Arch on the Asus 900 (EEE PC)

Firstly, I'd like to ask if anyone's had any success with installing arch on the asus 900 and if the steps they took while doing it differed from those in the threads/guide regarding the 700 found on these pages.
Secondly, I've been poking around with arch trying to get everything (need before greed) working. I currently have gotten both the wired and the wireless network working, proper graphics and most of the configuration has also been done, so I'm kind of settled in now. At the moment I'm just missing the sound card, webcam and proper acpi support. I've been trying to get the 2.6.25.2 kernel running, hoping that it will solve some issues with the asus acpi support but haven't been able to boot it since I don't have an initramfs/initrd-fle that I can use.
Does anyone have any pointers?
Cheers /emilIO

B wrote:I know Asus themselves released some ACPI code for those EEE PCs ...
It's true that they have, but I can't even download it since the link is broken . I did however manage to download some of the eee packages for arch posted by people on the forums but didn't have any success since I kept getting error messages saying that stuff in /proc/acpi/asus/ couldn't be found. I figured that I needed the asus acpi module for laptops that is included in the kernel so I went about getting my hands on the 2.6.25.2 kernel. After compiling the bzImage, modules and installing the modules the kernel paniced during boot-up. I resolved this issue by compiling in the drivers for the SSD. Now it started panicing about /lib/modules/2.6.25.2-ARCH/modules.dep, saying that the file isn't there, only it IS! So I'm kind of confused now, any tips?
/emilIO

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[SOLVED] Asus 900 : ALSA plays sound, but microphone doesn't work

Hi,
This week I installed Arch Linux (kernel 3.1.8-1-ARCH) on my Asus 900 with HDA Intel Realtek ALC662 rev1 sound card. The wiki and google and existing forum posts have been good for most issues, but I'm stumped on ALSA configuration. So here's my first forum post for advice.
I configured sound OK following advice in the wiki and twiddling settings with alsamixer, through both the internal speaker and through the headphones, but I can't get internal or external microphone to work. I'm testing with:
arecord -d 3 junk.wav
then when I play back via:
aplay junk.wav
there is only soft static (with audible soft clicks at the start and end).
(Other files like /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav play fine.)
alsamixer recognizes and reports my HDA Intel card, Realtek ALC662 rev1.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Alsa has several suggestions of options for the snd-hda-intel module.
Different pages suggest different places, which was confusing until I discovered that they can go in any file in /etc/modprobe.d so I'm putting them in /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf .
I added
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
with no luck.
I have tried various model=XXX parameters (based on many suggestions found googling for Asus 900, alsa, ALC662, etc problems):
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
options snd-hda-intel model=asus
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-laptop
options snd-hda-intel model=laptop
options snd-hda-intel model=ref
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode1
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode2
options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode8
and I do
rmomd snd-hda-intel && modprobe snd-hda-intel
after each modification, which makes a little click in the speakers as the module is restarted.
I don't know what the differences between asus-mode1, asus-mode2 etc are supposed to be - I've failed to find clear documentation about them, but AFAIK they seem to be the only valid model choices, unlike stuff like laptop, asus, etc.
I find asus-mod1 etc at https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ … _realtek.c and various other webpages.
I found they vary the items presented by alsamixer but none of the 8 asus-modeN values helped me get the mic working. (The only obvious change was asus-mode8 made my headphone stop working, unlike asus-mod1 through asus-mod7.)
I looked at /var/log/kernel.log when doing the snd-hda-intel module reload for various values of model= and they all look similar to this:
snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A disabled
snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
hda_code: ALC662 rev1: BIOS auto-probing
input: HDA Digital PCBeep as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input24
input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input25
input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input26
(Note the emphasized line about BIOS auto-probing only comes up when not using model= or when trying various suggested model values that don't seem to be actually defined for ALC662, e.g. stuff like model=asus, etc.)
Here's a list of alsamixer settings I used for various models. (Note I also tried muting and raising various higher boost levels, and when there's an Internal Mic or F-Mic item I tried various combinations. The following are just what seem the most plausible settings to me.)
model=asus
model=asus-auto
model=auto
alsamixer presents 14 items (boosts are paired) :
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00)
Headphone 00
Speaker 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic Boost 22 (dB gain: 10.00, 10.00)
Mic Boost 22 (dB gain: 10.00, 10.00)
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Auto-Mute Mode Enabled
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
Internal Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Internal Mic Boost 22 (dB gain: 10.00, 10.00)
Internal Mic Boost 22 (dB gain: 10.00, 10.00)
model=asus-mode1
alsamixer [All] presents 8 items:
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
speaker & headphones work, neither mic works
model=asus-mode2
alsamixer [All] presents 11 items:
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00)
Headphone 00
Speaker 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
F-Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
model=asus-mode3
alsamixer [All] presents 9 items:
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
F-Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
model=asus-mode4
alsamixer presents 9 items
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Headphone 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
model=asus-mode5
alsamixer presents same 9 items as asus-mode4
model=asus-mode6
alsamixer [All] presents 9 items same as asus-mode3
model=asus-mode7
alsamixer [All] presents 12 items:
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Headphone1 00
Headphone2 00
Speaker 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
IntMic 56 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
model=asus-mode8
alsamixer [All] presents 11 items:
Master 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Headphone1 00
Headphone2 00
Speaker 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
PCM 100 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Mic 56 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
S/PDIF mute
S/PDIF Default PCM 00
Beep MM
Capture 14 (dB gain: 0.00, 0.00)
Digital 25 (dB gain: 0.50, 0.50)
No headphone output for asus-mode8!?
I'm not interested in doing anything fancy (e.g. mixing multiple sources or whatever), I just want basic mic functionality.
Finally here's some info requested from the archlinux.org/index.php/Alsa:
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC662 rev1 Analog [ALC662 rev1 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
$ lsmod|grep snd
snd_hda_intel 19325 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 211044 1
snd_hda_codec 69829 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep 4942 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 60207 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 15438 1 snd_pcm
snd 43817 6 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 5018 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 5869 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Jan 11 20:43 by-path
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 5 Jan 11 20:43 controlC0
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 11 20:43 hwC0D0
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 3 Jan 11 21:01 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 2 Jan 11 21:01 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Jan 11 15:23 seq
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan 11 15:23 timer
Has anyone got sound recording working on an Asus 900 with HDA Intel Realtek ALC662 rev1 ...?
Thanks for any help! (And for feedback whether this post gave too much info or not enough, or other suggestions for posting such requests. Sorry if this was too long, but it seemed better to err on the side of too much info...)
Last edited by goulo (2012-01-13 18:30:13)

