Samsung RF710 Mint Xfce 18.3 Samsung tools problem

[Chris1984]

Hi,
I just installed Mint Samusng tools from Voria version 2.3.1 and noticed following:
When display is turned off and on laptop freezes every few seconds and all videos in browser and VLC stutter. Only restart helps. Secondly hard drive doesn't work properly. It spins down every second and turns on very often even on workload. All above don't exist without Samsung tools. I think this is caused by power management grom these tools. Is there any way to get all FN keys working without tools?

[Pjotr]

Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- Copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz

(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

[Chris1984]

~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: RF710 Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RF510/RF410/RF710 Bios: Phoenix v: 02GB.M025.20101027.hkk date: 10/27/2010
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5 M 480 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10640
clock speeds: max: 2667 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1733 MHz 3: 1199 MHz 4: 2533 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] bus-ID: 02:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA5 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 NVIDIA GT216 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB]
driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 4000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-3: Atheros usb-ID: 002-003
IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 640.1GB (0.8% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HM641JI size: 640.1GB temp: 27C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 37G used: 4.9G (14%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: 46.0C gpu: 46.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 211 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 665.1/3812.5MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

[Pjotr]

Try this:

1. Upgrade your kernel to the latest kernel of the 4.13 series. Reboot.

2. Then launch Driver Manager and install the closed non-free Nvidia driver it recommends. Reboot again.

3. Finally, disable all visual effects in Xfce:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... ts-in-Xfce
(item 7.3, right column)

[Chris1984]

mouse cursor works now always but video still stutters and also scrolling windows is not vdery smooth.

[Pjotr]

OK, try this:

Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels

Install the latest kernel of the 4.4 series (currently 4.4.0-116). Reboot and make sure you boot from it (it's under the header Advanced in the Grub bootloader menu).

[Chris1984]

Hi,
Doesn't work unfotunately. I tested some other distros - the ones based on Arch don't have this problem, Problem doesn't occur on Mint 18.1 or at least is hardly vusible,