Asus Notepad with Kubuntu Feisty
Asus Z53J laptop running Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy


I have a Asus Z53J laptop (March 2007)

Intel Centrino Core2 Duo T520, Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family)

Running Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy as main OS and KDE as Desktop.

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April 2007 updated to Feisty by changing sources.list from edgy to feisty. then update upgrade and distro upgrade. Had to download 1gb of software.


Had to resize and split drives in MS Vista otherwise it tried to do restore all the time. Then in Kubuntu did the rest of the partition stuff, ie change to ext3 and linux-swap drive.


No wifi, no modem, sound turned down, samba and share a bit wonky? webcam? Otherwise install OK.


Fine tune Kubuntu

sudo kate /boot/grub/menu.1st

Change to colour and 3 second delay


sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list

Amend source list from source-o-matic


sudo kate /etc/samba/smb.conf

Amend laptop name and network name


Update and add software

Got online using RJ45 network cable into ADSL Hub.

In a Terminal

First change source list


sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get distro upgrade


sudo apt-get install gimp firefox thunderbird gxine xine mplayer-686 compiz webcam wine


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WIFI

We have ADSL by landline and a WIFI ADSL Modem internally.


Tried to get intel onboard WFI going but no luck yet.


I have a USB Wifi to try first

zyair

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0586:3400 ZyXEL Communications Corp.


sudo aptitude install zd1211-firmware

cd to folder

sudo make

INSTALL zd1201.fw zd1201-ap.fw => /etc/firmware/

=> /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/


sudo make

INSTALL zd1201.fw zd1201-ap.fw =>

sudo chmod 777 /etc/firmware/z*.fw

sudo chmod 777 /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/z*.fw


ls /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware


sudo modprobe zd1201


dmesg

[ 174.432000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6

[ 174.600000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[ 175.140000] usb 1-2: wlan0: ZD1201 USB Wireless interface

[ 184.872000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

[ 195.044000] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present


iwconfig

At first does not show as firmware put in wrong place, follow the instructions below!


lo no wireless extensions.


eth0 no wireless extensions.


wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"mordor" Nickname:"zd1201"

Mode:Managed Channel:6 Access Point: 00:16:E3:48:60:9B

Bit Rate:11 Mb/s

Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:off

Link Quality:0/128 Signal level=44/128 Noise level:0/128

Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


/lib/firmware/zd1201.fw


uname -a

Linux notepad2 2.6.20-14-generic #2 SMP Mon Apr 2 20:37:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux


sudo cp /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/z* /lib/firmware/2.6.20-14-generic


03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

wireless light is on!!!!!!!!

Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

maybe use wrapper

ndiswrapper!


samba and share

Altered smb.conf

Installed samba sbmfs


Modem

Do not use as I have broadband and Wifi


Onboard Webcam

lsusb

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05e1:0501 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd

Image Capture

No driver yet though feisty looks more promising.


TV tuner

ASUSTek Computer, Inc

USB

My Cinema U3000 Mini

dv3




Laptop Commands

F2 setup

ESC boot CD


Specs

DVD dual layer W/R

SD stick Slot

USB X 4

memory 1024MB

firewire 1394

svideo

network

modem

screen NVIDIA GeForce 7300

Display 15.4” WXGA

HD 100GB

DVI

express (new type of pcmcia)

no pcmcia

Vista Premium

Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy




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