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Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:04:44 +0200

Ok. The laptop here has a related issue, but I think not quite the same: after about 30 seconds (really not more) of inactivity, the birghtness is set automatically darker, but not dark, just as if the laptop were unplugged. And when you touch the keyboard or the mouse or the touchpad, the screen becomes bright again. I never found how to deactivate this behaviour.

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van Riswick

Jos van Riswick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:12:31 +0200

hi cyril

i mean I have to ajust the brightness by hand (re-set to good value) . This
darkening also happens when x screensaver starts, and then i hit a key again to
light up the panel. Then the brightness also is too dark... Well I'll have a look around
some more for solutions, and post it here when I find one..

jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - obelix

obelix — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:43:29 +0200

Hi, with the EASYNOTE BG46-P-041 and ubuntu Hardy I have the same problem :
the screen brightness is set to dark at the starting and I don't know why !

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:51:57 +0200

Yep, I'm still using Ubuntu more than ever :) and I recently upgraded to Hardy (8.04) all my pcs. I'm not the one who actually uses this laptop, and I can see it only on weekends. But the owner hasn't told me about any issue, and I'm pretty sure she would have if needed.
I must say one more thing: I did not really upgrade, but I reinstalled in another partition, without moving /home. And it seems to work perfectly like this.
If I were you, I'd try to boot on a live-cd, to see if the issue is still there. I've never seen things like this, so it would be hard for me to help you. When you say "I have to manually reset it", you mean reset the brightness or restart the computer ? 'Cause problems of display which force you to restart, I know how to manage this; brightness settings going crazy, I don't).
Sorry... But feel free to answer again if anything changes! (and thanks for your comments)

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van Riswick

Jos van Riswick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:42:27 +0200

Hi Cyril,

Just wondering if you are stil using ubuntu, and if you upraded to the latest version 8.02? I've been having a few issuse with the suspend (sleep?) button. It works fine, but after waking up the computer again, the screen brightness is set to dark. This also happens when the screensaver starts. The screen brightness is set to dark, and I have to manually reset it to light again. (turning off screensaver with xset s off doesn't work..) Do you have the same issues?

Jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - obelix

obelix — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:05:04 +0200

Merci pour ces informations !

Le son fonctionne avec ta manip sur un EASYNOTE BG46-P-041

~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - no.gun.ner

no.gun.ner — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:09:54 +0200

Thanks a lot for this article !!

I installed an ubuntu 8.04, and eveything seemed to work perfectly at first, excepted the soundcard, which had to be added in the alsa configuration. I had to look twice at my display, after reading this page, to figure out that it was NOT the normal resolution !! :-) Well, it looked somewhat fuzzy indeed, but I did not really notice !

So, thanks, in my name, and in the name of my eyes, for removing all this blurriness ! :-)

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:18:42 +0200

I've just modified the post to take into account your comments. Thanks for this. Glad to have helped you.

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van riswick

Jos van riswick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:22:49 +0200

hi cyril,

have found the error: when modifying the file 'alsa-base' i only
restarted alsa ('alsa reload') but i should have rebooted the computer.
After a reboot it now works!

time to sleep, and thanks again...

jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van riswick

Jos van riswick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:07:18 +0200

it worked, but now it doesnt work anymore.. what did i change? i dont know....
Will look again tomorrow..

anyhow, the screen now also works! Only one note: the xorg.conf file above
sets an 'azerty' keyboard, which made it kind of difficult to log in after restarting X
to try the new config file.. So other users, beware of the line with 'fr'...

thanks for your effort!

jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:46:02 +0200

Argh, you've been faster than me. You've done the hardest, you now just have to set visible all switches and cursors as possible, and set up their values... Good luck!

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:42:46 +0200

First, the version which is now installed on the laptop is still 7.10 (gutsy), which was the last release at this time (last january).

Second, here is my lspci :

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Unknown device 1631:c10a
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
 Memory at feaf8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

We have exactly the same result, but I think the two first commands under "Le son" title better identify the soundcard. You should try this to see if you have the real same card as mine. As far as I know, the codec is really important. If is not the same for you, try this page (where I got my informations). You should try all possibilities if needed.

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van riswick

Jos van riswick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:40:08 +0200

hello

it now works, but only with *all volumes turned to maximum*..

jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van riswick

Jos van riswick — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:40:54 +0200

could you check which soundcard you have? maybe I have a newer
version of the laptop (?)

lspci -v:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1631:c10a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at feaf8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Jos van riswick

Jos van riswick — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:19:54 +0200

thanks for your tutorial! I tried to get sound working, but
unfortunately it didn't work. Which version of ubutu are you
using?I use H8.04..

jos

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Aurel76

Aurel76 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:56:16 +0200

Grand merci pour toutes tes recherches !! En un mot : Beau travail !

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Fernando Bueno

Fernando Bueno — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:25:59 +0200

C'est genial! Il y a quelques jours j'ai acheté un Packard Bell Easynote BG-46-P-001 et après avoir lu ton post, j'ai reussi à faire tout fonctionner avec Ubuntu. Bon travail et merci bien.

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - Cyril

Cyril — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:53:01 +0100

My pleasure ;)

Installation d'Ubuntu sur un portable Packard Bell EasyNote BG46-P-018 (12") (2/2) - sabouille

sabouille — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:39:13 +0100

MErci, merci, merci
Ca c'est du tuto sur mesure !!