Hi

I'm not sure of my BIOS version (strictly speaking its not really BIOS
anymore, rather EFI). I've managed to mess up my EFI partition at some
stage so windows doesn't work anymore, so can't update bios settings.

Here's the output of dmidecode:
ase-date
N56VM.206
04/13/2012





On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Nico Gevers, as per
> http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N56VM/#support_Download_8 an
> update is available for your BIOS (214). If you update to this, does it
> change anything?
>
> If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the
> output of the following terminal command:
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-214 needs-upstream-testing regression-
> potential
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1028840
>
> Title:
>   Right click on Asus N56VM not recognised
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   The standard trackpad on the Asus N56VM comes with 2 buttons
>   underneath the trackpad (like the MBP machines). The right click,
>   however, is not recognised and acts as a left click. I asked about
>   that (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/204117) but it
>   seems its a driver issue. xev for left and right click returns the
>   same button.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic 3.2.0-27.43
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
>   Architecture: amd64
>   ArecordDevices:
>    **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>    card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog]
>      Subdevices: 1/1
>      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  nico       2072 F.... pulseaudio
>   CRDA:
>    country FR:
>         (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>         (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
>         (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS
>         (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7a10000 irq 48'
>      Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC663'
>      Components : 'HDA:10ec0663,10431477,00100002'
>      Controls      : 23
>      Simple ctrls  : 12
>   Date: Wed Jul 25 12:09:13 2012
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2152e036-91e2-41e6-ac60-3a902baf3b87
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120425)
>   MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N56VM
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-27-generic
> root=UUID=0a4363a2-9382-4042-92f9-3f7ffd349980 ro quiet splash
> acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7
>   PulseList:
>    Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home
> directory /home/nico not ours.
>    No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-27-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-27-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                            1.79
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   StagingDrivers: mei
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2012
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: N56VM.206
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>   dmi.board.name: N56VM
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN56VM.206:bd04/13/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN56VM:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN56VM:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: N56VM
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
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