HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAsus
HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsAsus
Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Asus laptop computers.
Summary
Make |
Model |
Install ? |
Not works ? |
Comments |
Ubuntu Release |
Date |
Asus |
A2500D |
Yes |
SD/MS cardreader |
Boot ubuntu with : linux vga=791. IRDA and modem not tested. There are info and patches for cardreader at http://projects.drzeus.cx/wbsd/, not tested. |
Hoary |
Apr 13 2005 |
Asus |
A2S |
Yes |
|
Boot ubuntu with : linux vga=771 |
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|
Asus |
A4709L-LH |
Yes |
Modem, SD/MS cardreader and USB-WiFi not tested |
Boot ubuntu with : linux nofb |
Hoary |
June 14, 2005 |
Asus |
L3000D |
Yes |
|
Boot ubuntu with : linux acpi=off |
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|
Asus |
L3500D |
Yes |
3D Acceleration |
|
Hoary |
April 9, 2005 |
Asus |
L5800C |
Yes |
|
Boot ubuntu with: linux vga=771 acpi=off noapic loapic (not sure the 2 last are usefull). After that, i experiment a "freeze" on boot, rebooting on "repair mode" and the rest was ok. |
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|
Asus |
L7300G |
Yes |
Modem |
IrDA could work better, see Bug [http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129 2129]. |
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|
Asus |
M2400N |
Yes |
Details below |
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Asus |
M3000N |
Yes |
|
Modem and IRDA not tested. Details for getting 1400x1050 panels up and running is listed below. |
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|
Asus |
Yes |
|
Details below |
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Asus |
M6N16E-RWDL |
Yes |
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|
Warty |
|
Details
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!
