Laptops running Fedora report

[Finalzone]

This model is taken from fedora-fr which did a good job of listing portables running of Fedora Core. It would like if that topic is sticked in order to provide more informations to the developers so they can improve the distribution. Here is the template for the report:

Model:
Videocard:
Network:
Wifi:
Bluetooth:
Webcam:
Touchpad:
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display:
OS:
Kernel:
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments:


In additional, please read this message about smolt (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=739838&postcount=88).

[cavyman]

Model: HP zv6203
Videocard: ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP (128MB dedicated VRAM)
Network: Realtek 8139
Wifi: Broadcom BCM4318 b/g
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad
Multimedia shorcut: ???
Display: 1280x800 pix WXGA (15.4")
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ with PowerNow!™
Motherboard: ???
Memory: 1GB DDR-RAM (333mhz)
Storage: 80GB HD
Media: built-in soundcard, 8x DVD±R/RW, 4 USB ports (3 side and 1 back), media card reader
OS: Fedora Core 6 Zod x86_64 and Windows XP Pro x64 SP2
Case: n/a

[scotta3234]

This model is taken from fedora-fr which did a good job of listing portables running of Fedora Core. It would like if that topic is sticked in order to provide more informations to the developers so they can improve the distribution. Here is the template for the report:

Model:Compaq Presario X100
Videocard:Radeon 9200 mobility
Network:
Wifi:ipw2100
Bluetooth:none
Webcam:none
Touchpad:synaptics
Multimedia shorcut:none
Display:1280x800 aiglx running smoothly with drirc fix
Comments:
Only thing that doesn't seem to be working that worked in FC5 is Suspend.

[cavyman]

What is the 'drirc fix'? I'm having trouble getting OpenGL to NOT use the mesa drivers. Any ideas?

[scotta3234]

It's used if AIGLX works but you're getting screen corruption (such as part of your screen getting cut off). the actual fix can be found on page 40 of Firewing's Compiz how-to.

[Dan]

Model: HP Pavilion ze5170
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY
Network: National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815 (Macphyter) Ethernet Controller
Wifi: NONE
Bluetooth: NONE
Webcam: NONE
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2
Multimedia shorcut: Untested
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): NOT TESTED
Display: 1024 x 768 Default LCD
OS: FC5 - FC6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 (i686)
Suspend on Disk: NOT TESTED
Suspend on RAM: NOT TESTED
Comments: FC5 Performs to or above expectations. FC6 Performs to or above expectations
Compiz and Beryl work very well with the default Radeon video driver!



Dan

EDIT: Additional requested elements added.


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[bfc]

Model: Toshiba M70-DL4
Videocard: Intel 915
Network:
Wifi: Intel 2915ABG
Bluetooth: NO
Webcam: NO
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia Shortcuts: n/a
Display: 1280x800
Comments: Works great, including suspend/resume

[Dan]

Model: HP Pavilion ze4427
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility U1
Network: National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815 open (Macphyter)
Wifi: NONE
Bluetooth: NONE
Webcam: NONE
Touchpad: SynPs/2 Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): NOT TESTED
Multimedia shorcut: NOT TESTED
Display: Default 1024x768 LCD
OS: FC5
Kernel: Default install
Suspend on Disk: non-functional
Suspend on RAM: NOT TESTED
Comments: FC4 Performs to or above expectations. FC5 Performs to or above expectations.


EDIT: Additional requested elements added.

[Dan]

Model: HP Pavilion dv4217cl
Videocard: Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family
Network: Realtek Semicondutor Co. Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wifi: Intel(R) PRO 2200BG
Bluetooth: UNKNOWN
Webcam: NONE
Touchpad: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): NOT TESTED
Multimedia shorcut: UNSUPPORTED
Display: Default 1280x800 LCD Panel
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 (i686)
Suspend on Disk: Fully Functional
Suspend on RAM: Fully functional
Comments: FC6 Performs to or above expectations. Flawless install :)

Dan

EDIT: Additional requested elements added

[Iron_Mike]

Model: Sager 3790 Notebook
Videocard: ATI Mobility 9700, M11, But identified by FC as Mobility 9600 M10
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: Built-in Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0301 WebCam
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: None
Display: WSXGA 15.4 LCD 1680x1050
Comments: Works fine except using ATI Proprietary Drivers
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[nick.stumpos]

Model:Toshiba Satellite A75-s229
Videocard:Radeon 9100 igp 64meg(user ajustable to 128)
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Wifi:Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Bluetooth:none
Webcam:none
Touchpad:synaptics
Multimedia shorcut:none
Display:1280x800 aiglx running smoothly
Comments:great laptop but battery sux, the cardreader did not work up to or in FC5, but is detected in FC6, i have no flash media to test though.

[nick.stumpos]

Model: hp pavilion ze4145
Videocard: ATI Mobility radeon u1 running aiglx great
Network: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
Wifi: none
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: None
Display: 15in 1024 x 768 TFT active matrix
Comments: Older laptop, still running great though, no complaints here except had to resoder the female power jack to the motherboard

[Solo.Dev]

Model: eMachines m6811 (x86_64)
Videocard: radeon xpress 200
Network: VIA
Wifi: Broadcom (problems working)
Bluetooth: <N/A>
Webcam: <N/A>
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shortcut: not working
Display: 1280x800@32
Comments: Getting Broadcom to work through wpa 64bit with the password (not passphrase) is daunting, everything else works just fine

[Salamandra]

Model: Compaq presario 2100 Eu
Videocard: ATI IGP 340M (mobility U1)
Network: National Semiconductor
Wifi: No
Bluetooth: No
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: not working
Display:1024*768
Comments: Problems with suspend. Everything else working fine, even Compiz.

[chocobanana]

Model: HP nx8220
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon x600 64mb (radeon drivers)
Network: Broadcom NetXtreme
Wifi: Intel ProWireless 2200
Bluetooth: Yes (from Texas I think)
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: works for volume up, down and mute
Display:1280x800
Comments: Hibernates correctly with Suspend2 (which includes patching the Kernel), haven't managed to get suspend to ram working correctly though; Battery drains a bit too quickly. AIGLX worked and configured easily with Compiz and Beryl although it crashes sometimes when using Firefox or Opera (I suspect it is because of Flash). I don't remember anything else, if I do, I'll post later.

[tizza10]

Model: Toshiba A100
Video Intel 810i
Wi-Fi Intel 2100
Bluetooth No
Touchpad Synaptics
Multimedia Yes (with fnfx from repos)
Display 1280 x800
Comments: This laptop works perfectly well with Fedora. (I have upgraded the RAM to 1.25 gigs though. The original 256 was just not enough. 512mb and over is a must). Just installed FC6 and everything works, the new window effects work very well. No problems so far.
Suspend almost works, it resumes but then the screen goes blank after a few seconds. I am currnetly looking for a fix

[newfc2user]

Model: Dell Latitude D400
Video: Intel i810
Wi-Fi: Intel 2100
Bluetooth No
Touchpad Synaptics
Multimedia Yes (mplayer and xine from livna repos)
Display 1024x768
Comments: Desktop effects working great (compiz, not tried beryl yet). CPU frequency scaling broken despite installing i686 kernel. Upgraded system from FC5 to FC6 via DVD. Tried experimental 'intel' video driver but I got display flicker due to low refresh rate (60Hz).

[bhossman]

Model: Sony VGN-A690
Video: ATI Mobility Radeon X600
Ethernet: Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family
Wi-Fi: Intel Pro 2915ABG
Touchpad: Alps
CD/DVD: Sony DVD RW DW-D56A
Display: 1920 x 1200 17''
Comments: Runs compiz / Desktop effect out of the box. for Wireless you only need to yum install ipw2200 firmware from atrpms. First kernel required acpi=off ide=nodma, 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 does not.
runs i686 kernel

[erroneus]

Model: Dell Inspiron 8600
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 w/128MB RAM
Network: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T
Wifi: Intel ProWireless 2200
Bluetooth: Yes (Whatever Dell put in there)
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: Not yet... maybe... worked at one time.
Display:1920x1200
Comments: Fresh install used "radeon" x11 driver and AIGLX and Compiz worked as advertised. It was actually rather cute. But other 3D/OpenGL apps didn't want to work like the xscreensaver stuff. Switched to ATI driver and all works well. Hibernate works better under ATI driver. Some connected USB devices cause hibernate and shutdown to be flaky. (Seems the OS doesn't know how to shut them down or something, removing them prior to shut down works fine though.)

[linuxnative]

Model:Compaq nx9420
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Network:Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi:Intel 3945
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: logitech QC
Touchpad:Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut:
Display:1680x1050
Comments: No desktop effects in FC6

[IPI]

Model: HP Pavilion zv5325ca (ZV5000 Series)
Videocard: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP (128MB)
Network: Realtek Semicondoctor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Display: 15.4-inch WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display
Wireless: Broadcom 43X - 54g 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support
OS: Fedora 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849
Multimedia shortcut: doesn't work

Comments: wireless works with ndiswrapper beautifully. couldn't make it with native braodcom driver which comes with FC6. Still have some issues with figuring out the right driver for graphic card. wasn't able to enable Hardware acceleration. Also suspend doesn't work under fc5/fc6. at least i couldn't figure it out. Everything else works fine including FC6 desktop effects.

[zeroelixis]

Model: Acer Travelmate 4050Lci
Videocard: Intel Integrated 855 Chipset (using xorg i810 driver)
Network: Realtek RTL8139
Wifi:Intel 2200BG
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad:Synaptics Touchpad (ps/2)
Hotkey Suspend (Fn + Zz)
Display:1024x768 LCD
OS: Fedora Core 6 (Zod)
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Not Tested Known to work
Suspend on RAM: Yes

Comments:
Requires firmware from: Clicky (http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php) to enable wireless networking also installing wpa_supplicant is recommended.

[diegof]

Model: Dell Latitude D820
Videocard: Nvidia Quadro NVS 120M w/512MB RAM
Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752
Wifi: Intel ProWireless 3945
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 350
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: No
Display:1680x1050

Diego

[jtravnick]

Model: Acer Aspire 3002LCI
Videocard: SiS
Network: SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Wifi: Broadcom 802.11g
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Not Tested Known to work
Suspend on RAM: Not Tested Known to work
Comments acpi does not seam to work get a no device at boot this did work fine with FC5. Getting the broadcom working was a little tricky but was able to get it up using native bcm43xx support for Broadcom BCM4318. No desktop effects in FC6 think that is because of only having 256MB of ram. Also using a USB mouse with no problems at all.


Jim

[sailor]

Model: Acer Aspire 3000 Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000+(1.8 GHz)
Videocard: SiSM760GX Chipset, 64 MEG shared memory
Network: SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Wifi: N/A (broadcom 43xx w/hardware switch, not working (I have gotten a PCMCIA DLink Atheros G650 to work).
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics, USB optical mouse
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: unknown
Suspend on RAM: unknown

[AlexThomson_NZ]

Model: Dell 9300
Videocard: GeForce GO 6800
Network: Broadcom
Wifi: ipw2200
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptic
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1900x1200 (17")
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.8.16
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments: GFX works well with nvidia's drivers. Suspend gets stuck on "black screen". Touchpad has very annoying issue with unwanted mouse-clicks, but can be disabled with xorg change. WiFi with ipw2200 drivers is very erratic- worked better in fc5. Other than that everything works perfectly!

[Kirov-sama]

Model: Dell Inspiron 6400
Videocard: 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory
Network: Broadcom BCM4401
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2 touchpad
Display: 15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
OS: Fedora Core 6 "Zod"
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments: So far everything has worked great. Still no effects, but that's because the 'radeon' drivers don't work with the X1400 and 'fglrx' doesn't have AIXGL support yet. Suspend to disk can be touchy (try to suspend and just put me right back to the desktop), but usually it works just fine.

[JoshuaWhite]

Model: Compaq C300
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Network: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) "Doesn't Work Well"
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2 Touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): N/A
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6 - ZOD
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-i686
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works

Comments:

WIFI: This model laptop has no expansion slots which is a shame since the wireless card doesn't work well. I have not been able to get any native Linux drivers to work with the system. NDISWRAPPER works but the card is only able to establish a connection with a secure network. This is a known problem with this card.

SOUND: The sound system works but has a number of problems, the worst being that the sound is very quiet compared to what it would be in windows. The built in speakers are Altec Lansing and the sound card is: Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01). After resuming from hibernation or suspend the sound system doesn't restore. I've created a fix for it which I've posted here: http://www.securemind.org/v4/?p=8 .

I've created a Linux-Laptop.org page here: http://www.securemind.org/Linux_For_Laptops/C300-FC6ZOD-LinforLap.html

This was a BestBuy Special that I picked up a week ago for 399$ so for what does work, it was well worth it.

[exe]

Model: IBM/Lenovo t60p
Video: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [ATI Mobility FireGL V5200]
Wi-Fi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Bluetooth: Yes
Sound: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Touchpad Synaptics: Works, but I intentionally disabled it.
Multimedia: Yes (totem, audacious)
Display: 1600x1200
Comments: running custom built kernel from cvs at oss.sgi.com, config as close to fedora as possible.
Problems:
1. gnome-power-manager does not work with "Ask me" mode for power button,
goes to shutdown instead
2. suspend, hibernate, lid open/closure do not work correctly.
3. until now didn't setup bioapi to do authentication, sample application works correctly.
4. didn't try ATI proprietary drivers yet.

[KSavvas]

Model: Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook T 4210 ( Tablet )
Intel Centrino Duo @1,66 /1GB RAM
Videocard:Intel Mobile 945GM Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)-->Working
Network:Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller ->Working
Wifi:Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) -->Working
Bluetooth:Toshiba stack -->Working
Webcam:N/A
Touchpad:Synaptics Touchpad -->Working
Hotkey :PgUp-PgDown-Rotate-Function -->Not tested
Display: 1024x768 12,1" with Wacom Digitiser (Pen Enabled) -->Working
OS:Fedora Core 6 Zod
Kernel:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 (i686 SMP)
Suspend on Disk:Not Tested
Suspend on RAM:Not Tested
Comments:
Sound is NOT working ! Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02).
Fingerprint Sensor not tested.

[hsnel]

Model: HP Pavilion zd8185EA Pentium 4 (3.2 GHz)
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X600 256 MB
Network: Realtek Semicondutor Co. Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wifi: broadcom 43xx w/hardware switch
Bluetooth: unknown
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2
Display: 1440x900
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: unknown
Suspend on RAM: unknown

[wprauchholz]

Model: Fujitus Siemens AMILO M1425
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon RV350 [Mobility radeon 9600 M10]
Network: Realtek Semicondutor Co. Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wifi: ipw2200
Bluetooth: unknown
Webcam: nope
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2
Display: 1280*1024
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: unknown
Suspend on RAM: unknown

Fully operational laptop, used for work. The only strange thing is that the Realtek card is shown as wireless and vice versa, although it is working fine

[Salty85]

Model: Dell Inspirion 6000
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Network: Broadcom (I believe)
Wifi: 2915abg (currently running into issues with ipw2200)
Bluetooth: unknown
Webcam: nope
Touchpad: Built in
Display: 1920x1200 (only running at aprox 1600x1050)
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works

[K3MP0M4573R]

Model: Dell XPS M1710
Videocard: NVIDIA GO7900GTX
Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
WiFi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Display: 1920x1200
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works

extras
kernel smp instructions implemented nicely for intel core duo.
cpu frequncy changing (cpuspeed works nicely)
gpu: glx works like a dream - nvidia driver: v1.0-9629, compiz, beryl - everything is sweet on the 17" WUXGA LCD True Life monitor
gpu: runs at around 46C when idle - working it pushes it to between 50C - 62C... truly dreamy.
dell i8kutils reports chipset and cpu temps at idle 25C and 22C - at work 35C 32C. controls fans in
gkrellm sweetly.
WiFi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG brought to you by freshrpms.net (use dkms-ipw3945, ipw3945d, ipw3945-firmware)
Mouse: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse (Logitech MX518)
Tablet: Wacom Intuos-3 PTZ-430
Media keys: brought to you by lineakd
Ricoh Co. Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPRO Host Adapter: OK!
O2 O2 Micro CCID SC Reader: OK!
SONY DVD+-RW DW-Q58A: OK!

[klimas7]

Model: Compaq Evo N610c Pentium 4 (2.2 GHz)
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (Radeon Mobility 7500)
Network: Intel 82801 : work
Wifi: n/a
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: no
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): vot+, vol- work (xbindkeysrc)
Display: 1024x768
OS: Only FC5
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2239
Comments: Hibernates correctly with Suspend2

[RichardBayliss]

Model: Apple MacBook Core Duo (2GHz)
Videocard: Intergrated Intel GFX
Network: Gigabit Marvell
Wifi: Atheros Wireless B/G (Working WEP+WPA)
Bluetooth: Apple Bluetooth
Webcam: Yes (not working yet, only through lack of time)
Touchpad: Synaptics
Right-Click: Yes (right command key)
Display: 1280x800 (widescreen)
OS: OS X dual booted with FC6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Comments: Working great so far, thanks FC team. :cool:

[icantux]

Hello!

Model: IBM Thinkpad T42
Videocard: Radeon Mobility 9600 - 64MB
Network: 1GB Ethernet Intel 82540EP
Wifi: IBM a/b/g (Atheros 5212) (not tested)
Bluetooth: iogear dongle (not tested)
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Thinklight, volume - all work out of the box with tpb onscreen
Display: 15.1" 1400x1050 Flexview sxga+
OS: FC6 (of course)
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: --
Suspend on RAM: works!
Comments:

- CPU scaling works out of the box (I keep it "on demand")
- Suspend on RAM only works with extra kernel parameter in grub.conf: acpi_sleep=s3_bios
- wifi not tested on FC6 yet - worked very well in FC5 (WEP only - never tested WPA)
- Think buttons work out of the box
- XGL works out of the box
- Currently use the stock "radeon" drivers - better overall performance than ATI proprietary drivers (this isn't a gaming rig - but it could be! :) )
- Dual booting using F12 on startup to select drive & OS (XP/FC6). FC6 on drive in the belly of machine, XP in a separate drive in ultrabay (swap out the cdrom to use XP - doesn't happen often).
- haven't tried other goodies like digital cams, webcams

** update **: tested wifi - works without a problem. Using madwifi & kmod from livna, NetworkManager ... connect either no encryption, WEP (64, 128), & WPA (tpik) with no problems. Wifi hardware indicator light also works!

[BigEHokie]

Model: Dell Lattitude D610
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility 300x
Network:Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751
Wifi:n Intel 2200
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Haven't tried these...
Display: 1400x1050 and 17" LCD via docking station 1280x1024
OS: FC6
Kernel: i686, 2.6.18-1.2849
Suspend on Disk: yes
Suspend on RAM: dunno
Comments:
Works great. Took a little bit of doing to get the ATI fglrx drivers working, but everything runs fantastic with the exception of wifi...
On occassion, when I boot I sometimes get a __tmp interface instead of eth1 for the wifi card. I have to reboot until I get a eth1 for the interface in order for wifi to work (like I said this is on occassion). It was AWFUL when I first installed FC6, but it has gotten better.

[t0nedef]

Model: Acer Aspire 5002WLMi
Videocard: SiS 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
Network: SiS 900 10/100 Fast Ethernet Controller
Wifi: Broadcom bcm4318 802.11B/G Wireless
Bluetooth: no
Webcam: no
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): don't work
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6 X86_64
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849
Suspend on Disk: haven't tried
Suspend on RAM: haven't tried
Comments:

wireless works well with firmware cut from acer ferrari broadcom 64-bit drivers.... recognized the card right away, all i had to do was copy the firmware into /lib/firmware
sound recognized immediately, though it thought my dial-up was a second sound card. haven't tested whether or not it works for dialup
everything seems to work fine, with no problems whatsoever.

[kaafree]

Model: HP Compaq nc6220
Videocard: Mobile Intel 915GM Express Chipset
Network: Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet Controller (10/100/1000 NIC) HP power down NIC technology (Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M)
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG 802.11 a/b/g WLAN
Bluetooth: no
Webcam: no
Touchpad: unknown model + Pointstick + 4 'mouse' keys (2 for each)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): WiFi on/off, volume on/off, volume up, volume down, 2 * windows-specific keys
Display: 1024*768 14''
OS: FC6
Kernel: i686, 2.6.18-1.2849
Suspend on Disk: not tried
Suspend on RAM: not tried
Comments: Works well. Still have not find how to make WiFi and volume keys work. Use dongle for bluetooth.

