Great little laptop though does get too hot. The screen and keyboard are
a much better quality than the EEE PC for a similar price.
Pre-installed with SuSE 10 which lost the wireless after updating to
10.2! Didn't like the limited amount of software or commands so replaced
with openSuSE 11. Still no wireless even after running sudo
/usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware to download the firmware. Decided to
install Ubuntu and Fedora but both installs ran xorg ok but only a blank
white screen appeared. Turned out to be no driver line in
/etc/x11/xorg.conf.
For the Ubuntu live CD, once finished loading (the theme tune played
even though the screen was just white and blank). As xorg is running,
use Ctl-Alt-F1 to switch to a command shell.
sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Find this section :-
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
EndSection
and add Driver "vesa"
i.e.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Save and exit ( :wq )
Switch back to xorg, Ctl-Alt-F7, then restart X using Ctl-Alt-Backspace
You should now have Ubuntu screen displayed. Double click on install
icon and install as normal.
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