Hello,
I don't have your soundcard but maybe the following information is helpful, though:
Install the linux-docs package, then you have some information about your soundcard drivers in "/usr/src/linux-*/Documentation/sound/alsa/". Exspecially "HD-Audio.txt" and "HD-Audio-Models.txt" might be important. In the Models file it is stated that just the "asus-mode*" are legitimate model parameters for your soundcard and in the HD-Autio.txt file it is more or less said that trial and error the modules is the way to go to find the "correct module". Further there is a section
Capture Problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The capture problems are often because of missing setups of mixers.
Thus, before submitting a bug report, make sure that you set up the
mixer correctly. For example, both "Capture Volume" and "Capture
Switch" have to be set properly in addition to the right "Capture
Source" or "Input Source" selection. Some devices have "Mic Boost"
volume or switch.
When the PCM device is opened via "default" PCM (without pulse-audio
plugin), you'll likely have "Digital Capture Volume" control as well.
This is provided for the extra gain/attenuation of the signal in
software, especially for the inputs without the hardware volume
control such as digital microphones. Unless really needed, this
should be set to exactly 50%, corresponding to 0dB -- neither extra
gain nor attenuation. When you use "hw" PCM, i.e., a raw access PCM,
this control will have no influence, though.
It's known that some codecs / devices have fairly bad analog circuits,
and the recorded sound contains a certain DC-offset. This is no bug
of the driver.
So check your mixer, here and here are nice tutorials.
Greetings
matse
Last edited by matse (2012-01-12 16:30:09)

Best Buy baited me and switched up on the ASUS G74SX-BBK9 vs. the BBK11 - not cool!

