Re: Asus L3355M

[giuseppe bonacci <g.bonacci@libero.it>]

I got my winmodem (Intel 537) working at the price of tainting
my kernel, by compiling and installing pctel-0.9.6.
(http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/)

Notes:

- configure --with-hal=sis

- the objects included in the source package are compiled
  with gcc-2.x, and won't load in the kernel if it is compiled
  with gcc-3.x. So recompile your kernel with gcc-2.x before
  attempting to insert these modules.

Regards

Nicola Larosa wrote:
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> > I would like to buy Asus L3355M. Have it get
> > components compatible with debian?
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> Ciao, Antonio. :^)
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> That's the model I'm using now, with a mixed sarge/sid Debian installed. I
> did not yet test all components, but am fairly satisfied at this point.
>
> Had to make a number of attempts before succeeding with the install. First I
> tried a netinst from a sarge CD, but for some reason it had problems reaching
> mirrors. Then I tried with a Woody CD, but it could not recognize most of the
> hardware, because it is newer than Woody.
>
> At last I used a Knoppix 3.2 CD from March, which worked well, and used it as
> a starting point. You have to change the mirrors in /etc/apt/sources.list ,
> of course.
>
> There are a couple of caveats, though.
>
> You really need ACPI to slow down the CPU, otherwise its fan will annoy you,
> and to get ACPI in the end I installed the 2.6.0-test9 kernel, because it did
> not work with the 2.4.22 one.
>
> In order to install a kernel-image package, you *have* to uninstall the
> "ash-knoppix" package, and install the "ash" and "dash" ones. That's with the
> 3.2 Knoppix, I don't know whether they solved the problem in more recent ones.
>
> I also installed, and custom configured, the cpufreqd daemon. Now the CPU
> sits at 36°C when on battery, and at 46°C when on mains, while still kicking
> at top speed when it's needed. :^)
>
> Still exploring, but overall it seems a good base for Debian to run, maybe
> will even get the winmodem working ;^) . Check the Linux Laptop site for
> other people experiences running Linux on the L3400D and L3500D series, don't
> know how much they are applicable to this one, since it belongs to the L3000D
> series.
>
>
> - --
> "We cannot achieve efficiency by aiming for it, but only by being as
> clearly focused on our goals as we can possibly be.  At the same time,
> such a focus will always lead us to do things that look inefficient to
> a more narrowly calculating mentality." -- Steve Talbott, NetFuture
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> Nicola Larosa - nico@tekNico.net
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