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

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

Amichai Rotman amichai at iglu.org.il
Wed Nov 24 23:14:14 IST 2010


Thanks Hetz,

I installed it but the daemon cannot start due to missing eeepc-acpi-scrips,
witch cannot be install because acpi-base is missing...

How do I resolve this without braking the system?

Thanks!

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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 21:42, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> All EEE (from 900 and up) have bluetooth built in, and of course - webcam.
>
> In order to use them, you can either press FN F2, or better yet, use the
> eee-control for that.
> Grab it here: http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/
>
>  <http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/>Thanks,
> Hetz
>
>
> 2010/11/24 Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>
>
>>  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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