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	** Run update-grub		** Run update-grub
	* Use a CPU governor to reduce average CPU speed when idle:		* Use a CPU governor to reduce average CPU speed when idle:
	** apt-get install sysfsutils		** apt-get install sysfsutils cpufrequtils
	** Add to /etc/modules:<br />cpufreq_ondemand<br />speedstep_centrino
	** Add to /etc/sysfs.conf<br />devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor=ondemand		** Add to /etc/sysfs.conf<br />devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor=ondemand
	** If you want it to take effect before reboot: ~~<br />modprobe cpufreq_ondemand<br />modprobe speedstep_centrino~~<br />/etc/init.d/~~sysfsutils~~ start		** If you want it to take effect before reboot: <br />/etc/init.d/loadcpufreq start
	* Use laptop_mode to reduce HD load		* Use laptop_mode to reduce HD load
	** apt-get install laptop-mode-tools hdparm (this requires also acpid which we installed before)		** apt-get install laptop-mode-tools hdparm (this requires also acpid which we installed before)

PhilippeTeuwen at 00:05, 24 February 2008

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''Converted with [[MediaWiki#HTML-WikiConverter|HTML::WikiConverter::MediaWiki]] from my old phpwiki site''
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* Use http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
* Be sure the laptop is connected to the network
* Type "expert24" at Lilo prompt
* ''When nothing is said below, always use the default choice''
* For country, choose Belgium (will be used for timezone)
* Choose another hostname than the default "debian"
* For Debian archive mirror, if you are a Leuven colleague, use our internal mirror :-)
** Enter information manually
** hera:9999
** debian version: testing
* Partition disks
** Choose to erase entire disk (if you wanted to keep the Windows stuff, see LinuxInstall how to use ntfsresize from a Knoppix)
** Write the changes? Say YES
* Kernel to choose: the newest 2.6, here it was linux-image-2.6.12-1-386
** Important: Keep default choice of initramfs-tools as yaird can be used only if we had booted already with a 2.6 kernel
* Use non-free software: it's up to you...
* If you are behind a proxy not yet configured because you used a local mirror, you will get a "Debian security" error, don't worry we'll fix that later
* Video modes: doesn't matter, X will fail and we will install our own config later
* I got frozen at 95% with "Installed Gnome" message displayed
** I killed the process /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ...
* Reboot: Kernel Panic
** Don't panic :-) This is because 2.4 kernel emulated IDE over the SATA and referenced the root partition as /dev/hdaX
** Enter the Grub editor (e) and change on the kernel line (e) /dev/hdaX into /dev/sdaX, then boot (b)
* X fails
** we'll login in text mode for now
* Fix the /dev/hda -> /dev/sda issues ('''very important!''')
** Edit /etc/fstab and change all /dev/hda to /dev/sda and /dev/hdc to /dev/sdc
** Edit /boot/menu.lst and change /dev/hdaX to /dev/sdaX on the line # kopt=root=/dev/hdaX ro
** Run update-grub
* Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
** For Leuven colleagues:

<nowiki>
deb http://hera:9999/security/ etch/updates main non-free contrib
deb http://hera:9999/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb http://hera:9999/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
# Only if you plan to recompile some packages (kernel compil does not require this)
deb-src http://hera:9999/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb-src http://hera:9999/debian/ sid main non-free contrib</nowiki>

* If you added sid(unstable) but want to work mainly with etch(testing), edit/create /etc/apt/apt.conf with:

<nowiki>
# Use testing even if you said etch in the sources.list!!
APT::Default-Release "testing";</nowiki>

* apt-get update
* apt-get dist-upgrade (we should be already up-to-date except for some possible security updates)
* Install a new kernel with atapi enabled for sata: (do the following in this order!)
** echo "options libata atapi_enabled=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/libata
** apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-1-686
** Reboot and skip X server failure messages
* Get X
** apt-get install xfree86-driver-synaptics (maybe it is already there)
** wget http://home.comcast.net/canez/d610/xorg.conf For Leuven: prepend the line with http_proxy=http://proxy:8080
** mv xorg.conf /etc/X11
** /etc/init.d/gdm restart Enjoy!
* Avoid the screen remaining black when closed/opened:
** apt-get install acpi acpid vbetool
** Create /etc/acpi/events/backlight with the following content: (keep it as exactly 2 lines)

<nowiki>
event=button[ /]lid
action=[[ "$(cat /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state)" == *open ]] && { vt=$(fgconsole);chvt 15;vbetool post;sleep 1;chvt $vt; }</nowiki>

