Harry Metske (harry.metske@gmail.com)
The Samsung N150 is a 10” netbook with an Atom N450 processor and 1 GB of memory. It features a built-in 3G modem for mobile broadband connectivity.
| Name | Samsung N150 |
| Processor | Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz |
| Screen | 10# 1024×600 |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| HDD | 160 GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller |
| Network | PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller, Atheros Wireless Adapter b/g/n |
| 3G Modem | unidentified |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | - |
| Screen | Yes | - |
| HDD | Yes | - |
| Optical Drive | N/A | - |
| Graphics | Yes | - |
| Sound | Yes | - |
| Ethernet | Yes | - |
| Wireless | Yes | - |
| Bluetooth | Yes | - |
| USB | Yes | 3 USB 2.0 ports |
| Card Reader | Yes | 1 SD Card reader in the front |
| 3G modem | Yes | works using cdc_acm driver |
| Camera | Yes | - |
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It comes pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 7, and it takes about 1,5 hour before you can use it (install and backup process).
After the installation I resized the Windows partition and booted Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) from USB and installed it.
The time it takes to boot Windows 7 including login is about 105 seconds, for Kubuntu it's about 25 seconds.
Everything works out of the box, wireless, screen resolution is good, sound works, mousepad works, webcam works, modem works after installing modemmanager.
The only thing is that not all FN-keys work. FN-F2 doesn't work, FN-brightness up and does do not work, all other keys work with the latest Kubuntu Maverick beta.
The netbook resumes very fast after suspend (about 1 second).
The netbook is also very quiet, you don't hear the fan blowing.
I can surely recommend this N150 as a Linux netbook.
Below you will find the output of “sudo lshw” which has all the hardware info:
bismarck
description: Notebook
product: N150/N210/N220
vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
version: Not Applicable
serial: ZN6T93HZ200495
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook cpus=1 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=6048582E-D21D-B211-8000-AA651316C192
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: N150/N210/N220
vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
physical id: 0
version: Not Applicable
serial: 123490EN400015
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: 06JI.M053.20100129.JIP (01/29/2010)
size: 103KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video usb smartbattery biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.12.10
serial: 0001-06CA-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: CPU 1
size: 1667MHz
capacity: 3300MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm pse cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: e
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank
description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: 012345678901234567890123456789012345
vendor: 48spaces
physical id: 0
serial: 01234567
slot: J6G1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: N10 Family DMI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:30 memory:f0300000-f037ffff ioport:18d0(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:f0000000-f00fffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f0380000-f03fffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:22 memory:f0400000-f0403fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f0100000-f01fffff memory:40000000-401fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: wlan2
version: 01
serial: c4:17:fe:c6:20:ed
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k ip=10.0.0.166 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:16 memory:f0100000-f010ffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:40200000-403fffff memory:40400000-405fffff(prefetchable)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0200000-f02fffff memory:40600000-407fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth2
version: 00
serial: 00:24:54:5e:84:a5
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.25 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:28 memory:f0200000-f0203fff ioport:2000(size=256)
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:27 ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:40800000-409fffff memory:40a00000-40bfffff(prefetchable)
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:1820(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1840(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1860(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:1880(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f0604000-f06043ff
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: NM10 Family LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:29 ioport:18e8(size=8) ioport:18dc(size=4) ioport:18e0(size=8) ioport:18d8(size=4) ioport:18c0(size=16) memory:f0604400-f06047ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SAMSUNG HM160HI
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: HH10
serial: S1WWJ9AZ206564
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=153e1a63
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: d6143ef7-0c10-6f4a-8dce-a470f55a0ca3
size: 14GiB
capacity: 15GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-12-23 01:03:52 filesystem=ntfs label=RECOVERY state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: 826b-9fdd
size: 98MiB
capacity: 100MiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-12-23 01:03:56 filesystem=ntfs label=SYSTEM state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 3.1
serial: 141ee816-dd24-e44e-8399-1e351760be93
size: 39GiB
capacity: 40GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-12-23 01:03:57 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-volume:3
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 6359eb30-c614-4d5b-8e4e-fad55b90d080
size: 46GiB
capacity: 46GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-04-10 16:00:43 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/�S'B�K�� $��j��p�c��� �]�/�d�c���!��e��e��K�̞c���c��� modified=2010-04-10 16:11:44 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-04-10 17:38:36 state=mounted
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:18a0(size=32)
*-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
vendor: Intel
physical id: 1
capabilities: inbound
Source: How to enable mobile 3G modem connection on Samsung N150 KDE Linux
Discussion
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I have a Samsung N150 laptop, I run Fedora 14 in it… but the problem is that I cant find the Linux driver for the Laptop. Where can I find that…???
