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MSIMegabookGX700

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Describe LaptopTestingTeam/MSIMegabookGX700 here.

Hardware Specification

Make: [http://global.msi.com.tw MSI]
Brand: MegaBook
Model: GX700 ( MS-1719 ) extreme edition
Website: [http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1227 Details]
Specs: [http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodtmpspec&prod_no=1227&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=&cat3_no=#menu Specification]
Tester: [http://photo.janik.es Zygfryd Homonto]
Price: 1550 Euro paid
Guarantee: 2 years international

Hardware Details

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz
Memory: 2GB DDR2 667 (max. 4GB - on some sites they say only 2GB)
Video: nVidia 8600M GT, 512MB RAM
Screen: Matt, 17" 1900x1200
Hard Disk: 250GB (250,059,350,016 bytes) 5400rpm WDC WD2500BEVS-22UST0
Optical: TOSHIBA DVDW/HD TS-L802A, DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, HD DVD-ROM
WLan: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AGNsince ACPI is not fully working I don't use hibernation/suspend function
Lan: Realtek RTL8111/8168 Gigabit Ethernet
Mouse: Touchpad
Keyboard: US/Rus
56k Modem
Bluetooth
FireWire: IEEE 1394, O2 Micro
SD Card Reader
webcam: 5602 ALi Corp.

lspci

 * 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
 * 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
 * 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03)
 * 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
 * 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
 * 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
 * 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
 * 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
 * 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
 * 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
 * 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
 * 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
 * 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
 * 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
 * 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
 * 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
 * 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
 * 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
 * 01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
 * 01:04.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
 * 01:04.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
 * 03:00.0 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Turbo Memory Controller (rev 01)
 * 06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
 * 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
 * 08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)

Current Issues

ACPI - not properly working AC/DC and battery management (Linux problem only) - solved by noacpi in kernel line in GRUB
webcam - not working

Hardware compatibility

Hardware Information
Device	Works? (Kubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon)	Remark	Bug #
Installation	yes	Kubuntu 7.10 out of the box with NO problems
Screen	yes
Correct resolution	yes
3D Acceleration	yes	by nvidia driver - installed automatically, glxgears 30244 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6048.797 FPS
External monitor	yes
Power Management
Battery detected	yes
AC/DC detected	yes
Hibernation	untested
CPU speed step	yes
Dim monitor on battery power and Blank monitor on inactivity	yes
Sound
Sound works ?	yes	to be able to use headphones one must change /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and add:options snd-hda-intel model=targa-dig, otherwise connecting headphones does not disconnect internal speakers (the system works then as 4+1 with subwoofer under the chasiss)
Headphone jack	yes	look "Sound works ?"
Mic jack	yes
Internal mic	yes
Networking
Wired NIC	yes
Wireless NIC	yes
PCMCIA NIC	yes
Firewire	untested
Bluetooth	untested
Modem	untested
Infrared	untested
Touchpad & Mice
Touchpad	yes
Touchpad - Doubletap = double click	yes
Touchpad - Scroll down side	yes
External mouse - USB	yes
External mouse - Bluetooth	yes[1]
Additional Hardware
CD/DVD drive	yes
SD Card Reader	yes
CD/DVD drive	yes
WLAN/Bluetooth Kill Switch	yes
webcam	NO

Function and other keys
Fn key	Operation	Works? (Kubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon)	Remark	Bug #
+F1	none
+F2	none
+F3	touchpad on/off	yes
+F4/F5	dim down/up	yes
+F6	none
+F7/F8	volume down/up	yes	with hotkeys loaded [3]
+F9	mute	yes
+F10	none
+F11	none
+F12	suspend	untested
+PgUp	Home	yes
+PgDn	End	yes

[1]To use HID devices (i.e. bluetooth mouse) without having to manually start a server and connect them every time, set HIDD_ENABLED in /etc/defaults/bluetooth to 1

