ASUS Eee PC

An Eee PC, booting Ultima 8.4 from USB, shown for size comparison with a full-size laptop and a standard CD case.

The ASUS Eee PC is supported in Ultima Linux 8.4 and newer releases.

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Installation

A frugal install is recommended, particularly on the 2G model. Disk encryption is also a good idea.

Graphics

Uses Intel driver, DRI-enabled. Xorgmaker can configure the native 800x480 resolution (and 1024x600 on the 900 series).

Sound

Need to install alsa-driver manually; snd-hda-intel in 2.6.24 doesn’t work. Also requires re-compiling alsa-libs.

Create /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel containing the line:

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig

May need to blacklist ALSA modules in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and modprobe manually for sound to work.

Networking

Uses atl2 for Ethernet, madwifi for wireless. To activate wireless on boot, change wlan0 to ath0 in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

Performance

Performs adequately with the stock Ultima kernel, but exceptionally high CPU usage (mainly due to inclusion of SMP support). An optimized Eee PC kernel is available from multima’s site, which also includes the alsa-driver, alsa-libs, and asus_acpi modules.

External links

• Eee PC 2G Surf – multima’s “semi-official” guide – frugal install, encrypted disk. Includes custom optimized kernel and other packages.