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Lenovo Thinkpad X200S
WiFi
Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
Issues:
Sometimes it stops TXing (on 5GHz band).
- /etc/sysctl.d/ecn.conf
net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0
systemctl restart systemd-sysctl
2nd workaround (disable power saving):
- /etc/udev/rules.d/81-wifi-powersave.rules
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="wl*", RUN+="/usr/bin/iw dev $name set power_save off"
- /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
option iwlwifi power_save=0
GPU
High CPU usage during movie playback in web browser.
i965 in GM45 chipset
sudo apt install vainfo vainfo vainfo: VA-API version: 1.10 (libva 2.10.0) vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) GM45 Express Chipset - 2.4.1 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
sudo apt install intel-gpu-tools sudo intel_gpu_top
sudo apt-cache show i965-va-driver-shaders ... This package contains also contains the non-free encode shaders for VP8, VP9, HEVC and AVC for generation 7.5 hardware or newer.
sudo apt install libvdpau-va-gl1
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "sna" Option "TearFree" "true" Option "SwapbuffersWait" "false" EndSection
Fingerprint reader
apt-get install libpam-fprintd fprintd
https://wiki.debian.org/SecurityManagement/fingerprint%20authentication
sudo usermod -a -G plugdev $USER
First run fprintd-enroll, then fprintd-verify
To add a signature for a finger, run
$ fprintd-enroll
or create a new signature for all fingers
$ fprintd-delete “$USER” $ for finger in {left,right}-{thumb,{index,middle,ring,little}-finger}; do fprintd-enroll -f “$finger” “$USER”; done
sudo pam-auth-update
or
# If you want the fingerprint to be sufficient, add this at the top of the commands (do it multiple times for however many attempts you want to allow): auth sufficient pam_fprint.so
GSM Modem
Software
- wammu / gammu
- gnokii
No sound from docking station
Plug-in headset jack and then run command
alsactl init Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)" "HDA:14f15051,17aa20ff,00100000" "0x17aa" "0x20f2" Hardware is initialized using a generic method