## Contents * [1 lspci](#lspci) * [2 lsusb](#lsusb) * [3 Soundcard](#Soundcard) * [4 Mute your speakers and use your headset](#Mute_your_speakers_and_use_your_headset) * [5 Recording](#Recording) * [6 Graphicscard](#Graphicscard) * [7 Nvidia (non-free driver)](#Nvidia_.28non-free_driver.29) * [7.1 Xorg.conf](#Xorg.conf) * [8 Cpufrequtils](#Cpufrequtils) * [9 Disk related tweaks](#Disk_related_tweaks) * [9.1 Disable file access time](#Disable_file_access_time) * [9.2 Laptop mode tools](#Laptop_mode_tools) * [9.3 Ionice](#Ionice) * [10 Touchpad tweaks](#Touchpad_tweaks) ## lspci ``` 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2) 00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3) 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3) 00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1) 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1) 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 03:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller 03:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19) 03:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 0a) 03:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 05) 03:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) ``` ## lsusb ``` Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0ace:1215 ZyDAS WLA-54L WiFi Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04d9:0499 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 ``` ## Soundcard This Notebook has a Realtek ALC 833. Run ``` cat /proc/asound/version ``` If it returns ``` Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.17. ``` (or a higher version) then continue reading at *Edit modprobe.conf* ## Mute your speakers and use your headset You might have noticed that your speakers do not get muted automatically when you put in your earphones. Here's my solution to do that manually: Open up alsamixer (like described before) Mute **Surround** by pressing **M** (for mute), so it says **MM** instead of **00**. Now you won't hear anything from the built-in speakers, but you can use your earphones. ## Recording Start alsamixer, navigate to 'mic' and set it to capture by pressing the 'spacebar' key on keyboard; the word 'capture' will appear at the bottom of the 'Mic' control when capture is set.[[1]](http://home.cfl.rr.com/infofiles/record.html) ## Graphicscard There are two possible drivers you can use for the Nvidia 6150 Geforce Go. I recommend the non-free driver, because the open one had no mouse cursor as I tried it (which was really annoying). If you want 3d-allocation, you must use the closed source one. ## Nvidia (non-free driver) **Note:** The xorg.conf is based on [this one](http://blackwiki.bl.ohost.de/upload/xorg.conf) which was made for gentoo.[[2]](http://blackwiki.bl.ohost.de/wiki/doku.php?id=md98300) Save the following as /etc/X11/xorg.conf: ### Xorg.conf ``` Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 # Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Driver "synaptics" Option "Name" "Synaptics Touchpad" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "SHMConfig" "true" Option "LeftEdge" "1900" Option "RightEdge" "5900" Option "TopEdge" "1900" Option "BottomEdge" "4350" Option "FingerHigh" "25" Option "FingerLow" "20" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "180" Option "MinSpeed" "0.04" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "AccelFactor" "0.001" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" Option "RTCornerButton" "0" Option "RBCornerButton" "0" Option "LTCornerButton" "2" Option "LBCornerButton" "0" #Option "CircularScrolling" "on" #Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" EndSection Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "LPL" HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0 VertRefresh 60.0 Option "DPMS" "True" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce Go 6150" Option "NVAgp" "3" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "Coolbits" "1" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "TripleBuffer" "false" #we do not have too much ram. Option "NoLogo" "1" Option "DPMS" "TRUE" Option "BackingStore" "True" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x3333" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "metamodes" "1280x800 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection ``` ## Cpufrequtils [Cpufrequtils](/index.php/Cpufrequtils "Cpufrequtils") is a CPU Frequency Scaling, a technology used primarily by notebooks which enables the OS to scale the CPU speed up or down, depending on the current system load and/or power scheme. Note that the module you need to load at the *CPU Frequency Driver* part is **powernow-k8**. ## Disk related tweaks ### Disable file access time Doesn't write the access time every time you read or modify a file. See [here](/index.php/Laptop#Disk-related_tweaks "Laptop"). ### Laptop mode tools They allow your HD to spin down when it isn't used. See [here](/index.php/Laptop#Laptop_mode_tools "Laptop"). ### Ionice If you plan to copy a big file or do some other hard-disk-stressing operation, your MD98300 will totally hang until its done under linux (thats at least my experience). With ionice, you can start applications with a different read/write scheduling class so it doesn't hang anymore. Here's an example how to use it: ``` ionice -c 3 cp /path/to/huge/file /path/of/the/copy ``` It starts *cp* with the scheduling class *idle*. That means that you shouldn't get a hanging system while it is copying (although it will need longer, but thats the deal). More information in the man page [ionice(1)](http://jlk.fjfi.cvut.cz/arch/manpages/man/ionice.1). ## Touchpad tweaks On [this page](/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics "Touchpad Synaptics") are a few cool tweaks like circular scrolling.