[Tellik]

Model: Gateway 7510GX (http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/7000Series/4998nv.shtml)
Videocard: ATI X600 Mobility Radeon (128MB Dedicated + 128MB Shared/Integrated Memory)
Network: Marvell Technology 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Wifi: Broadcom Airforce One BCM4318
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: None
Touchpad: yes, model unk, two button with scrollbar
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): 6-custom (volume down, play, volume up, e-mail, Internet, serach)
Display: 1280x800 15.6" wide
OS: FC6 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849
Suspend on Disk: not tried
Suspend on RAM: not tried
CPU: AMD Athlon 64bit 3700
Comments:
FC5: Everything worked well in FC5 prior to the release of FC6 (wireless would drop if inactive for more than 20 min but ran otherwise using the native bcm43xx driver) - Ran WoW in Wine just fine
FC6: Did a fresh install of FC6. Have been unable to get the wireless card working. The radeon driver and AIGLX did not provide sufficient graphics processing to allow me to run WoW in wine. Switched back to fglrx and xorg7 and it's working fine.
______________

An Update since I origionally posted this.
I have been able to get my WiFi card up (Broadcom 4318). For a some what wordy description of what I did look here: Broadcom 4318 using ndiswrapper (http://forum.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=708339#post708339)

[DMD]

Model: Gateway ASUS W3J
Videocard: ATI X1600 Mobility Radeon (128MB Dedicated + 128MB Shared/Integrated Memory)
Network: Gigabit (need to dl drivers from website and compile major PIA)
Wifi: 3945b/g/a
Bluetooth: works automatically perfect
Webcam: None
Touchpad: yes, model unk, two button with scrollbar
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): 6-custom (volume down, play, volume up, e-mail, Internet, serach)
Display: 1280x768 14" wide
OS: FC6 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849
Suspend on Disk: not tried
Suspend on RAM: not tried
Comments: Everything works but the ethernet controller can be a hassle. I also used the ATI drivers off the website www.ati.com. Wireless I used ndiswrapper, i think their is an easier way though. Modem does not work. Card reader works flawlessly! Really nice notebook! Quality ASUS!

[Lone_Wolf]

Model: Gateway MX7525
Videocard: Mobility X600
Network: Marvell gigabyte NIC and some random dialup
Wifi: Broadcom 4318 (couldn't get it to work) now some RT2500
Bluetooth: no
Webcam: no
Touchpad: Gateway generic(symantic works wonderfully) two-button with scroll (side and bottom)
Hotkey: 6-custom (volume down, play, volume up, e-mail, Internet, serach)
Display: Widescreen 17"
OS: FC6 / Windoze XP pro
Kernel: 2.6.18
Suspend on Disk: yes
Suspend on RAM: unkown
Comments: Great machine for the money, tech support from gateway is horrible...
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+
Motherboard: Gateway MX7525 (ati chipset)
Memory: 1GB
Storage: 100 GB Sata(laptop) Hitachi
Media: built-in soundcard, 4 USB ports, PCMCIA, SD,MMC, Mini-SD, DVD-RAM burner

[Mortech]

Dell Latitude C640
Memory : 1 Gb
Only hardware thats different than standard is
WiFi : Intel 2915

[parkash]

Model: Asus A6M Q006H
Videocard: Nvidia Ge Force go 6100
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g]
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Previous & Next (song), Brightness, Sleep... The others work only with Ubuntu
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6 (alternatively: Ubuntu)
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 (noapic)
Suspend on Disk: Doesn't work :(
Suspend on RAM: Doesn't work :(
Comments: I wish my hotkeys and led's worked as good as with Ubuntu. That's all ;)

[rickyb]

Model: LG LM60
Videocard: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
Network: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Bluetooth: NA
Webcam: NA
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume Up/Down/Mute/Brightness working, all else not working
Display: 1024x768
OS: Fedora 6 and Win XP SP2
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Not Tested
Suspend on RAM: Not Tested
Comments: WiFi LED not working, Currently running ATI Proprietary drivers from Livna ( Display issues with java apps keeping me from using XGL+Compiz/Beryl at the moment)

[lngt]

Model: Acer TM 3273
Videocard: Intel GMA 950 (intergrated)
Network: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
Wifi: <untested>
Bluetooth: <untested>
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): <untested>
Display: 1280x800 14.1"
OS: Fedora Core 6 Zod
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen
Suspend on Disk: <untested>
Suspend on RAM: <untested>

[cnayak]

Model: Acer Travelmate 2304NLC
Videocard: Intel 855GME
Network: Broadcom
Wifi: none
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Display: 15' LCD
OS: FC 6
Kernel: 2.6.18
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments: This iteration of Fedora works nicely on my laptop. The hotkeys don't work though.

[gnulinuxman]

I have run Fedora on 2 laptops, so I'll list both.

My current laptop:
Model: Toshiba Satellite 2455-S3001
Videocard: nVidia GeForce 4 420 Go; Livna's nVidia driver works after disabling the external monitor and TV out in xorg.conf with Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "CRT,TV"
Ethernet: Realtek 8139; works out of the box
Wifi: Came with an Agere Hermes 802.11b card that worked out-of-the-box with the hermes and orinoco modules.
Upgraded to the Atheros 802.11a/b/g minipci card from my previous laptop; works with the Livna driver
Bluetooth: I don't have any Bluetooth equipment to test this with. Linux's Bluetooth software says I have it, though.
Touchpad: Synaptics, needs Option "SHMConfig" in its section in the xorg.conf file to enable gsynaptics/ksynaptics/qsynaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): With FnFx and the Toshiba ACPI driver, the Fn+key shortcuts work perfectly and are fully programmable. The play, stop, fast forward, and rewind buttons on the front work if they are enabled by the hardware (by holding MODE on the front for 5 seconds until the light comes on) (I think this is to prevent hitting them accidentally)
Display: Brightness controls work with the toshiba-acpi kernel module loaded
OS: Fedora all the way! NO OTHER OSes!! I don't need Windows at all.
Kernel: The one included with Fedora
Suspend on Disk: I can't get it to work!
Suspend on RAM: Works very well--sometimes resetting the display with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then Ctrl+Alt+F7 is required, though, due to bugs in the nVidia driver.
Comments: Everything works well on this laptop except the SD card reader. From what I've read, lspci -n says it's SDHCI.

My now-broken laptop:
Model: Toshiba Satellite A65-S126
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon 7000; worked out-of-the-box with hardware OpenGL using the open-source drivers included with the kernel and Xorg 6.x/7.x
Network: Realtek 8139, works out of the box
Wifi: Atheros 802.11a/b/g, worked with the Livna driver
Bluetooth: Not supported by the hardware
Touchpad: Synaptics, needs Option "SHMConfig" in its section in the xorg.conf file to enable gsynaptics/ksynaptics/qsynaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Didn't work at all!
Display: I couldn't even change the screen brightness without going into the BIOS setup routine on boot!
OS: Fedora all the way! NO OTHER OSes!! I don't need Windows at all.
Kernel: The one included with Fedora
Suspend on Disk: Didn't work at all
Suspend on RAM: Suspend to RAM just froze the computer on resume.
Comments: Decent machine, a few quirks, but still decent nonetheless. From what I've read from Windows users' reviews of this machine, I got much better performance out of it than they did. :D

It broke because I had CompUSA fix the volume dial--not only did they not fix it, but it came back with broken hinges, and they made me sign an agreement not to sue them if they broke it worse before I could even SEE the laptop! :mad: I had to use a chain, brass rods, brass hinges, and lots of tape to keep the thing together after that, and it finally gave up in October, 10 months after they broke the hinges.

[nimbindobbs]

Model: Toshiba Satellite L25-S1192
Videocard: ATI RADEON X200M 32MB-128MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
Network: 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet
Wifi: Atheros 802.11b/g wireless-LAN
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): CD Buttons (Skip Forward, Skip Backward, Play/Pause, Stop)
Display: 15.0" diagonal TFT active-matrix LCD display at 1024x768 native resolution (XGA)
Memory: 512MB (2x256) PC4200 DDR2 (533MHz) Dual Channel Mode
CPU: Intel Celeron M Processor 370 (1.5GHz, 1MB L2, 400 FSB)
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 (i686)
Suspend on Disk: N/A
Suspend on RAM: N/A
Comments: Installed with no probelms, currently trying to get fglrx working.
Linux Level User (LLU): Novice

[viper_one]

Didn't see any micron laptops on here so here is mine:
Model: Micron Transport GX3
CPU: Intel Pentium4 Mobile 2.6Ghz
Videocard: ATI Mobility 7500
Network: Intel PRO/100 VE
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
Bluetooth: NA
Webcam: NA
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not tested
Display: 15" LCD @ 1400x1050
OS: FC6 and XP
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2257
Suspend on Disk: Not Tested
Suspend on RAM: Not Tested
Comments: FC6 installed with no problems, AIGLX with Compiz and Beryl working. Now to figure out how to get my fingerprint reader to work...

[cameraman_2]

Model: Compaq Presario V6000Z
CPU: AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-52(1.6GHz/1MB)
Videocard: NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150
Harddrive: 80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Wifi: Unknown
Bluetooth: NA
Webcam: NA
Hotkeys: the volume keys don't change the volume and the mute key doesn't work
Display: 15.4" LCD @ 1280x800
OS: FC6
Suspend on Disk: Not Tested
Suspend on RAM: Not Tested
Comments: It will not finish loading X if you are plugged into an Etho cable. Haven't had a change to get the wireless card working yet. Also I couldn't get FC6 to work properly. I will keep testing it on a partion on the disk.

[bit.shaker]

Model: Toshiba Satellite M40-265
Videocard: Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express [controls:] ATI Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)
Network: Marvell 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Bluetooth: no (external usb-adapter works flawlessly)
Webcam: no
Touchpad: (SynPS/2) Synaptics TouchPad
Hotkeys: 6 (left from keyboard) + fn-keys
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6 (+ preinstalled WinXp SP2)
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 (32bit)
Suspend on Disk: sometimes (issues with certain kernels and x700 drivers)
Suspend on RAM: sometimes (issues with certain kernels and x700 drivers)
Comments:
- at installation time, no graphics driver (neither ati, nor vesa) will detect the lcd display so it stays blank, tried attaching an external monitor and then it would work. consequence: text-mode install :(
- xorg-ati drivers and aiglx trigger a nice crash after a few minutes (harddisk journal check tells something like "write time lies in the future" which may or may not be the reason for this), fglrx is the only way to go for now
- kernel-param: combined_mode=libata needed or cd/dvd-drive will not use dma (and be damn slow)
- kernel-param: pci=assign-busses needed, or latest 2.6.18 will put a lot of (especially acpi) errors, warnings, etc.
- robustness and transfer-rates of sky2 network driver (for the marvell chip) are not so great
- the six hotkeys have never ever been working, fn-keys are a nogo, fnfxd will output at start something like this:

FnFX Daemon v0.3 (c) 2003, 2004 Timo Hoenig <thoenig@nouse.net>

fatal error: Could open /proc/acpi/toshiba/keys.

Please make sure that your kernel has enabled the Toshiba option in the ACPI section.
For more information read the documentation and/or http://fnfx.sf.net/index.php?section=doc#kernel.

there are some more minor problems, but all in all this laptop works quite well with fedora core 6 considering the fact that it has a "designed for windows xp" sticker

[r1348]

Model: Dell Inspiron 1501
Videocard: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M (up to 256Mb shared ram)
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band 802.11a/b/g (Broadcom BCM4312 chip)
Bluetooth: no
Webcam: no
Touchpad: (SynPS/2) Synaptics TouchPad
Hotkeys: 14 fn-keys
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 (64bit)
Suspend on Disk: working
Suspend on RAM: working
Comments: need to pass the all-generic-ide parameter to boot line in order to allow the kernel to find the hard-disk, due to a bug in the SB600 contoller already solved in kernel-dev (2.6.20). Wireless is not recognised by the bcm43xx driver, must use ndiswrapper with the Dell-provided WXP64 drivers, working flawlessly, with even led and fn-key working. Video card is 2D only with the radeon driver, fglrx enables direct rendering, but it's sluggish and Xv crashes. Kernel log spits out a lot of APIC errors on cpu1, ACPI seems to be working well anyway. Audio working out of the box, modem not seen.

Pretty new hardware, need to wait some kernel releases for better support...

[securitybreach]

Model: Toshiba Saellite A105-S4114 [Intel Core Duo T2250 Processor (1.73 GHz), 2048 RAM]
Videocard: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 945GM/GMS/940GML with up to 128MB of memory: I810 driver used with direct rendering enabled along with Desktop effects (XGL+Compiz)
Network: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet-works out of the box
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG-not working out of the box but driver was easily installed
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (hardware specs not found but works fine with phone)
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics--works flawlessly after driver installation except for toshiba hotkeys on touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): works perfectly
Display: 15.4 Widescreen TruBrite LCD 1280x800
OS: fedora-release-6-4 (Zod)
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 SMP
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: The only thing I have not gotten to work or respond is the keyboard media keys. Other than that I have not tried using the card reader but everything else worked perfectly after some configuration. Best for this laptop after trying almost every distro I could find.

[scotta3234]

Model:HP Pavillion dv2120
Videocard:Nvidia GeForce Go 6150. Livna nvidia drivers working. Compiz + AIGLX Works.
Network:Nvidia ethernet working
Wifi:Broadcom mini-pci Express 1390 (apparently uses 4311 firmware) NOT working although claims to work with patched test kernel. Bug report here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213556

Bluetooth:N/A
Webcam: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller NOT working, although they are working on it. http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

Touchpad: Working. Scroll working.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):All keys and shortcuts working. Including "QuickPlay" keys. Mini remote control also works.
Display:Had to add 1280x800 resolution in xorg. Works fine.
OS:FC6
Kernel:2.6.18-1.2868 SMP
Suspend on Disk:Working
Suspend on RAM:Working with no modification.
Comments:This laptop is working great other than the Broadcom wireless. Apparently someone HAS made it work although I have had no luck. It is due to the stock kernels not providing mini-pci express support.

*[FIXED] Headphones not working when plugged in/Headphone jack not recognized

Get the new alsa drivers: http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=126266&highlight=atheros+source

[rrkss]

Model: Dell Inspiron 600m
Videocard: ATI (Works)
Network: Works
Wifi: Works
Bluetooth: Don't have
Webcam: Don't have
Touchpad: Works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): All hotkeys work
Display: 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19.1 Custom Setup for my Pentium M Processor
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works 9 out of 10 times (Sometimes Hald Goes into the Uninterruptible State and I have to reboot)
Comments: Took some tweaking but I am happy with my setup.

[max0x7ba]

Model: asus M5Ae
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
Bluetooth:
Webcam:
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): some
Display: 1024x768 lcd
OS: Fedora Core 5
Kernel: works with any FC5 kernel up to the latest
Suspend on Disk: never tried
Suspend on RAM: never tried
Comments: only one annoyance: FN + F2 radio kill turns wireless off, but can not turn it back on. need to restart windoze and turn it back on there.

[avianrr]

Model: Toshiba Satellite L25-S1216
Videocard: ATI Radeon xpress 200M series
Network: Realtek RTL8139/810x family fast ethernet NIC
Wifi: Atheros AR5005G Wireless network adapter
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: None
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not tested
Display: Flat panel 1024x768
OS: FC6
Kernel: 28??
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments: Suspend wont restart. hibernate locks up the system when the power should go off.

[mick]

Model: eMachines M5313
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon IGP 320M
Network: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Wifi: Atheros 802.11b/g wireless-LAN
Bluetooth: Supported and working
Webcam: Not yet...
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad (touch, scroll, tap)
Hotkeys: Web/Mail/Search/XMMS/Vol+/Vol-, most fn+ keys woking
Display: 15.4" Widescreen 1280 x 800 WXGA active-TFT panel
Memory: 512MB (2x256) PC2700 DDR SO-DIMM
CPU: AMD Athlon XP-M
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 (i686)
Suspend on Disk: not used
Suspend on RAM: not used
Comments: Nice lappy with a bad reputation for overheating - nothing that couldn't be fixed ;) Runs all FC6 apps without problem; AIGLX works great; the original Broadcom wifi card was swapped out for an Atheros based card; messed about with a webcam without success so far.

[tomman]

I have two Fedora-powered laptops, the older one with FC4, the new one with FC6_64

Model: HP Compaq nx9010 (Mobile Pentium 4)
Videocard: ATi Radeon IGP345M (works OK, with open Radeon drivers)
Network: National Semiconductors MacPhyter DP83815 (no problem with this one)
Wifi: N/A
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics (works OK, tuned with GSynaptics, it's disabled when you plug an external PS/2 mouse)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Need kernel module (omnibook) and LOTS of config files edit. After that, everything works OK
Display: XGA LCD panel (1024x768), works OK, VGA-out works (make sure to plug your monitor AFTER X is loaded, otherwise the LCD panel will shutdown), TV hotkeys don't work, TV-out does not work with Radeon drivers, but needs VESA driver or console mode. Tried with GATOS patches, no luck :(
OS: Fedora Core 4 / Windows XP SP2
Kernel: Homebrew 2.6.18.2
Suspend on Disk: Works with homebrew kernel, does not resume with stock FC4 kernels
Suspend on RAM: DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY KERNEL!
Comments: Using LIRC for manage this box with my TV remote. Also have a Canon BJC-250 parallel-port printer, does work OK. Starbridge DSL 305EU modem does freeze machine when it's plugged via USB while you're running Fedora (tried with custom and stock kernels).

Model: Dell Inspiron 6400 (Core 2 Duo)
Videocard: ATi Mobility Radeon X1400 (using propietary FGLRX driver, had to disable AIGLX for get DRI working, will crash X if you load "extmod" module and try to use any Xv-based video player). VGA out not tested, TV-out works if you restart X.
Network: Broadcom BCM4400 (?), works OK.
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. Works after installing drivers from Livna, WPA/WEP untested, minor issues with KNetworkManager, but "iwconfig/ifup" dance are enough to make a connection.
Bluetooth: Broadcom USB-something, is recognized, but it's untested.
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics (works OK)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Works. No need to load special drivers, not all keys were tested.
Display: Widescreen LCD panel 1280x800, need ATI propietary FGLRX driver to get full resolution, hotkeys to change brightness crash X!
OS: Fedora Core 6 x86_64 / Windows XP SP2
Kernel: 2.6.18_8269 or something... (latest FC6 kernel as of 30/12/2006)
Suspend on Disk: Works!
Suspend on RAM: Works!
Comments: 6-in-1 Ricoh card reader: tested with a MiniSD card, works, USB floppy has autorun!?

[JoeBuck]

Model: Dell Inspiron 5100
Videocard: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] rev 0
Network: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T
Wifi: Linksys Instant Wireless Network PC Card ISL37300P Rev A (PCMCIA)
Bluetooth: never tried
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: LCD Panel 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6
Suspend on Disk: works (Hibernate)
Suspend on RAM: works (Sleep)
Comments: Using free "radeon" xorg driver

Firewire works (using dvgrab to transfer from video camera)

[wipeout]

I haven't been on Fedoraforum for a while, but I read Fedora People, and this thread was mentioned in a blog posting by Luya Tshimbalanga. So here's my laptop:

Model: Asus S5200A, Pentium M 740, 512MB, 60GB
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): At least some of them work (display brightness, display on/off..., others I don't really use and haven't even tried to configure)
Display: 12.1" 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2849_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2
Suspend on Disk: Suspend2 works great with cubbi's suspend2 kernels from http://mhensler.de/swsusp/index_en.php Some kernels (like the newest one) have problems, however, but at least this kernel I'm running now, works.
Suspend on RAM: Does not work. Suspends, but the display stays black after wake up.
Comments: Great, small laptop, pretty much everything just works on Linux. Intel for the win ;) I haven't tested the memory card reader or firewire, but they should work too, they're detected by the kernel. The only problem with this laptop is with processor cooling. The fan is too small and too noisy, I've had this machine for less than a year and the fan should propably be replaced soon :mad: Still, it has great battery life, it's small, light, good looking, nice to work with.

[phil_trick]

Model: Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMi
Videocard: ATi Mobility Radeon x700
Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM5789 - Works nicely out of the box
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] Works fine with bcm43xx driver
Bluetooth: Works fine (Broadcom based)
Webcam:none
Touchpad: Synaptic, works fine
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): WiFi hotkey works correctly, so does bluetooth
Display: 1680x1050 Flat Panel. Works fine
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 17:29:48 EST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Suspend on Disk: Have not tried
Suspend on RAM: Suspends, but does not resume
Comments:Install is a bit strange, you have to plug an external display in, and use text mode. No suspend is a pain

[dbolcioni]

Greetings,
a blast from the past ... I have a Compaq Presario 900 running Fedora Core 3. The X display uses an ATI Mobility M1, standard for the Presario 900.

[zeromega]

Model: Asus L1410b (PIII Mobile 1130 MHz, 640 MB Ram)
Videocard: Intel(R) 830 GM
Network: Realtek RTL8139
Wifi: -
Bluetooth: -
Webcam: -
Touchpad: Synaptycs PS/2
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): works with acpi4asus
Display: LCD 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 5 and MS Windows XP Professional
Kernel: 2.6.16
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments: everything works fine out-of-the-box. All previous releases worked fine too. Further information on http://digilander.iol.it/zeromega/linux_asus.html

[baschti]

Model: thinkpad t60 (Core Duo 1.83ghz)
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128 MB)
Network: Intel 82573L (PCI-Express)
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter
Bluetooth: not tested
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): work out of the box with tpb
Display: 14' 1400x1050
OS: fc6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: everything woks great
using the ati drivers from livna - they work, but sadly there is no thinkpad with intel graphics and a 1400*1050 display
great laptop for running linux!

