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Install Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 on the Samsung NC10

DOCUMENTATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION...

Fully functional 'out of the box':

  • Video (with desktop effects)
  • Wired Networking
  • USB
  • Webcam
  • Suspend / Resume

Fully functional after driver updates:

  • Wireless Networking
  • Audio (internal speakers now turn off when headphones are in use)

Not Functional:

  • Fn Brightness keys (workaround available)
  • Internal mic
  • Multi-touch

Prerequisites:

Before you begin you will need the following:

  • A copy of 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Method 1: UNETBOOTIN (USB drive)

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Method 2: x

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Method X: x

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Wireless Networking - Atheros

The wireless hardware is detected, but a non-functional driver is loaded when Ubuntu is installed. Installing the latest Madwifi driver resolves this problem.

First, disable the installed driver from System->Administration->Hardware driver by clicking Deactivate on the bottom of the window.

Next, blacklist the bad driver by adding it to your kernel blacklist. Open a terminal and enter 

sudo echo "blacklist ath_pci" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
sudo echo "blacklist ath_hal" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Finally, install the Madwifi driver: 

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid

After rebooting the driver should load and wireless networks should be listed in the Network Manager Applet.

Audio - Alsa Drivers

We need to recompile audio driver alsa at the last available version since the audio chipset is not fully recognized by ubuntu 8.10. The on-board chipset is a Realtek ID 272.

for compiling driver from source we need the package build-essential, for that simply run in a terminal 

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Now we can download the last Alsa Driver source from here (tested on v. 1.0.18a) Extract it on Desktop and run in a terminal 

cd Desktop/cd alsa-driver-*
./configure --with-cards=hda-intel --with-oss=yes --with-sequencer=yes
make
sudo make install

Now we have to check the volume in alsamixer with: 

alsamixer

On next start the speaker will be disabled when you try to plug-in an headphone's jack. Perhaps internal microphone doesn't work since now.

Fn Brightness Keys - Workaround

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See Also

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External Links

* http://nc10ubuntu.wordpress.com/ - A blog that considers ways of improving the use of Ubuntu on the Samsung NC10
* http://www.netbooknews.it/ubuntu-su-nc10-parte-seconda/ - Italian blog for all netbook-related news and tricks. (Thanks for Audio and wireless tricks)