ASUS X553MA
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This article covers configuration specific to this laptop's hardware.
Device | Status | Kernel modules | X.org modules |
Bluetooth adapter | Does not work | wl | |
GPU | Works | i915 | modesetting |
Touchpad | Works | psmouse | libinput |
Wireless NIC | Works | wl |
Contents
Hardware
Bluetooth adapter
Installing the Broadcom wireless#broadcom-wl driver will not help and the Bluetooth adapter is essentially inoperational.
Touchpad
Install xf86-input-libinput.
Wireless NIC
See Broadcom wireless#broadcom-wl.
Warning: Using the proprietary driver in tandem with KMS leads to sporadic lockups. See this kernel bug report.
Note: The FLOSS driver
b43
does not support LCN40
PHYs (as demonstrated that BCM43142
, the chip this laptop sports, is one here) yet.Troubleshooting
Laptop freezes on boot
If your laptop freezes whilst booting Linux, usually, one of these solutions will help:
- Blacklist modules
dw_dmac
anddw_dmac_core
:- By adding the kernel parameter
modprobe.blacklist=dw_dmac,dw_dmac_core
. - By adding these lines to
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
:blacklist dw_dmac
blacklist dw_dmac_core
- By adding the kernel parameter
- Set the BIOS setting
OS Selection
in theAdvanced
menu toWindows 7
. - Update kernel to version which has a fix as described in this kernel bug report.