How to ASUS K50IJ - Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

[2541]

Thanks again!
Now the webcam is working almost perfect.
Just left and right are still mixed up (the same as under windows...)

[alexnews]

it all works fine, thanks a lot!
Greetings from Alex

[alexnews]

... i detected a problem with the internal microfone, so skype cannot be used. Any
ideas to solve?

btw: in Win7RC 64-bit the webcam is correct, horizontal and vertical.

[KoKuToru]

... i detected a problem with the internal microfone

There is a microfone ?

Because of the driver it wont work maybe.. (we are using a stupid workaround)
There is a also much noise, if you plugin a headphone...

[2541]

There is a microfone ?

Yes, there is a microphone.

With Windows 7 RC it works (more or less out of the box ).
You can easily test it using Skype.

[KoKuToru]

Solved a new problem ... Brightness control and Brightness-flickering

LCD brightness FN-Keys
(also solves flickering)

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

add to this line

# defoptions=quiet splash

this:

# defoptions=quit splash acpi_backlight=vendor

save and do:

sudo update-grub

Reboot.. and it will work

(I also added this to the first page)

[2541]

btw: in Win7RC 64-bit the webcam is correct, horizontal and vertical.

Not on my machine. I've tried Windows 7RC 64 bit and the webcam is still upside down.

[xphill64x]

I'm having three problems so far with the same laptop, though the best buy version.

The most pressing is that the touchpad isn't recognized in Linux, which means I can't configure it or use G-Synaptic to enable palm detection etc.

The second problem is the very bad screen flicker, soon as you try to use the Fn F5 or F6 combos. I'm wondering how you can set it through terminal
to adjust the brightness.

The third problem seems widespread for Linux users of Skye. The camera can't seem to get any light in/way too dark.
When I use VLC to capture video, it decides to just "turn" the screen to a superdim/off faze. It's weird.

I haven't tested the Microphone yet. But until I have functionality rivaling windows I can't use this system. (The touchpad is driving me nuts!) If anyone knows how to probe for the touchpad manufacture/model so I can file a bug report, that would be useful.

[KoKuToru]

The most pressing is that the touchpad isn't recognized in Linux, which means I can't configure it or use G-Synaptic to enable palm detection etc.

No idea, everything works normal at the normal version..
But what you can try is this:
When I plug-in an extern mouse, I deactivate my touchpad with the following command

sudo modprobe -r psmouse

and when i need the touchpad again .. i do

sudo modprobe psmouse

.. maybe the last command activates your touchpad...

The second problem is the very bad screen flicker, soon as you try to use the Fn F5 or F6 combos. I'm wondering how you can set it through terminal
to adjust the brightness.

Look at first post LCD brightness FN-Keys...

The third problem seems widespread for Linux users of Skye. The camera can't seem to get any light in/way too dark.
When I use VLC to capture video, it decides to just "turn" the screen to a superdim/off faze. It's weird.

Aha.. I will install skype and checkout

[KoKuToru]

Just left and right are still mixed up (the same as under windows...)

sudo flip_webcam 2

Will do the magic