Crunchbang on the Samsung NC10

munkymack · 2009-03-12 00:15:02

Those of you who are running Crunchbang on a Samsung NC10 may have noticed that while it is blazing fast, there are a few tweaks that need to be made to get it completely up to speed. I'll share the links to tweaks I've used here, and hopefully it will be beneficial to others, and people will add to it.

1a. Audio Jack - You may have noticed that plugging headphones or outside speakers in the headphone jack doesn't mute the laptop's speakers. Fortunately, there is a fix for this. *Note - This WILL break your wireless, but there's an easy fix for that too, which is outlined in Tip #1b.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NC10# … a%20Driver

1b. Bringing your Wireless back to life - Now that your audio works, you can watch YouTube videos without disturbing everyone in the coffee shop. Or could if your wireless wasn't broken. But we can install the ath5k madwifi driver, not the one that comes with the initial Ubuntu kernel. *Note - If you only have wireless access (can't plug into the network cable), then do this 1st and the audio fix 2nd.

http://nc10linux.wordpress.com/2008/12/ … rformance/ This works with the current developmental driver - compat-wireless-2009-03-11.tar.bz2, and contrary to what the post says, you don't already have to have another version of the ath5k madwifi driver installed.

2. Working Audio Fn Keys - Now that you have normal audio and working wireless, you will want to be able to control that audio. So add this to the bottom of the keybind section of your rc.xml file, and your Fn+left/right arrow keys will work, just like they are supposed to!

<keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
    <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master unmute</execute>
    </action>
    <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB-</execute>
    </action>
    </keybind>
<keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
    <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master unmute</execute>
    </action>
    <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master 2dB+</execute>
    </action>
    </keybind>

To get your mute key working (Alt-F6), add these lines to your rc.xml: (Thanks to SpandexBob for this)

       <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master mute</execute>
      </action>
          <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master unmute</execute>
    </action>
    </keybind>

3. Screen Brightness - Currently, the Fn Brightness keys do not work, (the key combination when run through Xev shows no output, so it's not a matter of mapping them correctly in your rc.xml). There is, however, a workaround, by mapping the key combination to the Ctrl Key instead. First, install xbacklight:

sudo apt get install xbacklight

Then add these lines to your rc.xml:

    <keybind key="C-Up">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>xbacklight -inc 10</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>
        <keybind key="C-Down">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>xbacklight -dec 10</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>

on restart, you should be able to control your screen brightness.

More fixes will show up as they get fixed. Hope this helps

Last edited by munkymack (2009-05-02 17:55:22)

WhyNotCrashDifferently? · 2009-03-13 13:07:34

munkymack wrote:

1a. Audio Jack - You may have noticed that plugging headphones or outside speakers in the headphone jack doesn't mute the laptop's speakers. Fortunately, there is a fix for this. *Note - This WILL break your wireless, but there's an easy fix for that too, which is outlined in Tip #1b.

Have the same issue on my Sony Vaio. I just mute the laptop speakers in Alsa mixer.

Psyman · 2009-04-11 14:23:41

Might be worth mentioning I found a fix for the awful touchpad behaviour (vertical sensitivity WAY too high) on http://www.linuxonmysamsung.com/showthread.php?tid=41 forums, a patched version of the synaptics driver. Basically I took a chance and just installed the .deb file and it worked fine smile

Another little thing, I've noticed while everything is much faster than Ubuntu, the video performance is a little choppy. It's mainly noticeable with the compositing effects when switching desktops. I know the machine is low powered, but I've had the compiz desktop cube running on top of full ubuntu on this machine with no slow down. Only a minor niggle, but I'll look into it and report back

Psy

SpandexBob · 2009-04-23 19:24:43

Just got my NC10 and set it up. I found that mute (FN+F6) didn't work either. To enable it i added:

   <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master mute</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>

to my rc.xml and bobs your uncle i have mute back

munkymack · 2009-05-01 19:01:21

SpandexBob wrote:

Just got my NC10 and set it up. I found that mute (FN+F6) didn't work either. To enable it i added:
   <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>amixer -c 0 set Master mute</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>
to my rc.xml and bobs your uncle i have mute back

Spandex Bob: I made a small tweak to this so that the mute key turns the audio both on and off, and I added it to the first post. Thanks!

Last edited by munkymack (2009-05-02 17:57:29)

ODH · 2009-08-27 16:14:35

Hi all,

I eye balled a Samsung NC10 with UMTS module and I've got a few questions about it.
1.: Does anyone got this UMTS module working with #!?
2.: What kind of version did you use on your NC10 - CrunchEee or lite or ... ?

Thanks

Edit:
Bought one NC10 and none of the tips worked for me.
Couldn't get the keybindings working (but the brightness keys worked out of the box) neither got that wlan running well - gcc errors compiling the latest drivers mentioned within the tutorial and loosing internet connection all the time and infrastructure is less than 10 mbits instead of 54 mbit.

Last edited by ODH (2009-09-12 09:40:56)

ODH · 2009-09-12 20:21:45

Sorry for double-posting, just want to push this thread.
Found this nice site with tutorials and a good solution what got nearly everything working for me.

http://www.voria.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=41&page=1

boomclart · 2012-05-13 23:55:59

Ive used the above xbacklight and ctrl+up/ctrl+down keybindings but brightness only goes down... can't restore brightness via keyboard or term now.

boomclart · 2012-05-14 00:03:30

Changed it to -inc 20 from -inc 10 and it started working... weird... oh well that will do me.

boomclart · 2012-05-16 14:31:33

Spoke too soon... it works one minute and not the next... more so it will nearly always work turning the brightness down but back up fails unless done from the term...

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