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tverdok

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From: Ukraine

Registered: 2009-11-15

Posts: 14

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I run arch on 2 lappies:
1. Hp Elitebook 6930p - everything works perfectly (Bluetooth, Fingerprint reader, wifi, even internal acelometer is detected)
2. Hp Pavilion xt395 - works like a charm.

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alexandrite

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Registered: 2009-03-27

Posts: 326

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I have a gateway MT6705.  Everything worked right out of the box except the RFKill switch for the wirless card.  I have since switched form the RTL8180 that it came with to an Intel card, and now I have literally no complaints.

I really wasn't expecting a gateway to be so linux-friendly, but here we are.

fresh24

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From: Austria / Vienna

Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 28

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I Run Arch on a LG P310 13" Laptop

which is powered by

Core 2 Duo P9500 2x 2.53GHz • 4096MB (2x 2048MB DDR3) • 320GB • NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB DDR3

Everything works out of the box

ootb means after installing the right driver like xf86-input-synaptics for the Touchpad

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edingc

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Registered: 2009-08-27

Posts: 8

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Acer Aspire 5570z

Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080 1.73 GHz (Usualy sits at 1.07 GHz or less)
2048 MB DDR2
250 GB
Intel GMA 950

Everything words out of the box (not sure on card reader, but I have no use for it).

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Netbook: Asus eeePC 901 with Arch Linux
Project: Apple iBook G4 (needs a new hard drive, RAM, and a fresh install of Ubuntu PPC)

mira

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Registered: 2009-12-03

Posts: 4

Re: Laptops which run Arch

HP nx7400

Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz
2048MB DDR2
120 GB SATA HDD
Intel GMA 950
Centrino Duo

Everything works fine, no need for special configuration yet

Acer Aspire 4101wlmi

Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
512MB DDR2
ATI Mobility Radeon X700

no HDD, running from 8GB flashdisk, because IDE controller is dead, but everything else works fine

sim82

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Registered: 2009-12-04

Posts: 1

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Dell Latitude e4300

works perfectly (wlan, suspend-to-ram, uswsusp, dockingstation (dock/undock while running), multiple monitors with xrandr)

two minor things to watch out for:
- right out of the box the cpu will be stuck in the lowest frequency mode after resume from suspend-to-ram (which works perfectly by the way). You will need to setup the frequency scaling in some way to prevent this. I found that the easiest solution is to just put those lines into /etc/rc.local
>>>>
modprobe acpi-cpufreq
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor
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- sound only works reliably with a modprobe option:
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-1

vi3dr0

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-03-22

Posts: 208

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Lenovo Thinkpad T61p

T7700 / 4GB RAM / Nvidia FX 570M / Intel 4965

Resuming from hibernation takes about 2-3min - both with pm-hibernate or tuxonice.

Everything else works just flawlessly.

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Cirk

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From: Cologne / Germany

Registered: 2007-07-02

Posts: 15

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Thinkpad X301

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Lenovo Thinkpad T61p

T7700 / 4GB RAM / Nvidia FX 570M / Intel 4965

Resuming from hibernation takes about 2-3min - both with pm-hibernate or tuxonice.

Everything else works just flawlessly.

The exact same laptop, with the same issue.

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kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Arch is now on Lenovo S10e netbook. It is with BCM4312 wireless, working fine with broadcom-wl from aur. The only problem is tearing (intel Mobile 945GME chipset,tried in openbox / gnome with and without kms). The h and v sync settings not honored in xorg.conf, further probing required.

LoneStar

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Registered: 2009-12-06

Posts: 6

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I've got it running on a Dell Latitude D610. So far so good, I haven't had any trouble getting anything to work...well except sound in alsa for a minute...but don't ask it was a stupid mistake

I'm considering trying it out on my Clevo M570RU, but we'll see, I might save that for a later date.

Syl

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Registered: 2009-06-24

Posts: 42

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Sony Vaio VGN-Z750D

The entire Z series requires a great deal of work to get going, especially on Arch.

You will need to pass the parameter acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" to your kernel, which causes a kernel panic due to the braindead way Arch parses these parameters. The solution is to compile your own kernel which does not need initramfs, and then you can pass the acpi_osi parameter. This allows you to switch the graphics card following a halt, and also prevents both graphics cards from be initialised at the same time, confusing X and wasting power.

Many of the other features (sleep button, vol buttons, power management to drive/bluetooth, etc) can be fixed using an updated sony laptop module, available here: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series

The memory stick reader does not currently work, but a patch is available from the mailing list provided in the previous link, and it has been accepted into the kernel tree. It will likely be included in .32 and later.

I *HIGHLY* recommend joining the mailing list.

