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[Member tbuser48]

Panasonic CF-M34 MK7. For your enjoyment.

System:    Host: m34 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 gcc: 6.3.0 Desktop: Blackbox
           Distro: antiX-17_386-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Matsushita product: CF-M34CGFLKM v: 007 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Matsushita model: CF-M34-7 v: 007 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Phoenix K.K. v: V7.00L13 date: 02/23/2004
Battery    BATA: charge: 40.4 Wh 94.0% condition: 43.0/44.4 Wh (97%)
           model: Panasonic 2P3S status: Discharging
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) arch: Banias rev.5 cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (sse sse2) bmips: 1995 speed: 1000 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 800x600@60.32hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 1.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 1880 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
           driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq bus-ID: 02:03.0
           IF: eth2 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 32.0GB (17.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TS32GSSD25 size: 32.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 27G used: 3.4G (14%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.8C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 131 Uptime: 31 min Memory: 187.8/487.4MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Unknown : icewm inxi: 2.3.40

• This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by rokytnji.

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[Member CapitanSgrakkio]

Aok tnks again!
Could i put the solid disk as ext4 /root
and the sd card as ext4 /home and swap???

[Anonymous]

I just done the computer in my signature and it all went without issues.

Thanks.

@Dell-Optiplex-360:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: Dell-Optiplex-360 Kernel: 4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0
           Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 Distro: antiX-17_x64-base Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 360 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0T656F v: A01 serial: N/A BIOS: Dell v: A01 date: 11/28/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 6300 (-MCP-) arch: Conroe rev.6 cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7446
           clock speeds: max: 1867 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1867 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV46 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (8.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HD080HJ/ size: 80.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 71G used: 4.3G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 48.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 112 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 136.4/3002.7MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.53 

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

Done on shop emachine 3507 desktop

$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: MX-17_x64 Horizon December 15, 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop System: GATEWAY product: W3507 v: 500 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Intel model: D102GGC2 v: AAD70214-201 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Intel v: GC11020M.15A.2010.2006.0817.0956 date: 08/17/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron D (-UP-) arch: Netburst Prescott rev.4 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6400 speed: 3200 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@85.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter driver: r8712u usb-ID: 001-004
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 444.0GB (1.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3120213A size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Maxtor_5A320J0 size: 323.9GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.1G used: 5.1G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: /home size: 31G used: 211M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.2C mobo: 49.9C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2277 fan-2: 1130 fan-4: 0
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 322.5/1869.1MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.53 

Just install info below. Rebooted OK so far.

..Setting up linux-headers-4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) ...
Setting up linux-image-4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp (4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) 
Warning: Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda2
I: (UUID=a55f5477-b77d-4e07-b34a-d0260ad85959)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Generating grub configuration file ...
using custom appearance settings
Found background image: /usr/share/backgrounds/MXLinux/grub/mxreflection_by_ant_ony.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.14.12-antix.1-amd64-smp
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-1-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.13.0-1-amd64
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
done

Later is laptop upgrades.

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[Member andfree]

BobC wrote:

With 512 mb total memory its very tight for today’s big browsers. If you can’t use Dillo or another very light browser, you could upgrade the memory to 1gb to make it handle more browser windows without bogging down to swap.

Another option would be to switch the hard drive to a 64gb SSD, and use SSD space for swap.

I use Dillo and I also began using Links2 and Epiphany, but even Pale Moon is quite satisfying for me, after I have followed the most of the tips I found in this forum. So, no need for me to upgrade the hardware, I only try to understand more things about the best way of using my existing hardware. Thanks for the help.

SamK wrote:

No.

Thanks.

[Moderator BobC]

I also agree you need to look at what programs are running and reduce the memory use to a minimum.

With 512 mb total memory its very tight for today’s big browsers. If you can’t use Dillo or another very light browser, you could upgrade the memory to 1gb to make it handle more browser windows without bogging down to swap.

Another option would be to switch the hard drive to a 64gb SSD, and use SSD space for swap.

Either or both would make a big difference.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.

