Asus U33Jc

So far, I've tested Ubuntu 10.04, Mint 10 & 12, and Fedora 16 on this laptop. In all cases the install has been almost entirely painless. The only tweaks I've made have been to fix the flipped camera issue (this fix is well documented, just search for fixes applying to either the u35jc or u36jc), and to fix the suspend/hibernate issue.

To get suspend working, paste the following into ”/etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-asus-u33jc” (you'll need to create the file) and make it executable (use the command “chmod +x 20_custom-asus-u33jc”).

#!/bin/sh

BUSES=“0000:00:1a.0 0000:00:1d.0”
BUSES3=“0000:04:00.0”

case “${1}” in
hibernate|suspend)
# Switch USB buses off
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind
done
# Switch USB 3.0 buses off
for bus in $BUSES3; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind
done
;;
resume|thaw)
# Switch USB buses back on
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind
done
# Switch USB 3.0 buses back on
for bus in $BUSES3; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind
done
;;
esac


This is more or less the same as the fix for the u35 / u36, but I had to change the device ID for the USB3.0 controller. I've removed lines pertaining to the optimus fix, because I don't use it. Instead, I've left the Nvidia card active, using the BIOS control on the U33JC to make it the primary card. With the excellent power management on Nvidia mobility cards, I still get 6 hours of battery life, so the lack of Optimus isn't hurting me at all. Plus, having the GPU active gives me super smooth HD video playback.

Getting hibernate working properly is still proving a little tricky. I'll post again when I have a solid fix for that.

works out of the box with ubuntu 11.04 hdmi works with sound with some tear, but this is most likely setup (hdmi works better in ubuntu than win7). Minor issue is the upside down cam in 32bit applications (solved for skype)