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Asus F7L
Authors
Janez Dolinar
Introduction
This notebook comes in wide varieties of configurations. It has complete 3.5kg with it's 6 cell battery.
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 F7L - 7S090 |
| Processor | Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2390 |
| Screen | 17” @ 1440×900 |
| RAM | 2GB |
| HDD | 250GB |
| Optical Drive | TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H |
| Graphics | Intel GMA 3100 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Atheros Wireless, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR |
| Other | 4 + 1 USB 2.0, 1x Firewire, VGA-out, TV-out, 1.3M Webcam, MMC + XD reader |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | Brightness control works |
| HDD | Yes | Be sure to include -B 255 command in your hdparm, otherwise your drive will be heading to death the fast track! |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Partialy | 3D applications like Google Earth and Stellarium crash |
| Sound | Yes | Audio-out jack leaves speakers on while a jack is plugged in |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Works OK in Ubuntu |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | XD now has supporting drivers |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Partial | Picture is upside down yet nice quality |
Notes
Problems with Shift-PgUp, Shift-PgDown as they are on numeric keypads but that can be fixed using custom keymaps. Everything was tested in 64bit Gentoo with kernel 2.6.27-r4 or newer.
Problems still persist when using Ubuntu 10
Summary
Everything works quite nicely, power management is great. Battery life is around 2.5-3h.
Discussion
Monitor is a bit bad, resolution does not live up to real quality when editing photos, but with 12.04LTS never any problems whatsoever. All worked straight from the set-up.
Change: bug in the docs - asus-laptop brightness works flawless and devices (WiFi & Bluetooth) can be toggled without problems with asus-laptop module. If at all possible blacklist asus-acpi module.
wifi has some difficulties with WPA , need to force several times connection to get it work after reboot/ works great after that problem
dual screen is working but not really easy to handle, ubuntu tools only permit clone or extented, clone 2nd screen is not good with position too much on left, extended got the taskbar on second screen instead of 1st one