Comment 16 for bug 512567

Just to review the procedure for flashing the BIOS:
1) get 1005P-ASUS-0706.ZIP from http://support.asus.com/download
2) extract 1005P-ASUS-0706.ROM to a USB stick, being sure to RENAME IT
    1005P.ROM
3) power-on the EEPC1005PE while holding down ALT and tapping F2 repeatedly.

The update then occurs automatically.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:32 AM, James Graves <email address hidden>wrote:

> OK, after the clarifications from Isaac Bowen and olofsj, things are
> working acceptably for the Fn+hotkey adjustment of the brightness.
>
> It seems what I was seeing was that hidden setting of the gnome-power-
> manager mentioned by olofsj. Without the "acpi_osi=Linux" boot option,
> the 'dim' setting of gnome-power-manager is fairly bright, so I didn't
> notice when that kicked in. However, with the "acpi_osi=Linux" boot
> option, the 'dim' setting is actually dim, and that was quite
> noticeable. And annoying.
>
> So, to recap, Eee PC users really ought to upgrade to at least the 0706
> BIOS version using the Asus update utility shipped with the netbook
> (that really requires its own documentation because the user interface
> is peculiar). Then they can add the "acpi_osi=Linux" to the grub
> configuration as described above by olofsj and Dave Gluss above. And
> then they will need to edit the hidden settings of gnome-power-demon as
> described by olofsj. Whew!
>
> --
> hotkeys adjust brightness non-monotonically on EEEPC 1005PE
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512567
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