Laptops which run Arch

jomasti · 2010-08-18 00:30:15

Acer Aspire 5610Z
No problems each time I've installed Arch.

Last edited by jomasti (2010-08-18 00:30:33)

Yelo · 2010-08-18 12:43:41

I'm running Arch on my Asus EEE 1001PX, runs really smooth.

Linux mini 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 11 00:23:15 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Kosmonavt · 2010-08-18 13:47:56

Running Arch x86_64 since December 2009 on HP Compaq 6530b. All I can say - nice machine for work. I use it for web, programming, computer algebra and as a host for virtual machines (mainly Windows XP). Quite interesting is that I had much more troubles with Debian - last summer I even had to build custom 2.6.29 kernel to get wireless working.

Specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 GHz
RAM DDR800 4 Gb
HDD Hitachi 320 GB SATA-II
Intel Mobile GM45 graphics
Screen 14" 1280x800
Intel HDA (ICH9) audio
Intel Wireless WiFi 5100, Bluetooth adapter
CD/DVD RW drive, FireWire 400, ExpressCard, 56k modem

What is working out of box: almost everything.
What did require to do something: downloading firmware for WiFi from www.intellinuxwireless.org
What doesn't work: nothing.
What wasn't tested: FireWire (haven't got any device), ExpressCard (the same) and 56k modem.

akephalos · 2010-08-19 20:24:02

Arch 64 on ASUS K50AB.

Things work well, I didn't test everything, I suppose, these laptops have too many features/buttons that I never managed to test.
So, camera is upside-down but it can be fixed (it's inverted on Windows (tried Skype), too, that can't be fixed, afaik ). Sound works with fine - the automatic switcher between line-out and speakers did not use to work months ago, this is already a forgotten issue. Wireless works. Frequency scaling works. Lock screen, switch off display works, brightness buttons work, multimedia buttons work (XFCE+Pragha)... Bluetooth through USB works. I can burn CDs and DVDs.

Seems like most of it is in its place. I did not tested the SD card slot and an attached external monitor.

kcirick · 2010-08-19 20:44:33

Just got around to installing on old HP laptop (ze5600) from 2004 (i think)

-Intel Celeron 2.60 GHz
-768MB RAM
-40GB Hard Drive
-ATI Radeon IGP 345M Graphics Card
-Broadcom BCM 4306 Wireless

Most things work pretty well. The only thing is the wireless. b43legacy doesn't work very well. ndiswrapper+driver from hp.com is the way to go.

akng · 2010-08-20 03:14:43

running arch on HP G61-408CA (was about $500 CAD)

everything runs smoothly. no problems at all.

using the catalyst driver from catalyst repos.

working x264 accel with mplayer-vaapi (1080p plays with almost no cpu).
hdmi out works, audio needs a logout/login.
multi display with xfce is perfect, some weirdness with kde and desktop activities but is working well.

never got xbmc working though.

using kde + kwin compositing.

wireless works flawlessly with whatever the default drivers are. i use wicd.

Last edited by akng (2010-08-20 04:26:51)

PythonEater · 2010-08-22 02:14:57

Arch installed and works flawlessly on an HP G60-249WM. I have never tested the modem, but, everything else works.

DStein · 2010-08-22 04:59:26

Asus G51Jx-A1 running Arch64

Core i7-720QM / 8GB RAM / nV GTS 360M

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI (rev 11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Management Registers (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control and Status Registers (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0cb1 (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
06:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822 (rev 01)
06:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e230 (rev 01)
06:00.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e852 (rev 01)
06:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Device e832 (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1063 (rev c0)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1050:0010 Yubico.com Yubikey
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b106 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0b05:1751 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. BT-253 Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I had to set this up using eth0 as the firmware does not seem to be available in the live setup environment (even though it is a selectable package). Other than that, everything works as expected. At work I use an external monitor via the VGA port, but have not yet tested the HDMI out port or the sound from HDMI.

I did have an interesting hangup with this laptop when I first got it. I had ordered it with a Western Digital Blue Scorpio 1TB drive and it was completely unusable. A lot of research found that some drives seem to have an NCQ problem with 64 bit Linux. In fact I found a mammoth thread at LKML that spans about a year and a half with no resolution to the problem. So I finally got one of these new Seagate hard drives that they bill as a "hybrid" drive since it has 4GB of flash on it. Couldn't be happier with it - it screams.

corkscrew · 2010-08-22 19:32:37

Toshiba Laptop L455-S5975

RTL8187-based wireless
Mobile Intel GM45 graphics
2 GB memory
Celeron 2.2 GHz cpu

Not a problem in the world.

twoCore · 2010-08-23 08:46:36

IBM Thinkpad T43

- Intel Pentium Mobile @ 1.86 GHz
- 2 GB memory
- 80 GB harddisk
- ATI Mobility Radeon X300 (OpenSource Driver)
- 15.1" TFT @ 1400x1050
- Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG W-LAN
- Broadcom BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet

Running Archlinux with KDE 4.x
Everythings works out of the box but for the wireless card, i must install ipw2200 firmware.

mukl · 2010-08-23 09:27:34

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13" (NUD5MGE)

Intel CPU, Intel Graphics.

