MSI Modern 15 - A11S

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Hardware
PCI/USB ID
Working?
Touchpad
04f3:30aa
Yes
Keyboard
Yes
GPU
8086:9a49
Yes
Webcam
5986:211c
Yes
Bluetooth
8087:0026
Yes
SD-card reader
10ec:525a
Yes
Audio
8086:a0c8
Yes
Wi-Fi
8086:a0f0
Yes
TPM
Yes
The information below is valid for models:
Modern 15 A11SB
Modern 15 A11M
Modern 15 A11SBL
Modern 15 A11ML
Modern 15 A11SBU
Modern 15 A11MU
Installation
Secure Boot
needs to be disabled at first startup and after UEFI updates. Append
intel-ucode
and
intel-media-driver
to
pacstrap
.
This laptop is supported by the community developed
Embedded Controller for MSI laptops
driver.
Firmware
Some devices can be listed with
fwupd
, but MSI does not provide updates via the
LVFS
.
Secure Boot
functions well with custom keys, make sure to disable automatic reverting to factory keys in the UEFI settings.
To update Intel Management Engine firmware, See
Laptop/MSI#Intel Management Engine
.
Warning
Passing an excessively long path for the loader through
efibootmgr
(e.g. with an
EFI boot stub
) may result in being stuck on the logo screen, without access to UEFI. To solve this, unplug NVMe drives and then power up the laptop to clear all UEFI boot entries.
Sound
This laptop requires
Sound Open Firmware
in order for the sound card to work.
Accessibility
The BIOS interface is keyboard driven and does not require the use of a mouse.
Thermals
This article or section is out of date.
Reason:
isw
AUR
is abandoned: the maintained alternative is
mcontrolcenter-bin
AUR
. (Discuss in
Talk:MSI Modern 15 - A11S
)
Fan control can be tuned by
installing
isw
AUR
.
Configuration entry for Modern 15 A11M is missing, and needs to be added manually (PR:
https://github.com/YoyPa/isw/issues/152
):
/etc/isw.conf
[1552EMS1]
# A11M-217XIT
# 1552EMS1.1071023
address_profile = MSI_ADDRESS_DEFAULT
fan_mode = 140
# CPU
cpu_temp_0 = 50
cpu_temp_1 = 58
cpu_temp_2 = 65
cpu_temp_3 = 70
cpu_temp_4 = 90
cpu_temp_5 = 95
cpu_fan_speed_0 = 45
cpu_fan_speed_1 = 58
cpu_fan_speed_2 = 65
cpu_fan_speed_3 = 72
cpu_fan_speed_4 = 80
cpu_fan_speed_5 = 85
cpu_fan_speed_6 = 100
# GPU
gpu_temp_0 = 50
gpu_temp_1 = 60
gpu_temp_2 = 70
gpu_temp_3 = 82
gpu_temp_4 = 90
gpu_temp_5 = 93
gpu_fan_speed_0 = 0
gpu_fan_speed_1 = 50
gpu_fan_speed_2 = 65
gpu_fan_speed_3 = 72
gpu_fan_speed_4 = 80
gpu_fan_speed_5 = 85
gpu_fan_speed_6 = 100
To activate a personalized profile, you need to set the value
0xd4
to
64
. You can set your profile adding to autostart the following two lines (PR:
https://github.com/YoyPa/isw/issues/152
):
# isw -w 1552EMS1
# isw -s 0xd4 64
To autostart you can also use the provided
isw@.service
, but you will need use a
drop-in snippet
:
/etc/systemd/system/isw@.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/isw -w %I -s 0xd4 64
Then
start/enable
isw@1552EMS1.service
.
Function keys
The keyboard backlight works properly.
Keyboard LEDs :
F1
(Audio mute) and
F5
(Microphone status) : not working
Esc
,
Power
and
Caps Lock
: working
Key
Marked
1
XKB
Libinput
Notes
Fn+Esc
Yes
Not visible
2
KEY_FN_ESC
Quick FN Launch Keys
Fn+F1
Yes
XF86AudioMute
KEY_MUTE
Fn+F2
Yes
XF86AudioLowerVolume
KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
Fn+F3
Yes
XF86AudioRaiseVolume
KEY_VOLUMEUP
Fn+F4
Yes
XF86TouchpadToggle
KEY_LEFTMETA
&&
KEY_F21
Fn+F5
Yes
XF86AudioMicMute
KEY_F20
Fn+F6
Yes
XF86WebCam
KEY_CAMERA
Fn+F7
Yes
XF86Launch1
KEY_PROG1
no effect (MSI Center Pro)
Fn+F8
Yes
Not visible
2
Not visible
2
Toggle keyboard backlight levels
Fn+F9
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessDown
KEY_BRIGHTNESSDOWN
Fn+F10
Yes
XF86MonBrightnessUp
KEY_BRIGHTNESSUP
Fn+F11
Yes
Super_L
KEY_LEFTMETA
&&
KEY_P
Switch display
Fn+F12
Yes
XF86Launch2
KEY_PROG2
no effect (Rotate screen)
Fn+Print
Yes
Super_L
KEY_LEFTMETA
&&
KEY_LEFTSHIFT
&&
KEY_S
no effect (Capture screen zone)
The physical key has a symbol on it, which describes its function
The key is visible to
xev
and similar tools
systemd-logind handles this by default
See also
Bios updates and manual :
https://www.msi.com/Business-Productivity/Modern-15-A11X/support
Bios update how-to video :
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=39UPPi8M1fk&local=true&dark_mode=true