Ubuntu version: Kubuntu 6.10
Type Of Hardware: Laptop
Hardware Maker: Benq
Hardware Model: Joybook R53 EG

Intel 915PM
Celeron M 380 1.6Ghz
ATI X600 128MB VRAM on PCIE
RAM 512MB DDR2
HDD 60GB Hitachi
Wireless Atheros AR5005G
DVD Philips DVD+-RW SDVS8441
Card reader Texas Instruments PCIxx21
Intel HD audio

- Wireless adapter Atheros needs Madwifi driver from http://madwifi.org/
- Motorolla SM56 modem is not working(Hopeless)
- ATI X600 card works better with the open source driver than with the binary driver from ati.com. The binary driver is causing random lockups (8.28.x to 8.34.8 tested)
- Card reader works with SD cards (1 GB tested). Some additional steps needed http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost...92&postcount=1
- Fn+F1+F2.... keys are working
- DVD is OK (DL burn not tested)
- Audio is OK
- Synaptics touch pad works great with KSynaptics

This laptop has broken DSDT, although no problem encountered with Edgy(I had a lot of problems with SUSE). Fixed DSDT is avaliable on http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ .