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This document describes briefly how to install Debian GNU/Linux on a Medion MD9703 notebook which realy is a FIC A360. According to this page the MD9703 is similar to the Gericom 1st Supersonic M6T.
features
- processor: Intel Pentium III 1200MHz
- chipset:
- VIA Apollo MVP3/Pro133x
- Cardbus: O2 Micro OZ6933/711E1
- USB: VT82xxxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
- Firewire: Agere Systems FW323
- video card: ATI Radeon Mobility M6
- display: 14,1" TFT
- memory: 256 MB
- hard drive: Hitachi DK23CA-30 30 GB
- optical storage device: NEC CB-2100A Slim Line DVD/CDRW
- floppy disk drive
sound card: VIA V!T82C686 AC97
- ethernet device: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
modem: Ambient Tec. Inc HAM 56k modem - whith Intel MD563X-HaM chipset
- pointing device: Synaptics Touchpad SynPS/2
compatibility
It's easier to specify all things that don't work. Here you go.
- Suspend-to-RAM
Suspend to RAM isn't available (cat /sys/power/state doesn't lists mem) - I think it's a problem with DSDT
- Modem
With the output of linmodems.org scanModem utility I figured out that the modem has an Intel MD563X-HaM chipset. Information about Linux driver can be found here. Unfortunately it doesn't work with 2.6.x kernel versions.
installation
The installation of Debian Etch (with Debian Installer snapshot 06/29/06) worked smoothly. You only have to download a CD image and burn it. Start your notebook, boot from CD by pressing Esc and follow the installers instructions.
Some important points and how I took my choice:
Partition disks
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) --------------------------------------------------------------------- hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 [/] 6999,72 hda5 Logical Linux Swap / Solaris 764,96 hda6 Logical Linux ext3 [/home] 32292,45
Debian software selection:
[*] Desktop environment . . . [*] Laptop [*] Standard system
- Install the Grub boot loader to the master boot record
That's it. Reboot and login.
configuration
x.org
My x-server runs with standard configuration. This is my xorg.conf.
With xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.5.8.0-1) and hardware acceleration enabled I have several problems:
Running at depth 24 freezes the machine (bug report) - a solution is to change the depth to 16
touchpad
The touchpad runs out of the box. If you want to configure it to your needs just install a tool like gsynaptics.
special keys
There are three special keys above the keyboard. I used Gnome's keyboard shortcuts utility to configure them.
misc
Somethimes the machine slows down with no reason. top shows me a load average > 3. I could remember the same problem with Windoze.
I think I found the problem: After cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling I realized that the CPU sometimes runs in T15-state. That means 93% of CPU performance are lost because of throttling.
- Time to find the cause...
- It seems that this happens after the CPU gets realy hot.
Some people talked about this problem in a German discussion board
- Time to find the cause...
hints
German Manual - deutsches BenutzerInnenhandbuch
latest Bios update - version 1.0ma/mb
