Hello all
Thank you for adding me to the forum. I recently became a Trisquel 8 user and I am enjoying the OS. It's refreshing to be using free software and bringing an old laptop back to life. I was pleased (and surprised) that the distro works completely out of the box!
Currently using a Sony Vaio VGN-NR310E. Wifi and encryption worked without any problems. My processor is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz x 2.
Quick question: I've been researching about the IntelME system and cannot seem to find if ME is included with my processor. I understand it first appeared in the Yonah family of processors, although I may be mistaken. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Try following the guides like this one - https://superuser.com/questions/1205089/how-to-determine-version-intel-management-engine-on-linux - to try to check the Intel ME version. If you could detect the Intel ME version, that means Intel ME is present on your platform.
Thanks for the info. After following several discussions and checking with commands, this is what I found:
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~$ sudo ./mei-amt-check
[sudo] password for gandalfthegrey:
sudo: ./mei-amt-check: command not found
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~$ sudo rmmod mei_me
rmmod: ERROR: Module mei_me is not currently loaded
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~$
I also tried https://github.com/mjg59/mei-amt-check and could not produce any results confirming a yes or no, just command not found.
Maybe my machine is old enough to be ME free. That would be fantastic!
> gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~$
The ~ before the $ means that you are in your home directory
(/home/gandalfthegrey). mei-amt-check isn't there, so that's why the
command isn't found.
First install git, if you haven't already.
$ sudo apt install git
Then clone the mei-amt-check repository if you haven't already.
$ git clone https://github.com/mjg59/mei-amt-check
This will create a directory called mei-amt-check, which you then need
to change to.
$ cd mei-amt-check/
Then you're ready to follow the instructions in the README. Here's what
it will look like if you don't have ME.
$ make
$ ./mei-amt-check
Unable to find a Management Engine interface - run sudo modprobe mei_me
and retry.
If you receive the same error, this system does not have AMT
$ sudo modprobe mei_me
$ ./mei-amt-check
Unable to find a Management Engine interface - run sudo modprobe mei_me
and retry.
If you receive the same error, this system does not have AMT
I am a translator!
I've this package on Debian: https://packages.debian.org/stretch-backports/spectre-meltdown-checker
@Chaosmonk: Here are my results
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~/mei-amt-check$ ./mei-amt-check
Unable to find a Management Engine interface - run sudo modprobe mei_me and retry.
If you receive the same error, this system does not have AMT
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~/mei-amt-check$ sudo modprobe mei_me
[sudo] password for gandalfthegrey:
gandalfthegrey@gandalfthegrey-VGN-NR310E:~/mei-amt-check$ ./mei-amt-check
Unable to find a Management Engine interface - run sudo modprobe mei_me and retry
Thanks for your reply and help. I think I'm good unless I failed to check completely. I'm still learning terminal, so bare with me.
@SuperTramp83: Thanks for your reply and the link.
> Thanks for your reply and help. I think I'm good unless I failed to check
> completely. I'm still learning terminal, so bare with me.
It looks to me like you did everything correctly, so assuming that this
program is reliable, it looks like your computer doesn't have Intel ME.