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Phrodo_00

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2006-04-09

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

HP Compaq Presario c700 with intel wifi here... works like a charm, even the webcam.

dsr

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 187

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First generation 13.3" MacBook. Everything works perfectly except for the microphone and camera, neither of which I've tried to get working. Lenovo sometimes discounts the ThinkPad R and T series, in which case those might be slightly better value.

celticmusicguy

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From: Zuni, VA, USA

Registered: 2008-07-24

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I've got Arch installed and running on a Dell Inspiron 8200. The only problems I've had so far are with the battery and CD-ROM drive but I can't blame those on Arch at all. They were acting up before I even heard of Arch.

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fukawi2

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Dell D610 works fine... Wireless included.

Don't use the analogue modem so not sure if it does, but I'm sure it would.

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bavardage

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Registered: 2008-02-17

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HP530, everything working afaik.

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jo3

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Registered: 2007-08-18

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I didn't read all 13 pages so not sure if Dell Inspiron 9300 was listed.
I posted a little info on my website about the hardware. Here is the list of what worked.

Dell Inspiron 9300
WHAT WORKS
- CPU: Intel Pentium M processor 2.00GHz (centrino)
- RAM: 2GB Curcial DDR2 PC5400
- HD: 120GB WD
- VIDEO: nVidia Corporation NV41.8 [GeForce Go 6800] (rev a2)
----Driver: nvidia 173.14.09-4
- NET: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
----Driver: b44
- WIFI: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
----Driver: ipw2200
- DISPLAY: 17" WXGA Display @ 1920x1200
- SOUND: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC'97 Audio Controller
- 1394: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
- CD-RW/DVD-RW

NOT WORKING/CONFIGURED (yet)
- Several Function keys, For example: FN+PageUp/FN+PageDown does not control volume.
- Multimedia keys on the front do not work yet.
- SD Card reader not tested
- Modem not tested
- WIFI LED (trivial IMO)

ruscook

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From: Sydney Australia

Registered: 2007-08-27

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New HP Compaq Presario C700  (C774TU model)

Wireless didnt' work out of the box for Arch or Arch64. Pretty much everything else did although I've never gotten suspend/hibernate to work - even on my desktop.

At the moment I am using ndiswrapper for Arch32 and the svn patched HAL and madwifi drivers for Arch64.

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kahrn

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-06-09

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I have it running on a Dell Latitude LS500.

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rizzix

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Registered: 2005-10-22

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Lenovo 3000 N100 -- little to no tweaking required.

Last edited by rizzix (2008-07-31 22:39:34)

phisphere

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2007-03-05

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

dell vostro 1400

sound works out of the box (including built in speakers and mic - after installing alsa of course)
wifi works (with iwlwifi)
nvidia graphics card works (with nvidia driver)
multimedia keys works (XF86Audio...)
bluetooth works
touchpad works (need some configuration of course)

haven't tested sd card reader or modem yet.

so vostro 1400 works well with arch.

KM3K

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From: Amherst, NY

Registered: 2008-07-31

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Lenovo Thinkpad T60

Everything works, but a few things to note:
The ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 needs the catalyst driver for proper 3D features (Compiz)
The fingerprint reader works with either thinkfinger or the libfprint

Well maybe not everything... I haven't used the modem.

lf

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Registered: 2008-05-01

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Toshiba Portege R150

AIGLX seems to be having some troubles, according to my logs.
I haven't gotten my built-in SD card reader to work yet.
Haven't tried PCMCIA and whatever goes into this other weird hole on the side of my laptop...

