Comments on: Fedora on Samsung X120 notebook http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/ surveying sub-optimal solutions Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:07:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: flo http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-221 flo Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:35:08 +0000 http://hisdeedsaredust.com/?p=71#comment-221 On further investigation, the problem with the keyboard seems to be the same as with other Samsung laptops, which means they need a patch for keyboard quirks in the kernel driver. Here's a <a href="http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/48730/" rel="nofollow">patch for the Samsung Q320</a> by Nick Gasson. I'm building a kernel (following the <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel" rel="nofollow">instructions</a>) with an appropriately modified patch right now, but it looks hopeful. On further investigation, the problem with the keyboard seems to be the same as with other Samsung laptops, which means they need a patch for keyboard quirks in the kernel driver. Here’s a patch for the Samsung Q320 by Nick Gasson. I’m building a kernel (following the instructions) with an appropriately modified patch right now, but it looks hopeful.

]]> By: flo http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-219 flo Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:23:56 +0000 http://hisdeedsaredust.com/?p=71#comment-219 No, they don't. I've experimented with connecting the keys up to events, but when I tried to dim the display, it was as if the key automatically repeated, dimming the display but then not accepting any other key presses. I'll have to investigate more, because I've never tried touching this before For what it's worth, I tried editing the file /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-misc.fdi and adding the following lines to the Samsung section: <pre> <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" string="X120/X170"> <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e008:brightnessup</append> <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e009:brightnessdown<append> </match> </pre> I restarted the machine to get my keyboard back. I really should read the documentation :-) No, they don’t. I’ve experimented with connecting the keys up to events, but when I tried to dim the display, it was as if the key automatically repeated, dimming the display but then not accepting any other key presses. I’ll have to investigate more, because I’ve never tried touching this before

For what it’s worth, I tried editing the file /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/30-keymap-misc.fdi and adding the following lines to the Samsung section:

<match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" string="X120/X170">
 <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e008:brightnessup</append>
  <append key="input.keymap.data" type="strlist">e009:brightnessdown<append>
</match>

I restarted the machine to get my keyboard back. I really should read the documentation :-)

]]> By: Rob http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Rob Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:36:41 +0000 http://hisdeedsaredust.com/?p=71#comment-218 Hey, I've just installed Fedora 11 on an X120. Do the brightness up and down keys work for you? They don't under Linux here. Rob Hey,

I’ve just installed Fedora 11 on an X120. Do the brightness up and down keys work for you? They don’t under Linux here.

Rob

]]> By: flo http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-213 flo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:54:23 +0000 http://hisdeedsaredust.com/?p=71#comment-213 I'd been meaning to post some more about this, so thanks for the question. I haven't measured the battery life yet. I'll stick it on charge now, and see what it reports at 100%, then I'll let it discharge in idle, while preventing the display from turning off, and see what it reports. I connected it up to my full HD TV the other day with an HDMI cable and used <tt>xrandr</tt> to switch displays over. There is the usual "switch displays" icon on the Fn-F4 key, but I haven't figured out how to make that do the switch automatically, yet. It felt very strange, using a laptop with a 37" display. The card reader takes SD cards. I plugged in a 16 GB SDHC card from my camera, and F-Spot quite happily grabbed the photos from it, no problem. The webcam was automatically used when I installed and fired up Cheese. Capturing video clips in Cheese seemed sluggish and choppy, but I didn't experiment further because I have no interest in using that. I haven't yet managed to send a picture to it from my phone with bluetooth, or the other direction, which I used to do all the time on my Vaio. That needs investigating, but I've always found it tricky to know exactly which bluetooth packages I should be installing. My single gripe about the keyboard is that the backslash key has moved from where it should be, at the left of the Z, to just left of the right shift key. What I am missing, over my old Sony Vaio VGN-TX1XP, is an external volume control and a switch to turn off the wireless and bluetooth, but they are not big issues. I certainly think this is a fine replacement. I’d been meaning to post some more about this, so thanks for the question. I haven’t measured the battery life yet. I’ll stick it on charge now, and see what it reports at 100%, then I’ll let it discharge in idle, while preventing the display from turning off, and see what it reports.

I connected it up to my full HD TV the other day with an HDMI cable and used xrandr to switch displays over. There is the usual “switch displays” icon on the Fn-F4 key, but I haven’t figured out how to make that do the switch automatically, yet. It felt very strange, using a laptop with a 37″ display.

The card reader takes SD cards. I plugged in a 16 GB SDHC card from my camera, and F-Spot quite happily grabbed the photos from it, no problem.

The webcam was automatically used when I installed and fired up Cheese. Capturing video clips in Cheese seemed sluggish and choppy, but I didn’t experiment further because I have no interest in using that.

I haven’t yet managed to send a picture to it from my phone with bluetooth, or the other direction, which I used to do all the time on my Vaio. That needs investigating, but I’ve always found it tricky to know exactly which bluetooth packages I should be installing.

My single gripe about the keyboard is that the backslash key has moved from where it should be, at the left of the Z, to just left of the right shift key.

What I am missing, over my old Sony Vaio VGN-TX1XP, is an external volume control and a switch to turn off the wireless and bluetooth, but they are not big issues. I certainly think this is a fine replacement.

]]> By: alpha http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2009/09/fedora-on-samsung-x120-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-212 alpha Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:40:50 +0000 http://hisdeedsaredust.com/?p=71#comment-212 Hello, do you have any news about this laptop life? I am looking for A4-size low-weight notebook right now. And X120 seems to be good. How does it work with HDMI, card reader, webcam in current Fedora? What can you say about its temperature? Thanks in advance. Hello, do you have any news about this laptop life?

I am looking for A4-size low-weight notebook right now. And X120 seems to be good.
How does it work with HDMI, card reader, webcam in current Fedora?

What can you say about its temperature?

Thanks in advance.

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