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Ehrm. I really hate to say this, but if you plan to have GNU/Linux on this laptop, then I think you should be better off. | Ehrm. I really hate to say this, but if you plan to have GNU/Linux on this laptop, then I think you should be better off. | ||
Ok, that's a not really good start, is it? Sadly, I would rather pay $20-40USD more rather than to have AR8162, as an | Ok, that's a not really good start, is it? Sadly, I would rather pay $20-40USD more rather than to have AR8162, as an | ||
- | Ethernet NIC, and BCM4313 for a WiFi. Because it seems to me like these two things | + | Ethernet NIC, and BCM4313 for a WiFi. Because it seems to me like these two components |
configuration. | configuration. | ||
I mean, Intel i5-3210M Ivy Bridge is quite good, 4GB RAM is enough and expandable, 1TB HDD is more than sufficient, battery | I mean, Intel i5-3210M Ivy Bridge is quite good, 4GB RAM is enough and expandable, 1TB HDD is more than sufficient, battery | ||
- | time - I haven' | + | time - I haven' |
- | why have you spoiled the experience at connectivity front? | + | have you spoiled the experience at connectivity front? |
- | AR8162 is only 100Mbit/s NIC which is, for normal use and " | + | AR8162 is only 100Mbit/s NIC which is good enough |
- | all Gbit/s NICs out there. It also doesn' | + | be enough |
+ | this writing. | ||
Broadcom' | Broadcom' | ||
- | actually the only one half-worked for me. Sadly, it was Broadcom' | + | actually the only one half-worked for me. Sadly, it was Broadcom' |
- | Why the pain? Because it works only in the US reg domain and the only available channels in 2.4GHz are 1-11 which is fine, | + | Why the pain? Because it works only in the US reg domain and the only available channels in 2.4GHz are 1-11. This is fine |
- | unless | + | as long as you don' |
- | WiFi. Really, I would rather had an Intel WiFi and something else for Ethernet NIC. | + | Ethernet working |
+ | Really, I would rather had an Intel WiFi and something else for Ethernet NIC. | ||
- | Yes, the above is kind of rant. I admit it. However, what I really don't understand is DVD drive. I'm sure drive itself is fine, | + | Yes, the text above is kind of rant. I admit it. However, what I really don't understand is DVD drive. I'm sure drive itself is fine. |
- | however | + | However |
- | or there is some (extra) locking mechanism. It that case, it is likely it's going to break some day. | + | or as there is some (extra) locking mechanism. It such case, it' |
- | Other than above, I find Lenovo G780 to be satisfying and I think it has great potential as desktop replacement. What else to say? | + | Other than that, I find Lenovo G780 to be satisfying and I think it has great potential as a desktop replacement. What else to say? |
- | LCD cover seems to be made from hard plastic and doesn' | + | LCD cover seems to be made from sturdy |
Surroundings of keyboard are made from some kind of metal and have a nice and cooling effect. Keyboard seems to be ok as well, | Surroundings of keyboard are made from some kind of metal and have a nice and cooling effect. Keyboard seems to be ok as well, | ||
- | although I can't get used to layout and would welcome | + | although I can't get used to layout and bigger ' |
- | Normal size touchpad with two-finger scrolling, no trackpoint, 2xUSB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, HDMI, VGA and that's about it. | + | Normal size touchpad with two-finger scrolling, no trackpoint, 2xUSB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, webcam, HDMI, VGA and that's about it. |
+ | Pretty much everything worked out-of-the-box in Ubuntu except networking. Even if I get over the networking, I can't get over DVD drive. | ||
+ | I mean, **oh my**! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Oh, and there is UEFI boot in the BIOS. I was very disappointed to see it and to be honest, I've violated my pledge not to buy any UEFI device. | ||
+ | However, this UEFI thing does nothing so far. Perhaps it will one day, at one point, with newer BIOS? Who knows. I'm just letting you | ||
+ | know. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Running GNU/Linux ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I've started with Slackware. However, since I was constantly failing at WiFi part, I've decided to move to Kubuntu(only to find out it's | ||
+ | the same). Since almost everything worked, I can't give you too much advice what-where-how. But since it has nVidia GPU, you can either | ||
+ | go with Nouveau or nV's proprietary driver. I'm rolling with Nouveau since I don't need OpenGL. Don't forget to build your | ||
+ | kernel with support for switchable graphics(CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO ?). As for sound card, Alsa or | ||
+ | OSS(no, it is not deprecated). Touchpad is Synaptics(or so I guess), webcam is Lenovo' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Ethernet ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | I thinks I've used this [[http:// | ||
+ | being present. I found it rather sad this driver was not yet in kernel after a such long time. But well, it happens. Some information is | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | In case of unavailability of the site, I'll copy paste information there: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | tar -xvf compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p.tar | ||
+ | cd compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p | ||
+ | scripts/ | ||
+ | make | ||
+ | make install | ||
+ | modprobe alx | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== WiFi ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | WiFi works out of the box, but only for channels 1-11 and only with proprietary(? | ||
+ | nor I had luck with mainline drivers(not even WiFi scanning). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Anyway, some information is [[https:// | ||
===== Hardware ===== | ===== Hardware ===== | ||
- | <nowiki> | + | * CPU - Intel Core i5 3210M Ivy Bridge |
+ | * RAM - RAM 4GB(Up to 8GB of DDR3 1600/ | ||
+ | * LCD - 17.3" 1600x900 glossy | ||
+ | * GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GT630M 2GB + Intel HD Graphics 4000 | ||
+ | * HDD - 1TB 5400 rpm(ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB 2.5" SATAII, but SATAIII is supported) | ||
+ | * DVD-RW | ||
+ | * WiFi(BMC4313) | ||
+ | * FastEthernet(AR8162) | ||
+ | * Bluetooth | ||
+ | * Webcam 1Mpx EasyCamera | ||
+ | * USB 3.0(2 ports) + USB 2.0(2 ports) | ||
+ | * HDMI | ||
+ | * 6 cell battery | ||
+ | * pre-installed FreeDOS | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code> | ||
# lspci | # lspci | ||
- | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation | + | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation | + | 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation |
- | 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation | + | 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation |
- | 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation | + | 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation |
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet (rev 08) | 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet (rev 08) | ||
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) | 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) | ||
- | </nowiki> | + | </code> |
- | <nowiki> | + | <code> |
# lsusb | # lsusb | ||
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub | Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub | ||
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Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | ||
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 5986:0295 Acer, Inc | Bus 002 Device 003: ID 5986:0295 Acer, Inc | ||
- | </nowiki> | + | </code> |
+ | |||
+ | Part of ''/ | ||
- | Part of ''/ | + | <code> |
- | <nowiki> | + | |
processor | processor | ||
vendor_id | vendor_id | ||
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cpuid level : 13 | cpuid level : 13 | ||
wp : yes | wp : yes | ||
- | flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms | + | flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts |
+ | acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good | ||
+ | nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr | ||
+ | pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm arat epb | ||
+ | xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms | ||
bogomips | bogomips | ||
clflush size : 64 | clflush size : 64 | ||
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address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual | address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual | ||
power management: | power management: | ||
- | </nowiki> | + | </code> |
- | I've also attached an output | + | Output |
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