ASUS ROG G73 and Ubuntu

There's a patch to ALSA here for the G73Jw subwoofer:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/alsa-devel/msg40884.html
git.kernel.org - linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/commitdiff

It may work for the G73Jh as well, I dunno... don't have the system any more. It's a part of the 2.6.37 kernel so that's probably the easiest way to try it.

 

Hello i have the G73JH but when i try to install ubuntu on it i get the following error:
try (hd0,0):NTFS5:3
try (hd0,1):non-MS:skip
try (hd0,2):invalid or null
try (hd0,3):invalid or null
try (hd1,0):NTFS5:2
try (hd1,1):invalid or null
try (hd1,2):invalid or null
try (hd1,3):invalid or null
try (fd0): invalid or null
Error: cannot find GRLDR in all devices. Press C+A+D to restart

have anyone seen this problem before?

 

Kenpachizero I think that can likely be caused by a dirty NFTS partition when using the wubi installer. Try running a chkdsk (or disk check) from windows and try installing again.

Check your hard disk for errors

How to use CHKDSK (Check Disk) - Windows 7

 

Hey ALLurGroceries,

i have done the chkdsk and it said thatit found no problems, any other suggestions?

 

I'd recommend making some room on your drive for a linux partition and doing a real install, Wubi is a bit flakey. Back up any important data first of course, since resizing your partitions always has a bit of risk associated with it.

There's a massive thread here but it doesn't seem to have many solutions:
Error: cannot find GRLDR in all drive. CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart - Ubuntu Forums

Besides errors on an ntfs partition some people seem to think it has something to do with a recovery partition bugging out the wubi loader.

 

ok, i have set 50GB aside, is there a prefered file system format i sould use?

 

Hi Kenpachizero, I'd go for ext4 unless you have a reason to use a different one. That's what I use but some people have been trying out btrfs, although it's not as stable.

 

Got room for another JW owner?

Fedora Core 14 installed, and still tweaking... Thanks A.G, for the keyboard backlight fix ! ( I had to change ATKD to ATK in /etc/acpi/asus-kb-brightness* event spec. )
... must be a fedora thing ...

Just got the SD card reader working. FC14 is missing the rts_pstor kernel module. Easy Fix... details here:
(SOLVED) Fedora 13 & 14 Linux on HP dv4-2155dx with RealTek 5288 multi-card reader | bisque.linuxsoup.com

Currently using xorg-x11-nvidia GPU drivers, and I have the display hiccups.

Strange, I have not been able to boot from USB sticks yet.
( Bios ver. 209 ) ... still experimenting.

Fedora (stable) kernel is 2.6.35, but glad to hear even the subwoofer
could soon be working ! Checking the wireless-N next ..

Great thread, makes 4 for a happy lappy, Thanks Again.

 

Unless your usb key is really really old (makes it likely unsupported) then there's no reason you can't boot off usb. Are you sure you are making the usb sticks bootable? Also, you just press ESC at post with an asus, it will bring up a the quick boot list without going deep into the bios.

 

Try creating a a USB boot disk with Unetbootin

 

hi, i have tried your script and it seems that doesn't work for me, when i have installed on /etc/acpi/ and /etc/acpi/events and run it returns with the error "asus-kb-brightness-up.sh: 10: STATUS++: not found" , anyone have an idea about this???

 

@Dragoon666 what distro are you running? Are you sure that you pasted the scripts exactly as they are?

 

Dragon666, the ++ operator is a feature of all the recent bash versions.

what do you get for:
which bash

(does it say /bin/bash ?)

make sure the first (sha-bang) line is
#!/bin/bash
(( or whatever your which returns ))

if all else fails, you can change the line to read:
let STATUS=$STATUS+1

which, less elegantly, does the same thing.

 

Hey guys,

Love the work your doing, tho it seems not to be working for me.... Cant tell what I might be doing wrong. The only difference I can see is that you guys all got the ATI version of the G73 also known as G73-JH, and I got the G73-SW with the NVDIA card.

When I look in the /sys/class/leds/ I don't got any objects with the name ASUS at all.

Im running a G73-SW i7-2630QM, NVIDIA GTX 460 8 Gb RAM with Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick).

//Unam3

 

@unam3 The G73SW uses WMI instead of ACPI (G73Jh and G73Jw), there's an asus-wmi driver that is in 2.6.39, so you can try a 2.6.39-rc2 kernel if you'd like. There's a long thread about it here, but it's just background info at this point: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...3-asus-wmi-linux-driver-i-need-your-help.html

I uploaded a .config if you'd like an easier starting place.