[Forum Admin SamK]

andfree wrote:

I edited the file like the one you posted…

Feel free to experiment with the values of vm.swappiness and vm.vfs_cache_pressure to find the values you prefer.

Off Topic

andfree wrote:

Why there’s not a “lz4_compress” line?

No idea.

[Member andfree]

$ sudo touch /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
[sudo] password for zzz: 
zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo geany /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf

I edited the file like the one you posted, I rebooted and now:

$ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness
[sudo] password for zzz: 
vm.swappiness = 10

So, I suppose it’s OK now.

BTW, I have another one question:

$ lsmod | grep zram
zram                    6301  1 
zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo swapon --summary
Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
/dev/sda2                              	partition	2120576	0	-1
/dev/zram1                             	partition	64096	0	100

Why there’s not a “lz4_compress” line?

[Forum Admin SamK]

andfree wrote:

zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness
[sudo] password for zzz:
vm.swappiness = 60
zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=5
vm.swappiness = 5

Is this OK?

Have a look at this file it guides you how to set things up.
most /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl

Create /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
Ownership root:root

Have a look at this post for a real world configuration I have found to work well.
sysctl config

# Uncomment the following two values to improve perceived system performance
# Threshold at which swapping starts
# Values lower than default favour filling physical RAM before beginning to use a swap area 
# Default vm.swappiness=60
vm.swappiness=10
#
# Threshold at which the directory and inode caches are reclaimed
# Values lower than default favour retaining them rather than recovering the memory they occupy
# Default vm.vfs_cache_pressure=100
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50

Reboot to employ the settings.

[Forum Admin SamK]

andfree wrote:

…my main goal is improving performance for low-spec machines (0,5 to 1 gb RAM & old cpu). So, I think that this point is of big relevance with my case:

skidoo wrote:

The host file is loaded into, resides in, RAM. On a low-spec machine, the added overhead from a bloated hosts file (after “subscribing to” various lists which, cumulatively, span 100k+ hostfile entries)… may push your system past the tipping point, necessitating use of slooooow swapfile virtual memory.

So, the question is how to take benefit from adblocking without creating problems like this.

…I don’t use liveboot, I think I have to take somehow into account this point:

…I mostly use pale moon, exactly because of the low-spec machines I use.

Over the years I have run antiX on many different old low spec systems, with RAM ranging from 0.5GB to 1GB. antiX Adblock is always used on them. The prospect of performance being reduced by the use of Adblock has never been observed. If you are concerned that using Adblock might possibly invite the use of swapspace, then zram swapspace works at the speed of your RAM rather than the speed of your hard disk.

In my real world usage, the improved performance of web browsing when using Adblock far outweighs the unrealized concern of increased swapping.

A couple of ideas…

Adblock can be switched on and off as you desire, see the UNBLOCK tick box in its GUI. This might be used to enable blocking only when you want to web browse, and leave it unloaded when it will serve no purpose.

There might be value in using more than one web browser to obtain the performance strengths of each, depending upon the task you want to perform. Think of it this way, would you expect a surgeon to perform an operation using a scalpel or a dinner knife used to eat a meal. Your choice of software and the way in which you use it can pay big dividends.

[Member andfree]

Anonymous wrote:

4) man sysctl and read about vm.swappiness, and verify it is set to a low value (5%)

zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness
[sudo] password for zzz:
vm.swappiness = 60
zzz@zzz:~
$ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=5
vm.swappiness = 5

Is this OK?

[Member andfree]

Many thanks for all this info. I’m afraid it was an omission of mine that I didn’t say that my main goal is improving performance for low-spec machines (0,5 to 1 gb RAM & old cpu). So, I think that this point is of big relevance with my case:

Anonymous wrote:

The host file is loaded into, resides in, RAM. On a low-spec machine, the added overhead from a bloated hosts file (after “subscribing to” various lists which, cumulatively, span 100k+ hostfile entries)… may push your system past the tipping point, necessitating use of slooooow swapfile virtual memory.