[2]ACPI problems: maybe due to wrong DSDT ACPI is not working properly - solution is to add option "noacpi" in GRUB /boot/grub/menu.lst

title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic noacpi 
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2e70da88-76ab-4873-918d-c4bf6000afdf ro quiet splash noacpi 
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2e70da88-76ab-4873-918d-c4bf6000afdf ro quiet splash noacpi

[3]My example of hotkeys configuration is following:

/etc/init.d/hotkey-setup classifies GX700 as 'generic' laptop so configuration file is: /usr/share/hotkey-setup/generic.hk
in this file I put only:

setkeycodes     e06e    $KEY_MAIL

this is assignment of webcam button (webcam not working so far) to hotkeys email program, so now:

/usr/share/hotkeys/gx700.def

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<definition>
  <config model="MSI GX700">
    <VolUp        keycode="176" adj="1"/>
    <VolDown      keycode="174" adj="3"/>

    <WebBrowser   keycode="178"/>
    <Email        keycode="236"/>
  </config>
  <contributor>
    <name>Ludovic Rousseau</name>
    <email>ludovic.rousseau@free.fr</email>
  </contributor>
</definition>

and now in

/etc/hotkeys.conf

Kbd=gx700
CDROM=none
Email=claws-mail
WebBrowser=firefox
osd_color=LawnGreen
osd_timeout=1
osd_position=bottom
osd_offset=5

So finally it comes to:

volume up/down configured by hotkeys
button "@e" - firefox by hotkeys
button "camera" - mail client by hotkey-setup and hotkeys
mute - by ACPI
dim up/down - by ACPI
Home/End - by ACPI
WLAN/Bluetooth off/on - by ACPI

To do: find keycode for P1 button and make use of it

Software configuration

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "pl"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"      "ImPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
        Option          "LeftEdge"      "130"
        Option          "RightEdge"     "840"
        Option          "TopEdge"       "130"
        Option          "BottomEdge"    "640"
        Option          "FingerLow"     "7"
        Option          "FingerHigh"    "8"
        Option          "MaxTapTime"    "180"
        Option          "MaxTapMove"    "110"
        Option          "EmulateMidButtonTime"  "75"
        Option          "VertScrollDelta"       "20"
        Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "20"
        Option          "MinSpeed"      "3.60"
        Option          "MaxSpeed"      "5.10"
        Option          "AccelFactor"   "1.30"
        Option          "EdgeMotionMinSpeed"    "1200"
        Option          "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"    "1200"
        Option          "UpDownScrolling"       "1"
        Option          "CircularScrolling"     "1"
        Option          "CircScrollDelta"       "0.1"
        Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "2"
        Option          "SHMConfig"     "on"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "on"
EndSection
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
        Boardname       "nv"
        Busid           "PCI:8:0:0"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Screen  0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Modelname       "Custom 1"
        Gamma   1.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        Defaultdepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   24
                Modes           "1900x1200"     
        EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
  screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
        Inputdevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        Inputdevice     "Configured Mouse"
        Inputdevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
        Load            "glx"
        Load            "v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" # 
        Identifier      "device1"
        Boardname       "nv"
        Busid           "PCI:8:0:0"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Screen  1
EndSection
Section "screen" # 
        Identifier      "screen1"
        Device          "device1"
        Defaultdepth    24
        Monitor         "monitor1"
EndSection
Section "monitor" # 
        Identifier      "monitor1"
        Gamma   1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

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SergioZanchetta/Old/MSIMegabookGX700 (last edited 2010-02-26 16:55:37 by host226-241-dynamic)