My question to Best Buy is - Have things gotten so bad in your business that you have to resort to what amounts to bait and switch tactics to get people into your stores?
I am a long time customer and Rewards Zone member. Between my family and my extended family I would say I have an impact on 7 to 10K in Best Buy business annually (conservative estimate really) as the family tech guru. Unfortunately more often than not I find BEST Buy, really isn't in the long run and I find that sad. Let me give you an example:
I have been following the ASUS G73 and now G74 laptops for the past couple years. I have been interested in getting one because I am a middle aged performance computer nut and will not settle for sub-standard performance even in my portable computer. The ASUS G74SX-BBK9 caught my eye and I went down to the local Best Buy with cash in my pocket to pick one up. When I arrived I learned that the BBK9 is nearly impossible to find but I am in luck, it has been replaced by the BBK11 and it is in stock!. Upon closer inspection I learn that the "new" BBK11 is really the same computer as the BBK9 with a low performance hard drive AND A HIGHER PRICE!!! Please allow me a moment to inform you that when it comes to IT hardware it does not INCREASE in value as the model ages, it actually LOSES value. And it is crystal clear to me that Best Buy thinks:
1. They can pull the ole switcheroo and no one will notice.
2. The customer is stupid and has more money than brains.
3. Specs are meaningless in high performance computer hardware.
4 or all of the above!
But what really got to me was the attitude of the staff. I asked if they could help me locate a BBK9 and I would buy it that second. After a couple minutes of a passive search they said it was impossible to find. Strangely enough it is on the Best Buy site - granted it is now listed as an Outlet item, but it clearly is available somewhere.
It does not make any sense to pay more for less and that makes me sick really. But I will be traveling for 10 days and don't have time to do an online order so I offered to buy a BBK11 but at a slightly better price than the $1249 it was listed at. Being completely fair - I would pay $1249 for a BBK9 in a microsecond if I could find one!!! But alas it has been marked down $70 and is only available in stores if you win the lottery and can find one. I am guessing it is right next the the unicorns and pot of gold at the base of a rainbow in the software section!! Are you starting to understand why this feels like a bait and switch?? The website says it exists, but good luck finding one - just feels like a foot traffic in the store come-on to me.
After a few minutes the lady I spoke with came back from a visit with a supervisor and said, "the price that is on it now, is the price it sells for and there is nothing we can do, and we have nothing else to talk about." I agreed that she was right about one thing - we have nothing else to talk about and I left feeling like an idiot for even walking into the store in the first place. A word of advice from a customer service manger - making your customers feel like idiots is not the way to build a business that will last. It is the way to alienate your customers and ruin your brand reputation in the long run.
Good luck and I hope you survive - but I think you are way off track........

So you are expecting for BBY to stock a discontinued model?
I agree that Asus dropped the ball. They did make an inferior "new" product. But that's not BBYs fault. There are probably a few BBK9s out there, hence why it's still on the website but online stock checks aren't 100% reliable.
If I was BBY I wouldn't have budged on the price either. They are just a middle man and because you want to buy it for less just means they will see even less profit on a razor thin margin to begin with.
This is far from bait and switch as it wasn't advertised, Wasn't put on an unbelievable sale, nor did they upsell you to another product. You researched what you wanted, thought you found it at BBY and when they didn't have an outdated model in stock then the next model was suggested I assume.

10yr customer switching to AT&T from Verizon for the Nokia 900 Lumia

So I've been with Verizon for almost 10 years. That's about $20,000 to $30,000 I've given them. I know that's nothing to a massive company, but I also know that it's not peanuts either. I have been very happy with Verizon during those years (though I have gotten sick of every single other company always having nicer, better, cooler phones). But their service has been good, as well as the customer service. However, I have gotten to a point where I don't like the android phones at all, and don't really like iphones either. I've been sitting on an old HTC TP2 and now am out of contract. I was hoping Verizon would get the 900 Lumia, but it has now been announced as AT&T only. Why does Verizon always have to be the last company to get any sort of innovative phones?
I am about 90% sure I will be switching to AT&T. I don't like the way Verizon clings to their droids, how their salespeople only push one or two devices, and I don't like how they handled their iphone introduction (instead of innovating, they just jumped on the bandwagon a few years too late).
I know that the people interested in Windows Phones are a small minority, but if we can get this thing to trend it might get someone's attention. At worst, make them consider bringing in some new phones. I don't want the dumbed-down 700 series Nokia phone.
Anyone else considering a switch to AT&T?

