Laptops which run Arch

Fragger · 2009-03-09 18:35:49

Running i686 on my Hp Compaq nx9030
Everything works excellent!

litemotiv · 2009-03-15 15:35:46

Sony Vaio FW3xx series (tested on european FW31ZJ, other full-hd models with an ATI card should work as well)

Almost everything works out of the box, remarks so far:

Changing screen brightness doesn't work, the dual-lamp display is very bright so you will definitely want to fix this. For this you will need a custom DSDT file; you can compile your own DSDT which requires some effort (see the wiki and this blog post), or use the one i pre-built (link: custom.dsdt).

Put this file in /lib/initcpio:

cp custom.dsdt /lib/initcpio

Add the dsdt hook to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:

HOOKS="... dsdt ... "

Rebuild initramfs:

mkinitcpio -p kernel26

After a reboot you should now have a /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness entry where you can set the brightness.

leprosys · 2009-03-17 21:07:48

HP Pavilion dv4-1125nr Notebook / Arch x86_64 - All work fine, but only the bios has a bug on the kernel 2.6.28:

pci 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) 01010001
pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) 01010001

More info for the bug.

Last edited by leprosys (2009-03-17 21:09:33)

cnshzj007 · 2009-03-17 23:49:34

Dell Latitude D630 works fine with arch.

zhymm · 2009-03-19 19:11:36

Compaq Evo N620c

3nd3r · 2009-03-20 07:18:34

Compaq Presario F759WM
lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7000M (rev a2) (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:05.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
02:05.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)

Оо · 2009-03-21 23:14:35

HP 530

Everything seems to work

russianwizard · 2009-03-22 22:38:55

SONY VAIO VGN-FS630/W

The only problem is that it sometimes doesn't recognize my 3rd party battery.

CheesyBeef · 2009-03-22 22:46:58

Dell Inspiron 1501.

No problems at all. Some things, like synaptics and keyboard shortcuts don't work by default - but that's the point of Arch; you add what you want.

Pierre-Alexandre · 2009-03-23 16:16:25

Vostro 1500, working fine. If you are planning on buying one of these laptops (or a Dell laptop, actually), for the love of god, pay 10$ to get the Nvidia WIFI card... it's so much better than the crappy Dell / Broadcom cards!

lspci:
[pierre-alexandre@FusiON ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller(rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

SIGTERMer · 2009-03-23 16:59:48

Toshiba tecra A6 (A6-EZ6411) works like a charm

ggarron · 2009-03-26 12:36:07

I am using an
IBM T60
Everything working out of the box.

MoffspringR · 2009-03-26 20:45:30

My laptop is: Sony Vaio VGN-FW21E.

Everything works fine.
My wireless card was need a little bit attention at installation... I need install the unicode-5000 (name similar to this ^^) at the moment I installed Arch.

Dr4go · 2009-03-26 22:25:48

Hasee WS210 running Arch Linux x86_64.

choener · 2009-03-26 23:32:15

Lenovo X200s running x86_64.
Everything works except the fingerprint reader, but I wasn't really interested in that yet.

kclive18 · 2009-03-30 17:53:50

HP Pavilion zv6203cl. Not too portable (it weighs like 9 lbs lol) and has a desktop Athlon 64 3200+ that eats up 62W of power <_< . But a good performer neverthless, especially when you upgrade to a 5400rpm hard disk (the stock 4200rpm one was a big-time drag). It can't boot from USB (stupid HP BIOSes grrr), but it can burn DVD's and has a nice clear screen. I wouldn't get this laptop if you want good battery life, though. Some quirks with Arch:

- 6-in-1 media card reader isn't recognized
- ATI Mobility graphics work better with xorg drivers instead of proprietary
- Not good friends with KDE/Gnome compositing
- Sound chip not recognized with OSS4, must use ALSA
- Battery gets eaten up faster than in XP

Otherwise, it's been performing pretty nicely, but I am thinking of investing in something lighter and much more recent.

s3kt0r · 2009-03-30 18:23:43

Hp G7000 (low cost series)
arch (core 2009.02)

- Everything works (graphic card, soundcard, dvd r/w, multimedia/special keys, touchpad, wifi), just needed normal user configuration to my likes and needs

Of course it's not a top laptop, but it does what i need: school assignments, and a few lightweight games.

lonecat · 2009-04-05 15:46:57

Sony Vaio VGN NR320FH check the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Son … GN_NR320FH
Summary: Everything working except 100% video performance (There should be a fix around, but I still haven't found it. Ubuntu LiveCD shows the card's full potential, so I assume there must be a way to achieve it for arch).

pendor · 2009-04-07 21:26:25

MSI VR340 running (quite well) Arch64.
Not top-of-the-line, but very close to my expectations and it fulfills my needs. Net, WiFi, card reader, touchpad, webcam, speakers, almost all the hard works OK under Arch.
Made a blog (in spanish, sorry) explaining in detail the steps needed to make everything work (except the modem, which I don´t plan using): http://saur0n-reloaded.blogspot.com/

Brief · 2009-04-09 17:08:33

I Had a Asus G2P and it worked out of the box, i just needed to install the ipw3945 when installing the arch linux and had no problems

Now i bought one Sony Vaio FW-378J and I'm having some troubles to boot, but I don't think it's going to be a problem

kperkins · 2009-04-11 22:47:19

System76 Pangolin v3
Everything works great, but it should, since System76 installs Ubuntu on their boxes (I just switched a couple of weeks ago--and am loving it). Only problem I had was with the testing xf86-video-intel driver.

mikesd · 2009-04-12 00:10:22

HP nx8420 running Arch x86_64. Everything works well. Only downside is I would prefer if it had nVidia graphics instead of ATI. The latest opensource drivers seem to be better performance wide though.

bwh1969 · 2009-04-13 00:33:01

IBM T43 everything works pretty much... need to tweak a bit to get Fn keys to work.

Acer Aspire LCi 3005 (Athlon XP - older model) - used ndiswrapper for wifi but fwcutter is supposed to also work with the b43 module.

Asus eee-pc 701

hauntergeist · 2009-04-13 08:15:00

My old Dell Latitude C660 can cope pretty good with arch. The only problems I had were wireless related. I bought a new wlan card and everything was fine.

self_bias_resistor · 2009-04-15 08:25:08

ASUS F5/X50N series, running arch since a year++ or so, had problems with Atheros 5007EG wifi chipset first. Installed madwifi-newhal-svn and everything went fine. Meanwhile (Kernel 2.6.29) the builtin ath5k works like a charm (no more madwifi needed).

Only thing i couldn't get to work yet is rebooting (!), shutdown works fine, but shutdown -r hangs at the end. But i'm going to fix that somehow eventually, there's a fix for it for sure.

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