Ubuntu on Medion tweaks

some tweaks installing Ubuntu 16.04 on Medion hardware

Akoya S6219 Notebook

• wifi does not work out of the box
• disable secure boot in bios
• blacklist rtl8xxxu

echo "blackist rtl8xxxu" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.

• install https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu

sudo apt install dkms
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723bu.git
cd rtl8723bu
source dkms.conf
sudo mkdir /usr/src/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo cp -r core hal include os_dep platform dkms.conf Makefile rtl8723b_fw.bin /usr/src/$PACKAGE_NAME-$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo dkms add $PACKAGE_NAME/$PACKAGE_VERSION
sudo dkms autoinstall $PACKAGE_NAME/$PACKAGE_VERSION

X9613 AIO

• nvidia not recognized correctly
• use VESA driver, edit etc/default/grub and apply

  sudo update-grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"

• edit etc/X11/xorg.conf https://superuser.com/questions/59989/setting-vesa-display-mode-800x600-in-ubuntu-9-04

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver		"vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
        HorizSync       28-73
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
EndSection