Laptops which run Arch

Cheesebaron · 2008-12-25 15:43:13

IBM Thinkpad X60 Tablet

Everything works!

andr3as · 2008-12-25 23:31:33

Dell Inspiron 6400 (about 1 3/4 years old)

Everything works fine :-)

bji · 2008-12-25 23:41:01

I just added an entry to the Arch Hardware Compatibility List for the Pansonic Y2 (specifically, Y2E). All works perfectly, after some hand-tweaking for xorg and suspend-to-ram, suspend-to-disk. Haven't tried the modem, CardBus slot, or SD card slot though.

This is a great notebook, a little long in the tooth now, having come out in 2005. But it is fanless, very light, and with an extremely durable magnesium alloy case. When the price of a 64 GB SLC SSD drive comes down to $200, I'll be buying one and putting it in this computer to have a *completely* silent, fan-free device with no moving parts (aside from the CD/DVD drive) that I expect to last just about forever ... running Arch Linux version 2023.06 someday I'm sure ...

xaiviax · 2008-12-26 02:21:08

Toshiba Satellite P 105-S9722 everything with arch works great

Yorirou · 2008-12-28 15:53:42

Thinkpad R500.

Everything works fine except for the fingerprint reader. Right now I have some trouble with my graphics card (Intel 4500MHD), because of the intel gem issue, and the hdaps driver doesn't want to recognize my laptop. I haven't tried my xD card reader and my PCMCIA/ExpressCard slots.

The battery lasts for 4-4.5 hours.

I have some custom scripts in the /etc/acpi directory (backlight and cpu governor control), and I have some xorg.conf tweaks for the trackpoint (found on thinkwiki).

Selection · 2008-12-29 07:52:31

Arch 64 running perfectly on the Compal Fl92 barebones laptop.

Xinix · 2008-12-29 22:08:52

hp nx7300

This is a 64 bit machine but got 32 bit installed because I needed Java to work (that is moot now, so I might try 32 bit).
Everything works perfectly, except for modem (never even tried, who cares...). Running KDE4 (vanilla Arch)

B-Con · 2008-12-30 09:09:58

Acer Aspire 4530. Supposedly a 64-bit machine, but running 32-bit Arch.

Everything works fine. As of (the very recent) kernel 2.6.27.10 release, the internal wireless card (which uses ath9k) works smoothly. Webcam works fine, current version of pm-utils suspends to disk without problem.

Only possible issue is sound card. I can't get volume through just the headphones unless I enable "surround" in ALSA and mute all speakers but the headphones. I've also not gotten the built-in microphone to work, nor any plugged-in microphone, but I haven't tried very hard and don't have the motivation to. I'm sure they can be coaxed to work, though.

kastor · 2009-01-02 01:43:24

LG T1 Expess Dual - Intel T2400, 14,1" everything works fine (s2ram included) i recomend 2.6.28 wich include ethernet driver agere 10/100/1000 et131x

Redrazor39 · 2009-01-03 03:37:07

Sony VAIO VGN-SZ430N. It sucks for linux because it has all the bells and whistles that only work under Windows with bloated Sony software.

I lose all the cool hardware features, but I get linux, and that is SO worth it.

SkonesMickLoud · 2009-01-03 04:30:42

Dell XPS M1530 with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz, nVidia GeForce card.

Fingerprint reader works. I haven't tinkered with the WiFi card. Haven't gotten the camera/mic working yet, but I hear that it does.

Runs GNOME and Compiz without batting an eye. I'm pretty happy with it.

