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=== What works after tweaking ===
 * Desktop effects

Introduction

How to get your ASUS U36SD running Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit).

Ubuntu 11.04 (x64)

After installing

What works out of the box

  • Audio
  • Video (without desktop effects)
  • USB
  • Wireless Networking
  • Brightness control (Fn+F5/F6)
  • LCD on/off switch (Fn+F8)

What doesn't work out of the box

  • Desktop effects
  • Nvidia card
  • Volume control (Fn+F10/F11/F12)
  • Multimedia controls (Fn+Up/Down/Left/Right)
  • Suspend

What works after tweaking

  • Desktop effects

What haven't been tested (yet)

  • WiFi switch (Fn+F2)

  • VGA port
  • HDMI port
  • Audio out port
  • Mic port
  • Card reader
  • USB 3.0 port with USB 3.0 hardware
  • TurboBoost (can be checked with turbostat utility from package acpidump - frequency is 2.93, but lowers when the CPU become warm)

  • Hibernate

Tweaking

Desktop effects

Create a new file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia.conf with the following content.

blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidia

Remove nvidia drivers (otherwise it's libGL.so will used by default)

apt-get purge 'nvidia*'

Links

Asus_U36SD (last edited 2014-11-13 16:59:35 by 37-219-154-200)