-  ⇤ ← Revision 31 as of 2007-10-15 11:55:21 → 
  Size: 15339
  Editor: 80
  Comment:
+   ← Revision 32 as of 2007-10-27 13:01:08 → ⇥
  Size: 10972
  Editor: freing
  Comment:
-Deletions are marked like this.
+Additions are marked like this.
 Line 60:
- * ACPI - not properly working AC/DC and battery management (Linux problem only) - I will explain it below
+ * ACPI - not properly working AC/DC and battery management (Linux problem only) - solved by noacpi in kernel line in GRUB
 Line 72:
-||Battery detected || '''PROBLEMS'''|| '''see below [2]''' || ||
||AC/DC detected || '''PROBLEMS'''|| look "Battery detected" || ||
||Hibernation ||''untested''||partially working but needs more attention but since ACPI is not fully working I don't use hibernation/suspend function || ||
+||Battery detected || yes||  || ||
||AC/DC detected || yes||  || ||
||Hibernation ||''untested''|| || ||
 Line 114:
-||+F12 ||suspend || ''untested''|| since ACPI is not fully working I don't use hibernation/suspend functions  ||   ||
+||+F12 ||suspend || ''untested''||   ||   ||
 Line 121:
-this is for sure software problem since it works in other operating systems (XP, Vista)
so: this laptop disconnects AUTOMATICALLY power supply as soon as it gets fully charged
then... Linux does not see AC/DC and it shows ... battery empty
so if power management is ON then it tries to perform action related to low power
I cannot figure it out when it happens but all problems start when AC/DC disconnects automatically
possible stages are: 
 * no AC/DC
 * no battery
 * unknown AC/DC or/and battery
I tried on many distributions: none of them works correctly (Suse 10.3, Archlinux, Gentoo, Kubuntu)
=== uname -a: ===
{{{
Linux baboon 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 06:00:47 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
}}}
one moment is like this (and then all is ok):
=== cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ADP1/state ===
{{{
state:                   on-line
}}}
=== cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state ===
{{{
present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          discharging
present rate:            2156 mA
remaining capacity:      4251 mAh
present voltage:         12242 mV
}}}
=== cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info ===
{{{
present:                 yes
design capacity:         4400 mAh
last full capacity:      4253 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          10800 mV
design capacity warning: 0 mAh
design capacity low:     0 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mAh
model number:            MS-1719

serial number:           

battery type:            LION

OEM info:                MSI Corp.
}}}

and then, '''when battery gets fully charged''', even without disconnecting physically AC/DC it gets like this:
=== cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ADP1/state ===
{{{
state:                   on-line
}}}
=== cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info ===
{{{
present:                 yes
design capacity:         12305 mAh
last full capacity:      12304 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          40234 mV
design capacity warning: 0 mAh
design capacity low:     0 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mAh
model number:            MS-1719

serial number:           

battery type:            LION

OEM info:                MSI Corp.
}}}
=== cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state ===
{{{
present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          charged
present rate:            unknown
remaining capacity:      unknown
present voltage:         10000 mV
}}}

what is strange is: 
=== cat /var/log/messages ===
{{{

Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16647.876000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf2 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16647.876000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e072 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16647.880000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xf2 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16647.880000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e072 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16648.004000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16648.004000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e078 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16648.004000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xf8 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:50:18 localhost kernel: [16648.004000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e078 <keycode>' to make it known.

Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.308000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf1 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.308000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e071 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.312000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xf1 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.312000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e071 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.484000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf7 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.484000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e077 <keycode>' to make it known.
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.484000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xf7 on isa0060/serio0).
Oct 14 12:51:56 localhost kernel: [16745.484000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e077 <keycode>' to make it known.
}}}
+maybe due to wrong DSDT ACPI is not working properly - solution is to add option "noacpi" in GRUB /boot/grub/menu.lst
{{{
title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic noacpi 
root            (hd0,1)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2e70da88-76ab-4873-918d-c4bf6000afdf ro quiet splash noacpi 
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet
}}}


kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=2e70da88-76ab-4873-918d-c4bf6000afdf ro quiet splash noacpi
-Line 273:
+Line 180:
-I cannot find any other hotkeys working there but there are some, as seen in ACPI problems log messages (above)

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