ASUS x205ta
Hardware | PCI/USB ID | Working? |
---|---|---|
Keyboard | 0b05:8585 |
Yes |
Touchpad | 04f3:0026 |
Yes |
GPU | 8086:0f31 |
Yes |
Wireless | Yes | |
Bluetooth | Yes | |
Webcam | 04f2:b483 |
Yes |
SD-card reader | Yes | |
Speakers | Yes | |
Microphone | Yes |
The ASUS X205TA is an Intel Bay Trail device with a 64-bit CPU and a 32-bit UEFI.
Installation
See Unified Extensible Firmware Interface#UEFI firmware bitness, if using GRUB set --target=i386-efi
.
For users using archinstall, be sure to choose GRUB as your boot loader. By default, archinstall will install GRUB 64-bit UEFI binaries. To fix this, after archinstall has completed all tasks, chroot into your new system and issue the two commands listed above.
Accessibility
The firmware setup uses traditional BIOS color scheme, so it might work with OCR software. Navigation is controlled by the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Firmware
Enter firmware setup by pressing F2
after turning on the X205TA.
Secure Boot must be turned off to boot Arch:
- Enter firmware setup
- Navigate to the
Security
tab - Enter the
Secure Boot menu
- For
Secure Boot Control
, choose the optionDisabled
- Save changes and exit
To boot from your USB installation medium:
- Enter firmware setup
- Navigate to the
Save & Exit
tab - Select your USB installation medium from the
Boot Override
section of the menu
WiFi breaks after hibernation
Use the following script:
/usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/hibernate.sh
#!/bin/sh case $1 in pre) rmmod brcmfmac ;; post) modprobe brcmfmac ;; esac exit 0
and make it the script executable.
Bluetooth
Install a correct firmware file (e.g. BCM43341B0_002.001.014.0122.0176.hcd
from Windows 10 driver) as /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM43341B0.hcd
.
See this page for more information on the hcd file.
In order to get bluetooth working create a systemd unit
/etc/systemd/system/btattach.service
[Unit] Description=Btattach [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/btattach --bredr /dev/ttyS1 -P bcm ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall btattach [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
and enable the service.
Next, follow the normal steps to activate bluetooth.
Microphone
There has recently been some success in getting the x205ta's Realtek RT5648 sound card working, including microphone support. Updated Alsa-lib's UCM files are available in alsa-lib-x205taAUR[broken link: package not found].