Hi
I followed the instructions here: https://github.com/lopaka/instructio...asus-x205ta.md and have created a bootable USB stick with Ubuntu 14.10 that works on the Asus x205ta. Much of it is working - desktop, basic mouse functions, proper screen resolution.
However, there are lots of problems with the hardware:-
- Hot keys do not work, apart from volume up / down / mute. In Ubuntu MATE Linux, there is an Asus Laptop keyboard type but selecting it has no effect.
- Suspend doesn't appear to be working. It just turns the screen off.
- The internal Broadcom wifi card is not recognised.
- Bluetooth card not recognised.
- Sound card not recognised.
- No battery status available. The system thinks it is plugged into the mains.
- The Micro SD card reader doesn't work. Cards are not recognised or mounted.
- The trackpad does not support anything more than pointer positioning and right / left clicks. No multi touch (for example, two finger scrolling).
- An external wifi card (EdiMax) will work, but is flaky; times out.
I am sure there are other problems and I know there is another thread that talks about running 14.04 on the X205TA.
I ran the utilities requested in that other thread and the output is here.
Output of 'sudo lspci -knn'
Code:
ubuntu
description: Notebook
product: X205TA (ASUS-NotebookSKU)
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version: 1.0
serial: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=X sku=ASUS-NotebookSKU uuid=060B9F3C-618E-4E09-AD6E-325920EEB823
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: X205TA
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: 1.0
serial: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
slot: MIDDLE
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: X205TA.205
date: 10/06/2014
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: b
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank
description: DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
product: Array1_PartNumber0
vendor: A1_Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: A1_SerNum0
slot: A1_DIMM0
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 10
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 224KiB
capacity: 224KiB
capabilities: internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 11
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3735F @ 1.33GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 12
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z3735F @ 1.33GHz
slot: SOCKET 0
size: 1330MHz
capacity: 2400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 83MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erms cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=iosf_mbi_pci
resources: irq:0
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:105 memory:90000000-903fffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:1000(size=8)
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB xHCI
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 0f
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:104 memory:90800000-9080ffff
*-generic
description: Encryption controller
product: Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_txe latency=0
resources: irq:106 memory:90700000-907fffff memory:90600000-906fffff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 0f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:2.1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
size: 1937MiB (2031MB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: guid=e8412333-63a1-4ab4-9764-8c9e837c422f sectorsize=512
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /cdrom
version: FAT32
serial: 9901-bf29
size: 1934MiB
capacity: 1935MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:2.2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 80:1f:02:60:f8:07
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192cu driverversion=3.16.0-23-generic firmware=N/A ip=10.0.1.42 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
Output of 'lspci':
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register [8086:0f00] (rev 0f)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:18cd]
Kernel driver in use: iosf_mbi_pci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display [8086:0f31] (rev 0f)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:18cd]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB xHCI [8086:0f35] (rev 0f)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:182d]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:1a.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine [8086:0f18] (rev 0f)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:182d]
Kernel driver in use: mei_txe
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit [8086:0f1c] (rev 0f)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:182d]
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
Output of 'lsusb':
Code:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 102 Flash Drive / HEMA Flash Drive 2 GB / PNY Attache 4GB Stick
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:57b5 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
The Edimax card is an external USB micro wifi card. I think the Realtek device is the sound card.
How can this be progressed? It's a great machine otherwise, and (reportedly) on sale for only $99 in Staples for Black Friday (2014). You lucky Americans get all the best deals - I think there are going to be an awful lot of people buying them.
Cheers
JonB
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