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This article covers configuration specific to this laptop's hardware.

Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working?
--- | --- | ---
Bluetooth |  | No
GPU |  | Yes
Touchpad |  | Yes
Wireless |  | Yes

## Hardware

### Bluetooth adapter

Installing the Broadcom wireless#broadcom-wl driver will not help and the Bluetooth adapter is essentially inoperational.

### Touchpad

Install xf86-input-libinput.

### Wireless NIC

See Broadcom wireless#broadcom-wl.

Warning: Using the proprietary driver in tandem with KMS leads to sporadic lockups. See this kernel bug report.
Note: The FLOSS driver `b43` does not support `LCN40` PHYs (as demonstrated that `BCM43142`, the chip this laptop sports, is one here) yet.

## Troubleshooting

### Laptop freezes on boot

If your laptop freezes whilst booting Linux, usually, one of these solutions will help:

1. Blacklist modules `dw_dmac` and `dw_dmac_core`:
   1. By adding the kernel parameter `modprobe.blacklist=dw_dmac,dw_dmac_core`.
   2. By adding these lines to `/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf`:

          blacklist dw_dmac
          blacklist dw_dmac_core

2. Set the BIOS setting `OS Selection` in the `Advanced` menu to `Windows 7`.
3. Update kernel to version which has a fix as described in this kernel bug report.

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