MSI X340 slim - install review

[sshlyk]

fix for the touchpad should be released with a new kernel .32

[iztok.jeras]

Ciao,

I installed Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) 64bit on my MSI x340 (the version with the SU3500 cpu).

The installation went smooth except for the next things:
- camera
- mic
- touchpad
- SM card reader, I have not tried it yet
- Adobe flash (links not working, maybe mouse clicks not working?)

The camera problem was easy, since the new kernel has USB camera support integrated, all I had to do, was to manualy enable it (Fn+F6).

I am not sure about the mic, it might not have been working properly at the beginning, but now it works fine. I did a kernel update to 2.6.32 and back to 2.6.31, and played with the configuration (check if it is not muted).

The touchpad is a problem, it is a Sentelic not a Synaptics, there are problems on windows too (scroll not working) see this post:
http://slashstar.com/blogs/alex/arch...ad-driver.aspx
There is a GPL driver for this touchpad and it should be present in kernel 2.6.32, but I was not yet able to make it work.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/311869

I will spend some more time trying to fix the touchpad and later probably create a PPA with the fix, but I have to find some help first.

About the flash problem, I will probably wait for Adobe to release the 4bit flash 10.1

Iztok Jeras

[sshlyk]

Does anyone have problems with the fan when computer is Idling? It adjusts to the load but never stops, which I find annoying

[koekiemonster]

i managed to fix the touchpad issues and made a howto. its post 30 and 31 in the launchpad topic:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/311869

[gregology]

I'm very impressed with MSi X340, it's worked out of the box on Mint 8 i386 (ubuntu 9.10)

[gregology]

I'm really struggling with the mouse pad, it's nearly a two handed job, I'm a bit disappointed

[gregology]

Now my hard drive is failing and the z key is intermittent... arrrgh... Not happy after only 3 weeks.

"Disk has many bad sectors, backup all data and replace disk"

I'll be getting in contact with MSi.

[whatname]

Does anyone have problems with the fan when computer is Idling? It adjusts to the load but never stops, which I find annoying

I have MSI x600 and I have the same issue, have you addressed it yet?

[blah500]

I have the X-Slim 600. I installed lynx and my toggle fn+f6 does not turn on the webcam like it doe in windows. Is there a way to do this with code or as root or something?

[gregology]

I'm back baby! New x340 is working a treat, running 9.10. everything works except the inbuilt mic which is odd because the mic input works. I'm pretty sure it must be a switch somewhere.