HOW TO: Install Ubuntu on a HP TC1100 tablet pc

[kayarevii]

Ok I got Xubuntu Oneiric successfully installed on my TC1100 (1 ghz Pentium M) runs nice and cool, I got rotate to work using the script at the beginning of this page. Note that the proprietary Nvidia drivers (Nvidia 96) are already installed and work out of the box in (X)ubuntu 11.10 so you have to edit your xorg.conf to use XRandR for the rotate script to work.

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Option	"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Default Device"
	    Option      "RandRRotation"    "True"
EndSection

I also got the screen brightness adjustable using this script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ ! -f /sys/devices/platform/tc1100-wmi/jogdial ]]; then
   zenity --info --text="This kernel does not have TC1100 WMI support."
   exit 1
fi

echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/tc1100-wmi/jogdial
zenity --info --text="Use the jog dial to adjust the brightness. Press OK when done."
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/tc1100-wmi/jogdial

exit 0

then

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/bright

The only problem with this is that you have to use sudo or gksu to make the script work

also suspend and hibernate are broken (blank screen), and I can't get an on screen keyboard on the startup screen

[jjaythomas]

What is the simplest way to get the plymouth splash back in 12.04?

Use to use startup-manager to change display size few versions back, but now package depreciated

Tried both Lubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04 (I would think bad in Ubuntu also) get no splash (only words)

J.Jay

[jjaythomas]

P.S. Their a brightness script (post #385 here) that worked a 11.04 (11.10 I think also)
not sure if 12.04.

J.Jay