Lord Illidan

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From: Malta

Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 248

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Sony Vaio VGN-FE48E

Sound - hda intel, works
Wifi - iwl3945, works
Camera, ricoh, works (r5u870)
Nvidia Video Card, works
Suspend/Hibernate works, they didn't on Ubuntu. Wonder why.
Changing brightness doesn't work, though, nor did the SD card reader, though I haven't really tried it much yet. Didn't test PCMCIA yet, either.

rostoQ

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Registered: 2008-06-25

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Thinkpad x60s,
Everything works (except wifi-led).
Even mic,bluetooth&sd... just 3D stuff could perform better...
Thinking about to switch to the tablet-version though...

new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

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Running Arch on a big, fat and old IBM Thinkpad R40 (2272), the one that comes with Pentium M 1.2 ghz, 256 mb RAM and 40 gig drive. I've upgraded it to 768 mb RAM and swapped the broken drive 80 gig 5400 rpm one. It's running like a charm. Bloats such as O.oo Writer opens in mere 7 seconds. Everything feels fast and efficient.

Arkane

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2008-02-18

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My Dell Latitude D520 works flawlessly, even suspend/hibernate/whatever and the broadcom wifi(since kernel 2.6.24 finally freed me from having to carry an external atheros everywhere).

My hard drive seems to be dying on me though, but I don't think this has anything to do with Arch --'.

Last edited by Arkane (2008-08-10 11:31:27)

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orion

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From: near Hamburg / Germany

Registered: 2008-08-01

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Acer TravelMate 4020 WLMi

CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.6 Ghz (Centrino)
NET: Broadcom 10/100 LAN
Wireless: Intel Wireless 2200BG
Graphics: Intel 915GM
RAM: 512 MB DDR2 RAM, will upgrade to 1 or 2 GB soon.

Everything works flawlessly, except Wireless LED, which i not configured yet. Desktop KDE 4.1 with Compiz Effects works smoothly on this older machine

SiC

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From: Liverpool, England

Registered: 2008-01-10

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Toshiba Satellite A200- 1TO

Everything works absolutely perfectly, suspend/resume, wireless, graphics, only thing I've not tested is the card reader, no idea what make, never looked, don't have any cards to read.

sam

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Registered: 2008-05-23

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Dell Inspiron 1501 (with amd and ati).  Everything works, but there are some weird quirks with the ati video card that I still can't figure out.

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

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Asus F3SG
Most things works perfectly. Couldn't get alsa to work but OSS4 is brilliant. I also have not been able to get the TV tuner to work either.

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Mazon

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Registered: 2008-08-10

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LG p300 13,3" core duo 7300 2,4ghz, 3gb ram, nvidia 8400, ICH8 chipset.kernel 2.6.27-rc2. Everything works. Nvidia beta drivers 177. This is one great laptop. Havnt tested the HDMI out yet.

krisvek

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Registered: 2008-04-19

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Dell Inspiron 1501 here as well.  Haven't noticed anything particularly wierd with the ATI stuff like sam has, BUT, I have had an acpi issue since the update to kernel 2.6.26.2.  However, acpi worked great in 2.6.25.  So, basically, everything seems to work pretty well.  I think you can even get dial-up modem drivers via ubuntu/dell.  Of course, I don't think Dell sells this model any longer, so I guess this is only useful information for used laptops

You experienced anything with the acpi, sam?

Last edited by krisvek (2008-08-20 00:01:33)

filou.linux

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From: Zurich

Registered: 2008-04-17

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runs without major problems on the HP Compaq nc6000. I didnt test the modem or the pcmcia slots though.

mauud777

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Registered: 2008-03-12

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HP Pavilion dv6560ee , every thing works perfectly except the modem

quantumphaze

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2008-11-14

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My Acer Aspire 3680 is working perfectly more or less out of the box (what ever that means for Arch)

Wireless, suspend, Xorg, sound work after minimal configuring. It just needs a little more polish like Fn+* hot-keys, spel-check and Suspend from the leave menu in KDE4.

Worth noting is that you need to add

Option         "AllowEmptyInput"     "false"

under ServerLayout to prevent X from locking up the system beyond SysRq and add

Option      "FramebufferCompression"    "off"

under Device to stop the screen from "jumping" every few seconds.

The hard disk Load_Cycle_Count problem effects this laptop

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