Linux on the ASUS N10 N10J

[james-]

Originally Posted by guglez

And what about HDMI and 720p video? Looks like that windows can't play it well. So what about Linux? The latest beta drivers 180.06 from nVidia has VDPAU API (Video Decode and Presentation API)! Did you try them?

I haven't tried it yet to be honest..I don't have that many 720p/1080p videos lying arround(I know if it does work it's going to be a lot less sluggish than Vista)

P.S. for others I have a suggestion for you:
go to System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts(change them all to 8(instead of 10)(in Details: Change DPI(or resolution) to 90 instead of 96)

This will give you a lot more screen place especially for web browsing/big windows

You can also right click on one of your panels(top or bottom bars)->Properties and activate hide show
to give you the ability to hide the bars to give you the maximum screen size while hiding the bars

[guglez]

And what about 720p video on your setup? How it works? Any problems?

[guglez]

And what about battery life in linux? Does it works longer, than windoze?

[aliosa27]

I was able to get Both video cards to work with ubuntu and debian....

It twas quite simple..I was searching for ways people had been dealing with hybrid graphics with xorg and came across a few posts, one said to use the pci device id and write you x config to support both, and the other was to write a script to look at boot-time.


However Open gl(and thats still the problem) is not working on the intel graphics side of things...(After this post im going to reboot with my modified script that copy's the correct libs, see what happens)




1) create nano /etc/init.d/n10jvideo
2) paste in the following:

#!/bin/bash
VIDEO=`/usr/bin/lspci |grep -c nVidia`
if [ "$VIDEO" = 1 ]; then
echo "[Nvidia Switch enabled, using Nvidia xconfig]"
cp -f /etc/X11/xorgNVtest.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
else
echo "[Nvidia Switch disabled, using intel xconfig]"
cp -f /etc/X11/xorgIntel.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi


3) chmod +x /etc/init.d/n10jvideo

4) ln -s /etc/init.d/n10jvideo /etc/rc2.d/S12n10jvideo

5) you need to have your 2 xconfigs as well
I used the one for nvidia posted at the begining of this thread and here is the xorgintel.conf that im using:

# xorg.conf.failsafe (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg


Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,VGA"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "Clone" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
VideoRam 229376
Option "CacheLines" "1980"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection










5) Im working on the gl thing now for the intel cards, we need to move some modules around as well if its using the intel card..for now..this will get both cards up and going

[aliosa27]

I have one 1080p movie Im attempting to play....The 25th hour....The initial results are that its choking bad.....however this could be because im trying to play a 6 gig video from a usb drive...Im now copying it to the hard drive. Mplayer was spitting out messages that there were "to many packets in the buffer". This is In ubuntu btw

[aliosa27]

the depressing results......

1080p = wayyyyyyyyyyy...to choppy
720p = wayyyyyy to choppy

I tried everything....so ..now im building an atomized version of mplayer with the vdapu patches , and installing the beta nvidia drivers...

I will keep you posted

[guglez]

Which version of nVidia driver do you use?

[aliosa27]

173,177 and now the beta 180.06

[aliosa27]

I put the orignal hard drive that has vista on it back in the laptop...windows plays 720p and 1080P just fine due to the pure video decoder....back at the linux ranch I was able to finally get a 1080p video to play with the beta nvidia driver and the pached mplayer with the vdapu stuffs...

[james-]

Has anyone had any luck with the wireless? even with the 100HZ patch it seems to be choppyer than in windews