Crux on a Compaq Armada E500

Diederick de Vries

Revision History
Revision v0.9 - 2006-05-21
Converted original document from january 2005 to docbook. Also did some rewriting to make it up to date. Missing at this point are the Bluetooth and ACPI sections, since the originals don't work anymore with current kernels. I'm getting to it.
Revision v0.9.1 - 2006-05-29
Added things about GLX and ACPI, but no sleep states yet.
Revision v1.0 - 2006-05-29
Added sleep states at last.
Revision v1.1 - 2006-05-30
Added software suspend, hotkeys and kernel configuration annotations.
Revision v1.2 - 2009-06-02
Discontinued port maintenance. My Armada finally gave out, so there is no way for me to test them anymore.

Abstract

This document describes how to install and maintain Linux on a Compaq Armada laptop, more specifically, Crux on an Armada E500. Crux is an i686 optimized source based Linux distribution backed by a community of skilled and helpful users.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Why Crux
What I need from a laptop
Current status
2. Installation
Preparation
Files
Installation
Booting the Crux CD
Partitioning your hard drive
The kernel
Network
3. Configuration
Updating your ports
X
GLX
Hotkeys
Screen brightness
Wireless
ACPI
Sleep states
Suspend to disk/hibernate
Sleep state entering and exiting times for my Armada from KDE
Touchpad
4. Miscellanea
Armada Ports
Files
Kernel configuration annotations
Processor type and features
Power management
Bus Options
Networking
Device drivers
File systems
Cryptographic options
Thanks
Help