Xubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on EEEPC 901

Software to be installed

• Internet

  Purpose	Email	Browser	Instant messages	Skype	BitTorrent
  Software	Thunderbird Default	Firefox Default	Pidgin Default	Skype	Deluge
  Install method	Default	Default	Default	Download from Skype	ソフトウェアの追加と削除

• Music

  Purpose	iPod	ID3 tag	MP3 Encoder	CD Ripper
  Software	Rhythmbox Music Player	gtkPod	Rhythmbox Music Player	Rhythmbox Music Player
  Install method	ソフトウェアの追加と削除	ソフトウェアの追加と削除	ソフトウェアの追加と削除	ソフトウェアの追加と削除

• Viewer

  Purpose	Photo viewer	Video viewer
  Software	Picasa 3	VLC
  Install method	Picasa 3	ソフトウェアの追加と削除

• Edit

  Purpose	CD/DVD Burner	CD/DVD Ripper
  Software	Brasero Burner	dd if=/dev/cdrom of=my_cd_image.iso DVD Decrypter
  Install method	Default	Default

• Others

  Purpose	Citrix	Printer	Scanner	Black Berry	CIFS Mount
  Software	Citrix	Default (use CX5200)	Sane Default	xxxxxxx	Gigolo
  Install method	Default	Default	Default	xxxxxxx	Default

Instructions

Xubuntu Installation

Use the alternate CD to install softwares on encrypted partitions. Try to use EXT4 to gain some benefit from the latest file system. You need to allocate same amount of your memory space, if you want to use hibernate. But I do not need swap as preserving 1024 MB SSD does not make sense for my EEEPC 901.

Partitioning

One of the complex points is setting up partitions.

• First create root partition. Allocate 128 MB partition of EXT2 on the primary 4GB SSD. Then mount it as /boot"
• Setup a logical volume with LVM. This is to combine the remaining primary 4GB SSD and the secondary 16GB SSD
• Setup encripted logical volume.

Note: I prefer to use relatime (default) as an option of mount Difference noatime and relatime mount options

OS Setup

Enable auto login (as the root partition is encripted and it is required to enter password in order to mount the partition.)

Swap keymap

• Applications=>設定=>セッションと起動 xmodmap .xmodmaprc
• Applications=>設定=>キーボード レイアウト Check "システムでフォルトを使用する"

Array.org EeePC Ubuntu Repository

WPA on EEEPC WIFI is not supported by the generic kernel. This is the only reason why I use Array kernel. Install its kernel header to install "eee-control" without issues.

Power management: Suspend/Hibernate

Install eee-control

Startup This might not be needed. (Required testing)

mount CIFS: Set the options, codepage=cp932,iocharset=utf8,_netdev

Setup Wifi with WPA. (WPA is securer impemention than WEP

It seems Jaunty does not support WPA need to check.

Sound setup: Put beside PCM also Lineout to maximum. Then you should have the normal eeepc sound level

iSpeaker	PCM~	LineOut	Capture	Digital
On to use internal speaker	Main volume	100%	100%	100%

Note: Skype can adjust recording gain.

Application Installatin

"アプリケーションの追加と削除"

• Rhythmbox Music Player, VLC, Elisa, gtkPod, Deluge,
• GSreamer plugins, Xubuntu restricted extras

Synaptic パッケージ・マネージャ

• gvfs-fuse

Install applications with dlwonloaded packages

• Skype: Download deb package and install it
• Citrix: Download linux client from

Application setup

• Firefox: Mailto: => Thunderbird
• Gigolo: Open resources in Thunar on Xfce 4.4 and 4.6
• Association Setup
  • Audio CDs : Rhythmbox Music Player
  • Video : VLC
  • Portable Music Players : Rhythmbox Music Player

OSD: Applications=>設定=>キーボード アプリケーションショートカットキー

• Fn + F5: amixer -q set iSpeaker toggle
• Fn + F6: amixer -q set PCM 10-
• Fn + F7: amixer -q set PCM 10+
• Windows: xfce4-popup-menu

Japanese Font Setup

• Applications=>システム=>言語サポート
• Applications=>設定=>Qt 4設定
  • Fonts Family VL Pゴシック 7Point
• Applications=>設定=>Xfce 4 設定マネージャ => 外観
  • Sans 10 => VL Pゴシック 8Point

Use EEEPC as Desktop

I found that there is almost no issue to use EEEPC with external monitor, keyboard and mouse

XGA+	1152×864	4:3	995,328
Quad-VGA(1.2メガピクセル)	1280×960	4:3	1,228,800
SXGA (Super-XGA、1.3Mピクセル)	1280×1024	5:4	1,310,720
SXGA+	1400×1050	4:3	1,470,000

xorg.conf

http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/xorg.conf.5.html xorg.conf

Reference

• Array.org EeePC Ubuntu Repository This was not required as Jaunty + eee-control works fine.
• Eeeasy Scripts (Hardy & Intrepid) There is a set of scrips called eee-control to support ACPI events. But this one does not support OSD.
• Eeeasy Scripts (Jaunty) does not show OSD correctly and manual installation of the asus_eee kernel module is required.
• Eeeasy Scripts (Hardy & Intrepid) works fine with Array kernel. The customized Kernel is faster than generic kernels.
  • Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on the Asus Eee PC
  • Startup
  • Get MMC/SD to Automount This is not needed. It automounts MMC/SD
  • Encrpyt root partition This is not needed as the alternate CD installation covers this
  • Save hd space: compress /usr

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