[Debian-eeepc-devel] The problem with installing Debian on eee PC900ax

[Ben Armstrong]

On 03/10/10 12:58 PM, James Brown wrote:
> Some days ago I bought a notebook asus eee PC900ax and tried install
> Debian Lenny on it.
> Earlier I installed Debian Lenny on my asus eee PC900ha without any problem.
> I had the next problem with it.
> The installer didn't see any network interface controller, but the
> network interface controller worked under windows, i.e. it was not a
> problem with hardware.
> It was because that the ethernet controller on my new asus eee was
> Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0) (on my old one I had
> Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ehternet Adapter
> (reev b0)).
> The debian lenny istnaller have no drivers for the first by default and
> cannot recognize the ethernet-card.
> The problem was resolved by installing Debian Squeeze.
>    

Yes.  That tends to happen with newer hardware.  It doesn't get 
supported until a later release of the kernel.  So Squeeze really is 
your best choice, as it contains an up-to-date kernel, unlike Lenny.

> P.S. It seems to me that asus eee PC900ax was broken by its producer
> comparison with asus eeePC900ha because the first one have only 2
> usb-ports and the second - 3, and the first have nothing instead the 3rd
> usb-port.
>    

Most newer models are like that, presumably because they've gone with a 
"seashell" case design with less room around the edges for extra 
connectors.  But yeah, I wish they could've squeezed an extra in there 
somewhere, too.

Ben