Re: I'd like to donate an Asus Q500A laptop

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2016-04-19 15:14 GMT-06:00 Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Dear kernel developers,
>
> I have been trying to use Linux on an Asus Q500A laptop, but ran into
> a couple of problems:
>
> 1. The Caps Lock and Num Lock LEDs do not turn on
> 2. The volume control keys act like stuck letter keys (see
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170285 for an example of
> another Q500A owner complaining about this)
>
> I am quite certain that these are both kernel bugs. I contacted the
> Asus platform driver maintainer, Corentin Chary, but he said that the
> bugs are more likely problems in the input drivers. If you are a
> kernel developer interested in looking into them, the Q500A is
> currently going for about $200-300 on eBay, which is low enough that
> it would not be a problem at all for me to just buy one and send it to
> you as a donation.
>
> Let me know, and thank you for your work on Linux!

Correction: The Caps Lock LED works, the Num Lock LED does not. There
is no Scroll Lock LED.

-Alex
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