Helpfull Hints for a tx1000 (tx1120)

[immi]

Hey thanks alot for your help with touch screen found out i was actually downloading the incorrect Kernal version lol
anyway thanks alot

PS i used this code for rotate screen but it is not working
I actually added Custom Application launcher to the panel and used this code
but it is not working

#!/bin/sh

# Change System Input orientation for Tablet Mode
if [ -n "$(xrandr | grep 800x1280)" ]||[ -n "$(xrandr | grep 1024x2560)" ]; then
xrandr -o normal
#sudo /usr/bin/touchscreen_switch.sh
else

xrandr -o left
#sudo /usr/bin/touchscreen_switch.sh l
fi

Any suggestions

PS i have tried this script as well

#!/bin/bash

STR=`xrandr --verbose | awk '/default/{print $5}'`

case "$STR" in
'normal')
xrandr -o left
;;
'left')
xrandr -o inverted
;;
'inverted')
xrandr -o right
;;
'right')
xrandr -o normal
;;
esac

[lut4rp]

I have a HP Pavilion tx1000 (tx1016AU). Audio is by Realtek ALC861-VD.
I was having problem with sound outputs from speakers and headphones, both. I tried a lot of things, and I have found a bug report on the ALSA bug tracker. The url is https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/al...ew.php?id=3161

It shows the problem was resolved for the reporter. The solver has added a note saying "The patch to support this hardware is now applied to HG tree.". Scroll down on the page and you see it.

Can anybody tell me what this means? Patch applied to HG tree?

[simplyw00x]

Can anybody tell me what this means? Patch applied to HG tree?

Hg (mercurial) is the version control system they use --- it means that the problem is fixed in a yet-to-be-released version of ALSA. This version is in fact in the next release of Ubuntu, "Hardy" but there is a guide further up the thread to get the latest ALSA for Gutsy.

[waspbr]

yep, the sound solution for gutsy is posted here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=235

[sauronsmatrix]

hi lut4rp, if the sound solution here doesn't work, which is highly unlikely, consider an upgrade to the beta version of Ubuntu (8.04 alpha three) if you really want sound.

I've installed it and the sound works straight out of the box, so thats a big plus.

If you decide to do that, type this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get upgrade -d

[hvymtlsteve]

Hey, have you guys completely wiped your original Windows installations off these computers or did you leave 'em there?
I originally decided to shrink the vista partition to half and install Feisty in the remaining space, the main reason I left vista there being that HP won't do warranty repair on the hardware if you happen to need it and you don't have the original OS on there, and you probably get jerked around a bit for using an OS other than what they designed the notebook for. But I'm probably gonna be outta the country for a good long while in a coupla months and wouldn't be able to get warranty hardware repair if I ever needed it anyway, so I'm wondering if I shouldn't just go ahead and wipe it clean, recovery partition and all and just put Hardy on and use the whole disk in EXT3.
There are not really many things I plan on using that I would really need Windows for, and as a matter of principle I'd like to just plain not have it there.

I'm possibly getting pretty close to pulling the trigger on an eeePC as a cool toy and secondary comp, too, so if this one ever farts out on me I won't be stuck with nothing...

[avik]

Hey, have you guys completely wiped your original Windows installations off these computers or did you leave 'em there?

I got rid of everything but the recovery partition.

as a matter of principle I'd like to just plain not have it there.

Exactly the case.

[hvymtlsteve]

Why did you keep the recovery partition?
Do you know if it even works? I've read elsewhere that HP has some generic cookie cutter crap that they put in there for all the computers even though it's not necessarily configured for whatever hardware you happen to have, so for some people it doesn't work...

[manu456]

I've been using this laptop for 8 months now. My problem is not ubuntu related but I thought I might post it here since this where everyone with a tx1000 series hangout... I rarely use the touchscreen but the glass/plastic in front of my screen seems to be coming off at the bottom and there is a lot of play while opening or closing the lid. It feels wobbly and delicate. I'm going to contact HP support but it's a pity if a new laptop doesnt even last a year. And I take a lot of care of my laptop. Because it's my work, it's everything for me.

Is anybody else facing this problem? How are your screens holding on?

[creatureofthedark]

i have tried the rotate screen script but its not working. i have found out that it is the

xrandr -0 "normal, left, right, invert"

that is not working! any ideas why??


things that are working

touch screen
sound (including headphone jacks)
wireless

things to fix

rotate screen
web cam (not that i have tried yet)
finger print reader (not exactly at the top of my priority list)