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==Models==
 
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| KeyTouch works for hotkeys<br>Volume controle etc.
 
| KeyTouch works for hotkeys<br>Volume controle etc.
 
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| Aspire 7720-6902
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| [[Acer Aspire 7720|Aspire 7720]]
 
| 2009.02
 
| 2009.02
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| Intel i965<br />Install xorg from [testing] as of March '09 for better performance
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| Intel i965<br />.
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| AC97<br>works OK (recording/playing) with OSS, with ALSA only playing
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| ALC268<br>working OK
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| Broadcom BCM5787M<br>OK
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| Broadcom BCM5787M (tg3)<br>OK
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| Intel 3945<br />Needs microcde
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| Intel 3945<br />Needs microcode
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| Detected, works with blueman, not with bluez-gnome
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| Detected, works
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| Battery: Yes<br>Suspend: Works<br>Frequency scaling: acpi-cpufreq driver
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| Battery: Yes<br>Suspend: Seems to work ok<br>Hibernation: still flaky (often hangs in the middle of restoring)
 
| with linuxant drivers, might work
 
| with linuxant drivers, might work
 
| webcam: uvcvideo driver; card reader: only SD cards seem to work; Special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; volume knob at the side is seen as a multimedia key.
 
| webcam: uvcvideo driver; card reader: only SD cards seem to work; Special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; volume knob at the side is seen as a multimedia key.
 
| Firewire seems to be recognized, untested. For 64-bit, update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems.
 
| Firewire seems to be recognized, untested. For 64-bit, update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems.
 
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| Aspire 7730
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| 2009.08 i686 & x64
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| Intel Mobile 4 Series<br />i810<br />Autoconfiguration works.  Compiz OK, with indirect rendering.
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| ALC888<br />Playback & internal mic OK, mic input socket not tested<br />'options snd-hda-intel model=laptop' added to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf to get headphone cutout working
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| OK
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| OK, with iwlagn
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| None
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| Suspend to RAM OK<br />Suspend to disk crashes on i686, OK on x64<br />Frequency scaling OK<br />(using cpufreq)
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| Untested
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| Hotkeys OK<br />Webcam OK<br />HDMI untested<br />Card reader untested
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| Problem booting install CD<br />Solved with 'ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/archiso' at ramfs$
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| TravelMate 8371G (TM8371G-944G32n)
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| 2010.05 x86-64
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| Intel GM45, works with 'i915'. Radeon HD 4330 listed, but cannot switch to it.
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| OK
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| OK, works with 'r8169'
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| OK, works with 'iwlagn'
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| OK, works with 'btusb'
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| s2ram works (see remarks), s2disk works, cpu scaling works, no fan control
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| No modem
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| Webcam works with 'uvcvideo'.<br />Card reader works.<br />Fingerprint reader does not seem to have a driver!
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| Suspend to RAM only works with the 'i8042.reset=1' kernel parameter. Otherwise it fails to wake up, and ends up rebooting itself uncleanly!<br />Generally, this Acer seems to work quite well with Arch Linux :-)
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| Aspire 4935
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| 2009.08 x64
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| Nvidia Geforce 9300M GS
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| OK, Intel HDA
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| OK
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| OK
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| Untested
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| Suspend to ram OK<br />Suspend to disk OK<br />Frequency scaling OK<br />(using cpufreq)
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| Untested
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| Hotkeys OK<br />Audio touch panel NOT working <br />Webcam OK<br />HDMI OK
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| By "audio touch panel" I mean the illuminated plastic hotkey touch panel on the righthand side of the keyboard.
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| AspireOne D255e
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| [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot Archboot 2010.12-1]
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| Intel GMA 3150
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| OK
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| OK, Atheros 8132 worked only with latest Archboot not official images
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| OK, Broadcom worked only with latest Archboot not official images
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| Untested
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| Untested
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| Untested
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| Hotkeys OK<br />Synaptic Touchpad OK<br />
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| Aspire 2920Z
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| 2009.2
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| Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
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| OK, Intel Corporation 82801H
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| OK, Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
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| OK, Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
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| n/a
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| Suspend to RAM: OK.<br />Suspend to disk: OK.<br />CPU freq scaling: untested
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| Untested
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| Hotkeys: web, mail, wireless OK. Blue <i>e</i> on the left: not working<br />Synaptic Touchpad OK<br />
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| Not everything worked fine on fresh installation. Requires some work.
 
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|align="center"|'''[[HCL|Hardware Compatibility List]] - [[HCL/Laptops|Laptops main page]]''' <br> [[HCL/Laptops/Acer|Acer]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Apple|Apple]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Asus|Asus]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Compaq|Compaq]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Dell|Dell]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Digital|Digital]] - [[HCL/Laptops/ECS|ECS]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Siemens-Fujitsu|Siemens-Fujitsu]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Gateway|Gateway]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Hitachi|Hitachi]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Higrade|Higrade]] - [[HCL/Laptops/HP|HP]] - [[HCL/Laptops/IBM|IBM/Lenovo]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Medion|Medion]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Micron|Micron]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Mitac|Mitac]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Mitsubishi|Mitsubishi]] - [[HCL/Laptops/NEC|NEC]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Panasonic|Panasonic]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Samsung|Samsung]] -  [[HCL/Laptops/Sony|Sony]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Toshiba|Toshiba]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Zenith|Zenith]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Other|Other]]
 
|align="center"|'''[[HCL|Hardware Compatibility List]] - [[HCL/Laptops|Laptops main page]]''' <br> [[HCL/Laptops/Acer|Acer]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Apple|Apple]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Asus|Asus]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Compaq|Compaq]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Dell|Dell]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Digital|Digital]] - [[HCL/Laptops/ECS|ECS]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Siemens-Fujitsu|Siemens-Fujitsu]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Gateway|Gateway]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Hitachi|Hitachi]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Higrade|Higrade]] - [[HCL/Laptops/HP|HP]] - [[HCL/Laptops/IBM|IBM/Lenovo]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Medion|Medion]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Micron|Micron]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Mitac|Mitac]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Mitsubishi|Mitsubishi]] - [[HCL/Laptops/NEC|NEC]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Panasonic|Panasonic]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Samsung|Samsung]] -  [[HCL/Laptops/Sony|Sony]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Toshiba|Toshiba]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Zenith|Zenith]] - [[HCL/Laptops/Other|Other]]
 
