Acer Aspire One D250
- Booted with acpi=off to keep from hanging on acpi module loading
- Had to drop to other console, wipe partition table with fdisk before cfdisk would work
See the Beginners' Guide for more information.
Installed broadcom-wl:
Package from http://repo.x-demon.org/ (http://repo.x-demon.org/archlinux/os/i686/)
In rc.conf:
MODULES=(wl !b43)
Fixed ifnames: Broadcom_BCM4312#Interfaces_swapped_every_time
# pacman -S xf86-video-intel xf86-input-synaptics
Acer Aspire One D250 (3 Cell Battery/No Bluetooth)
There are a lot of netbooks under the Aspire One banner. Here's a third-party website that lists them (at least up through 2009): Aspire One Cheatsheet
Here's lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)
Fn Keycodes
The Aspire One US keyboard when operating under WinXP has a number of special keys which are accessed by holding down the Function/Fn key and the relevant key. Some of these operate under Arch as well, but most do not.
| Fn+ | Action in WinXP | Keycode/Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Left Arrow | LCD Brighten | 112; works OOB but also types "?" character |
| Down Arrow | Volume Down | 114 |
| Right Arrow | LCD Dim | 118; works OOB but also types "?" character |
| Pg Up | Home | 102 |
| Up Arrow | Volume Up | 115 |
| Pg Dn | End | 107 |
| m | Keypad 0 | 82 |
| . | Keypad . | 83 |
| / | Keypad + | 78 |
| j | Keypad 1 | 79 |
| k | Keypad 2 | 80 |
| l | Keypad 3 | 81 |
| ; | Keypad - | 74 |
| u | Keypad 4 | 22 |
| l | Keypad 5 | 23 |
| o | Keypad 6 | 24 |
| p | Keypad * | 25 |
| 7 | Keypad 7 | 71 |
| 8 | Keypad 8 | 72 |
| 9 | Keypad 9 | 73 |
| 0 | Keypad / | 98 |
| F1 | Launch Fn key help | None |
| F2 | Launch System Properties | None |
| F3 | Launch Power Options | None |
| F4 | Sleep Mode | None |
| F5 | Toggle to external display | 225 |
| F6 | Turn off LCD backlight | Works OOB |
| F7 | Turn touchpad off/on | Works OOB |
| F8 | Mute/unmute | None |
| F11 | NumLk | None |
| F12 | Scr Lk | None |