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Asus K70IO
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus K70IO laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus K70IO. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus K70IO page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus K70IO specifications page.
| Name | Asus K70IO |
| Processor | Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8700/P8600/T6600/T6400/T5900/T5800 : 2.53 GHz - 2.0 GHz Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor T4200/ T3400/ T3200 : 2.16 GHz - 20 GHz |
| Screen | 17.3” 1600×900 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | 250GB to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 120M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11a/b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | See notes below |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested | |
| Touchpad | Not Working/Working |
Notes
Graphics
To get the display working fully you will need to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. There are guides available on this site to assist in installing these drivers on various distributions.
Touchpad
The touchpad does not work. No solution yet.
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Touchpad works perfectly [including multi-touch for RMB/MMB] on Debian testing.
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Touchpad works perfectly on Arch Linux 2009.08
Wireless
This laptop uses the Atheros AR9285 which is not supported by most Linux distributions currently. In Ubuntu 9.04, you can get the controller working by installing the backports package with:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-$(uname -r)
Of course, you will need to use a wired connection to the internet temporarily since the wireless doesn't work.
Although untested, it's possible that Fedora 11 works correctly with this controller.
Kernel 2.6.31.1 vanilla works perfectly.
Summary
This Asus K70IO has a few problem with Linux, with the major issue being the touchpad. For now this laptop is not recommended for Linux.
Linux seems to have done a lot in the meantime: on openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 ALL WORKS OUT OF THE BOX !!!!! Including touchpad (fully functional), laptop hotkeys, webcam, cardreader. ALL 100% OK.
Discussion
Forgot to mention wireless worked fine from theinstall as well.
And for the webcam. It does work with Cheese but you are just upside down (:
I've installed Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala on my Asus K70IO, just clicking :)
The graphic drivers have been replaced by Nvidia ones and I've tested them with Nexuiz, Guild Wars (Wine) and Half-Life 2 (Wine) without noticing any problem.
The touchpad works while I've not done anything specific to make it work. I've not yet tested the memory card reader as well but the webcam is not working from scratch. Now I'm gonna go and see if there is any solution for this little issue…
Touchpad, wireless and graphics card all work under Ubuntu 9.04
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