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    Linux on Asus W3j

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by johan1, Jun 2, 2006.

  1. johan1

    johan1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My W3j is about to arrive and my first task will be to get gentoo running on it. Has anyone tried to install linux on it yet? If so, what kind of trouble did you run into?

    Thanks,
    Johan
     
    johan1, Jun 2, 2006
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  2. dragonesse

    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    If the W3j is what I ultimately get, I'll be Gentoo'ing it up too, so I'll be interested to hear if you encounter any difficulties getting it up and running.
     
    dragonesse, Jun 3, 2006
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  3. johan1

    johan1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    sure, I'll let you know how it goes.
     
    johan1, Jun 3, 2006
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  4. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    I wouldn't envisage any major issues getting the W3J working under linux... Asus' ACPI module is in the default kernel, and drivers are available for the Intel 3945 WiFi adaptor and the ATI X1600.
     
    TedJ, Jun 4, 2006
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  5. johan1

    johan1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    dragonesse: gentoo is up and running. Use the latest beta of MPentoo to install from as the gentoo 2006.0 doens't support either the wless card or the ethernet card.

    You'll have to unmask the latest ati driver to get 1280x768 resolution to work with xfree86.
     
    johan1, Jun 16, 2006
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    DATTS168 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Would like to know updates on the new W3J's, any other people has tried it?
     
    DATTS168, Aug 4, 2006
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    Everything is still working great for me. I doubt you'll run into any major problems.
     
    johan1, Aug 4, 2006
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    DATTS168 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks alot of the reply
     
    DATTS168, Aug 5, 2006
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    Shervination Newbie

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    After fiddling around a bit, I've gotten everything on my w3j to work with ubuntu, except the sound. Could either of you help me with it? Keep in mind im pretty new to linux, so be specific please :)
     
    Shervination, Aug 12, 2006
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    Hi,
    -Put "options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=laptop-eapd" to "/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base".
    -Worked for me after reboot.
     
    CMLUX, Aug 13, 2006
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