Samsung Q45 Aura T7100 Duke
This model use an Intel ICH6-M SATA/PATA
controller for the system hard disk. This causes several complications
for Linux installation.
Linux kernels prior to 2.6.16 (ata_piix) and 2.6.19 (ahci) do not
support SATA devices trouble-free.
Debian
Etch 4.0 does not recognize the CD/DVD-device while
installing the operating system. Therefore an installation is
impossible.
Debian
Lenny (the testing distribution)
will install itself correctly. After the first reboot the root
filesystem (/dev/sdaX) will not be found and the system does not boot.
With Knoppix
5.2
the system boots, if you disabled ACPI before (boot option acpi=off).
The sound is disabled, if you boot Knoppix.
KUbuntu
7.04 Feisty Fawn stops with kernel panic, before starting the
installation.
KUbuntu
Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 1 stops with kernel panic, before starting
the installation.


July 2007: You can find many
proposals for
solution in the internet. Nothing worked for me, so I had to surrender!
I gave this laptop back to trader.
===>
You will find an workaround on Ubuntu
LaptopTestingTeam <===



Specific
configuration and
information about the implemented devices:
= Operates
= Does not
work
= Works
partially
= I did not
try it yet
= Under
development
=
Hardware information (lspci)
Motherboard
Samsung
Q45 Auris T7100 Duke
Chipset: Intel
945PM / 945GM,
ICH8M
Battery 
Battery: Li-Ion 58 Wh
AC Adapter: 90Wh, 110 ~ 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
Battery runtime up to 6 hours.
BIOS
Download latest firmware from Samsung
and upgrade your BIOS (04ST June 2007). Unfortunately you need most
unpalatable operating system to install the upgrade.
Bluetooth

Bluetooth
v2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
CPU

Intel®
Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology - Intel®
Core™2 Duo 處理器 T7100 1.8 GHz
Dimensions
and weight 
299
x 26.9 ~ 36.3 x 217毫米
1.86Kg (連標準充電池計算)
Display
/ Monitor - LCD / CRT
12.1" (1280x800) WXGA 超亮防反光闊屏幕 SuperBright Glare™ TFT
DVD
/ CD-RW
Super
Multi
DVD 雙層燒碟機
DVD-Super-Multi Double Layer
5x DVD-RAM, 8x DVD±R 2.4x DVD+R DL, 4x DVD±RW,
24x CD-R, 16x CD-RW, 8x DVD, 24x CD
The ata_piix
SATA driver grabs ownership over the
IDE ports
when it is loaded, but does not support PATA ATAPI devices
such as the optical drives. Thus, if the ide
driver is compiled as a module and loaded after ata_piix,
the DVD drive will not be recognized by either driver.
Graphic /
VGA 
Intel® GMA
X3100
(DVMT 最高可享 128MB 圖像記憶體)
Harddisk
160
GB SATA
HDD 5.400 UPM
I/O
Ports / Interfaces 
USB 2.0 x 2, IEEE1394 (4pin), RJ11, RJ45, VGA, 耳機輸出 (SPDIF),
麥克風輸入,
DC-in直流電源接頭,
Kensington Lock防盜鎖插孔
6合1 多媒體記憶卡插糟 (支援: Memory stick™ , Memory stick pro, SD, MMC, High
Speed MMC, XD)
Memory
Stick Card Reader 
支援: Memory stickTM , Memory stick pro, SD, MMC, High Speed
MMC, XD
NIC
/ Ethernet
10/100 Ethernet Marvell Yukon
RAM
2 GB
Softmodem 
56Kbps / V.92
Webcam

1.3 Mpixel SXGA
Wireless
LAN 
To get
further
information please visit the following links:
Ubuntu
GermanSATAHowto
SamsungX50/HDDandCDrom
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GNU/Linux on a Dell Latitude D610
Debian
Installer With Kernel 2.6.11
Installing
Debian GNU/Linux on a Toshiba Satellite P200-ST2071
Debian
GNU/Linux
on the Dell Latitude D820
Last Update: August 2nd, 2007
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