This page briefly documents Debian on Asus Eee PC models 1101HA and 1201HA. Like the ../1005HA, these models have Atheros L1C Ethernet and Atheros AR928X wireless LAN, both of which are supported by the Linux 2.6.32 kernel in Squeeze.

Please don't use this page to track bugs. File bugs instead, tagging them with model-specific usertags as described on our About Bugs page, then link to Debian bug numbers in the Model tables as needed.

Installation

It is recommended to install Squeeze, as this contains up-to-date drivers for this model.

Model-specific issues/status

Check the Model tables for any issues that apply to these models.

Unfortunately, models 1101HA and 1201HA have the GMA500 "Poulsbo" graphics chipset which is not supported on Debian (533450). As documented below, Xorg can be made to work on this model, but at the cost of poorer performance and lack of some features of the chipset.

Intel have made available a new binary driver set called Intel® Embedded Graphics Driver (IEGD), which may be used to add support of GMA500 to Linux kernel (see http://www.nanoant.com/linux/compiling-kernel-iegd-10x-module-for-any-linux-distribution if you want to give it a try).

More recently, Intel made available a newer binary driver set called Intel Embedded Media Graphics Driver (IEMGD), which can be used to add support of GMA 500 (Poulsbo) to the Linux kernel (see this page) for Atom Z5XX series CPUs under Debian Squeeze.

Screen resolution

For full 1366x768 screen resolution, do the following:

... and reboot. The console will now use a 1366x768 resolution.

No sound after hibernate/suspend

If you notice that sound is not always working when resuming from suspend or hibernation, create the file /etc/pm/sleep.d/50alsa with these contents (also make the file executable): 

case "$1" in
        hibernate|suspend)
                # Stopping is not required
                ;;
        thaw|resume)
                /sbin/alsa force-reload
                ;;
        *) exit $NA
                ;;
esac