AsusA6Jc

Current Issues

Ever since, I upgraded to Gutsy, there has been a distinct slowness when starting up and logging in on but have yet to pin point the cause of it. I suspect that the possibly Xgl is slowing the startup process although I never experienced this on Feisty with Beryl.

System Info

bios-version:A6JCMAS.261
system-manufacturer:ASUSTek Computer Inc.
system-product-name: A6JC
system-version: 1.0

Hardware details

in Dapper? (LTS)

in Gutsy? (current stable)

in Hardy? (development)

Installation works?

Yes

Untested

Untested

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper? (LTS)

in Gutsy? (current stable)

in Hardy? (development)

Screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes [1]

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes [1]

Yes [1]

Yes [1]

External monitor works?

Yes

Yes [8]

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Yes [8]

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Yes [8]

Untested

TV Output

Yes

Yes

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes [2]

Unstable

Untested

Suspend

Yes [2]

Yes [7]

Untested

Dim monitor on battery

No

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Untested

Lid Close

No [3]

Yes

Untested

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

None

None

None

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Untested

Mic jack

Untested

Yes [9]

Untested

Built-in Mic

Untested

Yes [9]

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Yes

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Yes

Yes

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

N/A

N/A

N/A

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes [5]

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes [5]

Yes [4]

Yes [4]

Touchpad - turned off while typing

Yes [5]

No

No

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

Untested

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

N/A

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

N/A

N/A

N/A

Card reader(s)

Unstable

Yes

Untested

Web Cam

No

No

No

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper? (LTS)

in Gutsy? (current stable)

in Hardy? (development)

+ F1

Sleep

No

Yes

Untested

+ F2

Turn wireless device on/off

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Darker screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F6

Brighter screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Turn screen on/off

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Switch between screen/external monitor

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F10

Mute volume

No

Yes

Yes

+ F11

Decrease volume

No

Yes

Yes

+ F12

Increase volume

No

Yes

Yes

+ Ins

Num Lock

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ Del

Scroll Lock

No

Untested

Untested

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper? (LTS)

in Gutsy? (current stable)

in Hardy? (development)

Power4 Gear

Changes performance profile

No

No

No

Email Launch

Launches email client

No

Yes

Yes

Internet Launch

Launches web browser

No

Yes

Yes

Pad-Lock

Locks touchpad when using external mouse

No

No

No

CD Player Control

Control CD player programs

No

Untested

Untested

Notes

[1] Proprietary nVidia drivers required for correct function. NOTE: For correct resolution, first install nVidia proprietary drivers, then edit xorg.conf to include "1280x800" as a resolution to change it to wide screen in System Settings.

[2] Screen is blank changing power levels (hibernation, standby or suspend), I couldn't tell whether it had locked up or not until it finally powered down. Standby appeared to make the screen black and would not come back. THESE OPTIONS MAY BE UNSTABLE.

[3] Suspend makes screen permanently black when initiated by lid close. Needed to restart to get screen back

[4] Scroll area is an entire 1/3 of the touchpad surface for some reason. Haven't worked out how to fix this yet.

[5] Needed to edit xorg.conf to get Touchpad options to work properly (Dapper Only): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#head-771b9659c0e19809759b49f470d568c7d7a36cc3

[6] hotkeys need to be remapped in Feisty to get internet launch and CD controls to work.

[7] On resume, all network adapters and Bluetooth fail to restart. Wireless networking can be resumed by turning Wireless adapter back on (Fn + F2), however System Guard still believes the adapter is disconnected. Also, may need to set NetworkManager to Offline mode then back to Online mode before wireless networks are rediscovered.

[8] External monitor is detected automatically on startup but resolution is usually wrong, also the auto-detection usually confuses the external monitor with the laptop's built-in LCD. But this was rather easily resolved by going to Screens menu in System / Preferences to adjust the resolution. Oh and it alters your xorg.conf in the process.

[9] Both the Build-in Mic and the external Mic works out of the box however, the build-in mic is disable if the external Mic is plugged in.

This laptop was tested by PacShady with Kubuntu Dapper, Gutsy, and Hardy Beta, with all latest updates.

Updated by Brinley with Ubuntu from Dapper to Gutsy.

NOTE (Dapper Only): usplash fails at shutdown/restart and virtual terminals fail after nVidia proprietary driver install. To fix, add "vga=786" (without quotes) to /boot/grub/menu.lst at the end of the line starting with "#kopt=". Remove this vga for Gutsy otherwise virtual terminals will not work.

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