Laptops which run Arch

frank419 · 2012-01-23 19:13:06

Asus EEE 1015pem

Kuraj · 2012-01-25 22:16:25

Asus EeePC 1015 PE. Been using Arch for about a month, everything just works OOTB.

oldtimeyjunk · 2012-01-28 14:03:28

Advent K200, which is a rebadged Uniwill L51II3 - 1.73GHz Dual Core Intel, 2GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive and a CPU which reaches 108 celcius (no joke). I love this thing!

enochnotsocool · 2012-01-31 02:44:58

MSI FX620DX
Intel i5-5410M(2.3Ghz)
NVIDIA GT540M
4G RAM 320G HDD

I love running Arch on this, but there is the issue that last time I install a NVIDIA driver on it half my screen disappeared and i had to reinstall it again. : P

vwyodajl · 2012-01-31 03:46:54

Toshiba Qosmio x505-887

lspci

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)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT215 [GeForce GTS 360M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
07:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Device 10f7 (rev 01)
07:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8120 (rev 01)
07:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8130 (rev 01)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers (rev 04)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 04)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 04)
ff:03.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller (rev 04)
ff:03.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder (rev 04)
ff:03.4 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:04.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers (rev 04)
ff:05.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers (rev 04)

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b130 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0930:020f Toshiba Corp.

Pretty much everything works, BIOS is a tad buggy. sdcard reader needs a quirk to work, the nvidia card seems to sometimes play nice and others not so much. I am getting roughly 3hrs battery time with the handler.sh I have right now with some more work to go, but its now better than my windows battery life and getting better. Have to force aspm in grub.

Running on a minimal openbox install, though there are a few heavy apps I still use such as amarok.

edit:
for sdcard issues add this to modprobe.conf

options sdhci debug_quirks=0x40

firewire use to need this but now works for me without

options firewire-ohci quirks=0x10 debug=0xf

Last edited by vwyodajl (2012-02-06 17:42:50)

enochnotsocool · 2012-02-05 23:48:16

MSI FX640DX
works great except because of nvidia optimus, I can't use the graphics card provided and it eats though my power : P.

Gusar · 2012-02-06 00:24:11

vwyodajl wrote:

sdcard reader needs a quirk to work

Could you please explain what that quirk is? I've seen more than one report of a non-working O2 card-reader, so I'm interested to know how to get these things to work.

@enochnotsocool: Look into bbswitch and bumblebee. The first allows you to turn off the nvidia card so it doesn't consume power, the second allows you to actually use it.

devplayer · 2012-02-06 04:48:26

Lenovo Thinkpad X220. Everything (I use on it) works great! Although I've got the i7 processor, and 8GB of RAM, and it seems the OS is using only a tenth of the resources of each.

hleung · 2012-02-06 13:40:18

HP Compaq NC6400
Dual Core 1.83GHz
4GB Rams
80GB HDD (will upgrade to 120GB SSD)
LAN, Wifi, Bluetooth
VGA Out
3x USB 2.0
SD/MMC reader
Fingerprint reader
Optical Drive

It runs great with Arch Linux + cpufrequtils

theW · 2012-02-06 17:04:06

Lenovo Thinkpad x61s, 1.6ghz core 2 duo. Everything including wifi worked out of the box, except for the fact that I have not yet tried using the fingerprint reader. Running wmii on it is great despite the small screen size. With laptop-mode-utils installed I get close to 6.5 hours of battery life.

vwyodajl · 2012-02-06 17:23:22

Gusar wrote:

vwyodajl wrote:
sdcard reader needs a quirk to work
Could you please explain what that quirk is? I've seen more than one report of a non-working O2 card-reader, so I'm interested to know how to get these things to work.

This is what I need to do

options sdhci debug_quirks=0x40

fevpk · 2012-02-08 23:55:34

HP Pavilion dv2810us
Turion 64 x2
4GB RAM
250GB HD
GeForce 7150M

a hot laptop.. lol!

ekenbrand · 2012-02-09 03:09:05

Running on a Samsung RV511, works great, haven't tried Bluetooth

$ inxi -F
System:    Host: epilon Kernel: 3.1.9-2-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Openbox 3.5.0 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:   Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711/E3411
           Bios: Phoenix version: 04PA.M006.20110615.XW date: 06/15/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium CPU P6200 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2128.173 MHz 2: 2128.173 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.org: 1.11.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 168x36 
Audio:     Card: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: e8:15:32:87:c5:7d
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller driver: brcmsmac 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: e9:ca:34:25:99:b4
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 640.1GB (6.3% used) 1: /dev/sda SAMSUNG_HM641JI 640.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 49G used: 36G (79%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 49G used: 36G (79%) fs: ext4 
           ID: /var size: 9.8G used: 1.8G (18%) fs: reiserfs ID: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: 43.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 98 Uptime: 4:30 Memory: 477.1/3757.6MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28

t1nk3r3r · 2012-02-13 10:22:31

HP Pavilion G62-407DX Refurbished $349

AMD Phenom II 2.6Ghz dual-core
3Gb DDR3 RAM (stock)
320Gb HDD
DVD-RW with LightScribe
Radeon Mobility 4250

Runs hot, but matches my desktop in everything but graphics. Easy little xrandr script to switch to VGA, HDMI or use all three displays.
Battery life up to 2h 54m with cpufrequtils + laptop-mode-tools fairly conservative.
Nice to have three-finger gestures on Synaptics touchpad.
Card reader works great with SD cards.
Just haven't figured out software for webcam or multimedia keys...

