Lenovo Y500
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Lenovo Y500 is very good laptop for installing gentoo:
- It has powerful CPU for fast compilations
- SSD to make all portage operations very quick. (Could be upgraded with larger size models)
- All hardware I used in it is supported very well.
- CDROM could be easily replaced with extra SDD/HDD/VideoCard if needed
Here is a guide how to make gentoo up and running on it Also I think most of staff here applies for Lenovo Y510 as well.
Hardware
| Hardware | Manufacturer | Model | Specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel | i7-3630QM CPU | 2.40GHz |
| Mainboard Chipset | Intel | U3E1 Chipset | |
| RAM | Elpida | 8GB | |
| Graphics Card | GeForce GT | GK107M (650M series) | |
| Harddisk1 | SanDisk SSD | U100 | 16GB |
| Harddisk2 | Seagate | ST1000LM024 | momentus spinpoint 1TB |
| Display | LG | 15.6" WLED Glossy 16:9 1080p (1920x1080) | |
| Sound Card | Intel | 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller | |
| Network (LAN) | Atheros | AR8161 | Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) |
| Network (Wireless) | Intel | Wireless-N 2230 | 2.4GHz, 802.11a/b/g/n |
| USB 3.0 Host Controller | |||
| FireWire 1394 | N/A | N/A | |
| Jmicron Card Reader | N/A | N/A | SD/MMC/xD/MemoryStick(MS)/MS Duo/MS-HG |
root #lspci -nn00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port [8086:0151] (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1e16] (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller [8086:1e59] (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M / GTX 660M LE] [10de:0fd1] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e1b] (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10) 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 [8086:4238] (rev 3e) 04:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2392] (rev 30) 04:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2391] (rev 30) 04:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2393] (rev 30) 04:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller [197b:2394] (rev 30)
root #lsusbBus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 5986:0525 Acer, Inc Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c044 Logitech, Inc. LX3 Optical Mouse
make.conf
FILE
/etc/portage/make.confCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=native -msse4"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
INPUT_DEVICES="synaptics evdev"
Some Y500 specific workarounds
These are workarounds to setup hardware which does not work well out of the box
Ethernet
KERNEL Ethernet driver support
--- Ethernet driver support
[*] Atheros devices
< > Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet support
< > Atheros/Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support
< > Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet support
< > Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet support
<M> Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x support
[ ] Broadcom devices
Web Camera
KERNEL
-> Device Drivers
-> Multimedia support
-> Media USB Adapters
*** Webcam devices ***
<M> USB Video Class (UVC)
[*] UVC input events device support
Touchpad
FILE
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-touchpad.confSection "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
MatchProduct "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
# tweak the X-server pointer acceleration
Option "AccelerationProfile" "2"
Option "AdaptiveDeceleration" "16"
Option "ConstantDeceleration" "16"
Option "VelocityScale" "32"
EndSection
If the touchpad is too slow/fast, change the speed parameters.