Asus-laptop Support¶

This page describe how to provide useful informations in order to add support for your laptop in asus-laptop.

Kernel and Distribution¶

The first thing to know is what kernel/distribution you are using.

Use this command to find your kernel version:

uname -r

asus-laptop informations¶

dmesg | grep asus
cat /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos

DSDT¶

See Dumping_dsdt

wled and bled¶

WLED and BLED are not handled like other, because in some models
they also control the WLAN/Bluetooth device.

See WAPF and Leds

Hotkeys¶

Run the following programs, and press one key at a time to see if the key generate an event.

For X keys:

xev | grep keycode

For ACPI events:

acpi_listen

Note: if acpi_listen don't complain about acpid.sock, you can :
- install and run acpid
- run "strace -p $(pidof hald-addon-acpi)" instead (if you are using hal)