Samsung
R65
with KUbuntu & Debian - Kernel 2.6.17
This
notebook works with LINUX
™. I tried OpenSuSE
10.1 (---> Guide),
Knoppix,
KUbuntu
6.10 Edgy Eft and Debian
Etch (--->
Guide).
Remark: Try KUbuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. With Feisty Fawn you do not need
configure much.
This guidance will be updated not any longer. Please read the current Debian Etch Guide
for updates!
Advantages [+]
| Disadvantages [-]
|
| - Racous harddisk
- Windos preinstalled
|
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)
These
components does not work correctly:
- Softmodem Sens
LT56ADW
- IrDA
(Fast
Infrared Port)
- Memory Stick Card
Reader Ricoh
- some
Hot Keys
Motherboard
Samsung
R65 Charis
Chipset: Intel
945PM / 945GM,
ICH7M
ACPI & Battery
Battery: Li-Ion 58 Wh
AC Adapter: 90Wh, 110 ~ 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
The battery has an indicator to
check the state manually.
Audio / Sound
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
BIOS
Phoenix BIOS Version 08XE / MICOM Version 08XE (¹ after
Update)
Calistoga
You can enter the BIOS pressing F2.
¹ A BIOS update is available (delivered with 07XE; update to
08XE).
Unfortunately I only found a w. version: BIOS-Update-File
CPU
Intel®
Core™ Processor Duo (Centrino®
Duo) T2300 1.66GHz
Genuine Intel CPU T2300 @ 1.66 GHz
Genuine Intel CPU T2300 @ 1.66 GHz
Dimensions
and weight
329.8
x 272 x 30.7 mm
2.7 kg
with Kensington Lock support
Display
/ Monitor - LCD / CRT
15" SXGA+ (1400 x 1050
pixel) Super
Bright Gloss LCD (4:3 Display)
DVD
/ CD-RW
DVD-Super-Multi Double
Layer
(8xDVD+/-R DL 2,4 4xDVD+/-RW 5xDVD-RAM 8xDVD-ROM)
Teac DV-W28EA
FireWire /
i.LINK / IEEE 1394
OHCI IEEE 1394-Hostcontroller
Graphic /
VGA
Nvidia
GeForce™
Go 7400 Turbocache
256MB (Local 64MB / 128MB)
You
can install the latest Nvidia drivers; Nvidia-Guide
Alternative is to use a free driver, so you have the benefit to use the
dimmer-keys (Fn-↑ and Fn-↓). These hotkeys does not work
while Nvidia-driver is running, but the Nvidia software "smartdimmer"
works fine, doing the same.
nv open source
driver:
Do your configuration at System Settings - Monitor & Display:
Graphics card = NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series
Driver = nv
Screen Size = 1400 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Work experience shows me, that nv driver can't do efficient
power-management. Your fan will be activated very often and the noise
is galling.
If you use the Nvidia driver "nvidia" instead, you have to set the
resolution 1400 x 1050 and, via KDE Control Center - Appearance
&
Themes - Fonts, the option "Force fonts dpi: 96 dpi". Nonetheless after
some reboots X-server does not start up ...
I tried to use other kernels, Nvidia drivers from Nvidia,
Nvidia
drivers from Debian (apt-get ...), obsolete Nvidia binary drivers and I
repeated the installation 3 times. Of no avail. I wasted much time and
decided to change for Debian. Please read also the german KUbuntu report
about this affair.
Harddisk
86 GB HDD
5400rpm (SATA) Samsung
HM100JC (sold as 100 GB HD)
Review the performance: hdparm -T -t /dev/hda
Deactivate DMA: hdparm -d 0 /dev/hda
Activate DMA: hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda
This applies to /dev/hdb (DVD/CD-ROM Device) also.
You can't use the XFS filesystem on root partition /.
I/O
Ports / Interfaces
4 USB (USB 2.0), IEEE1394 (4pin), 1 Type II PC card, 1
PCI-Express
Card, VGA, Multi Memory Slot (Memorystick™, Memorystick
Pro™, SD, MMC,
Highspeed MMC, XD), RJ 11, RJ 45, SVHS, Headphone-out (Optical S/PDIF),
Mic-in, SIO, Dock port (120p)
IrDA
SMC IrCC - Fast Infrared Port
[Min. Turn-Around Time 1.0 mS default; Speed Limit 4 Mbps]
IO Range = 3E8h-3EFh; IRQ = 6; DMA = 2
Keyboard
Standard 101/102-Key PS/2-Keyboard
Hot Keys
The notebook uses hotkeys or
key combinations for the following:
Fn-Esc = Standby
Fn-F2 = Battery state control
Fn-F4 = Display toggle, switches display output between display screen
and external monitor or to dual view
Fn-F5 = Backlit; screen blank, turns the display screen backlight off
to save power
Fn-F6 = Mute; speaker on/off
Fn-F7 = SRS; Stereo options; Use WOW XT ON for listening music,
TRUSURROUND for viewing movies, SRS OFF to turn off SRS stereo
mode
Fn-F9 = Turns the touchpad on and off
Fn-F10 = Etiquette Mode; Etiquette Mode makes the computer (fan)
silent
Fn-F11 = Num Lock
Fn-F12 = Scroll
(rogue with graphical X11-mode)
Fn-↑ = Screen brightness up (rogue
with Nvidia-driver; use smartdimmer instead)
Fn-↓ = Screen brightness down (rogue
with Nvidia-driver; use smartdimmer instead)
Fn-→ = Loudness up
Fn-← = Loudness down
Memory
Stick Card Reader
Ricoh xD Picture Card Controller
MMC, High Speed MMC, XD, SD, MS, MS Pro
NIC
/ Ethernet
Broadcom 440x 10/100 MBit
PCMCIA
Ricoh R/RL/5C476(II)
RAM
1024 MB (2 x
512 MB) DDR2
(support
dual-channel)
Softmodem
Agere Athens (AM2) internal Modem
SENS LT56ADW Modem
S-Video /
TV-out
Touchpad
Synaptics PS/2 Port Pointing Device
USB
4 x USB
~ 500 mA / port available
Wireless
LAN
Intel
PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection; Module = ipw3945
- Install the daemon using apt (recommended for new
users): sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic
- Reboot your system and you should have wireless
internet/network
For easy network connection, read How to Configure Ubuntu/Kubuntu with WPA using
Network-Manager.
To get
further
information please visit the following links:
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The TuxMobil
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is
dedicated to Mobile UniX systems. It leads you to a
lot of
useful
hands-on information about installing and running Linux, BSD,
Solaris and other UniXes on laptops,
PDAs,
cell
phones, wearables and other
mobile computer devices. You may find the Linux-Mobile-Guide
and the Infrared-HOWTO,
a
survey of supported
PCMCIA/CF cards, other mobile
hardware surveys, some links to databases
of stolen
laptops and PDAs, a survey
of laptop
manufacturers and their Linux status, software
for
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July 7th, 2007
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