ASUS N550JX
| Device | Status | Module |
| Intel | Working | xf86-video-intel |
| Nvidia | Working | nvidia |
| Ethernet | Working | r8169 |
| Wireless | Working | iwlwifi |
| Audio | Working | snd_hda_intel |
| Touchpad | Working | xf86-input-synaptics |
| Camera | Working | uvcvideo |
| Card Reader | Working | rtsx_usb |
| Bluetooth | Working | bluetooth |
Hardware
This article covers hardware specific configuration for ASUS N550JX laptop.
Configuration
Video
Laptop comes with two GPUs (main INTEL and dedicated NVIDIA):
$ lspci | grep "VGA|3D"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M] (rev ff)
NVIDIA Optimus technology can be implemented and controlled using Bumblebee software.
Audio
Built-in speakers and headphones work out of the box with snd_hda_intel driver. External sub-woofer works after this patch is applied:
/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel-n550jx.conf
options snd-hda-intel patch=n550jx-lfe-fix,n550jx-lfe-fix
/lib/firmware/n550jx-lfe-fix
[codec] 0x10ec0668 0x104313df 0 [pincfg] 0x1a 0x00106111
You can install patch from asus-n550jx-subwoofer-fixAUR
At the time of writing this article kernel bug is filled for this patch to be included in ALSA future releases.
Keyboard
In order to make all keyboard function keys (FN+F{1..12}) generate correct signals - add kernel parameter acpi_osi= to your bootloader.
Troubleshooting
nouveau problems
Installation media sometimes produces a lot of error messages during boot. This is a bug in the nouveau driver. Just ignore hitting Enter few times. Later you can disable nouveau module:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau