop-zseries module
- http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/
- sudo -i
- mkdir -p /usr/share/sony-laptop
- Extract np5 into directory
- ln -sf ../share/sony-laptop/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np5 /usr/src/sony-laptop-zseries-0.9np5
- dkms add -m sony-laptop-zseries -v 0.9np5
- /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller start
- vi /etc/modules
- Turn on WWAN hardware
- mkdir /lib/firmware/gobi
- Copy files from:
- C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\1\AMSS.mbn
- C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\1\Apps.mbn
- C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\1\UQCN.mbn
- to /lib/firmware/gobi
- Download qcserial and extract to /usr/src/
- http://westhoffswelt.de/data/blog/vaiox_gobi2000/qcserial_with_gobi2000_support.tar.gz
- cd /usr/src/qcserial
- make
- make install
- echo “qcserial” >>/etc/modules
- Download gobi loader for Linux and extract to /usr/src
- Enable Suspend
- Install PSB fix in /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_psb_fix
- Touch /etc/pm/sleep.d/98smart-kernel-video
- Install USB Wakeup fix for QCSerial Gobi issue in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00usbsleep
- Enable console framebuffer
- Edit /etc/default/grub
- set gfxmode=1024×768
- You can do the full 1600×768, but on the console I prefer larger fonts
- Edit /etc/grub.d/00_header
-
- if loadfont `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${GRUB_FONT_PATH}` ; then
- set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}
- set gfxpayload=keep
- IT HAS TO GO UNDER “set gfxmode…”
-
- Enable scroll trackpoint
- Install RFkill Applet to disable radios
- http://www.logic.at/people/preining/software/rfkill-applet-0.6.tar.gz
- Execute with the following installer: rfkill install.sh
- Reboot and add to panel
- Internal Mic Fix
- sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.31-20-generic
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
- Edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
- Add at the bottom of the file
- options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba-s06 power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
- On Sound Preferences change Profile to Analog Stereo Duplex
- Turn speaker volume up HIGH
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 SSD Optimizations
Disable Access Time Attributes
Edit your /etc/fstab. Modify the root partitions settings. Add noatime and nodiratime to defaults.
/dev/sda2 / ext4 noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Optimizing the Kernel
Add the following to the /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.swappiness=0
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
Optimizing the Scheduler
Edit /etc/default/grub and add noop to end of mem=2000MB
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash mem=2000MB elevator=noop”
Run sudo update-grub afterward
RFKill Install.sh – the program doesn’t include an install program. Here is a small script
#!/bin/bash
sudo cp rfkill-applet.py /usr/bin/rfkill-applet
sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/rfkill-applet
sudo cp rfkill-applet.server /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/
sudo chmod a+x /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/rfkill-applet.server
sudo cp rfkill-applet.png /usr/share/pixmaps
sudo cp rfkill-applet-hardoff.png /usr/share/pixmaps
sudo cp rfkill-applet.config /etc/
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<match key=”info.product” string=”PS/2 Generic Mouse”>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.EmulateWheel” type=”string”>true</merge>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton” type=”string”>2</merge>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.YAxisMapping” type=”string”>4 5</merge>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons” type=”string”>true</merge>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout” type=”string”>200</merge>
</match>
/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00usbsleep
# disable wakeup events when suspending from USB
echo disabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1/power/wakeup
echo disabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/wakeup
echo disabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb3/power/wakeup
echo disabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb4/power/wakeup
/etc/pm/sleep.d/99_psb_fix
#!/bin/sh
ACTION=$1
case “$ACTION” in
suspend|hibernate)
fgconsole >/tmp/xconsole.pm-sleep.tmp
;;
resume|thaw)
chvt 1
chvt `cat /tmp/xconsole.pm-sleep.tmp`
;;
esac
