Asus-laptop Support

Version 5 (Corentin Chary, 07/30/2009 10:56 am)

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h1. Asus-laptop Support
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This page describe how to provide useful informations in order to add support for your laptop in asus-laptop.
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h2. Kernel and Distribution
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The first thing to know is what kernel/distribution you are using.
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Use this command to find your kernel version:
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<pre>
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uname -r
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</pre>
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h2. asus-laptop informations
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<pre>
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dmesg | grep asus
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cat /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos
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</pre>
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h2. DSDT
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See [[Dumping_dsdt]]
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h2. wled and bled
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WLED and BLED are not handled like other, because in some models
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they also control the WLAN/Bluetooth device.
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See [[WAPF and Leds]]
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h2. Hotkeys
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Run the following programs, and press one key at a time to see if the key generate an event.
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For X keys:
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<pre>
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xev | grep keycode
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For ACPI events:
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<pre>
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acpi_listen
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Note: if acpi_listen don't complain about acpid.sock, you can :
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- install and run acpid
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- run "strace -p $(pidof hald-addon-acpi)" instead (if you are using hal)