[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PC Specialist Laptops

[Colin Law]

On 8 July 2012 22:25, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8 July 2012 22:12, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On 8 July 2012 22:02, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On 8 July 2012 21:51, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> >> On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> > On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> 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.
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>> >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops.
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>> >> > 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.
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>> >> Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the
>> >> drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine?
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>> > The control panel applet for 12.04 says just the brightness buttons (Fn
>> > F8
>> > and F9),
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>> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the above.  Can you clarify
>> what you mean?
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> 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.

OK, got it.  It was the part about the control panel applet I did not
understand.  Mention of Control Panel brought me out in a cold sweat.

Thanks again

Colin