 

@ALLurGroceries, Thank you ! I will try that .


//Unam3

 

Hi again, Tried the 2.6.39 kernel with the asus-wmi, and the leds and screen brightness work great, but as in the other thread I couldn't get the NVIDIA driver to work.

Just as a question, Is it possible to do some sort of workaround? Maybe using the wmi driver on another kernel ? To be honest I'm a grasshopper when it comes to kernels.

So as long the NVIDIA driver doesn't work I will stay on the old kernel. Bought the laptop to work with 3D software.

Thanks for the help

 

What version of the NVIDIA driver are you using? The latest one from here? Did you build your linux-headers target with make-kpkg along with linux-image? You need the headers for the nvidia installer.

I couldn't turn up any problems on the nvidia forums about 2.6.39 with a quick search. Usually with release candidate kernels, someone will come along and make a patch if things are totally broken, but I don't see one...

 

Well it says 260.19.06 in the NVIDIA X server manager, so no. And I have never built linux-headers before. Everything is standard ubuntu. If you got the time to explain I'm I would appreciate it, but a guide would do the trick also . Thanks.

 

If you did a normal make-kpkg build ( fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image), just go to your 2.6.39 source directory and run:

Code:

fakeroot make-kpkg kernel_headers

Then after it finishes, install the headers .deb in the parent directory.

Otherwise from scratch, it would be:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential kernel-package fakeroot
cd ~/
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.39-rc3.tar.bz2
tar jxvf linux-2.6.39-rc3.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.39-rc3
cp /path/to/config-2.6.39-rc2-allurgroceries.txt .config
make oldconfig
time fakeroot make-kpkg -j8 --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux-*39-rc3*.deb

Then you would install the nvidia driver linked from nvnews above, after rebooting with the new kernel.

I wrote painfully detailed instructions on the manual nvidia install here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lin...rietary-nvidia-binary-blob-driver-debian.html

 

Humorously your latest reply solved the nvidia installation problem But probably didn't everything work before. Everything works except screen brightness and keyboard leds of the hotkeys.

//unam3

 

You can try adding this to your xorg config:

Code:

Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"

Discussion of it starting from here to the end of the page: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...ux-driver-i-need-your-help-4.html#post7194651

For the keyboard brightness, do you see any asus stuff in /sys/class/leds/ ?

 

I'll add that and try it out.

No asus objects in /sys/class/leds/

 

Worked like a charm with the addition to the xorg file
//Uname

 

So that's with the stock Ubuntu kernel? Any luck with 2.6.39? I'm not entirely clear about what your situation is now (what works, what doesn't, what kernel you're on etc.)... but I'm glad the brightness works now.

 

Well I did as you said and complied the new kernel, from 2.6.35-22 that was the stock kernel to 2.6.39-rc3. And now the hotkeys for snooze,wifi,screen brightness,screen off and sound controls works great. And the only thing thats missing is the keyboard leds.

//unam3

 

I took a quick look at asus-wmi.c and on line 109 there is a definition for the keyboard backlight:

Code:

#define ASUS_WMI_DEVID_KBD_BACKLIGHT	0x00050021

But it doesn't look like there's any function for setting it up with sysfs, only a touchpad LED handler.

I'm not sure what's planned for the keyboard backlight, in the other thread about asus-wmi NaterGator made an initial patch that had backlight support built-in, but that wasn't included in this version. So I'm not sure what's up with that, you could file a bug here to get the developer's attention: acpi4asus - dev.iksaif.net

I don't see an existing bug for G73SW keyboard LEDs: acpi4asus - Issues - dev.iksaif.net

 

I'll try to file a bug report there, and see where that leads. I'll post any feedback if given.

//unam3

 

You've got a patch from the maintainer.
acpi4asus - Bug #159: ASUS G73-SW Keyboard leds are not working. - dev.iksaif.net

acpi4asus - 0002-asus-wmi-add-keyboard-backlight-support.patch - dev.iksaif.net

To apply the patch and build the patched asus-wmi module:

Code:

cd /path/to/linux-2.6.39-rc3
wget http://dev.iksaif.net/attachments/download/149/0002-asus-wmi-add-keyboard-backlight-support.patch
patch -p1 < 0002-asus-wmi-add-keyboard-backlight-support.patch
make drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko

Once that finishes, try using the new module (removing eeepc_wmi may not be necessary, but if it's loaded it depends on asus_wmi and will prevent it from unloading):

Code:

sudo modprobe -r eeepc_wmi
sudo modprobe -r asus_wmi
sudo insmod drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko

You should see asus::kbd_backlight in /sys/class/leds/

Code:

ls /sys/class/leds/asus*

And control it via (0-3):

Code:

sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness"

If that all works you can move the module into its proper place so that it works after a reboot (from the linux-2.6.39-rc3 directory):

Code:

sudo cp drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/

 

Any ideas ?

