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• Brand: Advent
• Model: 4211b
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Pending issues

• The wireless nic will disassociate from the wireless access point and only a power down will allow for a reconnection.

Known hardware

sudo lshw -short

H/W path               Device     Class       Description
=========================================================
                                  system      Advent 4211
/0                                bus         Advent 4211
/0/0                              memory      64KiB BIOS
/0/4                              processor   Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270   @ 1.60GHz
/0/4/5                            memory      24KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6                            memory      512KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1                          processor   Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2                          processor   Logical CPU
/0/25                             memory      999MiB System Memory
/0/25/0                           memory      DIMM Synchronous [empty]
/0/25/1                           memory      DIMM Synchronous [empty]
/0/100                            bridge      Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2                          display     Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1                        display     Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/1b                         multimedia  82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c                         bridge      82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0            eth0       network     RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
/0/100/1c.1                       bridge      82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0                     network     RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/1d                         bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1                       bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2                       bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3                       bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7                       bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e                         bridge      82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f                         bridge      82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2            scsi0      storage     82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0      /dev/sda   disk        80GB WDC WD800BEVS-22
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1    /dev/sda1  volume      3000MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2    /dev/sda2  volume      61GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3    /dev/sda3  volume      10236MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/5  /dev/sda5  volume      2047MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/6  /dev/sda6  volume      8189MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/1                   scsi3      storage     
/0/1/0.0.0             /dev/sdb   disk        SCSI Disk
/0/2                   scsi2      storage     
/0/2/0.0.0             /dev/sdc   disk        4127MB SCSI Disk
/0/2/0.0.0/1           /dev/sdc1  volume      3935MiB Windows FAT volume
/1                     pan0       network     Ethernet interface

sudo lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (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.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #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.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)

sudo lsusb (without any external device)

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Pavilion Webcam
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0db0:a97a Micro Star International Bluetooth EDR Device
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Achievements - results

(*) Notes and recipes

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex): Tested with an USB startup disk created with another computer (original Live-CD).

Mic jack

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex): Volume too slow with the provided sound recorder.

Wireless NIC

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex): Download and install the driver source package, and run sudo module-assistant auto-install rtl8187se in a terminal.

Bluetooth

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex): Detected, but not tested with any peripheral device.

Videocamera

• Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex): Run the installation commands of http://doc.ubuntu-es.org/Instalar_c%C3%A1maras_Microdia this guide for the Microdia webcam.

See also

• Other tested laptops

CategoryLaptop