HOWTO: Use the repository on K/Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04

[Steph]

Hello,

No problem with Fn+F7 on my N220 !
Activate and desactivate bluetooth.

Could you test with a Windows or perhaps verifie in the bios ?

[AlGaN]

Hello,

I have a Samsung P560 notebook with Nvidia card (GeForce 9600M GS) running Kubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS with propriertary Nvidia driver (version 195.36.24) and added the repository. After upgrading kernel (sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade) I tried to install the packages
samsung-backlight easy-slow-down-manager and samsung-tools to get backlight keys to work.
Kernel version is

Linux samsung 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

However I get an error when installing easy-slow-down-manager:

Entpacke easy-slow-down-manager (aus .../easy-slow-down-manager_0.13.1~ppa4~loms~lucid_all.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/easy-slow-down-manager_0.13.1~ppa4~loms~lucid_all.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/src/easy_slow_down_manager-0.13.1/easy_slow_down_manager.c« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket easy-slow-down-manager-dkms 0:0.13.1 ist
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
/var/cache/apt/archives/easy-slow-down-manager_0.13.1~ppa4~loms~lucid_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) error if I try to install easy-slow-down-manager:

It seems it has been installed with another package already?
Also the Fn-Cursor up and Fn-Cursor down keys for setting screen brightness do not work, the brightness bar appears on screen but there is no effect in the screen getting darker or brighter...
However all other Fn-Keys are working (eg turn backlight on/off with Fn-F5)
samsung-tools seems to be installed correctly, I can start samsung-tools-preferences and set CPU fan, webcam, etc.
Thanks for any hints...

Edit: Okay, I noticed that I had an old deb installed, after purging, easy-slow-down-manager could be installied, however there is still no functioning brightnes control keys (same status, brightness bar displaying but no effect on screen).

[voria]

For the nvidia backlight control, try these solutions:

http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 3855#p3855
http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3830#p3830

[beyo]

Congrats for all your work on this rep. but unfortunately I cannot install the packages on my samsung nc10 netbook.. I get this message:

W: Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429.4)]/pool/main/g/gcc-4.4/gcc-4.4_4.4.3-4ubuntu5_i386.deb

I tried mounting the ISO image but it doesn't help.

Any ideas?

I'm new in linux, but i can follow instructions :-)

[reptile]

Hey Guys,
Im on Jolicloud 1.0 with 2.6.32.4 Kernel based on ubuntu.
The Problem is the keyboard. I didnt have the german layout, ok it might be a settings problem.
But the FN keys dont work fine.
I installed the samsung-tools and samsung-brightness. But what to do now?
Restart doesnt help. Do i have to activate the samungs-tools or do some commands?
Didnt get it now...
Ah, I have a samsung N150 eom netbook.
thank you

[raja3539]

Hi Team,

i recently bought samsung N148 and installed XP in it. i could not use the bluetooth or the other Fn keys.

Please help me on this.

Regards,
yazh

[reptile]

you mean windows xp? u r quiet funny this is a linux forum but somebody might help you

btw: my keyboard has now the german layout
and i found an application "samsung tools" which works, but it does no changes for my FN -keys

[JonasDK]

I have done as the howto says, but Synaptic cannot find samsung-scripts! I added the repository in the first link but it cannot find that file. I installed samsung-tools and samsung-backlight. I now have that Samsung Tools program. My FN-keys don't work, but the Tools program seems to work, something like that... I assigned another shortcut to 'CPU Fan' (since my FN-keys don't work yet) and when I use that shortcut it shuts my fan down, put it doesn't go ON again when I use the shortcut again! It tells me the temperature and everything but it doesn't start again. I have to log off to make it start.

The FN-key problem is probably because the samsung-scripts file in the repository. Is it surely there?

Thanks,
Jonas

(Ubuntu 10.04)

[voria]

Added a new package on the repository, nvidia-bl-dkms, needed to enable backlight support on notebooks/netbooks shipped with nvidia video cards (package taken from the "PPA for Mactel Support").
Main post updated with instructions on how to use it.

[Carrick]

Hello,
I have just got a Samsung N148 plus.

I have tried to get the backlight brightness working but it seems to lockup and hang the keyboard.

The steps i used were as follows:

1) Install Ubuntu 10.04.1
2) Added repos as per 1st post and did a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade (kernel did not get updated for some reason)
3) apt-get install samsung-tools samsung-backlight easy_slow_down_manager
4) rebooted - and got backlight error - like hitting the brightness key constantly - keyboard locks up.
5) Went to synaptic and reinstalled linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic as it had a grey ! next to it. this seemed to work as it rebuilt initrd.
6) rebooted and did "uname -a" kernel now looks correct for samsung netbooks.

