Sabrent Usb Sound CardHardware. Support. Machines. Laptops. Asus Ubuntu Wiki. Out of date These laptop tests are now out of date, for newer tests see the Laptop Testing Team pages Notes on installation and compatibility of Ubuntu with Asus laptop computers. Summary. Make. Model. Installs Not working. Ubuntu Release. Comments. Last Updated Asus A2. D Yes SDMS cardreader v. Hoary Boot Ubuntu with linux vga7. Usb Audio Adapter Best Buy' title='Usb Audio Adapter Best Buy' />IRDA and modem not tested. There are info and patches for cardreader at http projects. Asus A2. 50. 0K Yes v. Breezy v. 6. Dapper flight 4 SDMS cardreader ,IRDA and modem not tested. There are info and patches for cardreader at http projects. Asus A2. S Yes Boot Ubuntu with linux vga7. Sabrent Usb Sound Adapter' title='Sabrent Usb Sound Adapter' />Asus A3. E Yes Headphones have no sound v. Breezy Had to challenge with it to make it boot on the first boot. The instructions are given below. After a bit of challenge I got click heresound and wireless working. Cardreader, Card. Bus, modem and Ir. DA havent been tested yet. Asus A3. 50. 0L Yes v. Breezy This model is wo wireless. Modem, Card. Bus and Ir. DA not tested. What Ive tested works like charm. Asus A3. 80. 0g Yes bison cam v. Hoary Model is also known as A3. A3. 87. 8. details langen langde 2. Asus A4. 70. 9L LH Yes Modem, SDMS cardreader and USB Wi. Fi not tested v. 5. Hoary Boot Ubuntu with linux nofb 2. Asus A4. B0. 0L Yes Modem, SDMS cardreader not tested, Wi. Fi works loading Win. XP drivers with ndiswrapper v. Breezy http aferrarini. Asus A6. BG1. 6E RWDL Yes webcam, sdms cardreader v. Breezy Also known as A6. Asus A6. T Yes webcam, cardreader, wireless, nvidia 3d acceleration v. Dapper Inserted sd media will crash the system when using nvidia instead of nv system becomes unstable and crashes more often using d links wifi pocket adapter that connects to Ethernet plug works very well not entirely stable due to rare sudden crashes that cause shutdown out of the blue usb mouse requires fixing manually after booting using the commands modprobe r ohcihcd and then modprobe ohcihcd nohandshake1 boot with acpioff 2. Asus G1 AK0. 05. C Yes Webcam driver in progress and integrated mic 7. Feisty Fawn beta All other components installed and configured without problem 2. Asus L3. 00. 0D Yes Boot Ubuntu with linux acpioff Asus L3. D Yes 3. D Acceleration v. Hoary 2. 00. 5 0. Creative Sound Blaster 5. USBSound cardsudo gedit etcpulsedaemon. This enables 6 channels 5. If you plug the sound card after fresh system boot, only stereo. Ubuntu Version Comments Last Updated Dell. D acceleration. For the sound Look here or here and follow the instructions. I installed ubuntu 12. Im totally new to ubuntu. I cannot get my sound. Recon 3D in any form of Linux. CM106FL High Integrated USB Audio IO Controller. CMedia Xear 3D Sound USB audio driver. CMedia value added patent software driver Xear 3D sound. By A selfextracting archive of the full version of Kensington Notebook Dock Audio Driver 1. Specifically USB 3D Sound Configuration Version 5. Ncy.jpg' alt='3D Sound Usb Driver Ubuntu' title='3D Sound Usb Driver Ubuntu' />Asus L3. H Yes 3. D Acceleration IRDA v. Edgy 2. 00. 7 0. Asus L5. C Yes Boot Ubuntu with linux vga7. After that, i experiment a freeze on boot, rebooting on repair mode and the rest was OK. Asus L7. 30. 0G Yes Modem Ir. DA could work better, see Bug 2. Asus M2. 40. 0N Yes Details below Asus M3. N Yes Modem IRDA not tested. Details for getting 1. Asus M5. NM5. 20. N Yes SD Card modem untested. Breezy v. 6. Dapper Flight 7 Suspend, Hibernate and power management all working 2. Asus M6. 00. 0 Yes Power Management Always shows Mains Power connected. No 3. D video acceleration. Dapper Untested Modem, Infrared. Manga To Love Ru Darkness Sub Indo here. See comments on M6. Ne below. 2. 00. 6 0. Asus M6. 00. 0Ne Yes Details below Asus M6. N1. 6E RWDL Yes Warty Asus M6. V Yes 3. D graphics, SDMS card reader, suspend v. Hoary Modem, IRDA, Wi. Fi not tested. 2. Asus S5. NS5. 