SamsungX30

LaptopTesting/SamsungX30

Updates

Feb-24-2007

In Feisty the special keyboard buttons work best with the evdev driver.

Apr-10-2006

As of revision 1.0-8756 of the nvidia binary driver resuming from sleep wakes the screen as well.

May-31-2006

The two special keys ("Info" and "Checkmark") are mapped by hotkey-setup now.

Hardware details

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

Installation works?

Refused to resize the NTFS partition (likely due to the tiny (EISA/Compaq Config/???) pseudo-partition before it holding the fingerprint data. The rest is fine)

dito (Dapper Fl. 2)

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

Screen

Untested

good with both nv and nvidia

Correct resolution?

Untested

yes

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

yes

3D Acceleration

Untested

yes

External monitor works?

Untested

Partially

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

LCD/CRT switch doesn't work (X gets killed)

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Nvidia TwinView works (plug and play sucks)

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

yes

Hibernates?

Untested

screen issues

Sleep

Untested

Works

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

yes

Lid Close

Untested

yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

yes

Sound

Sound works?

Untested

yes

Correct volume?

Untested

yes

Hardware volume switch

Untested

yes

Headphone jack

Untested

yes

Mic jack

Untested

tbd

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

yes

Wireless NIC

Untested

yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Yes (Netgear WG511T a/b/g)

Firewire

Untested

tbd

Bluetooth

Untested

n/a

Modem

Untested

yes (sl-modem)

Infrared

Untested

n/a

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Untested

yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

yes (with module synaptics)

Touchpad - Scroll down side/and horiz at bottom

Untested

yes (with module synaptics)

External mouse - USB

Untested

yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

n/a

n/a

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

n/a

USB

Untested

n/a

Serial

Untested

n/a

Parallel

Untested

n/a

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

n/a

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

n/a

Modem

Untested

n/a

NIC

Untested

n/a

PS/2

Untested

n/a

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

Untested

NO only BIOS/pseudopartition authentication

Model: Authentec AES3500 08ff:5711

CD/DVD drive

Untested

yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

yes

Parallel Ports

Untested

n/a

Card reader(s)

Untested

NO (Ricoh Sony Memory Stick slot)

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

+ Esc

sleep

?

yes (but see above)

+ F2

Battery Test

BIOS call

yes

+ F4

CRT/LCD

BIOS call?

Untested

reacts, but renders both screens black -> reboot

In Feisty it crashes the Xserver with "nvidia"

+ F6

Mute Volume

Untested

works

+ F7

S/PDIF

Untested

tbd

+ F11

NumLock

Untested

works

+ Left

Volume down

Untested

works

+ Right

Volume Up

Untested

works

+ Up

Brightness Up

BIOS call?

Untested

works

+ Down

Brightness Down

Untested

works

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper (current development)?

top round button

"Info"

74

Untested

No keycode set

2nd round button

"E-mail"

128

Untested

Yes, but no mapping

3rd round button

"Checkmark"

75

Untested

No keycode set

bottom round button

"Wireless"

BIOS call

Untested

works (dmesg: RF off)

Notes

I made an error-free DSDT from debugging with IASL (placed here: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php?id=427). Placement in /etc/mkinitramfs/DSDT.aml makes sure it gets placed in every new kernel's initrd.

Special buttons 74 and 75 were set to 127 and 129 and then mapped to XF86AudioPlay and XF86AudioNext (These Samsung keys were recently added to hotkey-setup; the mapping to browser and E-Mail are a little useless though).

Resources

HARDWARE Samsung X30 WVC 1500 - Gentoo Linux Wiki

Archlinux on Samsung X30

debianforum.de HowTo - Debian auf Samsung X30 WVC 1500

Gentoo Forums HOWTO: Fix Common ACPI Problems (DSDT, ECDT, etc.)

Samsung X30 under MandrakeLinux 10.1

Gentoo Forums Samsung X30 laptop doesn't wake up from acpi s3 sleep mode..

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/SamsungX30 (last edited 2010-03-01 23:03:22 by 94)