Install notes for installing Pop OS 20.10 on a G17 Laptop with a i7 10875H and RTX2070

Installing Pop OS

• Download PopOS with Nvida Drivers and install it.

• Install Mainline

  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cappelikan/ppa
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install mainline
    

  • then start mainline and install >5.11 kernel (below 5.11 you have to add special moduls to the kernel)

• To get sound working do this https://lab.retarded.farm/zappel/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14/-/wikis/Hardware/Audio and https://askubuntu.com/questions/1276428/no-sound-alc294-asus-rog-strix-512-ubuntu-20-04-01/1277167#1277167

• Download https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asus-nb-ctrl , extract and move into the folder via cd asus-nb-ctrl

• Build asus-nb-ctrl

  • Install Rust curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
  • Install apt install libclang-dev libudev-dev
  • make
  • sudo make install
  • systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart asusd

• adjust the /etc/asusd/asusd.conf via sudo nano /etc/asusd/asusd.conf to your liking. I am still using the the PopOS GPU switcher so change "manage_gfx": true to "manage_gfx": false I switchted to the switcher of asus-nb-ctrl. For this go into the gnome extensions manager in firefox and disable power76 and disable system76-power in the systemmd via systemctl stop system76-power.service && systemctl disable system76-power.service and then sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

• Add

  • systemctl --user enable asus-notify.service
    systemctl --user start asus-notify.service
    

• Add asusctl profile -n to a shortcut via the keyboard manger. I use the Fan Key on the top left

• To change led color use for example asusctl led-mode static -c ffffffto change the color to a static white one. More Info for each mode with the -hcommand. For example asusctl led-mode -h