Here’s what didn’t work for me:
8.0.4 or 8.10 Live CD.
On a tip from another board member I tried the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR):
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR
Download iso here:
http://oem-images.canonical.com/unr/
It installs quick and easy except you have non-native video resolution and no 3d acceleration. Don’t get discouraged, it seems to run slow and the video is horrible. It gets better.
Next you need to download these files:
http://e.imagehost.org/download/0337/psb_dri
http://e.imagehost.org/download/0532/Xpsb
http://e.imagehost.org/download/0820/msvdx_fw
Then follow this post on Ubuntuforums to the letter:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … stcount=94
The entire thread can be viewed here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014534
Now Ubuntu runs super fast, and I have native resolution at 1280 x 800 and full 3D acceleration!
Thanks to jabronioh, brteag00 and jpph for all their hard work on this. They were the people that figured this out and made it easy for me. I just thought it might help having all the steps gathered in one po