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RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 09 May 2009, 19:50
by voria
New 'gnome-power-manager' package on the repository.
Here is the changelog:

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gnome-power-manager (2.24.2-2ubuntu9~ppa4~nc10~jaunty) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Removed "90-Add-guarded-brightness-stepping-functions.patch" and
    "91-Using-guarded-and-scaled-stepping-when-dimming.patch"
  * Added "brightness-down-fix.patch"
    (more info at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569100)
This fixes the problem with brightness applet reported by janitor.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 10 May 2009, 18:25
by voria
New 'alsa-modules' packages on the repository.
Here is the changelog:

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alsa-driver (1.0.20~ppa1~nc10~jaunty) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Updated alsa sources to version 1.0.20.
  * Applied 'alsa20090509-add-nc10-support.patch' (thanks to Chris Pockelé)
More info about the Chris' patch here.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 10 May 2009, 23:50
by voria
The new alsa drivers seem to work bad with the current available pulseaudio.
For this reason, I reverted 'alsa-modules' to version 1.0.18 on the repository.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 May 2009, 01:04
by voria
I'm testing the latest pulseaudio version (0.9.15) and it seems to work good with alsa-1.0.20 (with Chris' patch applied). I'll probably add it to the repository in a few days.

If anyone wants to do some tests too, both alsa-1.0.20 and pulseaudio-0.9.15 are available on my other repository.
Please do not add this repository on your sources.list permanently. I use it for experiments/tests, and often it contains broken packages.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 11:46
by JMFTheVCI
I have used your ppa for a while now. but Fn-F9 still does not work.
I have the backports installed and NC10-scripts.
I can "sudo wlonoff.sh" and this works and works without a password prompt.
Fn-F9 does not.
xev does show the correct content of Fn-F9 as in page 6 of this forum.
Just not working for me.
Just found the answer under an individual thread.
I needed to enable the "commands" compiz plugin.
All working. Excellent stuff.
Is the lack of webcam fixed in the .30 kernel yet?

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 12:07
by voria
'JMFTheVCI' pid='1398' dateline='1244717180' wrote: Is the lack of webcam fixed in the .30 kernel yet?
Unfortunately, it's not yet fixed.
I'm doing some tests, and it seems that the webcam was broken with version 2.6.30-rc1. It works good with 2.6.29.4.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 13:24
by Mat
'voRia' pid='1399' dateline='1244718469' wrote:
'JMFTheVCI' pid='1398' dateline='1244717180' wrote: Is the lack of webcam fixed in the .30 kernel yet?
Unfortunately, it's not yet fixed.
I'm doing some tests, and it seems that the webcam was broken with version 2.6.30-rc1. It works good with 2.6.29.4.
I gave the .30 kernel a try, and had problems with it :

touchpad becoming "jumpy" and having the following logs in /var/log/messages :

psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 1
bytes away.


had also a message referring to a callback or something like this (don't remember exactly)

==> I reverted back to .28


P.S : thanks for the PPA, the Fn keys work like a charm
P.S 2 : I have a N110 and not a NC10

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 16:21
by voria
'Mat' pid='1401' dateline='1244723094' wrote: I gave the .30 kernel a try, and had problems with it :

touchpad becoming "jumpy" and having the following logs in /var/log/messages :

psmouse.c: TouchPad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 1
bytes away.


had also a message referring to a callback or something like this (don't remember exactly)

P.S 2 : I have a N110 and not a NC10
I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I don't know if NC10 and N110 have the same touchpad. I suppose they are different, because I have no problem with it on my NC10 with kernel 2.6.30.
My suggestion is to file a new bug on kernel bugzilla against kernel 2.6.30, pasting all the info from dmesg related to your touchpad.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 16:44
by Mat
'voRia' pid='1409' dateline='1244733680' wrote: I'm sorry, I can't help you.
I don't know if NC10 and N110 have the same touchpad. I suppose they are different, because I have no problem with it on my NC10 with kernel 2.6.30.
My suggestion is to file a new bug on kernel bugzilla against kernel 2.6.30, pasting all the info from dmesg related to your touchpad.
can you copy/paste info about your touchpad here? (lspci, lsusb, dmesg.. I don't know yet where to find them, will have a look at it tonight)
I'd like to check if the touchpad is the same :)

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 18:33
by voria
From 'dmesg':

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[    9.842315] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd04731/0xa40000
[    9.893950] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input9

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 18:54
by Mat
'voRia' pid='1415' dateline='1244741622' wrote: From 'dmesg':

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[    9.842315] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd04731/0xa40000
[    9.893950] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input9
mine :

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[    9.778911] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.2, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd04711/0xa00000
[    9.824740] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input9
what's strange is that the problem is gone..
2 things changed : you updated the kernel in the repository, and I tested the "old" .30 on a fresh xubuntu 9.04 and not an ubuntu (but I doubt it changes anything)

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 11 Jun 2009, 19:07
by voria
Looking at the changelog from version 2.6.30-rc8 to version 2.6.30-final, I don't see any important change related to the touchpad...
well, this is a mystery that will remain :P

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 19:32
by NSCX2005
do you know how I can get Compiz working with Ubuntu 9.0.4 on NC10?

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 19:44
by voria
It should work out of the box, just enable it through System->Preferences->Appearance.

RE: [NC10] New Ubuntu repository for our favourite netbook!

Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 07:41
by NSCX2005
Thanks voRia.

One thing I would like to ask, do you if it is possible to make a Kubuntu 9.10 Persistent pen drive?

I have been trying to make a pen drive version to test out the Alpha 4 release.

Please can you help me or direct me to somewhere that this has been done.

Thank you for your time

All the best

NSCX2005