The laptop

Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook C1110 running Slackware Linux 13.0 with Linux kernel 2.6.29.6-smp.

• CPU, chipset, RAM and built-in PCI-hardware
• Internal HDD
• Graphics
• Audio
• Network
• WLAN
• Combo CD-RW/DVD
• USB
• ACPI
• Touchpad and Keyboard
• Other devices
• Credits, disclaimer and contact information

CPU, chipset, RAM and built-in PCI-hardware.

The laptop has a Intel Pentium M 1.3GHz CPU (Intel 855GM Chipset), with 256MB DDR SDRAM (266MHz). All seems to work fine.

Below is a list of built-in PCI-hardware (from /sbin/lspci):

  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
  00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
  00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
  00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
  00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
  00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
  00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
  00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
  00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
  00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
  01:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933/711E1 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 01)
  01:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933/711E1 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 01)
  01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
  01:0d.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
  

Internal Hard Disk Drive

The internal HDD has 40GB of storage. I used fdisk to create partition tables. I'm using /dev/hda1 as swap, /dev/hda2 as /, etc. I prefer to use the ext3 filesystem (which basicly is just ext2 + journaling).

Graphics

The laptop has a Intel 810 graphic card with 15" XGA display (supports up to 1024x768 pixels).

The i810-driver is broken in this release. I don't care, because I use it as "media-center" for my TV.

Audio

The built-in audio card is an Intel AC'97 Audio Controller and is supported by the snd_intel8x0 module in the kernel. ALSA and OSS-emulation works fine.

Network

The built-in network card is a Realtek 8139 (10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet) and is supported by the 8139too module in the kernel.

WLAN

The WLAN-card (Intel PRO/Wireless 2100) should be supported by newer versions of the Linux-kernel, but I haven't tested this yet though, as I don't use WLAN that much. Adding firmware to /lib/firmware/ should work fine (which I haven't done yet, so I get a few error messages when booting up). When the firmware is added, you could use modprobe ipw2100 and iwconfig to configure it.

You may take a look at the Intel ipw2100-site for more information and downloading firmware.

Combo CD-RW/DVD

Works fine and is found by kernel. DVD-playing was tested with MPlayer. CD-R was tested with cdrecord.

USB

This laptop has two built-in USB 2.0 ports. Works fine.

Power Management

Works fine with ACPI. APM is unsupported.

Touchpad and keyboard

Works fine.

Other devices

I currently do not use these devices (modem, IrDA and application panel), therefore I do not know if they work properly. Anyway, I will try to give some useful information to you below.

It looks like the modem is supported by the kernel.

The IrDA-port could work.

The application panel could work.

Note that this laptop comes without FireWire and Bluetooth.

Credits, disclaimer and contact information

Thanks to Jorge Barrera Grandon for language-help.
Thanks to Kjetil Nes for letting me test my WLAN-card (when I was using Slackware 10.2/Linux 2.6.14, that is) with his Airport.

ALL INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Please e-mail any comments to me: stian at atlantiscrew period net.

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