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
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-dri[broken link: replaced by lib32-mesa] | ATI |
Proprietary | catalyst-dkms | lib32-catalyst-utils | AMD Catalyst |
Touchpad
To get the touchpad working, install the synaptics package:
# pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
Multitouch
It seems that aur/touchégg can be used
SD Card Reader
// TODO
LEDs
Out of the box the wifi led does not work. Other leds seem to work.
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
(Dim brightness) works out of the box
Fn + F7
(Toggle brightness) works out of the box
Other keys need remaping
LID
Closing Lid seems to suspend computer (to be confirmed, otherwise install acpi)
SD Card Reader
Works out of the box