Questions tagged [asus]
ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated product range includes motherboards, laptops, servers and mobile phones.
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Brightness fn key shortcut doesn't work on ASUS laptop
The brightness shortcuts via fn key don't work.
I tried each solution from this answer and its comments. After editing /etc/default/grub file I rebooted.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux"
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Wireless disabled by hardware switch on an Asus X550V
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 and I have ASUS X550V laptop. This is my rfkill list:
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
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Elantech Touchpad not working on Ubuntu 16.04 and Arch Linux
So I have and Asus R558UF notebook with an Elantech Touchpad.
After installing Ubuntu 16.04, the touchpad worked once but after restarting, it failed to work and has not been working ever since.
This ...
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PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)
I have Ubuntu 16.10 (although the same happened on 16.04) on a dual boot with Windows 10. I noticed some time ago that my kern.log file was getting pretty big (10GB or more) so I decided to check it. ...
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Enable/disable touchpad
I managed to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my asus ux501 vw, but some of my shortcut are not working.
I'm not looking to fix them all, but just one : the shortcut which allow me to enable or disable ...
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Can't get internal and external monitor working simultaneously with 20.04 on laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and Nvidia RTX 2060
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On Ubuntu 20.04 cannot get internal and external monitor working at the same time.
Can have internal only with default drivers OR external only with manually installed NVIDIA driver. ...
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How to install Ubuntu on ASUS F556U, JournalError error?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my ASUS F556U laptop without success.
I already asked other questions on the subject, thinking that the problems were by UEFI mode.
Well surpassed that, I already ...
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cannot turn on keyboard backlight
I am using ASUS UX303 LN, Laptop and Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 is installed on it. I cant find a way to turn on my keyboard backlight on it. The keyboard shortcut that works in windows is not working here. ...
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Suspend/hibernate doesn't work on an Asus laptop
I'm having issues suspending Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on my new Asus U30SD-XA1 laptop. It's a new laptop on the market. Is this a known issue and is there a fix for it?
Basically, whenever I ...
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How do I get the Broadcom BCM4313 wireless working on an Asus 1015PX?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus 1015PX which is certified by Canonical. My WiFi is not working. I read about the BCM4313 troubles and tried
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/...
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Black screen after installation of Ubuntu 18.04
I did a fresh complete install of Ubuntu 18.04 on my ASUS M32CD desktop.
Everything during install went fine. At the end it said it was complete complete, and would reboot. Popped the disc out. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 "ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol" errors on Asus X705UA
Running Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel 5.15.0-40-generic x86_64
Since the last kernel update about 3 weeks ago, I have started to get the following errors:-
I have updated the ASUS laptop with the latest BIOS ...
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Changing Screen Brightness Through Keyboard Functions on My Notebook
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Asus X555LJ.
But I don't know how to install drivers or how to enable function keys to controls screen backlight brightness.
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Connecting Asus USB-N13 Wireless Adapter
I'm trying to connect my desktop (running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04) to an Airport Extreme Base Station by using an ASUS USB-N13 wireless adapter.
I plugged it in, turned on the desktop, and the adapter ...
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ASUS "FTE1000:00 0B05:0101" touchpad scroll option not working
I have an ASUS E402S laptop with Ubuntu 64-bit 16.04 LTS installed. The main problem is that the OS does recognize the touchpad with basic functions, but additional options such as scrolling through ...
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How to boot Ubuntu from SSD drive which cannot be selected as boot device?
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bits) on an Asus S405CM-WX117H laptop (similar to this one) which features a 24GB SSD drive and a regular 500GB hard drive.
I placed the / (ext4) root file ...
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Wifi not working on ASUS rog zephyrus g14 2021
This is my first post on here, so hopefully, someone will be able to help me.
I'm also fairly new to Linux so need some guidance as well.
I have recently bought an Asus rog Zephyrus g14(latest one) ...
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Hard time installing Ubuntu 20.04 as Dual Boot on Asus ROG STRIX G17
So, installing Ubuntu in the Asus ROG Strix G17 has proven a challenge. I have found this
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6M6RTkpLWU with multiple tips, but it is not complete.
My current "...
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How to troubleshoot CPU HW crash in Ubuntu 18.04
I bought a new computer a few months ago. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 and it's working fine except when I compile c++ code: it freezes hard as soon as there is a spike of high CPU usage (10+ cores).
The ...
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Issues With Dual Booting of Asus Vivobook/Zenbook series laptops with Ubuntu 22.04 (S14, Filp 13, pro 14, pro 15 etc)
I’ve encountered several problems (on my own & found over internet) with dual booting of latest LTS Ubuntu 22.04 along with windows 11 for Asus laptop models (using Asus Vivobook S14 S3402ZA)
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Ubuntu 18.04 fails to boot even in recovery mode (stuck on loading initial ram disk) on ASUS UX433FA
So I had a working dual boot set up with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10, when I ran an apt upgrade and now I can no longer boot into Ubuntu (windows works fine), with the recovery mode output stuck at “...
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Touchpad not recognized on Asus N550JK - TP500L (FocalTech)
I'm installing a new laptop and the touchpad is not fully recognized. Specifically, two finger scrolling does not work.
extract from /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 ...
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Change brightness on Asus laptop
I believe it's a big question among asus users, cause i've found tons of questions about "why do my backlight don't change with fn keys??".
Well... after to much researching and testing (I'm a linux ...
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How to Enable Brightness Buttons when acpi_osi of Grub not enough in 16.04 of Zenbook?
Situation: to use F5 and F6 for decrease and increase of brightness, respectively, in Asus Zenbook UX303UA, when I can change brightness in System Preferences, and acpi_osi= is not sufficient in ...
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Ubuntu freezes on login after prime-select intel
I have an Asus GL553 with Intel 560 and Nvidia GTX 1050 and I'm tried to configure my hybrid cards with nvidia-prime.
I installed Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 then installed nvidia-381 and ran prime-select ...
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Minor problems with using an ASUS Z97-A Motherboard
I recently got a new ASUS Z97-A Motherboard which came with an Intel core i5 Processor and a new HDD. I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS to the HDD. I was recently playing with the motherboard settings, ...
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How to remove all "rc" - residual packages using command line at once?
I have an Asus Q500A with win8 and Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit; Linux kernel 3.8.0-32-generic. I have been having residual package issues which have been giving me trouble trying to reconfigure xserver-xorg-...
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Touchpad not working after suspending laptop
This seems like a common problem, but after trying all of the fixes I've found on forums, I'm still at a loss.
Specs:
computer: Asus k501LX-EB71
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3
kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic
touchpad:...
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No sound from external subwoofer "Sonic Master" on an Asus N76VM
A few weeks ago I bought an Asus n76vm notebook looking forward to it's 'superior sound'. This sound system compromises an external subwoofer which amplifies bass and is connected to a special output ...
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14.04 Asus g56jr Fn + Brightness control
I have recently installed Ubuntu on my new Asus G56Jr laptop. I noticed that despite all the other Fn+fX keys are working, the screen brightness does not.
I have already tried editing the grub, as ...
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Cannot configure Fan Speed with pwmconfig
I have a ASUS TP301UJ laptop with dual-boot and my fan is quite loud all the time. I am trying to configure my fan speed in Ubuntu (I did it easily in Windows 10), but I am having problems.
Here is ...
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No sound ALC294 Asus ROG Strix 512 Ubuntu 20.04.01
I just bought a new laptop called Asus ROG Strix G15 G512LW with i7 and Nvidia RTX, but there is no sound at all. Here are some of my device information:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ]:...
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WiFi not working on Asus U32 with Ubuntu 14.04
I know this problem has been stated before, but none of the solution worked for me. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 on a Asus U32 laptop, alongside Windows 8. Recently I've updated from 12.04 to 14.04 and ...
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Missing driver ASUS PCE-N53 11n N600 PCI-E Adapter
I have problems with getting an Asus PCE-N53 11n N600 PCI-E Adapter card to work on my desktop computer.
As far as I can tell no drivers are installed for the card. I know I can manually download the ...
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How to install Lubuntu 16.04 on the ASUS X205TA (F205TA)
There are a lot of guides and discussions that get updated sometimes and therefore are hard to follow.
I did an install twice on my laptop and wanted to share an up-to-date way of installing Ubuntu ...
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Segmentation fault in XServer
I have ASUS ZenBook UX305 with i7 CPU and integrated Intel GPU. My system (Ubuntu 15.10) recently started to go back to the login screen after some time active. It is caused by segfault in XServer. ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 tons of lags with mouse and window glitch
I've installed Ubuntu 17.10 on my laptop without any issue, but when I am using the system everything lags and is not fluid. The mouse glitches (I am using a physical mouse and a track-pad), like it ...
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Smartphone headset microphone not working, only internal does
I have ASUS X555SJ laptop, heaphones of smartphone, and combo port for both mic and headphones, but my PC keeps using internal mic and I am unable to change that. I have nothing in my System Settings, ...
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How do I install an ASUS USB-AC56 WiFi adapter?
I'm trying to get this ASUS USB-AC56 adapter installed on Ubuntu 12.04, but when I try to extract the Linux file from the cd, it says I don't have the right permissions to extract. I tried downloading ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Asus G550JK SonicMaster External Subwoofer not working
I have bought Asus G550JK laptop(G version of N550) and installed Ubuntu 14.04 on it. I'm just a beginner in using Ubuntu, but I managed to make everything work fine except the external SonicMaster ...
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How do I get the touchpad working on an Asus x450L?
I've been using Ubuntu for a couple of weeks now and have been surviving without my touchpad.
I have Asus x450L laptop. Are there drivers available so my trackpad will function again?
It works on ...
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Is there a way to get Broadcom 802.11ac WiFi (43b1) working on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have a dual boot of Windows 8 / Ubuntu 12.10 on an ASUS G75VX with Broadcom 802.11ac Network adapter device 43b1. It seems that there exists no drivers for this adapter. I have done all of the ...
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Is it possible to boot without adding `pci=nomsi` or `acpi=off` to the grub command line?
I have an ASUS X64SL laptop with Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU.
When I want to boot with Linux I have to add to the grub command line either pci=nomsi or acpi=off.
Is there another way to boot without ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Asus ROG Laptop
I have a Asus ROG G551VW laptop and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop, but when i try to load the installer, my laptop just freezes and its fan starts working for no reason. I have tried ...
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Ubuntu on Asus X205TA
I want to install Ubuntu on my new netbook Asus X205TA. I try to create a USB stick with Unebootin but not succes for boot on.
Thanks for your help
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Asus USB-AC68 [0b05:1817] drivers?
This is really frustrating as I just bought my asus USB-AC68 and I cannot seem to find the right drivers for this one! Help would be appreciated as I've been looking around for hours now... Lsusb ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 sound suddenly stopped working
After rebooting my Asus ROG Strix Ubuntu 18.04 laptop today, sound no longer works - but has been working fine for over 6 months now!
I have installed and run pavucontrol and when I go to Output ...
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Can't connect wifi with Intel AC 7265 on Ubuntu 15.10, Asus ZenBook UX305
I've read some postings on similar topics but none of them resolved my issue. I bought my notebook 2 weeks ago. After first wifi problems it worked well for some days. But now, I get almost any ...
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Asus X540S laptop microphone not working
I have a new Asus X540S and the mic is not working.
It's enable in sound/input, is not mute. I try this:
Internal microphone not working
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Brightness keyboard buttons do not work on Asus 1225c
I have problem with my new netbook. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and I can't use my brightness key's (Fn+F5/F6). When i use them OSD appears and indicates the increase or decrease of brightness but ...
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