Asus F3Tc
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Sat 26 of Jan, 2008 [13:58 UTC]by Anonymous
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the Asus F3Tc laptop. This is one of only a few laptops with an AMD processor and an impressive graphics card. However Linux support is lacking as the wireless controller included does not have any native drivers.Editing This Page
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| Processor | AMD Turion64 X2 TL52 1.6Ghz | |
| Screen | 15.4" WXGA | |
| RAM | 1GB | |
| HDD | 120GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW | |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 | |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Atheros AR5006EG 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth | |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire, Webcam | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-hda-intel driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Partial | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| SD Card Reader | Yes | Tested on ALT Linux |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Seems not working | I have not found any drivers yet |
Notes
For the graphics chip you can use either the open source 'nv' driver or NVIDIA's proprietary 'nvidia' driver. For installation instructions, you can view our Configuring a nVidia graphics chip guide. For 3D support, you will need the proprietary driver. Some older versions of X may not have support for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 8300, in this case you will need to use the proprietary driver.This wireless controller in this laptop does not have any native drivers for Linux so you will need to use the ndiswrapper driver.
— This wireless controller really have native opensource drivers — madwifi-ng.
For installation instructions, you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to use with ndiswrapper can be found here.
Related Resources
Preparing your laptop for LinuxConfiguring a nVidia graphics chip
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life
Summary
The main issue with this laptop was the configuration of the wireless controller. Other than that there were no problems in getting this laptop working when used with an up to date Linux distribution. It is recommended to use a Linux distribution with kernel version 2.6.16 or greater, such as Fedora Core 5 or Ubuntu 6.06.Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
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