Debian on ASUS F2F
 

Hi,



I want to install Debian –Etch on my new ASUS F2F (core duo) notebook. I notice that there are some Forum entries on the web, telling that they have hardware related problems with Linux (ON ASUS notebook)?



So, any one use Debian or Kubuntu on ASUS notebook, please send your experience or any suggestions.



Thanks

This is not the way to go about it. Instead, since you already have the beastie, use a live distro and see if it works. Check HCL (not there). Use lspci to get a hardware list... then google for support for each item.

Is this your laptop?
http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz/views.asp?hw_id=2166
.... this is basically an intel chipset machine, so it should mostly go with the latest kernels.

Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz 667Mhz 2MB L2 cache
... good with smp kernel

1GB DDR2 667 MHz (512MB. 1 slot used 1 slot free)

Embedded Intel 945GM internal graphics 128MB Shared
... you may need an extra package for top resolution

100GB 2.5" 9.5mm SATA + TPM 5400

8x DVD Super Multi Drive DL

1.3M Megabyte Pixels Video Camera
... built-in cameras are heaven or pita and nothing in between.

8-in-1 SD/ MMC/ MS/ MS Pro/ XD/Mini SD/ MS Duo/ MS Pro Duo via adapter
... this will be a usb (internal) card-reader... probably fine.

Azalia Compliant and V.92 / K56flex support
... sounds like a winmodem... don't expect this to go.

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
... fine as long as it is standards compliant. Some of these cards need special drivers to work.

Intel 3945 ABG supported
Integrated 802.11a/b/g
... linux drivers available, semi-open source, for intel wireless. This is very new and may not work right out of the box.

Built-in Bluetooth V2.0+EDR
TPM V1.2 - Integrated by BIOS and SW UI w/ Security Function
... looks like something to disable in bios

Authen Tec FingerPrint

Built-In ASUS Security Protect Manager
... disable this

HDD User Password Protection and Security Lock
... disable this

But best info is from lspci.

Hi,
Ya , thanks I tried with Kubuntu live distro . It worked well with most of H/W but got little number of failures.

(1) RNG fail
(2) RAID and volume failed

After two weeks searching one of my friends found the special kernel module called “OMNIBOOK” for his Toshiba notebook. What I really want is to find out is there any such a module available for ASUS notebooks.

Hear, I list out result of lspci.

+-00.0 Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub
+-02.0 Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller
+-02.1 Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller
+-1b.0 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
+-1c.0-[01]----00.0 Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222
+-1c.1-[02-04]--
+-1d.0 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1
+-1d.1 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2
+-1d.2 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3
+-1d.3 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4
+-1d.7 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
+-1e.0-[05]----00.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
+-1f.0 Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
+-1f.2 Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE
\-1f.3 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller

Thanks

(1) RNG
This refers to the intel (hardware) true random number generator ... I think the fix is to use rngd (sudo aptitude install rng-tools) provided you feel you need this. Otherwise the kernel will use its own PRNG method.

(2) RAID and volume failed
Check your documentation to see what type of HW RAID controller you have.

You need to think carefully what you want HW RAID for. (Presumably "volume" refers to RAID volume and not audio volume.) In the vast majority of cases you are better off with LVM. Where RAID is indicated, you can configure software RAID. You also need to look at the BIOS settings for hardware RAID.

However: you haven't said what you mean by "failed".

Guessing you have ICH7 "Fake" RAID:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#intel-ich7

The omnibook module is one of the things referenced in the gnome sensors package for ubuntu. (sudo aptitude install sensors-applet) There is an asus specific package called digitools too. There are also a range of laptop specific tools.

You have done very well... there is every chance that everything will go.

Hi

Thank for your comments. I have installed Debian –Etch (4.0 Official release) on my ASUS notebook successfully :Pengy: . It supports for most of hardware LCD Panel, touch pad ,function keys and Power management. But after 2 day searching I couldn’t find a proper driver for video card (Intel -945GM), any place to find a driver for this?

Other thing is as you mentioned I downloaded digitools package and already installed, still I ‘m trying to find how to work with it …….

Also I have found another utility called ACPI4Asus but still haven’t spent much time with it. Please comments how to find out Fan is working properly or not ( I mean fan speed controller ) .

Thanks