Victor : Ubuntu 12.04.2 (x64), Ubuntu 13.04 (x64), Ubuntu 13.10 (x64), Ubuntu 14.04 (x64), Ubuntu 16.04 (x64)
Ubuntu 16.04 works perfectly with this laptop! Everything works without having to tweak the kernel.
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Name | F301A-RX073V |
Processor | Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core B970 2.3 GHz |
Screen | 13.3“ 16:9 1366 x 768 LED |
RAM | DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM, 4096 Mo |
HDD | 500 Go 5400 rpm |
Optical Drive | No optical drive |
Graphics | Intel® HD2000 Graphics |
Network | Wifi 802.11 b/g/n, 10/100/1000 Base T |
Connectors | 1 x jack audio combo, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x jack RJ45 LAN, 1 x HDMI |
The version mentionned are Ubuntu distributions
Device | 12.04 | 13.04 | 13.10 | 14.04 | 16.04 | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Processor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
HDD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Graphics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Use hardware GPU acceleration with Chromium for video (see below) |
Sound | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Combo jack micro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jack works out of the box, micro not tested |
VGA/HDMI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wireless | Yes (fix) | Yes (fix) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fix = Crash on resume: problem solved with a script (below) |
USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | USB 3.0 works out of the box |
Card Reader | Yes (fix) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12.04 : Installation needed (instructions below) |
Camera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not tested | |
FN Keys | Yes (fix) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12.04: Brightness doesn't work, see below 13.10: Sleep FN key doesn't work. 14.04: Wifi FN key doesn't work |
Clickpad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | If drag is impossible see below |
Suspend | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (fix) | Yes | In 13.10 laptop might not be able to sleep sometimes (rare); still unsolved, reboot solves the problem. In 14.04: read below |
To get the VPU/GPU acceleration in Chromium for video hardware decoding go to chrome:flags/#ignore-gpu-blacklist and enable it. Restart Chromium and check at chrome:gpu that hardware acceleration is enabled:
Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
To get hardware acceleration with VLC install:
sudo apt install -y i965-va-driver vainfo
Then launch VLC in verbose mode with VAAPI:
vlc –avcodec-hw=vaapi -v
Try to open/read a H264 file and look at the output. If everything works then edit the desktop launcher for VLC:
sudo sed -i 's/Exec=\/usr\/bin\/vlc/Exec=\/usr\/bin\/vlc –avcodec-hw=vaapi/g' /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop
This will make sure that VLC is launched with VAAPI.
You might end with a black screen when recovering from sleep. Use FN + F5/F6 to get the display back. It might not work all the time and require a hard reboot.
Read below to learn how to play flash videos smoothly (13.10 section)
Flash is not working smoothly especially in fullscreen.
If you want a smooth youtube experience you will have to deal with drawbacks : No subtitles No annotations
Use GreaseMonkey extension on FireFox and ViewTube userscript. Prefer VLC player !
Before trying these fixes, please update your kernel to the lastest stable version; it might solve some problems!
How to install the SD Card Reader : When you do lspci the SD Card Reader is listed as : Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01)
To install the card reader follow these steps :
wget http://planet76.com/drivers/realtek/rts-bpp-dkms_1.1_all.deb sudo apt-get install -y dkms sudo dpkg -i rts-bpp-dkms_1.1_all.deb echo 'DRIVERS=="rts_bpp", ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}="1"' | sudo tee -a /lib/udev/rules.d/81-udisks-realtek.rules
Reboot and the card reader will work properly.
How to fix wifi connection on resume : If your laptop cannot connect to a wifi after resuming, you can reboot or use this script wich solves the problem perfectly :
First of all we need to now what is your wifi driver : use nm-tool
in a terminal :
Example of result :
- Device: wlan0 [Internet Wifi-network] ———————————
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: rt2800pci
In this example the driver is rt2800pci
Enter the following command into a terminal : sudo ls /etc/pm/sleep.d/
Example of result :
00-jupiter-restore 10_grub-common 10_unattended-upgrades-hibernate novatel_3g_suspend
You get a result like this, if you have a “00” script, rename it “01”, use this command in the case showed :
sudo mv /etc/pm/sleep.d/00-jupiter-restore /etc/pm/sleep.d/01-jupiter-restore
Then create a script :
sudo gedit /etc/pm/sleep.d/00-wireless_sleep
//#!/bin/sh case "$1" in suspend|hibernate) /sbin/rmmod rt2800pci ;; resume|thaw) sudo /sbin/rmmod rt2800pci sudo /sbin/modprobe rt2800pci ;; esac exit 0//
Don't forget to change rt2800pci with your wifi driver (see first step).
Save the file and make it executable :
sudo chmod 755 /etc/pm/sleep.d/00_wireless_sleep
This script will automaticaly switch wifi off/on on suspend/resume !
How to have brightness control :
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Replace the line with :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor splash"
don't forget to run sudo update-grub after closing the saved file. Reboot the laptop.
sudo apt-get install -y xbacklight compiz compizconfig-settings-manager Open Compiz and go into commands, add 4 commands : xbacklight -dec 10 xbacklight -inc 10 xbacklight =0 xbacklight =100
In the second section : <Super>F5 <Super>F6 Alt<Super>F5 Alt<Super>F6
Super(Windows)+F5 increase brightness Super(Windows)+F6 decrease brightness Alt+Super(Windows)+F5 set lowest brightness Alt+Super(Windows)+F6 set highest brightness
Improved Clickpad If you can't drag, try this :
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass" Identifier "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" MatchProduct "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "synaptics" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "3" Option "TapButton3" "2" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" Option "CoastingSpeed" "10" Option "EdgeMotionMinZ" "30" Option "EdgeMotionMaxZ" "40" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "100" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "400" Option "FingerLow" "9" Option "FingerHigh" "12" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "0" Option "ClickPad" "True" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection
Reboot the laptop to make the changes effect. You can still use 2 finger tap to right click. Bottom buttons work fine with this configuration
Save power Install jupiter : sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/jupiter && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jupiter laptop-mode-tools Reboot and launch jupiter, choose power mode.
Very precise brightness control First, install xbacklight (sudo apt-get install -y xbacklight) Create a scirpt “backlight_ctrl” using sudo gedit /usr/bin/backlight_ctrl. Paste the following script :
#!/bin/bash error="Usage: $0 up | $0 down" xbl=`xbacklight` limit=10.0 limit2=1.5 if [ "$#" -eq 1 ] then if [ $1 = "up" ] then echo "xBacklight up" if [ $(echo "$xbl < $limit"|bc) -eq 1 ] then xbacklight +1 else xbacklight +5 fi elif [ $1 = "down" ] then echo "xBacklight down" if [ $(echo "$xbl < $limit"|bc) -eq 1 ] then if [ $(echo "$xbl < $limit2"|bc) -eq 1 ] then echo "xBacklight minimum !" xbacklight =1 else xbacklight -1 fi else xbacklight -5 fi else echo $error fi else echo $error fi
Try backlight_ctrl up, backlight_ctrl down, you have now avery precise control of the backlight (especially in very low luminosities). Change the shortcuts from the section “How to have brightness control” (xbacklight -dec 10 & xbacklight -inc 10)