[beissemj]

Model: Latitude D600
CPU: 1.4Ghz Pentium M
Videocard: Radeon 9000 (32MB)
Network: Broadcom BCM 5702
Wifi: Broadcom BCM 4306
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Alps
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): All (Vol up/down/mute)
Display: 1400x1050
OS: FC6, Debian, Gentoo, Windows XP (SP2)
Kernel: 2.6.18.1
Suspend on Disk: Yes
Suspend on RAM: Yes
Comments: Wifi is a little sketchy at times, but everything else worked out of the box, which is impressive b/c Debian/Suse/Gentoo all had trouble (well obviously Gentoo...)

[C64]

Model: Fujitsu Lifebook E7110
Videocard: Radeon Mobility 7500 (works, autodetected)
Network: Realtek RTL-8139 (works, autodetected)
Wifi: Intersil Prism2? (works with the orinoco_pci kernel module)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: (works)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Don't know, never touch the stuff
Display: 15.?" 1400x1050 (works in it's native high resolution, very nice)
OS: RH9 => FC6
Kernel: as provided by distro repositories
Suspend on Disk: Don't know, I always turn it off
Suspend on RAM: Don't know, I always turn it off

Comments:
Very nice laptop for linux, no real issues for me (3~4 years of constant use and abuse, one replaced mobo in this time). I have successfully used a few different PC cards. The firewire port works, I'm using it for an external LACIE harddrive and an "Audio IO breakout box". The open source radeon driver supports direct rendering, but I could probably get better performance with ATI's closed one. The only grief I have is not being able to use the TV-out port to watch movies (at least not with my current setup). BTW, CD burner works very well, no coasters produced.

However, if I were to buy a new laptop today (which I am) I'd probably go for an nvidia (because of 3D performance and linux support) or an intel (because of openness) graphics chip.

[NJDevil]

Model: Alienware Area 51m 5500 Laptop
Processor: 3.2Ghz P4
Videocard: ATI Radeon 9700m
Ram: 1024mb ram
Hard Disk: 60Gig 7600 RPM IDE HD
Network: Realtek NIC
Wifi: Atheros Wireless 802.11abg
Touchpad: Unknown
Display: 1680 x 1050
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
Comments: Everything works like a charm so far, but FC6 has been installed for less than 24 hours. :)

[ghaefb]

Model: Prestigio Nobile 1570
Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.73Ghz Dothan
Videocard: NVIDIA GeForce 6600Go 128Mb
SoundCard: Intel 82801FB
Ram: 2x512Mb DDR2 533MHz
Hard Disk: 80Gb SATA
Network: Realtek RTL-8169
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
Display: 1400 x 1050
ExtraKeys: Work with acerhk module
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
Comment: Everything works, except suspend which partialy works.

[bewatched]

Model: Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad R52
Videocard: Intel 915
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
Bluetooth: No
Firewire: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller (rev 01)
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Sound: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Some hotkeys doesn't work automatically, but Kmilo+xmodmap+KcontrolCenter (IBM Thinkpad kpart), does its magic.
Display: 1024x768, the maximum resolution for my LCD panel.
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel:2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Yes
Suspend on RAM: Yes, but screen goes blank, and cannot turn it on after that.
Comments:
The HDAPS (HardDrive Active Protection System), does't work. But the Accelerometer, does work, and very nicely. Just load "hdaps" module with modprobe, and you will have a joystick device, that response to tilt of your thinkpad.
Trackpoint works well enough, but the press functions doesn't work. It is supposed to work echoing 1 to a file in /sys. but I can't get it work.
Firmware for the wireless card has to be yumed from livna.
To be able to configure the touchpad, you have to put a line in Xorg.conf

[nosnahoj]

Initially fresh installation:

Model: Toshiba m200 tablet pc, 1.6ghz pentium m, 60gb hd...
Videocard: GeForce FX5200Go
Network: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB)
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG, not working due firmware missing.
Bluetooth: Yes, not working.
Webcam: Yes, not working.
Touchpad: Working.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Not working.
Display: 1400x1050 @ 12.1 works fine.
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6
Suspend on Disk:Only tested with nvidia driver 9746. Shut down works, black screen on resume.
Suspend on RAM:Only tested with nvidia driver 9746. Works great.
Webcam: Not initially working. (Logitech)
Comments: I was very disappointed to see that the speedstep was not working initially ( 1.6gz always). The pen was also not working. Reboot was not working.

After changes:
Model: Toshiba m200 tablet pc, 1.6ghz pentium m, 60gb hd...
Videocard: GeForce FX5200Go
Network: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB)
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG, firmware installed.
Bluetooth: Yes, working. (needs toshiba bluetooth patches in toshiba_acpi.c file to be able to start the bluetooth device)
Webcam: Yes, working. (spca5xx driver installed)
Touchpad: Working.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Working. (fnfx + toshiba extras in kernel)
Display: 1400x1050 @ 12.1 works fine.
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19.2
Suspend on Disk:Only tested with nvidia driver 9746. Works great after passing agp=off in grub, adding Option "NvAgp" "1" in section screen in xorg.conf, and commenting the line /usr/bin/vbetool post in /etc/pm/functions-nvidia.
Suspend on RAM:Only tested with nvidia driver 9746. Works great.
Webcam: Works with spca5xx driver.
Comments: Speedstep works after compiling a new kernel...(also required for hotkey, bluetooth). The pen was easy to get working by modifying xorg.conf and adding the setserial command to /etc/rc.local. Enabling x86 specific bootfixes, got the reboot working.

I think fedora should provide a special laptop kernel that has all possible latest patches for laptops, and everything enabled to make every laptop work flawlessly. That is the biggest problem faced when trying to run fedora on a laptop. This would be totally impossible for the inexperienced linux user to fix.

[kiram9]

Model:Acer 5672wlmi
Videocard:ati mobility radeon x1600 128mb dedicated ram
Network: tigon T3 driver (gigabit ethernet) Works fine
Wifi: Intel 3945
Bluetooth:Broadcom (works fine)
Webcam: Acer orbicam (Runs some sort of logitec driver, does not work)
Touchpad: Synaptic. (Works better than windows)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): (works using keyboard shortcuts)
Display: 1280x800
OS:FC6
Kernel:2.6.18
Suspend on Disk:works, buggy, sometimes will not make it back.
Suspend on RAM:works, buggy, sometimes will not come back, wireless and sound do not work afterwards.
Comments:Overall this worked better than I anticipated. However the ipw3945 driver was a pain to install. Things that I have not been able to get working are the memory card reader, the IRDA port, and the webcam. Also the dvd drive is slow at reading and writing due to some sort of driver problem. (Under windows it works fine)

[Pellidon]

Model:Compaq Presario V2000 series. V2575US AMD Turon 64 mobile.
Videocard: ATI Radeon Express 200M
Network:Realtek RTL 8139
Wifi:Broadcom 4318 Airforce one (almost working)
Bluetooth:n/a
Webcam:n/a
Touchpad:Synaptics Working
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):Sleep works, Brightness works up and down, External monitor works.
Display: widescreen working.
OS:Fedora Core 6 (upgraded from 5) Windows XP dual boot system
Kernel:2.6.19
Suspend on Disk:?
Suspend on RAM:?
Comments:Litescribe DVD burner works have not tried to print to DVD. Everything works that I need except for wireless and that is getting close. I do have an old Wireless card that works most of the time. Card reader does not work but is listed. I use Compact flash in digital cameras so I have to use PCMCIA adapter or USB reader anyway as there is no built in reader for CF.

[lucky_chouhan]

My PC Spec :

Model: Pentium 4 2.26 Ghz Desktop
MOBO : HCL GA-8VM533
Display : VT8238, 1024*768
RAM : 512 MB DDR HCL
HD : 80 GB
OS : Fedora Core 6, Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, Windows Xp
Network : Realtek 8139, 10Mb
DSL : 512 kBps

[pauledwards03]

Model: Clevo D900K
cpu: amd athlon 64 fx-60
VIdeocard: nvidia geforce go 7900gtx (256mb)
memory: ddr 2gb
storage: 2x 100gb SATA
network: not sure, it works fine
wifi: rt2500 (native driver causes system freezes)
bluetooth: MSI (works great)
webcam: built-in (not tested)
touchpad: synaptics
hotkey: media player, email, web (not tested, never used even with windows)
display: 19" active matrix lcd 1900x1200
os: fc6 x86_64
kernel: 2.6.19.1-2895
suspend on disk: works (slow)
suspend on ram: works (slow)
6 in 1 card reader (untested)
Comments: system is slow to boot (around 2 minutes), but once it is it flies

[Jygar]

Model : Sony Vaio VGN-S3-HP
Videocard : Nvidia GeForce 6200 Go TC
Network : Intel PRO 100 VE
Wifi : Intel IPW2200BG (Firmware v3.0 + WPA)
Bluetooth : Broadcom (Sony Modded)
Touchpad : ALPS
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...) : Not yet....
Display : Sony LCD
OS : Fedora Core 6 Dual Boot
Kernel : 2.6.19-1.2895
Comments : FC6 has to be the best release I have used since FC3, fast and very good hardware support as always!

[Digital_Warrior]

Model : Toshiba A105-S4334
Videocard : Intel 945GM
Network : Intel Pro 100 VE
Wifi : Intel 3945ABG
Bluetooth : None
Touchpad : Synaptics
Hotkey None
Display : Toshiba LCD 1024x800 32bit
OS : Fedora Core 6, Windows XP Pro
Kernel : 2.6.18
Comments : could not get gnome to work just get a blank screen but KDE loads fine. Wireless is not working I am trying to get the drivers from Intel to work right. Have not tried suspend but when i log off of KDE all i get is a blank screen, even if i do a reboot from terminal it does not reboot just a blank screen.

[Reindeer]

Model: WinBook J1
Processor: Intel 1.0GHz Pentium III
Videocard: Trident Cyberblade i1 Rev. 6a using Vesa driver.
Network: D-Link router access point via Wifi
Wifi: previous: Linksys WP54GS with Broadcom 43xx chipset using ndiswrapper.
current: D-Link WNA-2330 pcbus card with latest MadWifi drivers for the Atheros Chipset.
Bluetooth:
Webcam:
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkeys (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Not availiable or not working
Display: LCD 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6 Linux (Zod)
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6
KDE version: 3.56-0.3.fc6 Fedora-Core
Suspend on Disk: not working
Suspend on RAM: not working

Comments: It's amazing to me that this older laptop (circa 2000) works at all, let alone with Linux, considering that it's designed specifically for Windows.
The PCTel HSP MicroModem (internal) doesn't work, even with proper drivers, but it's a WinModem, so I didn't expect it to work.
External modems have worked just fine.
I used NDISwrapper, as the Broadcom 43xx drivers didn't work, which was a surprise, as the Linksys card has the Broadcom 43xx chipset. I am now using D-Link WNA-2330, which I highly recommend.
The Trident Cyberblade driver has never worked, making this poor lappy slower than it already is. This was also a disappointment, but the Vesa driver works fine, if slow.
Needless to say that this is not a game machine.

[KKJensen]

Acer Aspire 3610
All drivers worked on FC6 EXCEPT (In order of priority for me):

Broadcom 4318 wireless...installed the fwcutter method and it works but the stability is still a bit quirky and this is acknowledged by the driver maintainers. Hopefully this changes.

Dual-Head. Even though the gui says is working and configured, a crt monitor never displays anything when plugged in.

Bluetooth...not sure how to test it...the daemons start but I can never get any detection of a device.

[dhlstrlm]

Model: IBM Thinkpad T43 (2668-F7G)
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon x300
Network: not tested
Wifi: Intel 2915ABG (works fine, but listed as ethernet card)
Bluetooth: not tested
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: works fine
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1400x1050 native lcdd
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments:

[joe.pelayo]

Acer Aspire 5102 WLMi
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL50 (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 cache)
1GB (512+512) DDR2 PC4200
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (128MB, shared)
15.4" WXGA wide CrystalBrite TFT LCD
120GB 4200RPM PATA HDD (Hitachi)
DVD-Super Multi double layer (M a t s h i t a DVD-RAM)
802.11b/g wireless LAN (Atheros)
Realtek LAN.
Windows XP Media Center Edition + Fedora Core 6.

[martin.sourada]

Model: Acer TravelMate 2492NWLMi
Videocard: Intel GMA 950
Network: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
Bluetooth: Acer Bluetooth®
Webcam: Integrated (Acer OrbiCam™)
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): e-mail, web, ?? (P), ?? (e)
Display: 15.4" WXGA
OS: FC6
Kernel: all from FC6 works. Currently this: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Suspend on Disk: works but does not change the screen res back to 1280x800
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: All I need works. Only the webcam does not work, but I have never tried to make it work, and internal 5in1 card reader does not work either. It's the one from ENE and I read somewhere that this particular one does not work in linux. Well, I forgot: the hot keys don't work also, but I have never checked why... Oh, and the wifi... I needed to load the firmware to get it work...

EDIT: checked if wifi suspend to disk works

[nicstevens42]

Model: Compaq Presario 2500 (2570us)
Videocard: ATI Radeon IGP340M
Network: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter)
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Eject, Suspend on power button fails
Display: Internal 15# lcd@1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Suspend on Disk: Fails
Suspend on RAM: Fails
Comments: Beryl/Emerald work on this system -- and it rocks!

[hiberphoptik]

Model: HP dv8000
Videocard: PCIE Nvidia 7600
Network: i dunno but it works
Wifi: intel 3945abg
Bluetooth: yes
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): volume and calculator buttons dont work
Display: Internal 17" lcd@1440x900
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: always latest
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: Everything works except media buttons

[b00st]

My Friends Laptop:

Model: HP dv9010us (dv9000 series)
Videocard: Nvidia Geforce 6510 Go (128mb shared)
Network: not sure (works)
Wifi: broadcom 1390 mini-pci (ndiswrapper loads, but haven't sucessfully connected yet)
Bluetooth: not sure (works)
Webcam: not sure (doesn't work)
Touchpad: works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Works, but manually have to bind them.
Display: Internal 1400x900 17" wxvga
OS: Fedora Core 6 x86_64
Kernel: latest
Suspend on Disk: works, but haven't tested enough
Suspend on RAM: works, but haven't tested enough
Comments:

Everything works, battery management works spot on out the box. Webcam, built in mic, mic and both headphone jacks do not work.

p.s.: i'll add better description the next time I have it with me.

My Laptop:

Model: IBM Thinkpad A31
Videocard: Mobility Radeon 7500 (radeon drivers)
Network: works
Wifi: pcmcia wireless card works
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): works with tpb installed
Display: Internal 15" 1024x768 (not exactly sure anymore)
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: latest
Suspend on Disk: almost works, resuming causes display to malfuntion.
Suspend on RAM: almost works, resuming causes display to malfuntion.
Comments:

Aside from battery management not being so good (could just be that it's getting old) and suspend not completely working, it runs flawlessly.

[Finalzone]

New tool called smolt is available on Extras repository.

yum install smolt
wtogami (Warren Togami) suggested to use it for better report of user hardware specification. I created a new topic (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=739837) to reflect the change.

[jlnissley]

Model: Toshiba 4300
Videocard: S3 Savage IX
Network: n/a
Wifi: Broadcom 4318 [AirForce One 54g]
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: n/a
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): n/a
Display: 14.1" LCD 1024 x 768
OS: Fodora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Suspend on Disk: mostly functioning
Suspend on RAM: mostly functioning
Comments: Wireless card doesn't reconnect to network on resume. This is a pcmcia card and all do is remove it and reinsert it to get it working again.
____________________

[joe.pelayo]

My cousin's laptop:
Acer Travelmate 2428WXCi
Intel Pentium M 735A (1.7GHz, 400MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
256MB DDR2 333MHz.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900.
14.1" wide screen display in 1280*800 (WXGA)
40GB HD 5400RPM (Western Digital Scorpio WD400UE)
Combo DVD/CD-RW
Intel PRO/wireless 2200BG
10/100 Ethernet
Windows XP Home Edition + Fedora Core 6.

[BoknesMonster]

New tool called smolt is available on Extras repository.

yum install smolt
wtogami (Warren Togami) suggested to use it for better report of user hardware specification. I created a new topic (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=739837) to reflect the change.

Please people, use smolt to report your systems; it was designed for this purpose, and helps the Fedora Project much more directly. :)

[wintermute000]

Work laptop (dual booting WinXP)

Dell D600, Pentium M 1.8Ghz, 512 RAM.
ATI Fire9000GL graphics - works with 'radeon' driver but no dice with ATI drivers, livna or otherwise. No desktop effects. May have also had to tweak kernel parameters (no rhgb etc.) to get it to work in the first place but can't remember....
OS: Fedora Core 6, kernel 2869 (2895 seems to panic ndiswrapper!!!).
Suspend works like a charm.


The sticky bits:

- Truemobile 1450 Wireless - working w/ ndiswrapper from livna, with kernel 2895 causes kernel panics which disables the keyboard?!?! (but mouse remains fine!!).
- Had to manually change xorg parameters for touchpad to become usable (slow as ---- out of the box).
- Haven't tried external monitor or winmodem.
- The video card (ATI) does NOT play nice, though it does work with the radeon driver (slow as molasses, no desktop effects aargh)
- CPUspeed seems borked (doesn't throttle up) but cpufreq_ondemand seems fine

Verdict:
It works OK after some serious tweaking by a moderately experienced FC desktop user
DO NOT TOUCH WITH A STICK if you're thinking of buying it as a Fedora machine, too much work compared to some other comparable spec laptops.

btw read evil rumours that ubuntu works out of the box with this!!! (but I just can't imagine going without su LOL)

[Stian1979]

Processor AMD Turion™ 64 MT-32

Chipset ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M
Main Memory DDR333MHz SDRAM, up to 2G
Display 17.1"(WXGA+) wide Color Shine LCD
Video Graphics & Memory ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X700 128MB GDDR3
Hard Drive 80GB
DVD-Dual Double Layer Internal DVD+/-R/RW
Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN
MiniPCI 802.11/g
Built-in Bluetooth V2.0
Video Camera 1.3M Megabyte Pixels
LED Status Indicator
Power-on/Suspend
Battery Charging/full/low
Storage device access
Capital / Scroll / Number Lock
E-mail in box
Wireless indicator
Buletooth indicator
Hot Keys Instant launch Keys
4 buttons: Power4 Gear +, Email, Internet, Touchpad Lock

Function Keys:
Fn+F1 Suspend switch
Fn+F2 Wireless Switch
Fn+F5 Brightness down
Fn+F6 Brightness up
Fn+F7 LCD on/off
Fn+F8 LCD/CRT switch display
Fn+F10 Volume on/mute
Fn+F11 Volume down
Fn+F12 Volume up
Audio Built-in Azalia audio compliant audio chip, with 3D effect & full duplex
Built-in dual stereo speakers
Audio DJ play/pause, stop, forward, rewind
Keyboard 19 mm full size 88key with MS-Windows function keys


Card Reader SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO

None off the special function keys work witch don't really mather that mutch sine I hardly ever use them and none off the led indicators eather.

A biger problem is that when I upgraded from fc4 to fc6 I can no longer load the desktop.

The screan turn blank and if I try to type startx + reselution I just get error mesages.

I gues it don't mather that mutch sine FC is turning my asus wireless into a lan card and my Marvell Yukon lan into wireless and I can't get online annyway.

[mithlom]

Model: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi 1505-022
Videocard: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Network: Realtek
Wifi: ip3945
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): good.
Display: 15.4" 1024 x 768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments: the sound fail and i have to reboot.

[nodoze313]

Model: Dell Latitude C640
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 M7 LW
Network: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG (Using the IPW2200 firmware and drivers)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam:N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): N/A
Display: 1400x1050
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6

[Prem0]

Model: Emachines m6810 (Arima)
CPU: Athlon64 3200 mobile (2Ghz) CPU throttle works
Ram: 1280Mb DDR333
HDD: Seagate 100Gb 5400rpm
Media: NEC ND6650 8x DL DVD+/-R/RW
Videocard: ATI 9600 mobile - RV350
Network: Via Technologies VT6102 (Rhine-II)
Wifi: Atheros CM-9 AR5212 a/b/g
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: Creative Notebook Webcam (untested)
Touchpad: Synaptic touchpad
Display: 15.4" WXGA 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2911 FC6
Suspend on Disk: Fails
Suspend on RAM: Fails
Comments:
I am running AIGLX with Beryl no issues, Wifi network via MadWifi works well and am using Network Manager in Gnome to control the connection. This is a linux only laptop there is no dual boot, everything that can be upgraded reasonably has been upgraded.

