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Introduction
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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_U36JC - Previous generation
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1830430 - Ubuntu Forums thread