Asus EeePC and gentoo

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gentooplayer · Post by **gentooplayer** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:00 am

Hi, I'm downloading Gentoo 11.2 at the moment: http://www.instalki.pl/systemy-operacyj ... entoo.html

I wanna ask you, is it good system for netbook Asus EeePC? Maybe exist special edition for netbooks?

Thanks in advance!

alextz · Post by **alextz** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:37 am

I use it on a 1201PN EeePC without any problems. All the hotkeys work (except the one for shutting down the monitor) and I am very satisfied.

gentooplayer · Post by **gentooplayer** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:21 am

alextz wrote:I use it on a 1201PN EeePC without any problems. All the hotkeys work (except the one for shutting down the monitor) and I am very satisfied.

ok, but did you install additional drivers?

i have EeePC 1005X

Goverp · Post by **Goverp** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:33 am

Welcome to Gentoo.

gentooplayer wrote:ok, but did you install additional drivers?

You need to read, understand and inwardly digest the Gentoo Handbook.

You have not downloaded a Gentoo "installation disk" like you might download a Ubuntu disk. You've downloaded a disk that lets you build your system from scratch, by formatting disks, copying a starter set of applications, configuring and compiling a kernel (including the appropriate drivers for your ASUS), then installing and compiling more packages (such as X and KDE or Gnome), until you've built the OS you want. But you start with nothing, and add the bits as you go. You do not simply boot from the Gentoo disk, drink a lot of coffee, and return to find a working Gentoo installation.

Welcome to Gentoo.

(I'm writing this on my ASUS 1000HE, runnning Gentoo.)

eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:13 pm

Know that this is probably a late post, but I run Gentoo on my eeePC 900A, and with kernel 3.0.4 it appears to work very well, from wireless hotkeys to suspend/resume.
Would have to say that I have nothing mapped to the video hotkey so that would be the only exception... should map the video hotkey to opening up Gnome's xrandr utility...

Note: I have a 32G SSD in the eeePC as well as 2GB RAM. The stock 4GB SSD is too small to do much with Gentoo, mostly due to portage and temp space.