asus-nb-ctrl
Q: Is <distro> supported by asus-nb-ctrl?
A: Only Fedora 33 and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed officially. Other distros may have packaging, or you will need to compile and install it yourself.
Q: It's not working!
A: Check the logs with sudo journalctl -b -u asusd and look for errors.
Q: There's an error like:
Error: D-Bus error: The name org.asuslinux.Daemon was not provided by any .service files (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown)
when I run asusctl <command>
A: The daemon isn't running, check the logs with sudo journalctl -b -u asusd and look for errors.
Q: Error is something about a keyboard?
A: Is the keyboard driver loaded? Use lsmod |grep rog to look for hid_asus_rog
if it's not there the DKMS module may need to be forced rebuild and installed.
This is a common issue after kernel upgrades.
Q: I don't have profile or charge control
A: This is usually to do with the WMI driver. You will need to either install asus-rog-nb-wmi form that git repo or follow this guide.
If it is installed you may need to force rebuild the DKMS module, see further down.
Q: How do I set a custom fan curve?
A: First, this feature works only with AMD laptops currently. Second, you need
the acpi_call kernel module installed, and lastly the format is shown here.
Q: FN+F5 doesn't do anything?
A: You need to map the key-combo to an action in your desktop, like this:
Q: Why did nvidia mode give me black screen?
A: This happens on AMD machines typically, if your machine is AMD then you need to add the following to run on graphical login:
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0 xrandr --auto
there are many ways to do this so you will need to search for the right way for your login manager.
Keyboard
Q: My keyboard is not working with the driver?
A: You may have a different keyboard. Please request support in one of the related projects on gitlab, or in the discord server.
Q: Mic-Mute doesn't work?
A: The issue is that the current keycode being emitted by the driver is only
recognised by Wayland. X11 and desktops using X11 require F20 to be emitted.
Create a file named /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-nkey.hwdb with:
evdev:input:b0003v0B05p1866* KEYBOARD_KEY_ff31007c=f20 # x11 mic-mute
then update hwdb with:
sudo systemd-hwdb update sudo udevadm trigger
Q: Can I customise the Fn key?
A: No, the key is on a physically different circuit and used to physically
signal the keyboard EC to switch key circuits. There are three different
circuits for the 0x8166 keyboard.
Q: I have a G14/G15 or other laptop where the Arrow keys are unmarked by emit keycodes, can I use these?
A: Yes
Q: Can I remap the arrow-keys?
A1: Yes, create a file named /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-nkey.hwdb with:
evdev:input:b0003v0B05p1866* KEYBOARD_KEY_c00b6=kbdillumdown # Fn+F2 (music prev) KEYBOARD_KEY_c00b5=kbdillumup # Fn+F4 (music skip) KEYBOARD_KEY_ff3100c5=pagedown # Fn+Down KEYBOARD_KEY_ff3100c4=pageup # Fn+Up KEYBOARD_KEY_ff3100b2=home # Fn+Left KEYBOARD_KEY_ff3100b3=end # Fn+Right
then update hwdb with:
sudo systemd-hwdb update sudo udevadm trigger
You can see a list of keycodes here.
Q: How do I rebuild the DKMS modules
A:
sudo dkms remove hid-asus-rog/0.6.0 --all sudo dkms build hid-asus-rog/0.6.0 sudo dkms install hid-asus-rog/0.6.0
You will need to replace the 0.6.0 with the module version. To find the version
try ls /usr/src/ and the number showing such as hid-asus-rog-0.6.0-1.1 is the
version. So for the above commands here you would replace 0.6.0 with 0.6.0-1.1.
The same applies to hid-asus-rog.
Desktop Notifications
Q: How do I get feedback for Fn+Key presses?
A: asus-nb-ctrl comes with a notification daemon and service you can enable:
systemctl --user enable asus-notify.service systemctl --user start asus-notify.service
this works fine for almost all desktops and provides basic notifications through dbus.
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