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• Contact: Doram (Hoary)

• Contact: ["TormodVolden"] (Breezy, Dapper)

• Make: Acer
• Brand: Travelmate
• Model: 8103WLMi
• Website:

Currently testing Dapper Flight 5 and daily 060327.

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]. Sleep and hibernation is broken in flight 5 (I think it worked in flight 2).

Hardware details

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 muted by default) 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

  • noapic, see bug report -Tormod

• *6 added manually in keyboard shortcuts

• *7 needs this command(reboot or unload/reload module 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

  • works for sure in breezy and dapper -Beat Wolf

  • light is off, radio is on, whether I click or not -Tormod

  • look at point 7, solves this problem, i suppose. -Beat Wolf

  • just needed to be more patient there's a little delay... -Tormod

  • can we remove this item from the list? if yes, just remove it -Beat Wolf

• *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

  • Fixed in dapper -Tormod

• *12 The volume has to be unmuted in the Volume Control program

  • This is related to [http://launchpad.net/bugs/30014 #30014]

  • works, but a reboot is needed in dapper -Beat Wolf

  • dapper: Selecting OSS and adjusting volume works. ALSA worked after Fn-F8 mute-unmute. (No reboot.) -Tormod

• *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

  • if using kubuntu, you should add "dpi=96" into ~/.kde/share/config/displayconfigrc, or you will have huge fonts -Beat Wolf

• *15 Not with kubuntu/KDE
• *16 Something is wrong with the rights, dont know what. we should find out whats going on here and how to fix it.

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