I had to build the 2.6.35 kernel when setting up the laptop a few weeks ago. Otherwhise the firmware loader (gobi_loader) for the UMTS-Modem wouldn't work.

newt · 2010-08-26 09:54:10

Lenovo Ideapad G460
( http://www.ideapadtoday.com/lenovo-g460 … ations.htm )

Compile broadcom-wl from AUR to activate the wifi

Gooru · 2010-08-28 22:05:45

Finally I can add my brand new Samsung R580.
I was looking everywhere whether it can run linux, but I couldn't find any information about it, so I risked a little bit
Definitely worth trying.
Wifi works out of the box, web camera and microphone also, I didn't test bluetooth (but I'm sure it will be okay too ). The only issue is brightness changing, it's really hard to find proper drivers. I managed to decrease backlight level to 4 (from 7, which is max) and I can completely turn off the backlight. It seems that some people really care about it and there will be something worth checking available soon
For everyone who's hesitating: I recommend buying this notebook
BTW
It's i5-430M CPU, Nvidia GT330M graphics card, Atheros wifi, 4 gigs DDR3 RAM and 500 GB SATA HDD

PS
If You have any questions just PM me ;]

nc · 2010-08-28 22:19:56

Arch64 on AsusN61 since january.
Everything is working from the beginning

xaero · 2010-08-30 18:34:17

Samsung R519

Watermel0n · 2010-08-30 19:13:24

Got Arch installed on my Eee PC 1005PE Netbook.

starkey · 2010-09-02 17:38:19

Hi, I'm new in this forum, I haved installed Arch in a Toshiba Satellite L635. It works great, I only have a little problem with the headphones(I can't listen anything)

dobiegillis · 2010-09-06 22:57:55

I have a Toshiba Satellite T235D-S1345 that I bought cause there was a good discount on newegg. It runs pretty well with Arch x86_64 but there are a couple annoying little issues.

1) It will hang at boot unless I give grub the "acpi=off" option. This isn't really annoying anymore now that I've solved it, but it certainly was annoying before I found the fix in this thread.

2) When I use the touchpad, the cursor sometimes jumps to the top-right corner of the screen. I'm not sure what is triggering this, and it seems to happen pretty randomly about 50% of the time, regardless of the location or strength of the touch.

3) I haven't gotten sound to work, yet. My sound card is recognized by alsa, and I'm in the audio group and can run alsamixer and change the levels. No sound from any applications though, including speaker-test.

Update:
Sound is now working through the headphone port after adding "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" to my /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf. The headphone port is all I need since I just connect it to my guitar amp anyway.

Last edited by dobiegillis (2010-09-07 04:35:21)

ganastasiou · 2010-09-10 22:44:36

I would suggest the posters to give us an lspci in code tags plus the information about what is working/or not,so we can have a better see about what are the hardware specifications.

Last edited by ganastasiou (2010-09-10 22:45:18)

zero_one · 2010-09-12 10:05:44

Sony Vaio VGN-FW460J (everything works the only things i havent tested is the pro duo slot, not sure if its enabled in the kernel, and the bd burning or playing. also i havent mapped the s1 and av mode mmkeys. all others worked in kde, and in openbox i mapped volkeys.) everything else works without problems.

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
0a:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
0a:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)

semog · 2010-09-12 22:24:39

acer aspire 5050
dell precision m6400

everything works fine

triplc · 2010-09-13 00:36:49

HP dv4t ( http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4652 )

Arch was installed last year in this computer. At that time, some small fixes were needed.

Sound: (note: hp-dv5 configuration)

~% cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
#
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#

options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv5
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

##

Wireless:

1 - Install broadcom-wl from AUR repo ( http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup ).

2 - In /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(... !b43 !ssb ...)

and in /etc/rc.local:

## ssb must be loaded *after* wl
modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
modprobe wl
modprobe ssb

chaoticdefendant · 2010-09-13 08:37:31

Just got Arch working on my MSI U100, everything works brilliantly.

Texas · 2010-09-13 14:24:26

Acer Aspire 5517.
Works well. Broadcom wireless from AUR.

cyberorg · 2010-09-14 10:55:17

Asus K40AB.

Work Great and glad to be powered by arch linux!

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