Thread: Ubuntu 12.04 on N900 with U-Boot
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caveman is offline caveman
2012-07-05 , 09:36
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I installed xubuntu on n900. I don't have wifi Issues at all and I can move too-big-for-screen-windows with control-touchclick and that's pretty nice. I also installed a compact theme so menus and stuff look good on 800x480. All in all it's pretty nice and performance is good but...
Indeed, I agree the system is pretty usable. I suggest you try enlightenment with the Illume profile (install e17). I had never tried it before, and it was a nice surprise, as it is elegant and almost touch-ready.

Regarding the wifi issue I have, my n900 seems to disconnect while there is high traffic on my router. May be a router issue. I am scheduled to try nm, though, to see if that makes a difference.

while I can change language for keyboard some buttons are dead
I am no keyboard configuration expert, but it seems the installation procedure left my /etc/default/keyboard configured as pc105. Try to change it to nokiarx51 and see if it helps. Give one example of a dead button so I can check on my unit.

Also bluetooth firmware doesn't load for me, maybe I didn't get the right one?
I have not tried bluetooth yet.

about the cam, there is probably not good software in ubuntu. seems like we need to include it. found this: http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/camera-2.0/ and http://fcam.garage.maemo.org/ no idea how much work is neccesary to get it working.
The debian n900-pkg page states that mplayer works with the camera and it is even possible to take pictures. Although that is a start, it is far from ideal.

Porting fcamera is a damn good idea, but I cannot say how feasible.
 

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