They did it once already.
On 12.01.2012 20:36, jcb193 wrote:
RE: 10YR CUSTOMER
SWITCHING TO AT||AMP||T FROM VERIZON FOR THE NOKIA 900 LUMIA
created by jcb193 in Windows Phone Discussions - View the full
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I am considering a purchase of the ASUS PB278Q 27"

I want to be assured it will work at full resolution with a late-2013 Macbook Pro 15" Retina. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of this?
I bought an HP 27" last month for this purpose and no amount of cables and combinations would make it work. I can't afford to do a repeat, paying shipping back, etc. The HP did work with my 2007 Macbook Pro and with my Mac Pro, but would not work with the late-2013 Macbook Pro, so its difficult to 'asusme' that it will just work with the Macbook Pro. I also had the Macbook Pro checked out by Apple and it was ok, worked with the Apple display with no problem.
Lots of folks seem to have had this same problem with the HP, so maybe it is just unique to that. I'd like to know for sure before if possible.
Thanks,
Tmy

I am currently using the Asus PB278Q monitor with my 2012 Macbook Air. I can run it at full resolution with a mini displayport to displayport cable. However, I sometimes see some strange behavior when I reconnect the monitor after putting my computer to sleep.
Most of the time, I can get the monitor to connect by plugging it in, turning it on, then opening the clamshell of my laptop (this process took a bit of trial and error to figure out). If I do this in the wrong order, or if it doesn't feel like working that day, then I have to restart to get the monitor to connect.
I'm still searching for a fix (terminal command to reset the monitor connection?) but until then, I can't recommend this monitor for use with a mac laptop, even though it mostly works at full resolution.

How can i get HD video out from the lumia 900. ? ...

How can i get HD video out from the lumia 900. ? Is there some kind of gable. ? N8 has HD cable port..so where is lumia`s port. ?

Download Zune and start it, when started connect your Lumia 900 and you can now transfer mediafiles from the Lumia to your PC through a USB connection. For Mac use the Mac connector.
Press the 'Accept As Solution' icon if I have solved your problem, click on the Star Icon below if my advice has helped you!

Differences Between The Asus P67 EVO And Pro?

Anyone know of the differences between the Asus P67 EVO and the Pro?
I want to buy an Asus P67 Pro Motherboard today, but there are only 2 left at Fry's and they are both open-box returns and the other Fry's has only 6 left and ALL are open-box returns. So I'm thinking there may be an issue with the Pro's?
Is the EVO just as good?
On the Asus site specs, it seems the only differences are:
(and I'm not sure what any of the following means)
-On the Pro, the PCIe x16-3 slot shares bandwidth with the ESATA12
-On the EVO, the PCIe x16-3 slot shares bandwidth with the ESATA3G and the PESATA3G
-The EVO has dual LAN's
-The EVO has a CMOS Switch
-The Pro has the "System Panel" Q-Connector
Adobe seems to be heading towards allowing 2 video cards.
Would the EVO limit me if this happens?
I notice there's only one EVO on the PPBM5 site in the upper realms (Novak).
There seems to be more Pro's.
I don't plan on doing huge overclocking, maybe minor.
Components to be used:
-i7 2600K
-Corsair Vengeance 16GB
-Corsair AX 850 Watt Gold
-EVGA GTX 460 1GB Superclocked
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-Seagate Barracuda 3GB Storage
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-WD My Book 3GB External for Another Backup
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Guys.

addiZ wrote:
I'm going to use my MacBook mainly for gaming and editing videos
Don't get the 13". It only has an integrated video card. Both the 15" and 17" models have an integrated as well as a dedicated video card.

Hi all after reading numerous threads I want to confirm what I am hoping to do with a TC and the Asus RT-N56U.

I currently use an Asus RT-N56U router and want to hook up a TC 2TB to it by running an ethernet cable from a lan port on the Asus router to the wan port on the TC. I intend to use the TC for two purposes if possible.
1. As a back up to two IMacs running OSX10.7.4 utilizing time machine.
2. To add ethernet ports to the existing Asus router and be able to plug into TC for more ports.
So is this possible and how would I set the TC to do this?
Thank you