LXDE + Compiz (when I want to show off)

ontobelli · 2012-02-15 08:03:37

Dell Vostro 1720 with nVidia Geforce 9600M GS

Everything works fine but not recognized O2Micro OZH24 SD/MMC Host Controller.

Installed KDE.

Last edited by ontobelli (2012-02-15 08:04:19)

ElTimo · 2012-02-16 19:56:49

Dell Vostro 3750 with GeForce 525m.

Bumblebee works, but can't turn off the discrete card as far as I know. Basic touchpad functionality works, including tap-to-click, but there's no scrolling of any kind as it's not detected as a Synaptics device (mainly because it isn't one). Battery life is pretty bad due to being unable to turn off the discrete card, but keeping the laptop plugged in and connected to a mouse is just fine by me.

IllIllIlI · 2012-02-17 17:08:24

asus a53s nvidia gt 540m

everything works

battery ~4.5h with bumblebee+bbswitch and some minor tweaks

ipeters61 · 2012-02-18 03:50:05

Probably guaranteed to run it by now (it's a late 2009 laptop)...

Dell Studio 1555
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
4 GB DDR2 Memory
500 GB Western Digital Hard Drive
Intel GMA4500 Graphics

Running with Xfce and it runs very nicely. GNOME 3 works on it pretty well too, but XFCE is most certainly snappier.

Note that there's no software brightness control. The desktop environment recognizes that the brightness is being changed, but I just think it's a hardware issue (at boot there is an issue with the _BCL component and Windows doesn't support software brightness control either). I think it has to do with the LED screen, because my grandfather's laptop (an Inspiron 1545 with similar specs, just a Pentium Dual Core 2.1 GHz instead of the Core 2) supports software brightness control.

Last edited by ipeters61 (2012-02-18 03:52:30)

shyn · 2012-02-18 11:44:03

Compaq 615
Works fine.

Rey-Fox · 2012-02-22 16:27:53

Hi,
I use a netbook. Arch linux running fast and smooth with Gnome 3, I can see films mkv 720p very well, I have installed Star Craft 2 that run like my Window 7 Ice Extreme (well but at minimum effects due its a netbook), my light browser epiphany is faster than firefox (of course... i don't need all the firefox extensions and features) and the flashplugin works little aceptable (if you move the mouse during video reproduction, its slow down). I'm on only my day 6... so I have to much too learn and tweak. Boot time from bios to gnome login... forn now 30 seconds.

ASUS EEEPC 1201N
dual core Atom CPU 330 @ 1.60 GHz in HyperThread
4 Gb Ram with 512 Mb shared by Nvidia ION with 16 cuda core
300 Gb HDD (100 Arch, 200 Win7Ice dualboot)

I use win for game and films... now that mediaplayer it's ok on arch... I can see the films on Arch from windows partition easily... and when I port my favourite games on Arch... I'll switch completely on Arch

opticldelusion · 2012-02-26 11:31:38

Running Arch on a Thinkpad X220 here. Runs pretty fast and cool. Almost no noise when running on battery.

* Installed the Liquorix kernel from AUR.
* Installed tp_smapi from AUR to adjust battery charging thresholds. (dont charge more than 90%)
* Using the following kernel parameters: ro pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 quiet
* 800MHz powersave gorvenor when running on battery.

Battery life was poor before these changes, now it runs aprox. 5h with the 6-cell battery (bluetooth off, brightness 6/15).

Almost everything works, except for the microphone mute button (does not work at all).

andy123 · 2012-02-26 12:24:29

opticldelusion wrote:

Almost everything works, except for the microphone mute button (does not work at all).

The same problem occurs to me on my Thinkpad E325. The strange thing is this dmesg line which appears every time i press Fn+"microphone-mute".

keyboard: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 248

does anyone know how to fix this?

qtcaroline22 · 2012-02-26 13:32:19

I use a Thinkpad x60s. It's relatively old, but it's still working top-notch. I put a lot of upgrades on its hardware, I've increased its RAM from 512MB to 4GB (though only 3GB is usable for some reason), and replaced the small 40GB HDD with a 250GB. I have Windows 7 dual booting with Arch as well, but I use Arch more, and the only reason for me to boot into Windows is to probably play some games.

Everything works really well with my ThinkPad, I've been with a lot of distros before Arch (Ubuntu, Crunchbang, Fedora) and as far as I know everything works out of the box. I think it's the same with Arch too but there are a couple of things I had to do to open the "box", but it works nonetheless.

I still have some stuff to iron out such as CPU frequency scaling so that I can save on power when I'm on a battery.

opticldelusion · 2012-02-26 19:40:18

andy123 wrote:

does anyone know how to fix this?

FYI, I fixed this issue using this workaround: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1046190

This indicating led is still not working, cause thinkpad_acpi does not support changing the state of the micmute led. There seems to be a patch available tough. (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/4/323)

andy123 · 2012-02-26 20:50:09

opticldelusion wrote:

FYI, I fixed this issue using this workaround: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1046190
This indicating led is still not working, cause thinkpad_acpi does not support changing the state of the micmute led. There seems to be a patch available tough. (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/8/4/323)

Either it's my stupidity or this fix is not applicable on my E325. At least i don't have the problem with the led since there is no such led on this notebook.

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