Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid on Asus EeePC 901Go

So, got my Asus EeePC 901Go 3G and after reading alot of recent praise for Ubuntu on it (even Vanilla Ubuntu) I decided to go for that. I like to keep as close to upstream as possible.

CPU Model: Intel Atom N270

Chipset: Intel 945GSE

Preparing for Installation

ISO: http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso

Boot the Ubuntu Live CD and, or from an already installed Ubuntu, launch usb-creator.

Insert a pen drive, choose your CD or ISO and create the startup media.

Make sure you have a Wire connection or a Mobile Broadband sim card because your wireless network adapter will not work out of the box.

Installation

Insert the pen drive in your Eee, boot it by pressing Esc for BBS Popup Menu and choose to boot from pen drive.

Install Ubuntu as usual.

Issues

During installation I could not reach the "Next" icons with the mouse pointer. I blindly pressed Enter to get past the first few installation dialogues.

Note: I performed my first installation in Safe graphics mode and after that installation my Ubuntu only showed 800x600 resolution. Probably because it adds Driver "vesa" to xorg.conf

First boot

Log in and install software upgrades.

Wireless Support

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#DownloadlatestLinuxwirelessdrivers

* Download compat-wireless for kernels >= 2.6.27.

Follow the instructions to Build, Install, Unload, and Load (modprobe ath5k or reboot)

Hot Keys & OSD:

http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/

Other tweaks:

http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/howto-your-perfect-ubuntu-on-your-perfect-eee-pc/