[CentOS] asus-wmi.ko for Asus G73Sw running CentOS 6.2

Thu Dec 29 16:36:27 UTC 2011
Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs>

On 12/29/2011 05:27 AM, Rob Kampen wrote:
> Hi List,
> Just loaded our favorite OS onto my new ASUS laptop.
> Practically everything worked out of the box - I used the live DVD to
> check things out and installed from there.
> I have followed
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/553474-g73-asus-wmi-linux-driver-i-need-your-help-6.html
> to get suspend working and also to get function keys working for LCD
> screen backlight controls working (Fn F5 and Fn F6).
> Upon further searches I find that there is a kernel module asus-wmi.ko
> available in some distros that also allows some of the other Asus
> functions to operate - of particular interest is the keyboard backlight
> (Fn F3 and Fn F4) as well as the master backlight on/off key to function.
>
> Question, does anyone know where and how to locate this (asus-wmi.ko)
> and get it functioning under CentOS 6.2?
>
> I am prepared to set up the required build environment - but need some
> assistance as this is really at the limits of my experience. I have
> rebuilt the kernel to remove patches with some success previously and
> will have to dust off this knowledge if required.
>

Best course of action is to ask help from ElRepo repository. they build 
and maintain many kernel modules.


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