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ASUS N56VZ
Specifications
| Name | ASUS N56VZ | |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-3610QM/Intel Core i5-3210M | |
| Screen | 15.6” @ 1920×1080 | |
| RAM | 6GB/8GB DDR3, 1600MHz | |
| HDD | 750GB/1TB | |
| Optical Drive | BLU-RAY or DVD-RW SuperMulti with DualLayer support | |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, 2GB | |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | |
| Network | Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) | |
| Network | Wifi 802.11b/g/n | |
| Network | Bluetooth 4.0 |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Use Bumblebee to support NVIDIA Optimus technology |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Subwoofer | No | |
| Ethernet | No | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| Camera | Yes | |
| Fn keys | Partially | |
| Touchpad | Partially | |
| Backlit keyboard | Partially | Supported in Ubuntu 12.10 |
Fedora 18 x86_64 Live KDE
What doesn't work out of the box?
Keyboard: not backlit, some special fn-key combinations don't work
Subwoofer: fixable by putting “options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode4” into /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Ethernet: fixable by adding alx driver from compat-wireless (but unsigned driver can't be loaded in secure boot mode)
GeForce GT 650M: fixable by installing akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion
Installer: intermittent annoying video flicker, apparently caused by rapid toggling of brightness from 0% to 100%; post-reboot installer video output is misaligned, but gets better after another reboot (e.g. ctrl-alt-f3, log in as root, “shutdown -h now”)
Rebooting: after shutdown, to avoid weird problems, wait 5-10 seconds before turning power back on
openSUSE 12.3
What doesn't work out of the box?
* Keyboard and ASUS sign on the back are not backlit.
* Subwoofer
* Ethernet card
* Not all Fn combinations work
Ubuntu 12.10
What doesn't work out of the box?
* Ethernet card (easily fixable with alx driver, see compat-wireless package).
* Fn Keys for brightness control (Fn+F5, Fn+F6).
Everything else works just fine!
Ubuntu 12.04
Eth: install alx driver in compat-wireless
Nvidia: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee
No keyboard backlit.
CUDA 5:
sudo apt-get install libxi-dev libxmu-dev freeglut3-dev build-essential binutils-gold
Download the package from nvidia. During installation, install all but not the driver.
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so /usr/lib/libglut.so
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/nvidia/cuda/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/nvidia/cuda/lib:/path/to/nvidia/cuda/
export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
Then you can build CUDA samples. To run, “optirun ./sample”.
Ubuntu 10.04.4
Eth: install alx driver in compat-wireless
Wifi: install ath9k driver in compat-wireless
Bluetooth: copy ath3k-1.fw to /lib/firmware/
Audio: download driver from realtek website: realtek-linux-audiopack-5.17 (HD Audio codec)
Screen: NOT supported by the X Window of Ubuntu 10.04.4. The screen will turn black when switching to console mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1), switching user, etc. Can't detect the monitor in the monitor settings (says unknown). Can't switch resolution, default to 1920*1080.
Graphics-Nvidia GT 650M: The driver could be installed in the following way, but because of the screen issue the driver can not function properly.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
Keyboard: Fn+F1, F2, F7, (maybe F8) works.
Webcam: Works.
Author(s)
wjywbs
leo
jts
Discussion
Ethernet No:
actually it is well supported via dkms-alx
For working Fn+F5 and Fn+F6 (display backlight) need to add acpi_osi= boot option for kernel in grub.conf
For keyboard backlight I make short scripts and bind Fn keys in KDE.
echo 2 » /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness - for switch on
echo 0 » /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness - for switch off
PS: I use Gentoo linux
I couldn't get the sound working at all, nor could I get the realtek driver compiled.
So I switched to OSS, and now my sound works.
Hello If somebody need to install and configure bumblebee and nvidia on ubunutu 12.10, this is complete tutorial which helped me: http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/
regards