Asus Laptop Extras - How to activate in Kernel?

curana · 2006-05-01 12:24:42

Hi,

Im using an ASUS W1N notebook and it works quite smooth with Arch. The only problem I have is the activation of my special keys like volume control.

I searched the net and found this project http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus/ which is already a part of the Linux Kernel.

As Im quite new to Linux and Arch especially, I dont know yet how to load modules to the kernel or how to find out which modules are already installed/loaded.

How can I find out how to load this module in Arch? Any help?

Thanks for any hint.

Arkamririon · 2006-05-01 12:47:05

The module name is asus-acpi

To load it enter (as root)

modprobe asus-acpi

If you get no output the module was loaded.
To check use the lsmod command

lsmod | grep asus

If you get an output it is really loaded

To load it automatically at startup add asus-acpi to the
MODULES line in /etc/rc.conf

Nice How-To : http://m6n.ath.cx/forum/viewtopic.php?t=208
It is for the Asus M6, but it uses asus-acpi, too.

curana · 2006-05-01 12:50:04

Thanks, I just found out by myself, but I thank you a lot. I was searching for days now but the small *click* didnt come...

Anyway, thanks for your help. Now it works.

Arch Linux

#1 2006-05-01 12:24:42

Asus Laptop Extras - How to activate in Kernel?

#2 2006-05-01 12:47:05

Re: Asus Laptop Extras - How to activate in Kernel?

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Re: Asus Laptop Extras - How to activate in Kernel?

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