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MSI X-Slim X320
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the MSI X-Slim X320 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the MSI X-Slim X320. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the MSI X-Slim X320 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the MSI X-Slim X320 specifications page.
| Name | MSI X-Slim X320 |
| Processor | Intel Atom Processor Z530 : 1.6 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512KB On-Die L2 Cache |
| Screen | 13 WXGA (1366×768) |
| Graphics | Intel GMA 500 |
| RAM | Up to 2GB |
| HDD | 250GB to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | No |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Built-in 802.11b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Working | |
| Screen | Working | |
| HDD | Not recognized by MeeGo | |
| Graphics | Full resolution only with workaround | |
| Sound | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Working | |
| Wireless | Currently only with Kernel patch | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| USB | Working | |
| Card Reader | Not very stable | |
| Webcam | Working |
Notes
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the MSI X-Slim X320 here.
Summary
You can enter a summary of how well the MSI X-Slim X320 works with Linux here.
Discussion
Same exact issues here. Only PCLinuxOS and Ubuntu (Meerkat) will boot without freezing at install and only PCLinuxOS actually supports the hardware. Still freezes at install off of a Live boot via USB. This is so very sad, the machine is really nice and I pretty much determined to figure this thing out.
Just tried installing a few distributions on a MSI X320, a majority of the distributions totally failed (even jolicloud 1.1) accept 2.
1. Ubuntu 10.04 psb-respin, boots installs, no wifi but lan works, self destructs if you run the update tool, forgets it's installed on a netbook and then starts to turn itself into a desktop.
2. PClinuxOS, everything works, wifi, sound, bluetooth etc accept the sd card slot, in fact I had to blacklist sdhci/ sdhci_pci to make the install stable. A few install notes, make sure all the partitions are ext4 not ext3, blacklist shci and sdhci_pci, dont use compiz, avoid using synaptic were possible, ie use apt-get update, apt-get dist-update the first time you do any updates or synaptic may crash your system.
PS forgot to mention in my previous comment I install PClinuxOS 2010.2 KDE (and also it's sdhci, not shci to be blacklisted)