Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Asus laptop computers.

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Asus A4709L-LH

• Nearly everything worked out of the box. WLAN, IrDA, modem, SD/MC card reader have not been tested yet.
• Sound worked out of the box.
• Computer powers off automatically when shut down.
• Don't use frame buffer - otherwise you won't able to use the display at the optimal 1280x800. The SIS chipset used is easier to get working at this resolution than the mobile Intel chipsets - which require a third party utility to enable 1280x800.

Asus M2400N

• Nearly everything worked out of the box. WLAN, IrDA and Modem have not been tested yet.
• Sound worked after adding "acpi_irq_isa=7" to the boot options. ("sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst" opens according file, edit the line "kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-386 root=/dev/hda4 ro quiet splash".) Volume control buttons not functionable.
• Also the WLAN module (centrino 2100) is installed it doesn't work.
• Computer doesn't power off automatically when shut down.

Asus M6N/e

• Most things works out of the box, even the widescreen.
• Intel 2200bg wireless works with the ipw2200.sf.net drivers. Sound,display,broadcom works out of the box

  • MattZimmerman: this driver is already part of the standard kernel, installed by default

  • Acpi working, Asus corrected the DSDT issues with the latest BIOS. For M6N it's 0214a and 0208A for M6Ne.

• For a correct shutdown please comment "CONFIt G_X86_UP_APIC" in your kernel's .config and recompile it or just add "nolapic" to your boot options in /boot/grub/menu.lst
• To make S3 (Suspend to RAM) work simply add "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" to your boot options in /boot/grub/menu.lst
• Don't use framebuffer console: it causes flickering (especially radeonfb mobule)

Asus M3N

• If you have a 1400x1050 panel on your M3N, follow the steps listed here to get it up and running.

  • download 855resolution from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/ unpack with tar zxvf filename and build with make. (If you get a message that states that you are lacking cc, use apt or your favourite package tool (like synaptic) to install gcc.

  • Instructions for use are in the Readme. Add a little script for executing the patch at startup with appropriate options in /etc/init.d/

  • Then, to get it to actually execuate at startup, symlink this script from /etc/rc2.d - make it start before X.org stats, symlinking with a name like S15Res855 should do the trick (assuming you are root and standing in /etc/rc2.d the command you issue is like this: ln -s ../init.d/yourscriptnamehere

  • Now, either restart X.org completely or just reboot the whole system.

  • Hopefully your panel will now run in it's native resolution!

Asus W5A

• This laptop has a 1280x768 screen. To get this working, you'll need the latest 855resolution (from the webpage above), as well as X from breezy. The 855resolution package in universe is out of date, but has a useful init script. You will lose your text consoles (alt-f1 to alt-f6), they're blank, but you can still type into them.

Asus W3V

• This laptop uses the new Sonoma chipset which has a new type of sound card in it. Wasn't detected automatically, cant get it to work.
• 1280x780 screen was detected automaticaly
• Switching to the fglrx drivers just produces a blank screen. This machine has a mobile x600 radeon (PCI Express) in it.
• Machine seems to suspend fine but cannot be woken up
• Haven't tested modem/bluetooth/external display yet

• Some of the special keys dont work: cd controls & sound controls

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