chrubuntu12.04.md

• perform system update

  • if you do it later it will ask for all kind of permissions to override various config files
  • change password for root
    • default password is user

• Fix trackpad

  • sudo apt-get install git
  • cd Downloads
  • git clone https://github.com/jbdatko/chrubuntu_trackpad.git
  • chrubuntu_trackpad/fix_trackpad.sh
  • logout and log back in

• update time zone

• enable two finger scrolling: http://www.whatthetech.info/trackpad-touchpad-fix-chrubuntu/

  • mkdir backup
  • sudo cp /var/lib/alsa/asound.state ~/backup

• fix sound -http://www.whatthetech.info/fixing-sound-chromebook-chrubuntu/

  • or you can do it in config file
    • update the channels specified on the site to be true in the file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
    • https://gist.github.com/ilyakatz/5562377
    • sudo alsactl restore

• fix flash

  • http://retrofatty.blogspot.com/2013/02/chrubuntu-install-and-fixes.html
  • cd ~/Downloads/ && gunzip flashplayerarm.tar.gz
  • mkdir flash_fix && tar -zxf flashplayerarm.tar.gz -C ./flash_fix
  • cd flash_fix
  • sudo cp libpepflashplayer.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
  • sudo cp default /etc/chromium-browser
  • Check that it works http://whatversion.net/flash/

• Make sure that user is not auto logged in

  • cp /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ~/backup/
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/106428/how-to-disable-automatic-login

• Fix brightness buttons

  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/174770/is-there-a-way-to-set-a-hotkey-to-change-screen-brightness

• Restore brightness after reboot

  • Currently, there is a bug where brightness is reset after reboot: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/870805

  • Hack around it is to store you favorite value after reboot

        cp /etc/rc.local ~/backup/
        BRIGHTNESS_FILE=`ls /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness`
        echo "echo `cat $BRIGHTNESS_FILE` > $BRIGHTNESS_FILE"
    

  • Add the output of the above line to /etc/rc.local before return 0:

• Optional installs

  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install chromium
  • sudo apt-get install locate
  • sudo updatedb
  • sudo apt-get install pithos

• allow to put computer into suspend mode

  • cd /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

  • cp 10-monitor.conf ~/backup/10-monitor.conf.backup

  • add the following

        Section “Monitor”
          Identifier “Monitor0″
          Option “DPMS” “false”
        EndSection
    

  • in the Section "Screen", add the following

         Monitor	 “Monitor0″
    

  • http://www.whatthetech.info/chrubuntu-known-issues/#comment-529

• 3G

  • Setup your 3G carrier
  • Follow instructions here http://notes.variogr.am/post/39308314835/3g-wireless-in-ubuntu-on-your-arm-chromebook
  • From here, if you want to use 3G run this
    • sudo wvdial

• Fix USB3

  • cp /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf ~/backup

  • add to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

        blacklist uas
    

• Give yourself a way to go back to chrome

  • In Ubuntu

        alias chromeos='sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 0 -S 0 /dev/mmcblk0;sudo reboot'
    

  • In ChomeOs

        alias chromeos='sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 5 -S 1 /dev/mmcblk0;sudo reboot'
    

  • http://cr-48.wikispaces.com/Dual+Boot+Shortcuts

• Right click

  • It is not broken, just different. Click on the touchpad with two fingers

Fixme

• allow temporary booting back into ChromeOs
  • Add to ~/.bashrc alias chromeos='sudo cgpt add -i 6 -P 5 -T 1 /dev/mmcblk0;sudo reboot'
• locales (not sure)
  • export LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"
  • dpkg-reconfigure locales #/usr/bin/gnome-control-center #sudo apt-get install language-pack-en