//unam3

 

Yes, something happened with your headers or build directory, I guess you need to build it by explicitly pointing to the headers.

Make sure your config is still there and applied:

Code:

cp /boot/config-2.6.39-rc3 /usr/src/linux-2.6.39-rc3/.config
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.39-rc3
make oldconfig

You don't need to do the patching again, skip the entire first (code) section from my post above. Try rebuilding it like this:

Code:

cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.39-rc3
rm drivers/platform/x86/asus*.o
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` SUBDIRS=`pwd` drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko

Then try the insmod again.

 

I did everything from scratch and patched the kernel. No diffrence, the leds still doesn't work.

 

I did it like this.

Code:

wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.39-rc3.tar.bz2
tar jxvf linux-2.6.39-rc3.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.39-rc3
cp /path/to/config-2.6.39-rc2-allurgroceries.txt .config
wget http://dev.iksaif.net/attachments/download/149/0002-asus-wmi-add-keyboard-backlight-support.patch
patch -p1 < 0002-asus-wmi-add-keyboard-backlight-support.patch
make oldconfig
time fakeroot make-kpkg -j8 --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux-*39-rc3*.deb

//unam3

 

Still nothing in /sys/class/leds/ for asus?

Can you post the output of:

Code:

grep asus_wmi /var/log/syslog

 

Code:

unam3@unam3-G73Sw:~$ grep asus_wmi /var/log/syslog
Apr 15 14:50:16 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5.993041] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver loaded
Apr 15 14:50:16 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5.993869] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1
Apr 15 14:50:16 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5.993947] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 1792.6
Apr 15 14:50:16 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5.994062] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877
Apr 15 14:50:16 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.012848] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver
Apr 15 15:39:28 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2957.709524] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver unloaded
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.698965] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.699036] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.699339] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.699685] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.699827] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.699949] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.700294] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.700392] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.700500] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 15:39:54 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2984.700787] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.797110] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.797180] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.797482] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.797841] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.797983] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.798080] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.798308] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.798375] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.798440] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:05 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 2994.798726] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.443466] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.443536] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.443838] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444183] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444325] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444422] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444651] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444717] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444782] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 15:40:30 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3020.444953] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.622589] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.622660] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.622963] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623309] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623450] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623553] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623782] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623849] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.623914] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 15:41:35 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 3085.624084] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5852.999256] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5852.999327] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5852.999630] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5852.999976] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000118] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000215] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000447] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000514] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000580] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 16:27:44 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 5853.000753] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.480196] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_get_event_data (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.480310] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_free (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.480811] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_remove_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.481384] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_evaluate_method (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.481619] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_has_guid (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.481781] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol wmi_install_notify_handler (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.482153] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_report_event (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.482263] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol sparse_keymap_setup (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.482371] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol pci_hp_deregister (err 0)
Apr 15 20:36:38 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [20782.482647] asus_wmi: Unknown symbol __pci_hp_register (err 0)
Apr 15 21:09:15 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.237018] asus_wmi: ASUS WMI generic driver loaded
Apr 15 21:09:15 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.268218] asus_wmi: Initialization: 0x1
Apr 15 21:09:15 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.268265] asus_wmi: BIOS WMI version: 1792.6
Apr 15 21:09:15 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.268324] asus_wmi: SFUN value: 0xa0877
Apr 15 21:09:15 unam3-G73Sw kernel: [ 6.283748] asus_wmi: Backlight controlled by ACPI video driver

 

There's another patch there which may need to be applied, it's not in 2.6.39-rc3:
git.iksaif.net Git - acpi4asus.git/commitdiff

Code:

cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.39-rc3
wget -O asuspatch 'http://git.iksaif.net/?p=acpi4asus.git;a=patch;h=0f6771eb6d237c713a9d42c9ad5f3cd0977c4e84'
patch -p1 < asuspatch

Then try building it again:

Code:

make drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko

And finally try insmod.

If that doesn't work, NaterGator just posted here, he is in a much better position to give you advice: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...ux-driver-i-need-your-help-5.html#post7376714

 

unam3, have you built wmi support into the kernel (or a module) as well? (CONFIG_ACPI_WMI=y)?

