AcerAspire1692WLMi
- Contact: ["Jmr"], ["ktogias"]
- Make: Acer
- Brand: Acer
- Model: Aspire 1692 WLMi
Website: http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/as1690.htm
- S/N: LXA6505xxxxxxxxx
Note: There are different products under this model name. They vary according to geographical location and possibly date of manufacturing. This one is a 1690 series DDR2 (1 GiB) with ATI Mobility X700 graphics. Bought in June 2005. Manufactured in April 2005.
Current Issues
Hoary and Breezy (5.10)
Curent BIOS version (3a28) is incompatible with Linux ACPI implementation. Download custom DSDT (http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php) to benefit from battery status, etc.
Dapper (6.06) Release Candidate
The default ati driver fails to detect and operate with the LCD display. The display goes off after starting X with the ati driver. Use vesa driver or install fglrx to make the display work with X (see notes near the bottom of the page for more details).
Hardware details
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
in Dapper (Release Candidate Desktop CD)? |
Installation works? |
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Yes (with noapic) |
Yes (boot in safe graphics mode) |
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
in Dapper (Release Candidate)? |
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Screen |
Untested |
Yes (after minor correction in xorg.conf) |
Yes (with vesa driver) |
39232 |
Correct resolution? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes (after installing xorg-driver-fglrx) |
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Correct refresh rate? |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes (after installing xorg-driver-fglrx) |
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3D Acceleration |
Untested |
Yes (after installing fglrx) |
Yes (after installing xorg-driver-fglrx) |
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External monitor works? |
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Dim monitor on battery |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Blank monitor on inactivity |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Lid Close |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cpu frequency scaling |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Correct volume? |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hardware volume switch |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Untested |
Not Available |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Untested |
Yes |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes (after running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg) |
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External mouse - USB |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Docking Station/Port Replicator |
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AC through replicator |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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USB |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Parallel |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - VGA |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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External Monitor - DVI |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Fingerprint reader |
Untested |
Not Available |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
Untested |
Untested |
Yes |
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Parallel Ports |
Untested |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Card reader(s) |
Untested |
No |
Untested |
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Function and other keys |
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Fn key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
in Dapper (Release Candidate) |
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+ Space |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Esc |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F1 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F2 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F3 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F4 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F5 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
Screen On/Off |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F7 |
Touchad switch |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F8 |
Volume switch |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F9 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F10 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F11 |
Num Lock |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F12 |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ Left |
Brightness down |
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Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ Right |
Brightness up |
|
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ Down |
Volume down |
|
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ Up |
Volume up |
|
Untested |
Yes |
Yes |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary? |
in Breezy (current stable)? |
in Dapper (Release Candidate) |
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Key |
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Untested |
Untested |
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Notes
Dapper Drake (6.06) Release Candidate
The LCD display is not detected and confiured properly with the 'ati' driver. This results to screen going black when booting the Dapper RC desktop cd (Bug #39232).
Thus one have to select "Start Ubuntu in safe graphics mode" from the first menu displayed when booting. This will force the use of vesa driver for X desktop. The lcd monitor works with the vesa driver at 1024x768 resolution that is not it's native resolution and seems a little funny.
In order to make the lcd display run at it's native resolution (1280x800) and with 3d acceleration install the official binary driver for 3D ATI graphics cards (xorg-driver-fglrx) and then run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg from a terminal and select fglrx driver and 1280x800 resolution when propted. Then run sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart or reboot to load the fglrx driver.
Scrolling buttons under touchpad are not correctly configured by default (Pressing down causes a right click). The problem was spolved just after running sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and selecting IMPS/2 for mouse type.