AcerTravelMate8103WLMi
- Contact: Doram (Hoary)
Contact: ["TormodVolden"] (Breezy, Dapper)
- Make: Acer
- Brand: Travelmate
- Model: 8103WLMi
- Website:
Current Issues
The install locks up if "linux noapic" is not entered at the boot prompt, bug [http://launchpad.net/bugs/36983 #36983]. After installation, the screen goes black and xorg.conf has to be edited in a virtual terminal (*1) bug [http://launchpad.net/bugs/22985 #22985]. These are still issues in Dapper also.
Hardware details
Hardware Information |
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Screen & Monitors |
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Device |
Works? |
Malone Bug # |
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in Hoary (old stable)? |
in Breezy (stable)? |
In Dapper (dev) |
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Screen |
Yes-*1 |
Yes-*1 |
Yes*1 |
22985 |
Correct resolution? |
Yes |
No*10 |
No*10 |
21201 |
Correct refresh rate? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3D Acceleration |
No |
No |
No*14 |
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External monitor works? |
Yes |
No*9 |
No*9 |
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External monitor - mirrors |
Untested |
No |
No |
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External monitor - extend desktop |
Untested |
No |
No |
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Power Management |
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Battery detected? |
Yes-*2 |
Yes*13 |
Yes |
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Hibernates? |
Yes-*2 |
Yes |
No |
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Sleep |
Untested |
Yes |
No |
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Dim/Blank monitor? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sound |
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Sound works? |
Yes-*3 |
Yes*12 |
Yes*12 |
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Correct volume? |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Hardware volume switch |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Headphone jack |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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Mic jack |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Internal Mic |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Networking |
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Wired NIC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Wireless NIC |
Yes-*4 |
Yes-*8 |
Yes |
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PCMCIA NIC |
No-*5 |
Untested |
Untested |
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Firewire |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Bluetooth |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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Modem |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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Infrared |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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Touchpad & Mice |
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Touchpad |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Doubletap = double click |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Touchpad - Scroll down side |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External mouse - USB |
yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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External mouse - Serial |
Untested |
Untested |
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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 |
No |
Untested |
Untested |
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NIC |
Yes |
Untested |
Untested |
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PS/2 |
N/A |
Untested |
Untested |
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Additional Hardware |
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Smartcard reader |
Untested |
Untested |
Untested |
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CD/DVD drive |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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PCMCIA cards |
No-*5 |
Untested |
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 (old stable)? |
in Breezy (stable)? |
in Dapper (dev) |
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+ F1 |
Hotkey help |
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Untested |
No*11 |
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+ F2 |
Acer settings |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F3 |
Acer power mgmt |
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Untested |
No |
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+ F4 |
Sleep |
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No |
Yes |
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+ F5 |
Toggle LCD/external |
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Untested |
Untested |
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+ F6 |
Disable LCD backlight |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F7 |
Disable Trackpad |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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+ F8 |
Mute Audio |
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Yes*6 |
Yes |
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Other special keys |
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Key |
Operation |
Keycode |
Works? |
Bug # |
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in Hoary (old stable)? |
in Breezy (stable)? |
in Dapper (dev) |
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fn+left |
Brightness down |
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yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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fn+right |
Brightness up |
0xef |
yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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fn+up |
Volume up |
0xa0 |
yes-*6 |
Yes |
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fn+down |
Volume down |
0xb0 |
yes-*6 |
Yes |
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launcher |
Web browser |
0xb2 |
yes-*6 |
Yes |
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launcher |
0xec |
yes-*6 |
Yes |
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launcher |
Acer mgmt |
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Untested |
No |
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File against hotkey-setup |
launcher |
User programmable |
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Untested |
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File against hotkey-setup |
Notes
*1 added line to Monitor section of xorg.conf ("Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,AUTO")
- *2 custom dsdt table, beforehand, it did not work in Hoary
- *3 Custom 2.6.12-kernel-compiled with intel HDAudio (did not work before)
Please can you check with latest dapper (2.6.15...) and reconfirm. -PaulSladen
Sound works otob (except Volume) in dapper -Tormod
- *4 Custom 2.6.12-kernel-compiled with ipw2200 1.0.4 + added firmware ipw2.3 (did not work before)
- *5 Could only boot with noapic, it seems this causes pcmcia to crash on bootup
Is this noapic or nolapic ? -PaulSladen
noapic, for sure, had to do it on several laptops. -Beat Wolf, asraniel@fryx.ch
noapic, see bug report -Tormod
- *6 added manually in keyboard shortcuts
*7 needs this command(reboot afterwards): echo options ipw2200 led=1 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200
Please file against acpi-support with dmidecode data (see HotkeyResearch) and the fix here
- *8 The wifi-enable front button does not seem to work.
Does here -Beat Wolf, asraniel@fryx.ch
Please can you both double-check this and file against acpi-support if it still doesn't work. -PaulSladen
im sure for breezy. downloading flight 5 now. -Beat Wolf, asraniel@fryx.ch
light is off, radio is on, whether I click or not -Tormod
- *9 Only tested with the DVI output
- *10 Has to be chosen manually during installation.
- *11 Works as "eject cd", which is also very handy.
Whilst this is handy, it's wrong!
Can you file a bug hotkey-setup with the showkey -u and dmidecode information on LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch saying that the correct function should be "help". -PaulSladen
- *12 The volume has to be unmuted in the Volume Control program
This is related to [http://launchpad.net/bugs/30014 #30014]
*13 Needs an updated DSDT to have it working. For instance, download the dsdt.tar.gz in [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=46536 this posting], unpack and copy it in like this: sudo cp DSDT.aml /etc/mkinitramfs/; sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.12-9-386
- *14 Works with fglrx drivers