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Asus U30SD
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus U30SD laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus U30SD. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus U30SD page on LapWik.
Author(s)
cricci cristiano.ricci6@gmail.com
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus U30SD specifications page.
| Name | Asus U30SD |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5 2520M/2410M Processor Intel® Core™ i3 2310M Processor |
| Screen | 13.3” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 640GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | Intel® GMA HD NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n or 802.11 b/g |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | YES | |
| Screen | YES | |
| HDD | YES | |
| Optical Drive | YES | |
| Graphics | YES | Intel integrated is working fine, just shut down the Nvidia video card |
| Sound | YES | Just with kernel 3.0+ |
| Ethernet | YES | |
| Wireless | YES | |
| Bluetooth | YES | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | YES | |
| Card Reader | YES | |
| Webcam | YES |
Notes
Use acpi_call for the shutdown of the Nvidia. This will work, but the kernel will freeze on shutdown
here: http://linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-acpicall-module-to-switch-onoff.html
Have to add a script for suspend/hibernate
here: http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-10-10-suspendhibernate-not-working-bug
Need some module option at boot for i915 module with kernel 3.0+ (huge power consumption)
here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/38117/battery-life-decreased-after-upgrade-to-11-04
Summary
Up to 10h battery life with wireless+firefox
Suspend/Hibernate Working
Audio Working (bad quality of the integrated speaker but i think is an hardware problem)
Discussion
Actually i'm using linux mint nadia and wifi works pretty well.
I'm using also bumblebee (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee). Still can't get the nvidia card to work but it works for shutting off the discrete video card without kernel freeze. (and you don't need to manually build acpi_call kernel module after upgrade)
instead of the acpi_call you might use bumblebee
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee
i've just tried that.
when i try to use optirun i get this message:
optirun glxgears
[ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please
[ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
I have a lot of trouble (frequent disconnection or no connection at all) with ath9k (wifi) driver with Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04.( kernel 3.0 and 3.2 ).
Anyone has a working distribution o workaround?