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Linux smt 2.6.32-25-generic #45~ppa1~loms~lucid-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 27 19:14:15 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

7) Went back to synaptic and reinstalled samsung-tools samsung-backlight easy_slow_down_manager.
8) Hitting Fn+uparrow which is (brightnessup) still locks up keyboard. It's like it hammers the brightness keys continuously.


Output of lsmod looks like 2 modules are loaded.

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Module                  Size  Used by
aes_i586                7268  158 
aes_generic            26863  1 aes_i586
easy_slow_down_manager     4081  0 
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
ppdev                   5259  0 
phc_intel               9777  1 
dm_crypt               11331  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203374  1 
snd_hda_intel          22037  2 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70694  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54148  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,
snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
arc4                    1153  2 
soundcore               6620  1 snd
lp                      7060  0 
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
psmouse                63245  0 
ath9k                 306138  0 
mac80211              205402  1 ath9k
ath                     7611  1 ath9k
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp
cfg80211              126496  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
serio_raw               3978  0 
uvcvideo               57054  0 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
led_class               2864  1 ath9k
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
samsung_backlight       2917  0 
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
i915                  286079  3 
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 i915
drm                   162409  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 i915
intel_agp              24119  2 i915
video                  17375  1 i915
output                  1871  1 video
agpgart                31724  2 drm,intel_agp
sky2                   40807  0 

Im not sure what I've done wrong but I would love to get this fixed as its for the wife.
Happy to test or give more info if needed.

(On a side note the touchpad is driving me crazy - how do I stop the scrolling action on the top and bottom of the touchpad)

Regards

Carrick

[pfiffi]

Hi,

got problems with upgrading the kernel too. Having a plus too, the NP220.

After the first apt-get update & upgrade some 30 files were missing because of my bad internet connection (I am using an UMTS-Stick). I did it again and everything went fine, but your customized kernel is still missing. Now, whenever I try to apt-get it, I'll get a connection failed error.

Apt-get wants to give me the one for lucid i386. Perhaps it's the wrong one? Or is there some trouble regarding authentication? Or do I need to remove something manually first? Thanks for any help.

Output of my try to install the kernel:

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peter@ratte:~$ env LANG=en sudo apt-get install linux-generic linux-image-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic
Suggested packages:
  fdutils linux-doc-2.6.32 linux-source-2.6.32 linux-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-generic linux-image-generic
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.6MB/31.6MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net/voria/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic 2.6.32-25.45~ppa1~loms~lucid
  Connection failed
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/voria/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic_2.6.32-25.45~ppa1~loms~lucid_i386.deb  Connection failed
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

[Peikko]

I was looking for a long time for working wifi drivers for my R522: 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01).

I followed the guide on the first page and only installed the package "Realtek 8192E wireless driver for the latest kernel Samsung netbooks.

The wifi is still not working after a reboot.

Have I done something wrong? Is it because I'm running Ubuntu 10.10?

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Linux Alex-Ubuntu 2.6.35-22-generic #34~ppa1~loms~maverick-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 24 01:10:46 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[pfiffi]

Hi,

got problems with upgrading the kernel too. Having a plus too, the NP220.
...

Problem solved. Seemingly the unstable internet connection did trouble the process. What I did now: Reinstalled ubuntu, did steps as shown in post 1 (had to download some files manually and add them to the cache), rebooted. New kernel was still missing, but it was mentionend in the update-manager (as before). Updated again with this tool (and had some luck cause the connection went down several times while downloading the kernel stuff from the ppa), rebooted again, and now everything seems fine so far.

Finally. Thanks for your work, voRia (appreciate it). Happy, happy.

[berillions]

Hello,

When Debian 64bits, my wifi doesn't work or it's very very unstable.
The wifi works correctly with your ubuntu 64bits version?

[iridium]

Take a look here:
http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3819#p3819

doesn't make sense on my samsung n150

backlight adjustment keys don't work in lxde and hang the applet in gnome
volume adjustment keys don't work
some other fn keys do work (like touchpad blocking or sleep mode)
backlight switch hangs

and all these bugs occur only when ubuntu is loaded. in grub menu backlight adjustment works fine. setting backlight value through the setpci works fine too.

samsung-backlight and samsung-tools installed
samsung_backlight module loaded
kernel version is

2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux