ASUS EEE PC 1215N LINUX DRIVER DOWNLOAD

The last official statement from an NVidia employee, which was last February, states that NVidia is not planning to add optimus support for Linux link here. Found the hardware support of previous netbook HP mini-note lacking. In other words, this warrantee is like a coupon for a lunch at McDonalds, where, upon arriving there and placing your order, McDonalds gets to decide if you have to pay for the lunch, or if they give it to you free. In other words, what is keeping Asus from assigning any dev talent to this? I own about ten computers I built myself. Install the linux-alsa-driver-modules package in order to properly configure the audio jacks.

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Sign up using Email and Password. I could always use the integrated Intel graphics, but then I'm not getting what I've paid for. Operation is not perfect, however, and a few important points should be kept in mind once the initial installation is finished.

I don't really understand this whole deal, but there's a way to control the hybrid graphics states via ACPI which also works for me. Note that the sides of the palmrest area are held down by little plastic tabs that are pretty easy to break.

Judging by various online forums, this is a very common problem. After removing those, you can optionally detach the ribbon cable connecting the keyboard to the motherboard. This is unfortunate, since the onboard video card is not that good.

Asus EEE PC 1215n Linux Writeup

November 16th, 4. Hosting provided by Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt. I kept running into this again later; it appears that once it gets wedged, only a power cycle fixes it, although maybe unloading and loading the kmod would do it. I called technical support, and the CS rep made me explain the whole problem over; I tried to get him to look at the ticket history, but he would not.

Asus EEE PC n Linux Writeup

Alternatively, you may wish to install Lennybut beware that you will not have a network during the install and need to upgrade your kernel linjx a kernel backport for that to work. The time now is It looks like the ION2 itself may work with Linux, but it is unclear if it will work at all in this specific laptop due to the NV Optimus crap.

As an aside, what can we do to make Linux support more common? On the Ubuntu side even with the update to The old custom installer image described in our Install HowTo is not recommended, as it is a network-based installer and lacks drivers for this model.

See the Boot section below. Sat Nov 14 Loosen the silver plate by unscrewing the screws pointed to by the super-secret arrows that only professionals can see.

After disassembling the laptop and intentionally voiding my warranty, and backing up asud laptop hard disk, I get to figuring out the problem. Or does anyone know if this laptop can be forced into discrete graphics mode. I read that HP's recommended fix is for you, the customer, to pay over dollars to buy a new motherboard.

Eee PC 1215N with Ubuntu Netbook Edition

Just had a look at the nvidia drivers site, and there was a driver release on the 21st Jan: I haven't tried the nvidia drivers for 3d yet, but assume they work fine. The newly converted linuc computer is fast, with cutting edge software, and highly resistant to the malware infesting the world of Windows.

It boots much faster than Windows, and its operation is free of annoyances such as user access controlmemory hogging services, and vulnerability to viruses and malware.

Expect about 16 seconds to elapse from pressing the power button until liux system is fully up and running. I have had success in being able to turn the discrete nVidia graphics adapter on and off, but no luck in actually switching to it, or causing it to display anything.

I assume that if this breaks the computer, you just boot into ubuntu recovery to remove it? It popped right off.

The hard drive is large: Here it is in words. I've been a big Nvidia supporter over the years, but after they've decided to leave Linux users high-and-dry in this generation, I'm not sure I'll continue to be in their corner. Hoped to get a Linux netbook.