How to install LMDE 64 bit on a Fujitsu Esprimo mobile v6555

[Peano58]

I recently installed the 64 bit version of Linux Mint Debian Edition 201403 on my Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v6555. Since I had some issues, I am sharing my experience to make the life easier to the few people in the world using this machine.

Installation
1) Download LMDE from a source of your choice here:
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2577
2) Install LMDE on a USB stick.
3) When you see the menu, select "Start Linux Mint" and press "E".
4) At the line that ends with "linux", add "nomodeset xforcevesa" and press "F10".
5) The operating system won't boot with the right resolution, but you will be able to install it on the hard drive with the convenient graphical installer.
6) Use step 3 and 4 to boot the newly installed system. As before, you won't have the right resolution.
7) From the terminal install and configure the nvidia drivers with the following commands:

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sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings

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sudo nvidia-xconfig

8) Reboot the system, now the video settings should work fine. The Wireless card worked for me out of the box.

Brightness
Due to some bug of the BIOS (made some research four years ago when I bought the computer) there is no convenient way to adjust the brightness of the screen. The less painful solution is to lock the brightness at maximum level.
1) Open the text editor with root rights from the terminal using this command:

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sudo pluma /etc/default/grub

2) In the text file that opens, substitute the line

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX = ""

with

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX = "acpi_backlight=vendor"

3) Save and close.
4) Run the following code in the terminal and reboot.

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sudo update-grub

Install Skype
1) Download the Debian package of skype from here:
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/ ... e=debian32
2) Install some stuff in the terminal using this code:

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sudo apt-get install libasound2 libc6 libgcc1 libqt4-core libqt4-gui libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libstdc++6 libx11-6

3) Install skype using the command:

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sudo dpkg -i (file you downloaded in step 1)

Sources:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=122257
http://www.fandigital.com/2012/05/insta ... ebian.html
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=103310
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=54821&f=197

[Peano58]

Thank you kind sir!
You just saved me a LOT of work!

Regards,
Ted

You are welcome, I am actually glad to know there is someone in the world for which the post was actually useful.