Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic on Dell E4300

1) OS
I installed on an expresscard ssd to keep the xp on the HD intact.
Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. I skipped swap and selected ext2 (becuase of ssd)

set visual effects to None

2) Problem with touchpad

Qickfix (will kill also mouse config possibilities)
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/options and add:

options psmouse proto=bare


2) Applications
opera
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?custom=yes

Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/sv/download/skype/linux/choose/
(unmute mic in sound preferences)


http://www.cairo-dock.org/index.php
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://repositoryairo-dock.org/ubuntu karmic cairo-dock

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins

itunes in Ubuntu

I am trying to install itunes under ubuntu using wine.

So far no luck.

Perhaps version 7 will work.

http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.php?old_itunes=20

Or upgrading wine?

http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

Fix mouse / touch pad issues on dell e4300

Issue, the mouse sometimes jumps when scrolling a web page or clicking on a button.

Seem to be related to the touch pad but it does help to disable the touch pad.
(enable synaptic in ubuntu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad)

This will fix the issue:
Edit (as root) /etc/modprobe.d/options and add:

Code:

options psmouse proto=bare

The downside is that the touch pad will stay enabled with no (?) way to disable it.

Another HD sample page (MS)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx

Howto build deb package

http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56965

xbmcbuntu - manually install live components

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/runXBMC.sh

wget http://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xbmc/branches/linuxport/XBMC/tools/XBMCLive/runXBMC

sudo cp runXBMC /usr/bin/runXBMC

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/runXBMC

The other live components:

http://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xbmc/branches/linuxport/XBMC/tools/XBMCLive/

Copy root partition to another disk

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=978079