This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Asus UX50V laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Asus UX50V. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Asus UX50V page on LapWik.
If you would like to edit this page please first view our Editing Guidelines.
For full specifications see the Asus UX50V specifications page.
| Name | Asus UX50V |
| Processor | Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor SU9600/SU9400 : 1.6 GHz - 1.4 GHz, Intel® Core™ Solo Processor SU3500/SU3300 : 1.4 GHz - 1.2 GHz, Intel® Pentium® M Processor SU2700 : 1.3 GHz |
| Screen | 15.6” 1366 x 768 Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | 320GB to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® G 105M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 ABGN |
Tested on Ubuntu 9.04
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ok | |
| Screen | ok | |
| HDD | ok | |
| Optical Drive | ok | |
| Graphics | bad | The intel chipset works, but the Nvidia doesn't |
| Sound | ok | |
| Ethernet | ok | Had to do a little tweaking to get wireles to work |
| Wireless | ok | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | Natively detected |
| Modem | ok | |
| USB | ok | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested |
You can enter any specific notes with running Linux on the Asus UX50V here.
You can enter a summary of how well the Asus UX50V works with Linux here.
Discussion
i using ubuntu 10.04 and my ux50v has not any problem with linux only problem is linux can not detect ambed light sensor:-o
forgive me for bad engilish languaFIXMEge
I should note that in 9.10 wireless works no problem.
USB and hotpluggable devices do not recognize because udevd is busy all the time, hogging up the CPU. The reason it is so busy is because the i915 Intel driver is buggy, if you use vesa or if we can ever get the Nvidia driver to work then it is fine. There are patches available for the intel driver I am not sure if they work.
Ubuntu 9.10: Nvidia proprietary drivers do not work, needed to append i915.modeset=0 to kernel line for grub to start reliably (weird intermittent problem). Problems with USB, cannot recognize my flash drive, no matter which of the three ports I try. And the keyboard backlight doesn't work. Anyone else have problems with the USB and/or have gotten it to work?
Has anyone gotten the Nvidia card to run on any version of linux and if so how? I'm currently running ubuntu 9.10 and it is not recognized. The graphics are terrible now since the cpu is doing all the graphics processing. Please, this is really frustrating.
Thanks