Xubuntu Intrepid/Jaunty on the Dell Mini 9
Xubuntu is a wonderful distro for the Dell Mini-9. There are some bumps in getting everything working, but it seems like the worst are targets for fixed in Jaunty.
First up. The sound didn’t work with the default install.
The fix for this is really easy I found it here
Basically open up ‘/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base’ and add the line:
options snd-hda-intel model=dell
To the end of the file. Sound worked wonderfully upon reboot. (fixed in Jaunty)
Next up PEAP with GTC is not supported in the build of network-manager. To further complicate things the Broadcom driver freezes up if you try to use this mode at all! For those of us on school/corporate network’s this simply is unacceptable. There is a fix using the ‘ndiswrapper’ style driver. I don’t like this fix, but it works perfectly if you follow the instructions found here:
(Fixed in Jaunty!
