Nokia 3120 classic and Ubuntu 8.04 linux (updated)

2008/09/19 at 15:41 (Uncategorized) (, , , , )

In this post I’ll try to sum up the friendship :) between Nokia’s 3120 classic mobile phone and Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy Heron linux.

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Ubuntu 8.04 on HP Compaq nx6310

2008/09/03 at 13:27 (Uncategorized) (, )

The specs
CPU: Intel CeleronM works out of the box
Chipset: Intel 945GM works out of the box
Video: Intel GMA 950 works out of the box (needs tweaking if you want DualHead)
VGA (D-Sub) / DualHead: external dispaly on/off (Fn+F4) doesn’t work out of the box. Need’s tweaking if you want DualHead. Though, it broke later anyway. External monitor works just fine.
Optical drive: Matushita DVD-RAM UJ-840S works out of the box
Lan: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 works out of the box
WiFi: Broadcom 4311 doesn’t work out of the box; easily configurable
PCMCIA: Texas Instruments ( 8039 ?) not tested
Firewire: Texas Instruments ( 803a?) not tested
USB 2.0: works out of the box
Laptop lid indicator: doesn’t work at all

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