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Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook C1110 running Slackware Linux 13.37 with Linux kernel 2.6.37.6.

Note: The information below is based on Slackware 13.1...

• 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)
  01:0d.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/sda1 as swap, /dev/sda2 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 works fine by default.

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

Intel Pro/Wireless 2100-firmware ships with newer versions of Slackware, all you need to do is configuring it, and make sure you have it installed. iwlist scan to scan for WAP and iwconfig to configure it.

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 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. (Now with Slackware 13.37 it works fine as well.)

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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