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Asus U32U
Introduction
A decent laptop good value for the money one big question mark is the ATI graphics card
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus U32U. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus U32U page on LapWik.
Author(s)
Peter Holmberg
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus U32U specifications page.
| Name | Asus U32U |
| Processor | AMD Fusion APU E-450/C-60/C-50 Processor |
| Screen | 13.3” 1366×768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | Up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 6320 Built-in E-450 AMD Radeon HD 6290 Built-in C-60 AMD Radeon HD 6250 Built-in C-50 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n |
| Card reader | SD/MMC/MS |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Graphics Chip | Not Tested | * |
| VGA Out | Not Tested | |
| HDMI Out | Not Tested | |
| Sound | Not Tested | |
| Bulti-in Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Jack | Not Tested | |
| Microphone Jack | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| USB | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Yes | |
| Touch Pad | Not Tested | |
| Suspend/Resume | Not Tested |
Notes
Tested with Debian Wheezy.
* glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
glxgears
846 frames in 5.0 seconds = 169.157 FPS
916 frames in 5.0 seconds = 183.074 FPS
767 frames in 5.0 seconds = 153.344 FPS
Asus U32U-RX028V
Author(s)
Victor
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Graphics Chip (AMD Radeon HD 6320) | Yes/No | 1080p with VLC works, flash doesn't(*1) |
| VGA Out | Yes | |
| HDMI Out | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Bulti-in Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Jack | Yes | Modification needed (*2) |
| Microphone Jack | Not tested | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| USB | Yes | USB 3.0 works out of the box |
| Card Reader | Yes | Installation needed (*3) |
| Webcam | Yes | |
| Touch Pad | Yes | Mutlitouch works |
| Suspend/Resume | Yes | |
| Fn keys | Yes | Wireless in buggy (use the interface rather than the FN key) |
Notes
(*1) Installing graphic drivers is a shame. I still did not get flash videos working seemlessely even in 480p
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
Tested with Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
* glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
glxgears
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.955 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.021 FPS
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.020 FPS
(*2) In a terminal make sure all levels are not set to minimum :
alsamixer
In a terminal :
gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Add at the end of the file :
options snd-hda-intel model=asus position_fix=0
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
Reboot with jack connected, the jack should work perfeclty now
(*3) To install the card reader :
wget http://planet76.com/drivers/realtek/rts-bpp-dkms_1.1_all.deb
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo dpkg -i rts-bpp-dkms_1.1_all.deb
echo 'DRIVERS==“rts_bpp”, ENV{ID_DRIVE_FLASH_SD}=“1”' | sudo tee -a /lib/udev/rules.d/81-udisks-realtek.rules
After reboot, the card reader works !
Discussion
With kernel lower than 3.9.5 wifi LED is constantly off
I have a desktop with the same CPU/graphics card, flash videos work perfectly in HD with the opensource driver (kernel-3.7-10/mesa-9.0)
If you are able to play 720p or 1080p with flash please contact me :)