Ubuntu 6.10 on Fujitsu Lifebook N3510.
Last updated: 4-17-07
I have successfully installed Ubuntu 6.10 Linux on my Fujitsu Lifebook N 3510. After searching the web and discovering that there was no reviews or How To, about installing Linux on my laptop anywhere online, I decided to write one. This review might help someone migrate to Linux.
Introduction about myself.
By now you must have figured out that I will be talking about installing Ubuntu Linux. I have been using Linux for almost 4 years off and on and I was always a Suse Linux fan. My first Linux was Mandrake Linux, now called Mandrivia Linux. Mandrake Linux was based on the popular Red hat Linux. At that time under Mandrake Linux my sound didn't work, my Video card was never configured correctly and the resolution was ugly. I finally got my Video working after reading endlessly and tweaking my system and reading and more reading. That's where I learned a lot about Linux but I still didn't have a fully functional Box. Oh yes that Linux Mandrake was installed on a Desktop. Then one day I gave up Mandrake and installed Suse 6.1 on my Desktop. It was an improvement over Mandrake but still couldn't detect and configure half of my Desktop. I am not a very technical guy so I got tired of Linux and installed a Clean version of Windows XP. While using Windows I would still read articles about Linux on the Internet and I was always interested about it. Windows was giving me a VERY HARD time, performance was sluggish and it came to the point that windows would take 5 minutes and 34 seconds to load and Shut downs were also very very slow. All this after reinstalling windows numerous times. Oh well I was aware of Ubuntu Linux but I was afraid I would repeat the same configuration night mares so I never installed it. But I was also not happy with Windows XP being so slow. XP was spy ware's friend not mine. So I decided to give Ubuntu Linux a try and used the live CD downloaded from ubuntu's website. It was a slam dunk. Ubuntu live CD pretty much detected and configured everything on the Desktop. Mark shuttleworth and his team has done a tremendous job creating ubuntu and I thank myself for installing Ubuntu. My laptop boots up in less then a minute. Ubuntu is fast and robust. After seeing what Ubuntu could do on the Desktop I decided to install it on my Fujitsu Lifebook N 3510 Laptop. We have not booted windows in almost 5 months now and don't miss it at all. Ubuntu uses the Gnome Desktop so when you install Ubuntu you will be installing Linux with Gnome. KDE is not included with Ubuntu. For KDE you have to download the Kubuntu and that comes with the actual KDE desktop. I initially installed Ubuntu and then installed KDE desktop so I have the option of logging into Gnome or KDE. I prefer KDE and that's what we have been using ever since I installed Ubuntu. Here is a screen shot.
Hardware Specification
Manufacturer: Fujitsu
Model: Fujitsu LifeBook N3510
Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
15.4" WXGA Color-Enhanced Crystal View Display (widescreen)
512MB DDR2 SDRAM (256MB x 2)
60GB Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW drive
Built-in Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG (802.11 b/g)
4 USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port, Memory Stick/SD slot, PC Card Slot, Express Card Slot, S-Video out, external monitor out
Dimensions:Â 14.0" x 10.3" x 1.6" (W X D x H)
Weight: 7.48 lbs
High capacity Li-ion battery
ATI Mobility X300 64MB RAM
Video: Works right out the box. ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]
Sound: Works right out the box. Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
Touch pad: Partially worked. The scroll button for up/down arrows didn't work. But for some reason after running sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg -- my scroll button in the middle started working. But for some reason I could not increase my mouse accelaration and it was just too slow so I added these 3 lines in the "Synaptics Touchpad" section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Option "MinSpeed" "1.0"
Option "MaxSpeed" "1.0"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.2"
Ethernet connection: Works right out the box. Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wireless connection: It works. Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection.
But for some reason I have to manually start Wireless Assistant, then type my password and then I have to select my SSID and it connects. And no I have no luck with Knetwork Manager. But overall wireless works pretty darn good.
Update: After upgrading to ubuntu 7.04 wireless works upon start up.
this is the output of /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid babu
wireless-key 281xxxxxxx
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
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For web browsing I use Firefox but I have also used Swiftfox which is a lot faster then Firefox. The only reason I don't use Swiftfox is because it is closed source on the other hand Mozilla Firefox is open source so I trust them.
Update: After installing Ubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fawn Firefox works just as fast as Swiftfox.
Dial up Modem: Works out of the box.
USB: works out of the box.
Printer: I have a HP Laser jet 3050 USB Printer. For printer setup in KDE go to K menu > System settings > Printers. And follow the installation wizard. It is pretty straight forward.
FireWire: I have not tested the FireWire yet but its detected by Ubuntu - - Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Memory card slot: I have not tested this but it is detected by ubuntu. Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller.
This is the output of the lspci command
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Proces
sor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root P
ort (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Ex
press Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US
B UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US
B UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US
B UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US
B UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) US
B2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (IC
H6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
06:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:06.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI741 1, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller
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This review was writen by Anis Maredia. I used BlueFish 1.0.6 to write this review. If you have any question regarding installing Ubuntu on your laptop feel free to drop me a line at anyo409 at gmail.com.
