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This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Samsung X460 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Samsung X460. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Samsung X460 page on LapWik.
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For full specifications see the Samsung X460 specifications page.
| Name | Samsung X460 |
| Processor | Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0 GHz ) Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26GHz) |
| Screen | 14.1“ WXGA Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | 250GB to 320GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/b/g/n 1×2 (MIMO) |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | Enable acpi-cpufreq kernel module to use this feature processor scaling feature |
| Screen | Yes | See Notes below |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Put firmware from http://intellinuxwireless.org/ into /lib/firmware to use wireless |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes | It works with fprint but seems to be not accurate at all. |
| Webcam | Yes |
Add following lines to your Xorg config file to make it work (used with nvidia drivers):
Option "RegistryDwords" EnableBrightnessControl=1"
You can enter a summary of how well the Samsung X460 works with Linux here.
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On open source drivers everything works out of the box in Fedora 14 and above except HDMI sound. When switching to nvidia binary driver brightness switching does not work, but HDMI sound works fine.
Hey everyone,
there is another possibility to control the brightness, tested and working in OpenSUSE 11.3: You can write into /sys/class/backlight/samsung/brightness to adjust it without leaving X (tested under GNOME). It supports 8 settings, the current can be read from /sys/class/backlight/samsung/actual_brightness.
To decrease brightness by one step (as root):
To increase brightness by one(!) step:
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So, here are some things, that I've made on my X460. Im using Debian 5.0 with kernel 2.6.30-rc8. But it's work fine also with 2.6.28 and up.
Brightness.
save this to a file, for example brightness.sh. After, make these executable with chmod +x. To change the brighness type in the terminal (with root rights) ./brightness.sh 60. This will change you brightness to 60%.
If you want to set the brightness on startup, insert this line to /etc/rc.local
echo 60 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/video/NVID/LCD/brightness
Don't forget!! You need the original driver from www.nvidia.com
Kernel config
If someone want to compile a new kernel, like me, here is my config file that i actually use on my 2.6.30-rc8 kernel for 32 bit system. I upload this to rapidshare.
http://rapidshare.com/files/241141938/config-2.6.30-rc8-686
Powersave
I don't know, how much battery life, the other user has, but on Debian it was not so long, even 2.10h. Because of that, I've try to reduce the power consumption of my system.
At first, i have replaced the standard acpi-cpufreq module, with optimized phc_intel module. You can download the actually version of phc-intel-0.3.2-5 driver from:
http://www.linux-phc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2
The package includes the How-To.
If you don't need full graphic power on a battery, you should paste this lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device" #MinPower on battery, MaxPower on AC Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2233; PowerMizerDefault=0x3" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true" EndSectionThis are some entries to power save, that I've done on startup.
Write following to /etc/rc.local
I've tested:
Web Cam - works with UVC driver
Bluetooth - works
Internal Mic - works
VGA-out - works
Cardreader - works
HDMI - not tested
Modem - not tested
Finger Print - not tested
ExpressCard Slot - not tested
Brightness control works fine under Ubuntu Intrepid with opensource Nvidia driver, but stops working once restricted driver is installed (verified with v.173, 177, 180). So it is basically a bug in NVidia proprietary linux driver.
The only way around it I wound is to use “NvClock”:http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/ project. The latest “0.8 (beta4)”:http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/nvclock0.8b4.tar.gz has needed support just added. Download, compile, install and use `nvclock -S xx` to control brightness without leaving X.
Have you tried to suspend/resume in jaunty?
In my case, suspend goes OK, but during resume I get console messages about ext3-fs errors.
I can confirm that HDMI output works using nvidia propietary driver (180)