Ubuntu and the Toshiba NB300 / NB305

[unicycletim]

Hmmm. The new kernel seems to make the sound from some videos really jumpy, impossible to listen to. I just reverted to 2.6.35 and the same video played perfectly

[hatemben]

Upgraded to Maverick, and compiled Kernel 2.6.36-rc7.

All issues seems to be fixed : Suspend/Wakeup, Brightness F6/F7 keys, Startup time... Didn't add any additional settings (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash")

Just need to tweak it to reduce power usage.

Tested on Toshiba NB300

[odysseus2k7]

Upgraded to Maverick, and compiled Kernel 2.6.36-rc7.

All issues seems to be fixed : Suspend/Wakeup, Brightness F6/F7 keys, Startup time... Didn't add any additional settings (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash")

Just need to tweak it to reduce power usage.

Tested on Toshiba NB300

For those of us who are kind of new to Linux, would you mind giving instructions on how to install the new kernel? I just downloaded it but have no clue what to do next and don't want to break my system...

Thanks,

[hatemben]

For those of us who are kind of new to Linux, would you mind giving instructions on how to install the new kernel? I just downloaded it but have no clue what to do next and don't want to break my system...

Thanks,

Instructions available here :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ke...20Debian%20Way

[odysseus2k7]

Instructions available here :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ke...20Debian%20Way

Thanks again. I'll work on that tonight and see where I get. The instructions seem pretty clear. I have downloaded the rc7 kernel and looked over the "README" and "Changes" files already, so I hope the new version solves my problems. (slow booting, poor battery life, hibernate/wake issues, etc.)

Thanks,

[BSD_dad]

kernel install instructions here also
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Mainl...MainlineBuilds

[BSD_dad]

Upgraded to Maverick, and compiled Kernel 2.6.36-rc7.

All issues seems to be fixed : Suspend/Wakeup, Brightness F6/F7 keys, Startup time... Didn't add any additional settings (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash")

Just need to tweak it to reduce power usage.

Tested on Toshiba NB300

Running Maverick on NB305 with 2.3.6-rc7. Would not boot set as above, dropped to shell of some sort with cpu speed dynamic.

Changed grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash nohz=off highres=off" and get boot at right on 30 seconds from power switch press. CPU speed set to dynamic.

Brightness works, hibernate works, suspend does not resume. Better than it was with cpu set always low! Looking forward to 11.04

[BSD_dad]

Setting the touchpad disable under System>Mouse doesn't seem to work, however found this (see #12) and Syndaemon works fine.

[odysseus2k7]

Running Maverick on NB305 with 2.3.6-rc7. Would not boot set as above, dropped to shell of some sort with cpu speed dynamic.

Changed grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash nohz=off highres=off" and get boot at right on 30 seconds from power switch press. CPU speed set to dynamic.

Brightness works, hibernate works, suspend does not resume. Better than it was with cpu set always low! Looking forward to 11.04

All these websites are great, but would someone be so kind as to post a complete set of instructions in one place for compiling and installing rc7 on the NB305?

[nichopl83]

guys i have a problem
i got toshiba nb300 - ubuntu netbook edition 10.04 works good for me but ubuntu netbook edition 10.10 is completly unuseable - it's slow, on boot i must touch enter or else to boot ubuntu, divx/xvid & youtube movies are slow, unwatchable - what to hell is wrong with new ubuntu netbook edition distro? i know i can go back to 10.04 but i want to have new distro
please help