 

If he's using the config I uploaded for him it's set to M.

 

Look at the list some post's ago, I have done exactly like that. I used the config file that AllurGroceries uploaded.

 

@unam3 can you post the output of

Code:

lsmod | grep wmi

If you don't have wmi loaded:

Code:

sudo modprobe wmi

 

Most recent loads look like he was able to load the asus-wmi driver, so the wmi module must have gotten loaded.

unam3, did you have a chance to try what I posted in the other thread about the keyboard backlight on the G73SW? I'm curious to know if you're able to manually enable the backlight through the sysfs debug interface.

 

@ALLurGroceries

Code:

unam3@unam3-G73Sw:/sys/class/leds$ lsmod | grep wmi
snd_rawmidi            15316  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device          4525  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
asus_nb_wmi             1497  0 
asus_wmi               12143  1 asus_nb_wmi
snd                    46194  17 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
sparse_keymap           2504  1 asus_wmi
pci_hotplug            20834  1 asus_wmi
wmi                     7130  1 asus_wmi
rfkill                 13180  5 asus_wmi,bluetooth,cfg80211

@NaterGator, That worked !

 

One question, How do I turn It off ? :S

 

To turn if off:

Code:

echo 0x00050021 > /sys/kernel/debug/asus-nb-wmi/dev_id
echo 0x80 > /sys/kernel/debug/asus-nb-wmi/ctrl_param
cat /sys/kernel/debug/asus-nb-wmi/devs

We'll need to work on an implementation to get the hotkeys to trigger the change, but it's good to know the underlying module/code is working.

 

Coool ! So just a question. If you guys fix it, is it possible that it will be included in the new kernel ? (Honestly I don't know how the whole progress work...)

 

Hi guys,

I've a G73SW and I'm trying to get the keyboard lights working.

I've tried ubuntu 10.10 and 11.x and Gentoo /w kernel 2.6.37-gentoo-r2

None of them have the Asus directory.

What am I doing wrong? None of the scripts/deamons will work because of the missing directory.

Thanks!

 

@PunchinPreacher you need a 2.6.39-rc kernel with asus-wmi. The past couple of pages discuss this, starting here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lin...451594-asus-rog-g73-ubuntu-7.html#post7352058

Apparently the patch isn't working to set up the sysfs entries automatically, so you'll need to see NaterGator's posts for turning it on manually.

Good luck!

 

ahh thank you. I figured out the kernel release thing last night.... tried to recompile....

had a kernel panic. Wouldn't boot and couldn't boot to old kernel, just stayed dark.

I was trying rc-3 though. I'll try rc-2 tonight.

I am confused on the build though... last night, I used 10.10 and upgraded to 11.04 on the update manager... then set the configs and built r3, installed... and then kernel panic.

Today I tried a livecd install 11.04 and couldn't compile r3.

Reinstalling 11.04 and trying again right now.

Is there any how-to's / walthroughs on upgrading the kernel in some form of proper way? I just used the readme in the r3 source... couldn't figure out the boot loader thing... couldn't find a lilo or grub config file. So I tried a startup config program I found off the software app thing.... it worked before for other startup issues. (I run two win 7's and ubuntu on a partition of one of the w7 drives)

Sorry for the long post, and thanks guys!

 

I posted complete directions here (the part that says "from scratch"): http://forum.notebookreview.com/lin...451594-asus-rog-g73-ubuntu-7.html#post7361445

The config file is here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/lin...451594-asus-rog-g73-ubuntu-7.html#post7353460

Save the config file in your linux-2.6.39-rc3 directory as .config

 

I was just about to post that I found that spot!!

Gonna try that now as soon as this install finishes!

Thank you!!


Edit:Just finished install and update! Worked with no kernel panics! Beautiful!

Now to get the wifi, keyboard leds and video card working properly

Edit2: Ubuntu 11.04B2 K:2.6.39-rc3
-Used NaterGator's scripts for turning the KB Led's on/off.

-Ran update manager.... Newest Nvidia driver came up running upon reboot! Unity is working! (uname:2.6.39-rc3, Nvidia x server: Driv v270.41.03)

Lost brightness control, and dont know where to put "Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"" I dont have a 20-nvidia...

-Still working on my wifi, ar9285... Having trouble with mon0 stuck on channel -1 when setting airmon to wlan0 6. (Probably outside the scope of this site though?)


Thank you for all the help guys. I am definitely happy with my system now!!