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Linux Mint Maya on Samsung Rv511

Posted: 17 Jun 2012, 18:43
by j0hn
Hey there,
i have samsung rv511, and this is my lspci output:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0a7a (rev a2)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (
could you please help me to configure all the Fn keys to work and all the configuration for best cpu and fans settings since you can control all of them on Windows

this is my grub configuration so the Fn + brightness keys to work

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="qquiet splash acpi_osi=linux acpi_backlight=vendor splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
Thank You :)
p.s= i added this repository "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:voria/ppa" but can't seem to install samsung-tools

Re: Linux Mint Maya on Samsung Rv511

Posted: 17 Jun 2012, 18:44
by j0hn
by the way i'm using linux mint 13 maya Mate 64bit

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$ sudo apt-get install samsung-laptop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  samsung-laptop
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 69.6 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/voria/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main samsung-laptop all 2.0~ppa2~loms~precise [11.0 kB]
Fetched 11.0 kB in 0s (12.9 kB/s)         
Selecting previously unselected package samsung-laptop.
(Reading database ... 152488 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking samsung-laptop (from .../samsung-laptop_2.0~ppa2~loms~precise_all.deb) ...
Setting up samsung-laptop (2.0~ppa2~loms~precise) ...
Loading new samsung_laptop-2.0 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.0-23-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.2.0-23-generic
Done.

samsung-laptop:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - Found /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.ko
   - Storing in /var/lib/dkms/samsung_laptop/original_module/3.2.0-23-generic/x86_64/
   - Archiving for uninstallation purposes
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/

depmod......

DKMS: install completed.