Sucess Atlast...

Today the jaunty beta as released or may be yesterday... I downloaded the desktop cd... no go.. :-(... then downloaded the alternate cd...

and installed the OS... now here is the key for it...

1. install the os from alternate.. you may have to include acpi=off in the boot option of the alternate cd.
2. after install, it will give blank screen and will not work...
3. reboot, go to recovery option and select fix x...
4. now, continue normal boot...
5. enjoi... your login screen will come up and you are all set...

some issues i have found so far...

1 compiz not working... looking at how to fix that... some how it is not using properietary driver.. have to look at that... will update once i have more issues or some other updates...

Installing Linux On ASUS ...

As I had expected based on the forums and other places I have read that there would be issue in installing linux on this baby...

The laptop looks pretty good, not stylish or as designer as the laptops like dell studio or hp hdx or lenovo ideapad... but for lesser dough you cannot get them with this config...

Anyways that is beside the point... come back to the moot point...

I tried installing alpha of jaunty, intrepid with acpi=off and noapic as per some thread but no go on that... would get stuck on some step or the other on booting itself... never came to see gdm login... so thought would try fedora instead... fedora 10.1 installed without any issue with acpi=off... but then there were some update and everything went bonkers... so now I am stuck with vista... I wanted vista to play games...

now I am waiting for the new version of jaunty to come may be beta and I will give another try to it to see if it works... if it works then custom compile the kernel to get acpi on and then if there are any other updates then I will keep updating this blog...


I am waiting for

asus M51TA-X2 and kubuntu...

I am getting this new laptop ... well here is the config... I specifically bought this as it does not support linux, so would be fun installing and playing with it to make linux work :-)...

Model
Brand	ASUS
Series	M51 Series
Model	M51TA-X2
General
Operating System	Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type	AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2G
Screen	15.4" WXGA+
Memory Size	4GB DDR2
Hard Disk	250GB
Optical Drive	DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Video Memory	512MB
Card slot	1 x Express Card
Other Features	30days Zero Bright Dot LCD
CPU
CPU Type	AMD Turion X2 Ultra
CPU Speed	ZM-82(2.20GHz)
CPU L2 Cache	2MB
Display
Screen Size	15.4"
Wide Screen Support	Yes
Display Type	Wide XGA+
Resolution	1440 x 900
Operating Systems
Operating System	Windows Vista Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Video Memory	Dedicated 512MB
Graphic Type	Dedicated Card
Hard Drive
HDD	250GB
HD RPM	5400rpm
Memory
Memory	4GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type	DVD Super Multi
Optical Drive Interface	Integrated
Communications
WLAN	802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth	Yes
Ports
Card Slot	1 x Express Card
USB	4
IEEE 1394	1
Video Port	1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI
Other port	1 x E-SATA
Audio Ports	1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack (S/PDIF)
Audio
Audio	Integrated Sound card
Speaker	Internal Speakers
Input Device
Touchpad	Yes
Keyboard	Standard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader	MMC, SD, MS/PRO
Webcam	1.3MP
Power
Battery	6-cell lithium ion
Manufacturer Warranty
Accidental Damage Warranty	1 year ASUS Accidental Damage Warranty - Drops, Fire, Spill, Surge for purchase after 9/10/07
Parts	2 years limited
Labor	2 years limited