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Asus F5Rl
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Asus F5RL laptop.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
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Specifications
| Name | Asus F5RL |
| Processor | Intel Core Duo T2330 1.6GHz |
| Screen | 15.4” WXGA Widescreen |
| RAM | 1GB |
| HDD | 160GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | ATI Mobility Radeon X1100 |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Atheros AR5006EG 802.11bg |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Camera | Yes |
Notes
General
You will need kernel version 2.6.22 or greater for proper hardware support from this laptop.
Graphics
Most recent Linux distributions support the ATI Mobility Radeon X1100 “out of the box” in 2D mode. For 3D support you will need to use the proprietary fglrx module. See the guides here for installation details.
Wireless
The asus-laptop module that comes with Ubuntu 8.10 makes so that, as long as it is active and loaded, you cant enable wireless, regardless of what method you use. You need to unload it after installing drivers for you wireless, in order to make it work.
For a complete guide on how to install drivers and unload the asus-laptop module, see this guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1006254
Camera
You will need to install the experimental Syntek module for support. I don't think any Linux distributions includes this so it will need to be installed manually.
Summary
The computer works very well with Ubuntu!
Discussion
about webcam - blackdiv.livejournal.com/41493.html
its in russian, but google translate will help
works for me on fedora 13 & ubuntu 10.x
Works best with the link above. Thank you for the tip!
PS. Using Ubuntu 10.10 AMD64, Gnome.
I installed Fedora 12 and 13.
I cannot to install Webcam Syntek.
I have a problem with the audio. i tried the last one of alfa and the realtek also.
but isnt working
Anyone knows the perfect audio driver to this model?
card readr very good . wireless good . dsl usb not good
Card reader is working very good. Wireless is working almost out of the box. Ceck this out: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=22994&p=134760&hilit=asus+wireless+f5rl#p134760
Only some game performance is still lacking a bit. Mini games like zuma running with Wine are not working perfectly.
I installed Fedora 10. . . Gets stuck at the login prompt. Caps lock and Scroll lock LEDs flashing. Anybody else tried Fedora?
It works fine with me under Ubuntu 8.04
Problems:
Working perfectly under Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 (milestone release)
Only hardware support that doesn't work out of the box is 3D graphics and wireless.
I got 3d working by installing envyng from the repos then running it to automatically install the appropiate Ati driver.
For the wireless just grab the lastest version of the madwifi driver from http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ … version r3861 as I'm writing this post.
Step by step:
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz
tar zxvf madwifi*
cd madwifi*
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot
then wireless will be working perfectly
I have installed PCLinuxOS2007 unofficial distro SK and work everithing wihout cam… But its perfect!!! Thanks a lot!!!
I installed 6 distros and every was same effect… not working correctly…. im waiting for pclos2008….