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Asus U24E
Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus U24E specifications page.
| Name | Asus U24E |
| Processor | Intel Core i7 2640M Processor Intel Core i7 2620M Processor Intel Core i5 2430M Processor Intel Core i3 2330M Processor Intel Pentium Dual-Core B950 Processor Intel Celeron Dual-Core B800 Processor |
| Screen | 11.6” 1366×768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to |
| HDD | Up to 750GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel HD Graphics (Pentium and Celeron systems) |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | It's better to use phc_intel module to regulate voltage and frequency of the CPU |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Graphics Chip | Works | module - i915; libva works perfectly; any hd video (including Hi10p) is fast and smooth |
| VGA Out | Works | |
| HDMI Out | Works | |
| Sound | Works | module - snd_hda_intel |
| Bulti-in Microphone | Works | |
| Headphone Jack | Works | |
| Microphone Jack | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | module - r8169 |
| Wireless | Works | module - ath9k |
| Bluetooth | Works | ath3k w/ firmware |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works | |
| Touch Pad | Works | |
| Suspend/Resume | Works |
Notes
Tested on Gentoo GNU/Linux, kernel version 3.7.
The only thing i did to somehow get my life easier - enabled touchpad on/off button manually. Maybe i did something wrong, but it wasnt work for me no matter how hard I pressed on it :3 So I wrote a little script to toggle touchpad on or off:
#!/bin/bash
touchpad_id=`xinput list --id-only "PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse"`
touchpad_status=`xinput list-props ${touchpad_id} |awk '/Device Enabled/{ print $4 }'`
if [ ${touchpad_status} = '1' ]
then
xinput disable ${touchpad_id}
else
xinput enable ${touchpad_id}
fi
and then added it to the config of the ~/.xbindkeysrc:
"~/opt/touchpad-toggle.sh"
XF86TouchpadToggle
Off course the one need to install the appropriate packages (xbindkeys etc.) to do it like that. Don't forget to add xbindkeys to autostart.
Here is my kernel config: Asus U24E Kernel Configuration (sample, v3.8.0-rc1) (older kernel versions since 3.6.10 had the major power regression btw).
Summary
Works perfect out-of-the-box; suspend and hibernate, cpu freq scaling - no issues. Brightness regulators works just fine too.
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