Last updated: november 30 2007
General Hardware Specifications of ECS G551:
Hardware Components | Status under Linux | Notes |
| Pentium M 1.3 Ghz on Intel 855PM Chipset | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 15'' TFT Display (1024x768) | Works | Select Generic LCD Display in Installer |
| ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility | Works | No special procedure required during installation. |
| 512MB, DDR2, 2DIMMs | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| 40 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551 | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated Network Card RealTek RTL-8139 Ethernet 100Mbits | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Cardbus Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Combo CDRW-DVD optical drive | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Internal miniPCI Intel PRO/wireless 2200BG WiFi | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| 3600 mAH Lithium-Ion Battery | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| Integrated Intel AC'97 Audio controller | Works | No special procedure required during installation |
| FIR Fast Infra-red controller winbond W83977AF | Works with driver options | options w83977af_ir io=0x6f8 irq=3 |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.18
Basic Installation of Debian Unstable 4.0:
- Why to use Debian Unstable: very large amount of packaged software. Easy to use.
- Obtaining Debian Unstable: Debian GNU/Linux
- Installing: minimal cdrom+network
- Post-Install modifications/tweaks: kernel patch for undervolting processor (works fine)
Unresolved issues
- Wake-On-Lan (perhaps not supported by hardware)
- Multiple suspend-to-ram leave laptop is an unstable state
More Specific Information. Specific stuff such as:
- lspci:
Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 0 3)
USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 0 3)
USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 0 3)
USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Cont roller (rev 03)
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02)
Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev b8)
FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller
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