Asus Eee PC 1101HA

[.. work in progress, writing as i go ..]

Hardware Specifications
The Asus 1101HA eeePC has the specific hardware listed below (part of this info is taken from this link)


 * CPU: Intel-Atom Menlow Z520 (nothing special needed)
 * WIRED-NETWORK: Atheros AR8132 Gb ethernet (requires 'atl1c' module/kernel option)
 * WIRELESS-NETWORK: Atheros AR9285, 802.11 BGN (requires 'atl1c' module/kernel option)
 * VIDEO: Intel GMA-500 (should work with poulsbo, in progress)
 * WEBCAM: Unspecified 1.3 Mega Pixel Video camera (untested)
 * BLUETOOTH: Bluetooth V2.1+EDR (untested)

Getting Wireless to work during Gentoo installation (kernel 3.x)
To support your wireless network-card during installation, you need a kernel with ATH9K_PCI option enabled. If you are using a liveCD (/liveUSB) and want to check if this is the case, execute

If this returns CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y, then you should be good and wireless should work. Otherwise the simplest solution is either to plug in a cable or to resort to SystemRescueCD. The latter is a gentoo-based rescue CD which allows you to do everything (and more) you need from the liveCD. If you are already ahead and have compiled your kernel you can check if used the correct kernel compilation with

if so, there is no reason you should be reading this particular sentence.

Getting Wireless to work afterwords
After installation you simply need to enable the 'atl1c' and 'ath9k' kernel modules/options.

To manually compile your kernel, go to '/usr/src/linux' and type

Search for the location of these specific modules using '/' (vi style) and click 'y' to enable, exit the menu, save and type to recompile your kernel, finally copy the newly compiled kernel (e.g. /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage) to /boot/somename.

Then, and follow the instructions from the manual on how to write 'wpa_supplicant.conf' for your network-setup.

Getting X to work
First follow the instruction in the manual, except that you do not have a standard nvidia or ati card. Fortunately this problem has been solved as of august(?) 2011. Debian and derivatives (e.g. ubuntu) now work out-of-the-box, here is some more info on the video card. To get your video-card to work under Gentoo you need ..

Bluetooth
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6501788.html