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Fedora 11 on Gateway MT6916 Laptop

Friday October 30 2009 11:45 PM

Last updated: 10/30/2009

General Hardware Specifications of Gateway MT6916:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 / 1.5 GHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
15.4 WXGA TFT Display	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
Intel GMA X3100	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
2.0 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 2 SO DIMM 200-pin	Works	No special procedure required during installation
160.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem	Not tested	Not tested
DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM	Works, ignoring bogus verification errors.	No special procedure required during installation
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG	Works	No special procedure required during installation
2600.0 mAh 6-cell Lithium ion battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation
High Definition Audio	Works	See post-installation tweaks below.

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586

Basic Installation of Fedora 11:

Post-installation tweaks:

For internal mic support add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf:
```
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=dell-m22
```
For external mic support, install gst-mixer and then use System > Preferences > Advance Volume Control to select Front Mic.

To avoid losing audio after suspend/resume, add the following as /etc/pm/sleep.d/99sound:

#!/bin/sh


case "$1" in

    thaw|resume)

        killall pulseaudio

        killall npviewer.bin

        sleep 1

        modprobe -r snd-hda-intel

        modprobe snd-hda-intel

;;

    hibernate|suspend)

;;

esac


exit $?

Unresolved issues

Configuration Files

For information on other laptops, see Linux on Laptops.

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