Saturday, 9 July 2011

linux on samsung n148 netbook



samsung-N148-DP05IN



 Why samsung n148 netbook?
1. One of the famous high selling netbook of samsung 
2.it ’s very excellent keyboard,and type rate is rapid
3.High-resolution screen,the highest resolution 1152×864
4.Low price
5. And lots of problem with linux





linux mint

Some issues

No backlight adjustment
fn key release is not working
fn shortcuts are not working correctly



Appending the following lines to filesystem/etc/rc.local will enable all Fn keys and map them properly:

You have to run as administrator to save this file to rc.local


setkeycodes e002 227 # Fn+F4 maps to switchvidmode
setkeycodes e003 236 # Fn+F2 maps to battery
setkeycodes e004 148 # Fn+F5 maps to prog1
setkeycodes e006 238 # Fn+F9 maps to wlan
setkeycodes e008 225 # Fn+Up maps to brightnessup
setkeycodes e009 224 # Fn+Dn maps to brightnessdown
setkeycodes e031 149 # Fn+F7 maps to prog2
setkeycodes e033 202 # Fn+F8 maps to prog3
setkeycodes e077 191 # Fn+F10 maps to F21 whenever the touchpad is enabled
setkeycodes e079 192 # Fn+F10 maps to F22 whenever the touchpad is disabled

# Ensure key release events occur for all except Fn+F7, which properly reports a key release for some reason
echo 130,131,132,134,136,137,179,247,249 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/force_release



after that you have to download samsung ppa

by adding these lines to your mint installer

ppa:voria/ppa 

                                          Mint installer


 edit-->software sources-->other software-->add(enter  ppa:voria/ppa in their)
then add source and dont forget to  reload list




then type 'samsung' in search box without quotes


 then install the samsung-backlight & samsung-tools



Then restart system!!!!!!!
now all fn key works