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Revision as of 04:09, 26 October 2013

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Models

Model Version Arch Linux
Install CD Version 		Hardware Support Remark
Video Sound Ethernet Wireless Bluetooth Power Management Modem Other
TravelMate 2413NLC Gimmick 0.7.2 Intel GMA 915
driver i810 		Intel 82801FB
with internal microphone 		OK - - Suspend to
RAM: Yes
Disk: Yes
Battery: Yes
Frequency scaling of CPU: Yes 		untest Hotkeys: untest
Aspire 5100-3825 0.8 (Voodoo) ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 Intel RealTek Atheros n/a untested Hotkeys: untested
Aspire 1501LMi 0.9 (Don't panic) ATI Radeon 9600
HW acceleration only with proprietary driver 		VIA
OK 		Broadcom
OK 		untested none Suspend to
RAM: ??
Disk: Yes
Battery: Yes
Frequency scaling of CPU: Yes 		untested Hotkeys: untested
Travelmate 6292 Core Dump,
Overlord 		intel x3100
HW acceleration with Intel's opensource driver, ~1100 fps in the glxgears 		Intel HDA
OK (model=acer) 		Broadcom BCM5787M
OK 		Intel iwl4965
OK 		Broadcom
OK 		Suspend to
RAM: ??
Disk: Ok
Battery: Yes
Frequency scaling of CPU: Yes 		untested Hotkeys: untested
FireWire Texas Instruments TSB43AB23: OK(?) 		FireWire detects well but I haven't tested it yet
Aspire 5024 0.7.2 ATI Radeon X700
Runs compiz on both fglrx>=8.02 and radeon driver 		AC97
OK 		RealTek
OK 		Broadcom 4318
Needs acer_apci + firmware or ndiswrapper driver 		n/a Battery: Yes
Suspend: Video and wifi probs
Frequency scaling: powernow-k8 driver 		untested KeyTouch works for hotkeys
Volume controle etc.
Aspire 7720 2009.02 Intel i965
. 		ALC268
working OK 		Broadcom BCM5787M (tg3)
OK 		Intel 3945
Needs microcode 		Detected, works Battery: Yes
Suspend: Seems to work ok
Hibernation: still flaky (often hangs in the middle of restoring) 		with linuxant drivers, might work webcam: uvcvideo driver; card reader: only SD cards seem to work; Special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; volume knob at the side is seen as a multimedia key. Firewire seems to be recognized, untested. For 64-bit, update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems.
Aspire 7730 2009.08 i686 & x64 Intel Mobile 4 Series
i810
Autoconfiguration works. Compiz OK, with indirect rendering. 		ALC888
Playback & internal mic OK, mic input socket not tested
'options snd-hda-intel model=laptop' added to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf to get headphone cutout working 		OK OK, with iwlagn None Suspend to RAM OK
Suspend to disk crashes on i686, OK on x64
Frequency scaling OK
(using cpufreq) 		Untested Hotkeys OK
Webcam OK
HDMI untested
Card reader untested 		Problem booting install CD
Solved with 'ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/archiso' at ramfs$
TravelMate 8371G (TM8371G-944G32n) 2010.05 x86-64 Intel GM45, works with 'i915'. Radeon HD 4330 listed, but cannot switch to it. OK OK, works with 'r8169' OK, works with 'iwlagn' OK, works with 'btusb' s2ram works (see remarks), s2disk works, cpu scaling works, no fan control No modem Webcam works with 'uvcvideo'.
Card reader works.
Fingerprint reader does not seem to have a driver! 		Suspend to RAM only works with the 'i8042.reset=1' kernel parameter. Otherwise it fails to wake up, and ends up rebooting itself uncleanly!
Generally, this Acer seems to work quite well with Arch Linux :-)
Aspire 4935 2009.08 x64 Nvidia Geforce 9300M GS OK, Intel HDA OK OK Untested Suspend to ram OK
Suspend to disk OK
Frequency scaling OK
(using cpufreq) 		Untested Hotkeys OK
Audio touch panel NOT working
Webcam OK
HDMI OK 		By "audio touch panel" I mean the illuminated plastic hotkey touch panel on the righthand side of the keyboard.
AspireOne D255e Archboot 2010.12-1 Intel GMA 3150 OK OK, Atheros 8132 worked only with latest Archboot not official images OK, Broadcom worked only with latest Archboot not official images Untested Untested Untested Hotkeys OK
Synaptic Touchpad OK
Aspire 2920Z 2009.2 Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller OK, Intel Corporation 82801H OK, Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express OK, Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN n/a Suspend to RAM: OK.
Suspend to disk: OK.
CPU freq scaling: untested 		Untested Hotkeys: web, mail, wireless OK. Blue e on the left: not working
Synaptic Touchpad OK
 Not everything worked fine on fresh installation. Requires some work.


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