Agora

Kogan Agora is a notebook computer based on an Intel 1.6GHz Atom N270 Dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM and 160GB hard disk. It has a 1024x600 pixel, 10" display.

Installing Debian GNU/Linux

Kogan Agora can be booted from a USB Flash device, from which Debian GNU/Linux can be installed.

However, the keyboard will not work due to the way the keyboard controller is interfaced. To get the keyboard to work, it is necessary to add an option to the kernel commandline:

i8042.nomux

This can be automated by adding the following to /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i8042.nomux"

and then re-running update-grub (as root)

Wireless firmware

The RealTek rt73 USB wifi driver requires firmware, which needs to be loaded. In Debian GNU/Linux, the package to install is firmware-ralink:

# apt-get install firmware-ralink

Configuring Wireless

see Control Wireless with ifconfig

External links

• Kogan Agora Netbook Support at kogan.com