You can do all that you want, but the version of AirPort Utility in Lion 10.7.4 is not really suited well for this type of setup.
Please download and install AirPort Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion
You can keep both AirPort Utility 6.x and 5.6 on your Mac.
I assume that the TC is new, with factory default settings. If not, please perform a Factory Default Reset on the TC using the information in this Apple support document:
Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ
Connect a CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports on the Asus router to the WAN "O" port on the TC
Temporarily, connect another spare Ethernet cable from your Mac to one of the LAN <-> ports on the TC
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility 5.6
Select the TC and click Manual Setup
Click the Time Capsule tab located below the row of icons and assign a device name for the TC, a device password and adjust Time Zone settings. No other settings need to be adjusted.
Click the Wireless tab next to the Time Capsule tab and change the setting for Wireless Mode to "Off"
Click the Internet icon, then click the Internet Connection tab below the icon. Make sure that the setting for Connect Using = Ethernet.
Change the setting for Connection Sharing to "Off" (Bridge Mode)
Click Update and allow 25-30 seconds for the TC to restart
Disconnect the temporary Ethernet cable that you used from the Mac to the TC
Power off both the Asus router and the TC
Wait a minute, then start the Asus router first and let it run a minute, then start the TC.
You are in business

When will the Asus RBG50VT-X5 be available again

I was about to order the Asus RBG50VT-X5 today. When i refreshed the page it was sold out. Does anyone know when it will be in stock again?
Solved!
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Those are factory refurbished units. Almost all models will be discontinued and new units are arriving soon that are loaded with Windows 7.
Adam
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Is there an Apple alternative to using the Asus videophone. Is there a simple FaceTime alternative for an elderly person to use. iPod and docking station maybe?

I have an elderly parent and recently bought a secondhand Asus SV1T video phone to be able to Skype from my Mac, iPad,iPhone etc. The device was perfect from a usability point of view but when I set it up discovered that the latest vesion of Skype is not supported on the Asus and there is no hope of Asus issueing a firmware upgrade to fix it. So the question is "is there a facetime alternative that an 85 year old can use". It needs to be simple to operate, always on and reasonably compact. One thought I had was using an iPod in a speaker dock for power and amplification. I assume you can then tailor the front screen to simply show the facetime icon. Anyone got any thoughts?

You would need to have an iPad with 3G, and pay for cellular data service for it. If you have a wifi-only iPad, you simply cannot access the Internet anywhere that there is no wifi network available. You could tether it to a wifi hotspot created by a smartphone, though having a smartphone significantly reduces the need for FaceTime, I would think.

Does anyone use the Asus G751JY-DH72X laptop for editing HD video in Premiere Pro

I wish to purchase a laptop for field use. The Asus G751JY-DH72X laptop seems to have great specs for HD editing in Premiere Pro (CC 2014). I wonder if anyone has tried this unit and: 1) Does Mercury Hardware (GPU) acceleration work and 2) Does a Thunderbird array connected to the Thunderbird port work?

The Asus G751JY-DH72X appears to be the perfect Adobe CC mobile workstation spec wise. I am thinking of purchasing this myself. Adorama seems to have the best prices on the 512SSD, 1TB HHD model. According to the list of Adobe CC supported cards the Nividia GTX980M is officially on that list. I don't know about the array...but everything else is legit. Looking at the specs and add all the reviews...this is an excellent choice for an Adobe Animator/Editor.

Can I pair my iPhone and iPad so I can put the phone in my bag and take calls threw the iPad like the ASUS

Can I pair my iPhone and iPad so I can put the phone in my bag and take calls threw the iPad like the new ASUS tablet/phone combo ?
As a Quadriplegic I keep dropping my mouth stick on the ground and I fumble for my phone when it rings the table on my wheelchair is cluttered with my iPad iPhone mouth stick and TV and AC remotes I want to be able to put my iPhone in my bag and receive calls threw the iPad.
All new electric wheelchairs allow you to pair the joystick or chin control of the chair to only one device so currently you have to sacrifice your use of one to use the other if we can pair the iPhone and iPad by wifi we can then sit the iPad in a mount on our wheelchairs and pair it ia bluetooth and operate them with ease .
Can anyone out there help me or pass on my needs to a development team within Apple, please help as I don't want to have to buy the ASUS tablet/phone
Paul

I would like to be able to do this also but, i'm not sure how to set my iPad to manually sync for one thing and also, when I connect my iPad to my new (recently purchased,first time,new to this) iMac it only gives me the option to either set up as 'new' or 'restore to my recent iPhone back up'. I just want them to be separate. How can I fix this please?

Is Arch really the best choice?

