Lenovo 3000 N100
Created by: DHatherley,Last modification on Thu 30 of Aug, 2007 [13:20 UTC]by Bill Giannikos
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
If you are looking to purchase this laptop you can visit Lenovo's 3000 series notebooks page.
Authors
Darren HatherleyIntroduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop, model 0768-4HG. It is based on my experiences with a clean install of Kubuntu Edgy 6.10 beta.Editing This Page
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| Name | Lenovo 3000 N100 | |
| Processor | Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz | |
| Screen | 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) | |
| RAM | 512MB | |
| HDD | 80GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW (dual-layer) | |
| Graphics | nVidia Geforce GO 7300 | |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth | |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire, screen-mounted webcam, Authentec AES2501 fingerprint reader | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Use X's nv or proprietary nVidia driver |
| Sound | Yes | Use snd-hda-intel driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | Use 8139too driver |
| Wireless | Yes | Use ipw3945 driver |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Actual transfer not tested; module loads and KDE can talk to device |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Yes | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Yes | Only SD and MMC card tested |
| Webcam | No | |
| Fingerprint reader | No | |
Notes
Audio
The audio hardware and modem appear to be linked somehow. Disabling the modem in the BIOS stopped the sound card from working - there is an error during hardware initialisation.Card Reader
I believe the card reader requires kernel 2.6.17 or later (i.e. really recent, at the time of writing), as this kernel is the first to include the sdhci driver.Fingerprint Reader
There is, apparently, a project underway for a SANE backend for the Authentec fingerprint reader.Webcam
The inbuilt web camera is based on the Sonix SN9C201/ Omnivision OV9650 chipsets and is currently not supported by Linux. Due to Sonix's unwillingness to provide technical data to the Linux community, it is unlikely that it will ever be supported.Distribution Specific Notes
Ubuntu
Sounds does not seem to work in Ubuntu out of the box. Updating to ALSA 1.0.14 was necessary.Summary
The minor, non-intrusive incompatabilities aside, this laptop worked straight out of the box with (K)ubuntu Edgy 6.10 Beta.Lenovo 3000 N100 - 06893BM
Authors
Bill Giannikos (bill2 at giannikos.com.au)Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop, model 06893BM.Editing This Page
View our Editing GuidelinesSpecifications
| Processor | Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz | |
| Screen | 14.1" | |
| RAM | 512MB | |
| HDD | 60GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW | |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 | |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 3945 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth | |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Use i810 driver |
| Sound | Yes | Use snd-hda-intel driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | Use 8139too driver |
| Wireless | Yes | Use ipw3945 driver |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Yes | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested | |
Notes
Some models of the N100 use the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 graphics chip. Both the open source nv driver and the Nvidia proprietary driver can be used in this case.Some versions of the N100 use the Broadcom 4311 wireless controller which does not have any native drivers for Linux so you will need to use the ndiswrapper driver. For installation instructions you can follow our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to use with ndiswrapper can be downloaded here.
Related Resources
Preparing your laptop for LinuxConfiguring a nVidia graphics chip
Configuring the ipw3945 driver for the Intel 3945ABG wireless controller
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life
Summary
This is a very easy to install laptop for Linux usage. There wasn't any problems configuring and installing this one.Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
Comments
Drivers for the SN9C201 Webcam
SN9C201 microdia FREE Linux Driver
please join the above website to help support for your microdia webcam.
Do not go to http://www.linux-projects.org
(that driver is not free, instead closed source Binary, broken driver)
webcam
Microphone/skype
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_6.10_(Edgy_Eft)_on_a_ThinkPad_T60#Problem:_Microphone_doesn.27t_work
Additional working hardware
Also firewire port just works out-of-box with 2.6.18 kernel of Pardus. Tested with various transfer of dv footage using Kdenlive...
Bluetooth also tested with Kbluetoothd with transfer of music/image from a SonyEricsson t610 phone...
Re: Additional working hardware
Sonix SN9C201 Driver
Re:
Audio!!
exactly my problem! if you disable the modem then you must to configure your sound card for each session (to have sound)!
I find my answer! greeat!