Like the ../1005HA, this model has atl1c ethernet and ath9k wifi, so consult the page for that model for details.

Unfortunately, this model has the GMA500 "Poulsbo" graphics chipset which is not supported on Debian. See 533450. With some work, Xorg can be made to work on this model, but at the cost of poorer performance and lack of some features of the chipset.

Below find some instructions on installing Debian Lenny on 1101HA.

* Prepare Lenny installer files on USB memory stick by following instructions on page

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en

* Get a WLAN USB dongle that is supported by Lenny installer or by a separate firmware package, such as

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/zd1211-firmware

* Boot your 1101HA from the USB memory stick and start installer in expert mode. Also, select wireless tools to be included in the installation if you suspect that Lenny installer does not support your WLAN dongle.

If installer starts to complain about missing network hardware driver, you need to install the firmware from mounted USB memory stick with shell command 'udpkg -i'. Then use iwconfig command to configure WLAN essid and possible some other properties of your WLAN. After that, you can bring wlan0 up with shell command 'ip link set wlan0 up' followed by 'dhclient wlan0'. Then continue installation normally, but skip network configuration. Once Lenny boots from hard disk, you need to correct your hostname and configure lo interface due to skipping network configuration during installation.

Once installation is complete and Lenny has booted from had disk, you have Lenny running on 1101HA without any support for built-in WLAN or wireline Ethernet devices.

* For wireline Ethernet, compile and install atl1c module from source AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz, which is available on Atheros web page

http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

* For WLAN, install Linux kernel version 2.6.30 (or newer) from backports.org

http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-image-2.6-686

Now you have native network connectivity, but X is not able to use the screen at its full 1366x768 resolution.

* For 1366x768 resolution, install latest grub2 packages from Debian squeeze:

http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=grub2

Then create file /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution with lines

echo insmod 915resolution
echo 915resolution 58 1366 768 32

and execute

chmod +x /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution
update-grub

Reboot Lenny and X should start with full resolution. Utility glxgears reports about 200 fps. There is no support for backlight control from Debian. You can adjust backlight with corresponding function keys during BIOS Setup. Turning screen on/off works from Debian with command

vbetool dpms on|off

The above configuration is using "vesa" X device driver. For slightly better performance, RandR, and screen blanking support using xset or xorg.conf "?ServerFlags", you can install "fbdev" X device driver.

* Install "fbdev" X driver by first install x86d Debian package from Lenny repository

apt-get install x86d

Then add this line to /etc/modules

uvesafb vbemode=0x011b nocrtc mtrr=2

and place line

Driver  "fbdev"

in "Device" section of file /etc/X11/xorg.conf replacing possible "vesa" driver.

After reboot, console and X should be using "fbdev" driver.

* For alsa sound (including internal mic), install latest alsa-base and alsa-utils packages from Debian squeeze:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/alsa-utils http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/alsa-base

That is it for now. Feel free to edit and provide better/more information.