AcerExtensa5220

Revision 2 as of 2007-10-04 01:24:04

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Current Issues

  • "can't access tty" error on startup (see Notes)
  • External monitor doesn't work
  • Suspend and Hibernate don't work properly

System Info

  • system-manufacturer: Acer
  • system-product-name: Extensa 5220
  • system-version: 0100

Hardware details

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

in Feisty

Screen

Untested

Yes

Correct resolution?

Untested

Yes

Correct refresh rate?

Untested

Yes

3D Acceleration

Untested

Yes (see Notes)

External monitor works?

Untested

No

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

No

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

No

Power Management

Battery detected?

Untested

Yes

Hibernates?

Untested

Partial (see Notes)

Suspend

Untested

Partial (see Notes)

Dim monitor on battery

Untested

No

Blank monitor on inactivity

Untested

Yes

Lid Close

Untested

Yes

Cpu frequency scaling

Untested

No

Sound

Sound works?

Untested

Yes

Correct volume?

Untested

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Untested

Yes

Headphone jack

Untested

No

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Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Untested

Yes

Wireless NIC

Untested

Yes (see Notes)

PCMCIA NIC

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

N/A

N/A

Modem

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Untested

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Untested

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Untested

Yes

External mouse - USB

Untested

Untested

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Yes

USB

Untested

Yes

Serial

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

NIC

Untested

Untested

PS/2

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Fingerprint reader

N/A

N/A

CD/DVD drive

Untested

Yes

PCMCIA cards

Untested

Untested

Parallel Ports

Untested

Untested

Card reader(s)

Untested

Yes (see Notes)

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Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS?

in Feisty?

+ F1

Help

Untested

Yes

+ F2

Untested

Untested

+ F3

Untested

Untested

+ F4

Suspend

Untested

Yes

+ F5

External monitor

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Dim backlight

Untested

Yes

+ F7

Untested

Untested

+ F8

Mute

Untested

Yes

+ F11

Number Lock

Untested

Yes

+ F12

Scroll Lock

Untested

Untested

+ ArrowUp

Volume up

Untested

Yes

+ ArrowDown

Volume down

Untested

Yes

+ ArrowRight

Brightness up

Untested

Yes

+ ArrowLeft

Brightness down

Untested

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Feisty

E-mail

Untested

Yes

Notes

3D Acceleration

Requires xserver-xorg-video-intel. Then change 'Driver "i810"' to 'Driver "intel"' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. A more recent driver for Feisty can be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=494943

"can't access tty" error on startup

(Bug #106864) Do modprobe piix && exit. I'm not sure how to fix this permanently, so you'll need to do this every startup.

WLAN

Install bcm43xx-fwcutter. Post-installation configuration may fail due to a 404 error, if so, change http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o to http://xeve.de/down/wl_apsta.o in /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh, and run sudo dpkg --configure bcm43xx-fwcutter

Card reader

In order to use the card reader, you may need to do sudo modprobe tifm_sd && sudo modprobe mmc_core.

Suspend & Hibernate

The system goes into both of these states successfully, however problems arise when coming out. After hibernation, the power button continues flashing and WLAN does not work. When trying to come out of suspension, the system powers off.

External Monitor

I haven't had a chance to test these, but the following may be useful:


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