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Models covered
Samsung Series 3 305V5A S01

Sub-models (NP305V5A-S01DE) options :
- Internal video: AMD Radeon HD 6520G; Discrete video: AMD Radeon HD 6470
- 15.6" TFT wide
- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 wireless card
- 640 GB - Serial ATA-300 - 5400 rpm; 6 GB DDR3 SDRAM - 1333 MHz; DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - 3 in 1 card reader (SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card); (Fast/Gigabit) Ethernet; 1.3 Megapixel Webcam

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

[?]

Xorg

X-(

- OpenGL

[?]

- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)

[?]

Switch to External Screen

[?]

Mouse

- Built-in (Touchpad)

{i}

Wireless/Wifi

{OK}

Keyboard's Hotkeys

[?]

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

{X} There is currently (i.e. January 2012 in wheezy) a bug that leaves you with a blank screen after booting into a fresh install. This is a problem with kernel 3.1.0's radeon module. I usually create a current grml CD before a fresh install to get a first impression about what will work; grml64 boots slowly but works ok on the hardware. I used that grml64 CD to blacklist radeon.ko in /etc/modprobe.d (I created a new file called local.conf that just contains the line blacklist radeon). After that a newly booted system also actually displays something on screen ;-). Adding video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=792 as boot options helped also a bit.

I've also tested kernel 3.2.0-rc7 from experimental. This seems to fix the issue with radeon.ko.

NB: The netinstall for wheezy had an issue with DHCP (as well on Ethernet as on WLAN). Statically configuring the IP-address did the trick.

Firmware is needed for the ethernet adapter and for the video adapters. You should install packages firmware-linux-nonfree and firmware-realtek.

Configuration

Display

This is a model with two graphics cards (one for power saving and one for improved 3D performance): Internal video card is an AMD Radeon HD 6520G, discrete video card is an AMD Radeon HD 6470.

The vesafb works without a xorg.conf but yields unsatisfying performance. Because of the radeon issue in kernel 3.1.0 Xorg's radeon driver doesn't work either. So AMD's proprietary fglrx xserver is currently the only option. I used Xorg -configure and aticonfig (from package fglrx-driver) to create an xorg.conf. Manual configuration wasn't necessary.

With kernel 3.2.0-rc7 Xorg's radeon driver seems to work as expected (with radeon.ko loaded and kernel-mode-switching enabled). I haven't tested vga_switcheroo yet.

Audio

Sound worked out of the box for me.

Mouse

The built-in Elan touchpad isn't correctly detected by kernel 3.1.0; it is identified as a Logitech wheel mouse instead thus Xorg's synaptics driver doesn't work OOTB. After applying an external patch via dkms this issue was solved, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652678 for details.

Kernel 3.2.0-rc7 has support for Elan touchpad built in.

Power Management

Hibernation doesn't seem to work with the proprietary fglrx driver but I haven't tried seriously. I will do when kernel 3.2.0 enters wheezy and I can use Xorg's radeon driver.

WiFi

This is an Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 wireless card. It works OOTB.

System Summary

lspci

lspci -vnn 

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705]
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9647] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c609]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
        Memory at a0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
        Memory at feb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci

00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1714]
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1714]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
        Memory at feb44000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1707] (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: d0100000-d02fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0300000-00000000d04fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1234]
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1708] (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: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000b0000000-00000000bfffffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1234]
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1709] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000d00fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1234]
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7801] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 41
        I/O ports at f140 [size=8]
        I/O ports at f130 [size=4]
        I/O ports at f120 [size=8]
        I/O ports at f110 [size=4]
        I/O ports at f100 [size=16]
        Memory at feb50000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [70] SATA HBA v1.0
        Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at feb4f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at feb4e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at feb4d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at feb4c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 13)
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at feb40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=64

00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7809] (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at feb4b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:14.7 SD Host controller [0805]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SD Flash Controller [1022:7806] (prog-if 01)
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SD Flash Controller [1022:7806]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 39, IRQ 16
        Memory at feb4a000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci

00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:43a0] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:0000]
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:43a2] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
        Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:0000]
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at feb49000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at feb48000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [e4] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00e0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [f0] Secure device <?>
        Kernel driver in use: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
        Flags: fast devsel

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M Series] [1002:6760] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c609]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
        Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at fea20000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c608]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40
        I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
        Memory at d0004000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, 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
        Kernel driver in use: r8169

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:4101]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at fe900000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-15-17-ff-ff-24-14-12
        Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k

lsusb

lsusb -v | grep -E '\<(Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)' 2>/dev/null 

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 EHCI Host Controller
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  iProduct                2 OHCI Host Controller
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 2232:1008  
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  iProduct                2 WebCam SCB-1100N
      (Bus Powered)
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  (Bus Powered)

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

Resources

Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs.

  • [get | view] (2012-01-05 01:27:17, 10.0 KB) [[attachment:dmidecode.Samsung_Series_3_305V5A_S01.txt]]
  • [get | view] (2012-01-05 01:27:56, 3.8 KB) [[attachment:lsmod.Samsung_Series_3_305V5A_S01.txt]]
  • [get | view] (2012-01-05 01:26:38, 14.0 KB) [[attachment:xorg.conf.Samsung_Series_3_305V5A_S01]]
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