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Models covered
COMMERCIAL NAME: Prestige 14 A10RB

Sub-models (LIST OF MODEL REFERENCE NUMBER) options :
- Video card (Intel Corporation ?CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]) (adapt this list to actually match options available. Common features are listed below)
- Screen size (14" wide)
- Wireless card (Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi)
- Disk (500GB NVMe SSD) and Ram size (8GB DDR4), optical device (Not Present)
- Other options, like fingerprint reader, bluetooth...

Overall Status

Core Components

[ATTACH]

Boot Standard Kernel:

{OK}

LAN network card:

{OK}

Detect CD/DVD:

{OK}

Detect hard drives:

{OK}

Secure boot:

/!\

Extra Features

CPU Frequency Scaling

[?]

Hibernation

{OK}

Sleep / Suspend

{OK}

Xorg

{OK}

- OpenGL

[?]

- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)

{OK}

Switch to External Screen

{OK}

Mouse

- Built-in (Trackpoint)

{OK}

- Built-in (Touchpad)

{OK}

LAN

{OK}

Wireless/Wifi

{i}

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

Configuration

Installed Debian11 bullseye on MSI Prestige 14 A10RB, Most of the features are working fine, but there seems to be an issue with UEFI boot turned on. I have installed Debian bullseye alongside Windows which was already shipped with this laptop. I have tried disabling UEFI and Fastboot and enabled the Legacy BIOS to install Debian. I was able to install it successfully but to my surprise GRUB was not able to detect the Windows, it can be accessed only when I go to BIOS and turn on the UEFI and Fastboot but in that case, I am not able to access Debian. For accessing Debian I need to switch to Legacy BIOS and disable the Fastboot.

I tried installing twice, in the first case I installed using the GUI-based installer where I was warned about configuring a GPT partition table on the BIOS, which I have ignored as the partition table was MBR and didn't want to format the whole disk (Have a look at the attached screenshot for reference GPT Warning). In the second case, I used the TUI-based installer where I wasn't warned about creating the GPT-based partition table.

Display

Works out of the box

Audio

Works, including internal mic.

Mouse

Touchpad and trackpoint works

Power Management

Hibernation works fine.

WiFi

WiFi doesn't work out of the box, need to add the "non-free" component to the apt sources.

Installation

  1. Add a "non-free" component to the apt sources.

  2. Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-iwlwifi package: 

    # apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi

  3. As the iwlwifi module is automatically loaded for supported devices, reinsert this module to access installed firmware: 

    # modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi

  4. Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

LAN

The LAN is working fine

NVIDIA Drivers

Installation

After enabling npn-free repositories, Install the Nvidia Detect Utility with: 

$ sudo apt install nvidia-detect

Detect and Install Drivers using Nvidia Detect Utility to check the model of GPU and get a compatible driver recommendation 

$ sudo nvidia-detect
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
02:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX250] [10de:1d13] (rev a1)

Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX250] (rev a1)
Your card is supported by the default drivers.
Your card is also supported by the Tesla 460 drivers series.
Your card is also supported by the Tesla 450 drivers series.
Your card is also supported by the Tesla 418 drivers series.
It is recommended to install the
    nvidia-driver
package.

Install the recommended driver 

sudo apt install nvidia-driver

It complains about the conflicting module with the already installed module in the kernel, to fix this TUI recommends rebooting the machine.

NVIDIA Installation Logs

System Summary

lspci

$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake-U v1 4c Host Bridge/DRAM Controller [8086:9b61] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] [8086:9b41] (rev 02)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem [8086:1903] (rev 0c)
00:12.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake Thermal Subsytem [8086:02f9]
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:02ed]
00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP Shared SRAM [8086:02ef]
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi [8086:02f0]
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Serial IO I2C Host Controller [8086:02e8]
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake Management Engine Interface [8086:02e0]
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:02b8] (rev f0)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:02bc] (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:02b0] (rev f0)
00:1d.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:02b4] (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP LPC Premium Controller/eSPI Controller [8086:0284]
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS [8086:02c8]
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-LP SMBus Host Controller [8086:02a3]
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake SPI (flash) Controller [8086:02a4]
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5250 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5250] (rev 01)
02:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX250] [10de:1d13] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 [144d:a808]
04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06)
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06)
05:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06)
05:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06)
05:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06)
06:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 NHI [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15eb] (rev 06)
3a:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ec] (rev 06)

lsusb

$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 06cb:009b Synaptics, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

$ sudo lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | grep -E '\<(^Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)'
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  iProduct                2 AX88179A
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         3 
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  iProduct                2 xHCI Host Controller
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 003: ID 06cb:009b Synaptics, Inc. 
  bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
  bDeviceProtocol       255 
  iProduct                0 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. 
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  iProduct                0 
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

USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.

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Some configuration files and sample outputs.

  • [get | view] (2022-06-13 18:27:36, 312.0 KB) [[attachment:GPT Warning]]
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