> The best would be to run lspci on the machine as others suggested. You > can paste the lspci -n output here and get the availability of drivers > for linux. http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ > > There is also lists of hardware/laptops known to be working on Gentoo. > N series is not listed on Gentoo wiki but perhaps you can find it on > other distros' wiki or at least find laptops with common hardware. > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Index:Laptops
Thank you Fatih. I'll try also your suggestions. Roger