So, the question is how to take benefit from adblocking without creating problems like this.

As regards add-ons, defending privacy is of-course a significant focus, but the performance of the system is again the main one. So, although I don’t use liveboot, I think I have to take somehow into account this point:

Anonymous wrote:

Not only does the addon’s blocklist content consume ram (in my usage, after subscribing to multiple lists: twenty-two megabytes), by default it is configured to save-to-disk 4 copies of its datafile (current, plus prior 3 as backups). Further, “all of that” gets re-written each time you edit any of its blocklist rules. In short, it isn’t well-suited to use in a liveboot + toram scenario.

Moreover, I seldom use firefox lately, but I mostly use pale moon, exactly because of the low-spec machines I use.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by andfree.

[Anonymous]

don’t know if I should combine them with a browser adblocking add-on

There’s no one-size-fits-all definitive answer in regard to “should”.
Personally, overall, I regard “blocking via hosts file” as a futile, tail-chasing exercise.
Consider:

• Malvertisers / scammers have a virtually infinite domain namespace to work with.
Blocking effectiveness relegates the blocklist maintainer to continually playing whack-a-mole ~~ trying to keep up with new and ever-changing hostnames.

• The host file is loaded into, resides in, RAM. On a low-spec machine, the added overhead from a bloated hosts file (after “subscribing to” various lists which, cumulatively, span 100k+ hostfile entries)… may push your system past the tipping point, necessitating use of slooooow swapfile virtual memory. edit: specific to using only the 4 blocklists provided via adblock-antix, SamK’s post, below, indicates the overhead has never been observed to be problematic.

• The advert-block tool employs “generalized” lists ~~ lists which the well-meaning list maintainer(s) hope will be useful to you. Although I’ve seldom (never?) noticed any “false positives” within the yoyo list — across the span of a decade now — within several lists I’ve found certain “advertising” blocklist entries with which I did not agree, did not wish to block. Any user who doesn’t know where to look (in order to comment out, aka unblock), to selectively customize the hosts file… can wind up becoming a confused and unhappy camper.

Yes, I do find merit in using one (or all, of the smaller 3) of the lists available via advert-block-antiX. Just bear in mind that their coverage (only 75k worst-offender hostnames) is far from comprehensive.

• each destination blocked via hosts file is blocked across-the-board ~~ for all applications, all schemes (protocols)

=============
further reading:
malwaredomains.com (source of additional blocklists)
wilderssecurity.com (large, longstanding forum w/ subforums dedicated to discussing “privacy” and “security” issues)
ghacks.net (blogsite, articles+commentary re web browsers + addons + privacy + security)
=============

regarding “browser adblocking / privacy add-ons”:

My focus is toward defending privacy. Adblocking (tracking) is an overlapping concern, along with “security/malware”.

In terms of effectiveness, add-on(s) which enable a Default Deny (then selectively whitelist) approach are meritworthy.
Conversely, add-ons which employ blacklisting (“Decentraleyes”, etc.) are merely “easy-peasy to use, feelgood” non-ideal substitutes.

I use (yet do not often “recommend”) RequestPolicyContinued firefox addon.
Its comfortable use requires a bit of fiddling / tweaking / setup (as does uBlockOrigin).
I have used AdblockEdge (moreso in conjunction with “Element Hiding Helper” than for its host blocking), and would mention a caveat ~~ same as I mentioned about “bloated hosts file size” ~~ fourfold. Not only does the addon’s blocklist content consume ram (in my usage, after subscribing to multiple lists: twenty-two megabytes), by default it is configured to save-to-disk 4 copies of its datafile (current, plus prior 3 as backups). Further, “all of that” gets re-written each time you edit any of its blocklist rules. In short, it isn’t well-suited to use in a liveboot + toram scenario.

Use of the aforementioned, and similar, browser add-ons still does not achieve comprehensive “protection”.
(might followup to further discuss this point in a separate topic)

Sound doesn’t work at all, neither speakers nor headphones. The machine is finicky with kernel versions probably due to the Skylake processor or Optimus graphics.

