[TriLUG] Customizing Ubuntu for UNC, got a T60p?

Carl Crider c.crider at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 22:30:57 EDT 2007


check out Reconstructor:

http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/

i just downloaded the reconstructor package tonight and will be
starting the custom cd tomorrow night after work. it looks like a great
tool, given that there are templates provided for scripts. surf their
site for all the details. who knows, you could have a complete
tarheel distro in a few hours.


On 6/27/07, Cristóbal Palmer <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies if you're getting this email multiple times because of
> cross-posting.
>
> == Executive Summary ==
>
> (1) If you have a CCI laptop from this year (a ThinkPad T60p with an
> ATI Mobility FireGL v5250 graphics card and atheros 802.11abg
> wireless) and are willing to loan it to me for 72 hours or otherwise
> help me test Ubuntu on it, please email or call me about meeting up.
> (2) If you know how to make an Ubuntu derivative LiveCD that will work
> with the above by default, please email or call me.
>
> == Full story ==
>
> The BAD news:
>
> The CCI Lenovo ThinkPad T60p (the model that will be most popular with
> this year's incoming students) has a currently-unsupported video card
> under Ubuntu. Translation: no working graphical interface with a
> default Ubuntu install. There's a free-to-download driver that will
> work, but it's not Open Source and will therefore not likely be on the
> default CD in the near future. This sucks. :(
>
> The GOOD news:
>
> It's possible to re-master the Ubuntu CD and swap in things like a
> video driver, different artwork, etc. This is not something that can
> happen overnight, however. I'm going to have to figure out if I can
> borrow this laptop I've got on loan for longer or borrow it for a
> similar period of time in the future.
>
> If anybody wants to help me play around with this process, here's the
> wikipage to start reading:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization. Also, here's
> the bug I tacked my notes onto for the graphics problem:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/118225
>
> Email me if you want to meet up and hack on it. I may or may not have
> to hand back the one I've got tomorrow (Thursday) night at eight. If
> YOU have a T60p that you just got at CTOPS (or elsewhere--I don't care
> as long as it has the same graphics card and the atheros 802.11abg
> wireless card) and are in or around Chapel Hill, PLEASE WRITE ME about
> meeting up and testing out derivative LiveCDs that I cook up. I have
> plenty of space to back up your data and we'll be gentle with your
> brand new lappie, I promise. :)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cristóbal M. Palmer
> administrator!!! please hope me!
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