20. N Yes Card reader, suspend to RAM, modem not tested. Breezy Works like a charm. Asus W1. S0. 0NAW1. Yes Modem not tested v. Edgy Eft Works good, even on the WXGA display with the driver out of the box. FN keys for volume control not functioning 2. Asus W5. 00. 0A Yes Sound works with 2. Breezy Modem not tested. See below for X details 2. Asus W5. F YES Webcam v. Feisty Modem not tested, Wireless Bluetooth, Sound Card Reader works. Asus W3. H0. 0VW3. V Yes Suspend, Hibernate v. Breezy 3. D confirmed as working. Modem not tested. See below for X details 2. Asus U3. 6SD Yes See here 1. Natty See here 2. Asus V6. V Yes SDMS card reader v. Breezy Modem, IRDA not tested. Asus V6. J Yes See wiki v. Dapper Asus. V6. J wiki 2. Asus Z7. 1A Yes Card reader, probably modem, i havent tested either v. Breezy Absolutely the best laptop Ive ever owned, and you can put it together yourself, avoid the MS taxEverything works, though not all out of the box see details. Asus Z9. 00. 0 Yes v. Breezy This model is wo wireless. Modem, Card. Bus and Ir. DA not tested. What Ive tested works like charm. Pretty much the same hardware as of the Asus A3. L. 2. 00. 5 1. 0 3. Asus Z6. 3A v. 5. Breezy z. 63a Asus Z9. UZ9. 2U SDcard reader, webcammic, 3. D graphics, external monitor flickers v. Breezy v. 6. Dapper Asus. Z9. Details. Asus A2. K SYSTEM LOG ERRORS two ways of proceeding 1. UNINSTALL completely ACPI daemon from apt for solving problems so you dont have completely ACPI support Type sudo modprobe ac seems to work well Type sudo modprobe battery seems to work well Type sudo modprobe fan No problems but Type sudo modprobe thermal No problems but Type sudo modprobe processor No problems but Type sudo modprobe button No problems but MODIFY etcrc. S1. 0acpid and add modprobe r asusacpi between esac and exit 0 DONT Type sudo modprobe asusacpi its the cause of SYSTEM LOG ERRORS VIDEO ERRORS INSTALL flgrx driver for solving problems about video remember to modify etcxorg. Under kubuntu type apt get install fglrx control and it appears an icon on the menu but under ubuntu type usrbinfireglcontrolpanel IRELESS WORKING 1. Launch synaptic or whatever package management tool you prefer 2. Install the package ndiswrapper utils 3. Copy from the ASUS W Lan directory bcmwl. Call sudo ndiswrapper i bcmwl. Call sudo modprobe ndiswrapper to install the needed module. Now you can set up your working Wlan device under Desktop Administration Networking 6. Mgb Windshield Seal Installation. Dont forget to type ndiswrapper m bif you want to load it at startup automatically add ndiswrapper in etcmodules See How to setup ndiswrapper for more information Bertoldic Asus A4. L LHNearly everything worked out of the box. WLAN, Ir. DA, modem, SDMC card reader have not been tested yet. Sound worked out of the box. Computer powers off automatically when shut down. Dont use frame buffer otherwise you wont able to use the display at the optimal 1. The SIS chipset used is easier to get working at this resolution than the mobile Intel chipsets which require a third party utility to enable 1. Asus A6. BG1. 6E RWDLNearly everything worked out of the box. Ir. DA is working. I used ircp in order to transmit pictures to my Sony Ericsson T6. Suspend to ram and Suspend to disk are working out of the box. However, if working with a framebuffer vga7. Native resolution of screen panel 1. Sound works great. PCMCIA and Modem havent been tested yet. Integrated webcam et SD reader arent working. A driver is being developped for the bison cam see ALi USB2 M5. C on http www. Im able to control rhythmbox with the playpausenextprevious buttons on front of the laptop. Of course, DVD burning is working very well. Wifi is working like a charm. In order to use the front leds wifi, led, youve got to install mail notification for example, and to configure echo 1 procacpiasusmled as the action when a mail incomes, and echo 0 procacpiasusmled when the mail box is empty. Just the same with the wifi led. Battery time is between 3h. Asus M2. 40. 0NNearly everything worked out of the box. Ir. DA and Modem have not been tested yet.