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processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 14 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz stepping : 8 cpu MHz : 1000.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr bogomips : 3328.76 clflush size : 64 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 14 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz stepping : 8 cpu MHz : 1667.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr bogomips : 3323.83 clflush size : 64
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 05:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 05:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1010 525 485 0 28 354 -/+ buffers/cache: 141 868 Swap: 902 0 902
| Item | Works | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Video | (OK) | Works with ATI proprietary drivers (FGLRX). |
| Video out | ? | I must check. |
| Audio | OK | |
| HDD SATA | OK | |
| DVD+/-RW | ? | Writing not checked. |
| USB | OK | |
| Card reader | ? | Not checked. |
| Ethernet | OK | |
| Wi-Fi | OK | |
| Bluetooth | N.A. | |
| Firewire | ? | I haven't tried it. |
| Touchpad | OK | |
| “Multimedia” keys | ? | lineakd (to be described!) |
| Frequency scaling | OK | |
| Suspend to RAM | OK | |
| Suspend to disk | ? | Not checked. |
I booted from a Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r1 (etch) “netinstall” CD (see the Debian installer homepage), architecture i386, using the “expertgui” parameter.
I installed all the filesystem in one partition, after that used by Windows XP.
non-free (and contrib) repository must be included by selection.
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1c97bb52 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 11874 95377873+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 11875 14478 20916630 83 Linux /dev/sda3 14479 14593 923737+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 14479 14593 923706 82 Linux swap / Solaris
After having installed ntfs-3g I have edited /etc/fstab for the Windows XP NTFS partition to be mounted at boot time, with permissions for the first (existing) non-root user:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g uid=1000 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
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Run as root
aptitude install firmware-ipw3945 ipw3945-modules-2.6-686 ipw3945d
Turn off the radio kill switch, which is on front right (the related led must be enlightened).
I'm using powersaved (note that installing it will cause the removal of the useless apmd package) with its front-end for KDE (kpowersave) and it seems to behave well, but cpufreqd and perhaps powernowd and cpudyn should do the same.
Synaptics touchpad may be configured through several graphical tools, provided that the following line is added in the corresponding InputDevice section in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
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