Once the initial hurdles are cleared, however, it's a wonderful laptop.

That exactly what i was looking for! Thanks!
Unfortunately, i'm not familiar with Archlinux, and it sounds like to be a nightmare to get it working fine on a Z series :-(
So i might stick on Debian for my future laptop...

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Syl

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Registered: 2009-06-24

Posts: 42

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I have a SONY VAIO an it runs great.

Which series?

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Gen2ly

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From: Sevierville, TN

Registered: 2009-03-06

Posts: 1,529

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Apple clamshell iBook through the Arch Linux PPC project.  300Mhz of power .  Runs great with LXDE and openbox.

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Romanrp

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Registered: 2009-11-19

Posts: 117

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Asus K50IN
64bit arch + 4g ram is too good to be true
+ a decent intel core 2 duo processor makes computing a breeze.
The webcam an mic need a bit of work to work properly.

cardone

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Registered: 2009-03-24

Posts: 5

Re: Laptops which run Arch

HP dv3630eg
64bit archlinux + 4 GB ram HDD 500 GB + intel core 2 duo processor.
Webcam an mic work. SUPER.....

reqamst

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 11

Re: Laptops which run Arch

IBM Thinkpad R30.
Celeron 900Mhz, 256 MB ram.
I'm using it mainly for programming.
No X11, but I tried it and it works.

Kitty

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From: The Burning Desert

Registered: 2008-01-11

Posts: 88

Re: Laptops which run Arch

What's the general consensus about Dell models with pre-installed Ubuntu? Do they move to other distros easily, or is there Dell specific drivers bundled in?

The new Vostro V13 looks really nice, which led me to the above question.

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Tim-spongefryshoutypants

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From: Manchester UK

Registered: 2009-12-13

Posts: 15

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Sony VGN-C1S
Intel Core2  1.66GHz
2GB RAM (Upgraded from 1GB)

I've had it running Gnome, XFCE and now Fluxbox. Everything has worked fine, including wireless card.

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ApotheoZ

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Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 40

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Inspirion1720, and my Samsung nc10 : works fine on both \o/

exiquio

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From: Santa Fe, NM, United States

Registered: 2009-10-20

Posts: 32

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Acer 5517

Kernel: 2.6.32 (Customized, everything is static minus the dm-crypt related modules)
Desktop: Xmonad, Xmobar, Dmen
Video: xf86-video-ati - Works perfect in 2D, no stable 3D
Audio: snd_hda_intel (Realtek Codec) - Not a problem (just remember to add yourself to the audio group;)
Ethernet: atl1c - Works perfect (remember to leave the experimental prompt on in menuconfig if you chose to go static)
Wireless: ath9k - Works perfect. It doesn't drop connections like it did in 2.6.31. Use -D wext w/ wpa_supplicant
USB: Working
Optical Disk: Working
Touchpad: Works. Use serio_something(raw)?, psmouse and xf86-input-synaptics
LED lights: Work properly
PM-Utils: Works fine, but I don't use it on my encrypted setup
CPUFreq: Do it. I get such great perfomance with a threshold of 65. I am usual doing things at 800MHz and feeling good about it
Laptop-Mode: It works.
KVM: It is disabled by the damn bios. I hate Acer now.

While the this is only single core, I get great performance out of this. It was the cheapest laptop at BestBuy this past Fall.

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lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

Posts: 1,087

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Re: Laptops which run Arch

Toshiba Satellite L300 - OG1 . All works great except Fn key (and thus all function keys), and also fan control breaks if you use pm-suspend and/or pm-hibernate. See my wiki entry.

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prasetyams

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From: Jakarta

Registered: 2008-04-29

Posts: 74

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Compaq Presario CQ40-416AU. Almost everything works (except what I list, below). Using all graphics-related gits from [nightly] repo, and kernel from [testing].

Not yet tested: VGA output, HDMI output, and modem.
Not working: Suspend to disk and ram. The display doesn't come up. Hoping to find a solution soon.

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munkyeetr

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From: Merritt, BC

Registered: 2008-08-07

Posts: 83

Re: Laptops which run Arch

I've had good success on my Acer Aspire 5535 - everything can work (though I never tested the modem, there were drivers available for it through the manufacturer)

When i was running Gnome DE everything worked including multimedia keys, card reader, camera, sound, video, microphone, touchpad, wireless. Now I am running XFCE4 (for about a week now) and I have yet to get my multimedia keys working, but everything else seems to be working fine.

Hope this helps someone,
Munky

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henn1nk

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Registered: 2009-11-17

Posts: 8

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Samsung NC10 with Arch Linux i686
Bundled with a-st's keybindings (for kde4.4) everything works fine.