AsusA6B00U

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Current Issues

The "Music player" special button doesn't work.

The webcam doesn't work. Further details here: ["../AsusA6BG16E-RWDL"].

The memory card reader doesn't work: Ricoh

The disable touchpad button doesn't work.

The wireless On/Off function key and the wireless LED don't work by default. Please see ["../AsusA6BG16E-RWDL"] for details on how to enable it.

The graphics card is sis, but it gets detected as vesa.

External monitors flicker, especially when typing quickly. According to Thomas Winischhofer at www.winischhofer.net: My advice: Don't buy a machine with a SiS760 unless this machine has dedicated local video memory. And please don't complain about "driver bugs" if you see "flashing lines" on the screen; these are the typical effects of a bandwidth problem and unavoidable - even the Windows driver can't do better. In such cases, reduce the resolution and/or refresh rate and/or color depth, or use one output (CRT1 or CRT2) only. Sorry, can't help it. There is no driver bug involved. 

Hardware details

in Breezy?

in Dapper Flight 3?

Installation works?

Yes

Yes

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy?

in Dapper Flight 3?

Screen

Yes[1]

Yes

Correct resolution?

Yes[1]

Yes[1]

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes[1]

3D Acceleration

No

Untested

External monitor works?

Yes

Untested

External monitor - mirrors

Yes

Untested

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

Untested

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes

Untested

Sleep

Yes

Yes

Dim monitor on battery

Yes

Yes

Blank monitor on inactivity

Yes

Yes

Lid Close

Yes

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

Untested

Sound

Sound works?

Yes

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Yes

Yes

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

No

External mouse - USB

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

N/A

N/A

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

PCMCIA cards

No[4]

Yes

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

No[5]

No[5]

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

+ Space

N/A

N/A

+ Esc

N/A

N/A

+ F1

Sleep

Yes[2]

Yes[2]

+ F2

Wireless On/Off

Yes

No

+ F3

N/A

N/A

+ F4

N/A

N/A

+ F5

-Brightness

Yes

Yes

+ F6

+Brightness

Yes

Yes

+ F7

LCD On/Off

Yes

Yes

+ F8

LCD/Monitor Toggle

No

No

+ F9

N/A

N/A

+ F10

Mute

Yes

Yes

+ F11

-Volume

Yes

Yes

+ F12

+Volume

Yes

Yes

+ Ins

Num Lock

Yes

Yes

+ Del

Scroll Lock

No

No

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Breezy (current stable)?

in Dapper (current development)?

Power4 Gear+ Key

Switch between power saving modes

No[6]

No[6]

Email Launch Key

Launches email program

Yes

Yes

Internet Launch Key

Launches web browser

Yes

Yes

Pad-Lock Key

Locks the touchpad when using an external mouse

No[7]

No[7]

CD PLayer Key

Opens your music player

Yes[8]

No[8]

Previous Track

Moves to the previous track or the beginning of the current track

Yes[8]

Yes[8]

Next Track

Moves to the next track

Yes[8]

Yes[8]

Stop

Stops the music

Yes[8]

Yes[8]

Play-Pause

Plays or pause music

Yes[8]

Yes[8]

Notes

[1] Breezy:

The screen is a little off during installation, which makes it a bit difficult to get through (you can't see the buttons in some dialogs). This problem is also manifested during each boot, but the login screen is fine and everything looks fine after that. After installation, this problem can be solved (as described in ["../AsusA6500U"]) by adding the boot parameter "vga=771". Just edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add that parameter to the end of each kernel line. Thanks, ["IstvanKapcsandi"]. Also, the resolution settings don't get detected during installation. You must check "1280x800" manually, or you will need to add it to xorg.conf later.

Dapper:

"1280x800" needs to be manually checked during installation for Dapper also. The installation believes that the graphics card is vesa which boots, but you have to edit xorg.conf to use sis instead if you want the screen to look nice.

[2] This doesn't work by default. However, it will work if you edit /etc/default/acpi-support and turn #ACPI_SLEEP=true into ACPI_SLEEP=true (as described in ["../AsusA6BG16E-RWDL"]). Thanks, ["ThomasBasset"]

[4] Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II

[5] Ricoh

[6] As described in the manual, this button is supposed to cycle through different power schemes. By default it turns off the LCD.

[7] This button is supposed to disable/enable the touchpad. It doesn't do anything. It doesn't even register anything in xev.

[8] By default the CD Player button opens the cd tray in breezy (it does nothing in dapper) and the other buttons do nothing. However, most of these (with the exception of the cd player button in dapper) can easily be configured to do whatever you want using the keyboard shortcuts dialog in System->Preferences.

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