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DebianOn is an effort to document how to install, configure and use Debian on some specific hardware. Therefore potential buyers would know if that hardware is supported and owners would know how get the best out of that hardware.

The purpose is not to duplicate the Debian Official Documentation, but to document how to install Debian on some specific hardware.

If you need help to get Debian running on your hardware, please have a look at our user support channels where you may find specific channels (mailing list, IRC channel) dedicated to certain types of hardware.

Models covered
Lenovo G40-80

This laptop is listed on the Lenovo website as an entry-level laptop. It has an intel HD 5500 broadwell integrated graphics card, intel i3 processor, 14" HD screen, qualcomm wireless card, bluetooth, 1tb toshiba HDD, and 4gb of ram.

Overall Status

Core Components

[ATTACH]

Boot Standard Kernel:

{OK}

LAN network card:

{OK}

Detect CD/DVD:

{OK}

Detect hard drives:

{OK}

Extra Features

CPU Frequency Scaling

[?]

Hibernation

[?]

Sleep / Suspend

{OK}

Xorg

{i}

- OpenGL

{i}

- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)

{i}

Switch to External Screen

{i}

Mouse

- Built-in (Trackpoint)

[-]

- Built-in (Touchpad)

{OK}

Modem

{OK}

Wireless/Wifi

X-(

Keyboard's Hotkeys

{OK}

Legend :
{OK} = OK ; {X} Unsupported(No Driver) ; /!\ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable
{i} = Configuration Required; X-( = Only works with a non-free driver and or firmware

Important Note

This laptop comes with UEFI and secure boot, so you need to perform some additional things to even get the laptop to boot via USB. First of all, disable the fast startup option so Windows can properly shutdown, otherwise you might lose data. Also, you need to click the restart option while pressing shift so you can access the advanced configurations and perform an advanced restart. Then you select the EFI USB option and you will be able to go to the installer. If the installer boots ok and detects your hardware accordingly, you are good to go.

Dual-boot is a bit of a hassle to set up, but single-booting Debian works OK.

Myself, I did not have to disable secure boot or use UEFI on legacy mode or any of that to install Debian, but notice that the live-usb/live-cd does not actually work unless you change the boot parameters to make UEFI work on Legacy note. Also, make sure you set up a /boot/efi partition to make it work.

This page explains UEFI better: https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI

Configuration

Display

This laptop comes with the Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics HD 5500. Debian will work, but you won't be able to get the full experience with the version of xorg that is being shipped with the default stable installation. To get it to work 100%, you need to add the backports repository (as explained on http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ ), and update the xserver-xorg-video-intel package to the latest version with: apt-get install -t jessie-backports xserver-xorg-video-intel, so you can get it to work properly.

Audio

Works out of the box, except for the dolby feature.

Mouse

Works out of the box.

Power Management

Suspending works nicely, and the computer wakes up properly from sleep. I haven't tested hibernation though.

WiFi

You need to add the contrib and non-free repositories on your /etc/apt/sources.list Then, install the firmware-realtek and firmware-atheros packages, then you will be able to use the full wireless stack, plus the bluetooth that does not actually work without the non-free driver.

Modem

System Summary

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI [8086:1604] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 65
        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
        Kernel driver in use: i915

00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller [8086:160c] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 67
        Memory at c1210000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller [8086:9cb1] (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 61
        Memory at c1200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 [8086:9cba] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 64
        Memory at c121a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: mei_me

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller [8086:9ca0] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 66
        Memory at c1214000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:9c90] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
        Memory behind bridge: a0100000-a02fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000a0300000-00000000a04fffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:9c94] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
        Memory behind bridge: c1100000-c11fffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] #00
        Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 [8086:9c96] (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: c1000000-c10fffff
        Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [100] #00
        Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller [8086:9cc5] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
        Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [8086:9c83] (rev 03) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 63
        I/O ports at 4088 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 4094 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 4080 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 4090 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
        Memory at c1218000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
        Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller [8086:9ca2] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:390b]
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
        Memory at c1219000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3821]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 62
        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Memory at c1104000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at c1100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
        Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
        Capabilities: [178] L1 PM Substates
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:4026]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at c1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Expansion ROM at c1080000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable+ 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k

lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc. 
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  iProduct                0 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5986:0652 Acer, Inc 
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  iProduct                1 Lenovo EasyCamera
      (Bus Powered)
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
  iProduct                2 USB2.0-CRW
      (Bus Powered)
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0458:003a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) NetScroll+ Mini Traveler / Genius NetScroll 120
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  iProduct                2 Optical Mouse
      (Bus Powered)
  (Bus Powered)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller

Resources

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

Credits

GustavoRodrigues

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