I'm confused.
At the beginning when I used Arch, I thought it was the best distro out there. Good package manager, lots of packages actively maintained.
But then came stability problems - gradually. More and more programs seemed to be unstable.
Now I'm using CRUX - since the accident of removing /etc. And I must admit that I NEVER had any stability problems with it (now and before I moved to Arch). Everything works flawlessly.
Is there everything all right with Arch? Maybe it's on the verge of turning into another Redhat/SuSE/Mandrake?
Arch tries too follow KISS principle, but does it really do so? pacman is certainly not the most obvious piece of software.
Is Arch's release policy beneficial?
Last but not least, I'm not so sure if Arch is really that much improved compared to CRUX. I found CRUX extremely pleasant thanks to it's prt-get utility.

vicious wrote:Haven't you noticed that this thread is not really about CRUX. It's about Arch.
yes
vicious wrote:The problem is: most of you think that Arch Linux is (more or less) perfect. That's why you use it. That's fine - but is this an objective or subjective attitude?
subjective, why would I use Arch if I don't want to?
vicious wrote:What is the goal of Arch Linux project? What's the target user profile? Is this a distribution for geeks or newbees? What's the scope of the project - what tools should be implemented specific for Arch?
Arch is mostly a distro for developers and other hacker wannabes, people that just wan't a stripped down system that never let you down.
vicious wrote:The problem is that Arch is just a mix of ideas from different places. It's a CRUX's spinoff and a wannabe Fedora with slight traces of Debian. You might say that it's a mix of the best ideas - but that's not true.
Fedora wannabe?? Who said that?
vicious wrote:If I wanted a bleeding edge distro, I would go for Gentoo.
If I needed an absolutely simplistic distro, I would go for CRUX.
If I was a newbee, I'd go for Fedora Core.
If I needed stability, I'd go for Debian.
lol! go for gentoo! Are you a ricer? Haven't used Crux but I doubt that it's better than Arch. Fedora is just a Red Hat playground so it's not a serious distro. Debian would be a better choice but I said it before that it's Arch' destiny to challenge Debian as the best vanilla distro, atleast on the desktop. Debian has more than 1000 devs so it's not so easy for Arch at this point to compete with it.
vicious wrote:Each of these goals excludes the others. You cannot have a stable bleeding edge distro. You cannot have a simplistic newbee distro.
I think that Arch will never be a newbie distro, there are tons of them already. No need for more..
vicious wrote:Where does Arch fit?
In my boxes it fit's perfectly, and probably in many others too.
vicious wrote:Nowhere! It's features are not coherent. Parts are simplistic (boot scripts, abs). Parts are not (pacman). You want hardware autodetection without autoconfiguration. You want gui frontend for pacman, but not for config files.
Where have you heard this? There is no work beeing made on making Arch "easier", not that I heard of atleast. All the gui pacman frontends are not easier than cli, it's more that it looks better than the ugly terminal.
vicious wrote:Arch doesn't have ANY feature which would make me say: "this is the best solution i've seen; no other distro has it". Arch is just average - for some people it might be a good option, but others should find something more suitable for their application.
The nicest feature for me in Arch is the lack of features. It's also nice that you can code in almost "all" language without need for fiddling with manual installations. Mplayer plays "everything" out of the box, absolutely rocksteady base system(I don't use gnome or qt though) and smart developers that fix problems pretty quick.
Go Arch!!! Fight the whingers!!!

Has the Asus G71GX-RX05 GPU problem been fixed?

Has the Asus G71GX-RX05 GPU problem been fixed? And if so what do you have to do to fix it.

hi vanhelsing.
i know that asus was working on an updated BIOS to fix the GPU issue, and according to the last post in this thread on the asus support forums (http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20090627114124765&board_id=3&model=G71Gx(BestBuy)&SLanguage=e...), rev. 1201 seems to have done the trick.
i checked the asus support website (http://support.asus.com), and i found that there is an even new version of the BIOS - rev. 1302. i would recommend moving to this BIOS upon unboxing your G71GX.
i have updated the BIOS on both notebooks and desktops before, and the process is fairly painless. i found this link off the asus support site (http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us), and it describes how to update the BIOS. i would recommend having a conversation with your local geek squad if you're not comfortable doing the process yourself.

How to find the ASUS UX50V Serial Number?

How to find the ASUS UX50V Serial Number?
I have to use the Serial Number to get the WINDOWS 7.
But I don`t know where are they.
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Under the battery, there is a barcode. The number printed above the barcode is the serial number.
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