Ubuntu 9.10 is officially supported. There are new graphic drivers available (beta version) - IEGD Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers.
Prepare installation media
- You can use USB CD-ROM Drive or USB Flash drive (disk-on-key) as installation media.
- Download Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop installation
- If you are using USB CD-ROM - burn downloaded image directly on CD.
-If you are using USB Flash drive, 1GB would be enough. Download usb-creator to create bootable installation flash drive.
Installation of generic Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop
- Standard Ubuntu installation - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
- Unplug USB CD-ROM / USB Flash drive and reboot
- Login using previously selected username and password
Required system changes
- Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
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## Repository for fit-PC2 users provided by Compulab
deb http://fit-pc2.com/download/ubuntu/dists/karmic binary/
deb-src http://fit-pc2.com/download/ubuntu/dists/karmic source/
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.31-34-fitpc2 linux-headers-2.6.31-34-fitpc2 xserver-xorg-video-poulsbo mplayer-vaapi mplayer-skins
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# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
# options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
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sudo apt-get purge linux-generic linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-$(uname -r) linux-headers-$(uname -r) && sudo apt-get autoremove
Ubuntu 9.10 is now installed.
Known issues:
- Suspend and Hibernate functions do not work properly and disabled in kernel. Using these functions is equal to Lock Screen.