MSIWindU100

Current Issues

Intrepid

Wired NIC

  • Kernel 2.6.27-7 Working
  • Kernel 2.6.27-11 NOT Working see Bug #326891

  • Kernel 2.6.27-14 (from proposed) Working

Wireless NIC

Kernel 2.6.27 doesn't support the Wireless NIC. I used the rt2860-dkms_1.7.1.1_all.deb package from http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/eeepc/binary-i386/. The rt2860-dkms_1.8.0.0_all.deb package was not working.

System Info

system-manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

system-product-name: U-100

system-version: Ver.001

processor-version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GH

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Intrepid 8.10

in Jaunty 9.04

in Karmic 9.10

Screen

YES

YES

YES

Correct resolution?

YES

YES

YES

Correct refresh rate?

YES

YES

YES

3D Acceleration

Untested

Untested

Untested

External monitor works?

Untested

YES

NO

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

YES

NO

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

NO

Power Management

Battery detected?

YES

YES

YES

Hibernates?

YES

YES

Untested

Suspend

NO

YES

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

YES

YES

YES

Blank monitor on inactivity

YES

YES

YES

Lid Close

Hibernates

Suspends

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Untested

YES

Sound

Sound works?

YES

YES

YES

Correct volume?

Not very loud

YES (tinny due to hardware)

Untested

Hardware volume switch

YES

Untested

Untested

Headphone jack

Untested

YES

Untested

Mic jack

Untested

YES

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

YES (see Current Issues)

YES

YES

Wireless NIC

YES (see Current Issues)

YES

YES

Bluetooth

YES

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

YES

YES

YES

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

YES

YES

YES

External mouse - USB

Untested

YES

YES

External mouse - Bluetooth

Yes

Untested

Untested

USB

YES

YES

YES

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes (external USB)

Yes (external USB)

YES (external USB)

Card reader(s)

YES

YES

Untested

Webcam

Yes (internal)

YES

NO

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Intrepid 8.10

in Jaunty 9.04

in Karmic 9.10

+ Space

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ Esc

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F1

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F2

Switch Display

Untested

YES

NO (or ext monitor issue)

+ F3

Deactivate Touchpad

YES

YES

YES

+ F4

Display brightness down

YES

YES

YES

+ F5

Display brightness up

YES

YES

YES

+ F6

Webcam

YES

NO

NO

+ F7

Volume down

YES

YES

YES

+ F8

Volume up

YES

YES

YES

+ F9

Mute

YES

YES

YES

+ F10

ECO Mode

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F11

Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

YES

YES

YES

+ F12

Hibernate

YES

YES

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Intrepid 8.10

in Jaunty 9.04

in Karmic 9.10

Untested

Untested

Untested

Notes

Karmic (Beta)

Cannot get the webcam to work at all, but it worked OK in 9.04. Camera device id details from lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera

Intrepid

Configuration changes

System => Preferences => Appearance => Theme:

System => Preferences => Appearance => Fonts:

  • Changed Fonts Size to 9

    Activate Subpixel smoothing

System => Preferences => Appearance => Fonts => Details...:

  • Changed Resolution to 83

File /etc/bash.bashrc:

  • Added some aliases for better usability of the shell
    • alias ll="ls -l"
    • alias la="ls -la"
    • alias ..="cd .."
    • alias ...="cd ../.."

Wireless

For configuring wireless connections I removed network-manager and installed wicd.


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