On 8 July 2012 22:25, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 8 July 2012 22:12, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> On 8 July 2012 22:02, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 8 July 2012 21:51, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 4 July 2012 14:10, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 4 July 2012 13:59, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Has anyone any experience of running Ubuntu on laptops from PC >> >> >> Specialist [1]? I am particularly interested in the Genesys IV [2]. >> >> >> They will supply without Windows with a reduction of £80. >> >> >> >> >> >> I believe they are based on Clevo laptops. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > I have the System 76 Lemur which is the PCSpecialist Xenon. It works >> >> > out >> >> > of >> >> > the box with Ubuntu but System76 provide an open source driver that >> >> > allows >> >> > the control buttons to function correctly. >> >> >> >> Simon: do you know which control buttons do not work without the >> >> drivers, and would the drivers be ok on a PC Specialist machine? >> >> >> > >> > The control panel applet for 12.04 says just the brightness buttons (Fn >> > F8 >> > and F9), >> >> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the above. Can you clarify >> what you mean? >> > > The laptops have hardware controls on the function keys which are accessed > by a combination press with a button labelled 'Fn' at bottom left. The > brightness controls are on F8 and F9 for down and up and aren't supported in > the standard Ubuntu image, and are added by System 76. The driver package > also installs a System Settings applet for support.
OK, got it. It was the part about the control panel applet I did not understand. Mention of Control Panel brought me out in a cold sweat. Thanks again Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