JLL-Arch · 2009-01-03 16:30:38

Acer Aspire 5315 works fine with Arch.
Sound works.
Ethernet works (Broadcom BCM5906M).
Graphics works, except needs to use indirect rendering for compositing at the moment for whatever reason (Intel GMA965).
Wireless works with a patched madwifi driver (lspci seems to have it as an Atheros AR242x but it didn't use to be that (used to say AR5007 I think).
Internal mic might work but might not, I haven't bothered to test it as I don't use it.

john.meikle37 · 2009-01-03 17:26:31

I am using the Sony Vaio VGN-N11H. Everything works apart from sound. The sound issue can easily be fixed by adding the following code to "/etc/modprobe.conf":

options snd-hda-intel model=sony-assamd

Apart from that it's really good!

stefanwilkens · 2009-01-03 17:45:39

HP Compaq 6720s with the celeron M CPU, everything working like a dream ^^

quarkup · 2009-01-09 19:15:50

Fujistu-Siemens Amilo M3438G

Got only one bug:
nvidia's linux driver got a bug, i cannot use the nvidia driver and use the CLI terminals.

cwjiof · 2009-01-10 03:22:41

Fujitsu Lifebook S6520
works well with Arch.

q8gaga · 2009-01-13 14:30:17

I'm using mac bookpro 2.2
cpu 2.33 intel

...... Archlinux is my favorit for know
my last favorit was gentoo but ... you know what happend ..

best of luck
whit your degree

adityaj · 2009-01-13 22:00:46

works fine on HP 530 Intel Core Duo CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz.

snack · 2009-01-14 16:03:11

I put Arch i686 on a Sony Vaio VGN-SR21M/S. Almost everything is fine: audio, webcam, num lock, ATI proprietary drivers, wifi and ethernet work flawlessly. Suspend to ram also works perfectly under KDEmod 4. Touchpad is OK, although I still have not been able to activate the cool synaptics stuff like scrolling. Function keys to adjust luminosity and volume don't work, nor special vaio keys (which obviously work only under Vista with dedicated Sony driver). I didn't try the card reader yet.

Edit: suspend to ram doesn't work, it's not possible to restore the system and I'm left with a frozen black screen

Edit: I installed KDEmod 4.2 and the suspend to ram issue seems fixed. Maybe it's due to the integration of powerdevil into KDE which makes things run smoother.

Last edited by snack (2009-01-29 11:54:28)

NeoXP · 2009-01-20 10:28:59

Archlinux i686/XFCE on HP 6820s. I've got everything working except from the "FN" keys. Give me some time to figure this out.

Edit 1:

Will look in to the "FN" keys very shortly with Keytouch.

Edit 2:

Got the "FN" keys working, thanks to Keytouch and the great wike about it.

Last edited by NeoXP (2009-01-20 23:00:34)

leeyee · 2009-01-26 05:19:06

Thinkpad T400
CPU: Intel Core 2 P8600 @2.4G
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD3470 + Intel X4500 integrated
Bluetooth, Camera, Fingerprint reader, etc.

Everything works except the fingerprint reader. Graphics issues are annoying, with catalyst (8.12), xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-intel are all working, but no perfectly. Seems to me X way in Arch is bumpy. Despite of this, Arch works fine on T400.

ras0ir · 2009-01-26 16:51:22

Works fine with Asus F3Jr
CPU: Core(TM)2 CPU T5600

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon X2300
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
06:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
06:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
06:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
06:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fd:1840 Initio Corporation 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e1:0501 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd WebCam, Chipset DC-1125 similar to 174f:a311 - Asus F2F, F2J, F3J, F3T, G1, Z53JA
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0b05:1712 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0+EDR adapter
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Cyrusm · 2009-01-26 18:48:28

didn't check to see if anyone posted this one yet, but works well on a Dell 1525 with broadcom BCM4312 wireless card.

TheSaint · 2009-01-29 17:52:23

Acer Aspire 6935g, partially working
Microphone no sound (to be inquired)
Xorg 1.5 no possible to use edev/HAL policy (I'd like to solve it, it's hard to manage scroll without any function)
SD card reader not working, I saw Knoppix 5.3 able to use it ( might be a small patch)
Modem not tested
EDIT: SD reader works as a charm .
HDMI not tested

Last edited by TheSaint (2009-02-19 00:06:28)

steff · 2009-01-29 18:07:07

Toshiba Tecra A8-143
Nearly everthing works, only fn+f[4-8] buttons and hibernation (first it did, maybe to fix) do not work. For the sound:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=basic

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