Our Debian Hardware Compatibility List

[Roel]

1. how compatible they or their individual parts are with Debian
2. what hick-ups the user might expect when installing Debian on the device
3. what could be done to solve it (either describe the fix or link to external sources)
4. which Debian version you tested it on
5. whether proprietary blobs are necessary or if it can be used without packages from non-free, contrib, Debian Multimedia or other external sources.

1. Intel dual-core E3300 @ 2.50 GHz
82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
AR922X Wireless Network Adapter

Compatibility with Debian: all devices have native modules, no proprietary drivers had to be installed.

2. No hickups during installation. Ethernet card is recognised by the installer.

However, when configuring Debian, it turns out that the soundcard is actually a Via VT1708S device, on which there is absolutely NO support in any Linux distro. Sound is really OK, but the microphone and line-in just don't work. After weeks of searching I ran into a driver that was made for Etch. Unfortunately, that didn't work either.

Ath9k issues are already in another topic.

3. No idea regarding this...

4. Squeeze, Sid and LMDE.

5. Have only used FOSS modules, contrib/non-free weren't necessary for the hardware.

[mr-bisquit]

G4 Quicksilver: You need to do

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video=ofonly

when installing, plus holding down shift after pressing enter.
iMac G4: Microphone doesn't work on it. No Linux support. Orinoco device is strange. No airport device.
B&W G3: It works.

PPC hardware: Matrox Graphics. Model ?? It won't work unless you do an Xorg -config from a chroot environment and use that as the output. Dual cards act strange.

Gateway M275: The ricoh card reader doesn't work completely. I haven't tested the internal modem. Need intel fw2200 and related modules.
DEll Dimension 3000. Some hiccup with the BIOS.

[ZitZ]

I don't know how many people know about this but there is an official debian project that tracks hardware compatability and provides information for installing Debian on different devices. It's part of the Debian Wiki.

http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/HowToContribute

Granted, it is a little more difficult to make a wiki page there than it is to reply to this thread and start writing, but it isn't it our duty as "Real Debian Users" to make the Debian Wiki and the Debian Documentation as good as it can be?

[yobo]

I don't know how many people know about this but there is an official debian project that tracks hardware compatability and provides information for installing Debian on different devices. It's part of the Debian Wiki.

http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/HowToContribute

Granted, it is a little more difficult to make a wiki page there than it is to reply to this thread and start writing, but it isn't it our duty as "Real Debian Users" to make the Debian Wiki and the Debian Documentation as good as it can be?

+1
upstream contribution...

[nadir]

lenovo B560



specs:
http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/a586453.html

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 391e
   Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3920
   Kernel driver in use: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38a5
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38aa
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38af
   Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38b8
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38be
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38c1
   Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38bf
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 38c0
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3956
   Kernel driver in use: atl1c
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
   Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device 0510
   Kernel driver in use: wl
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device 392b

I got several problems, so i would say support is not perfect.
I need non-free drivers for wireless (at least right now).
X is a bit wonky.
I need -at minimum- a 37 kernel.
On elder live-CDs the touchpad doesn't work, for some X is completely broken, etc.

a) that might well be me
b) debian-testing with 37/38 kernel works, antix works, aptosid works.
c) for the few bucks i paid i am more than fine.

[bmc5311]

Finally got around to installing debian on the macbook air (well almost, it's on a 32 gb sd card, not the internal ssd) - installed testing w/gnome shell, and believe it or not everything pretty much worked out of the box, wireless, camera, fn-keys (volume, screen brightness, media and keyboard backlight all worked), touchpad, sound, etc, i did have to install the brcm80211 firmware from a flash drive during installation (had to because the frickin MBA doesn't have an ethernet port and i did a net-install)

followed most of this - it worked like a charm..
http://wiki.debian.org/MacBookAir

EDIT (07/01/2012): Replaced the free wireless drivers (brcm80211) with the non-free broadcom drivers (BCM43224), it almost doubled the wireless speed.
EDIT (08/08/2012): Dist upgraded to sid, still no problems, with the exception of power consumption, the battery only lasts about 1/2 as long as it should.

Specs -
MacBookAir4,2 / Model Number A1369
Intel Core i5 ("Sandy Bridge") @ 1.7 GHz
Intel HD Graphics 3000
4 GB RAM
128 GB SSD

[Leos1]

Document scanners known to work with Debian stable?

[huggybear]

HP Deskjet 1050A



It's a cheap multifunction printer/scanner. It doesn't work with the hplip package provided by squeeze, so install the latest one from HP's website. After installing, you should add your printer manually in CUPS, as described in the wiki. Both printing and scanning work flawlessly.

[golinux]

HP Deskjet 1050A



It's a cheap multifunction printer/scanner. It doesn't work with the hplip package provided by squeeze, so install the latest one from HP's website. After installing, you should add your printer manually in CUPS, as described in the wiki. Both printing and scanning work flawlessly.

I got a 3050 All-in-one J610 in 2011 that looks almost identical to that and it also works perfectly with the HP driver.

[bmc5311]

Document scanners known to work with Debian stable?

Pretty much any Brother combo machine will work.

http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1491