Linux on Laptops

Installing Fedora Core 5 on Asus L3400C

General Hardware Specifications of [Laptop]:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Pentium 4 Processor, 1.8 GHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
14.1 SXGA+ TFT Display	Works	Select Generic LCD Display in Installer
ATI 32MB Video ( ATI Radeon M7 )	Works	No special procedure required during installation
512MB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
80 GB (TOSHIBA MK8032GAX)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Floppy Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card (RealTek RTL8139)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem	Don't Know	Never used
24/8X DVD/CDR Combi Drive (TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
4000 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation
AC'97 Sound Card	Works	No special procedure required during installation
PCMCIA Edimax EW-7101PCG (Prism54)	Works	Manual install of the firmware was enough

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.20-1.2312.fc5

Basic Installation of Fedora Core 5:

I like the FC5 distro because it's sober and mainstream
with a lot of support for about anything
I downloaded the image and burned the DVD. Never used it again, all extra packages install by the net
Installing was easy, I selected some extra packages and unselected some others.
Advice: install both Gnome and KDE with everything (also developer packages)
I do a regular update and install extras from source or package.

Setting up additional features for Fedora Core 5

The wifi led, the new-mail led and extra buttons are setup now. They all work with acpi4asus

Unresolved issues

IRDA port

Configuration Files

Any Configuration files that you needed to modify

More Specific Information. Specific stuff such as:

[bert@asus ~]$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.20-1.2312.fc5
(brewbuilder@hs20-bc1-7.build.redhat.com)
(gcc version 4.1.1 20070105)
(Red Hat 4.1.1-51)) #1 Tue Apr 10 15:09:44 EDT 2007
[bert@asus ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a8)
02:07.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a8)
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller
[bert@asus ~]$

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Links:

Usefull link : http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc5-tips.php
Link to the laptop manufacturer : http://www.asus.com
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