Xiaomi 13 Air

 

 

Distributions tested:

Debian 8 – KO

Debian 9 – OK

Ubuntu 16.10 – OK

Did not dig too much but the issue looks related to the grub version. Debain 9 and Ubuntu 16.10 installed fine once disabled UEFI in the BIOS.

Currently installed, Debian 9.

Installed Slack, Skype, Spotify and no issues. Microphone, speakers and cam working.

Wifi. Had to

blacklist acer-wmi

And install

/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-8000C-18.ucode

This last step for Debian only. Ubuntu works once blacklisted acer-wmi.

A usb to ethernet during the installation is a good idea.

Nvidia not available at the moment but this proprietary driver seems to support it under Gnu/Linux:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/97473/en-us

glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
315 frames in 5.0 seconds = 62.956 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.934 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.933 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.935 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.933 FPS

 

lshw:

description: Notebook
product: TM1613 (Sku Number)
vendor: Timi
version: A05
serial: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: chassis=notebook family=Timibook sku=Sku Number uuid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: TM1613
vendor: Timi
physical id: 0
version: A05
serial: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
slot: Type2 – Board Chassis Location
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Insyde Corp.
physical id: 0
version: A05
date: 08/11/2016
size: 128KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: U3E1
size: 2700MHz
capacity: 4005MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch epb intel_pt tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L1 Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back instruction
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L3 Cache
size: 3MiB
capacity: 3MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-cache
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
configuration: level=1
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: f
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 8GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0.5 ns)
product: M471A1K43BB0-CPB
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 0
serial: 00000000
slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2133MHz (0.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: ChannelA-DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: [empty]
physical id: 2
slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
*-bank:3
description: [empty]
physical id: 3
slot: ChannelB-DIMM1
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: HD Graphics 520
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:281 memory:a2000000-a2ffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:275 memory:a4200000-a420ffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 4.08
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=12 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Mouse
product: USB Receiver
vendor: Logitech
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 30.00
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Keyboard
product: USB NetVista Full Width Keyboard.
vendor: LITE-ON Technology
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@1:4
version: 1.09
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=70mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:2
description: Video
product: XiaoMi USB 2.0 Webcam
vendor: SunplusIT Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@1:5
version: 1.03
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:3
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 7
bus info: usb@1:7
version: 0.01
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 4.08
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:280 memory:a422a000-a422afff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:276 memory:a4228000-a4229fff memory:a422d000-a422d0ff ioport:5080(size=8) ioport:5088(size=4) ioport:5060(size=32) memory:a422b000-a422b7ff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:a3000000-a3ffffff ioport:90000000(size=301989888)
*-display
description: 3D controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:283 memory:a3000000-a3ffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff memory:a0000000-a1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 memory:a4100000-a41fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 8260
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 3a
serial: a0:c5:89:18:f8:ad
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.8.0-2-amd64 firmware=18.266249.0 ip=192.168.35.219 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:282 memory:a4100000-a4101fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:a4000000-a40fffff
*-storage
description: Non-Volatile memory controller
product: NVMe SSD Controller
vendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi pciexpress msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvme latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:a4000000-a4003fff ioport:3000(size=256)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory UNCLAIMED
description: Memory controller
product: Sunrise Point-LP PMC
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:a4224000-a4227fff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:284 memory:a4220000-a4223fff memory:a4210000-a421ffff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: Sunrise Point-LP SMBus
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:a422c000-a422c0ff ioport:5040(size=32)

Faz e Belfast

Storia di un pessimo servizio, storia di un ottimo servizio.

Quattro giorni dopo essere arrivato a Belfast, sia il portatile che il tablet smettono di ricaricarsi, a quattro ore di distanza l’uno dall’altro, di Sabato.

Corro verso il centro, chiedendo a Massimo Manganaro di cercare su Google un riparatore. Ne trova uno a 100 metri da dove sono io, in pieno centro, Pottinger Entry. Entro, lascio il portatile e corro a cercare un telefono (il tablet faceva da telefono).

