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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 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 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:// | ||
< | < | ||
# 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) | ||
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- | I've also attached an output | + | Output |
hardware/lenovo-g780.1349432591.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/10/05 05:23 by stybla