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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

ccing to the mailing list, great info!

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Lou Mancuso <lmancusojr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Installed Ubuntu 10.04 on an HP G62t-143CL. The install went well with
> the exception of 2 issues - sound and touchpad (see below)
>
> The following is a list of things that worked fine for me:
> Wireless - N worked fine
>
> To get DVD, MP3, etc to work I had to load restricted drivers and
> sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
> sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
> once loaded all multi media worked fine.
>
> All pre-set keys to the left of the keyboard with the exception of the
> media key work fine.  There's a lot of blogs out there to address the
> Media key but it's not an issue for me since I don't view video's that
> often on a laptop. If I need to view a video I'll get the app from the
> menu.
>
> Memory card reader works
>
> Sleep and hibernate worked fine - Just touch the power button to re-
> activate
>
> Camera worked fine (loaded Cheese - worked fine for still and video)
>
> Skype works fine, however you need to change the background color in
> skype or the menus are black until you mouse over them.
> Bring up the Skype Options (Ctrl+O)
> Under “General” look for “Choose style”. It should be set to
> “Cleanlooks”.
> Change the style to “Desktop Settings”. You will need to restart Skype.
>
> Sun Virtual box worked fine with MS Windows XP SP3. Unfortunately I
> still have a few apps that will only run in Windows.
>
>
> Issues:
> Sound - Installed advanced Linux sound architecture driver from v1.0.21
> to V1.0.23
> http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2010/05/02/upgrade-alsa-1-0-23-on-
> ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/
> Once installed sound worked fine.
> Microphone worked fine
> You'll need to adjust both volume and microphone volumes after this
> install.
>
> Touchpad - I could not get the touchpad to turn on and off with the
> factory tap mechanism.  There is an led that you tap twice to turn the
> touchpad on and off.  This is different than previous generations of HP
> laptops that had a mechanical button on them to turn the touchpad on and
> off.
> There isn't an option in system>preference>mouse to turn the touchpad
> off.
>
> I tried a couple of apps - Gpointing-device-settings and it's a
> predecessor GSynaptics but neither worked as the touchpad would come on
> after a while.
> I went to http://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpads and found
> that there are commands (ie synclient) that controls the touchpad from
> the command prompt. Once again using these commands the touchpad would
> come on after a while.
>
> I finally found at http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?26,115932,116337 (see
> posting by Chevhq Car) a solution that worked for me.
> Created file below, entered the text and saved it in folder modprobe.d
> using sudo Nautilus
>> etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-touchpad.conf
>> type blacklist psmouse
>> save to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-touchpad.conf
>>
>> reboot
>>
>> turn on or off from keyboard
>> sudo modprobe -i psmouse
>> and to turn it back off while still logged in:
>> $ sudo modprobe -r psmouse
> I created 2 files;  tpad-on and tpad-off, put them on the desktop and
> made them executible (chmod u+x filename)
> The first time you run it you must insert your password.  Trying to find
> a way to eliminate inserting the pw
> If you don't have a mouse to execute tpad-on, you can use Alt+F1
> to get to it.
>
> HOWEVER, I would like to get the factory touchpad working.  Does any one
> have any information on how to get the factory touchpad (that you have
> to tap) working in Ubuntu 10.04.
>
> Thanks,
> Lou
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