[Debian-eeepc-devel] Debian on the ASUS EeePC 1005PE

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

John Marshall <kc9etp at gmail.com> writes:

>> I got an ASUS EeePC 1005PE a few days ago and am trying to install
>> Debian testing on it.
>
>> 1. My model has a different wireless card that listed on [1] that was
>> not yet supported by Debian's Linux kernel.  It seems to be the card
>> that is listed for the 1001P and 1005P.
>
> Actually you don't need that patch for your 1005PE. You have the b/g/n
> wireless card, and the 1001P and 1005P use the same card with the N
> stuff removed from the hardware, so the 1001P and 1005P are the ones
> that need that patch. (BTW I have a 1001P and that patch works great)

No, my 1000PE only supports IEEE 802.11b/g.  The PCI ID is the same as
the one listed for the 1001P and 1005P (168C:002C).  It did certainly
not work before applying the patch.

Regards,
Ansgar