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NEC Lavie LL930/7
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1 6962 08-30-2005
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100% of reviewers $1,200.00 4.0
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Description: 15" screen
1.4GHz Pentium M
256MB RAM
Intel Graphics Chip
80GB H/D
Panasonic HJ811 DVD-RW
2 PCMIA Slots
4 USB 2 Ports
1 Firewire
1 Serial
1 Parallel
P/S2 Mouse port
Monitor out
S-video out
Ethernet and modem
Japanese Keyboard
Keywords: japanese nec laptop ll900
/sbin/lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab)
02:07.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab)
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 03)
02:07.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0576 (rev 01)
02:07.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0592
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82551QM Ethernet Controller (rev 10)


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Old 08-30-2005, 09:15 AM   #1
changcheh
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: osx
Posts: 46
Thanked: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $1,200.00 | Rating: 4

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.12
Distribution: vector



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No Problems under Linux everything works.
USB2, touchpad, DVD writing, ethernet, graphics card, sound etc
I have not tried the inbuilt modem, firewire, parallel or serial ports, but they are detected during bootup.
The Panasonic drive in the laptop broke after 6 months, I replaced it with an NEC DVD+RW and that works fine.
I have the s-video out working with xinerama to my TV, my xorg.conf is below. This worked with the i810 driver included in the vector distro.

I have tested the same things under windows, in 9x the USB does not work. I cannot find drivers for the chipset. :(
Under XP and above the USB does work.

I would say this laptop is ok, but as it is a japanese only laptop, nec support is poor. The best thing about the laptop is the screen, which is excellent, the clearest I have used. The supplied DVD-RW was poor quality and region locked and I`ve read many bad reports of it. I am generally happy with the laptop, but cosmetically it is looking a little dated.

My /etc/xorg.conf file

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection


Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "int10"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "jp"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card-LCD"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE,LFP"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card-CRT"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LFP,TV"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card-Both"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE,LFP+TV"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card-DualI"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP"
Screen 0

#Option "DevicePresence" "true"
#Option "NoAccel" "true"
#Option "VBERestore" "false"
#Option "DisplayInfo" "false"
#VideoRam 65536
#Option "DRI" "false"
#Option "Clone" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card-DualE"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 1

#Option "DevicePresence" "true"
#Option "NoAccel" "true"
#Option "VBERestore" "false"
#Option "DisplayInfo" "false"
#VideoRam 65536
#Option "DRI" "false"
#Option "Clone" "false"
#Option "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor-LCD"
Option "DPMS"
Mode "1024x768" # vfreq 60.004Hz, hfreq 48.363kHz
DotClock 65.000000
HTimings 1024 1048 1184 1344
VTimings 768 771 777 806
Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
EndMode
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor-CRT"
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "720x540PAL" 15.101 720 770 842 968 540 565 570 624 Composite Interlace
#ModeLine "800x600" 50.00 800 800 800 800 600 600 600 600
# VendorName "GSM"
# ModelName "L1515S"
# HorizSync 30-63
# VertRefresh 56-75
# Mode "1024x768" # vfreq 60.004Hz, hfreq 48.363kHz
# DotClock 65.000000
# HTimings 1024 1048 1184 1344
# VTimings 768 771 777 806
# Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
# EndMode
# DisplaySize 305 230
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen-LCD"
Device "Card-LCD"
Monitor "Monitor-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen-CRT"
Device "Card-CRT"
Monitor "Monitor-CRT"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen-Both"
Device "Card-Both"
Monitor "Monitor-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen-DualI"
Device "Card-DualI"
Monitor "Monitor-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen-DualE"
Device "Card-DualE"
Monitor "Monitor-CRT"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "LCD"
Screen "Screen-LCD"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "CRT"
Screen "Screen-CRT"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Both"
Screen "Screen-Both"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Dual"
Screen 0 "Screen-DualI" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen-DualE" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualClone"
Screen 0 "Screen-DualI" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen-DualE" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
Option "Clone" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualXine"
Screen 0 "Screen-DualI" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen-DualE" RightOf "Screen-DualI"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontVTSwitch" "false"
Option "DefaultServerLayout" "DualXine"
#Option "DefaultServerLayout" "LCD"
#Option "DefaultServerLayout" "CRT"
Option "RandR" "on"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
#Option "Composite" "true"
EndSection
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