[andy77]

Model: Dell D620
CPU: Intel Core2Duo T7200
RAM: 2048Mb PC2-5300 667Mhz
HDD: 60Gb 7200rpm
Media: DVD/CD-R
Videocard: Intel 945G Integrated
Network: Broadcom Netxtreme BCM5752
Wifi: Intel 3945ABG
Bluetooth: Yes
Webcam: None
Touchpad: Synaptic
Display: 14" WXGA 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2911 FC6 SMP

[tadek]

Model: ASUS A8JN
Videocard: nVidia GeForce GO 7300
Network: RealTek RTL8111/8168B
Wifi:IntelPro ipw3945
Bluetooth: ?
Webcam: ?
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): work
Display: 1280 x 800
OS: Fedora 6
Kernel:2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
Suspend on Disk: ?
Suspend on RAM:works Fn+F1
Comments: some extra effort was needed with network, ethernet driver was fetched from realtek. wifi working after instructions from forum (rpms from atrepos). Otherwise installation according to: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc6.html

[DamianS]

Model: HP Business Notebook nc8000
Videocard: ATI Mobility 9600 64MB AGP
Ram: 1.5 GB
Network: gigabit - works fine
Wifi: IPW 2200BG Works fine (with WPA)
Bluetooth: not yet tested
Firewire: not yet tested
SD card reader: I've heard its one of the bad guys and won't work :(
Touchpad: Working fine, but no scrolling
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): multimedia keys work fine
several others dont yet work, but then again i havent tried.
Display: 15.4
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.x
Suspend on Disk: Not yet tested
Suspend on RAM: works, except that when resuming, screen is white. It appears to be a problem in interaction between ACPI and the ATI drivers

[erinspice]

Model: HP dv6113
Videocard: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Ram: 1 GB
Network: 10/100 - works fine
Wifi: B/G Works fine
Bluetooth: not yet tested
Firewire: not yet tested
SD card reader: none
Touchpad: Works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not tested
Display: 15.4
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.x
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works

[seltzer]

Model: Dell Inspiron 700m
Videocard: Dell 82852/855GM (so says fedora)
Network: Broadcom BCM440-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Bluetooth: nope
Webcam: not quite
Touchpad: synaptics over sensitive pos
Hotkey: eject, wifi on/off, standby
Display:
OS: fedora core 5, dual boot WinXP SP2
Kernel: currently 2.6.19
Comments:
asside from wireless, and dual sreen's (which i have yet to get working) nothing broken on me in over a year. smooooth sailing.

[Wangberg]

Model: Acer Aspire 5100-5033
Videocard: ATI Raedon Xpress 1100
Network: LAN 10/100
Wifi: NOT TESTED
Bluetooth: NOT TESTED
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: yes
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): NOT TESTED
Display: 15.4" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite LCD (16ms)
OS: FC6, windows vista
Kernel: 2.6.19*
Suspend on Disk: NOT TESTED
Suspend on RAM: NOT TESTED
Comments:
a great laptop...would recommend it to anyone!

[Schelling]

Here is mine,

Model: IBM Thinkpad T23
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1.13 Ghz
RAM: 384 MB of RAM So Dimm
Media: DVD/CD
Videocard: S3 SuperSavage
Wifi: Linksys card (working with Linuxant drivers)
Bluetooth: No
Webcam: None
Display: 14" TFT 1024x768
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2911 FC6 SMP
Comments: An old laptop, but working great with XFCE instead of Gnome or KDE.

[iontyre]

Model: Dell Inspiron 8600
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobile 9600 Pro
Network: Broadcom BCM440-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Dell 1350 MiniPCI
Bluetooth: nope
Display: 15.4" 1680x1050
OS: fedora core 6, dual boot WinXP SP2
Kernel: currently 2.6.19
Comments: Running great, including bcm43xx native driver on wireless card.

[Blueshift]

Model: IBM X31
Videocard: Radeon 7000 (M6) 16 MB Ram
Network: Intel 82540EP Ethernet
Wifi: Cisco Airnot 802.11b Wireless and another wifi card with "Atheros" chip
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: Creative Live! Webcam Notebook Pro
Touchpad: n/a
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): IBM Buttons
Display: LCD 1024*768 (12,1")
OS: Fedora 6
Kernel: 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6.i686
Comments: Works great. Had a little trouble with the wifi but properly because the computer ships with two wifi cards.. IBM buttons doesn't work.. but know there is a tool somewhere on the net to fix that... :-)

[boboftheevils]

Model: Dell Inspiron 9300
Videocard: NVidia GeForce 6800 Go (NVidia binary drivers)
Network: BCM 44XX (
Wifi: Intel Pro Wireless 2915 (Need to download the firmware)
Bluetooth: Dell 350 Truemobile
Webcam: No
Touchpad: ALPS Touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): All my media keys work after configuring keyboard shortcuts, Hibernate Suspend work as well. Changing brighness doesn't work with Fn-keys
Display: 19200x1200 WUXGA
OS: Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 6.10
Kernel: Stock 2.6.19 i586
Suspend on Disk: Yes
Suspend on RAM: Yes
Comments:
Had to add combined_mode=libata kernel argument to get DVD writer detected as scsi device. Had to link volume controll to PCM control in alsa mixed. DVD burning is not working correctly - I don't know why, waiting for help on the forum.

[AlexDudko]

Model: ASUS A9RP
Videocard: Radeon Xpress 200M
Network: Realtek Semiconductor RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wifi: OK
Bluetooth: no
Webcam: no
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1024:768
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.19
Suspend on Disk: OK
Suspend on RAM: OK
Comments: everything works great except the built-in modem

[urzasrage]

Model: Gateway M685-E
Videocard: Geforce GO 7600 128 MB
Network: Intel 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi: Intel 3945 802.11a/b/g
Bluetooth: yes
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Gateway EZ Pad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): approriate FN keys set to control volume and playback
Display: 1440x900
OS: Windows XP 64, Fedora 6
Kernel: 2.6.19
Comments: hibernate, suspend does not work correctly

[a_ahmy]

* Model: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi1536
* Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300 @ 1.80 GHz
* OS: Linux FC6
*Hard Drive: Fujitsu 100GB SATA with NCQ 5400 rpm
* RAM: 1024 MB DDR2 533 MHz,
* Screen Size: 15.4 inch wide
* Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
*Graphics: ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 128 MB (512MB Hypermemory)
*Optical Drive: Philips DVD +-RW Dual Layer drive
* Slots: 1 x Expresscard; SD/MMC/MS card slot
* Ports: 3 x USB 2.0
o Firewire port
o DVI output
o S-Video out
o Gigabit Ethernet LAN
* Wifi: Intel 802.11 a, b, g
o Headphone and SPDIF optical combined
o Microphone
o Modem Telephone jack V.92 56 K
comments: everything is working charmly execpt the function keys, video card still strugglin` to install the drivers :( , modem not tested yet.

[DJWK]

Model:Acer TravelMate 8100 Series
Videocard: Ati Mobility Radeon X700, X-Server now working after minor modifications to xorg.conf
Network: Works "out of the box"
Wifi: Not working, propably due to FC6 compability with sonoma plattform.
Bluetooth: OK
Webcam:
Touchpad: OK
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Not fully
Display: OK, with modifications to xorg.conf
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2925
Suspend on Disk: N/A
Suspend on RAM: N/A
Comments: Most of the stuff works except wireless and memorycard reader.

[artu72]

Model: ASUS W5Ae
Videocard: Intel 915
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co. 8139C+
Wifi: Intel 2200BG
Bluetooth: Alps Electric Co., Ltd UGTZ4 Bluetooth
Webcam: Ali M5602 not working :mad:
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Working
Display: Working fine at native resolution 1280*800
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2925
Suspend on Disk: Yes
Suspend on RAM: Yes
Comments: It works greatly, apart the modem, Memory card reader (actually it does not read MS Stick form my digital cam), and the webcam, but there is an active project on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/m560x-driver/)

PS I have already "smolted" my profile ;)

[glennzo]

Thought I'd add specs for the laptop that I bought a week ago.

Model: Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577
Videocard: Mobile Intel 945GM Express
Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Wifi: Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: NA
Webcam: Chicony USB 2.0 Camera
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Dunno
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
Suspend on Disk: Perfect
Suspend on RAM: Dunno
Comments: This box runs Fedora 7 flawlessly. I needed very little additional configuration. The display came up perfectly, wired internet was there, wireless works perfectly, cd's and dvd's play although there is no sound yet. Other than the sound issues F7 is a real winner on this computer! This is pretty sweet! Oh, installed Beryl because I could. Installed without a hitch and works perfectly!

Edit: 9.28.07.
Had occasion to close the lid on the laptop with Fedora 7 running. Is that suspend? Anyhow, now 6 hours later I finally get home and have a chance to open lid to play with toy laptop. Fedora came right back up! Perfecto! Wireless network came right back automatically. The wireless USB mouse even worked when I plugged it back in. Nice! So what'd I do. Put the computer into suspend or sleep? What?

[buchalkalan]

* Model: HP pavillion dv6059
* Processor: AMD Turion 64x2 TL-52 @ 1.60 GHz
* OS: Linux FC7 Test 4 (Not working properly)
*Hard Drive: Fujitsu MHV2120BH PL SCSI 120GB
* RAM: 1024 MB DDR2 667 MHz,
* Screen Size: 15.4 inch wide
* Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
*Graphics: Nvidea GeForce Go 7200
*Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST DVD RAM GMA4082N ATA device
* Slots: 1 x Expresscard; 1xSD/MMC/MS card slot
* Ports: 3 x USB 2.0
o Firewire port
o DVI output
o S-Video out
o Nvidea Network Controller
* Wifi: Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g with integrated bluetooth
o Microphone Headphone and SPDIF
o Microphone on laptop with integrated 1.3MP webcam
o HDAudio Soft data fax Modem with smart CP
o HP EC300 DVB-T

Comments: There is some problem with the grapix card drivers, hence there is no display in FC7 test 4.

[limemonkey]

Model: Acer Aspire 5502z (5500z series)
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.80GHz
Videocard: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300]
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Bluetooth: N/A
Touchpad: generic3ps/2, I have no idea what's inside.
Audio: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller

Linux support:
OS: Fedora 7, Test 4
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3116.fc7
Fn-Hotkeys: Work, map in Gnome shortcut prefs.
Hardware-Hotkeys: no chance. mail led works with acerhk and force_series=5020
Video: 1280x800, works with ATIs proprietary drivers, with vesa lower resolution only. Make sure you downgrade Xorg server to 1.2.* on F7 until ATI fixes their drivers for Xorg 1.3.* (i.e. post 8.36.5)
Suspend on Disk: Oh, yes!
Suspend on RAM: Oh, yes!
PCMCIA: Yes!
USB: Yes!
CD-R: Yes!
CPU freq. scaling: Yes!

Comments: I hate the ATI drivers which will leave me on the console from time to time after upgrades. Drivers for 2200BG are in the livna rpm repository, everything else works out of the box.

[jennifer_houle]

Model: HP Pavillion dv5000z (customizable notebook)
Videocard: 128 mb Ati Radeon XPress 200M
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co.
Wifi: Broadcom BCM4311
Bluetooth: yes
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): N/A
Display: 1280x800
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2944.x86_64
Suspend on Disk: yes
Suspend on RAM: yes
Comments: wireless card does not work correctly with FC6, compiz desktop effects do not work (my videocard uses ATI proprietary drivers), everything else works great

[gadgetwiz]

Model: Gateway Solo-5300
Videocard: S3 Savage
Network: Intel Pro/100+ MiniPCI
Wifi: Zonet PCMCIA card doesn't work, Cisco PCMCIA AirLan works native
Bluetooth: NA
Webcam: NA
Touchpad: Works but very sensitive and no way to control it. (Thinks it's a mouse)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): N/A
Display: 1024x768x32bit
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2944
Suspend on Disk: N/A
Suspend on RAM: N/A
Comments: I'm running a dual W2K/FC6 boot. With the exception of no control over the touch pad, it works well. The main problem with laptops is the poor wireless card support, although Linux as a whole is weak in that area.

[xero.03]

Model: Dell Latitude D600
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon M9 (9000)
Network: Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated
Wifi: Broadcom 4309 (Truemobile 1450)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: ALPS
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Work on most distros and others I know with a D600, I don't use them though
Display: Dell 1400x1050
OS: FC5, FC6, F7
Kernel: 2.6.20 (latest, F7-test4 default)
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments: Everything works, AIGLX works when resolution is <=1024x768...bcm43xx worked great on FC6, but can't seem to figure it out on F7

[YaroMan]

Model: Sony VAIO VGN-SZ230P
Videocard: GeForce Go 7400
Network: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Wifi: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

here is my report
http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=7b949957-b019-438f-a5de-83b3bb5c5b02

[epperson]

Model: Dell Latitude D600
Videocard: Radeon Mobile (integrated), works
Network: integrated 10/100, works
Wifi: Intel 2200, works after hacking keys-eth1 for shared key (KEY="restricted s:xxxxxxxxxxxxx")
Bluetooth: Dell Truemobile 300
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics, not tested
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Suspend ok out of box, loses Iomega BT mouse on resume
Display: Dell p/n 6J564, Samsung 14.1 LCD TFT EGA, works fine
OS: Fedora 7 Test 4 (6.93)
Kernel: Latest yummable
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: works out of box, but loses Iomega Bluetooth mouse on resume
Comments: Something weird going on with hci/hidd subsystem, loses mouse on resume, hidd service start always fails reporting "address already in use" (although on hard boot mouse works in spite of that failure). After suspend/resume, sometimes re-pairing mouse works, sometimes device hci0 has completely disappeared and hcitool scan reports no route to host, hidd --scan reports no device.

Have also experienced "hard lockups", can't even Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a text console, have to power cycle (infrequent). Any word on Bluetooth mouse workaround will be appreciated.

[buchalkalan]

Isn't it a good idea to make this thread sticky?

[Dan]

I think in addition, for the sake of simplicity, (and accuracy) smolt should be used for reporting purposes.

Although, check your results carefully after they are submitted. I have seen errors. <..:cool:..>


Dan

[brunson]

Model: Dell Latitude D610
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460
Network: Tigon3
Wifi: Intel Pro Wireless 2200
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: None
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Standby, Hibernate, Eject
Display: 1450x1200
OS: Fedora Core 6
Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2948.fc6
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments:

[newolf20000]

Model:IBM/T42 2373-8zh
Videocard:ATI Radeon Mobility 9600
Network: OK
Wifi:NO
Bluetooth:No
Webcam:No
Touchpad:ok
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):OK
Display:LCD 1400*1050
OS:F7
Kernel:kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
Suspend on Disk:OK
Suspend on RAM:OK
Comments:All hardware can be recognized correctly, including video and network interfaces, power management function works well, hibernation, suspend and hot key management.

[Deore]

Model:Acer TravelMate 290
Videocard:Intel 82852/855GM Integrated (i810)
Network: OK
Wifi:Intel PRO/Wireless Mini PCI (ipw2100)
Bluetooth:N/A
Webcam:N/A
Touchpad:ALPS, recognized as Synaptics, works OK
Hotkeys:OK
Display:LCD 1024*768 OK
OS:F7
Kernel:kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
Suspend on Disk (hibernate):OK
Suspend on RAM: Not OK - suspends ok but resumes with no display OR kernel panicing. If using video driver "intel" - OK (see below)
Comments:

General: F7 is really great! Everything seems to be working, install (update actually) went smooth. Graphics and GUI stuff is also great. Yum is faster.

Video: the i810 driver works well as usual BUT I wasn't able to suspend and use an external monitor with it since FC5. I read that there is an experimental (modesetting ??) driver for intel VGA called simply "intel". I tested it and these 2 issues worked: suspend and external monitor. However I think that it is slower than the i810 - noticeable with Compiz. I also read about a (development) driver i810-modesetting. I wasn't able to find it and test it. Does anyone know more about this? It would be great if there is a combination of the speed of "i810" and the suspend/external VGA qualities of "intel".

WiFi: ipw2100 was always working for me. However I once updated my FC6 and got a buggy version of the driver. It would occasionally disconnect my wireless and dmesg would say

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
This happend once since I updated to F7. I had to turn Wireless off from the hardware switch, reinsert the ipw2100 module and wait a little until I could again use it. Don't know what caused it except that it was some heavy traffic. I hope an update of the driver will be available soon.

Tip: Use powertop (http://www.linuxpowertop.org/powertop.php) to optimize your battery usage. The i8042 driver (PS/2 - touchpad) is the evil power beast in my system, but I don't think there could be a workaround...

[xqterry]

Model:lenovo thinkpad T60 e85
Videocard:ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 - OK
Network: e1000 - OK
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) - OK
Bluetooth:ID 0a5c:2110 Broadcom Corp. BCM2045B - works OK
Webcam:none
Touchpad:N/A - works OK
Hotkeys: fn keys work, volumn control buttons work, thinkvantage does not.
Display:LCD 1400x1050
OS:F7
Kernel:kernel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
Suspend on Disk: system hang - Not OK
Suspend on RAM: system hang - Not OK
Comments:
* fan is always on, don't know how to control it.
* kvm guest OS can not pause.(archlinux)
* sometimes hang during reboot/shutdown
* default desktop effect can not be enable

[a214]

Model: HP Compaq nx6110
Videocard:i ntel 915gm
Network: bcm4401
Wifi: bcm4306
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad:Synaptics
Display:1024*768
OS:FC7

Comments: all are functioning alright

[quinquen]

Model: SAGER 5600P pentium 4 2,2Ghz
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility M7 (default ati driver, ok)
Network: Realtek rtl-8139 (ok)
Wifi: pcmcia d-lin dwl-630 rev E (Ralink 2561 rev B 802.11g) (ok)
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: NONE
Touchpad: Synaptics PS/2 (ok)
Multimedia shorcut: intel 82801ca/cam ac97 (ok)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): NOT TESTED
Display: 1400 x 1050 Default LCD (ok)
Firewire : OK
OS: FC7
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: OK
Comments: Compiz and Beryl work very well with the default Radeon video driver!

[hceylan]

Model: HP dv8000
Videocard: Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 have 3D with livna drivers
Network: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection working aout of the box
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG working
Bluetooth: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG working
Webcam: Had two webcams from Windows that are not working (Orite and apache)
Touchpad: synaptic, working great including scrolling
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): volume and calc keys only. DVD and Media button don't work
Display: 1440x900 LCD. Good antialising with Liberation fonts and set to 100dpi with subpixel-Medium-RGB settings
OS: Fedora 7 & Centos 5 same results. IPW 3495 worked out of the box in Centos. Fedora does not have ipw3945d daemon as a service
Kernel: Latest of both
Suspend on Disk: not working (checked the quirks)
Suspend on RAM: same
Comments: Only if I could get suspend to RAM to work I would be very happy. I also have built in TI MMC Slot that is working. Dialup Modem also works with linuxant drivers

Regards,
Hasan ceylan

[erroneus]

Model: Dell Inspiron 8600
Videocard: nVidia Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go5650] (rev a1) (128MB)
Network: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T
Wifi: Intel ProWireless 2200
Bluetooth: Yes (Whatever Dell put in there)
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Multimedia shorcut: Not yet... maybe... worked at one time.
Display:1920x1200
Comments: Upgraded processor from 1.6 to 2.0GHz and changed video device from ATI to nVidia. I love Dell for making these options possible. I am utterly annoyed and approaching angry with ATI for their policies and lack of concern for their customer's interests. nVidia is better... but only by a little. But even so, they are WAY more responsive to Linux users than ATI is and nVidia's policy on 'legacy' hardware is far better. I encourage any ATI user with the option to move to nVidia to vote with your dollars as I have. ATI will not listen to anything else.

[vikingr]

Model: HP Compaq nx7440 (RH402ET)
Videocard: Intel 945GM (i810 driver)
Network: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: yes (not tested)
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): all ok
Display:1280x800
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7
Suspend on Disk: not working
Suspend on RAM: not working
Comments: Graphics card was not detected correctly at install of F7 (resolution ok, but fonts were very huge). CPU powersave fully functional

[giulix]

Model: Dell C(rap)610, C610
Videocard: Radeon Mobility M6 LY (Some adjustment probs on F8, but now running fine)
Network: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
Wifi: Netgear WG111 USB (ndiswrapper) V.1
Bluetooth: WTF ?
Webcam: WTF ?
Touchpad: synaptic, disabled the little sucker from BIOS, anyway it works fine...
Hotkey (Suspend): You've got to close the lid and reopen it
Display: 1400x1050 LCD
OS: Fedora 7 "Moonshine", Fedora 8 "Werewolf"
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7, 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Ok
Suspend on RAM: Ok
Comments: Everything works, more or less...

