Difference between revisions of "Installing Kubuntu on a ThinkPad A30"
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I have a A30 (2652-3CU) model. I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible. That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software. I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration | I have a A30 (2652-3CU) model. I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible. That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software. I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration | ||
| − | = Update System = | + | == Update System == |
First things first get your system up to date | First things first get your system up to date | ||
| − | sudo su | + | $ sudo su |
| − | aptitude update | + | $ aptitude update |
| − | aptitude upgrade | + | $ aptitude upgrade |
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| + | == Wireless LAN == | ||
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| + | I wanted to use WPA encryption. The wpasupplicant module makes WPA encryption possible. Kubuntu comes with the orinico wireless driver installed by default. Unfortunately wpasupplicant doesn't work with the orinico driver. Fortunantely The orinico driver does not support WPA. To use WPA I needed to install the hostap driver and wpa_suppplicant | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 20 November 2005
Summary
I have a A30 (2652-3CU) model. I wanted to install Kubuntu upon it and get everything working, using the base install as much as possible. That is I didn't want to install a bunch of extra software. I just wanted an 'out of the box' configuration
Update System
First things first get your system up to date
$ sudo su $ aptitude update $ aptitude upgrade
Wireless LAN
I wanted to use WPA encryption. The wpasupplicant module makes WPA encryption possible. Kubuntu comes with the orinico wireless driver installed by default. Unfortunately wpasupplicant doesn't work with the orinico driver. Fortunantely The orinico driver does not support WPA. To use WPA I needed to install the hostap driver and wpa_suppplicant
