SagerNP3760Hoary

Sager NP3760 Mobile Centrino Laptop

Hardware specifications:

Installing Kubuntu Hoary 5.04

I chose to dual boot with Windows XP for now. Follow the WindowsDualBootHowTo instructions and it will work fine. Resizing the 60GB NTFS partition was painless. Don't write over your MBR, but rather use dd (as the How To says) to copy over necessary GRUB info to Windows. Then boot with the Windows OS Loader.

Once Kubuntu is up and running, many things will work out-of-the-box. The table above is a quick reference sheet to what works. To get things working, I used [http://www.caprinae-ascendant.net/foss/linux-on-sager.php this] as a generic tutorial (similar machine, but not exact - no need for kernel recompile).

Enabling ACPI for Power Functions

This is VERY easy from within KDE.

1. Right click the plug icon in the system tray and select "Configure klaptop"

2. Select the "ACPI Config" tab

3. Press the "Setup Helper Application" button and ignore the SUID root warning

4. Type your user password, then put a checkbox next to every option.

5. Click "Apply"

As of 06-13-2005, I haven't tested all the hibernate and suspend modes, but CPU throttling and performance profiles appear to be working correctly.

Installing the ATI RADEON 9600 Driver

There is a good tutorial for this, so in the spirit of reusing documentation, go to the [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24557 ATI Howto] and compile the driver.

Setting up Intel 2200BG Wireless

I previously posted in my blog that the Kubuntu ipw2200 driver did not work yet with the Intel 2200BG. I was wrong, only the KDE kwifimanager doesn't work. You'll need to manually enter wireless network settings until a better solution comes along.

Method 1

1. To configure now, open a Konsole:

$ sudo iwconfig essid "default" key XXXXXXXXXX
$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

where "default" is the SSID of your wireless network, and XXXXXXXXXX is the WEP key (if you are using WEP).

2. If you want to create profiles of different settings, save those lines in a text editor, and for each wireless network, save it as a new shell script.

Method 2

1. Download the latest Debian package of Wireless Assistant at http://wlassistant.sourceforge.net/

2. To install it, open a Konsole:

$ sudo ln -s /usr/local /usr/local/kde
$ sudo dpkg -i wlassistant*.deb

That creates an evil recursive directory loop, but the package wants to install to /usr/local/kde, which isn't in your path.

3. Go to K-Menu --> Utilities --> Wireless Assistant

Synaptics Touchpad

You don't have to do anything special to get the extra features for the Synaptics touchpad working. You can adjust settings by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf (but make a backup first).

Installing the Integrated Video Camera Driver

1. Download the driver source at http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

2. To compile and install it, open a Konsole:

$ sudo -i
$ mv /path/to/spca5xx-yyymmdd.tar.gz /usr/src
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar zxvf spca5xx-yyyymmdd.tar.gz
$ cd spca5xx-yyyymmdd
$ make
$ make install
$ modprobe spca5xx
$ exit

3. Test it with

$ sudo apt-get install camorama
$ camorama

I'm looking for a better (KDE) webcam program, but currently [http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=10395 Konference] isn't in Universe.

Multimedia Keys

1. Download lineakd from Universe

$ sudo apt-get install lineakd

2. Set your laptop (we'll use the Clevo D470V because it is the closest match)

$ lineakd -c CL-D470V

3. Add the following commands to ~/.lineakd/lineakd.conf

AudioLowerVolume = dcop kmix Mixer0 decreaseVolume --
AudioMute = dcop kmix Mixer0 toggleMute --
AudioRaiseVolume = dcop kmix Mixer0 increaseVolume --
Launch0 =
Mail = kontact
WWW = konqueror

I figured out DCOP calls to control the volume, the Mail and WWW buttons work as well. I cannot get the kernel to detect Fn-ESC (sleep) Fn-F6 (CRT/LCD), or Fn-F11/F12 (Screen brightness). If anyone is able to, please update this configuration.

4. To create a startup link for lineakd, open a Konsole:

$ ln -s /usr/bin/lineakd ~/.kde/Autostart/lineak

TODO

• test hibernate and suspend
• find KDE webcam software
• test firewire (with what?)
• test card reader
• experiment with S-Video out
• test DVD burn