## page was renamed from LaptopTestingTeam/AsusA6R
 * Contact: [LauriRantakari]
 * Make: ASUS
 * Brand: A6 Series
 * Model: A6R A6733RUH (sold at least in Finland and Sweden)
 * Website: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=5&l2=24&l3=134&model=665&modelmenu=1

= Current Issues and Regressions ==
## List any issues you have with the current development release here
## Regressions are things that used to work and don't work anymore, these
##  are particularly important to report as soon as possible so that it is
##  possible to track down the particular change that caused the break.
##  Please use  http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/  to report the bug immediately,
##  (or as soon as you can).

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 ==
||<|2> '''Device''' ||<-2> '''Works?''' ||<|2> '''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 ==
## Add or remove keys as needed for your laptop.
## Fill out the expected actions and keycodes if the key is buggy or unusual
||<|2> '''Fn key''' ||<|2> '''Action''' ||<|2> '''Keycode''' ||<-2> '''Works?''' ||<|2> 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 || ||

||<-6> '''Other special keys''' ||
||<|2> '''Key''' ||<|2> '''Operation''' ||<|2> '''Keycode''' ||<-2> '''Works?''' ||<|2> Bug # ||
|| Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) || Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty, Herd4) ||
|| Power4Gear || || || Untested || Yes || ||
|| E-Mail || || || Untested || Yes || ||
|| Web Browser || || || Untested || Yes || ||

=== Notes ===
## Add any notes here

[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.