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.

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Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the Fujitsu Amilo A1667G laptop. This AMD based laptop is very powerful with a nice array of features. However the Amilo A1667G is let down due to the Broadcom wireless card used.

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Specifications

Name	Fujitsu Amilo A1667G
Processor	AMD Athlon64 4000+
Screen	15.4" WXGA
RAM	1GB
HDD	100GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon x700
Network	10/100/1000 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-via82xx driver
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Partial
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
SD Card Reader	Not Tested
ExpressCard Slot	Not Tested

Notes

For the ATI graphics chip in the Amilo A1667G you may use either the open source radeon driver or ATI's proprietary fglrx driver. For configuration instructions you can view our Configuring an ATI graphics chip guide.

This Broadcom wireless controller in the A1667G does not have any native drivers available for Linux. This means you will need to use the ndiswrapper driver. For configuration nstructions you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide. The windows driver to install can be found here.

Related Resources

Preparing your laptop for Linux
Configuring an ATI graphics chip
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life

Summary

Unfortunately, like many AMD based laptops, the Fujitsu Amilo A1667G includes a Broadcom wireless controller who do not provide any native drivers for Linux. Because of this configuring the wireless controller is tricky, especially for first time users.


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