Installing Mandriva 2006 x86_64 on Medion MD42284-CAD2000 laptop

Added october 2005 ~ Last update: july the 15th, 2006 - 04:46 pm

Actually updating this report - Not yet finished, but very soon (time will tell)...

General Hardware Specifications

Motherboard D470K VIA K8T800
AMD64 Athlon 3200+ 2.0 Ghz 1Mo L2 AMD PowerNow! 800 Mhz ~ 2000 Mhz
2 x 512Mo Corsair Value Select Pc2700 333Mhz
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128Mo (M11)
HDD Hitachi 60 Go 7200 rpm IC25N060ATMR04-0 (not the original one)
Screen WXGA 17.0" 16/10 60Hz
Built'in screen Webcam Sansun SN-510[hv713d]
Sound 5:1 VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]
DVD-RW Matshita Dvd-Ram UJ-811
4in1 Memory Card Slot
Gigabit Ethernet 1000/100/10 Mbs RTL-8169
Internal WiFi 54g ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]
3 x USB2
1 x Firewire IEEE-1394 Controller (PHY/Link)
1 x PCMCIA
1 x IR
1 x Tv/out
1 x serial
1 x parallelle
1 x VGA
BIOS Phoenix 4.06CJ15

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
AMD64 Athlon 3200+ Athlon PowerNow! 800 Mhz-2000 MHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
17.0" WXGA+ TFT Display	Works at native resolution 1440x900 24bits	Select Generic LCD Display in Installer
ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 128 MB Video ( ATI RV350 M11 )	Works	Choose fglx driver at install stage Finished install and next Download ATI Linux driver from ATI website if you want benefit OpenGl and 3D acceleration - Goes fine ! MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
2 x 512 MB Corsair DDRAM 333 Mhz	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Hitachi TravelStar 60 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive 7.200 rpm	Works greatly	No special procedure required during installation Not the original one, who was an Hitachi 4.200 rpm 7.200rpm instead 4.200rpm really boosts your lap
Modular Floppy Drive	None
Gigabit Ethernet 1000/100/10 Mbs RTL-8169	Works greatly	load r8169 to work Not tested in 1000 Mbs mode
Internal 56k Modem VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Modem]	Doesn't Work - WinModem	In progress
DVD-RW Matshita Dvd-Ram UJ-811	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal Prism Javelin/Xbow Wireless Networking chipset	Doesn't Work	Given up - impossible cause softmodem firmware ISL 3886
Standard 8-cells Lithium-Ion Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation
AC'97	Works	5:1 Need ALSA - works fine
Bluetooth MSI USB Dongle	Works fine	Use Mandriva 2006 native's Bluetooth packages
Built'in Webcam Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.Sansun SN-510	Works	Use SPCA5xx module

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.12-12mdk x86_64 Mandriva 2006 PowerPack

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:05.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
00:0e.0 Mass storage controller: Winbond Electronics Corp: Unknown device 8481 (rev 01)
00:0e.1 Mass storage controller: Winbond Electronics Corp: Unknown device 8482 (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10](not recognized perfectly, that's a 9700 M11 chip)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

lsusb:

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0ac8:301b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Sansun SN-510 WebCam [hv713d]
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0db0:6970 Micro Star International (bluetooth dongle ~ works greatly)

Basic Installation of Mandriva 2006 x86_64:

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Setting up additional features for Mandriva 2006 x86_64

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Unresolved issues

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Configuration Files

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More Specific Information:

df -hl:
/dev/hda5 8,2G 5,5G 2,4G 70% /
/dev/hda7 26G 6,9G 19G 28% /home
/dev/hda1 20G 14G 5,7G 72% /mnt/win_c
/dev/hda3 1,9G 1,2G 692M 64% /mnt/win_d

glxinfo:OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)