Ubuntu on the Asus 1005PG (Built-in 3G Modem) from Orange

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

As promised, here is my report on the Asus 1005PG from Orange:

I am now writing this report on it.

The first thing I did was to boot Ubunu Lucid UNR from an SD card - no
problem. The UL30 series doesn't boot from SD.

As soon as I got the desktop, I saw all works out of the box. I
right-clicked the NetworkManager icon and clicked the Edit Connections
option. Clicked on the Mobile  Broadband tab and added a connection for
Israel and Orange. The first screen of the wizard gave me the Modem name -
Huwei (I think) and then I only had to change the default APN to 'uinternet'
- that's it!

Over all - this model is less comfortable than the 1000HE, but is no doubt
better: It is lighter, smaller (about %20 smaller) and has a LED screen and
a better CPU (N450).

The only thing that bugs me is the Bluetooth: Some say it has Bluetooth and
some say it doesn't. When I try to start the service nothing happens and the
Bluetooth setup in the System settings says Bluetooth is not present.

The BIOS doesn't show Bluetooth under the internal devices section, but the
Webcam isn't either and it works....

The rep at the mall stand told me she checked with Ronlight and the said it has
Bluetooth, but needs a driver...

Is there a way to find out for sure?

I compared the lspci output between the two models, and it is identical, and
the 1000HE's Bluetooth worked out of the box and has it in the BIOS...

Thanks!

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Amichai Rotman

Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]

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