Zepto Znote 6214W
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[edit] Introduction
The Zepto Znote 6214W is a nice laptop, or rather a really small and light desktop replacement.
It is build upon the Intel NAPA platform with i945PM Chipset, Core Duo CPU and ipw3945 wireless.
Remember to update the BIOS on ftp.zepto.dk/Firmware/Bios/6214W
[edit] What does work?
3D Acceleration using the latest nvidia driver
Wireless using ipw3945
Wired network using r1000 (included in arch stock kernel)
Suspend to swap. though it was really slow to suspend.
20/2-07:Texas Instrument card reader works, some drivers are loaded but to make the card reader working just add tifm_sd in the module section from rc.conf
20/2-07:TV output is fine with nvidia driver and an appropriate xorg.conf, either dual screen or twinview mode.
[edit] What does not work?
CPU Frequency scaling. Any attempt to load speedstep-centrino results in No Such Device.
13/2-07: Frequency scaling should work with bios version 1.17 at least it does on my 6214W
[edit] Not tested
Texas Intrument card reader, there's currently a developement running to make it work here and here
Bluetooth (but I see no reason why it shouldn't work)
TV-Out
[edit] Installation
Installation is a little problematic because the network drivers did not make it to the CD release so I recommend installing base only and then manually install network drivers (wired drivers can be downloaded at www.realtek.com.tw). After manually installing (and loading) the drivers update with pacman -Syu to get the latest kernel with both wifi and wired network support.
[edit] Configurations
[edit] Kernel boot options
Boot the kernel with noapic because the BIOS is a little buggy. This prevents random freezes when watching DVD's, gaming etc.
[edit] rc.conf
My MODULES looks like this:
MODULES=(!ata_piix ahci !hw_random r1000 ipw3945)
This makes sure eth1 is wired network and eth2 is wireless. The hw_random module seems to fail on this laptop so I blacklist it.
[edit] Graphic Card and Xorg
This laptop has a GeForce Go 7600 graphic card and works only with the proprietary nvidia driver (or vesa). Native resolution is only possible with the nvidia driver.
The monitor runs at 1280x768 60Hz, so remember to add "1280x768" to Modes
[edit] Wireless
You have to use ipw3945 in order to make your wifi connection work.
pacman -Sy ipw3945
will install the necessary packages (for the stock kernel that is)
Then add ipw3945d to DAEMONS in rc.conf. See wireless setup for additional information on wireless networking
[edit] Sound
The sound will work out of the box, make sure you have:
pacman -Sy alsa-lib alsa-utils
packages installed, and add yourself to audio group.
To get volume hotkeys to work create ~/.Xmodmap with:
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
(If you use openbox don't forget to map the XF86xxxxxx keys in rc.xml)
[edit] External Links
- This report has been listed in the Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Survey: Zepto.