Setting up new Ubuntu-laptop

I’ve got a new laptop for doing Maemo-stuff and installing it didn’t really work out of the box (when it does?). I had problems with setting up the hardware accelerated X on Ubuntu (for IBM/Lenovo T61p, which has nVidia Quadro chipset, the latest nVidia driver from nvidia site was required), the nVidia installer worked, and compiled the kernel module, but the nv module was insisting back on each reboot (and only way to start X was to kill the safe-mode thingie, log in as root, execute /etc/init.d/gdm stop, run nVidia installer again (it took long time because it first tried to search compatible kernel module from nVidia site, but couldn’t found, and then compiled the module), and then do /etc/init.d/gdm start).

After quite inconveniently booting the machine several times up (needing to do the long task mentioned above), I decided to get help.
I got some help from Rodrigo Novo, and I decided to write a to document what was done. You can read it here: http://www.karoliinasalminen.com/blog/?page_id=258.
After some fighting with the stubborn Ubuntu, it agreed that ok, lets collaborate. HW accelerated X is runnign nicely now! Thanks Rodrigo!

I have set up development environment (gcc, g++, automake, gtk+, glib, …) and now it is the turn to install scratchbox and Chinook on it. I just did it on my old computer so, it’ll be quite painless I would expect.