This is a compatibilty guide to running Linux with the Asus K50IN laptop.
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For full specifications see the Asus K50IN specifications page.
| Name | Asus K50IN |
| Processor | Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6500/T6400 : 2.1 GHz - 2.0 GHz, FSB 800Hz, 2M L2 Cache; Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor T4200 : 2.0 GHz FSB 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache Intel® Celeron® Processor T3000/900 : 2.2 GHz - 1.8 GHz, FSB 800MHz, 1M L2 Cache |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® G102M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11a/b/g/n |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | nvidia-beta 190.36 |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | CONFIG_R8169 |
| Wireless | Works | ath9k only from 2.6.30 kernel |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works | Horizontally flipped |
suspend doesn't work (s2ram -v -f -p works only once after reboot)
hibernate works with tuxonice, but there is a little chance not to wake up after hibernating
You can enter a summary of how well the Asus K50IN works with Linux here.
Discussion
Guide to fix the webcam flipped image: http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/11/05/flipped-images-ubuntu-webcam/
There was another issue I've had to fix. The wireless used to work, but intermittently. I could fix this with a new driver contained inside linux-backport package. Direct way to install:
# For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid users:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid
# For Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty users:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty
# For Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic users:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic
I have bought this notebook and everything works as expected, including seamless hibernation and suspending, with Archlinux and vanilla kernel 2.6.32. I haven't tested the camera yet.
EDIT:
Indeed, as written in the description above, camera image is horizontally flipped. But that seems to be no problem, since you could just simply use some filters, for example in Cheese, to flip it back to its natural orientation
It may be a bug in v4l driver.
EDIT2:
After wakeup from suspend mode, function keys don't work in Xorg up to version 1.7.3. After reboot and hibernation everything works fine.
I have just bought this notebook few days ago. Everything worked even on live cd (Ubuntu 9.10). One time the screen would not light up after suspend. Sensors detecting only CPU temperature and no PWM fans. Nvidia drivers are working perfectly (installed by envyng). When idle the notebook battery lasts for 4 hours on Ubuntu. And the area around touchpad is cool all the time.