Ubuntu

Lately I have had a few requests for my thoughts on using Ubuntu Server. For me the real question at that point is why use Ubuntu server over Debian? ———- I have used Ubuntu server a good bit and while I appreciate the effort, I am not sure I agree with it. What I mean by this is that Ubuntu is based on Debian testing/unstable. Every LTS (Long-term Support) release is guaranteed to be supported for 3 years on the desktop/5 for the server. Knowing that is in essence just Debian under the hood, why go with Ubuntu? ...

With the latest poulsbo hack for 10.04: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp…sPoulsbo#lucid It is now possible to upgrade to 10.04 Lucid with no issues. In fact the previous gobi WWAN, sleep, and qcserial hacks are no longer needed. On first boot everything worked other than the videocard. Go Linux!

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 <li dir="ltr"> Download qcserial and extract to <a href="file:///usr/src/">/usr/src/</a> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <a href="http://westhoffswelt.de/data/blog/vaiox_gobi2000/qcserial_with_gobi2000_support.tar.gz">http://westhoffswelt.de/data/blog/vaiox_gobi2000/qcserial_with_gobi2000_support.tar.gz</a> </li> <li dir="ltr"> cd <a href="file:///usr/src/qcserial">/usr/src/qcserial</a> </li> <li dir="ltr"> make </li> <li dir="ltr"> make install </li> <li dir="ltr"> echo &#8220;qcserial&#8221; >>/etc/modules </li> </ul> </li> <li dir="ltr"> Download gobi loader for Linux and extract to <a href="file:///usr/src">/usr/src</a> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <a href="http://westhoffswelt.de/data/blog/vaiox_gobi2000/gobi_loader_with_gobi2000_support.tar.gz">http://westhoffswelt.de/data/blog/vaiox_gobi2000/gobi_loader_with_gobi2000_support.tar.gz</a> </li> <li dir="ltr"> make </li> <li dir="ltr"> make install </li> </ul> </li> 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 <li dir="ltr"> Edit <a href="file:///etc/grub.d/00_header">/etc/grub.d/00_header</a> <ul> <li> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> if loadfont `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${GRUB_FONT_PATH}` ; then </li> <li dir="ltr"> set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE} </li> <li dir="ltr"> set gfxpayload=keep </li> </ul> </li> <li dir="ltr"> IT HAS TO GO UNDER &#8220;set gfxmode&#8230;&#8221; </li> </ul> </li> Enable scroll trackpoint sudo vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi 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 <li dir="ltr"> On Sound Preferences change Profile to Analog Stereo Duplex </li> <li dir="ltr"> Turn speaker volume up HIGH </li> ...

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list and speed is… sudo vi /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin and add the italic lines below #%PAM-1.0 auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale auth required pam_permit.so auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so @include common-account session [success=ok ignore=ignore module_unknown=ignore default=bad] pam_selinux.so close session required pam_limits.so ...

I was getting the following error when trying to sync: The keyring daemon is not available **FIX: ** Install sshfs sudo apt-get install sshfs Modify your tomboy start to: eval `gnome-keyring-daemon` && export GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET && export GNOME_KEYRING_PID && tomboy –search