SamsungQ45Dalia

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Contact

MikaFischer

Make

Samsung

Brand

Q45 Aura

Model

T7250 Dalia

Website

[http://notebook.samsung.de/produkte/detail12_main.aspx?guid=aa7ffbf9-a8c6-46e7-8a45-04fad4906ab7 Samsung (german)]

Current Issues

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=&orderby=-importance&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&assignee_option=any&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.bug_contact=&field.bug_commenter=&field.subscriber=&field.component-empty-marker=1&field.status_upstream-empty-marker=1&field.omit_dupes.used=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch.used=&field.has_cve.used=&field.tag=q45&field.tags_combinator=ANY&field.has_no_package.used=&search=Search List of Q45 specific bugs]

Description

Bug

Fix?

Fails to boot

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146692 146692]

[#workaround-boot Yes]

Hotkeys don't work

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

No

MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM (slow video)

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210780 210780]

[#workaround-mtrr Yes]

System Info (from dmidecode)

system-manufacturer

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

system-product-name

SQ45S70S

system-version

08ST

bios-version

13ST

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Hardy (8.04 LTS)

in Intrepid (devel)

Screen

Yes [#footnote-mtrr (4)]

Untested

Correct resolution?

Yes

Untested

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Untested

3D Acceleration

Yes

Untested

External monitor works?

Yes [#footnote-xrandr (2)]

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Yes [#footnote-xrandr (2)]

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Yes [#footnote-xrandr (2)]

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Untested

Hibernate

Untested

Untested

Suspend

Untested

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

No

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

Untested

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Untested

Correct volume?

Yes

Untested

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Untested

Headphone jack

Yes

Untested

Mic jack

Yes

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Untested

Wireless NIC

Yes

Untested

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Untested

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Untested

External mouse - USB

Yes

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Untested

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Yes

Untested

Webcam

Yes [#footnote-webcam (1)]

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hardy (8.04 LTS)

in Intrepid (devel)

+ Esc

Sleep

Yes

Untested

+ F2

Battery status

e003:0x83

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F3

Euro

[#footnote-euro (3)]

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F4

Display switch

e002:0x82

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F5

Backlight switch

e004:0x84

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F6

Mute audio

Yes

Untested

+ F7

System repair

e031:0xb1

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F8

Speed switch

e033:0xb3

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F9

WLAN siwtch

e006:0x86

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ F10

Disable touchpad

Yes

Untested

+ F11

Num lock

Yes

Untested

+ F12

Scroll lock

Yes

Untested

+ Up

Brightness up

e008:0x88

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ Down

Brightness down

e009:0x89

No

Untested

[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212790 212790]

+ Left

Volume down

Yes

Untested

+ Right

Volume up

Yes

Untested

Notes

Anchor(footnote-webcam)(1)

Works with v4l2 but not with v4l. But most applications support v4l2 nowadays (ekiga, cheese, skype), so this is almost a non-issue.

Anchor(footnote-xrandr)(2)

Technically this works perfectly with the xrandr tool. The GUI shipped with hardy has many problems however. I could not get it to expand the desktop for instance.

Anchor(footnote-euro)(3)

Strangely this key produces the following keysyms in xev: Alt_L (press), KP_Insert, KP_End, KP_Down, KP_Up, Alt_L (release)

Anchor(footnote-mtrr)(4)

There is an issue which seriously affects video performance with 4GB of RAM (see [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210780 210780])

Workarounds

Anchor(workarounds)

Workaround for "Fails to boot"

Anchor(workaround-boot)

  • To get the LiveCD to boot, pass acpi=off as kernel parameter

  • Then install Ubuntu normally
  • When booting the installed system you must again pass acpi=off

  • Then blacklist the video kernel module:

    • echo "blacklist video" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-q45

  • Reboot without passing acpi=off

Workaround for "MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM (slow video)"

Anchor(workaround-mtrr)

  • A workaround with a useful script is described here: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210780 210780]

  • Please note that you may have to modify it and that not doing that or doing it wrong may well freeze your system!


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