Fujitsu Amilo A1650G
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Wed 15 of Aug, 2007 [07:25 UTC]by Bill Giannikos
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 Fujitsu Amilo A1650G laptop. The Amilo A1650G is an AMD Turion 64 based system with a medium level of components. Linux support is unfortunately poor because of the Broadcom wireless controller.Editing This Page
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| Processor | AMD Turion 64 ML-32 1.8GHz | |
| Screen | 15.4" WXGA | |
| RAM | 512MB | |
| HDD | 60GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW | |
| Graphics | ATI Xpress 200M | |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Broadcom 802.11g Wireless | |
| Other | 4 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-intel8x0 driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Partial | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| SD Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| PCMCIA | Not Tested | |
Notes
For the A1650G's ATI Xpress 200M graphics card you can use either the standard radeon or ATI's fglrx driver. The Configuring an ATI graphics chip for Linux guide will help in with the installation.The Broadcom wireless controller included with the in the Amilo A1650G does not have any native drivers for Linux. Due to this you will need to install the ndiswrapper driver. Installation instructions which you can follow are available on our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to use with ndiswrapper are available on the Fujitsu website.
Related Resources
Preparing your laptop for LinuxConfiguring an ATI graphics chip
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life
Summary
The Fujitsu Amilo A1650G is not the easiest laptop available to use with Linux due to the Broadcom controller. Installation may be a little tricky for first time Linux users.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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