Installing Debian Lenny on ASUS W7SG
Last updated: 2009/02/18
General Hardware Specifications of ASUS W7SG :
Hardware Components | Status under Linux | Notes |
Intel Core 2 Duo (T8300) | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
13.3" WXGA Display | Works | Select Generic LCD Display in Installer |
nVIDIA GeForce 9300M G; VRAM : 256MB
| Works | Download nVIDIA Linux driver.
|
2 GB, SDRAM, 2DIMMs
| Works | No special procedure required during installation |
250 GB SATA HD
| Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Internal 56k Modem | Wasn't tested | Wasn't tested |
52x DVD-RW/CD-RW (LightScribe) | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AGN [Kedron] Network Connection | Works | Work on Kernel 2.6.24 (iwl4965) and 2.6.28 (iwlagn)
|
Trusted Platform Module | Wasn't tested | Wasn't tested |
4 cells Lithium-Ion Battery | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
HDA Intel SoundCard | Works
| No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.x |
R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (FireWire) | Wasn't tested | Wasn't tested |
4 in 1 Memory Card reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO) | Wasn't tested | Wasn't tested |
Synaptics Touchpad | Works
| Works with default
|
PCMCIA Express | Works
| No special procedure required during installation |
Included Asus Bluetooth mouse | Works
| No special procedure required during installation. |
Keyboard | Works
| No special procedure required during installation. |
1.3 M Pixles Integrated WebCam | Works
| Works with Linux uvc
|
3 x USB 2.0 | Works
| No special procedure required during installation. |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.28-1-amd64 and 2.6.24-1-amd64
Basic Installation of Debian Lenny:
- Why to use Debian Lenny : Stable, Safe, and Simple .
- Obtaining Debian Lenny : Debian Offical Website
- Installing : Please follow the instruction.
- Post-Install modifications/tweaks :
1. Linux Kernel : 2.6.28 (fix crash when enable 802.11n support)
$sudo -s
#echo 'deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
#wget http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/key-2009 -O-|apt-key add -
#apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 linux-headers-2.6.28-1-all-amd64 linux-kbuild-2.6.28 linux-libc-dev
2. Webcam
$sudo -s
#m-a a-i linux-uvc
#modprobe uvcvideo
3. nVidia offical driver
#wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.29/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.29-pkg2.run -O /tmp/nvidia.run
Logout X, press to CTRL+ALT+F1 tty1, and login.
$sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (or sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop)
$sudo -s
#CC=gcc-4.1 sh /tmp/nvidia.run
choise 'Compile Kernel' and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
3.Wireless
$sudo -s
#apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
#modprobe -r iwlagn && modprobe iwlagn 11n_disable=1
#echo 'options iwlagn 11n_disable=1' >> /etc/modprobe.d/options
Setting up additional features for Debian Lenny
- use aptitude and nvidia-setting to configure ACPI, TwinView, Notebook Support ...
Configuration Files
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf :
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Wed Apr 2 08:22:13 PST 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "synaptics"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "9"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
More Specific Information. Specific stuff such as:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9300M G (rev a1)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
09:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
09:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
09:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
09:03.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
09:03.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
- lspci
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 174f:5a35 Syntek 1.3MPixel Web Cam - Asus G1s
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:1712 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0+EDR adapter
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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