I got Rich’s old notebook from work and installed Xubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)<\/strike> see update below on it. I’m tracking issues I’m having with the distro\/platform here.<\/p>\n
Spell Checking in OpenOffice Writer – FIXED<\/strong><\/p>\n After having this machine for a while, I just noticed this issue.\u00c2\u00a0 I followed some instructions I found here<\/a> and tried File > Wizards > Install New Dictionaries.<\/p>\n Update: Volume Control Widget – FIXED<\/strong><\/p>\n My volume control widget up and disappeared.\u00c2\u00a0 This post<\/a> made the suggestion that instead of clicking the ‘Add’ button from the widget list (accessed by right clicking on the taskbar and choosing ‘Add New Item’), you can drag the volume control widget from the list window onto the taskbar and it works.<\/p>\n Update: Upgraded to 8.04<\/strong><\/p>\n I upgraded via package updates to 8.04 (Hardy Heron) without any problems.<\/p>\n Can’t lock screen – FIXED<\/strong><\/p>\n I added the screen locking widget to my top panel, but clicking it didn’t do anything. I fixed this by installing the xlockmore-gl package.<\/p>\n Can’t suspend\/hibernate – FIXED <\/strong><\/p>\n When I try to use the buttons to suspend\/hibernate (I think these are from some gnome program), the screen goes blank, but I’m not able to resume.<\/p>\n Link<\/a> to launchpad bug report about this issue.<\/p>\n Apparently, others with this laptop were able to have success by using the uswsusp package<\/a>. However, they were running Feisty, not Gutsy.<\/p>\n Link<\/a> to userspace software suspend home page.<\/p>\n Debian has a newer version of the uswsusp package<\/a>, so I tried installing that because I found what appeared to be thorough docs on using the 0.7 version<\/a>. Things still didn’t work.<\/p>\n I found another post on the ubuntu forums that aggregated a bunch of information about this issue. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n I removed the fglrx video driver (a non-free driver) as this was mentioned as causing problems. After removing this driver, suspend to ram didn’t work, but hibernate did using the default login,shutdown,etc. menu. Using the s2ram program from the command line also worked!<\/p>\n Update:<\/strong> If I want to lock the screen on resuming from suspension, I use<\/p>\n Trackpad is slow<\/strong><\/p>\n The trackpad seems to move extremely slowly. I can configure the eraserhead using the Mouse Settings panel, but this doesn’t effect the trackpad.<\/p>\n EVDO Card – FIXED<\/p>\n This was the most straightfoward thing so far. This forum thread<\/a> helped my get my PC5750 EVDO card working just fine with pppd and wvdial.<\/p>\n Playing Encrypted DVDs<\/strong><\/p>\n Add the following line to \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/p>\n deb http:\/\/packages.medibuntu.org\/ gutsy free non-free<\/p>\n Then run<\/p>\n sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2<\/p>\n Function Keys on Keyboard<\/strong><\/p>\n These are the keys on the keyboard with additional functionality (written in blue on the keys and accessed by holding down the Fn key to the right of the left-hand-side Ctrl key) that do things like switch between CRT\/LCD, eject CD media, change volume or brightness, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got Rich’s old notebook from work and installed Xubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) see update below on it. I’m tracking issues I’m having with the distro\/platform here. 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