Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook C1110
running RedHat 9.0

Lifebook C1110 is a nice, very cheap, laptop designed by Fujitsu Siemens. Here is a brief description of the hardware :

  • Intel Pentium M Centrino 1.3 GHz
  • 15.1 TFT XGA (1024x768 max)
  • 256 Mo DDR-SDRAM 266 MHz
  • 40 Go
  • Combo DVD, CD-R/CD-RW (8x 24x 10x)
  • Realtek 8139 10/100 Mbs network adapter
  • Sigmatec STAC9767 audio controller
  • Intel 855GM video controller
It looked great and seemed to work perfectly with Linux. I bought it, resized the NTFS partition of Windows XP with Boot It NG, tried to install Red Hat 9, and : YES, it really works great with Linux ! Absolutely nothing special was required to install and configure it, a real pleisure ! After a default installation, I successfully tested : USB, sound, DVD+CD-R, video acceleration, network, and PCMCIA.
 
As you may suppose, ACPI was the only problem. But quite simple to solve : I downloaded the 2.4.25 kernel, applied the 2.4.25 ACPI patch, and recompiled my kernel. Now I can see the state of the battery, and it moves like the one on the integrated small LCD screen on the top of the keyboard : I guess it means it work ;-)
 
I did not test the following features yet :
  • Centrino (WiFi)
  • Modem
  • IrDa
If you do please tell me, so as to update this page.

 

 
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