I had to use an older kernel 4.8.10. Any suggestions for a better kernel to use? Sound works in Debian and Knoppix and Windows 10.

Any suggestions? I haven’t found anything that helped. I think its the kernel.

Here is the inxi -Fxz output…
$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: DellXPS15 Kernel: 4.8.10-antix-sid.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.2.1
Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine: Device: laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 v: 1.2.2 serial: N/A
Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 v: A00 serial: N/A UEFI: Dell v: 1.2.2 date: 01/22/2017
Battery BAT0: charge: 72.5 Wh 100.0% condition: 72.5/74.0 Wh (98%)
model: SIMPLO Dell status: Full
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-6700HQ (-MT-MCP-) arch: Skylake-S rev.3 cache: 6144 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 20744
clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 1700 MHz 2: 1524 MHz 3: 1698 MHz 4: 1699 MHz
5: 1320 MHz 6: 1579 MHz 7: 1681 MHz 8: 1670 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] bus-ID: 02:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1680×1050@59.95hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
version: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.8.10-antix-sid.1-amd64-smp
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-3: Atmel usb-ID: 001-004
IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1256.3GB (2.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: MTFDDAV256MBF size: 256.1GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST1000LM014 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 21G used: 5.1G (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: swap-1 size: 32.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb6
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 37.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 242 Uptime: 3 days Memory: 1886.3/15912.2MB
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.53

aplay output
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3246 Analog [ALC3246 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel – HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xdf428000 irq 132

$ tree /proc/asound -L 2
/proc/asound
├── card0
│ ├── codec#0
│ ├── codec#2
│ ├── eld#2.0
│ ├── eld#2.1
│ ├── eld#2.2
│ ├── id
│ ├── pcm0c
│ ├── pcm0p
│ ├── pcm3p
│ ├── pcm7p
│ └── pcm8p
├── cards
├── devices
├── hwdep
├── modules
├── oss
│ ├── devices
│ └── sndstat
├── PCH -> card0
├── pcm
├── seq
├── timers
└── version

9 directories, 15 files

lspci -v output
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H HD Audio
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 132
Memory at df428000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at df400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

dmesg output
$ dmesg | grep ’00:1f.3′
[ 1.021141] pci 0000:00:1f.3: [8086:a170] type 00 class 0x040300
[ 1.021160] pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 0x10: [mem 0xdf428000-0xdf42bfff 64bit]
[ 1.021183] pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 0x20: [mem 0xdf400000-0xdf40ffff 64bit]
[ 1.021226] pci 0000:00:1f.3: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
[ 1.021357] pci 0000:00:1f.3: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 4.155286] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 5.523637] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 6.969899] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input13
[ 6.970024] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input14
[ 6.970128] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input15
[ 6.970236] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input16

• This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.

This is my first time to install linux distro to hard drive. And I found some problem that the backlight control in “Preferences” menu and “Fn button” is not working on Toshiba Satellite M200.

The specs:

System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine: Device: other-vm? System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite M200 v: PSMC0L-00P00C serial: N/A
Mobo: Intel model: CAPELL VALLEY(NAPA) CRB serial: N/A BIOS: Phoenix v: 1.20 date: 06/26/2007
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 T5300 (-MCP-) arch: Conroe rev.2 cache: 2048 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 6918
clock speeds: max: 1733 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1067 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel Resolution: 1280×800@59.91hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
driver: ath5k bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (6.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54161 size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.6G used: 2.8G (31%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /home size: 97G used: 1002M (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: 40.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 160 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 129.5/1993.4MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
Client: Shell wrapper inxi: 2.3.40

And here’s some info

$ ls /sys/class/backlight/
acpi_video0 intel_backlight

$ cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness
3984375

$ cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
3984375

$ cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness
3984375

I already tried to change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”acpi_backlight=vendor”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”acpi_osi=Linux”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”acpi_backlight=intel”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”acpi_backlight=intel acpi_osi=Linux”

but none of them are working, did I miss something ?