Installing Ubuntu 8.04

After Reading on the forums in both MiniNoteUser.com and Ubuntu Forums, we have devised a way to install Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on the HP 2133 Mini Note.

Apparently, most things work out of the box except Wireless and Video drivers are a hassle, and the speakers do not mute when headphones are plugged in.

First, select the boot option from your BIOS Screen to boot form your desired device.

1. Insert the LiveCD and get to the menu with the splash screen.
   
2. Choose “Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer” and click f6.
   
3. Clicking F6 will bring up the Boot Options.
   
4. Add the word xforcevesa to the end of the line and hit enter to start the LiveCD boot process.
   
5. Install Ubuntu to your preferences.

1. Visit the link http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action and download the Driver for Ubuntu.
   
2. Select the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS as the OS and select CN896+VT8237S as a platform.
   
3. Download & Install the Tarball package.
   
4. Try to follow the directions in the Readme.
   
5. Go to the desktop effects control panel.
   
6. Hold SHIFT and click where it says disabled for 3d acceleration and desktop effects.
   
7. Reboot & Enjoy.
   

1. Go to: Ubuntu Forums Wifi Docs & Drivers
   
2. Follow Step 1: All BCM43xx - Install NDISWrapper and Blacklist Native Driver
   
3. Follow Step 2a: SP34152 Driver Download/Extraction
   
4. Follow Step 3: All BCM43xx - Configure NDISWrapper (and WPA Supplicant)
   
5. Afterwards, follow Step HARDY BUG FIX
   
6. Reboot Ubuntu & Enjoy.

• To improve battery life;

1. Open your grub menu.lst file (usually at /boot/grub/menu.lst) as root or with sudo.
2. Find where it says # kopt=root=UUID= followed by a long hex number and ro toward the middle of the file, and add at the end of that line: acpi_osi=”!Windows 2006”
3. Save menu.lst and type sudo update-grub
4. Reboot & Enjoy.

• By default, the speakers continue to play sounds when headphones are plugged in. To fix this, you need some new kernel modules for your sound card. This will likely be fixed in the next kernel update; until then, you can use the following workaround:

1. Download and install this package.
2. Open a console/terminal window and type:

   sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic.ubuntu.sound.alsa-driver.bak
   sudo ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/kernel/sound/ /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver

3. Reboot.

The UBUNTU Laptop Testing Team released a list of issues and the latest tests to release a list of working hardware/software on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. At the bottom, there is the correct xorg configuration. Ubuntu Testing Team - HP MiniNote 2133

This guide was made with: Ubuntu Forums, MiniNote Forum

Orignal guide written by Violajack, edited to add tags.

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