P.S. The open-source kernel module for my wireless card, prism54usb (installed with F7 by default), is
broken (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245726). Anyway, blacklisting it and using ndiswrapper with the windoze drivers solves the problem

[ciphermonk]

Model: Lenovo/IBM T61
Videocard: Intel X3100
Network: Broadcom 1000MB works
Wifi: Intel 4965 n wireless card works using intel driver
Bluetooth: Works
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: synaptic
Hotkey (Suspend): haven't tried
Display: 1440x900 LCD
OS: Fedora 7 "Moonshine"
Kernel: 2.6.21.5 from kernel.org

[parkash]

Model: Asus A6m Q006H
Videocard: Nvidia Ge Force Go 6100 {wierd with a projector}
Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B Works
Wifi: Broadcom 4318 works with ndiswrapper
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: synaptic
Hotkey (FFW): works
Hotkey (RRW): works
Hotkey (Stop): doesn't work
Hotkey (Play/Pause): doesn't work
Hotkey (Volume up): doesn't work
Hotkey (Volume down): doesn't work
Hotkey (Mute): doesn't work
Display: 1280x800 LCD
OS: Fedora 7 "Moonshine
uname -a: Linux Bregna 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Jun 12 14:56:37 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux"

[joe.pelayo]

Model: Acer Aspire 3690-2914
Processor: Intel Celeron M 430 @1.73GHz.
512MB DDR2 PC4300
Network: Broadcom 440X.
Wireless: Broadcom.
Graphics: Intel GMA 940.
H.D: 80GB, 5400RPM.

This laptop is of a cousin and works OK overall, in fact I am really surprised (and jealous) because Desktop Effects work out of the box. If was pretty cheap because it supposedly had Linpus Linux instead of Windows XP, besides it budget nature. However, to my surprise it was loaded with a pirate copy of Windows XP (it was properly packaged so I think this is an Acer's failure), I was upset to find this (replacing a Linux with a pirate Windows) but calmed my self when realized the machine had an Intel Celeron M 430 @1.73GHz instead of the advertised 1.6GHz model, and a 80GB HD instead of the 60GB advertised.
Had to add the 'noapic' parameter to the kernel in order to boot F7.

[Ronald Franklin]

Model: Acer Aspire 5050
Videocard:ATI Xpress X1100 - latest drivers from Amd/Ati (8.37)
Network:Realtek Ethernet - working
Wifi:Broadcom 4318 - ndiswrapper
Bluetooth:Broadcom - working
Webcam: None
Touchpad:Snyaptic - working
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Not Tested
Display:1280x800
OS:Fedora 7 x64
Suspend on Disk: working
Suspend on RAM: working
Comments: The only problem I had was that I was using the 32 bit driver with the Broadcom 4318 and it finally dawned on me that I should use the 64 bit driver - no other problems.

[w5set]

Model: Dell Inspiron 1501
Videocard:RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M] (no ati/3D acceleration--waiting patiently)
Network: works nicely BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Broadcom Corp Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card working nicely
Bluetooth: not used
Webcam:no way
Touchpad: works, but I prefer mouse
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not all work yet--but working on this
Display:14.1" Dell lappie screen??
OS:Fedora 7
Kernel:2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 #1 SMP (32 bit--could run 64 bit I guess)
Suspend on Disk: no
Suspend on RAM: no
Comments:Cpu is AMD Turion 64x2 TL60 with 2 gig ram and it smokes (runs quickly) on F7
and still as of now co-existing on same original drive as "the other OS" (dual boot w/vista, although I am thinking of giving vista the "boot" (like a real boot in butt) cuz it's just not used)
smolt uuid# page http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=6dd56b4e-20fa-4e7e-a2e7-30965c1c386c

[bagelman]

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me out. I am running fedora 7 and I regeistered my PC with Vista before nuking my hard drive and putting fedora on it. The internet components were working fine with the microsoft product. But now am totally unable to access the internet through ethernet or wireless.

I have: Intel's pro/wireless 3495 card... can anyone help me out with this one?

Also, i have two switches on the front of this laptop that turn the wireless and bluetooth on and off, I think this may be the beginning of the problem...

any help would be greatly appreciated!

[bagelman]

I am also having trouble with the sound card for this machine.

[tadek]

I had problems with ipw3945 on FC6 and solution is given on http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/ipw3945
Now with fedora 7 it simply works without any additional affords. What do you observe during boot?
try as root:

iwconfig
and then:

system-config-network
Good luck

[bagelman]

with iwconfig i get

lo no wireless extensions
eth1 no wireless extensions

with system-config-network i get:

the network configuration which i have been trying to use, but i don't think that i have the drivers for any of these pieces of hardware in question.

any more suggestions?

[tadek]

Do you see modules, try as root:
lsmod | grep 3945
and I got:
iwl3945 157221 0
mac80211 145609 1 iwl3945

[bagelman]

i do not get any of those modules when i run the lsmod command.

[bagelman]

what does the grep command do?

[bagelman]

nevermind, i figured that one out, but grep does not return anything

[dshaw256]

Model: Dell Latitude D610
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Bluetooth: <supposed to be there, but not confirmed; nothing promising in lspci output
Webcam: no
Touchpad: Synaptics compatible (works great, by the way)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): unsure what you want here
Display: standard LCD panel
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6
Suspend on Disk: not being used
Suspend on RAM: works great
Comments: I'm loving this system under FC6. Works great.

[Ronald Franklin]

Quote "Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me out. I am running fedora 7 and I regeistered my PC with Vista before nuking my hard drive and putting fedora on it. The internet components were working fine with the microsoft product. But now am totally unable to access the internet through ethernet or wireless.

I have: Intel's pro/wireless 3495 card... can anyone help me out with this one?

Also, i have two switches on the front of this laptop that turn the wireless and bluetooth on and off, I think this may be the beginning of the problem...

any help would be greatly appreciated!"

The switches on the front of your laptop are software switches that will only work in windows. They are not needed for Fedora. Are you running 32bit or 64bit Fedora? I am currently using both ethernet and wireless for Internet access. I am using the 64bit Fedora 7. Therefore I had to download 64 bit drivers for my Broadcom 4318 wireless card - used HP latest 64bit windows drivers although my laptop is an Acer and used ndiswrapper in order to use the windows drivers. You probably can do a search of this forum and find a step by step method for your Intel Wireless card. The ethernet connection was auto detected and configured (the cable must be connected when installing Fedora). The sound issue is probably that the audio output is defaulted to the headphone jack. You can check this by connecting a headset to the headphone jack. This can be changed in the preferences in the mixer. Bluetooth was automatically detected and configured. Things aren't as bad as they seem.

Hope this helps.

[SideshowMel]

Model: Dell Inspiron E1505
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobility x1400 - problematic, but Leigh123's workaround worked great!
Network: intel 10/100 - works flawlessly
Wifi: 3945ABG - real pain in the the butt to get working
Bluetooth: Dell 355
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: synaptics - works flawlessly
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): only backlight keys worked, all others work when set.
Display: great! xgl, beryl working fine
OS: Fedora 7 / Windows Vista Ultimate dual-boot
Kernel: 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 - **ok, I'd really LIKE to upgrade to 2.6.22.1-27.fc7, but suspend doesn't work**
Suspend on Disk: **be sure to have clocksource=acpi_pm in the grub line and use kernel 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 until the next one comes out and follow JLC's instrsuctions here: http://blog.justinconover.com/2007/06/10/fedora-7-suspending-on-dell-e1505/ **
Suspend on RAM: same as above
Comments: I am officially very happy with Fedora 7 now. I've been running fedora since FC5 on my desktop, but this my first try on a laptop. It was a real chore getting Fedora 7 up and running the way I want it, and I'm sure lesser souls would have given up long ago. I love it, but in terms of it "just working," there is still much progress to be made. I commend all the efforts so far, though. I'm really hoping linux will break out in a big way.

[MrGroover]

Model: Samsung Q35
Videocard: Intel GMA 950
Network: Broadcom BCM 4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: available and working, I think it is a Broadcom one, not sure
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Vol up/down, WiFi on/off, Sound on/off, Touchpad on/off, Silent Mode, Backlight on/off, Brightness up/down. (most of them are real HW switches, so no software support required)
Display: 12,1" 1280x800
OS: Fedora Core 7 Moonshine (Windows and Sun Solaris :cool: installed as well)
Kernel: in most cases the most recent one (@date of posting: 2.6.22.1-33)
Suspend on Disk: working
Suspend on RAM: I don't use that one, but gave me most trouble. Display doesn't switch on on resuming
Comments: Card reader works out of the box with SD but not with MMC cards.
Intel Core2Duo T5500 CPU, 2.5GB 533MHz DDR2 RAM, 160GB Samsung HM160JC HDD

[lyaskov]

Model: Acer 5610Z
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2060@1.6GHz
RAM: 2GB DDRII@667
HDD: WD 80GB@5.4K
Videocard: Intel 945 GMA
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: dont know - works perfectly though
Display: 15" Acer LCD
OS: Fedora Core 7
Kernel: 2.6.22.1-33.fc7
Suspend on Disk: n/a
Suspend on RAM: n/a
Comments:

- some wireless issues, I cant seem to set my wifi card...
- I noticed that X crashes when trying to use dual head display

Everything else is working properly

[epperson]

Model: Latitude D600
Videocard: Radeon Mobility
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
Bluetooth: Dell 350
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: turned off
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Suspend, volume, power=hibernate
Display: standard
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.22.1-33.fc7
Suspend on Disk: yes
Suspend on RAM: yes
Comments: Multiple hacks necessary for pm-suspend to work with Radeon and BT mouse

[LinuxJuggalo]

Model: Toshiba Satellite A205-S4797
Videocard: ???
Network: Intel HDA, Codec: Generic
Wifi: yes
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: Integrated cam with mic on LCD screen, Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c03d Logitech, Inc.
Touchpad: ???
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Power, Internet, Multi-media, DVD control keys
Display: LCD 15.4"
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.20
Comments: works good with fedora 7

[slade17]

Model: Lenovo T61p
Videocard: Nvidia Quadro FX 570M: does not work with the "nv" driver; you must download and install the nvidia driver from livna through the command line to get the GUI to work
Network:
Wifi: IPW (Intel Pro Wireless) 3945 card. it works out of the box in F7. the newer IPW 4965 should work out of the box.
Bluetooth: untested. It would not connect to my phone, but vista (preinstalled) would not either.
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: no problems
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): untested
Display: 1920 x 1200; nvidia driver needs to be installed before GUI will work
OS: Fedora 7 64 bit and Sabayon
Kernel: 2.6.22*
Suspend on Disk: untested
Suspend on RAM: untested
Comments: change the SATA setting in the BIOS from "AHCI" to "compatability".

[casper911ca]

Model: Dell Precision M70
Videocard: Nvidia QuatroFX go 1400
Network: huh? DSL?
Wifi: ipw 2200
Bluetooth: not installed, capable
Webcam: false
Touchpad: true
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Stand By, Hibernate, CRT/LCD, Eject, Scroll Lock, Break, Volume (up/down/mute), number pad (7 8 9 0 | U I O | J K L : | M > ?), Brightness (works fine though), Battery level, Wifi (I think), SysRq,
Display: 1680 x 1050
OS: FC7
Kernel: 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 (uh-oh, i mixed up my repos, that might be behind my recent problems :-/ )
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works sometimes
Comments:

[casper911ca]

nevermind those are both supposed to be there.

[klaasklever]

this entry simply is for the record, i'm still testing and searching for solutions.

generally fedora installs and runs fine on x20 in the basic functions. no editing in xorg.conf needed for sxga and touchpad (like in ubuntu), very smooth beryl, fast system.

samsung X20 1600 III
intel centrino - 1,6 GHz (Singel Core)
intel 2200bg wireless chipset
intel 915 gm graphics
ram: 2 gb (2x 1gb) kingston pc2-4200 cl4 200 sodimm (kvr533d2sf/1g)
hd: samsung 80gb something
sd / memory stick card reader
lan/firewire/spdif/vga/modem
synaptics touchpad
3 hardware-buttons

graphics chip: runs in correct resolution (1440x1050) out of the box (big thumbs up to fedora :cool: )
synaptics touchpad: out of the box with scrolling and tapping (big thumbs up to fedora too :cool: )
wireless lan/network manager: out of the box
sd card recognized after reinsert
memory stick: not tested
firewire/modem/spdif : not tested

suspend to ram: problematic, need testing
suspend to disk: problematic, need testing
alsa-sound: works

hardware buttons: no function (at the moment)
loudness via keyboard: no function (at the moment)
brightness via keyboard: works, with the typically destroyed samsung icon an top left corner

sometimes fedora won't shut down correctly (dark grey rectangles on the whole screen - a cold 4 second push buttun shutdown is needed).
processor silent mode button (half speed): works

sorry for less details, im not a pro and need some time for testing, still.

greets, kk

[deadkenny]

Model: Acer Aspire 1362 WLMi - AMD Mobile Sempron 2800+
Videocard: nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Go (64mb) - nv driver results in weird text. livna kmod-nvidia works great though. Beryl is fine too with AIGLX configured.
Network: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II
WiFi: INPROCOMM IPN2220 (works through ndiswrapper)
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad - Not always responsive and mouse can go wild sometimes. Fine under XP. USB mouse works fine too.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Assignable although dedicated keys have odd behaviour sending too many messages perhaps? WiFi LED doesn't relate to WiFi state. Fn keys seem okay, although 'hard' keys for swapping to external display are untested. Brightness keys are fine. Volume works if keys are assigned.
Display: 1280x800 15.4" Widescreen. Works fine and brightness Fn keys work fine. External VGA and S-Video, and dual-screen are untested.
OS: Fedora 7 32bit
Kernel: 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 (i686)
Suspend to Disk: Doesn't resume. Blank screen, no keyboard response.
Suspend to Ram: Doesn't resume. Corrupt screen, no keyboard response.
Comments: Generally fine except WiFi takes a lot of effort to convince it to connect (can take half an hour! No problems in XP), and suspend doesn't work out of the box (trying various configs at the moment but nothing's working right).

Many input issues though. Touchpad is a bit weird, and under Gnome (haven't tried anything else though) key presses in any app often need to be repeated if typed to quickly else characters are lost (again, not a problem in XP). Sometimes the cursor can go nuts, or lots of spaces are injected into an edit box when window gets focus, caps stuck on just by using shift key normally. Mouse left click (using a USB mouse) can sometimes get stuck and Esc key can free it.

Recognises battery and charge state fine, display dims and battery state is recognised when unplugged though battery life is untested at this stage. CPU throttling between 1600Mhz and 800Mhz works fine (and appears to sticks at 800 on battery). Fan throttles too, although fan never turns off (although this has been observed in XP more recently. laptop old age? It used to turn off). Hard disc and CPU run cooler when idle in FC7 with Gnome + Beryl than in XP. Bluetooth not supplied with laptop (despite hotkey for it), but a USB Bluetooth dongle worked fine.

DVD writer trashed a +RW disc although the disc might have been the problem. Burnt a +R fine though.

Firewire untested at this stage.

[bkahuna]

Model: Acer Aspire 9410Z
Videocard: Integrated Intel Mobile 945GM
Network: Realtek
Wifi: Broadcom (dun dun dunnn) Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN
Bluetooth: Off
Webcam: Philips SRC701NC/37
Touchpad: Off
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Off
Display: 17in Widescreen at 1440x900
OS: F7
Kernel: 2.6.22
Suspend on Disk: Off
Suspend on RAM: Off
Comments: The fresh install gave me almost everything I needed. I had to use the broadcom fwcutter tool to get my wireless working and the drivers from ATrpms for my webcam, but everything else was already setup for me. I just switched back to Fedora actually from Arch because I was tired of learning every time I wanted to do anything (I had to figure out every step, it's informative but annoying when you don't have a ton of time to set everything up). I used FC3 a long time ago and thought it was alright so I decided to switch back. It was either this or OpenSUSE and I'm just not very impressed with them. Thanks Fedora!

[deakons]

Model: Dell Latitude D620
Videocard: Intel 945
Network: Broadcom NetXtreme
Wifi: Intel PRO Wireless 3945abg
Bluetooth: present...working
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Suspend...works..
Display: WXGA - AIGLX working...beryl working..
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.22.5
Suspend on Disk: works out of box
Suspend on RAM: works out of box
Comments: Volume buttons not functioning....915resolution needed..
wireless can be touchy at times.

[rochfort64]

Model: Dell Inspiron 6400
Video card: nVidia GeForce Go 7300
Network: Broadcom BCM4401-BO
Wireless: Intel 3945ABG
Display: 1440 x 900 dots/inch
OS: Fedora Core 7
Kernel: 2.6.22
Comments: Out of the box, Fedora Core 7 did not support nVidia graphics accelerator, Intel 3945ABG wireless or software control of brightness.
- Now, after a wait, Fedora Core 7 supports nVidia graphics acceleration. Thanks leigh123@linux: http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?p=832177&postcount=2
- After a longer wait, it supports Intel 3945ABG. Thanks strikeforce: http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php/Main_Page#Intel_IPW3945
- Still no software control of brightness. This aspect of Power Manager Brightness Applet and Power Manager doesn't work. (The brightness keys do work, however).
On a mean-spirited note, all three work out of the box in Ubuntu 7.10.

[Crito]

Model: Compaq R3240
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ w/ 1MB L2 Cache
Mobo Chipset:: nVidia Corporation nForce3
Video Card: nVidia Corporation NV17 - GeForce4 440 Go w/ 64MB dedicated (not shared)
Wired NIC:: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wireless NIC: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
Touchpad: Synaptics
Display: 1680 x 1050 native resolution, 15.4" high def widescreen
USB: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 and one USB 2.0 port
Firewire: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000
CardBus: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller
OS: Fedora 8 64-bit
Kernel: 2.6.23
Note: Second revision of this model came with a lower res display (1280x800) but a better +/- burner -- mine has a Toshiba DVD+R/W drive that won't burn -R (reads them fine though).
Comments: Fast clock bug requires no_timer_check parm with older 64-bit kernels (not needed with 2.6.23). Don't waste your time trying to get a 32-bit kernel working. Texas Instruments SD/MMC card reader and Broadcom wireless not working, yet. Standard nv driver supports native resolution. Use legacy NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-96.43.01-pkg2.run for accelerated graphics. Even though only 15.4" have to use 120 DPI for text to be readable. Movies look incredible at 1680x1050, however.

[duplex]

Model: IBM ThinkPad T60
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Network: Intel PRO/1000 PL
Wifi: Intel 3945ABG
Bluetooth: Yes
Webcam: No
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): using ThinkPad Buttons
Display: 1400x1050 15"
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.22.9-91
Suspend on Disk: not working
Suspend on RAM: not working
Comments: UPEK Thompson Fingerprint Reader & Sierra Wireless EV-DO

[cr4ck3r]

Model: HP Pavilion DV5000. Intel CoreDuo 1.83Ghz
Videocard: Intel 945GM (onboard) with Compiz-Fusion enabled.
Network: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE
WiFi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Working fine
Hotkey: Some work, some does not
Display: 1280x800 15.4" Widescreen. Works fine and brightness Fn keys work fine. External VGA and S-Video, and dual-screen are untested.
Card reader: work fine
USB Mouse: work fine
OS: Fedora 7 32bit
Kernel: 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 SMP
Suspend to Disk: Untested
Suspend to Ram: Untested
Comments: Have to use the i810 intel driver for the video, need 915resolution to fix the *huge* text at boot time, use proprietary ipw3945 driver (check the How-to forum) to make wireless card work. Everything else just work.

[Cylo]

Model: Acer Travelmate 3273WXMi_BT
Videocard: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Network: Marvell Yukon 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Wifi: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: UNKNOWN
Webcam: Acer Orbicam
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Normal Hotkeys are fine, some blue 'Fn' keys work (scrn contrast, *)
Multimedia shorcut: unknown
Display: 14.1" WXGA wide TFT LCD - No problems at all
OS: Fedora 7 x86_64-DVD.iso
Kernel: 2.6.20-2936.fc7xen
Suspend on Disk: unknown
Suspend on RAM: unknown

Dual Boot with XPSP2 - Out of the box everything works except the wifi, sound card (headphones ok) and
webcam. Bluetooth great - file transfer fine, blue LED works, Screen, USB, DVD drive fine.

[nosnahoj]

Model: Toshiba m200 tablet pc, 1.6ghz pentium m, 60gb hd...
Videocard: GeForce FX5200Go
Network: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB)
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG, working (improvement since fc6)
Bluetooth: Yes, working. (with 2.6.23 kernel+toshiba bluetooth patch, NO IMPROVEMENT)
Webcam: Yes, not working.
Touchpad: Working.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): working. (improvement since fc6)
Display: 1400x1050 @ 12.1 works fine.
OS: Fedora Core 7
Kernel: 2.6.23
Suspend on Disk:not working at all with nvidia driver (nv not tested)
Suspend on RAM:not working at all with nvidla driver (nv not tested)
Comments: Speedstep was not working initially ( 1.6gz always), had to upgrade the kernel to the 2.6.22 for it to work (Is this not a major fault? Should never fail!). The pen was also not working, just had to set xorg.conf up (can't really expect more).

