This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus K52F laptop.
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| Name | Asus K52F |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 520M/430M : 2.4 GHz - 2.26 GHz, with Turbo Boost up to 2.93/2.53 GHz; Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 350M/330M : 2.6 GHz - 2.13 GHz, Intel® Pentium P6100 : 2.0 GHz |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | 250GB to 640GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blueray |
| Graphics | Intel® GMA HD |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet 802.11 b/g/n |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | |
| Sound | Works | Use of headphones doesn't mute the speakers |
| Microphone | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works | Camera is upside down |
Ubuntu 12.04 x64 (should also work for *ubuntu 12.04)
| Device | Sympthom | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Sound | Use of headphones doesn't mute speakers and no sound in external speakers | echo “options snd-hda-intel model=hp-laptop” > /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf |
| Sound | External (jack connected) microphone doesn't work | In alsamixer unmute S/PDIF and S/PDIF (1) |
| Webcam | Webcam upside down | Create /usr/local/bin/skype with contents: |
| Suspend | Suspend freezes (solution from Jose's comment) | sudo gedit /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd |
- Also tested with Kubuntu 10.10 x64. No new regressions (Camera still upside down, headphones don't mute the sound)
- The Asus K52F has been tested with ubuntu 10.04 beta. Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian 5.0 don't support all hardware.
- Suspend doesn't work with ubuntu 10.04 beta.
You can enter a summary of how well the Asus K52F works with Linux here.
Discussion
i am using laptop k40ip my camera upside down in skype i am using ubuntu 12.04 os help me please…..
i am using laptop k40ip my camera upside down in skype i am using ubuntu 12.04 os help me please….. i am using skype…. pleased help me..
i am using asus k4oip laptop my camera in skype upside down can u help me… tnx
Hey Tartamas, hope everything is going well…
Please take this comment in consideration to solve the issue with the hibernate:
Suspend problem:
sudo gedit /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd
- Put lines below to the file
#!/bin/sh
# File: ”/etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd”.
case “${1}” in
hibernate|suspend) # Unbind ehci_hcd for first device 0000:00:1a.0: echo -n "0000:00:1a.0" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind # Unbind ehci_hcd for second device 0000:00:1d.0: echo -n "0000:00:1d.0" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind ;; resume|thaw) # Bind ehci_hcd for first device 0000:00:1a.0: echo -n "0000:00:1a.0" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind # Bind ehci_hcd for second device 0000:00:1d.0: echo -n "0000:00:1d.0" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind ;;esac
- Save file and close editor
sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-ehci_hcd
Please let me know if it works, to assist you further…
Pura vida…!!!
When I want to hang-up or hibernate, it doesn't switch off and I can not restore it.
How did u guys got the boot from usb option in the Asus K52F? I just dont see that in the BIOS. Any help?
Well my computer was working perfectly with Linux Mint 10 (I never remember the distro's name). It was working smooth with MAC 4 Lin. I just got tired with the same presentation. I changed to Linux Mint 10 KDE graphic. At this moment keep working on some issues, like no sound, not from the headphone nor even the speakers. So as soon as I get this resolved I will post here again. Thanks for all the information it is very helpful.
NOTE: the laptop ASUS K52F is a perfect machine for this budget.
On Ubunutu 10.10 64bit I could resolve the headphone issue like this:
1. nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
2. add at end of file: “options snd-hda-intel model=hp-laptop”
3. reboot
As for the cam upside-down problem added, where the other definitions are, in the source of libv4l and recompiled the complete rpm:
lib/libv4lconvert/control/libv4lcontrol.c
{ 0x13d3, 0x5130, 0, "ASUSTeK Computer Inc. ", "K52F", V4LCONTROL_HFLIPPED | V4LCONTROL_VFLIPPED },Check with lsusb + dmidecode, there seem to be numerous different cams ASUS uses!
Now with things runs smooth on 64bit Fedora 14:
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Dropped the maintainer a mail with the line.
Using the Germany Amazon supplied A52F with P6100 under 10.04.1 LTS, 2.6.32-27-generic shows only minor quirks:
NO Fan Control possible - and possibly never (BIOS not ACPI)! (currently not an issue, because up to 55 degree Celsius CPU temp it's fan is running with lowest speed and very quietly)
C3 & C4 states not supported - TLP author thinks some power reduction still possible. Currently maxes out at 12.5 W appx. 3.5 hours battery life in average browsing on WLAN b/g
Thanks for information!
Check out this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460790
A very interesting and thorough discussion of the current problems of the Aus k52 under Ubuntu, along with solutions for most of them.
Solved the headphones issue compiling and running the daemon in
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1043568&page=14
as superuser under Ubuntu 10.04.
(Use g++ instead of gcc).
Solved the “camera upside-down” problem by updating to the latest libv4l from PPA and calling e.g. Skype with
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Put this in a bash script called skypewrap.sh (or a symlink to it) somewhere in your $PATH and the problem disappears.
Hibernate and Sleep do not work
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS released, but hibernate/suspend still dosn't work. Everything else works fine what i think.