Acer Aspire X1470 - Fedora

Hardware info on main page.

History: 2016-01-02: I booted Fedora 23 (Xfce spin) off a usb stick. Started the sshd service and set a password for the live user, and I could log in via ssh.

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ more /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three)
[liveuser@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Oct 5 15:42:54 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Interestingly, the machine didn't boot in (U)EFI mode:

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ efibootmgr
efibootmgr: EFI variables are not supported on this system.

hmmm. lsblk info:

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lsblk
NAME             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                8:0    0 119.2G  0 disk 
├─sda1             8:1    0    64K  0 part 
├─sda2             8:2    0    57G  0 part 
├─sda3             8:3    0     4G  0 part 
├─sda4             8:4    0    58G  0 part 
└─sda5             8:5    0   100M  0 part 
sdb                8:16   1   7.5G  0 disk 
├─sdb1             8:17   1   916M  0 part /run/initramfs/live
├─sdb2             8:18   1     4M  0 part 
└─sdb3             8:19   1  16.2M  0 part 
sr0               11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
loop0              7:0    0     8K  1 loop 
loop1              7:1    0   1.2M  1 loop 
└─live-osimg-min 253:2    0     4G  1 dm   
loop2              7:2    0   837M  1 loop 
loop3              7:3    0     4G  1 loop 
├─live-rw        253:0    0     4G  0 dm   /
├─live-base      253:1    0     4G  1 dm   
└─live-osimg-min 253:2    0     4G  1 dm   
loop4              7:4    0   512M  0 loop 
└─live-rw        253:0    0     4G  0 dm   /

and parted info

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but
Linux says it is 512 bytes.
Ignore/Cancel? i                                                          
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Blade (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/512B
Partition Table: mac
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name   Flags
 1      2048B   10.2kB  8192B                Apple
 2      88.1kB  4329kB  4241kB               EFI
 3      4368kB  21.4MB  17.0MB               EFI

let's get parted info for sda as well

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ sudo parted /dev/sda print
Model: ATA M4-CT128M4SSD2 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: pmbr_boot

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
 1      17.4kB  82.9kB  65.5kB
 2      82.9kB  61.2GB  61.2GB
 3      61.2GB  65.5GB  4295MB
 4      65.5GB  128GB   62.3GB
 5      128GB   128GB   105MB   fat16              boot, esp

ok. Other info

lspci output:

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek [Radeon HD 6530D]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

lsusb output

[liveuser@localhost ~]$ lsusb
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

various info from dmesg

[    0.000000] SMBIOS 2.7 present.
[    0.000000] DMI: Acer Aspire X1470/Aspire X1470, BIOS P01-A4 12/20/2011

[    0.162422] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A6-3620 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 12, model: 01, stepping: 00)
[    0.162450] Performance Events: AMD PMU driver.
[    0.162454] ... version:                0
[    0.162455] ... bit width:              48
[    0.162456] ... generic registers:      4
[    0.162457] ... value mask:             0000ffffffffffff
[    0.162458] ... max period:             00007fffffffffff
[    0.162459] ... fixed-purpose events:   0
[    0.162460] ... event mask:             000000000000000f
[    0.163130] NMI watchdog: enabled on all CPUs, permanently consumes one hw-PMU counter.
[    0.163238] x86: Booting SMP configuration:
[    0.163240] .... node  #0, CPUs:      #1 #2 #3
[    0.172808] x86: Booted up 1 node, 4 CPUs
[    0.172810] smpboot: Total of 4 processors activated (17568.73 BogoMIPS)

[    0.204533] vgaarb: setting as boot device: PCI:0000:00:01.0
[    0.204535] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:01.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[    0.204541] vgaarb: loaded
[    0.204543] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:00:01.0

[    1.751652] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x03000027
[    1.751694] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x03000027
[    1.751735] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x03000027
[    1.751744] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x03000027

[    1.768224] QUIRK: Enable AMD PLL fix

[    3.014058] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (SUMO 0x1002:0x964A 0x1025:0x061D).
[    3.014082] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFEF00000
[    3.014083] [drm] register mmio size: 262144
[    3.014138] ATOM BIOS: Acer
[    3.014198] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 512M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000001FFFFFFF (512M used)
[    3.014200] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000020000000 - 0x000000005FFFFFFF
[    3.014202] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=512M, BAR=256M
[    3.014203] [drm] RAM width 32bits DDR
[    3.014324] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 7936880 kiB
[    3.014328] [TTM] Zone   dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB
[    3.014330] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[    3.014335] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[    3.014363] [drm] radeon: 512M of VRAM memory ready
[    3.014365] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[    3.014383] [drm] Loading SUMO Microcode
[    3.014458] [drm] Internal thermal controller without fan control
[    3.014524] [drm] Found smc ucode version: 0x00011100
[    3.014604] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[    3.014735] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 262144, num gpu pages 262144
[    3.024809] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x0000000000274000).
[    3.024953] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[    3.024957] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000020000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff88007ff01c00
[    3.024960] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000020000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff88007ff01c0c
[    3.025705] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000072118 and cpu addr 0xffffc90002032118
[    3.025708] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[    3.025709] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[    3.025711] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: MSI limited to 32-bit
[    3.025747] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[    3.025776] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[    3.042303] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 1 usecs
[    3.042312] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 3 usecs
[    3.088334] [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 1 usecs
[    3.108336] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[    3.108707] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    3.108742] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs

[    3.628873] [drm] ib test on ring 5 succeeded
[    3.649576] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[    3.649580] [drm] Connector 0:
[    3.649581] [drm]   VGA-1
[    3.649582] [drm]   HPD2
[    3.649584] [drm]   DDC: 0x6440 0x6440 0x6444 0x6444 0x6448 0x6448 0x644c 0x644c
[    3.649585] [drm]   Encoders:
[    3.649587] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[    3.649588] [drm]     CRT1: NUTMEG
[    3.649589] [drm] Connector 1:
[    3.649590] [drm]   HDMI-A-1
[    3.649590] [drm]   HPD1
[    3.649592] [drm]   DDC: 0x6430 0x6430 0x6434 0x6434 0x6438 0x6438 0x643c 0x643c
[    3.649593] [drm]   Encoders:
[    3.649594] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[    3.755603] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[    3.757460] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC0478000
[    3.757464] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[    3.757465] [drm] size 8294400
[    3.757466] [drm] fb depth is 24
[    3.757467] [drm]    pitch is 7680
[    3.757673] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    3.819698] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[    3.827007] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[    3.827008] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[    3.829917] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.43.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0

[    9.558152] input: HD-Audio Generic HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/sound/card0/input5
[    9.567013] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1: ALC662 rev3: SKU not ready 0x411111f0
[    9.567364] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1: autoconfig for ALC662 rev3: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[    9.567367] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    9.567370] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    9.567372] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[    9.567374] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:    inputs:
[    9.567376] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:      Front Mic=0x19
[    9.567379] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:      Rear Mic=0x18
[    9.567381] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D1:      Line=0x1a
[    9.584199] input: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input6
[    9.584367] input: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input7
[    9.584453] input: HD-Audio Generic Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input8
[    9.584539] input: HD-Audio Generic Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input9
[    9.584624] input: HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card1/input10

that's it.