[tscheez]

Model: Dell Inspiron 1501
Videocard: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
Network: BCM 4401
Wifi: Dell 1390 (Broadcom 4311) using ndiswrapper
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: works fine, even the horizontal and vertical scroll
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 15.4" 1280x800 glossy
OS: F8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49
Suspend on Disk: seems to work didn't test after getting the ati driver installed.
Suspend on RAM: haven't tried it.
Comments:

wireless was a pain to get working. a combination of ndiswrapper, NetworkManager and remembering the settings on my wlan finally got me working at a good bitrate. bcm43xx-fwcutter worked but connect rates were really bad.

[Perfex]

Model: Compaq Presario V5000 (V5305WM)
Videocard: ATI 200M
Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C
Wifi: BCM 4318 (ndiswrapper)
Bluetooth:
Webcam:
Touchpad: Synaptics, works had to disable side scrolling was too touchy
Hotkey: Volume up/down and mute don't work
Display: 15.4 1280x800
OS: Fedora 8 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49
Suspend on Disk: not tried
Supend on Ram: not tried
Comments:

Use the following to get ndiswrapper working:


make && make install

su -
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

echo "blacklist bcm43xx" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules
reboot

su
system-config-network

system-config-services

[spiffytech]

Model: Dell Inspiron e1405
Videocard: Intel 945gm
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Intel 3945abg
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 14.1 1440x900 LCD
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Failed (no response)
Suspend on RAM: Failed (no response)
Comments: Suspend to disk and ram worked (mostly) in F7.

[nosnahoj]

Model: Toshiba m200 tablet pc, 1.6ghz pentium m, 60gb hd, 1gb ddr266 sodimm.
Videocard: GeForce FX5200Go, nvidia driver installed
Network: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB)
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG, working out of box
Bluetooth: Yes, working. (toshiba_acpi bluetooth patch needed, NO IMPROVEMENT)
Webcam: Yes, working (logitech -> gspca driver)
Touchpad: Working great out of box.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): working. (modprobe toshiba_acpi && yum install fnfx)
Display: 1400x1050 @ 12.1 works. (detected as 1024x768 with nvidia driver, something wrong with the DPI setting also, last seen in FC4, new error introduced in Fedora 8)
OS: Fedora 8 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23
Suspend on Disk: Works, but the screen is black. So i have to close the lid and open it to get it back showing again.
Suspend on RAM: Works with quirks dpms-on and dpms suspend. Compiz (compiz fusion) is slow after resume.
Comments: The pen was also not working, just had to set xorg.conf up (can't really expect more). Though it seems as what I usually have to to has somehow been implemented at boot: "setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0338 irq 4 autoconfig", which binds the device to /dev/ttyS0. But this is only partially implemented, since it is not working after suspend or hibernate.

[klostpret]

Model: Compal HEL81 (from Verified by Intel project)
Videocard: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Network: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
Wifi: IPW3945
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Don't Know
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Working
Display: 15.4 1280x800
OS: F8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments:

[nmutiara]

Model: lenovo Thinkpad X61
Chipset: Intel 965GM Express
Graphics: Intel GMA X3100
Network: 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN
Wifi:Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: yes
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad:
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 12.1" XGA TFT Active Display (1024 x 768)
OS: FC7 i386 (Gnome desktop) + Vista Business
Comments:
- Hibernate work fine.
- Suspend works. However, after the computer is turned on,
the screen becomes so dark that I almost can't see anything
on it.
- I have installed Compiz Fusion from Kagesenshi's blog. Whenever
the desktop effects is activated (via Fusion Icon), the computer
freezes after I switch to any screen.

[Bittoman]

Model: Dell Inspirion B130
Videocard: Intel 915GM
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) (ndiswrapper)
Modem: Conexant (works 100% with Linuxant hsfmodem drivers)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptic
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1280x800 generic (odd as SuSE 10.1 was able to discover the precise name)
OS: Fedora 7 (also 100% configured on SuSE 10.1 and Fedora 6)
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-21.fc7
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments: Short of issues with the Wifi being a bit flaky (specifically after about an hour of use it'll just "shut down" and force you to reboot in order to reactivate it) I'm really impressed how easy this laptop was to configure, especially considering how low budget it was.

[sardaukar_siet]

Model: ASUS A6JC
Videocard: nVidia GF Go 7300
Network:Intel gigabit
Wifi:Intel 3945
Bluetooth:Yes, works
Webcam:Yes, not detected
Touchpad: Yes, synaptics, works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):not working
Display:1280x960, works and correct resolution detected
Kernel:Fedora 8 initial kernel
Suspend on Disk:not tested
Suspend on RAM:not tested
Comments:everything fine, except the webcam and multimedia keys

[Ulat]

Model: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi1556
Videocard: GeForce 7600 Go
Network: Realtek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wirelesss 3945ABG (works only with ipw3945 driver, not iwl3945)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Works
Display: 1280x800 works perfect
OS: Fedora 8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49
Suspend on Disk: Works (first try failed)
Suspend on RAM: Works (first try failed)
Comments:
everything fine, except the changes of cpu0 speed after return from suspend (i can't change) and brightness when working on battery (changing setting via gnome-power-manager has no effect but via hot-key works)

[Dangermouse]

Model: Dell inspiron 1520
Video: intel G965 (works with desktop effects)
Display: 1280x800
Wifi: Dell™1390 Wireless Mini-Card (works with b43-fwcutter)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webacm: N/A
Touchpad: Works
Media keys: Works
Card reader: Works (needed tweaking Ricoh)
Os: Fedora 8 x64
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49
Suspend: works
Comments:
Very surprised everything works well and didnt need to do much, though never touched or used internal modem

[Kasper-pA-]

Model: Acer Ferarri 4006
Videocard: ATI x700
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express - TG3(driver)
Wifi: Air Force One (4318) using ndiswrapper VIA yum
Bluetooth: kdebluetooth works great out of box
Webcam: Logitech USB cam, -- NOT working
Touchpad: Works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): All working
Display: 1600x1050 works
OS: Fedora 8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Haven't tried
Comments: Initially had problems with wireless, CPU usage, RAM, and hotkeys, everything else worked great. Wireless now works flawlessly with NetworkManager and ndiswrapper via yum. CPU usage is fixed, but i have to run GLXGEARS at startup to stabilize the cpu spikes.. (dunno why, GLX errors with current ati 8.42.3 drivers), RAM is still an issue as i haev 2gig installed and about 700 free..... ugh.. hotkeys worked once i selected keyboard and manually selected hotkey items... all in all im quite satisfied!

[likuidkewl]

Model: Compaq Presario V2010US (Pentium M 1700, 1GB DDR333)
Videocard: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics touchpad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume up/down/mute/Wifi(odd behave)
Display: 1280x768
OS: Fedora 8 x86_i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend : Works(wifi even comes back)
Comments: Work great after the wifi issue was sorted out..

[donwerner04]

Model: HP DV 2620US
Videocard: NDIDIA 7150M, with NVidia Driver
Network: NVidia
Wifi: Broadcom BCM 943, ndiswrapper bcmwl5 driver
Bluetooth: Yes, cellphone, headset, mouse
Webcam: Yes
Touchpad: Synaptics, with synaptics driver
Hotkey: Play, stop, forward, back, volume, lock, brighness, suspend
Display: 1280x768
OS: Fedora Core 8 X86_64
Kernel:2.6.23.1-49
Suspend on Disk: Not Yet
Suspend on RAM: Not Yet
Comments: I have all the multimedia keys working, when i suspend to ram or disk it won't wake back up! No big deal though, gives me something to do. Also the lightscribe works with the lacie lightscribe program and server.

[dvkhakhar]

Model: Sony VGN-S46GP_S J000XQQF
Videocard: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 6200 TurboCache - works (as do desktop effects)
Network: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile - works
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection - works
Bluetooth: yes - works
Webcam: no
Touchpad: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint - works perfectly
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): yes - do not work
Display: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 6200 TurboCache
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works perfectly
Suspend on RAM: works perfectly

Comments:
I am using the nvidia driver - desktop effects work nicely. Bluetooth connects with my phone easily and is much improved.
Fn buttons have never worked even in earlier versions - I use smartdimmer to change screen brightness.
Suspend and hibernate did not work initially and I got a blank screen with a mouse pointer when I revived after suspend or hibernate. I could log in from another machine and restart X. Yesterday I updated "irqbalance" and both have started working perfectly. I suspect this may have been the problem but I am not sure.

[WillKemp]

Model: Lenovo Thinkpad R61 8932-A13
Videocard: Intel 965GM - works with Intel driver
Network:Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M
Wifi: Intel 4965AGN
Bluetooth: Yes
Webcam: None
Touchpad: ALPS - works, but no scrolling yet
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume up/down/mute buttons work (keycodes) Suspend to RAM works, keyboard lock works, screen brightness doesn't work.
Display: 1280x800
OS: FC6
Kernel: 2.6.23
Suspend on Disk: Untried
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments: Ricoh card reader works with SD cards, XD don't seem to work - others untried. Problem with right hand side USB ports - unresolved kernel bug report. Sound works fine, but mixers don't seem to have enough channels etc - possibly only partly implemented.

[Jahova]

Model: Compaq Presario 2500
Videocard: ATI Radeon Mobile
Network: National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
Wifi: bcm43xx (F5D7011) (ndiswrapper)
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics, need to disable side scrolling, is too sensitive. how-to anyone?
Hotkey: Volume up/down and mute don't work
Display: 15.4 1024x768 (60Hz) Generic LCD
OS: Fedora 7 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-21
Suspend on Disk: does not fully suspend/hibernate
Supend on Ram: successful but does NOT WAKE UP!!!
Comments:

Runs a little slow. It maybe the SELinux. I really need Suspend and/or Hibernate working on this laptop. It must go out to a client but this is the only item holding us back. PM me or otherwise contact me if you can help. Maybe a ACPI script and/or video driver issue. Had hibernate working on Fedora 5 after hours of searching and modifying. Now I don't remember how to fix it.

[SirTwist]

Model: HP Omnibook6000
Video Card: ATI, not sure of model off-hand, but I do know it's an AGP 2x
Network, 3Com something or other
Wifi: Linksys Wireless-G Notebook adapter 2.4 gHz, 802.11b
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: whatever it came with
For the rest I will have to edit my post when I have a chance to. Anyway, this is a start.

[marko]

Model: Thinkpad T41 2379-DJU
Videocard: Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]
Network: e1000 wired port
Wifi: intel 2100 wireless
Bluetooth: unused and don't care
Webcam: none
Touchpad: works fine and stick pointer works too
Hotkey: thinkpad keys are working (lamp, display LCD to VGA port, suspend to ram and disk, backlight brightness)
Display:
OS: F8 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: occasionally the stick pointer gets out of sync (the event
is registered not where the mouse is seen), eventually it seems to come
back but this can be overcome immediately by plugging in a usb mouse.

[Nerox]

Model: Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pi 1505
Videocard: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 >> working on 1280*800 but it's missed up on the booting screen
Network: RTL8139,SMC EZ CARD FAST ETHERNET
Wifi: Intel pro wireless 3945 ABG >> Working but have to edit /etc/modeprobe.conf to get the scan work
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptic working fine and the scrolling working fine too
Hotkey: working
FN KEYS : working but the volume one's make the system hang and need to restart the X
OS: F8 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: works

comments :
to make the Intel wireless scan working
type as root


# echo options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1 >/etc/modprobe.conf


only the Fn Problem make me unhappy :(

[glennzo]

Guess it's time to update my laptop profile...

Model: Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Network: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4353
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd - Unsupported
Touchpad: Dunno. Just use my fingers though...
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): No clue. Don't bother with them.
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8
Audio: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Comments: Really nice. Really stable. Dry clean only. Don't operate heavy machinery while using this product.

[Jkm3141]

Model: Compaq Presario F500 (572US)
Videocard: nVidia 6100 Integraded
Network: Forcedeth driver (works fine, cannot remember)
Wifi: Broadcom BCM4311 b/g Rev. 2
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad
Display: 1280x800 pix WXGA (15.4")
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53
Motherboard: ???
Memory: 1GB DDR-RAM
Storage: 80GB HDD
Media: built-in soundcard, 8x DVD±R/RW, 3 USB ports (2 left side and 1 right)
OS: Fedora 8 (Kernel 2.6.23.9-85) and Windows Vista Home Premium
Comments: Compiz-Fusion works fine with livna kmod-nvidia driver. Wi-fi working with native broadcom driver, not ndiswrapper. No other hassles on setup. Make sure BIOS is up to date before install, as this allows fedora to boot properly.

[maladeus]

Model: Asus F8SA 4S004E
Videocard: Ati Radeon HD 2600 - Fedora starts with vesa drivers. It works ok with the latest fglrx but desktop-effects isn't working with aiglx. Am I missing something?
Sound card: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) Untested but is listed so I suppose it is ok.
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) (working out of the box with great reception).
Bluetooth: Working out of the box.
Webcam: Not working with gspca. I havent tried uvcvideo but there are reports on the ubunto forum of an asus G series working with the latested.
Touchpad: Working ou of the box.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Wireless and bluetooth working. The other keys light up stuff on the keyboard with no repercussion on the key manager.
Display: See comments.
OS: F8
Kernel:2.6.23.9-85 fc8
Suspend on Disk: Untested.
Suspend on RAM: Doesn't work. Computer reboots after wake up.
Card Reader: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (untested but listed so I suppose it is ok.)
Fingerprint reader: 08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. Not working

Comments:

The asus F8 series is a beautiful computer and has the right size (14 inches screen). The laptop has nome of the nicest plastics I've ever seen on a laptop and I think they help keeping the temperature down. It is also very silent. The keyboard is great with only one down side: The position of the Fn key which is right where my old laptop had the ctrl key. I guess I'll have to get used to it.
For me the biggest downside of this laptop is the screen which reflects too much and there is a great image quality variation with small angle changes - I've found myself moving on the chair unable to get the right angle several times.

Linux wise I would recommend an F8sv which has an nvidia card and probably works better. I wanted to get the sv but they didn't have it in stock and in one week I'm off to college. I'm lost with the radeon hd 2600 card, I thought that aiglx was supported with the latest fglrx but I guess not. I have pretty much given up the card and I'm waiting for new drivers.
Another downside of the F8's on linux is the webcam support. I was anxious to talk to my girlfriend over the 1.3mp web cam but it doesn't work on linux, at least with gspca. There are posts on the ubuntu forums about an Asus G series' webcam working with uvcvideo but I haven't tried it because:
a) I can't figure out the webcam model lspci, lsusb give me nothing.
b) I have to compile uvcvideo and I don't feel like compiling each time there is a new kernel. Maybe some good soul would put these on livna :D :rolleyes:

There is also the fingerprint thingy which off course doesn't work. I would like to have support for it on linux, not for security but for showing off :P - If you have physical access to a machine you have the machine, nevertheless logging in into gnome with your index finger (like they do in windows).

[Balinus]

Model: Dell Inspiron 6400
Videocard: ATI x1400
Network: Broadcom ethernet (works fine)
Wifi: Broadcom 1390 : doesn't work. Tried every how-to.
Touchpad: Synaptics (works fine)
Display: 1280x720 (sadly my native resolution is 1440x900 but I can't get it! Again, tried everything.. modes, modeline....Nothing work)
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Doesn't work
Suspend on RAM: Doesn't work

Comments: Sadly, I'm beginning to get tired of the display problems with ATI. Of course, it's not Fedora's fault.

[griff5w]

Model: DELL Vostro 1400
Videocard: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Network: Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume, Play/Stop/Fwd/Rev
Display: 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCD Display with TrueLife
OS: Fedora 8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP
Suspend on Disk: yes
Suspend on RAM: yes but X fails
Comments: download and install intel graphics and wireless, yum synaptics, edit Xorg.conf for synaptics. great machine, great fedora version. Fedora 7 wouldn't install because installer doesn't include the piix driver needed to support the sata harddrive.

Installed F10. Installed with no problems, no special config required.

Currently having issue with random freeze. Mouse cursor moves on screen, no response on click, no response to keyboard. It appears I am not the only one having this issue.

[erroneus]

Model: Dell Latitude D830
Videocard: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0429 (rev a1) Quadro NVS 140M (GPU 0)
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
Bluetooth: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp.
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Not sure... doesn't seem to be synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): The "Fn+F1" key does not cause suspend. In fact, I don't think anything but the brightness ("Fn+UpArr" and "Fn+DnArr") work on the keyboard.
Display: 1920 x 1200
OS: Fedora 8 x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Works!
Suspend on RAM: Don't know yet...but probably so if suspend to disk works.
Comments: There is also a fingerprint reader and a smartcard reader on here. Neither work though I understand that under Ubuntu, the fingerprint reader will work so it's probably some kernel tweak or patch that can be applied. Further, I have a Novatel Wireless miniPCI card in this machine that works but isn't identified properly as a USB serial device automatically, so I added "/sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8136" to my /etc/rc.local file... I don't know how to get it to install correctly, but this works fine. There are only 3 multimedia keys (Vol-up, Vol-down, Mute) and they work. The nVidia proprietary driver reports that the video device has 512MB RAM. It doesn't. It has 256MB of 64 bit access RAM. I'm not sure, but I think there's a difference in there somewhere.

[flakrat]

Model: Dell XPS m1330
Videocard: nVidia Geforce 8400M GS 256MB
Network: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
Bluetooth: Not installed
Webcam: Installed, but not tested
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume controls, contrast / brightness, eject all work and display on the screen when pressed
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora 8 i386
Kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Haven't tested
Suspend on RAM: Works, at least half the time coming out of standbye, the display is just a white screen. If I type my password and hit ENTER, the desktop displays. I guess it is having trouble displaying the locked screen after standbye
Comments: uname -r doesn't show SMP, however the performance monitor applet shows both cores. I have desktop effects working. I can't seem to get the multimedia card reader to work, although the card reader does show up in lspci.

[cbeck20]

Model: Gateway 7426GX
Videocard: ATI Radeon 9550/9600
Network: Via ethernet card
Wifi:Broadcom 4306 (using b43)
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: Logitech webcam Quickcam for Notebooks Deluxe (external camera)
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): keys work fine, Suspend itself is broken for me
Display: 15.4 inch widescreen WXGA
OS:Fedora 8 x64
Kernel:2.6.23.9-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: goes to suspend mode but then won't turn back on
Comments: Notebook specs (https://service.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/7000Series/4651sp3.shtml)
My major problems are that it takes the boot process an extra minute because it is hanging up on my PCMCIA slot (even though I'm not using it). Suspend puts my computer into suspend mode but fails to bring it back.

[kkjcr]

Model: Compaq Presario f730us

Videocard: nVidia 6100 go
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 TK-55
Network: nVidia Integrated 10/100BASE-T
Wifi: Broadcom miniPCI 802.11b/g
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: not sure of manufacturer, but it works fine.
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not used
Display:15.4" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
OS: Fedora Core 8/Windo$e Vista Home Premium
Kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: kinda tricky to get wireless working, as with any linux distro, but overall very easy to get all hardware drivers working. Very fast, overall I like it.

[szandor]

Model: Dell XPS m1210
Videocard: 256 MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7400
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
Wifi: Intel Pro/Wireless 3945a/g
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR Module
Webcam: A/V Communication Package 2.0 Megapixel VGA Camera (Communications Pkg)
Touchpad: Dell XPS M1210 Touchpad / Track Point / Track Ball
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Front media buttons, hotkeys, etc work
Display: WXGA
OS: Fedora Core 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.8-63.fc8
Suspend on Disk: gnome-power-manager
Suspend on RAM: gnome-power-manager
Comments: everything works. nvidia, front buttons, wireless, bt, webcam, webmic, usb, sd card reader, sound, world of warcraft, etc. the only 2 things i'm unsure of is firewire and the other 4 of the 5 in 1 card reader as i've never used or owned a firewire device and i don't use anything other than sd cards. it takes some configuring to get things going but that goes for anything you want to put linux on. i love this laptop. i even imaged the drive that's using logical volume management to a bootable dvd with mondo rescue. ghost and acronis couldn't get past the backup process even though they support lvm. i used the dvd to image another drive. weeeee!

kernel: 2.6.23.9-85.fc8
kmod-nvidia (livna): kmod-nvidia-169.07-1.lvn8
wifi: iwl3945-firmware-2.14.1.5-2

[lintek]

Model: Dell Inspiron 2650
Videocard: nVidia GeForce2Go 32MB
Network: Realtek Semiconductor
Wifi: Netgear WG511v3 PCMCIA
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 14.1, 1024*768@32, Active 3D GLX nVidia driver
OS: Fedora 7
Kernel: 2.6.21
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments:
Running very nice and smooth. Multimedia players mPlayer and Totem work great. Only down side is that I can't get my Belkin UPS software to work correctly. The USB module crashes inside the kernel. The lucky thing is that the crash doesn't bring down the system. All that happens is tha the upsd daemon stops. I'm resigned to believe it's an issue in the Belkin application.

