Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

mattiksi · 2008-07-30 07:50:31

I'm thinking about replacing my Asus EEE with a laptop which is "more capable". I was going to buy Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa 3515 when I read that Ati radeon HD3200 is now supported in catalyst. Still wanting to know if anyone in the arch community has these new stylish black and white laptops from Fujitsu-Siemens.
Here are the specs for 3515:

* AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology RM-70
* Windows® Vista® Home Premium (Arch is going to replace this, ofcourse)
* 2048 Mt DDR II 667 Mhz
* 250 Gt SATA
* Super Multi Dual Layer DVD-drive
* 15,4" TFT WXGA Brilliant View
* WLAN
* Webcam and mic

So does anyone know how well these devices are supported. Thanks for replies in advance

brynjolf · 2008-07-30 19:40:07

ATI are generally not that great with drivers if you want to go in the direction of Compiz etc. Except for the KDE4 mishap nvidia deliver better drivers.
I'll get one of these soonish, the 13.3 model though, no release date given so far I'm afraid.

mattiksi · 2008-07-31 05:28:53

Yeah I know, but I think that Ati is cathing up and all other Ati-cards I have tried with compiz have worked flawless. I guess I should first install ubuntu and check how it configures everything and how that does work. It takes 20 mins and I clearly see how well everything is working Then it's time to start optimizing everything with Arch.

Oh and by the way, found a review which says that everything should work http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a … inux&num=1

Last edited by mattiksi (2008-07-31 05:29:28)

mattiksi · 2008-08-02 14:25:30

Okay, got my laptop.

First things first; Arch linux ftp-install cd does not boot. Well that should be easy to fix. I'll burn an another cd and try some other options.

EDIT: So it wasn't a bad burn, the live installer (tried two cd's and usb-stick) hangs at:
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs:12, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=2, Nodes=1

Any idea what to do?

and then I tried linux support in ubuntu. Radeon works fine, so does the sound

The problem rises when I needed the wireless. It does not find any wireless devices and lspci said:
Ralink Unknown Device 0781

I know that there are a lot of Ralink-drivers at their webpage, there are some packages and it seems that there are few packages in aur. Wiki also has guidance on Ralink devices. The problem is, I don't know which card this is. Here are all the drivers http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/S … Linux.html
So any idea how I can find out which card model I have?

Thanks for replies in advance

Last edited by mattiksi (2008-08-02 14:51:07)

mattiksi · 2008-08-02 17:02:30

Sorry for a triple post

Well, got my installation media to boot with acpi=off. However, after install it does not boot without acpi=off. So I guess i could say It's a very bad laptop for linux.
Ubuntu works, so the kernel module exist. Just trying to find out what it is so I can put it in the MODULES in mkinitpio.conf.

Any help will be appreciated.

mattiksi · 2008-08-04 15:28:29

Okay here is the listing from lsmod when run in ubuntu:
Is anyone willing to tell me what I'm looking for. What should i configure in order to make my arch install boot without acpi=off?

Module Size Used by
ipv6 267780 10
af_packet 23812 2
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
dock 11280 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
container 5632 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
aes_i586 33536 0
dm_crypt 15364 0
dm_mod 62660 1 dm_crypt
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
snd_hda_intel 344728 3
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
sdhci 19076 0
evdev 13056 8
battery 14212 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
ac 6916 0
mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci
fglrx 1555468 27
rt2860sta 519512 0
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
agpgart 34760 1 fglrx
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
video 19856 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
output 4736 1 video
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 40336 0
serio_raw 7940 0
wmi_acer 9644 0
snd 56996 17
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
button 9232 0
i2c_piix4 9612 0
soundcore 8800 1 snd
i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_piix4
pcspkr 4224 0
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
r8169 32900 0
ehci_hcd 37900 0
ahci 28420 2
ohci_hcd 25348 0
usbcore 146028 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
libata 159344 1 ahci
scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3

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#1 2008-07-30 07:50:31

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

#2 2008-07-30 19:40:07

Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

#3 2008-07-31 05:28:53

Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

#4 2008-08-02 14:25:30

Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

#5 2008-08-02 17:02:30

Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

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Re: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo 3000-series

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