If you want it to take effect before reboot, run: /etc/init.d/acpid reload If you prefer, you can also run the proposed script backlight_install.sh from DebianLaptop, select "vbepost"

==== Misc ====

Next items are of less importance, still nice to have:

* Avoid whissling sound
** Add to the kernel lines the argument idle=halt in /boot/grub/menu.lst: <nowiki># kopt=root=/dev/sdaX idle=halt ro</nowiki>
** Run update-grub
* Use a CPU governor to reduce average CPU speed when idle:
** apt-get install sysfsutils
** Add to /etc/modules: cpufreq_ondemand speedstep_centrino
** Add to /etc/sysfs.conf devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor=ondemand
** If you want it to take effect before reboot: modprobe cpufreq_ondemand modprobe speedstep_centrino /etc/init.d/sysfsutils start
* Use laptop_mode to reduce HD load
** apt-get install laptop-mode-tools hdparm (this requires also acpid which we installed before)
** If you want it to take effect before reboot: /etc/init.d/acpid reload
* To get wireless card working:
** Go to http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php and download the latest firmware
** Unpack and move the ipw-* files to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
** If you want it to take effect before reboot: modprobe -r ipw2200 modprobe ipw2200
** To use the card, pay attention there is a "hardware" switch with the Fn+F1 combination, iwconfig displays "radio off" when the radio is deactivated
* To avoid the surprise to boot one day with eth0 being the wireless and eth1 the wired:
** apt-get install ifrename
** Create /etc/iftab with for example ETH* driver tg3 WLAN* driver ipw2200
** (You could choose whatever other names for the interfaces except eth0/eth1 as you cannot rename eth0 into eth1 while eth1 exists already...)
** Edit /etc/network/interfaces and replace all eth0 by ETH0
** Now wired is ETH0 and wireless is WLAN0 To rename the wi-fi each time you load manually the module (if you plan to do so), create /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200 with the following line (one line): install ipw2200 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw2200; ifrename
** If you want it to take effect before reboot: ifdown eth0 ifrename ifup ETH0
* To enable DHCP only when a cable is plugged and avoid DHCP timeout when booting unplugged:
** apt-get install ifplugd
** dpkg-reconfigure ifplugd Static interfaces: ETH0
** Edit /etc/network/interfaces and comment or remove the stanza "auto ETH0" as now ifplugd will take care of it.
** You can try unplugging your cable, after 10s you'll lose your IP, plug again and you will get it back quickly.
* To enable WPA on the wireless card:
** apt-get install wpasupplicant
** Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant and add a section for your network, cf /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples
** Edit /etc/default/wpasupplicant ENABLED=1 OPTIONS="-w -i WLAN0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
** Edit /etc/default/ifplugd INTERFACES="ETH0 WLAN0"
** Edit /etc/network/interfaces iface WLAN0 inet dhcp
* To be able to use the volume keys:
** apt-get install hotkey-setup
** gnome-keybindings-properties (launched as normal user!) Associate the 3 volume keys with the appropriate actions
* To hear something when the volume is up :-) -> ALSA
** apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss gnome-alsamixer
** alsaconf (if gnome volume dies, leave it like that till the end of alsaconf then reload it)
** You can try with e.g. aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
** Create the file /etc/asound.conf as shown in DebianAlsa
** apt-get install esound-clients libesd-alsa0 (this will replace libesd0, don't worry about warnings)
** Edit /etc/esound/esd.conf and set auto_spawn=1
** gnome-sound-properties (as normal user): be sure "Enable sound server startup" is UNchecked, we don't want it as with auto_spawn it will be launched automatically
* To have suspend-to-ram working
** You need to patch and recompile your own kernel
** see [[Laptop Dell Latitude D610]]

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==== Attempt to directly boot with a 2.6 kernel ====

'''DOES NOT WORK YET''' with 19-01-2006 snapshot (tg3 module fails):

* Type "expert" at Lilo prompt
* ''When nothing is said below, always use the default choice''
* If at first try, the cdrom is not recognised (this is visible also form the console: dmesg|grep ata2 shows "ATAPI is disabled"), then reboot and follow this first step:
** At first screen ("Choose language"), go to the console: <alt-F2> then <enter>
** modprobe -r ahci ata_piix libata
** modprobe libata atapi_enabled=1
** <alt-F1>
** When prompted to detect cdroms, unselect all but the last 4 modules (ide-* and isofs) and say no to PCMCIA detection
* When prompted to detect network, unselect all the modules (I had a freeze with one of them and we don't need them at this point)
* modprobe tg3 does not work :-(

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PhilippeTeuwen: /* Misc */

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