Just bought this netbook, not delivered yet but the arch wiki has information on enabling the Fn keys.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samsung_N150
Just bought it.
running Xubuntu 10.10 on it.
Everything is perfect.
All hardware works instantly.
Cold start with Xubuntu:
Memory - 13%-16%;
Processor - 11%;
Good battery very low noise level.
Warcraft TFT runs on OPEN GL mode
I recommend it.
btw with default win7 starter very low performance.
I bought the Best Buy version of the N150 and installed Linux straight away (Win7 has never been booted). I'm old-fashioned and stayed with Ubuntu NBR 9.10 (Karmic).
1. As noted above, many Fn-keys don't work, but there are workarounds, so it's not a big deal. There is a “setpci” command sequence that can be used to adjust the brightness. Install “rfkill” to turn off wireless power. Otherwise, suspend, works. External VGA display works. Wireless works (Atheros AR9285). Sound controls work.
2. The Elantech touchpad drove me nuts - I hate touch-to-tap and multi-touch junk, and the Elantech was particularly ill-behaved. Touch it with 2 fingers and the cursor jumps immediately to one corner. Ended up hacking and recompiling the elantech.c driver to turn all that stuff. This link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9175201 gets you started; I hacked some more to make it ignore 2 or more finger touches.
3. I tried several things to get the internal microphone to work (install pavucontrol; play with configuration settings). Eventually it worked.
4. Excellent keyboard. Key action is stiff (which I like) and the keys are well-separated. Very quiet. Decent battery life (5-6 hours in real-life use). Mediocre front-mounted slider switch for power (not a deal-breaker).
If it weren't for the annoyances with touchpad, I would say that this is a great Linux netbook. It now works great for me; YMMV.
Thank you for your review. I bought this netbook after reading your feedback. So far I have only run Ubuntu 10.4 from a USB stick, but everything seems to work, including wifi. Battery life of this netbook is pretty good.
If core_id in /proc/cpuinfo is the same value, as is shown in the example above, than it's the same core, hence hyperthreading.
Which pendrive do you use?
I will try Ubuntu 10.04 LTS netbook boot with CF card on USB 2.0 reader and same Samsung cannot start with that drive. Any special bios setup needed or maybe that flash drive is not compatibile?
Any help needed!
greatings
Sorry my english. I cant made my flash drive bootable in BIOS. Flash drive with Ubuntu netbook 10.04 is Adata 2gb. Can any how set BIOS settings? Thank you for ansver.
Not sure what you mean, but if you press the Escape button a few times right after powering on the laptop, you can change your BIOS settings.
I just plugin a USB stick and power up and it boots from it.
The faxmodem is needed if you want get contact to companies such a google inc.
The evidence is `cat /proc/cpuinfo` :
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 28
model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm
bogomips : 3324.74
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 28
model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm
bogomips : 3325.03
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Wikipedia say that Intel Pineview D510 Atom CPU is dual-core and that the N450 is single core.
I've tried to run the latest daily build image (19Apr10) of Ubuntu (Lucid 64bit) which is already frozen and ready for release next week. The System Monitor CPU History chart shows two CPUs running on the Samsung N150!!!
Is this correct?
/proc/cpuinfo reports 2 cpu's
regards,
Harry
Hyper-Threading…
So, is there a way to find out (running Linux) if we have 2 core's or if it's hyperthreading ?
regards,
Harry