[BlueC]

Model: Apple MacBook 3,1 "Santa Rosa"
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
Network: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 436a
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation 4328
Bluetooth: Can't remember, its
Webcam: Apple iSight
Touchpad: Appletouch
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): What about them?
Display: Internal Flat Panel 1280x800
OS: Fedora 8 x86_64
Kernel: custom built "2.6.23.9-85.cnolan_macbook.fc8"
Suspend on Disk: fails to suspend
Suspend on RAM: works, but brightness bug on resume
Comments: See my MacBook Fedora guide for full details (http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Fedora8OnMacBookSantaRosa)

[kyro]

http://www.smolts.org/show?UUID=c8dbb9d3-a9bd-4ba6-b92e-4a294ba5a95f

==========================================
Model :HP Pavilion 6114 tx Centrino Duo laptop
VideoCard: Nvidia 7400G0
Audio :- 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Network eth :- 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Network Wifi :- PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
SD Controller:- R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
Touch pad : works
Volume control FN keys : Works with Onscreen GUI indicator :)
Bluetooth :- works, donno what hardware.
USB :- 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller
Webcam :- Ricoh (not working :( )
Hard disk:- Seagate ST98823AS
DVD Writer :- DVDRAM GSA-4084N
Suspend to disk: dont use
Suspend to ram: doesnt work.
==========================================


All usual hardware worked out_of_box only needed to get livna nvidia driver to get 3Ddrivers . I have even used miniSD card reader , worked nicely out_of_box. only thing not working which I would like to is , Ricoh Webcam and Multimedia Remote controller ( wish HP supported Linux for that ).

[svkelley]

Model: ThinkPad T60
Videocard:ATI x1300
Network:82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Wifi:PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: None
Touchpad:SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):Powermanagement ones work
Display:1400x1050 LCD works well
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel:2.6.23.14-115.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM:Works
Comments:Great install - only problems are graphics card and video related. For example alternative virtual consoles are at a bad resolution and really not usable.


Operating System: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
Platform: i686
Bogomips: 3328.1
CPU Speed: 1667.0
System Memory: 1009
CPUVendor: GenuineIntel
Number of CPUs: 2
Language: en_US.UT
Default Runlevel: 5
System Vendor: LENOVO
System Model: 2623D4U ThinkPad T60
Kernel 2.6.23.14-115.fc8
Formfactor laptop
SELinux Enabled False
SELinux Enforce targeted
Last Modified 2008-01-24 13:52:05

Everything works great. I have not really messed with the ATI x1300 graphics. But hibernation and suspend work fine.

The only thing that annoys me is that it tries to make connection with wlan0 on powerup and that delays the boot process.

Sean

[togenshi]

Model: NEC P8210
Videocard: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Network: PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Wifi:PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Bluetooth: Some Toshiba one
Webcam: None.
Touchpad: Synaptic i think. Quite annoying actually
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Needs toshiba-keys rpm.
Display: 1280x800 LCD. Its fairly good, just not for outside use
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.21-2952.fc8xen and 2.6.23.14-107.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Havent set up. Defaults dont work
Suspend on RAM: Havent set up. Defaults dont work
Comments: Don't bother with this laptop. Memory is capped at 2GB. Runs Fedora 8 quite well other than ATI card loves heat and you need to mess around with power optimization to achieve >1hr on battery. You need to map keys for additional use. Like switching on and off wireless, bluetooth, etc. But in the end, purchase something else. You will better off.

[jtang613]

Model: Dell XPS m1330
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 w/ 4MB Cache
Ram: 2GB Dual Channel
Videocard: Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS 128MB
Hard Drive: 160GB 7200RPM
Network: Broadcom BCM5906M FastEthernet PCIe
Wifi: Intel Pro/Wireless 4965/A/G/N
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 (works great)
Webcam: OmniVision 7670 640x480 (works with http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/)
Touchpad: Synaptics
Fingerprint Reader: Works great with ThinkFinger
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Media soft keys, Brightness, etc all work great
Display: 1280x800 WXGA, LED Backlit
OS: F8
Kernel: 2.6.23.14-107
Suspend on Disk: Works
Suspend on RAM: Works
Battery Life: Averages between 3.0hrs to 5.0hrs (depending on load) with the 9-cell 85W/hr battery.
IR Remote: Works great.
Comments: Very little tweaking was required to get this machine purring. I was pleasantly surprised that virtually everything worked out of the box. Only the Fingerprint Reader and Webcam required a bit of tinkering. The slot-load DVRW is a bonus (I hate trays). The wifi has THE best range I've seen in a laptop. CPU throttling and idle display dimming, disk speed and other power-save features all work well.

[rpstitz]

Model: Sony Vaio VGN-NR160E
Videocard: Mobile Intel 965
Network: Marvell Yukon Ethernet
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wiresell 3945ABG
Bluetooth: not mentioned on spec sheet, assuming NO
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Alps pointing device for VAIO
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): nothing works, no Fn keys either :(
Display: 15.4"WXGA TFT with XBRITE-ECO 1280X800
OS: F8_x86 and Vista Home Premium
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-42.fc8
Suspend on Disk: doesn't work
Suspend on RAM: doesn't work
Comments: I love this laptop (my first) and now that I've upgraded to F8 from FC6, I have the full 1280X800 resolution. Thanks to the developers.

[Dead1nside]

Should be a sticky in my opinion.

[Dan]

OK. Stuck.

[chepioq]

Model: Toshiba satellite X200-213
Videocard: Nvidia 8700m GT 512 Mo
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AGN
Bluetooth: No
Webcam: Chicony Electronics, works with http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
Touchpad: work (I don't know model)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):75% works
Display: 17.1 Toshiba TruBrite® WXGA+ TFT 1440 x 900
OS: Fedora8
Kernel:2.6.23.15-137.fc8
Suspend on Disk: don't test
Suspend on RAM:don't test
Comments: Fingerprint Reader work with thinkfinger
Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) recognized by lspci but not working :mad:
compiz-fusion work
4 ways speakers work with add "options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba" in modprobe.conf

[blue13130]

Model: Toshiba Satellite U300 (PSU30C-BB908C)
Videocard:Intel X3100
Network:Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
Wifi:Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
Bluetooth:yes but not tested
Webcam:yes but not tested
Touchpad:works fine no problems
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):work fine
Display:1280x800
OS:Fedora 8 Werewolf
Kernel:2.6.23.15-137
Suspend on Disk:works no problems
Suspend on RAM:works no problems
Comments:
The resolution was not setting properly to 1280x800 at first. I found this solution to work by editing the xorg.conf file according to this website http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2#xorg.conf. I edited my xorg.conf file to reflect the changes regarding the TV connector as my machine didn't have a TV connector.

Wireless worked out of the box with no configuration. NetworkManager works perfect with WPA encryption to a G network. No N network to test it on:(

Compiz Fusion works with the intel X driver. Using the fusion repo setup by leigh123@linux

[Adesso]

Model: ASUS X51RL
Videocard: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OPTi Inc.
Wifi: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG(5007EG Actually) 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
Bluetooth: None
Webcam: None
Touchpad: Synaptic
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Brigtness and LCD on/off work, the rest not
Display: 1280x800
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 x64
Suspend on Disk: Work fine in GNOME not on keyboard shortcut The "Zz"
Suspend on RAM: Works fine
Comments:
Still have trouble with the WiFi, but Windows also had problem with drivers. The DVD has difficulties reading some DVD's. This laptop has unsupported/patialsupported WiFI and DVD components..

Smolt Report (http://www.smolts.org/client/show?uuid=pub_d66281c0-71c1-4cac-a5aa-367586793dff)

[venumus]

Model: HP Pavillion dv6748us
Videocard:Nvidia GeForce 7150M
Wifi:Broadcom a/b/g/n
Bluetooth:yes but not tested
Webcam:yes but configured
Touchpad:works fine no problems
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):work fine
Display:1280x800
OS:Fedora 8 Werewolf
Kernel:2.6.23.15-137

[gdmn1973]

Model: Sony Vaio VGN-NR11M/S
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
Audio: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Network: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
Wifi: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: ALPS something works, but it's too sensitive
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Function keys don't function, power button initiates Suspend on RAM
Display: Works fine, but can't controll brightness (at least Gnome brightness applet does nothing)
OS: Fedora 8 (dual boot, Vista as well)
Kernel: 2.6.23.15.137.fc8 (+updates)
Suspend on Disk: Yes
Suspend on RAM: Works, but it's useless because Fedora fails to power up TFT backlight after resuming.
Comments: Major issue is Wifi device support. ath5k doesn't work. ndiswrapper + XP drivers failed as well.

[scottro]

gdmn1973, it's quite possible the AR5007EG card. If so, take a look at
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/rhwireless.html

The section at the end covers that card and with instructions to get it working on 32 bit Fedora.

[gdmn1973]

Indeed, some Sony Vaio VGN-NR11M/S laptops (like my own) have Atheros AR5007EG wireless device, even if it pretends to be AR5006EG :) After reading this...

http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/rhwireless.html

...my WiFi works almost fine. Thanks scrotto, you saved me from a lot of trouble.

[disjointed]

Model: Acer Aspire 5102AWLMi
AMD Turion 64 2.2 GHz, 2GB memory
Audio: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (problems with sound recording)
Video: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP] (fglrx proprietary driver from livna)
Network: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
Wireless: Atheros AR5006EG (in Windows - AR5007EG, chip AR5BXB63 - not supported by madwifi, works with ndiswrapper)
Webcam: Acer Orbicam (works perfectly with latest uvcvideo driver)
Suspend work both on disk and in RAM without problems.
Hotkeys, mail LED and screen brightness work with acer_acpi module.

[suomaf]

Model:Aspire 4315
Videocard: Intel
Network: Working
Wifi: Working but only one or the other on static ips
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: suyin working
Touchpad: worked out of box
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): did not try
Display: working but flickering at times
OS: F8 of coz
Kernel: stock standard download
Suspend on Disk:
Suspend on RAM:
Comments: even got a tablet working to write Chinese for my dad

[ronaiml]

Model: dv2000t cto
Videocard: nVidia GeForce Go 7200
Network: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG N
Bluetooth: Hewlett-Packard USB Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [HP Integrated Module]
Webcam: 0c45:62c0 Microdia
Touchpad:
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Work, except quickplay and dvd play
Display:
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3
Suspend on Disk: ok
Suspend on RAM: ok
Comments:

[ronaiml]

Model: dv2699 ep
Videocard: nVidia GeForce Go 8600
Network: Marwell sky2
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG N
Bluetooth: not have
Webcam: 0c45:62c0 Microdia
Touchpad: ok
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Work, except quickplay and dvd play
Display:
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3
Suspend on Disk: ok
Suspend on RAM: ok
Comments: the cpufreq is not suported yet. I think bug bios.

[danielito]

Model: Lenovo Thinkpad T61
Videocard: Intel X3100
Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit
Wifi: Intel 802.11 ag
Bluetooth: Working
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: Working
Hotkey: Brightnes, volume, not working.
Display: 14.1’’ 1280 x 800
OS: Fedora 8-x86_64
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Working
Suspend on RAM: Not tried
Comments: The perfect laptop for newbies.

[Dies]

Model: Asus A7K
Videocard: ATI HD2600 works
Network: Realtek RTL-8110SC/8169SC works
Wifi: Atheros AR5007EG 802.11 b/g working with NDISwrapper
Bluetooth: Works
Webcam: Working with stk11x
Touchpad: Synaptics - just works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Mostly work. Four special keys on left side are not recognized.
Display: 17" 1440x900
OS: Fedora 8 Gnome, custom Enlightened spin
Kernel: 2.6.23.12-52.A7K.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works with latest ATI drivers
Suspend on RAM: works with latest ATI drivers

Comments: Definitely do not recommend this laptop for newbies, or really anyone :D, unless you're willing to put in some time to get things working. Once everything is working it's a pretty nice machine.

The ALSA version provided with F8 does not work, at least for me, had to use 1.0.14 from F7 to get audio.

[kamil]

Model: HP Pavilion dv6636nr
Videocard: nVidia GeForce 7150 WORKS
Network: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ethernet WORKS
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM 94311MCG wlan mini-PCI WORKS*
Bluetooth: NONE
Webcam: HP Webcam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.) WORKS
Touchpad: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad WORKS
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): HP QuickPlay buttons DO NOT WORK
Display: 1280x800 15,4" glossy WORKS
OS: fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8
Suspend on Disk: does not work**
Suspend on RAM: WORKS***
SD/MMC card reader: WORKS
Comments: overall performance: EXCELLENT! Video chip able to handle such games as quake 4, doom 3 or IL2FB at highest resolutions offered by the display screen without any problems, and especially loss of performance (frame rates excellent).

* did not work with the originally shipped kernel, but worked with ndiswrapper then,
started to work natively after the kernel was upgraded

** I have no swap partition. I haven't been successful in setting up Suspend to swap file so far, though.

*** did not work with the originally shipped kernel, but started to work after kernel upgrade

[ninooke]

Model: Acer Aspire 3690
Videocard: Intel 945
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: N/A
Touchpad: works :)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): all working
Display: 1280x800 LCD Panel
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: Linux version 2.6.24.3-12.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments:
videocard 3D requires modifications to xorg.conf , had to enable Legacy3D config option
acer extra keys and switches require kernel addons
wireless card requires installation of b43-fwcutter + firmware

[sideways]

Model: Dell Inspiron 1520, Core 2 Duo T7250
OS: fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 (32bit)
Videocard: nVidia GeForce 8600M GT 256mb, WORKS with nv AND nvidia (Direct Rendering) *
Network: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX, WORKS
Wifi: Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN mini-card (Broadcom BCM4310) WORKS (with ndiswrapper) **
Bluetooth: Doesn't work with gnome-bluetooth, not tested further. UPDATE: hardware wasn't present! (it's an option on the inspiron 1520), works fine with generic usb bluetooth adapter.
Webcam: Not tested yet. UPDATE: WORKS in kopete ***
Touchpad: WORKS
MediaKeys: Do not work by default but are detected so you set an xmodmap up.
Display: 1280x800 15,4" WORKS in XWindows and in console framebuffer ****
Suspend on shutting case & resume: WORKS
Suspend to Ram: WORKS
Hibernate (Suspend to Disk): WORKS
Audio: SigmaTel High Definition Audio Codec: WORKS *****

Notes:

* The nvidia driver requires a custom edid file to be exported from Windows Vista using something like Phoenix EDID Designer. Compiz works fine once you disable refresh rate detection and set it manually (to 60) in ccsm, also set Loose Binding.
UPDATE attached the edid.raw and xorg.conf files below

** Do not use the Vista Driver (bcmwl6) get a copy of bcmwl5.inf (and the 4 other files in the driver directory for WinXP) from Dell (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R174291&SystemID=WRK_NBK_PNT_P4_M4300&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=15680&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=236819) (an 89mb download unfortunately). This driver & card perform very well, giving stable connections in very weak signal areas, and also works fine with fedora's 4k stack kernel.

*** Just click on "Device" in the Configure dialog window, or select "Show my own video" from the right-click menu for the kopete taskbar icon. Video works with cheese, but quite slowly, and taking a photo causes an xwindows crash.

**** Use kernel boot option vga=865

***** I had to type 'alsaunmute' in a root terminal to turn sound on, then fine (even with pulseaudio ;) )


This is a pretty powerful laptop, Core 2 Duo T7250 @2.0GHz, 2GB Ram, 250GB SATA. The T7250 has Intel Virtualization Technology (vmx flag in /proc/cpuinfo) but must be enabled in the Bios. The GeForce 8600M allows a score of over 10000 in 3DMark03 (which makes it comparable to my desktop Radeon X800Pro)

The Default set-up can be adapted to multi-boot Linux and WinXP with Vista, but it's a little tricky, you need to delete the MediaDirect partition at the end of the drive (it can be restored later), shrink the ntfs OS partition using Vista's Disk Manager (by 100GB max), then resize the extended partition to fill the empty space, and install Fedora etc in this extended partition, putting grub in the /boot partition (not the mbr). Then use the freeware EasyBCD to add Grub location to the Vista bootloader. (This is easier than I make it sound)
(Detailed instructions (http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?p=988686&postcount=5))

Note that F8 runs at near native speed in VirtualBox in Vista if you install guest additions and enable the use of Intel Virtualization Technology, so do that instead if you're scared to repartition, it's much simpler, similarly WinXP runs very fast in Fedora under virtualization (No Direct3D though, haven't tried Vista)

[kamil]

Model: HP Pavilion dv6636nr
Videocard: nVidia GeForce 7150 WORKS
Network: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ethernet WORKS
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM 94311MCG wlan mini-PCI WORKS*
Bluetooth: NONE
Webcam: HP Webcam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.) WORKS
Touchpad: SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad WORKS
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): HP QuickPlay buttons DO NOT WORK
Display: 1280x800 15,4" glossy WORKS
OS: fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8
Suspend on Disk: does not work**
Suspend on RAM: WORKS***
SD/MMC card reader: WORKS
Comments: overall performance: EXCELLENT! Video chip able to handle such games as quake 4, doom 3 or IL2FB at highest resolutions offered by the display screen without any problems, and especially loss of performance (frame rates excellent).

* did not work with the originally shipped kernel, but worked with ndiswrapper then,
started to work natively after the kernel was upgraded

** I have no swap partition. I haven't been successful in setting up Suspend to swap file so far, though.

*** did not work with the originally shipped kernel, but started to work after kernel upgrade
*** U P D A T E ***

After I repartitioned the disk and reinstalled the system Suspend 2 disk works without any problems.
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-12.fc8

[PedroLeite]

Model: laptop HP Pavilion dv9790
Videocard: works fine
Network: works
Wifi: works 100% on live cd f8 - on install dvd f8 - detects ssid but no connection. fails to auth
Bluetooth: found my phone but fail to connect. configuration maybe
Webcam: dunno
Touchpad: works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): media keys ok.
Display:
OS: f8
Kernel: live cd from yesterday
Suspend on Disk: dunno
Suspend on RAM: dunno
Comments: if i can get the installation to work with wifi, ill be using f8 on my laptop

battery indicator works fine

[Bunz]

Model: ThinkPad T61P
Videocard: nvidia quadro fx 570M. (installed text mode, then followed thinkwiki t61p install guide (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p) to get drivers from livna)
Network: Intel PRO/1000, worked out of box
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN, works (with some fiddling around with userland apps...)
Bluetooth: tested file transfer with motorola slvr phone (slow, but works), afaik need to enable/disable through echoing to a /proc handle... hardware toggle does not work.
Webcam: none
Touchpad: works (wish it didn't. i prefer just the nipple -- which also works fine)
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): mostly untested. brightness works, next/prev track Fn combo works in rhythmbox
Display: full native res, brightness control working
OS: fedora 8 (64bit)
Kernel: 2.6.xx
Suspend on Disk: untested
Suspend on RAM: works
Comments: fingerprint reader works after some extra package installation and easy set up.
sound also works fine.

dvd+rw also worked with nero linux version after dev permission tweaks.

[JonR]

Model: Toshiba Tecra M5
Videocard: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
Network: Intel PRO/1000 PL
Wifi: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth: n/k
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: fine
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): n/k
Display: 1400x1050. fine.
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-50 (2.6.24.3-34 broke pnpacpi. -50 fixes this).
Suspend on Disk: Working
Suspend on RAM: n/k
Comments:

[felix4672]

Model: Toshiba A105 S2712
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
Videocard: Intel 915GM Chipset, 256M
Network: Verizon DSL
Wifi: Intel 2200bg
Bluetooth: Not installed
Webcam: NONE
Touchpad: Synaptics Touchpad
Hotkey: Keyboard shortcuts work, Toshiba special function keys do not
Display: 1280x800 WXGA
OS: Fedora 8 i386 (Games DVD)
Kernel: 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 i686
Suspend on Disk: Fully functional
Suspend on RAM: Works well

Comments: My hands are full getting all apps funtioning right. BT headphones from Toshiba do not work yet. Game controllers are sometimes good, other times not. Shutdown sequence hangs at system halted, then I must use the power button. Widgets for my gnome-control panal are excellent: System monitors, temperatures, cpu frequencies.

