MSI Wind U100
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Introduction
This article pertains to the MSI Wind U100 netbook/sub-notebook.
Hardware
* CPU: Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz * RAM: 1024 Mb, DDR2 667Mhz (optional) * HDD: WD 80Gb SATA (optional) * VGA: Intel 945 GME, 64 MB DDR * LCD: 1024x600, 10.2" widescreen * WLAN: Realtek RTL8187SE , 802.11 a/b/g * LAN: Realtek RTL8101/02 * CAM: 1.3 Mpix * BAT: LI-ON 3 cell 2200 mAh, 2 hours (optional) * bluetooth, card reader, 3x USB 2.0
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)
Some have other wireless cards:
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Installation
There are several possible ways to install Arch onto an MSI Wind U100. You can boot either from a USB Stick / Memory Card, or from an external CD/DVD drive using the
Installation from external CD/DVD drive
Refer to this section of the Beginner's Guide for instructions on obtaining an iso image and burning to a CD. Then, hook up the external USB drive to the notebook. You will need to hold the F11 key while booting in order to get to the boot device menu. Select the drive and install as normal.
Installation from USB Flash Drive / Memory Card
Refer to this section of the Beginner's Guide for instructions on obtaining an iso image and writing it to a USB drive or flash memory card. Then, plug in the flash drive or memory card. You will need to hold the F11 key while booting in order to get to the boot device menu. Select the drive and install as normal.
Multimedia
Audio
Audio is supported through ALSA with virtually no configuration. Following the ALSA Section of the Beginner's Guide should be all that is needed.
Video
Use the native Intel video driver, intel. It can be found in pacman as the package xf86-video-intel, although installing Xorg should pull this in by default. Aside from that, there are no out-of-the-ordinary configuration steps, refer to this section of the Beginner's Guide for additional setup instructions.
Webcam
The webcam should be supported through the uvcvideo module. It should be loaded by default, but if not, then do:
modprobe uvcvideo
To load the webcam driver automatically you may need to add uvcvideo to the MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf.
MODULES=(uvcvideo)
Webcam use 640x480 resolution. As a warning, recording video with higher resolutions may result in a lower framerate.
Don't forget to activate the Webcam with the hotkey Fn+F6
Networking
Wireless
You will need to determine which card your Wind has -- some have an a/b/g Realtek 8187', some have a b/g/n Ralink RT2860, and some have a b/g/n Atheros AR928X card. To determine which card you have, run:
lspci
and check if you have a Ralink entry, or two Realtek entries. (The ethernet adaptor is Realtek, so if you have the Realtek wireless card, you will see two seperate pci entries for that company).
Realtek Cards
MSI Wind U100 includes buggy Wi-Fi 802.11b/g adapter rtl8187se from Realtek.
Since kernel 2.6.29 there's a working driver included in staging line. The module is
rtl8187se
Kernel <= 2.6.28
First at all download PKGBUILD from AUR. After that probing under root this driver.
modprobe r8180
for additional information see this page.
Ralink Cards
This card works well, but drivers are not included by default. Download the RT2860 package tarball from the AUR. To install, as a NON-ROOT user,
tar zxfv rt2860.tar.gz cd rt2860 makepkg PKGBUILD
and follow the on-screen instructions. Then,
# modprobe rt2860
and the card should be working as expected. It will show up in iwconfig as interface ra0.
Atheros Cards
TODO
LAN
Only for kernels <= 2.26.27 ! There is a problem with the stock driver in kernel <= 2.6.27.
The stock driver r8169 doesn't work. You can download the r8101 driver from the AUR. However, there is no PKGBUILD file at the moment, the driver must be compiled from source. Then as root
# modprobe r8180
After an upgrade to kernel 2.6.27, the module can be unloaded, and r8169 used instead.
Memory Stick Reader
The multi-card reader appears to work out of the box.
Power Management
Pm-utils may work out of the box, however it may require you to add the resume hook and remove the autodetect hook before it will work correctly
Links
msiwind.net – vortal featuring information about whole Wind family. It also maintains wiki (msiwind.net's Arch Linux wiki article) and forum for Winds users community.