AcerTravelMate8103WLMi

Revision 49 as of 2006-05-08 10:35:35

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  • Contact: Doram (Hoary)

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

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

Currently testing Dapper Beta 2 (live installer).

Current Issues

After booting up, 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 was broken up to Dapper Beta (I think it worked in Flight 2), but it finally works again in Dapper Beta 2.

Hardware details

Hardware Information

Screen & Monitors

Device

Works?

Malone Bug #

in Hoary (old stable)?

in Breezy (stable)?

In Dapper (dev)

Screen

Yes-*1

Yes-*1

Yes*1

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/22985 22985]

Correct resolution?

Yes

No*10

Yes

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/21201 21201]

Correct refresh rate?

Yes

Yes

Yes

3D Acceleration

No

No

No*14

External monitor works?

Yes

No*9

No*9

External monitor - mirrors

Untested

No

No

External monitor - extend desktop

Untested

No

No

Power Management

Battery detected?

Yes-*2

Yes*13

Yes

Hibernates?

Yes-*2

Yes

Yes

Sleep

Untested

Yes

Yes

Dim/Blank monitor?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound

Sound works?

Yes-*3

Yes*12

Yes

Correct volume?

Yes

No

Yes

Hardware volume switch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Headphone jack

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mic jack

Untested

Untested

Untested

Internal Mic

Untested

Untested

Untested

Networking

Wired NIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wireless NIC

Yes*4

Yes*8

Yes*8

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/37698 37698]

PCMCIA NIC

No-*5

Untested

Untested

Firewire

Untested

Untested

Untested

Bluetooth

Yes

Untested

Untested

Modem

Untested

Untested

Untested

Infrared

Yes

Untested

Untested

Touchpad & Mice

Touchpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Doubletap = double click

Yes

Yes

Yes

Touchpad - Scroll down side

Yes

Yes

No

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/40503 40503]

External mouse - USB

yes

Yes

Yes

External mouse - Serial

Untested

Untested

Docking Station/Port Replicator

AC through replicator

Untested

Untested

Untested

USB

Untested

Untested

Untested

Serial

Untested

Untested

Untested

Parallel

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - VGA

Untested

Untested

Untested

External Monitor - DVI

Untested

Untested

Untested

Modem

No

Untested

Untested

NIC

Yes

Untested

Untested

PS/2

N/A

Untested

Untested

Additional Hardware

Smartcard reader

Untested

No

No

CD/DVD drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

CD/DVD burner

Untested

Yes*16

Yes*16

PCMCIA cards

No-*5

Untested

Untested

Function and other keys

Fn key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (old stable)?

in Breezy (stable)?

in Dapper (dev)

+ F1

Hotkey help

Untested

No*11

Yes-*15

+ F2

Acer settings

0xa6

Untested

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/20463 20463 ]

+ F3

Acer power mgmt

0xa7

Untested

No

No

[https://launchpad.net/bugs/20463 20463]

+ F4

Sleep

No

Yes

Yes

+ F5

Toggle LCD/external

0xa9

Untested

Untested

Untested

+ F6

Disable LCD backlight

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F7

Disable Trackpad

Yes

Yes

Yes

+ F8

Mute Audio

Yes*6

Yes

Yes

Other special keys

Key

Operation

Keycode

Works?

Bug #

in Hoary (old stable)?

in Breezy (stable)?

in Dapper (dev)

fn+left

Brightness down

Yes

Yes

Yes

fn+right

Brightness up

0xef

Yes

Yes

Yes

fn+up

Volume up

0xa0

Yes-*6

Yes

Yes-*15

fn+down

Volume down

0xb0

Yes-*6

Yes

Yes-*15

launcher

Web browser

0xb2

Yes-*6

Yes

Yes-*15

launcher

Mail

0xec

Yes-*6

Yes

Yes-*15

launcher

Acer mgmt

159

Untested

No

No

File against hotkey-setup

launcher

User programmable

151

Untested

No

No

File against hotkey-setup

Dapper notes

  • *1 Added line to Monitor section of xorg.conf ("Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,AUTO")

  • *8 The wifi-enable front button light does not work.

    • Bug [http://launchpad.net/bugs/37698 #37698]

    • Needs this command(reboot or unload/reload module afterwards): echo options ipw2200 led=1 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200

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

    • does not work since last update. now create a file called .Xresources in your home directory and write Xft.dpi:96 in it. -Beat Wolf

  • *15 Not with Kubuntu/KDE

    • In k3b, add dev=/dev/cdrw as a parameter for cdrecord, solves the problem -Beat Wolf

Breezy notes

The install locks up if "linux noapic" is not entered at the boot prompt, bug [http://launchpad.net/bugs/36983 #36983] (fixed in Dapper Beta 2).

  • *2 custom dsdt table, beforehand, it did not work in Hoary
  • *5 Could only boot with noapic, it seems this causes pcmcia to crash on bootup
  • *9 Only tested with the DVI output

  • *11 Works as "eject cd", which is wrong but handy Smile :)

  • *10 Has to be chosen manually during installation.

  • *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

Hoary notes

  • *3 Custom 2.6.12-kernel-compiled with intel HDAudio (did not work before)
  • *4 Custom 2.6.12-kernel-compiled with ipw2200 1.0.4 + added firmware ipw2.3 (did not work before)
  • *6 added manually in keyboard shortcuts

Notes

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

The battery life ist quite low. Under Windows I get a battery life of 3.5 hours, and under Kubuntu Breezy and Dapper only 1.5-2 hours. Please report if this is any different with Ubuntu.

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