Kernel upgrade config-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 has in one way improved "Power Management". Suspend to RAM seems to be work well. However, another trouble has developed. Laptop turns off suddenly at unexpected times during operations. It seems to be related to <indicated?> discharge of the battery while on AC Power. I love all the software goodies that come with FC8 Packages, and will see through the difficulties through even if it risks a complete meltdown. I'm having fun! :)

Still so far I have been unable to compile a working kernel of my own. My current aim is simply to enable kernel modules for my own native toshiba hardware. Plenty of good information for compiling of the kernel with Fedora is available in these forums and I'm using it. :(

Upgrade in and around August 2008 left me cold! Hal Daemon broke. Others have reported similar problems with loss of network and sound. My solution was to reinstall (--oldpackage) hal-info. Other problems started - unexpected shutdowns and freezeups. I did my best with my modest ability level to juggle packages, trying to reconfigure my install, which was Fedora 8 - Games Spin, then the frozen Fedora 8 distro. Dudes...My system crashed bad. Partition table went away, I think. System would not boot even with a floppy. I harrowed the hard disk and re-installed again. Probably I should have Upgraded to Fedora 9 with the rest of the crowd, but for now I am a Debian "beastie", while I lick my wounds. See you all soon in Fedora 10 - I shall return! :cool:

[tinak]

Model: DV6636
Videocard: Nvidia Geforce Go 7150M works after some fiddling
Network: Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
Wifi: 802.11b/g WLAN Works with dangermouse script
Bluetooth: N/A
Webcam: Havn't tried it yet, don't even know a program that would use it :)
Touchpad: with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad Works great
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Volume mute and control works
Display: 15.4" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
OS: Fedora 8
Kernel: 2.6.24.3-50.fc8
Suspend on Disk: Nope
Suspend on RAM: Sometimes :/
Comments: Works great after just doing a little searching here on the forums and piecing some little bits of information together

[chepioq]

@ felix4672
For your problems with headphones try to add

options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
in your /etc/modprobe.conf

[sideways]

Model: DV6636

Webcam: Havn't tried it yet, don't even know a program that would use it :)


Many builtin webcams work surprisingly well with kdetv (Even better than with dedicated windows software in my case), I can get 60fps at high resolutions, which is pretty awesome.

Other programs to try are Kopete (an Instant Messenger client) and cheese (I haven't had much luck with cheese)

[sideways]

Model: ASUS Eee PC 4Gb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC)
Videocard: Intel 915 chipset: WORKS (incl direct rendering and compiz!)
Audio: Realtek ALC6628: WORKS
Network: 10/100 Mbit Ethernet (Attansic L2) Not tested
Wifi: Atheros based: WORKS with madwifi, a bit fiddly to set up.
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: WORKS with kdetv, kopete (requires this driver (http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2j8bn/eeePC-F8.html#WebCam))
Touchpad: WORKS incl vertical scroll
Hotkey None available though most FN+key operations work
Display: 7" 800x480, some apps require a resize/maximize to view fully
OS: Fedora 8 LiveCD (transferred to USB via livecd-iso-to-disk (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo), boot time <30secs!)
Suspend on Disk (Hibernate): n/a for LiveCD
Suspend on RAM: Very unreliable, doesn't resume on a full install

Comments: This device is amazing, runs F8 properly and costs ~£200. Really impressed. The installed OS is xandros based, but F8 is superior imho. I'll post pics and detailed HowTo in the near future.

[Adesso]

Whoohooooo... now that is what i call REALLY GOOD NEWS... Cheap Laptops, that work with FC... you just have to love Asus.. :D

[avi8tor]

Model : ACER 5050 - Running Dual Boot - Vista x64 Ultimate and Fedora 8 x64
CPU: Amd Dual Core
Memory: 2 gb
Hard Drive: 250 gb Westen Digital - 2 equal partitions
Dvd - working
Video: Ati Express X1100 - Compbiz Desktop - love the wobbly windows
Wifi: Broadcom 4318 - Works Great with ndiswrapper
Ethernet: Realtek 10/100 - working
Modem: Haven't tested - using Broadband instead
Bluetooth: Working
Audio: ATI SB450HDA: Working
Auto Jack Sensing: Working
Suspend: Working
Hibernate: Working
Touchpad: Synaptic - Working
PCMCIA: Working
Card Reader: Working
Function Buttions: All working
External Video: Working
Started with Fedora 6, then 7, 7 x64, 8 x64, now 9 x64 - still learning and still loving Fedora !

[JanB]

Model: HP Compaq 8510p
Videocard: ATI HD 2600
Network: Intel 82566 MM Gigabit
Wifi:broadcom BCM94311 MCG
Bluetooth: -
Webcam: -
Touchpad: working
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): working
Display: 1680x1050
OS: Fedora 8 (32 bit)
Kernel: 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments:ATI card working with proprietary drivers from livna, broadcom wifi working with b43-cutter.

[blue dragon]

my TOSHIBA A55 s1063 "is a fully functional BATTLE STATION " :rolleyes: (less the integrated wireless) 3d graphics work great




Networking= working, but not wireless (yet)
Networking Type Integrated 10/100 Network Card • Integrated Wireless LAN
Data Link Protocol Ethernet • Fast Ethernet • IEEE 802.11b • IEEE 802.11g (NEED HELP WITH WIRELESS)



NOW onto the laptop itself

Product MPN
MPN A55CHASSIS =TOSHIBA A55- S1063
Key Features
Processor Celeron M 1.5 GHz
Installed Memory 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Hard Drive 40 GB EIDE, 5400 RPM
Display 13 in. XGA TFT LCD
Operating System--------------------------- vista/fedora 8
Mobile Technology Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Processor
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type Celeron M
Processor Speed 1.5 GHz
Motherboard
Bus Speed 300 MHz
Memory
Installed RAM 256 MB -------------------------------- + another 512MB installed (blue dragon style)
RAM Technology DDR SDRAM
Max Supported RAM 1 GB
Installed Cache Memory 1024 KB
Hard Drive = ------------------------------seagate 30gb (replaced)
Hard Drive Rotation Speed 5,400 RPM
Storage Controller Type EIDE
CD / DVD
Display Tech XGA TFT LCD
Display Max. Resolution 1024 x 768
Video
Graphic Processor Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Operating System- DUAL BOOTING (blue dragon style)
Microsoft Windows vista premium (18GB) + FEDORA 6 (10GB)

Battery Run Time 2.75 Hours =NEW , (reduced to about 1.3 hours)(a few years of constant usage)

Miscellaneous
UPC 032017415058
Product ID 28021160
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e152/idanity/Screenshot3dbmw3d.png

[ozjd]

Model: Dell Inspiron 1520 - dual booting Fedora 8 and XP Pro
Videocard: nVidia GeForce 8400GS (128m) - works with nVidia driver from Livna. compiz-fusion works following Leigh's how-to
Network: Broadcom ethernet - not tested
Wifi: Intel 3945 a/g - aotumatically set up on install - works better than XP
Bluetooth: Dell 355 - works with Logitech mouse
Webcam: integrated - works with kdetv
Touchpad: works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): suspend and brightness control works but not multimedia keys on front panel
Display: WXGA+ (1440 x 900) recognised and set up on instalation with correct resolution
OS: Fedora 8 (default) and XP Pro dual boot
Kernel: 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
Suspend on Disk: works from hotkey but wifi flaky when resume
works on lid close without problems
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments: easy to set up and only a little work required.

[tiansworld]

Model: Thinkpad R60e 0658 ME1
Videocard: INTEL DMA 950
Network: Broadcom
Wifi: Atheros
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: n/a
Multimedia shorcut: ???
Display: 1024X768 (15')
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600
Motherboard: ???
Memory: 1.5GB DDRII-RAM (667mhz)
Storage: 80GB HD
Media: built-in soundcard, 8x DVD±R/RW, 3 USB ports
OS: Windows Vista&Fedora 8
Case: n/a

[AntMan]

Model: IBM Lenovo T60
Videocard: ATI X1300
Network: Broadcom 1000bit
Wifi: Intel 3945
Bluetooth: Haven't tried
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: 1400x1050
OS: Fedora 8 and Fedora 9 (Rawhide)
Kernel: fedora8 - 2.6.24 --- Fedora 9 - 2.6.25
Suspend on Disk: haven't tried
Suspend on RAM: Works
Comments:

Fedora 8 works VERY well with the T60 laptop. Suspend to ram works, but I haven't tried suspend to disk.
I have the Livna ATI drivers installed for 3d support. I haven't tried dual-head mode yet, but I will try it and update my posting.

I have Fedora 9 Preview installed on my other T60 and it works well also, but I am not using the ATI drivers until AMD releases drivers for the f9 kernel.

[kanishe]

Model:Acer aspire 5630
Videocard:nvidia go7300 nvidia binary drivers from livna
Network:broadcom b44 worked out of box
Wifi:intel iwl3945 worked out of box
Bluetooth:none
Webcam:logitech - tried gspca/spca5xx not working
Touchpad:synaptics working
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): most working with acer_acpi kmod from livna and install of aumix from standard fedora repo.
Display:lcd 1280x800 perfect
OS:Fedora core 8 i686 xfce live spin installed to hd
Kernel:2.6.24.5-85.fc8
Suspend on Disk:working see comments
Suspend on RAM:working see comments
Comments:I am astounded by the quality of f8. I was running fc6 suspend never worked and wireless worked but was flaky. After upgrade and update of the bios from http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_5630.html most everything worked right out of the box. When I initially tried to boot the live cd I had to append xdriver=vesa to the kernel boot params to get a working display as the nvidia card and display in this machine does not detect properly. It booted fine in vesa mode, I then installed the binary driver and all was peachy.

[cappa72]

Model: Acer aspire 3103nLm
Videocard:ati x1100 with kmod-fglrx (8.4) from livna. Works well.
Network:
Wifi: Conceprtonic c54rc - rt2500 chipset - usig rt2500 module instead of rt2500pci (pcmci)
Bluetooth: noname with broadcom chipset works well.
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: synaptics, works well
Hotkey (Suspend): I do not use them
Display: tft 1024x768; good
OS: Fedora7 i686 Gnome
Kernel:2.6.23.15-80.fc7
Suspend on Disk: works well
Suspend on RAM: haven't tried... edited:works well..
Comments: This distribution is the most suitable for this laptop for a single home user, like me. None of the others works on the same level. (I tried - or played I would say - approx 20 distros.)

[rhricik]

HP dv6451us works:
Model: HP Pavilion dv6451us
Videocard: nVidia Go 6150
Network: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
Wifi: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
Bluetooth: Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Webcam: Microdia Pavilion Webcam
Touchpad: synaptic
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...):
Display: HP LCD 1250x800
OS: Fedora 9 64bit
Kernel: 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64
Suspend on Disk: Some software package preventing it, never really use it
Suspend on RAM: see Suspend on Disk comments
CPU: AMD Turion 64x2
RAM: 2 Gb.
SATA: 250 Gb
Comments: Sound works, WiFi works with Linux drivers (I can't comment on WPA, don't use it) Waiting on the nVidia drivers for 3d, but everything else works fine. The function buttons mostly work (DVD controls, volume, brightness, eject all work, haven't tried the others.)

LightScribe works with the drivers from LightScribe.org, and the free version of Lacie Linux LightScribe burning software.

WiFi works with the Linux drivers - just remember to download the driver files -- read dmesg after the first boot and follow the comments there. Throughput seems to be as good as, if not better than, Vista Ultimate 64 that came with it (and promptly removed within 1 month!!!)

Had problems getting dvd::rip to work until I went manual and pulled source down from CPAN for all the modules it needed, it now works fine.

WebCam works under Cheese. Sound works just fine, haven't tried doing any recording yet, but all indications tell me it works.

Fedora 9 has worked very well so far - just waiting for the binary nVidia drivers. This version seems to be working very well so far on this laptop. This is the first version that I didn't have fits getting the wireless to work - I was actually shocked that it was easy this time!

Only thing I am not thrilled about is Firefox 3.0 beta. Found out the hard way that it doesn't support SSH2 (yeah, I know, insecure and all that stuff, but that is what both my router and my NAS gear uses. You get login errors but it still sorta works...)

Addendum - 10.12.2009
Although HP claims that this laptop will take only 2 Gb of DDR2 RAM, I have just put 2 2 Gig sticks in the laptop (for a total of 4 Gigabytes of RAM) and it works great! You can put 4 Gigabytes of RAM in the dv6451us laptop. I used HP memory that came from my other laptop (I replaced the 2 2G sticks in that one with 2 4G sticks, and on a whim decided to try it in the dv6451us laptop...and it worked just great!!! Vista is using it right now, as soon as I am done patching the OS, I'll yank the drive and put the Fedora 11-64 drive back in and test it, but if Windows is happy, I fully expect Linux to be overjoyed!

[msrinath80]

Model: Fujitsu S7110
CPU: Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2GB
HDD: 100 GB SATA
Bluetooth: Working
Wifi (Intel 3945ABG): Working
Suspend: Working
Hibernate: Working
Fujitsu Application Panel Buttons: Working
Fingerprint scanner: Not tested/Not bothered anyway
Internal modem: Not tested
Laptop Fn keys: Working
Sound (Intel HDA): Working
Internal Microphone: Working
Video: Intel GMA 950: Working (intel X.org driver)
Touchpad: Working
Trackpoint: Working
OS: Fedora 9 (2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686)
Network (sky2 driver): Working
Firewire: Untested
SD/MMC card slot: Working
WinTV HVR 950 USB TV Tuner: (em28xx driver) Working - Just copy the firmware file (xc3028-v27.fw) to /lib/firmware


/sbin/lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
08:03.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 21)
08:03.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
08:03.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
08:03.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)


/sbin/lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 2040:6513 Hauppauge
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c24:000f Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth Driver (V2.0+EDR)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 13 05:38:53 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

/proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3994.83
clflush size : 64

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3990.05
clflush size : 64

[TrueRollers]

Model: Acer TravelMate 2480
Processor: Intel CeleronM 430 1.73Ghz
Memory: 2GB DDR2 533Mhz Dual Channel (PNY Optima 2x1GB)
Videocard: Intel Onboard 128MB Shared
Hard Drive: 80GB Hitachi 5400RPM 8MB Cache
Network: Marvell Technology 10/100 Ethernet
Wifi: Broadcom Wireless BCM4312 (rev 02)
Bluetooth: No Bluetooth
Webcam: No Webcam
Touchpad: Unknown
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Acer eKeys don't work. Function keys work well, sound, screen dimming, etc.
Display: 14.1" Widescreen @ 1280x800x32bpp
OS: Fedora Core 9 (Previously WindowsXP Media Center 2005)
Kernel: 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
Suspend on Disk: Never Use It
Suspend on RAM: Never Use It
Comments: Everything is running really well. Only problem is the wireless. I have it installed and it sees all my wireless networks, but I cannot connect to any of them. Also noticed, for some reason internet is REALLY slow. I think this is a FC9 issue, because when i tried the 64-Bit on my desktop, I had the same problem.

[Jongi]

Model: HP 530 Intel® Core™ Duo T2600 Processor 2.16 GHz (http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/HP_530_-_Core_Duo_T2600_2.16GHz_-_15.4-_TFT_KP479A/version.asp)
Videocard: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Network: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile
Wifi: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Quatech Inc
Sound: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptic
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): Suspend, Screen brightness
Display: 15.4" 1280 x 800 WXGA
OS: F9
Kernel: 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
Suspend on Disk: Works but with the issue mentioned in comments
Suspend on RAM: Works but with the issue mentioned in comments
Comments: Seem to lose network connectivity when using the wireless if I put the laptop into suspend. wlan0 becomes Inactive in Network Device Control. I then have to reactivate wlan0 before I can reconnect to the internet.

[Airate]

[root@host ~]# smoltSendProfile
OS: Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
Default run level: 5
Language: en_US.UTF-8
Platform: i686
BogoMIPS: 3993.25
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Model: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 2000
System Memory: 1509
System Swap: 1983
Vendor: IBM
System: 1871K2C ThinkPad T43
Form factor: laptop
Kernel: 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
SELinux Enabled: False
SELinux Policy: targeted
SELinux Enforce: Disabled

[CD-RW]

Model: Advent 6415 (aka Gericom N340S8)
Videocard: SiS
Network: SiS900
Wifi: none
Bluetooth: none
Webcam: none
Touchpad: Synaptics
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): not used
Display: 14.1 " TFT
OS: Fedora 6-8
Kernel: any generic i[3-6]86 one works apart from the virtualisation one.
Suspend on Disk: not used
Suspend on RAM: not used
Comments: I have to disable the touchpad as it's far to sensitive with Linux. Also disable power management to stop the machine diving into power saving mode, which appears to cause the mouse driver to go crazy. Erratic mouse pointer movement when the mouse is moved.

[dvkhakhar]

OS: Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
Default run level: 5
Language: en_US.utf8
Platform: i686
BogoMIPS: 3460.76
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Model: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
Number of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1733
System Memory: 1009
System Swap: 2000
Vendor: Sony Corporation
System: VGN-S46GP_S J000XQQF
Form factor: laptop
Kernel: 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
SELinux Enabled: True
SELinux Policy: targeted
SELinux Enforce: Enforcing

Every thing works except suspend

[CMYK]

Model: Compaq Presario C700
Videocard: Intel X3100 GMA965 - works
Network: Realtek - works
Wifi: Broadcom 4311 - see below
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics - works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): works
Display: 1200 x 800 (correct!)
OS: Fedora FC 9
Kernel: 2.6.25.4-30
Suspend on Disk: untested
Suspend on RAM: untested
Comments:

Wifi-driver doesn't work out of the box. I used Ndiswrapper and the windowsdriver from Comaq. Now it runs like a charm...

I had to modify xorg.conf to make screenspanning work with an external (1440x900) monitor. Without modification it only wants to clone the display.

[kamil]

[QUOTE=CMYK]Model: Compaq Presario C700
Videocard: Intel X3100 GMA965 - works
Network: Realtek - works
Wifi: Broadcom 4311 - see below
Bluetooth: n/a
Webcam: n/a
Touchpad: Synaptics - works
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): works
Display: 1200 x 800 (correct!)
OS: Fedora FC 9
Kernel: 2.6.25.4-30
Suspend on Disk: untested
Suspend on RAM: untested
Comments:

Wifi-driver doesn't work out of the box. I used Ndiswrapper and the windowsdriver from Comaq. Now it runs like a charm...

You need the firmware. I have exactly the same wlan adapter and it works like a charm without any need to use ndiswrapper. Just go to:
http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.php/Main_Page#Broadcom_b43_.28Method_1.29
and use fwcutter, then make sure you have the b43 firmware folder in /lib/firmware. You may need do disable (blacklist) the ndiswrapper module or uninstall it altogether.

Regards,

Kamil

[bfc0713]

I'm a bit clueless, perhaps it was supposed to happen automatically with
smoltSendProfile, but that crapped out:
Send this information to the Smolt server? (y/n) y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/smoltSendProfile", line 187, in <module>
if profile.register(userName=opts.userName, password=password, user_agent=opts.user_agent, smoonURL=opts.smoonURL, timeout=opts.timeout):
AttributeError: Hardware instance has no attribute 'register'

UUID: b1b5b48b-0327-4a94-8cfd-8fe68425b99a
OS: Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
Default run level: 5
Language: en_US.UTF-8
Platform: i686
BogoMIPS: 3728.15
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Model: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 @ 1.86GHz
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1867
System Memory: 2017
System Swap: 1498
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
System: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC Rev 1
Form factor: laptop
Kernel: 2.6.25.4-30.fc9.i686
SELinux Enabled: False
SELinux Policy: targeted
SELinux Enforce: Disabled

Shrunk existing Vista partition down, suspend works OK, wireless
fine, Network Manager annoying for not saving DNS settings (had
to manually edit /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/wlan-whatever file),
touchpad works fine, extra USB mouse works fine, haven't tested
Bluetooth yet.

After a test boot of Vista aftewards, Linux no longer finished
boot until I added noacpi to the kernel flags, but it turns out
noapic will do just as well.

[fetchinson]

Here as a useful utility for controlling screen brightness on laptops:

http://code.google.com/p/gbacklight/

It is entirely written in C and the only dependencies are X and GTK.

[cannan78]

Hi KSavvas,

i have problems activating bluetooth in my Dell Inspiron e1505 with Dell (TM) Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module A...could u pls. let me know how to activate/enable the bluetooth in my laptop...

i have Fedora Core 9 (Sulphur), Kernel revision 2.6.25-14.fc9

any help would be much appreciated...thanks for your time...

[IvanI]

here's my report:

IBM Thinkpad T60p, model: 2007-YLX.
Core 2 Duo T7200 (2GHz)
2GB RAM
100GB 7200rpm HDD
15" FlexView 1400x1050 LCD
ATI FireGL V5250 graphics with 256MB RAM
CDRW/DVDRW
other details on:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/quickPath.do?quickPathEntry=2007YLX

running Fedora 9. Installed directly from DVD, almost everything works out of the box.

No apparent problems so far.

[Phantom_Lord]

Model: HP Compaq 6715s
Videocard: ATI Radeon X1250
Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet
Wifi: Broadcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
Bluetooth: Bluetooth Module 2.0
Webcam: no
Touchpad: yes
Hotkey (Home, Eject, Suspend ...): work
Display: 15.4 WXGA
OS: Fedora 9
Kernel: 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64
Suspend on Disk: not tested
Suspend on RAM: not tested
Comments: Good video work with the open radeon driver, but only for basic functions. WiFi - no open drivers, but with bcm43xx-fwcutter and the windows driver evrything is fine (I haven't tested encrypted networks).