[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Simon Greenwood]

On 8 July 2012 22:12, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 8 July 2012 22:02, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 8 July 2012 21:51, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC
> >> >> Specialist [1]?  I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2].
> >> >> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80.
> >> >>
> >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I have the System 76 Lemur which is the PCSpecialist Xenon. It works
> out
> >> > of
> >> > the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that
> >> > allows
> >> > the control buttons to function correctly.
> >>
> >> Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the
> >> drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine?
> >>
> >
> > The control panel applet for 12.04 says just the brightness buttons (Fn
> F8
> > and F9),
>
> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the above.  Can you clarify
> what you mean?
>
>
The laptops have hardware controls on the function keys which are accessed
by a combination press with a button labelled 'Fn' at bottom left. The
brightness controls are on F8 and F9 for down and up and aren't supported
in the standard Ubuntu image, and are added by System 76. The driver
package also installs a System Settings applet for support.

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