AsusA6R

= Current Issues and Regressions ==

This laptop has a big problem with usb, the usb devices stop working after a while. You can solve it by adding boot option irqpoll.

The integrated webcam doesn't work (no drivers), see this page for more details ../AsusA6BG16E-RWDL

In Kubuntu (Edgy) you sometimes get flashing message "LCD display on". Disabling kmilo (keyboard special keys) from kcontrol removes the messages. (This is fixed in Feisty Herd 4)

Most special keys work now in Edgy, and the sound control keys finally work correctly in Feisty Herd 4.

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy)

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty, Herd4)

Installation works?

Yes

Yes

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Dapper (current stable)?

in Edgy (current development)?

Screen

Yes

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

Yes

Yes

External monitor works?

Untested

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

No

No

Sleep

No

No

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

Untested

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

Untested

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes [1]

Correct volume?

No

No [1]

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes [2]

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Yes

Yes [9]

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes [3]

Touchpad - turned off while typing

No

No

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Yes

Yes [4]

Function and other keys

Fn key

Action

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy)

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty, Herd4)

Fn+F1

Sleep

keycode

untested

untested

no bug

Fn+F2

Wifi

keycode

Yes

Yes

no bug

Fn+F5

Brightness up

keycode

Yes

Yes

no bug

Fn+F6

Brightness down

keycode

Yes

Yes

no bug

Fn+F7

LCD on/off

keycode

Yes

Yes

Fn+F8

LCD/External display

keycode

Untested

Untested

Fn+F10

Mute

keycode

Yes

Yes

Fn+F11

Volume down

keycode

Yes

Yes

Fn+F12

Volume up

keycode

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy)

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty, Herd4)

Power4Gear

Untested

Yes

E-Mail

Untested

Yes

Web Browser

Untested

Yes

Notes

[1] People are having problems with the ATI IXP sound so this is how I got the sound working in Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy clean install: start alsamixer in terminal -> mute the external amplifier (press M) -> -> increase the master surround sound(if needed) -> quit the alsamixer (Escape) -> sound working. This issue is still the same in Feisty.

[2] Couldn't connect with bcm43xx driver in Edgy or Feisty (even after adding the windows firmware), ndiswrapper and windows drivers worked.

[3] Sidescroll didn't work out of box, only after editing xorg.conf with the synaptics driver.

[4] Reading works great at least with SD and MMC cards, writing has had some issues in the past is improving.

[9] Dial-up modem works fine using hsfmodem from http://www.linuxant.com. For those who still using dapper "development" get linux image from http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/base/linux-image-2.6.15-23-386 but currently on ubuntu dapper official released, this is the default kernel. After that download the appropriate hsfmodem driver and do usual install step:

$ unzip hsfmodem*.zip

$ sudo dpkg -i hsfmodem*.deb

and that's it, point to Networking on the menu, give the modem path /dev/ttySHSF0, then activate. On kubuntu, the modem is detected, but after run kppp, the pppd always died out unexpectedly. I still haven't know the reason of it.

LaptopTestingTeam/Old/AsusA6R (last edited 2010-03-01 18:04:07 by host226-241-dynamic)