Ubuntu 10.4 on v14 4100?

[Sander314]

Has anyone here tried installing Ubuntu on the v14 4100? I'm looking to buy it but really need Linux (mostly use kile, ssh, g++, etc) so the laptop is pretty much worthless if they're not compatible.
Some other flavor of Linux would also be fine.

[Mike]

Hi Sander314

I've just borrowed a V14 from our R&D guys and I'll do an install and a 'sudo lspci' report for you. I'll post back a bit later.

Mike

[Mr Grapes]

the HW is pretty similar to the V13 non? in which case, my colleague runs 10.04 on it without too much hassle.

[Mike]

The initial installation went in ok and I've run off the lspci (see below). I'll have a further investigation tomorrow when I've got a little more time.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)
06:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 80)
06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 80)
06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 80)
06:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)

[Mike]

sudo lshw report:

test-laptop
description: Laptop
product: W830T/W840T
vendor: CLEVO CO.
version: Not Applicable
serial: Not Applicable
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=laptop cpus=2 uuid=0090F595-B27A-0000-0000-000000000000
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 (09/04/2009)
size: 105KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect int9keyboard int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification
*-board UNCLAIMED
description: Mother Board
product: W830T/W840T
vendor: CLEVO CO.
physical id: 2
version: Not Applicable
serial: Not Applicable
slot: Not Applicable
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @ 1.30GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: U7
size: 1200MHz
capacity: 4096MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 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 xsave lahf_lm cpufreq
configuration: id=1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2 Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-back unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 15
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank
description: SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: IMSH2GS13A1F1C-10F
vendor: 8551
physical id: 0
serial: 2A003226
slot: M1
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
*-cpu:1
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@1
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 1200MHz
capacity: 1200MHz
capabilities: ht cpufreq
configuration: id=1
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f8000000-f83fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) ioport:1800(size=8)
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f8400000-f84fffff
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:1820(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:21 ioport:1840(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1860(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:f8904800-f8904bff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:22 memory:f8700000-f8703fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f8500000-f85fffff memory:80000000-801fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 10
serial: 00:01:38:fc:e9:eb
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl819xSE driverversion=0014.0115.2010 firmware=62 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=802.11bgn
resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f8500000-f8503fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f7ffffff ioport:f0000000(size=67108864)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:f8600000-f86fffff memory:80200000-803fffff(prefetchable)
*-generic:0
description: System peripheral
product: SD/MMC Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f8604000-f86040ff
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: SD Host controller
product: Standard SD Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.2
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f8604400-f86044ff
*-generic:2
description: System peripheral
product: MS Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.3
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=jmb38x_ms latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f8604800-f86048ff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
physical id: 0.5
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.5
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:90:f5:95:b2:7a
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msix msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=jme driverversion=1.0.5 duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:29 memory:f8600000-f8603fff ioport:4400(size=128) ioport:4000(size=256)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:1880(size=32)
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:18a0(size=32)
*-usb:6
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:18c0(size=32)
*-usb:7
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f8904c00-f8904fff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 93
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:27 ioport:1818(size=8) ioport:180c(size=4) ioport:1810(size=8) ioport:1808(size=4) ioport:18e0(size=32) memory:f8904000-f89047ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: OCZ-VERTEX 1275
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 00.P
serial: 6QE424TU6499V98R9H31
size: 59GiB (64GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=c7930970
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: f412bd6d-9b5d-4087-a741-4cbb58d58ce4
size: 55GiB
capacity: 55GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2010-05-27 16:55:39 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-05-27 17:04:27 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2010-05-27 17:05:21 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 3836MiB
capacity: 3836MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 3836MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:80400000-804000ff ioport:1c00(size=32)
*-power UNCLAIMED
description: To Be Defined By O.E.M
product: To Be Defined By O.E.M
vendor: To Be Defined By O.E.M
physical id: 1
version: 2.50
serial: To Be Defined By O.E.M
capacity: 32768mWh

[Sander314]

Wow, thanks so much, that looks great. Wired and wireless connections both working?
Also: do you have a repcode I could use when I order?

[Mike]

I can't say whether they work yet mostly because I didn't get much time to do much apart from the basic install. But I can advise more when I have a closer look tomorrow.

As for repcode I do have one but it's been lost in the depths of time (and my brain) :D

[Mr Grapes]

I can find out from my colleague but I'm not sure when i'll see him next as it's bank hol weekend, and he's normally only in on mondays...
(is it the same network devices as the v13?

[Sander314]

I can find out from my colleague but I'm not sure when i'll see him next as it's bank hol weekend, and he's normally only in on mondays...
(is it the same network devices as the v13?

Thanks for offering, but most likely Mike will find out before that anyway. I think it's probably the same network device if it's a new v13, same description on the product page.

[Mike]

Ok so far so good. The sound, onboard wired network and the wireless network all work out of the box, although I noticed that the wifi was a little flakey. After doing an update it settled down ok.
The screen is detected at 1366x768 (16:9) @ 60Hz.

[Sander314]

Ok so far so good. The sound, onboard wired network and the wireless network all work out of the box, although I noticed that the wifi was a little flakey. After doing an update it settled down ok.
The screen is detected at 1366x768 (16:9) @ 60Hz.

Thanks so much. Ordered.

[Mike]

You're more than welcome :)

[Sander314]

How did you get the wireless to work?
It does detect wlan0, but no networks and iwlist wlan0 scan succeeds instantly with an empty list.

- Update (incl kernel) doesn't help.
- Installing Realtek's official driver does worse than nothing, just gives network-interface (wlan0) pre-start process (...) terminated with status 1 etc. etc. and completely removes any mention of wlan0 from the system.

[Lorem-Ipsum]

firstly have you installed the updates through the Ethernet? That may help a lot.

[Sander314]

firstly have you installed the updates through the Ethernet? That may help a lot.
Yes, that's when I meant by 'update including kernel'.

[Mike]

I used the wired network port (RJ45). All the wired network required was enabling by clicking on the Network dropdown on the top of the desktop and then enable wifi.

[Mike]

Did you manage to resolve this?

[Sander314]

Did you manage to resolve this?
Yes, after installing the 32 bit version and fiddling with the settings a bit I did get it to work. Not sure what it was in the end though.
I'm just testing it now from another location. Do get a slightly better connection, but it's very intermittent. Though probably this is just a result of the "multiple city-wide wireless networks" being nonexistent in some places and very poor in others.

[Mike]

Ahh that'll be it: I didn't try 64bit - only the 32bit. You'll probably notice a shorter range on the wifi mainly due to linux's tendency to use wifi drivers which work in software mode and don't auto adjust the power to pick up weaker signals.

[Slartybardfast]

I'm quite interested in a V14 4100, and was wondering if the Web-Cam works under Ubuntu 10.04. Has anyone tried this?

[candtalan]

I'm quite interested in a V14 4100, and was wondering if the Web-Cam works under Ubuntu 10.04. Has anyone tried this?

Webcam anyone please?