It's Official

Friends,

I have just been notified that I've been accepted into the PhD Program in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. I will be working with one of the most stellar advisors that a girl could ever hope for in a field that is cutting edge.

So I guess this is it then... I am leaving RPI after this semester (hopefully with a Masters).

It's official.

-Suzanne

New Laptop fun

Got a new laptop: a Lenovo IdeaPad Y410 from Newegg. Excellent stats:

14.1" Widescreen (1280 x 800)
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 Ghz
250 GB HD (5400 rpm, SDA)
2 GB (DDR-2, 2 1-GB DIMMs)
2 MB L2 cache
etc..

Only problems:
1.) Preloaded with Windows Vista (I'm getting used to it)
2.) Sound in Linux (Ubuntu) doesn't work

Kevin and I spent some quality time today trying to fix 2.), and, as KT Tunstall plays successfully on my linux partition, I would say that we have success. Here are our steps:

Using instructions found here, we did the following (to summarize)

-sudo apt-get install po-debconf debhelper quilt alsa-base libc6-dev

-get latest alsa driver --> unpack this
./configure
make
sudo make install

::eat a cookie::
::look at pretty kitten pictures::

edit /etc/modprode.d/alsa-base:
-add line:
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=fujitsu

edit /etc/modules:
-add:
snd-hwdep
snd-hda-intel

Also, do the following:
rm /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/snd-hda-intel.ko
ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/snd-hda-intel.ko

Restart, and sound works! Overall, great laptop.

At least Wireless worked off the bat....