Troppo tardi, alle 17:30 qui inizia a desertificarsi. Con la poca batteria che rimane avviso chi di dovere, ciao mamma eh, che per quella sera non sarò raggiungibile.

La Domenica, rigorosamente di pomeriggio che qui la mattina non si muove una foglia, vado da Argos e prendo un Moto G seconda generazione. Torno a casa, configuro tutto e torno online.

Nelle 2 settimane seguenti passo ogni tanto dal negozio per sapere che ne è del portatile.

“Lo apro domani”.
“Ho ordinato il pezzo”
“Non arriva il pezzo”
“Tiro via il pezzo da un altro computer, passa domani”

Fino ad arrivare a oggi, 16 giorni dopo, con:

“Non ho il pezzo, nemmeno quelli dei vecchi Vaio che ho qui vanno bene, non riesco ad aggiustarlo”.

Esco e vado veloce verso Templemoore, dove tempo prima avevo visto un riparatore.

Entro, trovo un ragazzo indiano che guarda prova con un tester l’alimentatore poi guarda l’attacco al Vaio e sentenzia:

“L’attacco non è ben fermo. Apro il pc, lo fermo e dovrebbe essere tutto a posto”.

“Ok, quando me lo dai”, dico io.

“Fra un’oretta”, dice lui.

Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

“Allora vado a fare la spesa, sto cercando una pentola per il sugo”.

“Ah, se al semaforo giri a destra, poi al prossimo a sinistra e vai sempre dritto, dopo un kilometro trovi un grosso tesco e lì hanno tutto. Per quando torni dovrebbe essere pronto, lasciamo il numero di cellulare che quando è pronto ti mando un sms”.

Vado, il Tesco è lì dove mi aveva detto, ci trovo una pentola, un po’ piccolina ma meglio che niente, e pasta italiana, pure il pesto.

Finisco la spesa, mi avvio al ritorno pensando di passare per il negozio e dire che si, ma anche domani va bene.

Ding! Il telefono riceve un sms: “Gentile cliente, bla, bla, passi dentro che è pronto”.

Urka!

Passo dentro. Faz, il proprietario è lì che riconsegna un cellulare a un suo cliente con il quale è in confidenza.

“Era solo il connettore allentato, non ho cambiato nessun pezzo, facciamo 20 sterline e va bene”.

Iniziamo a parlare, tutti e tre, il cliente, nord irlandese mi spiega un po’ di idiosincrasie dell’accento di Belfast, si parla dell’Italia, della Francia, di macchine.

Nel frattempo Faz va nel retro e ci chiede se vogliamo del caffé o del té. Vada per quest’ultimo.

Doveva chiudere alle 19 perché, dice lui, apre la mattina verso le 10:30 tanto sono tutti al lavoro e chi ci va da lui a farsi riparare computer, telefoni e tv. E’ la sera, dopo il lavoro che vengono e, mi pare, non abbia tutti i torti, visto che io sono andato lì e a quell’ora molti dei suoi concorrenti sono chiusi da un pezzo.

Si chiacchera fino alle otto meno un quarto. Ops, si è fatto tardi, mannaggia, ho il mocio, la scopa, un secchio e una borsata di roba.

“Non ti preoccupare, ti porto io a casa, tanto ho la macchina”.

Eh?????

“Ma si, io senza macchina non potrei vivere, ma ti pare che debba mettermi ad aspettare l’autobus? Io a casa guidavo da quando avevo 12 anni!”.

Salutiamo il suo amico, mi carica in macchina insieme alle mie cose e mi lascia vicino casa salutandomi calorosamente e dicendo che si, si era goduto la chiacchierata e l’energia positiva che ne era scaturita.

Domani sono di nuovo da lui a portare il tablet, mentre ora sto scrivendo dal mio vecchio portatile, finalmente di nuovo fra le mie mani.

Non per fare pubblicità, ma se vi trovate a Belfast, passate da idevice ad Albertsbridge Road e fatevi offrire un té!