ASUS X201E

Asus x201e is ultra-slim and light notebook manufactured by Asus. It has Intel Core i3, Pentium or Celeron processors with integrated graphics with up to 4GB of RAM. This article can help you to install Gentoo Linux on Asus X201E and point to tipical problems during installation and setting the system.

General Configuration
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Ethernet
Networking is provided by Qualcomm Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet. Alx driver is needed:

802.11 Wifi
Wifi is provided by Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter. ath9k driver is needed:

Bluetooth
Though Atheros AR9485 has integrated bluetooth, ath9k driver doesn't support it.

Input Devices
The keyboard support for X11 is provided by evdev.

To make fn+f5 (brightness down) and fn+f6 (brightness up) function keys work it is needed to unspecify acpi_osi in grub.

Nevertheless brightness set with keyboard will not synchronize with brightness set with KDE.

Touchpad support is provided through synaptics.

Also you must enable CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH in kernel.

Double- and tripple- tapping and scroll will work, although 4- and 5- finger tap will not be recognized.