Debian GNU/Linux on Fujitsu-Amilo Pi 1536

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processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 14
model name      : Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2300  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 1000.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr
bogomips        : 3328.76
clflush size    : 64

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 14
model name      : Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2300  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 1667.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor est tm2 xtpr
bogomips        : 3323.83
clflush size    : 64

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
05:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
05:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          1010        525        485          0         28        354
-/+ buffers/cache:        141        868
Swap:          902          0        902

Item	Works	Notes
Video	(OK)	Works with ATI proprietary drivers (FGLRX).
Video out	?	I must check.
Audio	OK
HDD SATA	OK
DVD+/-RW	?	Writing not checked.
USB	OK
Card reader	?	Not checked.
Ethernet	OK
Wi-Fi	OK
Bluetooth	N.A.
Firewire	?	I haven’t tried it.
Touchpad	OK
“Multimedia” keys	?	lineakd (to be described!)
Frequency scaling	OK
Suspend to RAM	OK
Suspend to disk	?	Not checked.

I booted from a Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r1 (etch) “netinstall” CD (see the Debian installer homepage), architecture i386, using the “expertgui” parameter.

I installed all the filesystem in one partition, after that used by Windows XP.

non-free (and contrib) repository must be included by selection.

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1c97bb52

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       11874    95377873+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           11875       14478    20916630   83  Linux
/dev/sda3           14479       14593      923737+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           14479       14593      923706   82  Linux swap / Solaris

After having installed ntfs-3g I have edited /etc/fstab for the Windows XP NTFS partition to be mounted at boot time, with permissions for the first (existing) non-root user:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/sda2       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/sda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/sda1       /mnt/windows    ntfs-3g uid=1000        0       0
/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

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Run as root

aptitude install firmware-ipw3945 ipw3945-modules-2.6-686 ipw3945d

Turn off the radio kill switch, which is on front right (the related led must be enlightened).

I’m using powersaved (note that installing it will cause the removal of the useless apmd package) with its front-end for KDE (kpowersave) and it seems to behave well, but cpufreqd and perhaps powernowd and cpudyn should do the same.

Synaptics touchpad may be configured through several graphical tools, provided that the following line is added in the corresponding InputDevice section in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.

        Option          "SHMConfig"             "on"

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