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This page summarizes the status of support for models 901, 1000 and 1000H. Please do not use it as a bug tracking system. Instead, file bugs and apply model-specific usertags as described on ["DebianEeePC/Bugs/About"].
Please put no non-model specific information on this page. See [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure] for configuration of webcam, multiple displays, etc.
Sometimes confused with [:DebianEeePC/Model/901GO] which has a different wireless chipset.
Wifi
The recommended way to install the Ralink wifi driver for these models is with the prebuilt module package from our [:DebianEeePC/Repository]:
aptitude install rt2860-modules-2.6.26-1-686
Alternatively, the modules can be built and installed automatically with [:ModuleAssistant:module-assistant], as follows:
m-a prepare m-a a-i rt2860
See ["DebianEeePC/HowTo/Wifi/Rt2860"] and ["DebianEeePC/HowTo/Wifi"] for a guide to configuring wireless.
Hotkeys
If you want to see a message on your screen when you use a hotkey run aptitude install aosd-cat to install the OSD display'er. you then need to edit /etc/default/eeepc-acpi-scripts and change the following lines ENABLE_OSD='no' to ENABLE_OSD='yes'
If you are not going to install the latest alsa driver to get the front mic working you can change
VOLUME_LABEL='LineOut' VOLUME_LABEL='iSpeaker'
to
VOLUME_LABEL='Master' VOLUME_LABEL='Headphones'
See the section below about what to do if you are installing the latest alsa
Front Mic
Build and install the latest release candidate of alsa as described in ["DebianEeePC/HowTo/Sound"].
Touchpad
See ["DebianEeePC/HowTo/ElantechTouchpad"].
Bluetooth
Bluetooth works OK, but only if enabled from the BIOS.
With Linux kernels prior to 2.6.28 you need to patch the eeepc_laptop module (or eeepc_acpi in older kernels) to be able to control the power switch of the bluetooth module (it's an USB device, much like the webcam). Patch for the eeepc_acpi module can be found at [http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=304343 [1]]. Patch for the eeepc_laptop module can be found at [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-eeepc-devel/2008-October/001289.html [2]]. Modules with this patch provide a control in /sys/devices/platform/eeepc/bt (or /proc/acpi/asus/bt) for the bluetooth module, that works just like controls for other Eee peripherals.
In 2.6.28, the kernel's rfkill subsystem is used for toggling bluetooth and wlan, and the settings for both appear not to be persistent. However, [http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/3/254 a patch] is needed to allow bluetooth toggling to work, and eeepc-acpi-scripts 1.0.10 doesn't know about rfkill ([http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-eeepc-devel/2008-December/001677.html this patch] is needed).
Power management
Install cpufrequtils to allow throttling (works like a charm with acpi_cpufreq).