G1s and Ubuntu

Scypher · 06-22-2007, 08:25 AM

Has somebody tried to install ubuntu or another linux distribution on an Asus G1s ?

nightfox91 · 06-22-2007, 03:39 PM

I ran the live CD, which ran perfectly fine, so I don't think there would be a problem installing it.

Scypher · 06-23-2007, 02:28 PM

Was the webcam working ?
Wireless ?
What about media keys ?

yianniscy84 · 08-17-2007, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightfox91

I ran the live CD, which ran perfectly fine, so I don't think there would be a problem installing it.

I can't get it to work. Did you do something special?

I get the /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off error.
I tried this but it didn't work.

nightfox91 · 08-17-2007, 08:47 PM

yea, I did, but after that it worked flawlessly. check out these forum threads for help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471311
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ty+job+control

yianniscy84 · 08-18-2007, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightfox91

yea, I did, but after that it worked flawlessly. check out these forum threads for help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471311
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ty+job+control

where to I write break=top at the beginning before file... or after the file path before boot=casper???
I already checked those forums and when I tried to run the liveDVD without changing the resolution i get a black screen with a blinking cursor. If I change the resolution I get just a black screen. Any ideas????

Btw is the liveCD different than the liveDVD i'm using?

Spider_3000 · 08-18-2007, 10:17 AM

LiveDVD only contains more software packages than the LiveCD as far as I know.

namain · 02-06-2008, 02:04 PM

Check out this link. It's a fairly detailed howto to get most features on the G1s up and running. It's still a work in progress, but we've gotten the e-mail LED, the lights on the sides of the monitor, hibernate, and the webcam working.

Feel free to contribute if you get something working.

Theros123 · 02-06-2008, 08:11 PM

I installed ubuntu 7.10 and I have everything working except the webcam which I never use so I didn't bother to install the special drivers for it. It's awesome how our GPU and even our Wifi card is automatically installed. Awesomeness