- Install Partition Magic 8.0 on C:, resize C:, create D: (hd(0,4),vfat32), create swap partition (hd(0,5), 512 MB), create ext3 partition (hd(0,6).
- Make a grub loader by using Puppy Linux program at http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/files/setup-puppy2installer-XP.exe (option 3 in that program). Now it can boot into grub command line (at grub, we can use, for example, configfile (hd0,4)/boot/menu.lst to enter graphic interface). I did it by chance. It may be better to use a more simple way to install grub on a windows partition.
- From http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/, download debian image netinst and files initrd.gz and vmlinuz in hd-media directory of other images. Save in D:\soft.
- Boot to grub, run
kernel (hd0,4)/soft/vmlinuz
initrd (hd0,4)/soft/initrd.gz
and boot.
- The installer will automatically find the cd image and do the installation.
- To use ethernet device, add to /etc/network/interfaces (if the installer didn't do this)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
- To use wireless device (see update below for kernel >=2.6.24), apt-get install ipw3945-modules-`uname -r` ipw3945d firmware-ipw3945, run iwconfig to check the name of the device (for example, eth1). If all are ok, run these command (or create a script for this):
ifconfig eth1 up
iwconfig eth1 mode Managed
iwconfig eth1 key key-of-the-net
iwconfig eth1 essid "Wireless-nm"
dhclient eth1
May need to disable eth0 (in /etc/network/interfaces) to use eth1.
If the wireless hardware is inactivated with dmesg saying that
ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work. (See http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/README.ipw3945)
activate the hardware by pressing the wireless button (near the headphone jack phone) (or booting into Windows ;-) ).
- Install 915resolution (to setting the screen resolution to 1280x800). UPDATE: 915resolution package has been obsoleted since my dist-upgrade on Feb 2009; to use that screen resolution, change the driver of "Generic Video Card" from "vesa" to "intel".
- Install alsa sound driver: alasa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils, alsamixergui. Run alsaconf.
- Linux may recognize the bios timezone is UTC, and then change the clock to ICT (Indochina timezone). tzconfig is now obsolete, use dpkg-reconfigure tzdata (or run ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Saigon /etc/localtime. Check the option "UTC=no" in /etc/default/rcS. Run hwclock --hctosys --localtime; if the error "select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out" exists, append --directisa to it (if then this command work fine, open /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh, change the line HWCLOCKPARS= to HWCLOCKPARS="--directisa"). /etc/adjtime records the last time hwclock is used to set the clock.
- Check battery status: cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state. A code for battery monitoring: http://swicked.net/code/bat_mon.sh.
- Install Japanese font: apt-get install ttf-kochi-mincho.
Ref
- http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Acer+TravelMate+3010-3012WTMi
- http://user.interface.org.nz/~gringer/hacking/acer_3012wtmi.html
- http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html
Update 18 Jan 2009: just upgraded the system to kernel 2.6.26
- Wireless: iwl-wifi drivers, built in the kernel, are used to replace the older ipw3945. Just need to install firmware-iwlwifi (see http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi)
- Huawei EG162G EDGE/GPRS USB stick (used with Mobifone): install wvdial package; then run wvdialconf and in /etc/wvdial.conf, add
Username = mms
Password = mms
Phone = *99#
Run wvdial to start the modem.
Update 8 Nov 2009: Synaptics mouse tapping stopped working after upgrade. It was explained that the upstream synaptics driver now defaults to tapping off.
In /etc/X11/xorrg.conf,
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
add
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
Update 14 Feb 2010:
- Install mplayer: see http://wiki.debian.org/MPlayer
Codecs can also be copied (or untar from essential-20071007.tar.bz2) to
/usr/lib/codecs/mplayer_binary_codecs/essential-20071007 and make a symlink /usr/lib/codecs/essential-20071007 to the above directory. According to the info provided, the package libstdc++5 is also needed (apt-get install libstdc++5).- To connect wifi through WPA:
+ Install package wpasupplicant
+ Run (and results)
#wpa_passphrase "Education - Cafe" 123456789
<123456789> is passphrase of the wireless
copy and paste the result into /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="Education - Cafe"
#psk="123456789"
psk=2768869af7a70b9122d9fdf2503f7c7804706333142aa865a7232902330a7f9e
}
#iwconfig eth1 essid "Education – Cafe"
#wpa_supplicant -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
(no space after -i and -c), results:
ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: Resource temporarily unavailable
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy
Failed to initiate AP scan.
Trying to associate with 00:23:69:c8:19:05 (SSID='Education - Ca
Associated with 00:23:69:c8:19:05
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:23:69:c8:19:05 [PTK=TKIP
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:23:69:c8:19:05 completed]
WPA: Group rekeying completed with 00:23:69:c8:19:05 [GTK=TKIP]
Open new xterm:
#dhclient eth1
Finish
Checked by
#ifconfig eth1
- Install gyachi (1.2.10): go to http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/extra/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gyachi/, install 2 package: gyachi and gyachi-data.
