Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Acer Aspire One Ugraded version.

[John Gill]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:14 AM, alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:

>
> Version ZA3, I didn't have the time to do all this reading, and it
> looks like there will not be Drivers for this netbook to be able to
> make use of Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I read through Several other pages on
> UNR and this one. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1253406 up
> to page 9, and although other people managed to get it working on a
> variety of Netbooks, looks like I may be using Vista Basic, with "M".
> :( Intel says that because the poulsbo chip set has a proprietary
> component it can't be given to Linux. There are commercial Codecs
> available now to Ubuntu costing about $40.00. Perhaps an option to use
> the proprietary Drivers could be made available for a fee, similar to
> the Codecs in the Ubuntu Software Catalogue. I'd like to make use of
> UNR, and if they are at a reasonable fee, then I could. You made
> mention that you got it working on the 11.6" model of Acer Aspire One,
> which Model was that? Sorry for being a Heretic! :)
>

Mine is the 11.6" ZA3 model.



> I read your second link after the above, looks like you got it working!
> Might give it a try, although I'm not that good with Code.


It is working well.   No real coding needed -- this incantation installs and
configures the poulsbo drivers (taken from the thread my blog linked to).
Probably worth running as two commands so you can take a look at what the
script actually does.

wget http://gma500re.altervista.org/scripts/poulsbo_ppa.sh && sh
./poulsbo_ppa.sh

Only issue I have had is that I can't turn on the compiz effects without
breaking sound -- no biggy for me.

Also, I went for a normal Ubuntu desktop in the end, rather than the netbook
release, since with a 1366x768 screen you really don't need the netbook
interface.


> If I can format that Pata 2.5" to USB Drive, I could try it as a Dual Boot
> with
> Windows Vista Basic as the first option and Karmic UNR as the second
> option. If it don't go, then just remove the USB Drive and Fix Grub, on
> the internal drive. Would this work? Or use the Bios Boot Sequence
> option to pick the second drive with UNR on it. That way no messing
> with Grub if I want to revert to Vista and no getting rid of Vista either.
>

I'd guess this ought to work -- only one way to find out ;)

John
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