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Post ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 install fix-ups

What didn’t work:

• brightness control
• audio input
• mouse pad annoyances
• mouse pad on/off button works.  But only one time per boot, then no-mouse

Fixes

• brightness control:
  • edit /etc/default/grub.  Add “nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor” to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.  (then run update-grub to make it stick)
• audio input:
  • apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic, then reboot
  • This fixes the sound recorder application but skype is still busted.
  • also some fiddling with alsamixer was needed (but I didn’t take notes on that.)
• mouse pad annoyances:
  • to stop the god-damn menu pops from happening I hacked my .bashrc to hit ” synclient clickfinger2=0; synclient clickfinger3=0; synclient maxtaptime=0; synclient maxdoubletoptime=0″
  • I’m sure there is a better way but I don’t want to waist my time looking for it.
• mouse pad on/off button.
  • edit /etc/default/grub.  Add “i8042.nomux ” to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.  (then run update-grub to make it stick)

Refrences:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes