Laptops which run Arch

dobie2564 · 2014-11-27 11:06:26

Asus G751 with GTX980m GPU. Currently requires some beta drivers but works.

I have it setup to dual boot Win 8.1 that came with it. I first reinstalled Win 8.1 using instructions rog.asus.com forums to repartition the SSD & Disk for Arch and remove the bloat. The Nvidia GTX 980m currently isn't supported by nouveau nor the currently released Nvidia drivers. Here is what I did to get it to work.

Turn off secure boot in UEFI.
Booting the Arch install requires nomodeset to be given as a kernel option. Otherwise nouveau loads which yields a blank screen.
Placed /boot in its own partition formatted as ext2. Label this partition as arch-boot. Both are important for rEFInd.
Did the basic Arch install as described in the Wiki
netctl works fine with the installed ethernet and wireless card.
Installed rEFInd in the ESD partition. Remove all the filesystem drivers from rEFINd except the one for NTFS, FAT, and ext2. (see wiki & rEFINd support page)
Blacklist the nouveau module so the kernel won't load it.
Change the boot order in UEFI to boot rEFInd instead of windows.
reboot.

rEFINd works perfectly with this setup. It finds the arch kernel in /boot and lets you select Windows, Arch, any boot media that might be installed or go to PC setup. By labeling /boot, arch-boot, it displays the Arch icon instead of the stock linux penguin.

In order to get the graphics card to display, I had to install nvidia-beta from the AUR which currently builds 346.16-1. This beta driver is where Nvidia adds support for the mobile versions of the Maxwell GTX970 and GTX980 GPUs. (GTX970m & GTX980m) Graphics seem to work fine after that. Nice work on packaging that driver.

I'm still researching a couple of USB errors given during boot, but otherwise the laptop seems to work with no issues.

cappuccino · 2014-11-27 18:23:26

- HP Compaq nx 7400 [ 256GB MX 100 Crucial SSD / 4GB RAM / GPU Intel / i3 ]

- Asus N76VZ [ 128GB Samsung 830+750GB Hitachi / 16GB RAM / GPU Intel+nVidia GF GT 650M / KDE]

- HP Compaq 6730b [ 128GB Samsung 830+500GB WD / 8GB RAM / GPU Intel / KDE ]

- EeePC 900 [ 4+16GB SSD / 2GB RAM / GPU Intel / Openbox ]

riveale · 2014-12-03 08:27:19

Yea, setting clickpad=0 has been a requirement for the driver to work since the synaptics update that came with 3.10 or so, which updated the xorg.conf file. Sorry I didn't see this sooner or I could have mentioned that. There were some posts in this thread a while back mentioning that.

Just got my blade back after being in repairs for 4 months (!). Will attempt to install arch. Is everyone on the 2013 version using UEFI or still using legacy? Is there any advantage to using UEFI (faster?)

Richard

***EDIT***

Successfully installed Arch, I've confirmed that the NVIDIA etc. card works (kernel 13.7.4 without any special ck) as long as that rcutree kernel parameter is set to 1. CUDA also works however the bug with "turning off" the GPU after running cuda code still remains.

The function keys etc. all seem to work.

I still have not started to mess with the touchpad. I guess I still need to install Andrew's kernel driver or is it upstreamed by 3.17.4 (I can't tell from the previous posts).

Best again,
Richard
(Note I'm on 2013 version of RB14)

***EDIT 2***

Used system for 2 days, everything was working fine (was able to play games with optirun). Left it on overnight crunching numbers with lid closed. Now, this morning optirun/primusrun fails most of the time even when I set the rcutree thing to 1! No update to any part of the system, so I'm confused. Do I just have horrible luck with these systems and got another faulty MB/nvidia card?

***EDIT 3***

Confirming that optirun nvidia etc. work with linux-ck kernel from AUR, however it does NOT work with the vanilla 3.17.6-ARCH kernel (it gives rminitadapter failed stuff). Needed to install nvidia-ck bbswitch-ck linux-ck linux-ck-headers. Again, I am on 2013 razer blade 14 inch.

Last edited by riveale (2014-12-13 18:59:13)

ajithkumar · 2014-12-04 05:25:00

Hi All, I have installed Arch on my 2006 vintage HP Compaq Presario C 301. 60GB hard disc 4 GB RAM.... Works very well.

frigaut · 2014-12-05 05:50:52

I am happy to report that (arch)linux works reasonably well on a Yoga 3 Pro Lenovo.
I installed UEFI, and essentially everything seems to be working:
* video (use Glamor accelerator, the default sna seems to have issues on this very new chip hd5300)
* suspend/resume (touchscreen disabled after resume, use xinput enable device to restore)
* keyboard, trackpad (works like a charm contrarily to some report I read other places)
* camera, audio, touchscreen (with caveat mentionned above)
* wired network (with a usb adaptor)
* wifi (use the aur broadcom-wl driver)
* bluetooth (didn't try yet but appears in menus)

I'm using gnome-shell on this which deals quite nicely with the HiDPI screens (not absolutely perfect but totally workaable and actually very eyes pleasing). Can be used also in tablet mode but not yet super user friendly due to the limitation of the touchscreen drivers. Keyboard is disabled (I guess by h/w) when in tablet mode. but touchpad still connected (still new so I haven't had to time to workout a solution). All in all a nice laptop.

Last edited by frigaut (2014-12-05 05:52:44)

CrazyIrish · 2014-12-06 00:39:16

Asus Zenbook Prime (UX31A). Everything works

Chuck Arch Linux · 2014-12-08 01:38:20

My new Lenovo Ideapad Z710 run pretty well with Arch Linux UEFI boot.

tolga9009 · 2014-12-09 23:29:41

The beautiful Dell M3800 (Full HD version). Have been using it exclusively with Arch Linux since February - no major issues. UEFI only, CSM disabled boot using Gummiboot. Very smooth and performant laptop, it really shines with Arch Linux. Besides Nvidia GPU switching using bumblebee (which needs an additional kernel parameter), everything works absolutely flawless out of the box.

erkexzcx · 2014-12-09 23:57:06

If you check history, am hardly working on this wiki page. Asus N550JV works basically 10 out of 10 However, some configuration is required

blackrat · 2014-12-10 18:08:33

HP 635 (with AMD E-300): Everything except wifi and bluetooth works perfect. If you want WiFi and Bluetooth (Who would don't want ? ) you must blacklist a hp_wmi module and modprobe ath9k_htc module with nohwcrypt=1, without this you can see AP's but you can't connect to any of these.

Lenovo ThinkPad X201: Everything except 3G modem works "out of box", if you want to use 3G modem, you must download the gobi-loader from AUR, download Windows Driver for Gobi 2000 from Lenovo site, create from root account in /usr/lib/firmware a gobi catalog, and (if you haven't sim lock on your modem) with wine extract the drivers from exe file and copy to gobi all files from UMTS and UQCN from "2". You must install modemmanager and after reboot should be works (I'm tested this on Gnome environment and I can see and use a Manager for 3G modem from the menu. Wvdial is not required )

erkexzcx · 2014-12-10 20:28:28

blackrat wrote:

HP 635 (with AMD E-300): Everything except wifi and bluetooth works perfect. If you want WiFi and Bluetooth (Who would don't want ? ) you must blacklist a hp_wmi module and modprobe ath9k_htc module with nohwcrypt=1, without this you can see AP's but you can't connect to any of these.
Lenovo ThinkPad X201: Everything except 3G modem works "out of box", if you want to use 3G modem, you must download the gobi-loader from AUR, download Windows Driver for Gobi 2000 from Lenovo site, create from root account in /usr/lib/firmware a gobi catalog, and (if you haven't sim lock on your modem) with wine extract the drivers from exe file and copy to gobi all files from UMTS and UQCN from "2". You must install modemmanager and after reboot should be works (I'm tested this on Gnome environment and I can see and use a Manager for 3G modem from the menu. Wvdial is not required )

If you believe that you can help people with information you know - go on and create a wiki page if it doesn't exist about your laptop

Last edited by erkexzcx (2014-12-10 20:38:58)

blackrat · 2014-12-10 22:08:31

That's I'm gonna to do

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d15d18a · 2014-12-12 00:45:29

I'm using a Vaio SVF15215CLB, everything works great. You would only need to istall Broadcom-Wl to have the Wi-Fi working, it's the only non opensource driver you'll need.

The only thing I have not tried yet is NFC.

stevepa · 2014-12-14 05:20:43

Lenovo T440p, everything works.
Have not messed with the fingerprint reader.
Wireless is flawless. Video (Intel) is great. 1920x1080 is fantastic looking under Gnome.
Trackpad is better under Linux than Win7. Keyboard backlight works by default.
I replaced the spinning drive with an SSD, and boot time is very fast. I fstrim -v / every week or so.

Note: The new gen Thinkpads are much different, some may say "ruined", from the previous gen, like the T430. The biggest issue for me is the Trackpad, which is much worse than before. I've read that Lenovo is bringing the good Trackpad back in 2015, at least for some models.

gutigen · 2014-12-14 18:26:29

glenb77 wrote:

machine feels a bit slow here and there, plan to upgrade wifi card to incude dual band and bluetoot and put in an ssd which should boost performance. overall satisfied with the computer and love arch. thanks to arch developers.

Which cpu and how much ram you got in your x200ma?

glenb77 · 2014-12-16 13:23:06

gutigen wrote:

glenb77 wrote:
machine feels a bit slow here and there, plan to upgrade wifi card to incude dual band and bluetoot and put in an ssd which should boost performance. overall satisfied with the computer and love arch. thanks to arch developers.
Which cpu and how much ram you got in your x200ma?

it is 4 gig ram celeron 2830. bay trail. i added an ssd but the sata is only 3 gig, did not see great improvement.

riveale · 2014-12-16 17:43:35

I can not get the hid-rmi touchpad driver to work from the old git repo. Is that no longer working?

[riveale@rv-rb14 ~]$ dmesg | grep hid
[ 2.358437] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[ 3.127878] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 3.127880] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 3.129376] hid-generic 0003:056E:00D0.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [ELECOM ELECOM BlueLED Mouse] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
[ 3.130134] hid-generic 0003:1532:011D.0002: input,hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Pointer [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input0
[ 3.130858] hid-generic 0003:1532:011D.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input1
[ 3.131113] hid-generic 0003:1532:011D.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input2
[ 3.131298] hid-generic 0003:1532:011D.0005: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Razer Razer Blade] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input3

**** EDIT ****

I tried doing the gzip rmi-hid.ko and copying it to /usr/lib/modules/3.17.6-1-ck/kernel/drivers/hid/, but that no longer seems to work?
I did mkinitcpio etc. after that, is there anywhere else I needed to add references/hooks or something?

Last edited by riveale (2014-12-16 18:00:31)

aduggan · 2014-12-16 23:15:17

Yeah, the github code only works with kernels before 3.16. To get newer kernels working you need to apply the patches since changes to hid-core.c are needed.

riveale · 2014-12-16 23:39:43

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the clarification. Recompiling a custom kernel seems nasty given all the modifications for nvidia and bumblebee, I guess I'll just wait...

Best,
Richard

neri · 2014-12-17 00:29:38

IMPORTANT: This is the new 7140 model NOT the 7130 and NOT the 5xxx atom based, 5xxx has #@bit UEFI 32 bit issue and lacking drivers, 7130 has WiFi problems AFAIK

Dell Venue Pro 11 with mobile keyboard (Model 7140 with core M, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD):

Only issue is the trackpad right button doesn't work yet but I haven't really started remapping things and I'm confident it works.
What works
- Screen ( X.org with i915 driver)
- Touchscreen out of the box
- Wifi out of the box
- touchpad on external mobile keyboard( mobile dock ) xf86-input-synaptics drivers needed (right mouse button must be remapped)
- 2nd battery in keyboard recognized and reported by acpi command

How to get her up and running?
- buy venue Pro and keyboard or must have USB hub to have keyboard and USB Stick connected at once (has only one USB port)
- buy cheap with 64GB SSD
- use Windows (NOT Dell!) recovery tools to create recovery USB Stick (8GB min, USB3 for speed)
- buy transcend 256GB 2260 m2 NGFF SSD Harddrive
- remove little screw in sdcard slot door, pry back open carefully replace SSD, close back
- recover Device with USB Stick using "Reset Device" and overwrite everything
- This will leave you with 4-5 Partitions
- Boot into Windows, got to Explorer-> My PC-> Manage -> Disk Management and shrink C drive to desired size
- put Arch ISO on USB Stick, reboot device with "Volume Up" on left side of tablet depressed
- use volume up to navigate to Boot from USB, volume down to activate boot
- partition unused space on SSD that was freed by shrinking of C Drive
- Install Arch as usual
- I installed rEFInd as boot loader to change between windows and Arch as desired

Last edited by neri (2014-12-17 00:30:02)

riveale · 2014-12-20 03:23:12

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riveale · 2014-12-20 08:14:08

OK, I made a patched version of the linux-ck package (it will still compile the kernel from source but at least you don't have to do anything). If you are using the 2013 version of the razer blade 14 inch, this should give you both touchpad and nvidia support (you need to also install nvidia-ck and bbswitch-ck). You can download it from:

http://rveale.com/public/linux-ck-rb14.tar.gz

Then you:
tar xfz linux-ck-rb14.tar.gz
cd linux-ck-rb14
makepkg -s
sudo pacman -U [name_of_generated_package]

I verified that the synaptics driver correctly binds when booting from this kernel, and all mouse buttons work as well as two-finger scrolling etc.

However I don't know if this success is just the update from 3.17 to 3.18 kernel (did it get upstreamed yet, in 3.18?) or if it is Andrew's two patches which are automatically applied.

I prepared a package to add to AUR but pain in the butt..

Best,
Richard

Last edited by riveale (2014-12-20 08:18:03)

Trist · 2014-12-24 09:53:10

HP Mini 110-3700

nagaraju.l · 2014-12-27 18:43:41

Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Core2Duo Intel Graphics

Brought as second hand

Used to have ubuntu in past 4 months. I hate it... you know why? ;p

Installation is a mess for me.

1) Because my laptop have only one working usb slot And no working CD Drive.
2) And my only source of internet is my reliance cdma USB dongle ( Yes, i am from India! ).
3) The installation iso don't have modemmanager (or) wvdial, networkmanager.

So i taken notes frm Beginer Guide.

1) System booted with slax(copied to ram), removed pendrive.
2) Downloaded usb_modeswitch, modemmanager, networkmanager packages and dependies from site mirrors to ramfs. Removed dongle & copied to pendrive.
3) Booted to Iso pendrive with (copytoram=y) option. Installed packages via pacman -U.
4) And swaped pendrive with dongle & finally connected with "nmcli". Installed normally afterwards.

Thanks for a great linux distro...

Xabre · 2014-12-29 10:23:39

@nagaraju.l Netctl (which is a part of installation iso) would save you a lot of time. I installed using 3G connection via Ntctl, works just fine.

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