ASUS U32U
This page is aimed to collect the recipes needed after a fresh install of archlinux on a laptop from the Asus U32U serie.
Contents
Bootloader
To show the boot menu press Esc
during startup.
System Recovery
In order to restore to Factory Default Settings you'll have to press F10
at startup AND Recovery from the grub.
RF-kill issue
In order to get rid of the RF-kill issue after a fresh install you should add options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1
to /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf
This is not needed as of kernel release 3.19.2
Sound issue
To get sound working you should create a user specific file ~/.asoundrc
or a system-wide file /etc/asound.conf
with the folowing content:
pcm.!default { type hw card 1 } ctl.!default { type hw card 1 }
A good configuration for the sound could be as follow:
Master: 100 Headphone: 100 Speaker 100 PCM: 100 Mic: 34 Mic Boost: 51 S/PDIF: M S/PDIF D: 0 Auto-Mut: Enabled Internal: 22 Internal: 51
Microphone
A good configuration for the microphone could be as follow:
Mic Boost: 51 Capture: 47 Digital: 81 Internal Mic Boost: 51
Video
Brand | Type | Driver | Multilib Package (for 32-bit applications on Arch x86_64) |
Documentation |
---|---|---|---|---|
AMD/ATI | Open source | xf86-video-ati | lib32-mesa | ATI |
Proprietary | catalyst-dkmsAUR | lib32-catalyst-utilsAUR | AMD Catalyst |
Touchpad
See Touchpad Synaptics.
Multitouch
It seems that toucheggAUR can be used
LEDs
Out of the box the wifi led does not work. Other leds seem to work.
All LEDs work on a fresh install as of release 3.19.2
Special Keys
Fn + F1
(Suspends) works out of the box
Fn + F2
(Toggle Wi-Fi) works out of the box
Fn + F5
(Dim brightness) works out of the box
Fn + F6
(Increase brightness) works out of the box
Fn + F7
(Turn screen off) works out of the box
Fn + F8
(Toggle multi monitor setup) works out of the box
Fn + F10
(Mute) works out of the box
Fn + F11
(Decrease Volume) works out of the box
Fn + F12
(Increase Volume) works out of the box
When using VLC player with Gnome, the four media keys work out of the box.
Fn + Down
(Play/Pause)
Fn + Up
(Stop)
Fn + Left
(Previous Track)
Fn + Right
(Next Track)
LID
Closing Lid seems to suspend computer (to be confirmed, otherwise install acpi)
SD Card Reader
Works out of the box