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  1. #121
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    And the brightness applet doesn't work. When I click on it the slider pops up but once I click on that, it disappears. The next time I click the brightness applet, the slider appears all the way on the far left side of the screen.
    It appears the Brightness Applet can only be operated via the keyboard. Click on the applet once to highlight it and then try moving the slider with your Page Up or Page Down Arrow keys to adjust the brightness level.

    Not a perfect solution but it has given me some control over the screen brightness when running on battery. I've tried this approach with success using both 2.6.32-22-generic and 2.6.34 (I installed this kernel via the instructions in Cierreics' post #110).

  2. #122
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Thank you very much sir!

    With the brightness turned all the way down I get around 8.4 watts with occasional spikes up to about 10 but most of the time it never goes above 9. With the brightness turned up to a usable level and Firefox open I get in the 10 range. Once I turn the brightness up to a more comfortable level with Firefox open I'm getting in the 11-12 range . So it looks like battery life is now around what I was getting with the Intel graphics as long as I turn compiz off. If I turn on compiz I'm using around 15 watts with the brightness set at a comfortable level and Firefox open.

    So I'll just turn off compiz when on battery. No biggie. It appears I should be able to get between 6-7 hours on battery but I try not to let the battery drain that low so probably more like 5 or so.

    Good deal if you ask me.

  3. #123
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    yeah i hadn't thought about compiz off as a useful saving feature. My other major issue with nvidia drivers on is that suspend takes a lot longer to come back from, and startup is possibly marginally slower than before. But at least both work fine, so not a huge deal. Not having to worry about nvidia card coming back on after suspend without being able to turn it back off like before when intel card was the one actually working is a nice point in favor of it always on

    Also perhaps slightly warmer.

    *update* I also had an issue where couldn't view video in movie player, vlc, mplayer... had to switch the video output, though in mplayer it is now one of the outputs which won't expand to fullscreen Anybody know if/how to get vdpau working with this card?
    Last edited by Hobbes; May 27th, 2010 at 01:30 AM. Reason: update

  4. #124
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Hi all, kernel 2.6.34-4 is out (look at my post #110 to add repository for this kernel):

    Code:
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.34-4 linux-headers-2.6.34-4-generic linux-image-2.6.34-4-generic

    Last week there was an update for pm-utils, so one of my tips was overwritten, here is a solution to restore it and to prevent future overwrites:

    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/pm/power.d/powersave-policy-dirty-writeback
    paste this:

    Code:
    #!/bin/sh -e
    # increase dirty_writeback to ten minutes
    # Author: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>
    
    WB=/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
    
    [ -w $WB ] || exit 0
    
    if [ "$1" = true ]; then
        echo 60000 > $WB
    else
        echo 60000 > $WB
    fi
    save and close, then:

    Code:
    sudo sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/powersave-policy-dirty-writeback

    That update also removed the powersave-sata-link-power script, they probably figured out that script brokes suspension with an SSD!!
    So I've also updated my post #110 to these modifications.

  5. #125
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hobbes View Post
    *update* I also had an issue where couldn't view video in movie player, vlc, mplayer... had to switch the video output, though in mplayer it is now one of the outputs which won't expand to fullscreen Anybody know if/how to get vdpau working with this card?
    I was having problems with video too but now they work great with vdpau.
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1478589

    Here's what I did:
    1) Install "libvdpau1" from the package manager.
    2) Open a terminal and type "gstreamer-properties" and then under the video tab set the default output plugin to "X Window System (No xv)".
    3) Set SMPlayer's video output driver to "vdpau".

    Now after restarting (maybe you don't have to but I did) SMPlayer you should be all good to go!

    Let me know if that works for you.
    Last edited by The Flying Penguin; May 27th, 2010 at 04:43 PM.

  6. #126
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    I forgot one thing, with last kernel you have to do this to have working backlight controls on UL30A:

    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
    look at line 9, change to this:

    Code:
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash, acpi_backlight=vendor"
    save and close, then:

    Code:
    sudo update-grub
    then reboot.

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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Cierreics View Post
    Hi all, kernel 2.6.34-4 is out
    I guess that 2.6.34 has some support for the new elantech touchpads if you force it. See here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...01#post9175201

    I haven't tried it, though.
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  8. #128
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by TomtheWombat View Post
    I guess that 2.6.34 has some support for the new elantech touchpads if you force it. See here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...01#post9175201

    I haven't tried it, though.
    Yes!! Thank you VERY much!! I've missed that thread!!

    I've tried it, with 2.6.34 kernel it's really simple, now finally horizontal scroll works and touchpad is disabled while typing!!


    Here's an how-to (you have to install 2.6.34 kernel first):

    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf
    paste this:

    Code:
    options psmouse force_elantech=1
    save and close.


    Let's enable fn+F9 button:

    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/acpi/asus-touchpad.sh
    delete everything and paste this:

    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
    [ -f /usr/share/acpi-support/state-funcs ] || exit 0 
    
    . /usr/share/acpi-support/power-funcs
    
    if (! test -x /usr/bin/xinput)
    then
    logger "Error: Please install package xinput to enable toggling of touchpad devices."
    exit 0
    fi
    
    # if this is the right behavior, then this should be moved out of acpi-support
    # to hal (or whatever is replacing hal for such events)
    getXconsole
    
    XINPUTNUM=`xinput list | grep 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad' | sed -n -e's/.*id=\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/p'`
    
    [ -f /usr/share/acpi-support/state-funcs ] || exit 0
    
    # get the current state of the touchpad
    TPSTATUS=`xinput list-props $XINPUTNUM | awk '/Synaptics Off/ { print $NF }'`
    
    # if getting the status failed, exit
    test -z $TPSTATUS && exit 1
    
    if [ $TPSTATUS = 0 ]; then
       xinput set-int-prop $XINPUTNUM "Synaptics Off" 8 1
       if [ -e /sys/class/leds/asus::touchpad/brightness ]; then
            echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/asus::touchpad/brightness
       fi
    else
       xinput set-int-prop $XINPUTNUM "Synaptics Off" 8 0
       if [ -e /sys/class/leds/asus::touchpad/brightness ]; then
            echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/asus::touchpad/brightness
       fi
    fi
    save and close.


    Now reboot, go to mouse preferences, now there's a "Touchpad" tab!!
    Enable two finger scrolling and horizontal scrolling.


    You'll notice that 2 finger and 3 finger tap is inverted now, so let's revert it and set up touchpad feeling.
    To me, this is the best setting, open a terminal:

    Code:
    synclient MinSpeed=1 MaxSpeed=1 AccelFactor=0 TapButton2=2 TapButton3=3
    if touchpad is too speedy, reduce MinSpeed and MaxSpeed to 0.7, find your values!!

    Once you've found good values, put that command in a new entry on System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications


    I've also updated my #110 post.

  9. #129
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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    There's a problem in my previous setting: if you plug a usb mouse, the tap buttons revert again!! I don't know why, but there's a fix, you have to install a patched gnome-setting-daemon, there's a repository for that:

    Code:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yurivkhan/proposed
    then:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get update && sudo -y apt-get upgrade
    Now end your session and login again, then:

    Code:
    gconftool-2 --set "/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/tap_button_2" --type int "2" && gconftool-2 --set "/desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/tap_button_3" --type int "3"

    I've also updated my #110 post.
    Last edited by Cierreics; May 28th, 2010 at 01:44 PM.

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    Re: Asus UL30 anyone?

    Hi all!
    How to enable sound through hdmi?
    Thanks!

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