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) -
Update : WiFi works great when booting with a
Knoppix live CD.
· Modem
· IrDa
If you do please
tell me, so as to update this page.
