HP DV2530ee with UbuntuStudio 7.04 Fiesty Fawn

I bought this laptop 2 weeks back, ever since then I have been struggling to install Ubuntu in it. Well actually I did install it, but no matter what I did, I always ended up with 800 x 600 resolution. I even tried installing the NVIDIA driver, but no cigar. stuck up with it. I tried other distros, but all of them gave me some problems or the other while installing.

Finally I almost gave up and decided, what the hell, will go for Vista. Lets see what happens. Don't know why, but at the last moment, I decided to give it one last try. I downloaded UbuntuStudio 7.04, 2 months back. So I started installing it, voila.. installation went smooth, I even got 1024 x 800 resolution. I am guessing it has something to do with the live cd, some of the hardwares don't get detected properly. I am guessing the alternate installation cd would work well too.



What works:

NVIDIA Go 7400M
Works after installing envy from http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html . Envy will automatically download all the software needed for the graphic card to work. Including the linux NVIDIA driver from NVIDIA website

S-Video TV out
Works by using nvidia-settings

Remote
Works on most Video and music players in Totem, ofcourse wont be able to use the Wondows media player and quickplay buttons

Play/Pause and other Media control buttons on top of the keyborad
Works flawlessly out of the box

Fingerprint Scanner
Haven't installed any driver for it

Touchpad
Flawless

Wifi
Restricted Manger detects it, works fine

LAN
Works fine

Audio/headphone
Main speaker does not mute when the head phone is plugged.
To get it to work, dowload the latest alsa driver (alsa-driver-hg20070818.tar.bz2)from, http://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/Linux/suse/projects/alsa/snapshot/driver/

CD/DVD writer
Somehow udev doesnt create the hda directory
type
sudo /etc/rc.local
and attach the following before 'exit 0'
mknod /dev/hda b 3 0

For enabling DMA(faster DVD access)
---------
First apt-get install hdparm then once installed edit the file /etc/hdparm.conf and put this at the bottom of the file.

Code:
}
/dev/hda {
dma = on
}

then,
sudo gedit /etc/modules
add piix at the beginning


USB
Flawless

Integrated webcam
Flawless

Funniest reply by Pirate bay to Dreamwork's threat

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:21:43 -0100 (GMT)
From: anakata
To: KMWLAW@flash.net[/email]
Subject: Re: Unauthorized Use of DreamWorks SKG Properties

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 KMWLAW@flash.net wrote:

> Dennis L. Wilson, Esq.
> KEATS McFARLAND & WILSON, LLP
> 9720 Wilshire Blvd., Penthouse Suite
> Beverly Hills, CA 90212
> Tel: (310) 248-3830
> Fax: (310) 860-0363
>
>
> August 23, 2004
>
>
> VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
> AND U.S. MAIL
>
> ThePirateBay.org
> Box 1206
> Stockholm 11479
> SWEDEN
>
> [email]tracker-40-aa-5f-03-412675c8@prq.to
>
> Re: Unauthorized Use of DreamWorks SKG Properties
> http://www.thepiratebay.org
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> This letter is being written to you on behalf of our
> client, DreamWorks SKG (hereinafter ^ÓDreamWorks^Ô).
> DreamWorks is the exclusive owner of all copyright,
> trademark and other intellectual property rights in
> and to the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture. No one is
> authorized to copy, reproduce, distribute, or
> otherwise use the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture without
> the express written permission of DreamWorks.
[...]
> As you may be aware, Internet Service Providers can
> be held liable if they do not respond to claims of
> infringement pursuant to the requirements of the
> Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In
> accordance with the DMCA, we request your assistance
> in the removal of infringements of the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô
> motion picture from this web site and any other sites
> for which you act as an Internet Service Provider.
> We further declare under penalty of perjury that we
> are authorized to act on behalf of DreamWorks and
> that the information in this letter is accurate.
> Please contact me immediately to discuss this matter
> further.

As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States
of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe.
Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here.
For your information, no Swedish law is being violated.

Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium,
will result in
a) a suit being filed for harassment
b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for
sending frivolous legal threats.

It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are ....... morons, and
that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.

Please also note that your e-mail and letter will be published in full on
http://www.thepiratebay.org.

Go fuck yourself.

Polite as usual,
anakata

When Limewire gives a blank screen!!

This problem usually happens when limewire is running under Beryl in Linux, don't know about Compiz, though!

Problem: In some environments where Linux is running with Beryl, there is a possibility of getting the screen of Limewire as blank. I have no idea how this crazy thing happens in the first place. But I think I cracked it!

Solution:
1.Copy the folder contents from windows for limewire
i.e c:\Program Files\Limewire\
to a respectable Linux location.. preferably under the /home/.Limewire/

2.Make sure you have the runLime.sh script, if not try to download it from net(http://frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/LimeWireOther.zip , you gotta unzip this, and extract the runLime.sh file to the linux limewire folder; assuming you got the pro version copied to the linux limewire folder :P )
under super user mode.. goto /usr/bin/
create a file called limewire.sh(cat > limewire.sh)

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/.Limewire/
export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit && ./runLime.sh

REMEMBER!! If you don't have Beryl installed, then the script would be

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/.Limewire/
./runLime.sh

And don't forget to make limewire.sh file executable (chmod +x limewire.sh)

3.Finally create a application link to the file on desktop. Under the command part of the link, type: ./limewire.sh.

4. Most Important!! Get the latest Java Runtime Environment