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    Linux on NP8690

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by np8690owner, Jan 5, 2011.

  1. np8690owner

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    Hi,

    I just got my NP8690 with following specs:
    Display 15.6" Full HD LED Display with Super Glossy Surface (1920 x 1080)
    Video & Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M GPU with 1.5GB GDDR5 Video Memory
    CPU Processor Intel® Core™ i5-560M Processor ( 32nm, 3MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz / 3.20GHz Turbo Mode
    Memory 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 2 X 4GB
    Primary Hard Disk Drive 500GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive

    I have installed Fedora 14 on it, and lot of things work out of box. Things that I need help with are:
    1. Enabling webcam
    2. Enabling fingerprint reader
    3. Enabling hotkeys
    4. Possibly enabling 3d acceleration.

    If anybody has tried these and they are working, please let me know or if this has been discussed before, please point me to the discussion (I couldn't find it in my search).

    I looked for configuring these things by googling, but I need the make of webcam and fingerprint reader which I do not know.

    Thanks for your patience.
     
    np8690owner, Jan 5, 2011
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