Linux on the ASUS N10 N10J

ALLurGroceries · 11-14-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aethelbert

This happens when I complete the first part of the Dual GPU setup except my screen starts flashing and becomes semi-unresponsive. Any ideas?

If it's similar to what's been discussed in the thread, check out page 68 with james- posts, (this one too) and there is a launchpad bug here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/464591. You can try renaming or deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

aethelbert · 11-15-2009, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALLurGroceries

If it's similar to what's been discussed in the thread, check out page 68 with james- posts, (this one too) and there is a launchpad bug here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/464591. You can try renaming or deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

I don't think this helps too much here since I did a clean install (I had previously ran Windows 7 on this)

It's at

Code:

sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old

that I get issues. Mainly because there is no xorg.conf to move. Even after i download the xorg.confs for NVIDIA and Intel graphics and complete the rest of the steps I get to the reboot with NVIDIA graphics and get the blinking screen of doom, everytime. It's occurred 3 times since a clean install and I have no idea why it's doing this.

Also, it appears that my startup scripts don't work either, but that shall have to wait until this problem is resolved.

james- · 11-15-2009, 09:59 AM

The HDMI sound isn't working, it shows up in the list but with mplayer even with

Code:

mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 file.avi

it doesn't give me an error per say but doesn't play any sound. I've tested my setup(hdmi->av receiver->tv) and I switched it to laptop->tv, tried it with my PS3 and the sound works through the hdmi(so it's not the cable)

ALLurGroceries · 11-15-2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aethelbert

I don't think this helps too much here since I did a clean install (I had previously ran Windows 7 on this)

It's at

Code:

sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old

that I get issues. Mainly because there is no xorg.conf to move. Even after i download the xorg.confs for NVIDIA and Intel graphics and complete the rest of the steps I get to the reboot with NVIDIA graphics and get the blinking screen of doom, everytime. It's occurred 3 times since a clean install and I have no idea why it's doing this.

Also, it appears that my startup scripts don't work either, but that shall have to wait until this problem is resolved.

Can you boot with Intel graphics? Try removing the xorg.conf.nvidia entirely or blanking the file, since that is probably where the problem is. For instance, move the existing one to a backup location and then try restarting X:

Code:

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia.bak
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

The actual /etc/X11/xorg.conf will be a symbolic link, you can see where it points with:

Code:

ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If it's pointing to a blank (or non-existant) xorg.conf file, that should make it autoprobe for everything and hopefully it will not give you a blinking screen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by james-

The HDMI sound isn't working, it shows up in the list but with mplayer even with

Code:

mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0.3 file.avi

it doesn't give me an error per say but doesn't play any sound. I've tested my setup(hdmi->av receiver->tv) and I switched it to laptop->tv, tried it with my PS3 and the sound works through the hdmi(so it's not the cable)

#0 make sure IEC958 is switched on in your mixer.
#1 plug in cable and turn on receiver/TV/amp, etc
#2 run sudo nvidia-settings and detect displays
#3 run mplayer command line, or create/overwrite .asoundrc so that all apps default to hdmi out:

Code:

echo 'pcm.!default hdmi:Intel' > ~/.asoundrc

rm .asoundrc when you're done using HDMI.

james- · 11-16-2009, 08:00 PM

when I use alsamixer, I don't see "IEC958" but I see it in the GUI sound preferences(gnome) in the profiles. How do I switch it on? In alsamixer I have Master,Headphones,PCM,Mic, S/PDIF, S/PDIF D, S/PDIF 1, Beep, F-Mic, Speaker

ALLurGroceries · 11-16-2009, 10:24 PM

Sound prefs in Gnome should do it. If you're still having problems rebuild alsa from source... it works perfectly for me.

aethelbert · 11-18-2009, 10:36 PM

Fixed the problem. You above instructions solved it perfectly. Thanks. I'd rep you but I think I've done that too much already :P.

ALLurGroceries · 11-18-2009, 11:12 PM

Cool, well that means I should probably add this detail into the guide on my next revision. Thanks for following up!

Edit: I've now corrected all of the missing links and minor problems with the wiki. If anyone finds a problem please let me know or just edit it (it is a wiki!). Again the new URL of the guide is: http://n10.wikia.com/wiki/Linux_HOWTO

james- · Yesterday, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALLurGroceries

Sound prefs in Gnome should do it. If you're still having problems rebuild alsa from source... it works perfectly for me.

If you mean switching the profile to IEC and clicking "mute" to uncheck it, and boost the volume up to 100% and trying, that is what I've been doing(then swtiching it to the HDMI profile. I've compiled alsa from source(again b4 I posted) and still no sound... it's weird

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